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The Magdalene Gospel: Meeting the Women Who Followed Jesus

3 reviews
Mary Ellen Ashcroft

Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2002

Compelling
Sometimes the truth smacks us hard between the eyes. It hurts, but we are better for the encounter. That's the way it is with Dr. Ashcroft's work. Drawing extensively upon Biblical, archeological and sociological resources, Professor Ashcroft draws a vivid picture for us of the women who followed Jesus. Her end-notes are generous and irrefutable. Dr. Ashcroft helps us to understand how Jesus' ...

Dogspell: A Dogmatic Theology on the Abounding Love of God

2 reviews
Mary Ellen Ashcroft

Forest of Peace Publishing, 2000

It's a dog's life!
Dogspell is a playful and entertaining reminder of God's love -- even in the darkest times. Whether away from home, caught in the rain/mud, regardless of appearances; God, like a dog, loves unconditionally. The metaphor of God as dog emphasizes the joy of a loving relationship with God. Mary Ellen Ashcroft creates parallels between the greeting of a dog and God's welcome, a dog's love of all ...

The Magdalene Gospel

3 reviews
Mary Ellen Ashcroft

Doubleday, 1995

The Gospel according to Women
Outrageous. Unthinkable. The Gospel as experienced through the lives of the women who followed Jesus, that is The Magdalene Gospel. As a woman feeling out of sink with the rest of the world, no matter where she turns, how refreshing to realize we each in relation to Jesus have our own stories to tell. The Gospel accounts are filled with Jesus' friendships, encounters, even dependence upon ...

Spirited Women: Encountering the First Women Believers

2 reviews
Mary Ellen Ashcroft

Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2000

Creative, Insightful and Thought-provoking!
I found Spirited Women to be an encouraging and uplifting resource. I've imagined all of these women in much the same situations during the formation of the new testament church. And have come to similar conclusions regarding the individual character of each woman represented, their relationship to each other, and their subsequent "disappearance" from the scene of church history. There is no ...

Balancing Act: How Women Can Lose Their Roles & Find Their Callings

5 reviews
Mary Ellen Ashcroft

InterVarsity Press, 1996

Transforming
Unlike much Christian culture which thrives on creating a forced dichotomy between the career women and the stay-at-home mom, Ashcroft's enlightening book transcends the traditional arguments by re-focusing on the Word of God and what it tells us about God's plans and expectations of women. Finally, we have a book that acknowledges that a single women is a valuable assett to God, regardless of ...

Bearing Our Sorrows: Christian Reflections for Courage, Hope, and Healing

1 review
Mary Ellen Ashcroft, Holly Bridges Elliott

Harpercollins, 1994

A TIMELESS COLLECTION OF INSPIRATIONAL READINGS
"Christian Reflections for Courage, Hope and Healing" is the apt subtitle of this small volume of thoughts by historic and contemporary writers. Fourteen chapters, modern interpretations of the Station of the Cross, are devoted to the various crossroads in life's journey. Each group offers uplifting words of comfort and inspiration from some of the world's finest thinkers. We begin with ...

Dogspell: The Gospel According to Dog
Mary Ellen Ashcroft

Seabury Books, 2008

This playful yet substantial "dogmatic" book of theology addresses our central human longing to be deeply loved. This is also an incarnational theology, putting us in contact with a God who is willing to roll in the earth with us, dive in to rescue us, and whose tracks can be seen throughout our homes and lives. Illustrated with lovely charcoal drawings, Dogspell challenges readers to believe that God loves, welcomes, and longs to greet us as ...

Temptations Women Face: Honest Talk About Jealousy, Anger, Sex, Money, Food, Pride

3 reviews
Mary Ellen Ashcroft

InterVarsity Press, 1993

Temptations Women Face
After having Ashcroft as a professor of writing, I was excited to read this book. It is helpful and insightful. Ashcroft openly speaks to women about the struggles we face of which we are often not even aware. Some friends and I organized a women's group in which we discussed a chapter a week. We all found it to be eye-opening and helpful as we each worked through our various issues ...

The Journey Beckons: Reflections on the Way of the Cross

Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2000

This devotional summons us to follow Jesus on the way of the cross, a traditional pattern of Christian dedication that is focused on the events of Christ's passion. The meditations include brief, powerful quotations from historic and contemporary Christians such as C. S. Lewis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lewis Smedes, M. Scott Peck, Annie Dillard, and Henri Nouwen. These writings speak to spiritual issues like abandoning ourselves to God, ...

The Pursuit of Wisdom: 125 Prayers from Timeless Voices

Judson Press, 2002

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