Conversations with Scripture and the Cross as Life-Giving

and the Cross as Life-Giving Tree its central image

This book explores the tradition and relevance of desert spirituality in the life and worship of the church today and offers a collection of pertinent writings by these and many other ancient and contemporary authors: Thomas à Kempis

People of the Way left off

Franklin helps the reader understand the relevance of these 100-year-old documents to today's ecumenical concerns and hopes

and leadership coach who caused a revolution in viewing human relationships with Generation to Generation

Conversations with Scripture and the Cross as Life-GivingMost Christians are familiar with the story told in Mark's gospel, from the fishermen leaving their nets, to the miracle of the loaves and fishes, to the political rumblings and the crucifixion. But no one knows who Mark really was or why this gospel was written or why it's charged with such a sense of immediacy. For noted Jesus scholar Marcus Borg, reading Mark is like meeting Jesus again for the first time. Individual readers and parish study groups