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The author, a pastor in British Columbia, begins with her own longing for personal renewal. What would it take to feel renewed every day? instead of waiting for a vacation to smooth out the tensions of life, instead of waiting until the end of the week to shed our weariness, what if we could take time out every day? Live a renewed life every day? Be refreshed by God every day?

Sacred Pauses offers simple ways for readers to do just that. Each chapter explores a different spiritual practice--from classic disciplines of Scripture reading and prayer to other creative approaches such as paying attention, making music, and having fun. With plenty of stories from real life and ideas to try, this book is personal and practical. It's flexible format is appropriate for personal use or in a group, every day or any time.

Copyright 2013 Herald Press

Follow the authors as they outline how early churches were multivoiced, valued the gifts of all, and expected that the Holy Spirit would speak through all members of the community. Discover the growth and opportunities that occur when we nurture the wider community's spiritual talents.

Copyright 2012 MennoMedia

"When I started examining the subject, I thought there must be other images we could use to help us define what a Christian man looks like," he says. "I was sure that not every man wants to go into battle, or withdraw from others."

Brandt, who teaches spirituality at Columbia Bible College in Abbotsford, B.C., decided to test his idea by inviting some male friends to participate in a discussion group exploring different images of male spirituality. He sent each chapter out in advance to the group, which then met to talk about it.

The result of those meetings is Under Construction, which uses the story of Joseph in the book of Genesis to explore other images of male spirituality-images such as peacebuilder, forgiver, reconciler and creator of God's shalom.

For Brandt, male spirituality "reaches its height when it shows compassion to all people, beginning with those close to us. It's about being part of building God's commonwealth of love and justice, having the courage to face the wounds of our past and building a marriage, a family, and a career while empowering others to build with us."

Under Construction: Reframing Men's Spirituality was made possible through the generious support of Mennonite Men, an organization of the Mennonite Church that promotes and develops resources for men.

Copyright 2010 Herald Press

This book seeks to examine what reading the Bible might look like in the current period when the church is no longer central and the Christian story is not well known. Pietersen argues that, after Christendom, Jesus should be central to any Christian biblical interpretation.

Copyright 2012 MennoMedia

By exploring such practices as baptism, communion, singing, and group discernment, he asks us to consider how participation in the life of the church shapes our daily witness- how "going to church" transforms "going to work" in the world that God loves.

copyright 2012 MennoMedia

Copyright 2011 MennoMedia

Copyright 2011 MennoMedia

Copyright 2011 Herald Press

Katie Funk Wiebe says a resounding no to both attitudes. In this book, destined to become a classic, she talks about the inner journey of aging. Wiebe speaks honestly, faithfully, and movingly about the transition to retirement and how it compares with life's earlier "border crossings."

Anyone struggling through the pain and promise of a new stage in life will find a kindred spirit.

Now this second edition provides a new foreword and preface, revised original chapters, and two new and poignant ones telling of Wiebe's journey through the death of her daughter and of recent reflections on and experiences of being "old."

Revised 2003.

A Mennonite Woman explores how the shapes people live among in turn shape them. Mennonite Christians are called to be intentional about giving a God-shape to their lives. This book argues that spiritual formation is necessarily changing from a spiritual-formation-by-just-living-in-community to a more intentional spiritual formation-by-contemplative-and communal-disciplines.

But more than that, here is simply a good story! Here the author integrates her Mennonite background, her encounter with Irish Catholic faith, and the spiritual life she discovers in her grandmother and in her own everyday life.

Copyright 2010 Cascadia Publishing House