Merry Christmas, friends near and far …
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I have the best readers – a study guide for WMTR
My book We Make the Road by Walking has been used by small groups, classes, and congregations literally around the world.
One reader of the book, Hanna Zuring-Peterson, used the book with a woman's group she led. She wanted her group to go deeper into the recommended Scripture readings for each chapter, so she developed a Study Guide to accompany the book. She graciously offered to share it with you, free of charge. Here it is:
Study Guide to We Make the Road by Walking
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Two great books for kids (and two for adults too)
If you're looking for a gift for kids in your life -
Daneen Akers created Holy Troublemakers, a delightful book about faith leaders who are trying to make a difference in our world. I was honored to be included ...
You can read the profile on me here:
https://www.holytroublemakers.com/brian
and order the book here: https://www.holytroublemakers.com/
Another friend just wrote a beautiful book for adults that is about some more holy troublemakers. Check out Bruce Epperly's Mystics in Action - available here:
You may also be interested in the kids' book I co-wrote - Cory and the Seventh Story, available here:
https://www.theseventhstory.com/kids
And, of course, my January 5, 2021 release, Faith After Doubt, available here:
Books
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A Christmas Gift that Gives Twice – available for order today
I'm honored to be a contributor to this beautiful book -- A Stranger And You Welcomed Me.
It's a collection of homilies (sermons) that correspond to Cycle B of the Liturgical Year.
It's a gift that any Christian in your circle of family and friends will find inspiring and meaningful -- starting with your priest or pastor, but extending far beyond.
All the contributors agreed that all proceeds will go to ministries that help the most vulnerable. So your gift gives twice.
You'll find ordering information here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/194041430X/
Here's a brief description:
After its first successful and award winning book series of homilies and reflections for the three liturgical cycles, Clear Faith Publishing is thrilled to launch its new series! So, once again, some of the finest homilists have come together to build a new compilation of homilies and reflections beginning with Cycle B of the Liturgical Year. A Stranger and You Welcomed Me breaks open the Sunday and Feast Days readings in order to provide insight, warmth, humor and spiritual food for the reader. Under the moniker 'Homilists for the Homeless,' the gift of these preachers makes it possible for proceeds from the sale of every book to go toward charities that welcome the stranger in our lives.
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Q & R: Staying or Leaving? How do I Stay?
I wanted to let you know that The Great Spiritual Migration finally reached me this past month, and was one of the most healing, helpful, encouraging books I've ever read, reaching me in exactly the moment I needed it.I've been feeling utterly alone and unsupported as I work through thoughts on the church's treatment of LGBTQ people, the church's historical treatment of indigenous peoples, and mourning and wondering about the pathways ahead. I am a lay leader in a church that is simply not very engaged in these topics, while meanwhile, my inner world is being broken. This has given me a sense, a clue, about some directions to consider.Two questions:- How have you personally found the courage and clarity to be a confident Galileo for a church that remains solidly geocentric?- How can one discern whether it's healthier to move on to new communities that are pursuing a more "just and generous" vision, or whether to stay and help be an agent for change from the inside of an existing "geocentric" church?"I appreciate your work and humility in pursuing this important calling in your own life. Thanks for heeding the call under the palo verde tree.
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