“norma cook everist”

You love your church people, but then something goes wrong: an angry word, a misunderstanding, and things go sour. Or perhaps conflict in your church has escalated to the point where people are leaving or are intent on your leaving. What do you do? Where do you start? How can you move on? This book ... More

Women's experience of the tasks and roles of ministry differs from that of men, sometimes subtly, sometimes more so. Where do they turn for help in figuring out the ups and downs of following God's call into ministry as a woman? How can the men with whom they work understand the challenges their fem... More

In this volume of fresh thinking about life in a Christian community, 21 theologians attest to Christ-centered communities and offer new views of church as an essential healer.Twenty-one theologians from Wartburg Seminary offer new views of church as the indispensable site of radical Christian commi... More

Christian Education as Evangelism provides skills and tools for evangelical outreach. Each chapter includes stories, questions for reflection, and practical parish strategies. An ideal primary textbook for college and seminary classrooms.... More

Lutheran Voices provides quality, accessible books by Lutheran authors that inform, teach, inspire, and renew. Grounded in Lutheran theology and practice, the books cover a wide range of subjects and themes of interest to members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the wider Chr... More

Transforming Leadership sets forth the core values and leadership practices that can bring fundamental transformation to the life of the local church. Based on experience and research, Everist and Nessan explore three dimensions of transforming leadership: (1) how leaders are formed and transformed,... More

Rethinking Music offers a comprehensive re-evaluation of current thinking about music. In this book, 24 distinguished musicologists, music theorists, and ethnomusicologists review different dimensions of musical study, revealing a range of concerns that are shared across the discipline: the nature o... More