Book, Bath, Table, and Time: Christian Worship as Source and Resource for Youth Ministry (Youth Ministry Alternatives) [Paperback]

Fred P. Edie (Author)

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• Paperback: 258 pages
• Publisher: Pilgrim Press (October 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0829817441
• ISBN-13: 978-0829817447
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #711,335 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the two or three best resources, September 18, 2008

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David F. White "dwhite7" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Book, Bath, Table, and Time: Christian Worship as Source and Resource for Youth Ministry (Youth Ministry Alternatives) (Paperback)

I hope this reviewer will exercise much greater care in his youth ministry than in the writing of this review. First of all, the author's name is Fred Edie. Further, while not replete with stories of congregations the ideas in the book are immanently transferable to anyone with half an imagination. This is one of the top two or three best resources on youth ministry on the vast market today. Youth ministry that hopes to retain any kind of distance from consumerism and consumerist models of youth ministry needs a liturgical center. Fred Edie's book elegantly and creatively reveals the possibilities for establishing such a center in a residential community at Duke. While it is not a recipe book for youth ministry, it plows the important ground of middle theory between high theology and low strategy. Further, there is a lot here to spark the imagination. We need more books like this and fewer books on tips, tricks and techniques.

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best, October 6, 2011

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This review is from: Book, Bath, Table, and Time: Christian Worship as Source and Resource for Youth Ministry (Youth Ministry Alternatives) (Paperback)

This is one of the finest youth ministry books I have read. It encourages churches and youth leaders to utilize the vast resources of the Christian tradition in order to bring young people into Christian practice and belief. I love the focus on vocation in this book, and I recommend it to all of my youth ministry colleagues.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Needed Shift in Thinking, July 24, 2010

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Simply put, this should be required reading for any youth minister. Edie articulates the weakness of "mountain dew and doritos" ministry and helps us to imagine ministries that are centered around practices and sacraments that form youth and direct them toward the living God. If you sense that conventional revivalist approaches to youth ministry are a joke this book may inspire and affirm an alternative for you. Read also Canonical Theism (william abraham) and Experiments in Contemplative Youth Ministry (Yaconnelli)