Marjorie Thompson
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Courage For Caregivers
$20.00Add to cartDrawing on the writings and wisdom of Henri J. M. Nouwen’s themes of caregiving, Marjorie J. Thompson offers a vulnerable exploration of caregiving intertwined with both her own many years of intimate caregiving of family members and collected stories of caregivers in varied settings and stages of life.
While not shying away from the demanding physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges of caregiving, Courage for Caregivers also celebrates the gifts of caregiving grounded in the belovedness both caregiver and care receiver share in God’s eyes.
Practical leader guides and resources make Courage for Caregivers a tool that moves smoothly from individual encouragement to group and congregational ministry to develop support for the universal experience of caregiving.
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Soul Feast : An Invitation To The Christian Spiritual Life (Large Type)
$24.00Add to cartNewly Revised Edition – Enlarged Print
Soul Feast has equipped and inspired tens of thousands of readers to lead a spiritual life. Marjorie Thompson offers a framework for understanding the spiritual disciplines and provides instruction for developing and nurturing those practices. Many new additions, including a new chapter on keeping the sabbath, make this newly revised edition of Soul Feast a must-have for individual reflection and group study. -
Soul Feast : An Invitation To The Christian Spiritual Life (Revised)
$22.00Add to cartFirst released in 1995, this spiritual classic continues to be a bestseller, as thousands each year accept Marjorie Thompson’s invitation to the Christian spiritual life. Offering a framework for understanding the spiritual disciplines and instruction for developing and nurturing those practices, Soul Feast continues to be a favorite for individual reflection and group study. Many new additions, including a new chapter on keeping the Sabbath, make this newly revised edition of Soul Feast a must-have.
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Forgiveness : A Lenten Study
$16.00Add to cartForgiving others and humbly asking for forgiveness are central disciplines for all Christian believers. Lent, a time to reflect on our Christian journey, is an appropriate time to deepen our understanding and practice of forgiveness. Marjorie J. Thompson, author of the best-selling book Soul Feast, takes a close look at our understanding of forgiveness in this encouraging study. In six brief chapters, Thompson addresses such questions as the following:
Is forgiveness a Christian duty under all circumstances? Or are there situations when Christians do not need to forgive?
Is forgiveness a matter between individuals, or is it meaningful only in the context of communities?
Is forgiving the best route to healing for the injured?
How do we get past emotional barriers to real forgiveness?Using biblical examples and real-life situations, Thompson illustrates each chapter’s theme in an informative and engaging way. A study guide is also included at the back of the book that is appropriate for either individual reflection or group discussion. With clarity, insight, and sensitivity, this book is the perfect resource for examining both our ability to forgive and our own need for forgiveness.
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Way Of Discernment Leaders Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$12.99Add to cartHow do you discover God’s guidance for personal and congregational decisions? Lead others in exploring paths to clarity in this small group study.
Supporting resource for the Participant’s Book, this guide provides everything leaders need to prepare and conduct small group studies of The Way of Discernment. It offers clear suggestions for the structure of meetings, leadership ideas and specific centering and guided prayers.
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Way Of Discernment Participants Book (Workbook)
$12.99Add to cartFrom deep within us there’s a desire to do the right thing, to make wise choices, to live in a fruitful manner. There are simple steps anyone can take that will open understanding. The scriptures repeatedly acknowledge the existence of a sure pathway in life.
“Even the most exacting circumstances lies a way that leads to greater understanding of God’s desire and, therefore, of what we are to do,” write the authors. “…We pray for deeper understanding. We wait. We struggle. We search. Then, aha! Understanding comes. Perhaps it flares forth suddenly. Perhaps it emerges with the slow, growing radiance of the morning sun. Either way, we know we have not brought the insight into being ourselves. It comes from beyond us.”
So, how do you discover God’s guidance for personal and congregational decisions? Discover the way to greater clarity in The Way of Discernment, a 10-week study for small groups. More of a journey in discernment than a how-to guide, this study gently leads to a prayerful path for a richer, wiser life.
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Embracing The Journey (Revised)
$12.99Add to cartEmbracing the Journey: The Way of Christ focuses on an exploration of spiritual formation as an individual and corporate journey toward wholeness and holiness through the grace of God.
Volume 1 in the newly revised Companions in Christ experience covers:
Week 1: The Christian Life As Journey
Week 2: The Nature of the Christian Spiritual Life
Week 3: The Flow and Means of Grace
Week 4: Sharing Journeys of Faith
Week 5: Living As Covenant CommunityThis book is the first segment of a five-volume study of the original 28-week Companions in Christ resource. The five-piece participant series is designed for groups who will take breaks between the other four volumes:
scripture in Feeding on the Word
prayer in Deepening Our Prayer
vocation in Responding to Our Call
spiritual companionship in Exploring Spiritual Guidance
OPTION: Groups who wish to experience an uninterrupted 28-week study of Companions in Christ should order the all-modules-in-one volume for participants available here.A revised Leader’s Guide, containing a “Getting Started Guide” and new plans for a closing retreat, is also available
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Exploring The Way Participants Book (Student/Study Guide)
$11.99Add to cartDo you have a deep longing for something more? It may be something you can’t explain, but you have moral yearnings and visionary dreams that nothing has satisfied.
You’re not alone. Even people “raised” in a Christian church can feel disconnected from – and even repelled by – what should be a comforting, constant presence in their lives. It’s why so many people today proclaim themselves “spiritual but not religious.” But what does that mean? Exactly what’s meant by the spiritual journey?
Exploring the Way will help you understand and deepen your experience of God. You’ll be able to ask the questions of issues and faith in a safe place. You’ll discover (or rediscover) a way of grace, joy, and peace – indeed, the way of Christ himself.
Ideal for the novice and veteran alike, this book defines and explains the most basic concepts and language of the Christian spiritual life: prayer, the Bible’s message for our lives today, spiritual gifts, listening, journaling, and much more. It’s the ultimate six-week orientation to spirituality and the essential elements of faith.
Stories, scripture, and exercises in each chapter will help connect your beliefs with daily experiences. Through independent and group study, you’ll establish a rhythm of daily time with God, weekly time in Christian community, and a lifelong attentiveness to possibilities for serving the world.
“To become a spiritual adventurer means learning to listen for the voice of God,” writes the author. “This listening involves a certain level of risk and vulnerability that does not come easily. …[But] we cannot fully rest until we find our way back to the place of our soul’s origin, back to the Love that gave us life.”
Feed your hungry soul, using both your head and your heart while rejuvenating your own spiritual journey home!
Related Title: A Seeker’s Guide to the Christian Faith.
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Way Of Blessedness Participants Book (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartThe Way of Blessedness invites readers to cultivate the dispositions of the soul as outlined in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, which suit us for the reign of God while drawing us into its realm.
Jesus portrays the reign of God in terms that are contrary to social hierarchy — in his time as well as our own. It is a realm of outlandish generosity and uncommon compassion.
This is a 9-week study of the spiritual practices that help us turn away from pride and fill us with God’s abundant love. As we’re transformed by God’s love, we’re able to become people who mourn with and for others and our world, who understand and live out Jesus’ example of meekness, who hunger and thirst for holiness, who humbly offer and receive mercy, whose hearts are pure and able to see the imprint of God in all things, who seek peace, and who hold strong in our faith through adversity.
The Way of Blessedness guides participants along a path that offers clarity to our way of life and the very life of God’s kingdom.
This is the third resource in the Companions in Christ series and is ideal for small group study.