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Embracing God's future without forgetting the past : a conversation about loss, grief, and nostalgia in congregational life /

Many congregations today are dealing with changes that have led to decline and significant loss. In Embracing God's Future without Forgetting the Past, Michael K. Girlinghouse argues that until a congregation comes to terms with its perceived losses through a healthy process of grief, it will b...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Girlinghouse, Michael K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Preface : invitation to a conversation -- part I. Leaving Eden : an introduction to loss, grief, and nostalgia. Empty places : the experience of loss -- A twisting road : the journey of grief -- A cloud of witnesses : nostalgia, yearning, and the past -- part II. Litany of lament : the reality of loss in congregational life. The story of loss : ministry in a world of change -- A scrapbook of memories : the grief response -- A well of tears : expressing our grief -- part III. Opening the blinds : adapting to loss without forgetting the past. An old story in a new key : the roots of adaptive change -- Being who we are : adaptive change and nostalgia -- A place at the table : overcoming challenges to adaptive change -- part IV. Remembering forward : embracing God's future with boldness. A new journey : taking up life again -- A formula for change : stepping into God's future -- A new creation : embracing God's future -- Postlude : a changing church in a changing world. 
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