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Dr. Elaine Brown Spencers courageous new book breaks the silence and tackles issues in the church weve let ride too long. In a poignant view of church happenings, the book emphasizes that everything in the church is not what it seems. The church is filled with broken people, victims of trauma and unresolved issues that have put a clog in the church engine. The one place a person can find relief from their pain has sadly become a Sunday-morning soap opera where we cannot wait to hear the outcome of a persons indiscretion. The private pain that pew members experience is real, unspoken and devastating. The time has come to break the silence and do real talk, about what we all know is going on. Private Pain in Public Pews says it all this book is a must read that gives remedy, hope and insight that is sure to give you a new perspective on church and life itself.
Pain in the Pew; "When souls become invisible," is a collection of poetry written to shine light on the secret issues of ones heart, when "Sunday Morning worship" is over. This array of writings depict the private tears that are shed when the preached word has come to an end, and the ear piercing music has come to a halt. Opening the secret closet's of the souls in the pew; this compilation of poems will relate to the abused and mistreated, the lonely and heartbroken; and undeniably open the eyes of every Preacher, Evangelist, and Prophet. These writings will show forth various types of matters that will undoubtedly become your congregation.
WINNER of the 2021 NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award. Finalist for the 2021 Dylan Thomas Prize. Longlisted for the 2021 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. One of Publishers Weekly's Best Fiction Books of 2020. One of Amazon's 100 Best Books of 2020. “The people of this community are stifling, and generous, cruel, earnest, needy, overconfident, fragile and repressive, which is to say that they are brilliantly rendered by their wise maker, Catherine Lacey.” --Rachel Kushner, author of The Flamethrowers A figure with no discernible identity appears in a small, religious town, throwing its inhabitants into a frenzy In a small, unnamed town in the American South, a church congregation arrives for a service and finds a figure asleep on a pew. The person is genderless and racially ambiguous and refuses to speak. One family takes in the strange visitor and nicknames them Pew. As the town spends the week preparing for a mysterious Forgiveness Festival, Pew is shuttled from one household to the next. The earnest and seemingly well-meaning townspeople see conflicting identities in Pew, and many confess their fears and secrets to them in one-sided conversations. Pew listens and observes while experiencing brief flashes of past lives or clues about their origin. As days pass, the void around Pew’s presence begins to unnerve the community, whose generosity erodes into menace and suspicion. Yet by the time Pew’s story reaches a shattering and unsettling climax at the Forgiveness Festival, the secret of who they really are—a devil or an angel or something else entirely—is dwarfed by even larger truths. Pew, Catherine Lacey’s third novel, is a foreboding, provocative, and amorphous fable about the world today: its contradictions, its flimsy morality, and the limits of judging others based on their appearance. With precision and restraint, one of our most beloved and boundary-pushing writers holds up a mirror to her characters’ true selves, revealing something about forgiveness, perception, and the faulty tools society uses to categorize human complexity.
Ruth Graham - daughter of beloved evangelist Billy Graham - offers a guide for those who are hurting or those who love them. She illustrates through personal stories and Scripture how nothing can keep you from experiencing the fullness of God's grace. Run with Ruth to the arms of the God you can trust, the Father God who embraces, sustains, and redeems your brokenness. Ruth Graham has discovered through bitter personal experience that God does his great work in the ruins of our lives. As Ruth's life descended through divorce, depression, and shame; as she bore heartrending parental struggles; and as she faltered trying to make wise choices in the wake of bad ones, she discovered the unending embrace of a faithful, forgiving, and grace-filled God. This book surpasses the testimony of her fascinating story as she brings sharp new insight from the Word of God for all who fear their actions may be beyond forgiveness or their broken circumstances may keep them from being used by God ever again. Through the words of Jeremiah - the weeping prophet - Ruth reveals the God who makes wasted places come to life. You'll explore the parable of the Prodigal Son as never before as Ruth discloses her own likeness to each character: The indignant older brother, struggling to understand God’s grace toward her husband's infidelity The prodigal, wading through the deep shame and painful circumstances of her own actions The father, running to embrace her children in the midst of bulimia, drug abuse, and unplanned pregnancy Ruth includes practical steps in every chapter anyone can take to offer care, support, and hope to the broken people they encounter in their lives and in the pews beside them every Sunday.
How do we hear from God and discern His will when it’s time to make big decisions? Terry Looper shares a four-step process for doing just that - a process he has learned and refined over thirty years as a Christian entrepreneur and founder of a multi-billion dollar company. At just thirty-six years old, Terry Looper was a successful Christian businessman who thought he had it all—until managing all he had led to a devastating burnout. Wealthy beyond his wildest dreams but miserable beyond belief, Terry experienced a radical transformation when he discovered how to align himself with God’s will in the years following his crash and burn. Sacred Pace is a four-step process that helps Christians in all walks of life learn how to slow down their decision-making under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, sift through their surface desires and sinful patterns in order to receive clear, peace-filled answers from the Lord, gain the confident assurance that God’s answers are His way of fulfilling the true desires he has placed in their hearts, and grow closer to the One who loves them most and knows them best. Sacred Pace is not another example of name-it-and-claim-it materialism in disguise. Instead, it walks Christians through the sometimes-painful process of “dying to self” in their decisions, both big and small, so that they desire God’s will more than their own.
Author Dareia Jacobs has written a timely book with a timeless message on how to emerge from the smoke victorious and whole. In "Leaving Your Pain on the Pew, Jacobs breaks down how church folks, including church leaders, are all works in progress. She further encourages readers how to heal from church hurt and develop the courage to love. We are human, flawed and broken. And hurt people hurt people. Despite the hurt that we often experience in the church, Jacobs reminds readers that our pain has a purpose. God can place us in a pit full of enemies just to prepare us for a higher calling. We must trust Him with our scars. He is standing at the door ready, willing and able to mend our wounded hearts. God will not only prepare you for the next level but will set you in a place of abundance in the presence of your enemies.
According to the National Coalition of Domestic Violence, one in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime and an estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault every year. For the women in this number who attend a Christian congregation, pastors, ministers, and other church leaders are very often the persons that are initially contacted by victims of domestic violence. Unfortunately, these same leaders of Christian congregations frequently lack the kinds of information and skills that could make their intervention effective. This dissertation explores the causes of domestic violence against women in order to better equip Christian congregations and leaders to address the problem. These causes are social, political and psychological, but also theological. Patriarchy, a social system in which the role of the male as the primary authority figure is central to social organization and where males hold power over women contributes to the problem. The study explores how Biblical interpretation both can reinforce an oppressive patriarchy and also be used as an emancipatory process. As part of the research project, four presentations were made to various Christian communities concerning basic information regarding domestic violence. Data were gathered using audience analysis which tested the knowledge of various members of four Christian communities. The study concludes with the lesson learned concerning the limits and promises of Christian interventions for domestic violence against women.
2011 Retailers Choice Award winner! Rebecca never felt safe as a child. In 1969, her father, Robert Nichols, moved to Sellerstown, North Carolina, to serve as a pastor. There he found a small community eager to welcome him—with one exception. Glaring at him from pew number seven was a man obsessed with controlling the church. Determined to get rid of anyone who stood in his way, he unleashed a plan of terror that was more devastating and violent than the Nichols family could have ever imagined. Refusing to be driven away by acts of intimidation, Rebecca’s father stood his ground until one night when an armed man walked into the family’s kitchen . . . And Rebecca’s life was shattered. If anyone had a reason to harbor hatred and seek personal revenge, it would be Rebecca. Yet The Devil in Pew Number Seven tells a different story. It is the amazing true saga of relentless persecution, one family’s faith and courage in the face of it, and a daughter whose parents taught her the power of forgiveness.
Simultaneously published in St. Louis, Missouri by Chalice Press, 2015.
Have you been hurt by a church? Do you have a hard time forgiving? Do you find it difficult to love? Have you been hurt and find it challenging to get past those feelings? If so, you are not alone. I have heard stories from people who have found church confusing, awkward to attend, or even damaging. Not every church hurts people, but most churches have hurt someone at a certain point. I have spoken to people who find it uncomfortable to love and feel as if they have no room for forgiveness. Some people are hurt through their own mistakes, others are wounded through sins committed against them, and still others because of failed leadership over them. Church hurt can leave people reluctant to re-engage, afraid of being hurt again, wanting to protect themselves, and questioning church, love, and the need to forgive. The good news is you can move beyond the hurt. You can learn how to forgive and love God's way: #1 Multi best-selling author Cathy Staton, along with #2 powerful women tell their stories of hurt and pain, and how God turned their Pain into Gain. Read these #3 powerful stories of tragedies turned into victories for each of these women, HER STORY GOD's GLORY.