What are you giving up for Lent? What if instead of giving up chocolate or coffee, you give up apathy or indifference? If you're open to considering some habits to kick so that you can contribute to a more just and fair world, keep reading! It doesn't matter if you're Catholic, Lutheran, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Bahá'í, Agnostic, or Atheist...If you're interested in being the change you wish to see in the world, this book is for you.

Unedited Draft - Clifford Straehley was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1922. He attended the University of Michigan as a premedical student for three years. Prior to graduating with his bachelor's degree, Clifford was admitted to the Harvard Medical School and graduated cum laude in !946 . He went on to surgical training at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and later taught surgical students at Syracuse Medical School, Stanford Medical School, and at the University of Hawaii. Even with his impressive career history and resume, Clifford always regretted not finishing his undergraduate degree. When he entered his early eighties, he decided to enroll at St. Mary's College of California and earned his bachelor's degree in 2005 from St. Mary's College California at the tender age of eighty-four. Today Clifford resides in Walnut Creek, California with his beloved wife Marmie. He is the proud father and grandfather to three children and three grandchildren.

These sermons attempt in the authors theological point of view try to answer many questions such as: Why do we refer to Jesus as the Good Shepherd? Who according to Corinthians and the Apostle Paul is entitled to take Holy Communion? What does Easter mean to Christians? How do we handle temptation? Why forgiveness is so important, yet so difficult? These Sermons are well researched and provide Biblical references to support the sermons. These Sermons are not meant to replace attending worship but to provide an additional insight to God and his Son Jesus Christ.

ROOTS is a joint initiative by all the mainstream churches in the UK and Ireland, providing lectionary-based resources for all-age worship and learning. Over 10,000 local churches subscribe to its regular magazine and online programmes. Its first published resource, Prayer and Prayer Activities was enthusiastically received. Now, for occasions throughout the church year when fresh ideas and inspiration are needed, here is a versatile resource for all-age worship. It offers complete service outlines and imaginative worship ideas for every season and holy day from Advent Sunday to Christ the King with many extras in between including: • Pancake Day• Mothering Sunday and Father’s Day • Harvest • Going back to school• Halloween • Christingle All the texts can be downloaded or projected from the accompanying CD-ROM.

In the busyness of our modern lifestyle, it is difficult to see and experience God in our lives. Unless we stop and listen, it is hard to hear what God wishes to reveal to our hearts. In publishing this book, Fr. Brendan offers us not only a challenge but an invitation. An invitation to take a break, to find some quiet time to be with the Lord. It is there, in the quiet of God’s presence that we will find rest for our souls. The book is comprised of a series of homilies. Each one of the homilies was delivered in Fr. Brendan’s parish. Each one emphasizes the presence of God in the daily events of our lives. He challenges us to step back from the busyness of the modern world and all its distractions and focus on the Word of God. Many of the homilies tell a story of a day-to-day life. Fr. Brendan then connects that story of ordinary life to the story of God acting in our own lives. When we step back and reflect on the presence of God in our lives, we see that God is not only present but that he has woven a fabric – a fabric rich in grace, telling the divine the story that is deep within each of us.

The Living Word™ helps youth ministers, parish catechists, and high school religion teachers engage in a process of catechesis that finds its source in the liturgy. The sessions in this resource are designed to enhance the liturgical preparation, liturgical participation, and liturgical living of teens through reflection on the Sunday Gospel. Following the academic calendar, this resource includes materials for each Sunday and Holyday of Obligation from the first Sunday in August (2019) through the last Sunday in July (2020). In addition to each weekly session, The Living Word™ offers handouts, “Living the Word,” for the week, inviting teens to reflect on the word and providing actions to encourage them to integrate the message of the Gospel in their daily life.

The world is seriously wounded threatened by violence egocentricity and mass consumerism. Government intervention alone will never solve society's problems. We need personal responsibility and healing on a global scale. This carefully researched book skillfully weaves science and spirituality with philosophy and ancient wisdom using potent imagery of the Wounded Healer embodied in the life of Jesus Christ the story of the healing centaur Chiron and the work of the indigenous shaman. Through suffering his own physical and mental wounds the Wounded Healer acquires a special empathy for recognizing and healing the wounds of others. This book is full of hope as it speaks to a palpable global shift towards holistic and spiritual values. Through the healing needs of relationship our economy our environment and the living Gaia and finally the curing professions of pastoral and medical care it shows how we may all become catalysts for social change for a happier and more peaceful world.

Helps you celebrate Lent and Easter as a family with a collection of daily actions, activities, recipes and prayers, as well as 40 simple actions to do throughout Lent - for both adults and kids.