Wing and a Prayer (eBook)

These beautifully written essays illustrate the concerns and passions of the first woman presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church. Free online Lenten study guides available at www.churchpublishing.org

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"e;A Wing and a Prayer offers profound truths and vivid images of a more peaceful and just world. This powerful book will inspire people of faith and seekers alike to make its vision real."e;-Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson, author of God's Troublemakers: How Women of Faith Are Changing the WorldKatharine Jefferts Schori is a bishop on the move. She pilots her plane to remote parishes around the sprawling Diocese of Nevada and shares her passionate message of reconciliation and peace. As the first female primate in the 500-year history of Anglicanism, she has the opportunity to speak to a far wider audience."e;A collections of micro-sermons grouped thematically around issues like social justice, the deep love of God, the need for interfaith understanding, and the responsibility of all baptized persons to participate in lay ministry. Jefferts Schori speaks from an Episcopalian perspective, but also draws on Orthodox, Catholic and other Protestant traditions, making this a thoughtful resource for many different Christian denominations."e;-Publishers Weekly"e;Read this book as a series of daily meditations, and by the end of it you will not only know Bishop Katharine better, but you will find yourself filled with a livelier hope, reenergized for the ministry and mission of all of us baptized in Christ."e;-The Rev. Linda Lee Clader, Ph.D., Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Homiletics, Church Divinity School of the Pacific