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365 Meditations for Women

Type: BOOK
Author: Abernethy, et. al.
( Devotions , General , Meditations , Women )

Meditation and devotion. 12 gifted Christian women contributed - one for each month. With honesty, understanding, and compassion, these women offer inspiration and guidance. Reflecting on the Bible, giving prayers of thanks, telling inspirational stories of great Christian women, and sharing beautiful poetry and prose, each woman offers her Christian meditations to nurture and sustain you throughout the year.

365 More Meditations for Women

Type: BOOK
Author: Carcano, et al
( Devotions , General , Meditations , Women )

Guides you through a year of your spiritual journey with writings from 12 gifted Christian Women.

After Anne

Type: BOOK
Author: Henke, Roxanne
( Friendship , General , Reading Groups , Women )

Nurture for Community: In this first novel in the Coming Home to Brewster series, Roxanne Henke provides an engaging look into the development of a friendship between Anne Abbot and Libby Marsden. This story is fiction and was written as a tribute to the power of friendship. It includes discussion questions for reading groups.

American Woman 1999-2000, The: A Century of Change - What's Next?

Type: BOOK
Author: Costello, Miles and Stone, ed.
( Attitude , Gender Issues , General , Government , Policy , Women )

7th volume of series documenting the social economic and political status of American women studies the progress - and setbacks - of women during the past century as well as looking to the future.

Arise and Shine

Type: VHS
Author:
( Africa , Ecumenical , Gender Issues , General , Visioning , Women )

In October 1989, for the first time ever, church women from every part of the African continent gathered together to address what it means to be a woman in Africa today. Captures the energy, warmth, hope, joy, and pain of African women as they share their vision of a church that stans with them in their struggle for justice, equality and peace.

Bad Girls of the Bible: Exploring Women of Questionable Virtue

Type: BOOK
Author: Essex, Barbara J.
( Bible , Bible People , Bible Study , Bible/Bible Stories , General , Group Study , Scripture Interpretation , Women )

12-week study for women and men, laity and clergy, brings to life the Bible's "bad girls" - notorious women we love to hate, exploring lives filled with betrayal, deception, rejection, jealousy, and exploitation. Shows us women of exceptional boldness, courage, determination and independence - women not that different from ourselves.

Beyond Androcentrism: New Essays on Women and Religion

Type: BOOK
Author: Gross, Rita M., Ed.
( General , Religions , Women )

Blessed Are the Poor: Women's Poverty, Family Policy, and Practical Theology

Type: BOOK
Author: Couture, Pamela D.
( General , Government , Policy , Poverty , Theology , Wesley, John , Women )

Argues that the language of a long-standing American tradition - self-sufficiency - has informed American family policy and has in turn contributed to the growth of women's poverty. Critical assessment of the logic of self-sufficiency from the point of view of contemporary practical theology. Offers a basis (informed by classical theology of Luther and Wesley) for a more responsive and responsible family policy of "universalized care."

Bright Legacy: Portraits of Ten Outstanding Christian Women

Type: BOOK
Author: Spangler, Ann, Ed.
( Biography , General , Inspiration , Women )

Essays on Mother Theresa of Calcutta, Amy Carmichael of India, Catherine Marshall, Adrienne de Lafayette, Johanna Lind Hult, Elizabeth Rooney, Evelyn Harris Brand, Wilma Burton, Mary McKenna O'Connell, and Ethel Renwick.

By My Spirit: The Story of Methodist Protestant Women in Mission 1879-1939

Type: BOOK
Author: Born, Ethel W.
( Church History , General , History , Mission , UMW , United Methodist , Women )

Discover the exciting history of the least known predecessor organization of the UMW: women organized for mission within the Methodist Protestant denomination from 1879-1939.

Conduct Becoming to a Woman: Bolted Doors and Burgeoning Missions

Type: BOOK
Author: Magalis, Elaine
( Gender Issues , General , History , UMW , United Methodist , Women )

Seeks to communicate something of the struggle of the forebears of the present day church woman - and perhaps to help her gain new perspective on her own life and work. Like a basic history of the women of the United Methodist Church and its predecessors.

Conflict and Community in the Corinthian Church

Type: BOOK
Author: Clarkson and Ketshabile
( Bible Study , Bible/New Testament , Devotions , Faith , General , Women )

This study of Paul's letter to the Corinthians covers selected passages that highlight issues of concern for women about what it means to be a part of the New Creation and the faith community.

Conversation About Yugoslavia

Type: VHS
Author: Mojzes and Daugherty
( Europe , Forgiveness , General , Mission , Outreach , Religions , Women )

Dr. Paul Mojzes, born in Yugoslavia, is professor of religious studies at Rosemont College in Pennsylvania. Dr. Mojzes is interviewed about the Yugoslavian conflict. He talks about the ethno-religious aspects of the war ('a religious war fought by irreligious people'); the suffering and hatred; the hopelessness and futility; the involvement of women; the needed involvement of the international community; the hope provided by the United Methodist Church through UMCOR and the inclusive...

Creating a Woman's Sabbath: International UM Clergywomen's Consultioan, 2002 - Opening Worship - Monday evening - Come Away to a Quiet Place . . .

Type: VHS
Author: Kammerer, Bishop Charlene
( Clergy , General , Sabbath/Sunday , Women , Worship )

The theme of the consultation was "Creating a Women's Sabbath" and each of the plenary worship services addressed some aspect of this topic from a variety of cultural perspectives and ritual experiences. 2002 Int'l UM Clergy Women's Consultation in San Diego, CA. Bishop Charlene Kammerer.
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