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RECENT READS - Liturgy

  • BEYOND SMELLS AND BELLS: The Wonder and Power of Christian Liturgy, by Galli
  • BLENDED WORSHIP: Achieving Substance and Relevance in Worship, by Webber
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  • CELTIC DAILY PRAYER: Prayers and readings from the Northumbria Community
  • CELTIC VISION, THE: edited by de Waal
  • DIARY OF AN OXFORD METHODIST: Benjamin Ingham 1733-1734, edited by Heitzentater
  • DIVINE INTERVENTION: Encountering God through the Ancient Practice of Lectio Divina, by Jones
  • IN CONSTANT PRAYER: by Benson
  • NO MOMENT TOO SMALL: by Vest
  • PLAIN LIVING: A QUAKER PATH TO SIMPLICITY, Whitmire
  • PRAYERS offered by US Senate Chaplain Reverend Frederick Brown Harris: 1942-1946
  • PRIMAL: A QUEST FOR THE LOST SOUL OF CHRISTIANITY, Batterson
  • SACRED WAY, THE: by Jones
  • SOUL KEEPING: Ancient Paths of Spiritual Direction, by Baker
  • THE COUNTRY PARSON'S ADVICE TO HIS PARISHIONERS: A Serious Exhortation to a Religious and Virtuous Life, by Anonymous, edited by Koch
  • THE IMITATION OF CHRIST, by Thomas a' Kempis
  • THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD, by Brother Lawrence
  • THE RYTHM OF GOD'S GRACE: Uncovering Morning and Evening Hours of Prayer, by Boers
  • TOO DEEP FOR WORDS: Rediscovering Lectio Divina, by Hall
  • VALLEY OF VISION: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions, edited by Bennet

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  • HOW TO BE A MONASTIC AND NOT LEAVE YOUR DAY JOB: An Invitation to Oblate Life, by Tvedten
  • MONK HABITS FOR EVERYDAY PEOPLE: Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants, by Okholm
  • PRAYER AND COMMUNITY: The Benedictine Tradition
  • PUNK MONK: New Monasticism and the Ancient Art of Breathing, by Freeman and Greig
  • ST. BENEDICT'S TOOLBOX: The Nuts and Bolts of Everyday Benedictine Living, by Tomaine
  • THE INNER ROOM: A Journey into Lay Monasticism, by Plaiss
  • THE RULE OF ST. BENEDICT

RECENT READS - Other

  • BITTERSWEET FREEDOM: Hirji-Walji
  • THE CELTIC WAY OF EVANGELISM: How Christianity Can reach the West ...Again, by Hunter
  • THE SHACK, by Wm. Young

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Friday, December 18, 2015

Keep Christ in Christmas


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LIFE VERSE

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths." Proverbs 3:5,6