Strength for the Journey
Subtitle: Biblical Wisdom for Daily Living : a new collection of sermons
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
Published: April 29, 2003
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780060000776
Subjects: Christian ministry & pastoral activity; General & Literary Fiction; Personal Christian testimony & popular inspirational works; Sermons - Christian; Practical Theology; Religion - Worship - Preaching; Religion; Sermons, American; Christian Ministry - Pastoral Resources; Christianity - Pastoral Ministry; Religion / Pastoral Ministry; Christian life; Sermons
First sentence: When I think of a sermon, I certainly do not think first of one of my own; rather, my mind goes back along the corridors of time-a rather sermonic phrase-to recall sermons that I have heard.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : A Servant of the Word; title: Part one : Sermons on the themes of daily life.; title: Abundance : surplus and substance; title: Blessings : blessing : can you take it?; title: Commitment : freedom, choices, and commitment; title: Conformity : when they think you're crazy; title: Death : the quick and the dead; title: Desire : desire; title: Faith : Doesn't work for you? Goodness : beyond excellence and fairness; title: Happiness : elementary glimpses of the obvious; title: Holiness : the consideration of holy things; title: Identity : who do you think you are?; title: Idolatry : ignorant worship; title: Innocence : innocence and experience; title: Life : profit and loss; title: Originality : secondhand religion; title: Patriotism : patriotism is not enough; title: Respectability : a good word for harlots; title: Reputation : how to ruin your reputation; title: Strength : outer turmoil, inner strength Struggle : some things worth fighting for; title: Thanksgiving : what have you done for me lately?; title: Weakness : sin and sympathy; title: Part two : Sermons for the the turgid goal seasons.; title: Advent 1 : Facing the future; title: Advent 2 : The courage to hope; title: Advent 3 : Impatience is a virtue; title: Christmas : Gifts; title: New Year : So far, so good; so what?; title: Epiphany : The real presence; title: Epiphany 2 : Plenty good room; title: Martin Luther King Jr. Day : Unfinished business; title: Lent 1 : It's about the father : the prodigal son; title: Lent 2 : What you hear is what you get : Lazarus and dives; title: Lent 3 : When the gospel is unfair : the parable of the talents; title: Palm Sunday : How to change your life : communion; title: Easter : starting over; title: Eastertide 1 : Easter Christians?; title: Eastertide 2 : Arguments that fail; title: Ascension : Growing up; title: Pentecost : Remembrance and imagination; title: Trinity : Things you should know about : endurance