Alison Webster

As a society we aren’t good at talking about death, and as individuals we may try and avoid thinking about it. But death is part of life, and we must all face it eventually. For Christians, dying and death are not the end but a transition point in a story that continues. Reflecting well on our own mortality can help us to make peace with the prospect of death and to live more fully in the here and now. This research-based book includes all you need to plan and deliver a course enabling people – old or young, healthy or frail – to prepare practically, emotionally and spiritually for their last months on this earth. The course covers six topics: Legal practicalities; Life stories; Funeral planning; Physical aspects of dying; Spiritual aspects of dying; and The life to come. It also offers a range of materials on the theme of living well in the light of mortality: a creative workshop, sermon starters, Bible studies, meditations, and a set of prayer stations which combine to form a prayer walk.

As a society we aren’t good at talking about death, and as individuals we may try and avoid thinking about it. But death is part of life, and we must all face it eventually. For Christians, dying and death are not the end but a transition point in a story that continues. Reflecting well on our own mortality can help us to make peace with the prospect of death and to live more fully in the here and now. These cards show us how. They can be used for personal reflection, prayer or in discussion with others.

A color edition of an action-oriented training manual on the supernatural Holy Spirit vocal gifts of tongues (glossolalia) and interpretation. Practice exercises using contemporary art as a springboard to prophecy through tongues plus interpretation are in color. Topics include receiving, imparting, developing, and incorporating the gifts into everyday life. Special topics include the practical use of the gifts for spiritual self-care, to de-stress, redeem idle time, frame the future; establish God's counsel in the earth; supercharge corporate prayer, praise, worship, and warfare with singing and chanting in tongues and interpretation; support and launch believers into their sacred purpose in life; display the gifts as a public sign to unbelievers to authenticate the faith; and remove blocks to receiving or operating in the gifts, including occult participation, the cessationist error, powerless traditionalism, and more. Emphasis is on testimonials, case studies, practice drills, and suggestions for the corporate expression of the gifts in fellowship and church and the public expression of the gifts for power evangelism. The appendix analyzes an occult block to tongues. Reference tools such as endnotes, works cited, and index are included.

This is the first book in the new SCM "Society and Church" series, which attempts to make sense of the Church and Christianity in a secular society and context, and explore what the former can legitimately contribute to the latter. "Wellbeing" is an absolutely central concept in our secular lives, is used with increasing frequency in all sorts of contexts - eg. the Boots website is "www.wellbeing.com" - and it is therefore crucial that we understand how it relates to life, meaning and personal identity in the 21st century. Through a combination of story, personal reflection and philosophical analysis, Alison Webster attempts to get "under the skin" of wellbeing, and show how the concept is evolving in contemporary culture. She shows how the agenda generated by wellbeing is like that which traditionally has been generated by religion and spirituality: which is why "meeting spiritual needs" is such big business in health and social care. Webster argues that the Christian tradition still has much to offer in transforming our society into one in which sickness, disability and death are put into their rightful place - and in which overly-commodified and individualistic notions of sickness and disability are overcome.