Brightest and Best: A Companion to the Lesser Feasts and Fasts

Sam Portaro

In these meditations on the lesser feasts and fasts of the church calendar Sam Portaro asks the question, What do these saints and commemorations have to say to Christians today?

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Cowley Publications

Cover: Paperback

Pages: 225

Dimensions: 9.04 x 7.1 x .63

 $24.95  

Daysprings: Meditations for the Weekdays of Advent, Lent, and Easter

Sam Portaro

In his accompanying volume to Brightest and Best: A Companion to the Lesser Feasts and Fasts, Sam Portaro offers meditations for each of the weekdays for the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, and Easter.

Cover: Paperback

Pages: 230

 $19.95  

Sheer Christianity: Conjectures on a Catechism

Sam Portaro

Calling upon teachers G.K. Chesterton and C.S. Lewis, Sam Portaro wades into the abyss of confronting a life of faithfulness in a world where the Church has created a dictionary unintelligible to anyone not part of itself.
 
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Cowley Publications

Cover: Paperback

Pages: 208

Dimensions: 8.44 x 5.68 x .56

 $15.95  

Transforming Vocation

Sam Portaro

In the Episcopal Church, it seems the only real purpose and end of Christian discernment is professional ordination, either to the priesthood or to the vocational diaconate. This book deals with such questions as, How can both communities and individuals discern a call from God within the vocations and tasks in which they find themselves? How can the Church deal creatively with its confusion about the differing roles and authority of ordained and lay ministers?

At once “travel guide” and vision for the future, the Transformation series is good news for the Episcopal Church at a time of fast and furious demographic and social change. Series contributors - recognized experts in their fields - analyze our present plight, point to the seeds of change already at work transforming the church, and outline a positive new way forward. What kinds of churches are most ready for transformation? What are the essential tools? What will give us strength, direction, and purpose to the journey?

Each volume of the series will:

• Explain why a changed vision is essential
• Give robust theological and biblical foundations
• Offer a guide to best practices and positive trends in churches large and small.
• Describe the necessary tools for change
• Imagine how transformation will look         

Church Publishing

Cover: Paperback

Pages: 160

Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5

 $16.00