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Meaning in the Moment: How Rituals Help us Move Through Joy, Pain, and Everything In Between
Life has its ups and downs, and it can feel like we're always in the middle of a transition.
Whether it's a painful end or a joyful beginning--or even an uncertain middle--theologian and minister Amy Davis Abdallah has found something that helps: rituals. In Meaning in the Moment, she shows why we need rituals to help survive and even thrive through various seasons of life.
Starting with the foundation that rituals are a core, and underexplored, part of Christian practice, Davis Abdallah draws from theology, psychology, and personal experiences in creating rituals for herself and others. She offers practical guidance for readers to create their own meaningful rituals, including three types requiring varying levels of planning and participation: right now, with friends, and at church.
Readers will emerge with fresh ways to bring their faith to life for themselves, their families, and their church communities--and ready to experience the transformative power of rituals.
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Coming September 2023
The Book of Womanhood
Christian womanhood. What does it mean? When does it happen - at a certain age, status, or maturity? How do we know we're no longer girls? And when we've figured that out, how will others know to call us "woman" rather than "girl"? Christian women don't usually get a rite of passage in which they are named "woman." Seeing this need, Amy Davis Abdallah created such a rite, and this book accompanies it. No need to be in her rite of passage, however, to name yourself "woman." Read this book and then sit down with some friends to talk about it over tea, coffee, and/or chocolate. Let The Book of Womanhood create a path through the confusion by its flexible framework of finding identity through developing relationship with God, self, others, and creation. Amy writes merely as one perhaps further along in her journey of womanhood, and she doesn't write alone. She includes the stories of biblical women, of friends young and old, and even more. The diverse voices come together as a cloud of witnesses--encouraging us in our individual journeys. Read for empowerment. Read for transformation. Read. And become the woman of God you were created to be.
Praise for The Book of Womanhood
“As a woman and a mother of a teenage daughter, I love this book! It is smart, funny, theologically sound, and empowering. This should be required reading for all women ages 13 to 103. These honest words of wisdom grounded in Scripture and in Amy's own experiences create hope, a sense of community with women everywhere, and confidence in one's own sense of identity. There is a map of modern womanhood and it is in these pages.”
-Shayne Moore, author of Women @ Halftime
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"Expecting to be married with children in her twenties, life unfolded in unanticipated ways for Amy Davis Abdallah. These became opportunities to journey with God toward self-discovering and empowerment. This book builds wholeness in all its relationships. For these reasons, The Book of Womanhood is hard to put down!"
-Mimi Haddad, President of Christians for Biblical Equality
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“Amy has artfully constructed this rite of passage for women in order to help women understand and embrace what it means to be a woman and to celebrate the beautiful and delicate complexities, which make us uniquely feminine. The Book of Womanhood is an outstanding resource for families, churches and colleges."
-Dr. Wanda Walborn, Associate Professor of Spiritual Formation, Alliance University
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"In The Book of Womanhood we hear the clear and confident voice of Amy Davis Abdallah instructing, coaching, and inspiring women on their journey to becoming women. Her voice challenges us to find our own voices as women. Amy speaks as a fellow companion and mentor on the journey of womanhood in intimate and nurturing ways. The Book of Womanhood has articulated a message that has been dormant in the church and can revolutionize and refashion how women see themselves, each others, and God. 'Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the church.'"
-Lisa Plunket, Director of Spiritual Life, Risen King Alliance Church