"Earth Filled with Heaven is an evangelical introduction to the theological framework and habits of the sacramental life. Author and Anglican priest Aaron Damiani orients readers around a weekly celebration of the Lord's supper, water baptism, liturgical prayer, the church calendar, the daily office-rhythms that quietly nourish us with the life of Jesus"-- "Christians from a low-church background do not have to be afraid of liturgy and sacraments....

Explores the practice of eating together as Christian worship

The gospel story is filled with meals. It opens in a garden and ends in a feast. Records of the early church suggest that believers met for worship primarily through eating meals. Over time, though, churches have lost focus on the centrality of food— and with it a powerful tool for unifying Christ’s diverse body.

But today a new movement is under way, bringing

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In this simple, beautifully written book Rowan Williams explores four essential components of the Christian life: baptism, Bible, Eucharist, and prayer. Despite huge differences in Christian thinking and practice both today and in past centuries, he says, these four basic elements have remained constant and indispensable for the majority of those who call themselves Christians.
In accessible, pastoral terms Williams discusses the meaning and practice...

Shows why the holy Communion is God's ordained way to release life, health, and healing to us. Doctors may have told you that there is no hope. The enemy wants you to believe that God doesn't care and that your situation is hopeless. Prince shows why the holy Communion is God's ordained way to release life, health, and healing to us. God wants you healed and whole, and you can access His healing power with just the simple act of eating. Prince shares...

What are we doing when we gather around the sacraments -- or when we make the same breakfast every morning? Embodying rituals, says Dru Johnson. And until we understand what we're doing and why, we won't know how these rituals work, what they mean, or how we might adapt them. In Human Rites Johnson considers the concept of ritual as seen in Scripture and its role in shaping our thinking. He colorfully illustrates both the mundane and the sacred rituals...

The lament swells every December, as perennial as the jingle of Salvation Army bells: the season of Advent is lost in the secular trappings of Christmas preparation. For those aspiring to a reverent Advent but caught up in twenty-first-century to-do lists, A Season of Little Sacraments offers a fresh perspective on the secular-sacred December divide. Susan Swetnam invites readers along on an ordinary woman's day-by-day walk through Advent, demonstrating...

"Explores the notion of spirituality as motion - a responsive movement of heart, mind, and spirit to the life of God moving within us - within a theological framework and through expression in the ritual stages of liturgy"--