Lent Catalog 2014

LENT 2014

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Action A World Worth Saving Lenten Spiritual Practices for Action George Hovaness Donigian #1211 • 978-0-8358-1211-5 • $14.00

Instead of giving up something for Lent, why not try praying about stories in the daily news? In this energizing Lenten study, Donigian guides you to link your inner spiritual life with outward actions like serving others, feeding the hungry, seeking justice, offering healing, and extending friendship. Each chapter includes exercises for growth and questions for reflection.

6 weeks • Includes Leader’s Guide

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and aster t n e E L The Miracles of Jesus

The Awkward Season

#1113 • 978-0-8358-1113-2 • $14.00

#9997 • 978-0-8358-9997-0 • $15.00

Jesus’ miracles continue to touch our lives today, just as they transformed people’s lives and challenged attitudes and beliefs nearly 2,000 years ago.

This informative, accessible, and relevant book of daily readings takes you from Ash Wednesday to Easter. In each meditation Bentley gives you valuable nuggets of Bible background, reflection questions to stimulate deeper thinking, a focus for the day to help you connect the miracle story to your life, and a prayer.

6 weeks • Includes small-group outline

Looking for a meaningful guide for observing Lent?

Pamela Hawkins provides a path of daily prayer that leads you from the somber attitude of Ash Wednesday to the joyous celebration of the highest holy day—Easter. A resource rich with possibilities, The Awkward Season will shape your Lenten experience through prayers of invocation, confession, intercession, and thanksgiving. 6 weeks • Includes prayer group sessions

Meditations and Prayers for Lent Wessel Bentley

Forty Days to a Closer Walk with God The Practice of Centering Prayer J. David Muyskens #9904 • 978-0-8358-9904-8 • $15.00

Are you trying to do it all yourself?

God is everpresent and wants to communicate with us, Muyskens reminds us. In this introduction to Centering Prayer, he invites you to spend time daily focusing your heart on the Lord. Includes reflection questions. 6 weeks • Includes suggestions for group study

Prayers for Lent Pamela C. Hawkins

Shadows, Darkness, and Dawn A Lenten Journey with Jesus Thomas R. Steagald

#1032 • 978-0-8358-1032-6 • $15.00

Let Thomas Steagald be your travel guide as you trace the journey of Jesus toward the cross, as well as explore the journeys of people who are touched by him—Nicodemus, the woman at the well, the man born blind, Mary and Martha, and others. 6 weeks • Includes Leader’s Guide

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and aster t n e E L Reaching Toward Easter

Parables and Passion

#1061 • 978-0-8358-1061-6 • $16.00

#1005 • 978-0-8358-1005-0 • $15.00

Devotions for Lent Derek Maul

Walk with Jesus on the dusty path from Bethany to Jerusalem. Listen to his words of grace, hope, and challenge as he moves toward the cross. Join Derek Maul on a devotional journey through Lent. His daily devotions feature in-depth exploration of scripture, powerful personal stories, and prayers that will bring you closer to the risen Christ. 8 weeks • Includes Leader’s Guide

A Clearing Season Reflections for Lent Sarah Parsons

#9817 • 978-0-8358-9817-1 • $14.00

Lent serves as our annual invitation to come closer to God. It provides a time to look at our lives and identify obstacles that keep us from God. Parsons helps you learn how to clear away those obstacles and create space for God. 6 weeks • Includes Leader’s Guide

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Jesus’ Stories for the Days of Lent John Indermark

Examine the parables of Jesus in light of his betrayal and death on the cross. Discover the significance of the parables as Indermark helps you apply their truths to your daily life.

6 weeks • Includes Leader’s Guide

Gospeled Lives

Encounters with Jesus, A Lenten Study John Indermark #9971 • 978-0-8358-9971-0 • $15.00

Explore both the positive and negative responses of biblical characters who encountered the living Christ and his offer of good news. 6 weeks • Includes Leader’s Guide

New Releases Invitations of Jesus Trevor Hudson

#1312 • 978-0-8358-1312-9 • $10.99

How do we respond to the invitations of Jesus? Trevor Hudson calls us to consider the invitations Jesus offers in 5 dimensions of life. In his gentle and intimate style, Trevor leads you to see where Christ is touching your life, calling you PERFECT FOR SMALL-GROUP to deeper relationship STUDY! with God, self, and neighbor. This 6-week small-group study includes a Leader’s Guide for small-group facilitation.

Becoming Who God Wants You to Be 60 Meditations for Personal Spiritual Direction W. Paul Jones

#1324 • 978-0-8358-1324-2 • $14.00

For those who do not have a spiritual director – or are curious about the concept – W. Paul Jones has crafted a series of topical meditations that facilitate self-guided spiritual direction.

In this refreshing approach to the means of spiritual growth, you will explore self-guided spiritual direction with the ultimate spiritual director – the Holy Spirit. Examine your inner thoughts, truths, difficulties, and triumphs through reflection questions at the end of each chapter that prompt introspection and ultimately direction in your spiritual life.

Healing from Divorce 28 Days of Prayer Mary Lou Redding

#1315 • 978-0-8358-1315-0 • $10.00

The sixth book in the 28 Days of Prayer series, Healing from Divorce offers meditations that will lead you on a journey of healing. Whether you anticipate divorce, are in the midst of the process, or are living life PERFECT FOR SMALL-GROUP after divorce, each STUDY! meditation suggests a Bible reading and quotes a Bible verse.

Each also includes a story, along with a question or exercise for reflection.

4 weeks • Includes reflection questions

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Reflections on Faith, Family, Justice, and Pop Culture Michael W. Waters FA519 • 978-1-935205-19-7 • $14.00

In this prophetic collection of essays, Michael Waters speaks truth to relevant current events with his edgy but truthful perspectives. Waters identifies as a member of the hiphop generation living in an urban context. His essays sing with the immediacy of current events but also highlight the compelling nature of these situations as we move into the future.

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