Emmaus Road: Churches Making Their Way ForwardWood Lake Publishing Inc., 2003 - 181 pages Using as their guide the story of the two disciples who meet the risen Christ on the road to Emmaus, Donna Sinclair and Christopher White move congregations beyond a search for silver bullet solutions, beyond a preoccupation with technique and programming, beyond a hope in simplistic formulas for success, to the qualities of character and faith that will help congregations in the years ahead. Focussing on the healing power of community, the nurture and comfort of study, the gift of sacrament, and the power of outreach, Sinclair and White offer to readers what those first disciples experienced on the road to Emmaus - an encounter with hope. |
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... experience: when you think it is all over, that is exactly the moment when God starts something new. Perhaps congregations are like Jesus, the Christ – full of God, but unrecognized by the world. Perhaps what we need are the qualities ...
... experience: when you think it is all over, that is exactly the moment when God starts something new. Perhaps congregations are like Jesus, the Christ – full of God, but unrecognized by the world. Perhaps what we need are the qualities ...
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... experience, is hard. It requires courage, the ability to live with conflict, and the ability to make long-term commitments – to not flee when things get difficult. It's like the perseverance the two disciples discovered when they began ...
... experience, is hard. It requires courage, the ability to live with conflict, and the ability to make long-term commitments – to not flee when things get difficult. It's like the perseverance the two disciples discovered when they began ...
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... experience with Jesus. They walked, they talked, and day slowly passed into evening. Before they realized it, they were in Emmaus. As they moved down the familiar path towards the comfort of their home, the two disciples felt an emotion ...
... experience with Jesus. They walked, they talked, and day slowly passed into evening. Before they realized it, they were in Emmaus. As they moved down the familiar path towards the comfort of their home, the two disciples felt an emotion ...
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... experience is both exhilarating and exhausting. Yet these people do it because of their faith, because they believe in the value of our shared ministry, and because their lives are enriched not by what they keep, but by what they give ...
... experience is both exhilarating and exhausting. Yet these people do it because of their faith, because they believe in the value of our shared ministry, and because their lives are enriched not by what they keep, but by what they give ...
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Page 11 - Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.
Page 11 - Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them, "What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?