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Good Places for All
This book combines a biblical framework with an exploration of how cities, neighborhoods, housing markets, and transportation systems work.
Congregations, Neighborhoods, Places
This book offers a brief overview to stimulate congregational thinking about community engagement that includes insights regarding social science and local context.
하나님의 식탁 / At God's Table
At God's Table is a Korean-English children's book that explores the richly symbolic practice of the Lord's Supper in Christian worshiping communities.
The Embrace of Buildings
In a culture long enamored of the suburban ideal, Lee Hardy invites readers to reconsider the many advantages of living and working in walkable city neighborhoods.
Visual Arts in the Worshiping Church
Although numerous studies have examined biblical and theological rationales for using the visual arts in worship, this book by Lisa J. DeBoer fills in a piece of the picture missing so far — the social dimensions of both our churches and the various art worlds represented in our congregations.
Arts Ministry: Nurturing the Creative Life of God's People
The best available guidebook to the emerging field of Christian arts ministry.
Baptismal Imagery in Early Christianity: Ritual, Visual, and Theological Dimensions
This book examines five models for understanding baptism, showing how visual images, poetic language, architectural space, and symbolic actions signify and convey the theological meaning of this ritual practice.
Greening Spaces for Worship and Ministry: Congregations, Their Buildings, and Creation Care
In Greening Spaces for Worship and Ministry, Mark Torgerson asserts that greening the built environment of a congregation is a powerful way to achieve and model a commitment to creation care.
Jesus as Healer
Reflections on Jesus as healer though artwork and meditations.
Dwelling With Philippians
This rich, inviting volume illumines Paul's letter to the Philippians through evocative juxtapositions of visual images, poetry, and other worship-related arts with theological reflections, prayers, and more.
The Father and His Two Sons
This book highlights art from the Larry and Mary Gerbens Collection, both purchases and original commissions from contemporary artists on the story of the prodigal son. This collection now resides as part of the permanent art collection of Calvin College.
An Architecture of Immanence
Modern architecture has heavily influenced the construction of new sacred spaces, producing a new way of building that emphasizes God's coming near to us.
Good Places for All
This book combines a biblical framework with an exploration of how cities, neighborhoods, housing markets, and transportation systems work.
Congregations, Neighborhoods, Places
This book offers a brief overview to stimulate congregational thinking about community engagement that includes insights regarding social science and local context.
하나님의 식탁 / At God's Table
At God's Table is a Korean-English children's book that explores the richly symbolic practice of the Lord's Supper in Christian worshiping communities.
The Embrace of Buildings
In a culture long enamored of the suburban ideal, Lee Hardy invites readers to reconsider the many advantages of living and working in walkable city neighborhoods.
Visual Arts in the Worshiping Church
Although numerous studies have examined biblical and theological rationales for using the visual arts in worship, this book by Lisa J. DeBoer fills in a piece of the picture missing so far — the social dimensions of both our churches and the various art worlds represented in our congregations.
Arts Ministry: Nurturing the Creative Life of God's People
The best available guidebook to the emerging field of Christian arts ministry.
Baptismal Imagery in Early Christianity: Ritual, Visual, and Theological Dimensions
This book examines five models for understanding baptism, showing how visual images, poetic language, architectural space, and symbolic actions signify and convey the theological meaning of this ritual practice.
Greening Spaces for Worship and Ministry: Congregations, Their Buildings, and Creation Care
In Greening Spaces for Worship and Ministry, Mark Torgerson asserts that greening the built environment of a congregation is a powerful way to achieve and model a commitment to creation care.
Jesus as Healer
Reflections on Jesus as healer though artwork and meditations.
Dwelling With Philippians
This rich, inviting volume illumines Paul's letter to the Philippians through evocative juxtapositions of visual images, poetry, and other worship-related arts with theological reflections, prayers, and more.
The Father and His Two Sons
This book highlights art from the Larry and Mary Gerbens Collection, both purchases and original commissions from contemporary artists on the story of the prodigal son. This collection now resides as part of the permanent art collection of Calvin College.
An Architecture of Immanence
Modern architecture has heavily influenced the construction of new sacred spaces, producing a new way of building that emphasizes God's coming near to us.
