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View from the Back Pew

Author : Raquel Eldridge
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1456767321
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (567 download)

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Download or read book View from the Back Pew written by Raquel Eldridge and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-05-19 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malone Harris has wanted to leave The Shelter from the Storm Church in Christ for a long time, but even more so after she and her best friend, Alanna, had a falling out regarding Alannas affair with their pastor. As her love for the place begins to diminish, she changes her point of view by sitting in the back pew where she does more people-watching than lesson-learning. In silent observation, she discovers there is more going on than praise and worship amongst the congregation of the Houston-area mega church. The young and trendy congregation flock into the sanctuary to see and be seenbut its what the members arent seeing that is putting their very souls in jeopardy. Alanna Crawford makes a hasty retreat from The Shelter after it becomes painfully obvious she cant count on Pastor Wilson McKinney to leave his wife and make her his First Lady like hed been promising he would for years. In search of a new church, a new man, and hopefully the new title of First Lady, she sets her sights on the handsome new pastor of a newly emerging church in town. Her feminine wiles are no match for the nave preacher and soon, shell be well on her way to getting everything she wants, but will the freaky skeletons in her closet cause her to lose it all? For Malone and Alanna, what started as a journey for peace and a spiritual relationship with God, ended as a journey through a sinners paradise when they find out they were surrounded by schemers, liars and hypocritesand that they were being led by the biggest Charlatan of them all! Will they ever find whatever it was they were looking for that fateful day years ago when they joined hands and joined ranks with the worldly masses at The Shelter from the Storm Church in Christ?

A View from the Back Pew

Author : Tim O'Donnell
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 0984534407
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book A View from the Back Pew written by Tim O'Donnell and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2011-02-10 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engages with the taboo questions of Christianity as investigative reportage, exploring the "mysteries of faith". Is America becoming preoccupied with religion? In a country with a tradition of keeping matters of creed private, we are now seeing religion in the headlines almost daily, while ironically, escalating numbers of Americans are abandoning organized religion altogether. A recent Pew survey of Americans show: 91% believe in God, 44% have switched religions, 71% of 18-30 year-olds are “spiritual but not religious” and the Catholic Church estimates at least one third of Catholics are lapsed. We are a nation under God, a country of believers it seems, but one undergoing a collective shift in our allegiance to organized religion. But, before the individual shifts they are aided by looking at what they were taught to believe in the first place. A View from the Back Pew: God, Religion & Our Personal Quest for Truth investigates the mysteries of faith in a no-holds-barred exposÃ© into the very core of the Christianity. Candid, humorous and controversial, Tim O’Donnell takes us on a powerful search for balance – between faith and personal experience, between the roots of Christianity and layers of doctrine and between ritual and the connection to the entity we call God. A View from the Back Pew is not written for theologians or the so-called spiritual illuminati, but for ordinary people who are asking deeper questions about their faith. Before one can venture from the safe harbor of organized religion to the open water of spirituality, it helps to be clear about what causes our quandary. This book helps deal with the imprint religion has made while leaving out the guilt commonly linked to asking such questions. “My hope” writes O’Donnell “is that if you are drawn to the Divine but labor over dogma and ritual, you will find a fresh perspective in my view from the back pew”.

The View from the Pew

Author : Alex A. Meñez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781098064778
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (647 download)

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Download or read book The View from the Pew written by Alex A. Meñez and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-24 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love stories are always captivating. And when it is the love story of a catholic priest, it is intriguing. This book is about the love story of two priests. "Both stories reveal their pain and struggles to decide against a law imbedded for centuries in the solid structure of an institution and in the cultural psyche of both laity and clergy. In the end, love and grace triumph" (From a peer review). A highlight of this book is my reformist concern related to clerical behavior. And I speak from my experience and expertise of forty years in the ministry. Ecclesiastics should know that when I left the service of the altar, I bore no bitterness or regret. I am, therefore, their best ally to tell them the truth in love. An added weight for my credibility is because my observations are based mostly on the pronouncements of Pope Francis. The book will make some clerics uncomfortable. Many will find it comforting and uplifting. All will find it a good resource for reflection and a compelling guide for examination of conscience to hopefully bring about the clergy reform in attitude and lifestyle. I have a chapter on celibacy. Some will ask, what more is there to talk about this topic. And I say, because I present celibacy with a focus on chastity. Celibacy without chastity is a farce. Perhaps someday the church will change its law on celibacy, definitely not in my lifetime. But it will. This book will tell you why. This book can be used as a primer in the seminary formation program. As Cardinal Robert Sarah has warned, "The Christian priesthood is going through a major crisis," and at the root of this quagmire "is a deep flaw in their formation." The laity will benefit from this book, especially among the churchgoing, those engaged in religious formation, those in search of their faith's relevance or simply the spiritually hungry and the families and friends of priests all over the world. The book strongly emphasizes the equality in dignity of all Christian faithful (clergy and lay) based on the grace of baptism. This will help the laity value and uphold their proper role, viz. that together they build up the Church of Jesus Christ.

From the Pews in the Back

Author : Kate Dugan
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 081463902X
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book From the Pews in the Back written by Kate Dugan and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Pews in the Back is a book filled with questions about Catholic identity. How do young Catholic women see or define themselves? What is their relationship to the church? What are their struggles and joys? In a church that often consigns them to the pews in the back, what place are young women claiming? This collection of twenty-nine essays approaches these questions from a multitude of angles. These brief memoirs, to 'her with the insights of editors Kate Dugan and Jennifer Owens, offer a glimpse into what it means to be young, Catholic, and female in today's church. These women wrestle with the Catholic faith and with the church. They ask hard questions of the institution and are not willing to take easy answers. From the Pews in the Back is a new chapter in the dialogue about the role of women in the church. The voices of these women range from inspiring and energetic to challenging and wounded. Ultimately, though these women are stubbornly hopeful. They are claiming a place in the church and are calling other Catholics to talk with them about this claim.

Bible Knock Knock Jokes from the Back Pew

Author : Mike Thaler
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310715989
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Bible Knock Knock Jokes from the Back Pew written by Mike Thaler and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of knock-knock jokes featuring the names of characters from the Bible.

In the Big Inning... Bible Riddles from the Back Pew

Author : Mike Thaler
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310715970
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book In the Big Inning... Bible Riddles from the Back Pew written by Mike Thaler and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of illustrated riddles and puns based on Biblical stories and figures.

Walking the Plank to the Baptism Tank

Author : Mike Thaler
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310715946
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Walking the Plank to the Baptism Tank written by Mike Thaler and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young boy who is ready to dedicate his life to Christ is not nearly so ready to be baptized in a deep, cold tank that may have sharks in it.

Bible Knock-Knock Jokes from the Back Pew

Author : Mike Thaler
Publisher : Zonderkidz
ISBN 13 : 0310423767
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Bible Knock-Knock Jokes from the Back Pew written by Mike Thaler and published by Zonderkidz. This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author and artist of the Tales from the Back Pew series comes a clean and kid-friendly joke book that is sure to have young readers laughing! Bible Knock-Knock Jokes from the Back Pew is a collection of knock-knock jokes by America’s own Riddle King, Mike Thaler, and is sure to keep readers of all ages rolling with laughter and eager to share with others, young and old! Bible Knock-Knock Jokes from the Back Pew: Part of the hilarious Tales from the Back Pew series Features full-color art by popular artist Jared Lee All jokes are kid-friendly and age appropriate Great gift idea for children ages 4-8

The Devil in Pew Number Seven

Author : Rebecca Nichols Alonzo
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1414338295
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book The Devil in Pew Number Seven written by Rebecca Nichols Alonzo and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2011 Retailers Choice Award winner! Rebecca never felt safe as a child. In 1969, her father, Robert Nichols, moved to Sellerstown, North Carolina, to serve as a pastor. There he found a small community eager to welcome him—with one exception. Glaring at him from pew number seven was a man obsessed with controlling the church. Determined to get rid of anyone who stood in his way, he unleashed a plan of terror that was more devastating and violent than the Nichols family could have ever imagined. Refusing to be driven away by acts of intimidation, Rebecca’s father stood his ground until one night when an armed man walked into the family’s kitchen . . . And Rebecca’s life was shattered. If anyone had a reason to harbor hatred and seek personal revenge, it would be Rebecca. Yet The Devil in Pew Number Seven tells a different story. It is the amazing true saga of relentless persecution, one family’s faith and courage in the face of it, and a daughter whose parents taught her the power of forgiveness.

Pew

Author : Catherine Lacey
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374720134
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Pew written by Catherine Lacey and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER of the 2021 NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award. Finalist for the 2021 Dylan Thomas Prize. Longlisted for the 2021 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. One of Publishers Weekly's Best Fiction Books of 2020. One of Amazon's 100 Best Books of 2020. “The people of this community are stifling, and generous, cruel, earnest, needy, overconfident, fragile and repressive, which is to say that they are brilliantly rendered by their wise maker, Catherine Lacey.” --Rachel Kushner, author of The Flamethrowers A figure with no discernible identity appears in a small, religious town, throwing its inhabitants into a frenzy In a small, unnamed town in the American South, a church congregation arrives for a service and finds a figure asleep on a pew. The person is genderless and racially ambiguous and refuses to speak. One family takes in the strange visitor and nicknames them Pew. As the town spends the week preparing for a mysterious Forgiveness Festival, Pew is shuttled from one household to the next. The earnest and seemingly well-meaning townspeople see conflicting identities in Pew, and many confess their fears and secrets to them in one-sided conversations. Pew listens and observes while experiencing brief flashes of past lives or clues about their origin. As days pass, the void around Pew’s presence begins to unnerve the community, whose generosity erodes into menace and suspicion. Yet by the time Pew’s story reaches a shattering and unsettling climax at the Forgiveness Festival, the secret of who they really are—a devil or an angel or something else entirely—is dwarfed by even larger truths. Pew, Catherine Lacey’s third novel, is a foreboding, provocative, and amorphous fable about the world today: its contradictions, its flimsy morality, and the limits of judging others based on their appearance. With precision and restraint, one of our most beloved and boundary-pushing writers holds up a mirror to her characters’ true selves, revealing something about forgiveness, perception, and the faulty tools society uses to categorize human complexity.

Sitting on the Back Pew

Author : K. Bailey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781511644167
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book Sitting on the Back Pew written by K. Bailey and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The church is not perfect. Church people are not perfect. I am just glad that God has a sense of humor. Sitting On The Back Pew gives the reader a chance to look past what happens at the church house and see what goes on around it. Church families have the same struggles as regular folks. It's a comical view point of things that go on at church but most are afraid to talk about. You are either going to laugh or be mad cause I told the story.

The Everyday Crusade

Author : Eric L. McDaniel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316516261
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The Everyday Crusade written by Eric L. McDaniel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-12 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how the religious nationalist ideology of American Religious Exceptionalism (ARE) contributes to the American public's self-promoting, exclusionary, and sometimes illiberal attitudes.

Sittin' in the Front Pew

Author : Parry Ann Brown
Publisher : Villard
ISBN 13 : 0375757058
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book Sittin' in the Front Pew written by Parry Ann Brown and published by Villard. This book was released on 2002 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Returning to Baltimore from Los Angeles to bury her late father, Glynda Naylor and her three sisters celebrate their father's life and search for answers about who the real Edward Naylor, who had raised them after their mother's death, was. Original. 35,000 first printing.

Empty the Pews

Author : Chrissy Stroop
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781946093073
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Empty the Pews written by Chrissy Stroop and published by . This book was released on 2019-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mischief from the Back Pew

Author : Todd Hafer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780764228001
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Mischief from the Back Pew written by Todd Hafer and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicling the real-life adventures and misadventures of two preacher's kids, these brothers never fail to see the funny side of life.

Church Summer Cramp

Author : Mike Thaler
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 031071592X
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Church Summer Cramp written by Mike Thaler and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's summertime and everybody's going to camp---or is it cramp? Mike Thaler, author of the popular Black Lagoon series, puts his spin on the age-old experience of summer camp.

When God Talks Back

Author : T.M. Luhrmann
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307277275
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book When God Talks Back written by T.M. Luhrmann and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012 A bold approach to understanding the American evangelical experience from an anthropological and psychological perspective by one of the country's most prominent anthropologists. Through a series of intimate, illuminating interviews with various members of the Vineyard, an evangelical church with hundreds of congregations across the country, Tanya Luhrmann leaps into the heart of evangelical faith. Combined with scientific research that studies the effect that intensely practiced prayer can have on the mind, When God Talks Back examines how normal, sensible people—from college students to accountants to housewives, all functioning perfectly well within our society—can attest to having the signs and wonders of the supernatural become as quotidian and as ordinary as laundry. Astute, sensitive, and extraordinarily measured in its approach to the interface between science and religion, Luhrmann's book is sure to generate as much conversation as it will praise.