By John Gunstone This book is designed to be a devotional and liturgical resource for all involved in the ministry of healing. It includes prayers and readings to use on a one-to-one basis in pastoral care and liturgies for healing services whether seen as part of the Eucharist or stand-alone. Increasingly, physical health is seen in a wider context of wellbeing and liturgies are also included for the ministry of...
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By Doug Murren Why should churches heal? Does your church touch the lives of broken people and bring healing to their hearts? How does a church become that healing force that glorifies God and impacts whole communities? In a desperately hurting world full of toxic relationships, crippled values, and mutilated morality, lives are crying out for real healing — not drug-induced solutions, not psychobabble Band-Aids, but authentic answers...
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By Rochelle Graham, Flora Litt, & Wayne Irwin To have health is to have a balance and harmony between the physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and relational aspects of the self. In healing, we endeavor to restore this balance when it has become off kilter. In Christian scripture and liturgy there is a rich history of healing. Healing from the Heart traces the tradition of Christian healing, and explores the mystery of prayer....
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By Kara E. Powell & Chap Clark Most parents would give anything to anchor their children with a vibrant faith that “sticks” and continues to mature long-term. Yet despite this deep desire, research indicates that approximately 40-50% of high school seniors drift from their faith after graduation. In response to this problem, the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) has launched the College Transition Project, a national longitudinal study...
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By Jane Williams The aim of the “Church Times Study Guides” is to inform Christians about aspects of belief and practice in a systematic way so they may think, act and respond to the intellectual challenges of the day with greater confidence. Faith is one of the most commonly used words in Christian parlance. But what does it mean? Jane Williams traces the concept and the experience of faith through the Bible to discover...
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By Juergen Simonson Juergen Simonson was born in Dresden, Germany in 1924 and grew up under the Nazi regime. Because of some Jewish antecedents he was called up to do forced labour in France in 1944, escaped and after more adventures came to England in 1945. He was ordained into the Church of England in 1952, worked in Nigeria for seven years and spent the last 21 years in the parochial ministry in Putney and Barnes. He retired in...
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By Ann Weems Faith in Words is a timeless collection of essays and poems that reflect on living the life of faith. These meditative stories and essays and their apt metaphors will inspire Christian readers to seek a greater understanding of God and God’s presence in our daily lives. This volume includes works from such noted Presbyterian writers as Doris Betts, Kathleen Long Bostrom, Belden C. Lane, Katherine Paterson, J. Barrie...
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By John E. Castaldo, MD & Lawrence P. Levitt, MD In light of the escalating costs of healthcare in the U.S. and the on-going debate about appropriate health insurance reform, it’s easy to forget about the human side of medicine and the importance of the doctor-patient relationship. In Uncommon Wisdom, neurologists John Castaldo and Lawrence Levitt share what they have learned in their many years as doctors, not just from tests...
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By Kenneth Winston Tap the power of prayer and faith to heal whatever ails you. Prayer and faith can be potent cures for a whole host of emotional and physical problems. Hundreds of scientific studies prove it! But how do you access this hidden strength? This book will show you. (Product description) Available at Christian...
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By Sylvia Chang This is a story of prayer, faith, and hope in our Lord Jesus for His healing, and the intimate relationship of longing for our Heavenly Father in our personal lives. Through the knowledge of repentance and confession, we build the close relationship with Him daily in order to know His Heart, His thoughts and His ways in our personal lives. By the understanding that He is our Father and Creator, we have to draw back...
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By Janet Hodgson The Christian story has inspired centuries of art, of depicting the faith in images not least of Christ himself. Janet Hodgson has over many years collected images both contemporary and historical and encourages others to set up their own collections as a resource for creative worship and enabling people to articulate their faith. This workbook provides a wealth of material, designed to unlock people’s...
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By Paul Ferguson Liturgical texts, repeated week after week by hundreds of thousands of people, are an ideal starting-point for exploring deep matters of faith. Their rich theological content, their themes and their familiarity, can help us develop a more mature, informed faith and spirituality. Assuming no specialist knowledge but convinced that a good theological understanding is within everyone’s grasp, Paul Ferguson takes...
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By Sue Pickering Creative Ideas for Ministry with the Aged is a wise, timely, and practical handbook that meets the urgent need for resources for ministry among the elderly. Written out of the author’s own experience as a chaplain to a residential care community, it is suitable for ministers who visit the elderly; chaplains, pastoral visitors, and caregivers; and all who help train others in elderly pastoral care. Part 1...
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By Michael Fulljames & Michael Harper This is a daily prayer companion aimed at all working in the caring professions: doctors, nurses and other health care staff; social workers, counsellors, pastors and the many thousands of carers looking after someone at home. It is profoundly understanding of the heavy emotional burden that accompanies this kind of work, its challenges and frustrations, and its great rewards. Arranged...
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By David Atkinson Healing is one of the fundamental aspects of Christian ministry, reaching into every area of personal and public life. Leading ethicist David Atkinson asks whether suffering can ever be creative and explores how today’s conversations between theology, psychology, and medical science are shaping our understanding of healing. He offers a practical and pastoral theology that embraces healing’s different...
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By Ian Price This five-session group study explores each of the five senses as a doorway to deepening our faith and encountering God. Use it for a midweek group or a week-long focused study. Touch God through a hug from a friend, hear God in the laughter of a child, breathe in God through the aroma of the salty sea, see God in the wings of a butterfly, taste God in the texture of bread. Simple experiential exercises and activities...
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By John Gunstone This is a practical handbook for all local churches that are developing the ministry of healing. It explores biblical teaching on healing, healing through the sacraments, creating prayer ministry teams, training, planning and conducting healing services, accountability, boundaries and confidentiality, the ministry of listening and much more. In a sensitive area where the highest standards of conduct are vital, here...
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By Elisabeth Elliot Must we stumble through sorrow and tragedy without understanding or is there a lighted way – a path – through suffering? Elisabeth Elliot plots the treacherous passage through pain, grief, and loss a journey most of us will make many times in our life. Through it all, she says, there is only one reliable path, and if you walk it, you will see the transformation of all your losses, heartbreaks, and tragedies into...
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By Cheryl L. Guy There is something very therapeutic about hearing someone else share the story of her own personal struggle. Somebody, Free Me is written from that point of view. It’s as if you are sitting in the circle of a twelve-step recovery session and are listening to a fellow struggler share her journey toward healing. Cheryl has a way of sharing her pain through the lens of family and faith which provides both a sense of...
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By Peggy Crosby Luther “Lord Jesus, I can’t do this without you.” This is the essence of my life, and it became really evident to me after I heard the words, “You have cancer.” I am a Christian woman who prays. I have spent years writing down my prayers in journals. I didn’t decide to write this book; the Lord impressed upon me that I was going to write about this journey from the beginning when everything began to happen. That was...
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By Josh Ross Are You Scarred? Tired of platitudes that don’t heal your brokenness? Have you wondered if you’re allowed to say things like, “God, this doesn’t make any sense. Where are you?” Are you looking for the balance between honesty and faithfulness? This book is for you. Josh Ross lets you in on his own journey of grief as he discovers that faith is about experience, movement, and process. It is about adventure, adventure that...
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By Jim Cymbala (Dean Merrill, contributor) Pastor Jim Cymbala calls us back to a fiery, passionate preoccupation with God that will restore what the enemy has stolen from us: our first love for Jesus, our zeal, our troubled children, our wounded marriages, our broken and divided churches. Born out of the heart and soul of The Brooklyn Tabernacle, the message of Fresh Faith is illustrated by true stories of men and women whose lives...
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By L.B. Cowman (Edited by James Reimann) In a barren wilderness, L. B. Cowman long ago discovered a fountain that sustained her, and she shared it with the world, Streams in the Desert – her collection of prayerful meditations, Christian writings, and God’s written promises – has become one of the most dearly loved, best-selling devotionals of all time since its first publication in 1925. Filled with insight into the richness...
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By Matthew Linn, Sheila Fabricant, & Dennis Linn A practical and prayerful guide to healing the hurt that may have occurred in the eight stages of life as described by psychologist Erik Erikson. (Publisher’s description) Available at Christian...
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By Barbara Hosbach Your Faith Has Made You Well explores what happened when Jesus healed and what the gospel stories of those healing encounters mean for us in the here and now. Jesus healing power speaks to all of us who are willing to turn to him and have our eyes, ears, minds, and hearts opened to what he offers us. Through the Holy Spirit, Jesus passed the torch of his ministry on to his followers, including us. While we may not...
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