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We’re Relocating in August After 8 years in our current shop, we are on the move to:
338 Karori Road (Formerly the Mud Cycles shop) The move takes place on 8–10 August. We re-open on Thursday 11 August. Our email, phone, fax and PO Box all stay the same. You can leave phone messages and email us while we are relocating and we will reply as soon as possible. We are looking forward to having a street frontage and more space. There’s plenty of on-street parking and we’re on the main Karori bus route - 2nd stop after the Post Office.
Please drop in and see us in our new shop. · Book of the Month: If Darwin Prayed. Bruce Sanguin’s new collection of prayers emerges out of the conversation between the science of evolution and spirituality. These prayers continually surprise with their earthy wisdom and a profound celebration of life. They awaken in us a sacred impulse to evolve in and toward the heart of the divine. · Other Featured & Recent Titles. · Winter Specials. All 50% to 70% off, mostly $20.00 or less. 20 more titles specialled this month. Click here: http://www.epworthbooks.org.nz/stock/sale.htm To order please email sales@epworthbooks.org.nz or phone free 0800 755 355 with details of the titles you require. |
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If Darwin Prayed: Prayers for Evolutionary Mystics. Bruce Sanguin. 217pp. Wood Lake. $44.00. These prayers spark spiritual imagination back to life and re-orient us to a mystical unity with the universe, Spirit and all of creation. The prayers follow the church year. Ideal for worship, meeting opening devotions or personal use. “Earthy, yet cosmic; scriptural, yet poetic; scientific, yet spiritually inspiring – Sanguin has created a compilation of immense liturgical worth.” Diarmuid O’Murchu.
Also by Sanguin - allow 6-8 weeks for delivery:
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Being a Chaplain. Miranda Threlfall-Holmes, Mark Newitt. 140pp. SPCK. $32.99. Theological reflection on key issues in chaplaincy and stories of 22 chaplains engaged in a variety of roles. Covers issues, skills and tensions, what chaplaincy is and how to do it. Also on this topic:
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Becoming the Pastor You Hope to Be: Four Practices for Improving Ministry. Barbara Blodgett. 181pp. Alban Inst. $29.99. Blodgett urges ministers to resist praise and instead to ask for feedback, to seek the company of mentors, to be vulnerable before their peers in order to learn from them, and to define themselves as a leader who does not merely take activist stances but risks entering into deep, transformative relationships. Other Alban books on this topic:
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A Will to Lead and the Grace to Follow: Letters on Leadership from a Peculiar Prophet. William Willimon. 144pp. Abingdon. $29.99. Once a week Willimon writes short messages to the churches under his care. He writes to comfort and console; motivate and inspire. Always he’s brought to the task his trademark humour and insight. This collection highlights the ins and outs, the highs and lows, of being a leader of God’s people. Also by Willimon from Abingdon Press:
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The Once and Future Bible: An Introduction to the Bible for Religious Progressives. Gregory Jenks. 246pp. Wipf & Stock. $45.00. The intended reader of this book is not a traditional believer, but someone struggling to live with integrity in a time when traditional religion seems increasingly irrelevant. The goal is not to persuade the reader that the Bible is credible but, more modestly, to offer an account of the Bible that may encourage religious progressives to reclaim the Bible as a valued part of their spiritual tool kit. Also on this topic:
This package comprises: • 1 leader's guide (160 pages) • 12 participant handbooks • 10 posters integrated into the session materials • 1 source book: Reading the Bible Again for the First Time by Marcus Borg • 1 DVD featuring new video clips of Marcus Borg This curriculum for adults, designed for group use is experiential in methodology, valuing the wisdom of each person and the integrity of their experience of the Sacred. This program has grown out of a hunger to know and engage the Bible at deeper levels as evidenced by the popularity of Borg's original work, Reading the Bible Again for the First Time.
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Jesus, Paul, and the Gospels. James Dunn. 201pp. Eerdmans. $33.00. This compact theological primer offers a well-integrated and illuminating approach to a variety of basic issues in the study of the New Testament: • Where, why, and how the Gospels were written and what we should expect from them? • The reliability and historicity of the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ life and ministry. • The continuing significance of the apostle Paul and his teaching. • Points of continuity and discontinuity between the teaching of Jesus and of Paul — and how to bridge the two. Also on this topic:
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Personality & Stress. Ruth Fowke. 132pp. CWR. $24.99. Shows how to recognise stress and make changes to our lifestyle, so we enjoy more of life. Covers managing stress, how our personality affects our stress levels and whether our view of God is weighing us down or lifting us up. Also by Ruth Fowke from CWR:
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Praying in the Messiness of Life: 7 Ways to Renew Your Relationship with God. Linda Douty. 111pp Upper Room. $29.99. “With the words ‘God is more interested in our growth than our guilt,’ Douty leads us on a exciting journey of learning to ‘pray as we can, not as we can’t.’ Her stories, prayer suggestions and reflection questions offer heartfelt and practical ways to stretch open our lives of prayer and help us renew and deepen our relationship with God.” Jane E Vennard. Also by Douty:
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How Did I Get to be 70 When I’m 35 Inside?: Spiritual Surprises of Later Life. Linda Douty. 208pp. Skylight Paths. $32.00. Douty discusses the challenges and surprises of aging by talking about how you actually feel, not what you’re supposed to feel. In a warm, down-to-earth voice, she offers a spiritually grounded method to adjust to the unexpected as you grow older. There is no one-size-fits-all here, but a variety of responses to the inner and outer transformations of aging and new ways of looking at them. Also on this topic:
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Invitations from God: Accepting God’s Offer to Rest, Weep, Forgive, Wait, Remember and More. Adele Ahlberg Calhoun. 206pp. IVP, $29.99. While invitations from God can sometimes be difficult to accept, they can also heal and restore even as they shape where we go, what we do and who we become. What we say ‘yes’ to, what we say ‘no’ to shapes our future. Includes reflection questions and exercises. Also by Calhoun from IVP:
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Bear and the Wildcat. Kazumi Yumoto. Komako Sakai ill. 48pp hbk. Gecko. $29.99. One morning, Bear was crying. His best friend, a little bird, was dead. A beautiful picture book about loneliness, loss and grief, ending with a positive new beginning. “It’s black and white, and the composition of pictures is so beautiful... It’s a really lovely exploration of the process of grief.” Kate De Goldi. Other books about loss for children:
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Living Without Enemies: Being Present in the Midst of Violence. (Resources for Reconciliation series). Samuel Wells, Marcia Owen. 144p. IVP. $29.99. This book comes out of the authors’ work with victims and perpetrators of gun violence. After attempts to seek legislative solutions led nowhere, a religious coalition began holding prayer vigils for local victims. They discovered that to make a difference they needed to change their approach from ‘working for’ to ‘working with,’ ‘being for’ and especially just ‘being with’ those affected. Owen and Wells offer deep insights into what it takes to overcome powerlessness, transcend fear and engage in radical acceptance in our dangerous world. Also in this series from IVP. Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery:
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I Can Say a Prayer. Sophie Piper. 30pp. Hbk. Lion. $19.99. Colourful illustrations show children learning to pray through simple everyday activities: counting fingers, washing hands, making music, walking along a path. This selection of traditional and new prayers offers just the right words for each occasion. |
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Breaking Up with God: A Love Story. Sarah Sentilles. 244pp. Hbk. HarperOne. $41.00. [2-3 weeks] Sentilles's relationship with God was not casual. When it began to unravel she was in the ordination process to become an Episcopal priest, a youth minister at a church, and a doctoral student in theology at Harvard. But in the studying of the religion she'd been raised on and believed wholeheartedly, one day she woke up and realized . . . it was over. Not unlike after a divorce, she had to reorient her life and face a future that felt darkly unfamiliar. But this beautiful, brave book is surprisingly filled with hope, a coming-out story that lets others know it's safe to come out too, and that there's light on the other side.
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A Lever and a Place to Stand: The Contemplative Stance, the Active Prayer. Richard Rohr. 111pp. Hidden Spring. $29.99. [2-3 weeks] Rohr offers a critique of religious attitudes that create an alternative pious world for their believers without really challenging the oppression, materialism, and sectarianism of our modern world. Religion without a genuinely contemplative stance is often at the root of the problem. He explains that religion can only recover its purpose as a transformational system if it overcomes its own temptation to embrace power, certitude, wealth, and fundamentalism. A true contemplative stance crosses boundaries and is not concerned with who is "in" and who is "out." All people can achieve contemplative awareness, and dramatically transform the role of religion in their lives, if they take it seriously the Gospel's message that the kingdom of heaven is "hidden in plain sight"—and now!
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Dementia: Frank and Linda's Story - New Understanding, New Approaches, New Hope. Louise Morse. 254pp. Monarch (2010). $24.99. [3-4 weeks] Describes how a new understanding of dementia is leading to better care, helping to maintain the personality of the sufferer. It also offers practical, day to day advice from a hands-on perspective, using a narrative structure. It follows the story of an older couple, Linda and Frank. Frank develops dementia. The story covers the first, early signs and the development of the disease; the couple's struggle to manage and find help, the wife's failing health and the search for a suitable care home, and life after Frank goes to live in the home. An index at the back of the book allows readers to look up help on specific topics. Throughout, the narrative keeps a clear Christian perspective. Also by Louise Morse from Monarch:
Puts dementia into a Christian context, insisting that loss of memory or reason does not mean a person is worthless. Dementia is in the headlines on a daily basis. Much information is available but it is all factual with no spiritual content. Yet for Christians, dementia can raise questions unlike any other condition. Why does a godly old man begin to use language that has always been anathema to him? Why does a loving mother become stubborn, and suspicious? Where is God in all of this? This book offers information and reassurance gleaned from the extensive experience of Pilgrim Homes, a network of nine Christian care homes and a foundation going back to 1807.
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The first 400 years after the death of Christ saw huge changes in the emerging faith. Christianity spread from Jerusalem to much of the known world. Despite enormous pressures from within and without, including persecution, Christianity became the official religion of the empire in the fourth century. Hill charts the fascinating history of this crucial period in the development of Christianity. He shows how and why certain ideas triumphed over others. He introduces the key figures, both within the faith and among its opponents. He describes the main battles, often bitterly fought with both weapons and ideas.
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Share this Feast: Reflecting on Holy Communion. 48pp compact. Methodist Publishing House (2006). $16.00 + $2.00 p&p. [2-3 weeks] Whether you have recently begun to participate in Holy Communion, or have been doing so for much of your life, Share this Feast offers the opportunity to reflect more deeply and prayerfully on its meaning. Based on the UK Methodist report, His Presence Makes the Feast, the theme of this book will resonate with Christians from a wide range of worshipping traditions. Also from Methodist Publishing House UK:
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Growing Great Families. Ian & Mary Grant. Random House. $34.99. [Publishing September] Ian and Mary have studied the keys to healthy functioning and fun filled families through years of teaching parenting throughout NZ and Australia. They believe that 'family is everything' and emphasise that a family is a community and that this is the key to growing great families. Growing Great Families covers the following topics: being a parent in the world we now inhabit; building the foundations; what makes a family into a community; moulding big personalities into a family; life-defining values; two pillars of great families - fun and communication; and moving from dependence to interdependence.
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CRE - Christian Religious Education 2011 Part 2 materials for 2011 now in stock!
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“… helping students make good life choices.” Epworth Books distributes this curriculum in New Zealand. The CRE curriculum is biblically faithful, educationally sound, student focussed, theologically clear and contextually appropriate. Created by practicing classroom teachers across Australia and New Zealand, CRE materials are designed for use with both single and multi-aged classes. Would you like to know more about this programme? Click here: http://www.epworthbooks.org.nz/CRE/CRE_Intro.htm Please email sales@epworthbooks.org.nz if you would like us to send you a catalogue.
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Fresh imaginative ways of presenting the message of Jesus and his challenge for today. Section One is a series of meditations: · one for every Sunday and major feast · written from the perspective of Bible characters who appear in the Gospels. They are ideal as a sermon supplement or replacement in a less formal all-age service. Section Two has reflective services and resources for quiet days.
One For All: Complete Services for the Whole Church Family – Year A. Claire Benton-Evans. Kevin Mayhew Ltd. UK. Item Ref. no. 251581. Was $89.99, now $30.00. (8 copies) Complete services for every Sunday of the year, designed to include everyone so nobody is tidied away. Arranged into themes, each service has a variety of multi-sensory activities ranging from puppets to picnics. There is a checklist for leaders to ensure you have everything you need and many of the resources are contained on the accompanying CD-ROM. the ideal book for creative, fun, all-age worship which created a sense of belonging in your church. One for All contains the same material as All-sorts Worship Year A but is sorted by theme rather than date.
Light for Our Path is aimed at younger people and those getting started with daily Bible reading. The straightforward language and style of this book is also appreciated by people with English as a second language. The daily notes introduce readers to some of the biblical books as a whole. They also cover a variety of themes, showing how the Old and New Testaments read together can reveal the depth, richness and relevance of the Bible for today’s world. The books studied this year are: Matthew’s Gospel, 1 Kings, Jeremiah & Galatians. Themes cover such diverse topics as: Attitudes to Suffering, Mercy for Sinners, Questions Jesus Asked, Marriage, Angels, Salvation History. Plus another 18 more titles specialled this month. Priced to clear at 50-70% off. Click here for the list http://www.epworthbooks.org.nz/stock/sale.htm
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