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NEW RELEASES FROM CHURCH PUBLISHING Spring & Summer 2016 EnvironmentThe Episcopal Church A Faith for the Future Church's Teachings for a Changing World: Volume 3 JESSE A. ZINK l Interactive, accompanied by online materials. l Author is a popular blogger and scholar who has traveled the world listening to Anglicans talk about God. The New Church’s Teaching series has been one of the most recognizable and useful sets of books in the Episcopal Church. With the launch of the Church’s Teachings for a Changing World series, visionary Episcopal thinkers and leaders have teamed up to write a new set of books, grounded and thoughtful enough for seminarians and leaders, concise and accessible enough for newcomers, with a host of discussion resources that help readers to dig deep. This third volume introduces Episcopal theology with the question "Can you capture the good news of Jesus Christ in a tweet?" Author Jesse Zink thinks so: “You are loved with a love unlike anything else—now, go show that love to others. #grace." Oceans of meaning lie under each word, and his new book welcomes readers into those depths. 9780819232595 $14.00 Each chapter takes a different aspect of Christian faith—God, Jesus, the Holy Paperback Spirit, Creation and Humanity, Baptism, Church, Eucharist, Mission, and 5 x 7 the 112 pages Hope of the World to Come—and links history and tradition with real world January 2016 experience. Religion / Christianity JESSE ZINK is a priest of the Diocese of Western Massachusetts and director of the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide in Cambridge, England. A former missionary in South Africa, he is the author of two previous books on theology, mission, and the global church (Grace at the Garbage Dump and Backpacking through the Anglican Communion). Follow his work and thoughts at www.jessezink.com. Related Reading The Episcopal Way The Episcopal Story Church’s Teachings for a Changing Church's Teachings for a Changing World Series: Volume 1 World Series: Volume 2 ERIC H.F. LAW, STEPHANIE SPELLERS THOMAS FERGUSON In this foundational text for the Seminary dean and popular Church's Teachings for a blogger Tom Ferguson traces the Changing World, Law and history of Christianity, from the Spellers explore shifts in first followers of Jesus to the American life and the present, with a special focus on opportunities and challenges the birth of the Anglican each presents to the church Communion and the today. With passion, creativity, development of The Episcopal and wisdom, the authors call Church. Join and explore how 9780819229601 for 9780819232212 we $14.00 a return to Episcopal basics and $14.00 got here and where we might just Paperback insist that faithfully engaging a Paperback be going. changing world might be the most truly Anglican practice of all. 2 CHURCH PUBLISHING INCORPORATED 800.251.3320 ChurchPublishing.org The Episcopal Church Church Meets World Church's Teachings for a Changing World: Volume 4 WINNIE VARGHESE l Next generation of classic Episcopal Teaching Series. l Accessible for newcomers and adults; content for church leaders and seminarians. l Interactive, accompanied by online materials. l Topics and approach relevent to today's issues. The New Church’s Teaching series has been one of the most recognizable and useful sets of books in the Episcopal Church. With the launch of the Church’s Teachings for a Changing World series, visionary Episcopal thinkers and leaders have teamed up to revitalize the series with fresh voices and style, making it grounded and thoughtful enough for seminarians and leaders, yet concise and clear enough for newcomers. A leading thinker and vibrant presence at the intersection of church and world, Winnie Varghese explores the “what”, “how”, and “why” of Episcopal engagement with contemporary social issues. Like the master of the 9780819232717 household in Jesus’ parable (Matthew 13:52) who “brings out of his treasure $14.00 what is new and what is old,” Varghese leads readers to discover theological Paperback resources from generations past and how they help to guide our action 5 x 7 around thorny issues like racial justice, gender and sexuality, economic 112 pages disparity, definitions of “family,” the environment, and much more. June 2016 Religion / Christianity Winnie Varghese serves as Priest and Director of Community Outreach at historic Trinity Episcopal Church Wall Street in New York. She is a popular blogger on Huffington Post and gained respect for her work as rector of St. Mark's in the Bowery, a diverse, progressive church in New York. She is the chair of the board of The Episcopal Service Corps and leads social action efforts at the national and local levels. She has also served on The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church and as voting secretary of General Convention. Related Reading Welcome to the Episcopal Church People of the Way An Introduction to Its History, Renewing Episcopal Identity Faith, and Worship CHRISTOPHER L. WEBBER DWIGHT J. ZSCHEILE An introduction to the Episcopal Addresses the church-wide Church's history, structure, and conversation on Anglican identity beliefs. The perfect book for and mission: who are we and why adult newcomers and adult are we here? Includes discussion education classes. questions for use in small group studies or individual study. 9780819218209 9780819220905 $16.00 $18.00 Paperback Paperback CHURCH PUBLISHING INCORPORATED 800.251.3320 ChurchPublishing.org 3 EnvironmentSpirituality Falling into Grace Exploring Our Inner Life with God JOHN NEWTON l A focus on the Christian spiritual life from the perspective of grace, not works. l Popular new and emerging author. l Study guide included for personal or small group reflection. Jesus was quite clear that we must lose our life before we find it. This book gives a hopeful and realistic look at what losing our life entails, articulating how “growth” in the Christian life is not our ascent to God but the process by which our eyes are opened to the beauty God has already given to us. It is a book about descending into God, and into our own inner depths, about the deep waters of the Christian faith. “Put out into the deep and let your nets down for a catch.” (Luke 5:4) We live in a world that values productivity and success, and we vainly imagine that God expects us to be spiritually productive and successful, too. It doesn’t matter how much we talk about grace, our conversation is often narrowly 9780819232618 focused on what we need to do for God—so much so that we often block the $18.00 work God longs to do in us. This book does not articulate God’s work as a Paperback process by which we become spiritually strong, but rather as the process 6 x 9 by 160 pages which we embrace our weakness as the place where we most fully experience April 2016 God’s perfect strength (2 Corinthians 12:9). Religion / Spirituality John Newton is a native Texan and an Episcopal priest. He holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and Virginia Theological Seminary. The author of New Clothes: Putting on Christ and Finding Ourselves (Morehouse, 2014), John is passionate about Christian formation and enjoys a ministry of preaching and teaching throughout the Diocese of Texas. Related Reading New Clothes Embracing an Alternative Orthodoxy Participant's Workbook Putting on Christ and Finding Richard Rohr on the Legacy of Ourselves St. Francis JOHN NEWTON RICHARD ROHR, TIM SCORER A fresh, new voice in the A 5-to-10-week study for adults Episcopal Church addresses and young adults with appealing traditionally un-Episcopal video format that prompts questions that Episcopalians (and engagement and response. Christians in general) are asking Richard Rohr explores five topics today. Includes questions for central to Franciscan theology reflection and study by and practice: Atonement Theory, individuals and groups. Eco-Spirituality, The Christ who 9780819229038 9781606741405 Existed before Christianity, $20.00 $12.95 Orthopraxy vs. Verbal Orthodoxy Paperback Paperback (Living Like Jesus), Mysticism over Moralism. 4 CHURCH PUBLISHING INCORPORATED 800.251.3320 ChurchPublishing.org Spirituality/Discernment Gospel Memories The Future Can Rewrite Our Past JAKE OWENSBY l A "new" (2012) bishop in the Episcopal Church offers hope that healing and all things are possible. l A reflective and prayerful education and formation resource for adults. While there is truth in the idea that our past shapes our future, the gospel is all about the counter-intuitive promise that God is shaping us right now toward God's vision of who we will become. It is not our past that makes us into the image of God; God's redeeming love does that. In God, who we are not yet is shaping who we become. Appealing to anyone drawn to a deeper understanding of their own story and a richer sense of God’s transforming presence, this book will have special resonance for people at turning points in their lives. Career changes, loss of a loved one, graduation, illness, divorce, birth of a child, entering middle or later years: Life is filled with turning points at which we feel compelled to tell our story in a new and different way. Each chapter focuses on a gospel 9780819232656 passage, leading to a reflection on a significant point in the author's life which $14.00 uncovers deeper and more personal meaning in the biblical text. Questions Paperback conclude each chapter, engaging readers to look at their own lives—good and 5.5 x 8.5 bad—and find God, experiencing the joy, surprise, and healing of God's future rewriting the 144 pages past. February 2016 Jake Owensby was consecrated as the fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Religion / Spirituality Western Louisiana in 2012, after serving as dean of St.