Posts by Cathy Applewhite
Part-Time Is Plenty
Part-Time is Plenty by G. Jeffrey MacDonald, published by Westminster John Knox Press, addresses the problem of main-line Protestant congregations who can no longer afford full-time clergy. Due to declining membership and budget deficits, churches are switching to part-time clergy. This book provides a new model where congregations can flourish and thrive with part-time clergy.…
Read MoreA Little Blue Bottle
A Little Blue Bottle, published by Church Publishing, Inc., is a children’s picture book on the topics of loss, grief, death, and faith. The sensitive words of Jennifer Grant and vivid illustrations of Gillian Whiting pair together to tell the story of a child who is expressing her feelings of loss when an elderly neighbor…
Read MoreOn Earth as It Is in Heaven
On Earth as It Is in Heaven by Eric Atcheson, published by Church Publishing, equips clergy and laypeople with a faith-based toolkit for economic justice and offers a resource to examine the economic disparities in our communities. The title is a familiar phrase to those who recite the Lord’s Prayer as preached by Jesus in…
Read MoreWe Gather at This Table
“For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also…
Read MoreToday Is a Baptism Day
Today Is a Baptism Day from Church Publishing Inc. is a perfect gift for families preparing for the day of baptism. The illustrations immediately drew me into the text with large, artistic, colorful pictures depicting a diverse community of faith. The author, Anna V. Ostenso Moore, introduces the meaning of baptism in a vocabulary that…
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