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Redeeming Conflict
It seems counterintuitive: conflict can be a blessing. But Catholic theologian and conflict mediator Ann M. Garrido identifies conflict as a potentially fruitful exchange that arises from living and working together in the diverse world God created. Garrido, author of the bestselling Redeeming Administration, offers twelve practical habits for responding to conflict, pairs each habit with a spiritual companion from history, and offers questions and prayers for growth. In Redeeming Conflict, Ann Garrido explains that conversion comes through conversation, that there is a difference between “the truth” and “my truth,” and that you should be curious and practice “Pentecost listening...
Redeeming Power
Catholic theologian Ann M. Garrido—author of the bestselling and award-winning book Redeeming Administration—continues her work on Christian leadership by examining power not as a manipulative force in short supply but as Jesus understood it: an abundant good meant to be shared and put to use for the sake of harmony and holiness. In Redeeming Power, Garrido helps you develop a spirituality of power by considering the skills and personal qualities that will enable a healthy and holy use of power in your role as one who leads. Garrido explores key passages from the creation stories of Genesis where we find the roots of how Jesus understood power. She shows how God shares divine power with ...
Let's Talk about Truth
The word "truth" appears in the Bible more than 200 times. It is also a frequent theme in the stories of saints and writings of recent popes. But many believe that we find ourselves in a "post-truth" society today. In Let's Talk about Truth, Ann M. Garrido--associate professor of homiletics at the Aquinas Institute of Theology--argues that truth is such a central theme in Christianity that it is the duty of preachers to talk about it, to know the Catholic tradition's wisdom on it, and to share it in a way that can be understood and remembered. She will help you to stop backing away from the topic and instead help Catholics recover the practice of truth as a way of life.
Preaching with Children
Preaching in congregations with many children is one of the most difficult challenges many preachers face. Whether you are a priest, deacon, catechist, or prayer leader, this book offers practical help in crafting specific homilies for children. Drawing on insights gleaned within the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, Garrido helps preachers understand key characteristics of childhood and children’s spirituality and presents ways to reflect on Scripture through the lens of the young child. Preachers will discover that they are preaching with children, rather than preaching to them.
Redeeming Administration
Ann Garrido’s 2009 article in America magazine on the spirituality of administration in Catholic settings created a wave of demand in this successful academic administrator’s already full speaking schedule. Garrido admits that she sometimes finds administration draining, even boring, as it fractures her days into “tiny shards of time” that make it impossible to focus on “the big ideas.” And yet she has found spiritual gifts in her many years as a theologian, parish minister, and administrator in higher education. In Redeeming Administration, she reveals those gifts by examining twelve spiritual habits for Catholic leaders in parishes, schools, religious communities, and other institutions—presenting a saint who embodies each habit—and showing readers how to experience their administrative work as a crucial ministry of the Church. A brief prayer and questions for personal reflection, group conversation, or spiritual direction complete each chapter. Free downloads to accompany Redeeming Administration include a small-group guide and prayer resources.
#Rules_of_Engagement
Winner of a third-place award in the church professional category from the Catholic Media Association. Do you behave on social media as the Christian you want to be? Are you dismayed at the often divisive and cruel exchanges you read online? In #Rules_of_Engagement, Ann M. Garrido shares eight practical habits that will help you align your activity in the digital world with the call of the Gospel to be Christ's presence in the world. Popes Benedict and Francis have called upon Christians across the globe to embrace the internet as a new “digital continent” and think of it as mission territory, a place where we can—with careful thought and discipline—accomplish enormous good. Even as ...
Daily Devotions for Advent 2016
Award-winning author and preaching expert Ann M. Garrido will help you focus on the mysteries of the Incarnation with daily gospel-based devotions from the First Sunday of Advent through Christmas Day. These simple, yet powerful devotions will draw you to the quiet places of your heart so you can more fully prepare for the real meaning of Christmas and Christ's second coming. In Daily Devotions for Advent 2016, Ann Garrido will lead you to prayer, reflection, and spiritual growth rooted in the gospel reading for each day of Advent through Christmas Day. Her insight will help you explore the great story of salvation in Christ and its meaning in your life. Each two-page devotion offers brief Bible verses, prayers, incisive reflection on the Word of God, and a specific, easy-to-do exercise as you prayerfully prepare for the celebration of the birth of Jesus. The Living Gospel series of devotionals for Lent and Advent offer spiritual insight and practical wisdom from popular Catholic preachers, speakers, and homilists. A new voice each season and a simple, five-step format invite Catholics to hear and embrace the living Word of God.
Preaching to the Choir
For over 15 years, Ann Garrido preached regularly at Aquinas Institute of Theology-a school of theology and ministry in the Dominican tradition. Preaching to the Choir includes selections of Garrido's preaching, providing a window into the way the Word of God intersects with very particular events in the community's history and the author's own life.
The Gift of Administration
In his First Letter to the Corinthians Paul cites "administrators" as one of God's gifts to the Christian community (1 Cor 12:28). But many who serve in administrative service today have difficulty seeing how their everyday work is an expression of discipleship. This book, written by an experienced administrator and noted biblical scholar, shows how the various functions of institutional administration are deeply rooted in the Scriptures and are a genuine expression of our call to discipleship. Leadership, mission statements and planning, finances and fund raising, personnel issues, communications, and public relations--all of these seemingly "secular" activities serve to build up the Body of Christ and deserve to be recognized as authentic Christian ministry. To see administrative service as a biblically rooted gift can help those involved in this way of life to find deeper and more satisfying spiritual meaning in what they do.
Daily Devotions for Lent 2018
Award-winning author and preaching expert Ann M. Garrido will be your guide through Lent to help you reflect on and explore the themes of the most solemn season of the Church year. At the end of the forty days, you'll come away with a deeper conversion of heart than you ever thought possible. Daily Devotions for Lent 2018 includes two-page devotions for every day of Lent--from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. Each entry offers brief Bible verses, prayers, an insightful reflection on the Gospel readings by Garrido, and specific, easy-to-do exercises to lead you prayerfully through the season of repentance to the joy of Easter. The Living Gospel series of devotionals for Lent and Advent offer spiritual insight and practical wisdom from popular Catholic preachers, speakers, and homilists. A new voice each season and a simple, five-step format invite Catholics to hear and embrace the living Word of God. Their compact size and affordable price make the series attractive for bulk purchase in parishes, schools, health care settings, and other Catholic organizations.
