HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Embracing Stewardship As you sit in the pew waiting for worship to begin, the pastor announces that the stewardship committee chair will be giving a temple talk. Dread washes over you as you involuntarily clutch your wallet.
Is this your response when you hear the word “stewardship?” Too often we equate this word with money, but Embracing Stewardship invites us into a deeper understanding of the word and its impact on our lives. Charles R. Lane and Grace Duddy Pomroy start by looking at the biblical basis of stewardship. Eight approaches are then examined, letting congregations and individuals find the ideas that work best in their setting and stretch the understanding of a life of stewardship and mission in their community and beyond.
Through relevant examples and practical tools, you and your congregation will not only find new meaning in the care of what God has given us, but by the end of the book, you’ll find yourself truly “embracing stewardship” (2016 Embracing Stewardship, LLC;
embracingstewardship.com).
Elizabeth Caywood Caywood is director of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod resource center and coordinator of ELCA resource centers. She is a regular contributor to this page.
CHILDREN’S BOOK One Big Family by Marc Harshman It’s the end of summer and a large family gathers at their grandma and grandpa’s house. Each spread of this picture book, with detailed and colorful illustrations by Sara Palacios, depicts their activities, summarized by such words as eat, swim, run, sing, listen, shush, watch, play and clap.
Designed for children ages 4 to 8, this book is also great for grandparents or any family member to have on hand when hosting a reunion. A celebration of family fun, it will give you ideas of things you and your loved ones can do together. (Eerdman’s Books for Young Readers,
eerdmans.com/YoungReaders).
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat The Brussats publish the website
SpiritualityandPractice.com. See
LivingLutheran.org for additional book reviews.
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LIGHT SIDE Can I hear an Amen?
Norman Jung
Dennis Fletcher
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