{"product_id":"being-church-in-a-liminal-time-remembering-letting-go-resurrecting-9781538174500","title":"Being Church in a Liminal Time: Remembering,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCongregations today exist in an in-between, or liminal, time. The customary answers about what it means to be and do church and strategies for renewal based on those answers no longer work. But there is no certainty about the new answers. It is a time of searching—of letting go of the old and experimenting with the new. This means facing the reality of death, which may come as institutions die or as established ways are abandoned. This book addresses this reality while maintaining a constant focus on the Christian promise of resurrection. It offers three images that recognize the differing contexts of congregations and help them shape their future as they seek to discern God’s work in their midst. Congregations shaped by each of the three images (remembering, letting go, and resurrecting) have the potential to faithfully engage in God’s work in their setting. For each of the three there are suggestions for helping a congregation move toward an even more faithful expression of the image. The book includes Bible studies and other resources that congregations will find helpful in this process. Some congregations may continue in traditional ways, while others seek a new way of being church. But all can join in God’s work in their time and place with a new and deeper understanding of the ministry that is theirs. This book helps them do that. Because a different kind of leadership is needed the book offers an approach to leadership that is grounded in a spiritual process of inward reflection and outward involvement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow to Read This Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinal Thoughts Before We Begin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1 – A Reality Check: Living in the In-Between\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New Thing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe End of Christendom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Parable of the Sower\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn In-Between Time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2 – Possibilities for the Future: Discerning an Image of the Congregation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscerning the Right Thing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree Images \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Images Combine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemembering – Main Street Church\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLetting Go – Trinity Church\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResurrecting – Faith Church\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Inevitability of Loss\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3 – Remembering: A New Way of Seeing What Was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEndings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParadox\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4 – Letting Go: Insights from Hospice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5 – Resurrecting: Spirituality and Ethics Revisited\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Parable of the Yeast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Tiny Part of the Whole\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBig Effects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Transforming\/Corrupting Presence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Time-Consuming Process of Change\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNurturing Spirituality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Examen Prayer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Rule of Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpiritual Direction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaiming the Ethic of Jesus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6 – A New Model of Leadership: Inwardly Directed and Outwardly Focused\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New Model of Leadership\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnvision the Productive Community\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLook Within\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmbrace the Hypocritical Self\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranscend Fear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmbody a Vision of the New Community \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisturb the System\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurrender to the Emergent Process\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEntice Through Moral Power\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrength, Sensitivity and Faith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041246085463,"sku":"9781538174500","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781538174500.jpg?v=1750949501","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/being-church-in-a-liminal-time-remembering-letting-go-resurrecting-9781538174500","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}