Embrace God’s joy and restore a focus on Christian practices and the virtues they instill. Published in cooperation with Yale University and taking cues from theologians such as Miroslav Volf and recent reflections on joy as the crown of the good life, this ecumenical group...

Shows the clear connection between justice and religious education in the Black experience. The resource sets forth the cultural imperatives of ministry and the contextual nature of a public theology of religious education that connects faith formation and action in addressing profoundly difficult, unjust, and...

Reflecting on Your Leadership Journey Journal your way through a 12-week Christian leader intensive. This fully illustrated resource combines winning leadership concepts and insightful scriptural meditations in a daily journal specifically created for leaders. Use it to chart a personal leadership path and as an...

Early Methodism as seen by its adversaries and detractors This book examines eighteenth-century pamphlet attacks on early Methodism, which came from all sides—the episcopacy, clergy, other Christian groups, universities, Wesley’s ex-preachers, ex-Methodist laity, the Calvinist branch of Methodism, and the secular community. The book references...

A down-to-earth, practical introduction to the ins and outs of preaching. This book is for those who are newly arrived in the pulpit: lay preachers, bivocational and local pastors, as well as recent seminary graduates. Preaching is a fundamental task of pastors. and some say...

Helping people experience generosity always yields happy surprises. According to author David L. Heetland, people want to give, and this book shows how to turn these generous intentions into tangible help for nonprofit organizations. While many leaders are reluctant to make appeals for money, Heetland...

Join the conversation. Suitable for a 4-week study, this resource addresses how the church be a witness and provide for a diversified human community. Based on a paper by Dr. Charles M. Wood, the resource presents United Methodists an opportunity to think about what has...

Move to courageous hope in action. This book gives tried-and-true methods to effectively reach out to Black youth and motivate them to make healthier choices that promise positive outcomes. The authors offer: 1) a narrative orientation that links real life with Christian faith supports and...

God is when everything else is not. What shall we do if God is not our friend? Looking for God is intensely personal and yielding to God is often surprising. Fisher says, “Confronting the genuine joys we experience and the agony and sorrows we endure,...

Preparing Leaders for an Interfaith World Colleges strive to educate students for leadership in communities, businesses, churches, governments, and the academy, and they must also prepare them for an increasingly religiously pluralistic world by offering opportunities for interfaith cooperation. This book shows the innovation and...