An updated edition of the down-to-earth resource that offerstwelve practices to make Christian faith a way of life
Many Christians are looking for ways to deepen theirrelationship with God by practicing their faith in everyday life.This best-selling guide helps take belief out of the realm oftheory and shows how to live it out in a series of twelve centralpractices such as hospitality, forgiveness, healing, testimony, andkeeping Sabbath. Designed to work across a wide range of Christianlaypeople, leaders, denominations, and study groups, this is thesecond edition of the book that Theology called ‘… astimulating contribution to the work of making explicit theconnection between what Christians do and what they believe.’
* Contains information on the practices discussed in the book andshows how they relate to and intersect with prayer, worship, and Bible study
* Offers a guide for conversation, learning, and growth at theback of the book
* This updated and expanded new edition includes a newintroduction and two additional chapters that describes newinsights into and experiences with the ‘practicing our faith’approach
The book includes a variety of prominent contributors, who drawon their rich shared experience as believers, theologians, ethicists, and educators.
Table of Content
Preface to the 1997 edition.
Chapter 1 Times of Yearning, Practices of Faith (Craig Dykstraand Dorothy C. Bass).
Chapter 2 Honoring the Body (Stephanie Paulsell).
Chapter 3 Hospitality (Ana Maria Pineda).
Chapter 4 Household Economics (Sharon Daloz Parks).
Chapter 5 Saying Yes and Saying No (M. Shawn Copeland).
Chapter 6 Keeping Sabbath (Dorothy C. Bass).
Chapter 7 Testimony (Thomas Hoyt Jr.).
Chapter 8 Discernment (Frank Rogers Jr.).
Chapter 9 Shaping Communities (Larry Rasmussen).
Chapter 10 Forgiveness (L. Gregory Jones).
Chapter 11 Healing (John Koenig).
Chapter 12 Dying Well (Amy Plantinga Pauw).
Chapter 13 Singing Our Lives (Don E. Saliers).
Chapter 14 Practicing a Way of Life (Dorothy C. Bass and Craig Dykstra).
Chapter 15 A Way of Thinking about a Way of Life (Craig Dykstraand Dorothy C. Bass).
References.
Index of Scripture References.
The Contributors.
Conversation Guide.
Index.
About the author
Dorothy C. Bass is a writer, noted church historian, and director of the Valparaiso Project on the Education and Formation of People in Faith.
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