Cycle A Preaching and Worship Resources -- New for 2013-2014
Various Authors
These resources will make your preaching better and your worship services more effective and spiritually moving on a weekly basis! Ideal bundle if you're looking for scholarly yet practical exegesis, commentary, stories / illustrations for sermons, and worship aids.

Cycle A
Robert S. Jarboe
Building on his previous best-selling volumes of Services for the Advent Wreath, Robert Jarboe offers a wide selection of flexible worship resources that put the Advent candles firmly in the context of the day's scripture readings. There are complete orders of service based on each Cycle A lectionary text for every Sunday in Advent, as well as Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Three Pre-Easter Bible Studies
Bill Thomas

The Critical Questions... and More contains three separate Bible studies. Each study can assist in guiding an individual or a congregation through key scriptures during Lent. They dig deeper into the scriptures, offering alternate perspectives into the familiar texts of Lent and Holy Week, breathing new life into them. The studies featured in this collection are:
• The Critical Questions
• Who Do You Say He Is?
• "I Saw Jesus."

A High-Carb, Multisensory Lenten Worship Series
Rolf Svanoe
Worship involves the senses. The light filtering in from the stained-glass windows, the colors of the vestments, and even the words we read in our Bibles and prayer books fascinate us visually in worship. The sounds of musical instruments and voices raised in song grip us audibly. The feel of the

A Bible Study
John W. Clarke
Hope is a virtue we are born with, but that hope does not peek out at the world unless we feed it and allow it to grow. Hope allows us to live outside the lines, to face fear and cast it out, and to live life as a gift.

John W. Clarke has created a Bible study to fuel our hope. This ten-session study guides the reader toward a hope-filled life.

Following the Foosteps of Simon Peter
Forrest Chaffee
While each of the disciples played a part in Jesus' ministry and the formation of the early church, Simon Peter's role was more prominent than most. His ministry and influence are still felt in the church today. More Alive under the Shadow examines Peter's life as recorded in the New Testament, revealing valuable lessons for us today, such as forgiveness, boldness, loyalty, and acceptance. With

Sermons for Lent and Easter
David H. Webb
Using the Hebrew scriptures and the book of Acts as a guide, David Webb journeys through the First Readings from the Revised Common Lectionary for the Lent and Easter seasons. The Courage to Carry On not only draws people into a deeper appreciation and understanding of the meaning of Lent and Easter, it also offers insight into living the

Fifteen Dramatic Lenten Monologues
Richard A. Eddy
Take your congregation back in time and put worshipers right in the midst of the events surrounding humanity's salvation with this collection of three sets of five monologues, each centered around a different perspective on the life and death of Jesus.

Who Is This Man? looks at the death of Jesus through the eyes of ordinary people who

A Chaplain's Journey into Babylon, Iraq with the I Marine Expeditionary Force
Emilio Marrero, Jr.
The words "Iraq War" evoke images of Marines on rooftops, feverishly shooting their automatic weapons at shadowy enemies. Yet the experience for a large part of our military has been vastly different, as they have dedicated their efforts to rebuilding a nation. A Quiet Reality draws readers into a very different side of the war. Get a glimpse of the untold war from the perspective of a

Background Briefs on Lectionary Texts
Norman A. Beck
This book provides guidelines and resources for homilies and sermons, worship planning, and Scripture study based on the texts in Year C (Cycle C) in The Revised Common Lectionary: Consultation on Common Texts (Nashville: Abingdon, 1992). It is a thoroughly revised and updated replacement for Norman A. Beck, Scripture Notes for