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Filled with insight, imagination, and inspiration, this anthology offers a treasure trove of spiritual guidance for living in today's materialistic world. Five distinguished preachers from a variety of denominations and ministry settings contribute compelling messages based on the gospel texts for each Sunday and major celebration in Cycle A of the Revised Common Lectionary. Weaving the story of Jesus' ministry into the dynamic tapestry of our contemporary human condition, these sermons proclaim the good news with strength and vision, and they provide abundant witness to the transforming power of God's word.
This essential resource is useful for:
• Fresh homiletical approaches to the lectionary texts
• Preaching illustrations
• Understanding scripture passages
• Adult study and discussion groups
• Personal devotions and Bible study
Some of the captivating sermons included in this collection are:
• The Power of Positive Dreaming
• Call Waiting
• The Offense of Grace
• Building Our Foundation on God
• Completing the Master's Work
• Will You Give Christ Your Supper?
• Do Politics and Religion Mix?
• Faith's Curious Dynamic
... and many more!
About the author
The editors are both on the faculty at Chukchi College in Kotzebue, Alaska, a unit of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. SUSAN B. ANDREWS is a professor of journalism and humanities after having been a TV producer for the Kotzebue-based Northwest Arctic Borough School District and news director at CBS affiliate in Fairbanks. JON CREED, also a professor of journalism and humanities at Chukchi College, is a former reporter for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner who also worked as a schoolteacher in rural Alaska. In the 1980s, John and Susan, a husband-and-wife team, founded Chukchi News and Information Service, a cultural journalism project that features University of Alaska student writing in newspapers, magazines, anthologies, and on websites. The anthology "Authentic Alaska: Voices of Its Native Writers" was compiled from the Chukchi News and Information Service project, winner of a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and the Alaska Press Club's Public Service Award.
