Generosity's
Future Effect
Review by Kristina Rake
I once thought "planned giving" was an oxymoron. Wasn't all giving planned? James W. Murphy has made the concept — once as frightening to this liberal arts major as algebra — accessible, interesting, and easy to implement. I cannot give it a higher recommendation. Read the review.
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Putting Treasure Where the Heart Is
Review by Kirstin Snow Spalding
From the TLC Book Club archives, James W. Murphy's previous "faithful-branded" volume explores socially responsible investing. While some people may consider investment the realm of worldly practices that keep us from God, Faithful Investing breaks open the possibility that God’s work in the world requires us to engage with money in new ways. Read the review.
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Hildegard's Complex Visions
Review by Phoebe Pettingell
A richly illustrated study of one of the most talented and profound thinkers and artists of the High Middle Ages. This book explains the way she saw the interrelation of Creation, the universe, and liturgy. Read the review.
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Priesthood for All?
Review by Garwood Anderson
The Priesthood for All Believers offers an extended remedy for clericalism, but it is not a prescription for lay ministry. This is a book primarily addressed to ordained persons and about ordained ministry. Cuff believes clericalism is subverted when each order is given its due in its particularity as a vocation in the larger ecclesial ecosystem Read the review.
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The Church
and the 12 Steps
Review by Chilton R. Knudsen
From the archives: People feel safe to be authentic and vulnerable in Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, and leave feeling accepted, hopeful, connected, and inspired. By contrast, faith communities are often linked with judgmentalism, rivalry, and shame. The last place to be candid about one’s faults is in church. Read the review.
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