Presence: A Pastor's Guide to Funerals explores bereavement ministry by helping pastors apply their theological convictions to particular situations. Lifelong ministry practitioners will appreciate the reminder of the theological foundation that undergirds ministry actions. New pastors will find value in the "quick start" hints found in the practical applications. Presence provides numerous examples of the significant role played by pastors through which God comforts those walking in the shadows of death.

Presence: A Pastor's Guide to Funerals

Religion & Spirituality

Jonathan K. Twitchell

Christian Books & Bibles

Storian Press

"Swanee" Schwanz worked on about 250 churches, hospitals, clinics, and schools in eleven countries. In the process he discovered that construction provided the means for his primary work, to care for and empower those who suffered and to equip those who served the suffering. When his efforts at times proved insufficient for the magnitude of misery he witnessed, compassion compelled him to suffer with his friends. Go as a Way Opens is the story of a man who simply acted out the goodness needed by the people near him.

Go as a Way Opens

Biographies & Memoirs

Schwanz, Keith

Memoirs

Don Cox sat on a plank platform in the rain forest. The tarp tied to trees provided minimal protection from the elements. Omar, a leader of the gang that abducted Don, had just hiked down the mountain with a cassette tape recording of Don telling his family that the kidnappers wanted $500,000 for his release. Don broke down when he heard the demand. "You'll never get that kind of money," Don told Omar. "You might as well kill me now."
At the beginning of the second week, when Omar became frustrated with the slow pace of the negotiations, he asked the negotiator which of Don's hands he wanted, the right or the left. The police had recognized patterns in what Omar said and knew that previously this gang had cut off ears and fingers to punctuate their demands. These thugs would follow through on vicious threats.
When Don's friends who worked for his liberation confronted depravity head on, they reluctantly acknowledged that they had to intentionally wade into the escalating deception Omar had initiated. So they fabricated a story they desperately hoped would allow the police to trace the call, apprehend Omar, and liberate Don. But the strategy came bundled with an ethical crisis because of the deliberate lies. They violated deeply held convictions about always telling the truth in their effort to save a friend.
Shouts at Sunrise is the compelling story about a kidnapped missionary, threats of increasing brutality, friends entangled in deception, and a miraculous rescue.

Shouts at Sunrise: The Struggle Against Evil for the Life of Don Cox

Keith Schwanz

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