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Earth Gospel: A Guide to Prayer for God’s Creation by Sam Hamilton Poore 

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Earth Gospel: A Guide to Prayer for God’s Creation by Sam Hamilton Poore 

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The liturgy in this book is beautiful to celebrate God’s Great Creation. With a robust variety of metaphors for Creator God, I can always find something beautiful to share with the gathered community.

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Overview

Do something for the environment-pray for the earth.

The icecaps are melting. The air we breathe and the water we drink are polluted. Forests are being cleared of oxygen-making trees and ecosystem-integral wildlife.

Our daily lives impact our earth-mostly leaving negative footprints. The environmental challenges we face are real and almost out of control. We're free to enjoy the earth's bounty and beauty, but along with that privilege comes responsibility.

How are Christians to respond as stewards of God's creation? Explore through prayer the interconnecting love that binds God, humankind, and creation-forming a sacred trust.

Earth Gospel offers four weeks of prayer (seven days per week with prayers for morning, midday, and evening) to encourage care of God's creation. Each daily reading includes scripture, hymn texts, beautiful poems and reflections from sages across time, and blessings. Featured voices include Emily Dickson, Wendell Berry, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther, e.e. cummings, Julia Esquivel, Annie Dillard, Henry David Thoreau, Catherine of Siena, and many others.

Conveniently sized to tuck into a backpack for a field expedition or as a companion to your Bible during prayer time, Earth Gospel will deepen your appreciation and commitment to creation. Use it daily, and it will change your life.

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Earth Gospel Print Book Sam Hamilton-Poore - SAMUEL HAMILTON-POORE : The Upper Room

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Earth Gospel Print Book Sam Hamilton-Poore - SAMUEL HAMILTON-POORE : The Upper Room Do something for the environment-pray for the earth. The icecaps are melting. The air we breathe and the water we drink are polluted. Forests are being cleared of oxygen-making trees and ecosystem-integral wildlife. Our daily lives impact

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Excellent board book to add to church libraries. Doesn't use God language, but ABSOLUTELY names inherent belovedness.

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Through gentle rhymes and colorful photographs of adorable children and loving families, Pride Colors celebrates of the deep unconditional love of a parent or caregiver for a young child. The message is simple: Be yourself, love who you choose, you are perfect just as you are, and you will always be loved.

The book ends with an explanation of the meaning behind each color in the Pride flag. You can buy it at your local bookstore, or order it on Indie Bound, Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or from Orca Books.

Reviews

Starred Review: "A good thing comes in a small, rainbow package... It sends a message of unconditional love to the implied child audience, and it affirms familial and racial diversity... A joyful, affirming, pride-filled read." -Kirkus, April 2019

Starred Review: "Awash in messages of love and the celebration of individuality, this dual concept book highlights #LGBTQIA+ families in a positive, glittery light. A rare treat for both Pride Day and everyday sharing." - School Library Journal, Feb. 2019

"Parents will enjoy reading Stevenson's loving words as much as children will enjoy the uplifting statements, gentle rhythms, and bright photos of children (and a few parents) on the pages. Pride Colors is a delightful addition to the small number of LGBTQ-inclusive board books and to young children's books celebrating LGBTQ history and Pride...(It would make a great baby shower gift!) - Mombian, Feb. 2019

"Robin Stevenson is well-known for her work in LGBTQ+ literature for children and youth, and Pride Colors, though a brief board book in comparison to her YA novels and nonfiction for teens, is no exception. Told in verse, moving back and forth between nature and human interaction, the beautiful connections between human beings and the natural world is accentuated and celebrated in Pride Colors...Affirming phrases remind adults reading the text (and ensure those listening) that no matter what, they are loved and accepted and are recognized within the open-ended nature of the flag. Along with Richard Van Camp's Welcome Song for Baby and Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang's Toesy Toes Pride Colors is a declaration of human difference and resilience in the face of so much adversity seen around the world today." -Canadian Materials, Jan. 2019

"Stevenson captures the essence of Pride celebrations in this board book. Vibrant photographs feature diverse families accompanied by affirming statements that reference a full rainbow of colors... Pride is an expansive celebration with room for all who love and cherish others, Stevenson conveys." - Publishers Weekly, March 2019

Awards

Lambda Literary Award finalist

School Library Journal Best Books of the Year

Kirkus Best Books of the Year

Bank Street College of Education Best Books of the Year

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Through gentle rhymes and colorful photographs of adorable children and loving families, Pride Colors celebrates of the deep unconditional love of a parent or caregiver for a young child. The message is simple: Be yourself, love who you choose, you are perfect just as you are, and you will always be loved.

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You Can Talk to God Like That by Rev. Abby Norman

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You Can Talk to God Like That by Rev. Abby Norman

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I found this book very helpful for walking with my congregation through the grief of all the things. It's very accessible and can easily lend itself to a sermon series.

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You Can Talk To God Like That

The Surprising Power of Lament to Save Your Faith

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Praise is the only path to God--at least this is what many of us have been taught. But the notion that we have to be positive all the time, putting on a happy face through anger, frustration, and pain, hinders our ability not only to heal ourselves and society, but to have an authentic relationship with the Divine.

We long to connect with God over the very real sorrow in our lives and in the world around us, but so many of us were never shown how. This lack of knowing how to lament--an ancient practice of expressing anger and pain to God--damages us personally and spiritually.

Pastor Abby Norman is here to tell us that we can talk to God like that. In her fresh, tell-it-like-it-is voice, she unpacks the power of lament, providing us with the tools and the grace-filled permission to heal the problems we have been ignoring for too long. She shows us how to express our laments to God and to each other when things are definitely not okay. And through this process we will discover a richer connection with God--who has wanted nothing more than our whole selves from the start.

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You Can Talk To God Like That: The Surprising Power of Lament to Save Your Faith

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In You Can Talk to God Like That , pastor Abby Norman shows us that we can talk honestly to God, despite what we may have been told. You'll be encouraged to express your anger and pain to God and feel relief that you can be honest even when things are not...

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This book goes about talking about the Queer relationship to the church in a different direction than normal. It goes through Queer culture back into church culture, and emphasizes the way that Queer culture and Christian culture should be aligned.

Also comes with a free, very usable 5 week book study at this website.

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"Edman writes with the tender hand, approachable intelligence, and wise humility of that super-smart, big-hearted priest you always want yet rarely find. She takes words we think we know-'scandal,' 'pride,' 'queerness'-and encourages us to consider them in a new light. And at a time when narratives about Christianity are often hyper-individualistic and oversimplified, she reminds us of a vibrant gospel that's richly relational, comfortingly complex, and inherently hopeful. A vital read."
-Jeff Chu, author of Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America

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"Edman writes with the tender hand, approachable intelligence, and wise humility of that super-smart, big-hearted priest you always want yet rarely find. She takes words we think we know-'scandal,' 'pride,' 'queerness'-and encourages us to consider them in a new light.

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What Is God Like? by Rachel Held Evans, Matthew Paul Turner: 9780593193310 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

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The late, beloved Rachel Held Evans answers many children's first question about God in this gorgeous picture book, fully realized by her friend Matthew Paul Turner, the bestselling author of When God...

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Stephen Patterson

Abstract

This book examines the history and legacy of a forgotten early Christian creed embedded in Galatians 3:26-28, remarkable for its declaration of solidarity across race, class, and gender lines. It claims that distinctions based on race, class, and gender are a human conceit; race, class, and gender simply do not exist. The book describes how ancients used these categories to create "otherness" and to structure society to the advantage of native, free males, and how, and why, certain early followers of Jesus, including Paul, came to reject these "othering" categories and instead embrace their un ... More

Bibliographic Information

Print publication date: 2018

Print ISBN-13: 9780190865825

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2018

DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190865825.001.0001

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This book examines the history and legacy of a forgotten early Christian creed embedded in Galatians 3:26-28, remarkable for its declaration of solidarity across race, class, and gender lines. It claims that distinctions based on race, class, and gender are a human conceit; race, class, and gender simply do not exist.