Fortress Press

Made, Known, Loved: Developing LGBTQ-Inclusive Youth Ministry

Ross Murray (Author)

Made, Known, Loved: Developing LGBTQ-Inclusive Youth Ministry builds on experience and wisdom developed through The Naming Project, a ministry created at the intersection of youth, faith, and LGBTQ identity. Ministry cofounder Ross Murray shows congregations how to examine their values and create a program that affirms LGBTQ youth in their faith and their identity, accepts and welcomes diverse sexual orientations and gender identities, and equips future leaders for the church and the LGBTQ community.

Jesus the Harmony: Gospel Sonnets for 366 Days

Gracia M. Grindal (Author)

Author and poet Gracia Grindal has written 366 sonnets based on the life and ministry of Jesus to inspire meditation and reflection. Each poem entry is based on a specific biblical connection and relates to a holy day or season. The book's introduction provides historic background on Gospel harmonies, tells the story of how the author created the sonnets, and offers suggestions for using this unique devotional volume.

Eyes of the Heart: Seeing God in an Age of Science

Russell Haitch (Author)

In Eyes of the Heart: Seeing God in an Age of Science, Russell Haitch offers a model for unifying faith and science that does not compromise either good science or Christian convictions. With wit and insight, Haitch shows how his model resolves long-standing (and still heated) issues of creation and evolution. Compelling stories and clear explanations will appeal to a wide audience, including parents, youth workers, and young people themselves.

Today Everything Is Different: An Adventure in Prayer and Action

Dirk G. Lange (Author)

In Today Everything Is Different Dirk Lange does not fail to deliver the "unexpected" in helping readers gain both a greater understanding of Christian spirituality and a path to it. On this adventure, the reader will explore the foundational underpinnings of baptism, the impact of prayer in many forms--especially in community--and the insights of giants like Luther and Bonhoeffer. The great beauty of the book, however, is found in the incredibly moving stories Lange shares.

A Spirituality for Doing Justice: Reflections for Congregation-based Organizers

Dennis A. Jacobsen (Author)

Dennis Jacobsen brings his many years of experience doing congregation-based organizing for justice into conversation with unique spiritual reflections. Jacobsen turns to his work creating and meditating on icons to connect biblical themes and Christian personalities to guide those who are preparing for congregation-organizing and faith-based social action. His unique perspectives help anyone engaged in such work go deeper in prayer and devotion before diving into the messy work of organizing.

Aging and Loving: Christian Faith and Sexuality in Later Life

James M. Childs Jr. (Author)

In Aging and Loving: Christian Faith and Sexuality in Later Life, James Childs addresses the social, ethical, physical, and spiritual issues related to sexuality and aging. The book is written for various professionals who minister to the aged (pastors, chaplains, other care providers), for the aging and aged themselves, and for their families. The book provides an ethical account of Christian love that liberates as it engages the special issues of sexuality in later life.

Minister's Prayer Book: An Order of Prayers and Readings, Revised Edition

Timothy J. Wengert (General Editor), Mary Jane Haemig (Editor), Chris Halverson (Editor), Robert Harrell (Editor)

Since it first appeared in print in 1959, John Doberstein's Minister's Prayer Book has been a devotional classic among Lutheran pastors. The beauty of the Minister's Prayer Book is its centering of the pastor's calling on word and sacrament, on pastoral care, and on being fully present in the lives of God's people. While the basic structure and intent of the original work remains, new resources have been included to develop a broader appeal.

The Collected Sermons of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Author), Isabel Best (Editor)

Preaching, according to Bonhoeffer, is like offering an apple to a child. The gospel is proclaimed, but for it to be received as gift depends on whether or not the hearer is in a position to do so...

Literary Companion to the Lectionary: Readings Throughout the Year

Mark Pryce (Compiler/Editor)

This beautiful book offers poems and literary pieces for Sundays and principal feasts throughout the liturgical year. Each selection relates to an aspect of...

Lindisfarne Liturgies for Christian Festivals

Ray Simpson (Author)

Ray Simpson's liturgical prayers for Christian festivals provide worship for individuals, new monastic groups and churches.

Power Surge: Six Marks of Discipleship for a Changing Church

Michael W. Foss (Author)

A powerful plan to transform church members into impassioned disciples. Drawing on his experience at Prince of Peace, Foss makes the case for transforming...

The Daily Prayer of the Church

The Pastor: A Spirituality

Gordon W. Lathrop (Author)

Renowned liturgical theologian Gordon Lathrop has composed a rich, meditative, and explicitly ecumenical spirituality for working pastors - whatever and...

Holy Conversation: Spirituality for Worship

Jonathan Linman (Author)

Despite widespread interest in spirituality, its most common corporate form, congregational worship, is rarely discussed in those terms.

Touched: For Survivors of Sexual Assault Like Me Who Have Been Hurt by Church Folk and for Those Who Will Care

Shanell T. Smith (Author)

Touched, by Shanell T. Smith, makes visible the often silenced or ignored narratives of survivors of sexual violence. It tells the author's story of her personal traumatic experience with sexual violence by a church leader and focuses on the responses that she received from people in the church (clergy and lay folk) once she "sounded the alarm."Touched helps readers learn how to respond to those who seek refuge and care.

Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth: Prayers of Walter Brueggemann

Walter Brueggemann (Author), Edwin Searcy (Editor)

This thoughtful collection of prayers emerged from Brueggemann's thirty-five years of teaching in seminaries. Full of reflection, faith, and dialogue, they...

A Graceful Life: Lutheran Spirituality for Today

Bradley C. Hanson (Author)

The author understands spirituality to be the attitudes, convictions, and practices that give a definite shape to religious faith. Further, he asserts that...

Clergy Burnout: Recovering from the 70-Hour Week...and Other Self-Defeating Practices

John Frederick Lehr (Author)

In this highly accessible book, Fred Lehr clarifies the nature and practice of clergy codependence. In short, insightful, and highly readable chapters, filled...

When Trauma Wounds: Pathways to Healing and Hope

Karen A. McClintock (Author)

In When Trauma Wounds, psychologist Karen A. McClintock combines psychological approaches with faith resources to improve trauma recovery. Whether you have experienced trauma or are a caregiving pastor, church member, or friend to a survivor, this book will familiarize you with trauma symptoms and healing strategies.

McClintock shows readers how to create a sanctuary to shelter a wounded soul. She helps trauma survivors find acceptance, hope, and healing.

Spiritual Maturity: Preserving Congregational Health and Balance

Frank A. Thomas (Author)

Like all human bodies, the body of Christ that we call "church" needs to attend to its health or it may become ill. Renowned pastor, preacher, and teacher...