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What does it look and feel like to be worshipful? Can we find a way to worship in such a robust, thoughtful way that when we aren't in worship, the worship might linger and invigorate us? Is it possible to live in the world–doing the dishes, listening to music, being stuck in traffic, enmeshed in a thicket of meetings at work–with a serene, abiding sense of God's presence despite all the racket, that we might do whatever we do for God, and sense God's presence? And maybe more importantly: could all we do between Sundays–grocery shopping, paying bills, listening to music, taking a walk, visiting aging parents–actually enrich and inform what we do on Sunday morning, making worship itself more vigorous, profound, just plain real, and memorable, and thus heightening the likelihood that the worship will linger through the rest of the week? This book is about living a worshipful life: understanding why we do what we do in Sunday morning worship, and then re-enacting those moods and actions all week long.

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Struck from Behind is a memoir–but not the usual narrative of events. James Howell tells intriguing stories from childhood, romantic life, travel, friendships, tragedies, and wonders, and how God was there, although unnoticed or uninvited at the time. By sharing in retrospect how he now understands God's presence in seemingly mundane moments, we begin to sense something of God's way in the world, and in our own lives.
Howell has been a successful pastor and published theologian. In Struck from Behind he opens up his own private life as a window into God's hidden activity. When he remembers, then we too remember God, and begin to notice, and become grateful.

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Using the Apostles’ Creed as the “primary text” this book&nbsp; explores what we believe as Christians and how those beliefs are relevant today.&nbsp; The author’s goal is to help pastors educate and transform members of their congregations.&nbsp; He examines the Creed phrase by phrase in brief sections suitable for congregational study or for emailing to the congregation.&nbsp; For each phrase in the Creed, a «deeper reflection» provides material for preaching a 13-sermon series or for&nbsp; further congregatonal study. A detailed appendix includes recommendations of hymns and songs related to each phrase in the Creed; the suggestions are keyed to several hymnals and songbooks.<br>

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