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Wayne A. Holst

Wayne A. Holst facilitates adult spiritual development at St. David's United Church in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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Encyclopedia of Christianity

Ten years in the making, the new Encyclopedia of Christianity, edited by John Bowden, is a major scholarly achievement....
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The Gift of Grace/Grace That Frees

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We believe

Every Sunday, millions of Christians recite either the Apostles' or the Nicene Creed. The first evolved over several centuries and first appears in the writings of St....
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Abraham, by Bruce Feiler

The daily accounts of the violence shattering the Holy Land make us wonder if Jerusalem's three religions will ever be able peacefully to coexist there....
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In the Aftermath, edited by James Taylor

Stanley Hauerwas does not believe that the people who died on September 11 "deserved" their deaths for the sins of greedy, capitalistic America....
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Godtalk, by Brad Gooch

Two provocative insights surface in novelist and English professor Brad Gooch's introduction to Godtalk....
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As I Lay Dying, by Richard John Neuhaus

William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying (1930), a chronicle of the Bundren family's odd journey to bury wife and mother Addie, is notable for its innovative use of narrative chronology, stream o...
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A Song Flung Up to Heaven, by Maya Angelou

Rise and be prepared to move on and ever on," is the continuing theme of Maya Angelou's autobiographical cycle, and the phrase succinctly sums up the story of her life....
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Soul Survivor, by Philip Yancey

"The Christian ideal," wrote G. K. Chesterton, "has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried." Philip Yancey identifies with Chesterton's assessment....
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Befriending Life, edited by Beth Porter, with Susan Brown and Philip Coulter

His primary expectation was that you keep your heart open to life," writes Fred Bratman of his friend Henri Nouwen....

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Trusting the Spirit, by Richard Cimino

Historian Paul Johnson compares religious organizations to icebergs. They move slowly and the changes in them are not easily seen....
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Proclaiming the Scandal, by Jerome E. Burce

Lutheran pastor Jerome E. Burce addresses the challenge of mission and ministry in postmodern North American culture....
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Saint Saul, by Donald Harman Akenson

Outside the Four Gospels, the New Testament yields precious little about Jesus," writes John P....

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