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To be cruciform is to be cross-shaped. The cruciform way is the life born from and shaped by a faith lived in clear sight of Jesus Christ, the One who hung upon Calvary's cross for the magnificent rescue of a world of dreadful transgressors. A collection of weekly devotions examining various aspects of the Christian life, The Cruciform Way: A Steady Cadence of Christ for Life labors to stir the Spirit-enabled skill for receiving both joy and s...

VOLUME 2 The Cruciform Way is far more than a brief devotional rendezvous. It digs deeper than that. It requires a little more contemplation of the "self, " while at the same time promising to help steady you with the same divine muscle that has steadied believers throughout the history of Man. It does this remembering that life is short, but eternity is long-timeless, in fact. And its ultimate goal: A Gospel that gives and emboldens a faith t...

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Everything has its story. In this fourth installment of The Angels' Portion series, both the gentle and jagged (and almost always hilarious) rites and ceremonies of life's narratives pour once again from Reverend Thoma's pen. More than the observations of a social critic, The Angels' Portion is a plentiful collection of whisky scribblings in whimsical examination of all things human. Every sip proves itself generous and thirst quenching.

A great gift for the pastor in your life!-----------------There are those people you meet who remind you that the devil and his underlings are indeed prowling.Their heads don't always spin around. They don't necessarily spray green vomit onto your clerical collar. They don't necessarily speak in uninterpretable tongues.But you're certain they're possessed nonetheless.Keep an eye on them. Better yet, use this little volume to record their names...

A great gift for the pastor in your life, this is a lined notebook for journaling-because journaling is therapeutic.Not only can it be an avenue for recording one's joys, but it can be a healthy means for processing frustrations-especially when, as a pastor, you serve beneath the daily expectation that you'll happily receive every gritty and ill-intended word or deed with smiling passivity.Something to be kept at the ready on one's desk, this ...

At just short of 700 glorious pages, the Reverend is back and better than ever in this follow up edition to the popular The Angels' Portion: A Clergyman's Whisky Narrative. Here in Volume II, Thoma mesmerizes readers once again as he carries them along in exploration of "aqua vitae" through his signature style of vivacious storytelling. And all along the way, it will be as he prophetically warns: "You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll question huma...

A collection of stories, Ten Ways to Kill a Pastor peeks behind the curtain and shines a light into what has become for so many in pastoral ministry a very dark place. From abusive members to impossible schedules often resulting in failing health and family decay, Ten Ways presents church-goers with an opportunity for personal reflection as well as gives voice to the often undetectable "hurts" lurking behind the pastor's smile.

Type 1 Diabetes is a monster. By such monsters, faith is tested. But God is there. He is listening. He is acting.He can be trusted. At its core, Type One Confessional explores in narrative form the struggle to reconcile God's love in times of crisis. In particular, Reverend Thoma speaks directly to the unexpected and life-altering calamity of his seven-year-old daughter's diagnosis with what is often an overwhelming disease-one that is both di...

The stories, " Reverend Thoma writes, "are never applied to the whiskies. The whiskies reveal the stories... In the process of sniffing, sipping, and finishing a dram, the story is fetched and the whisky's heart is rendered. Sometimes the story includes Darth Vader. Another time there may be a shark named Gary, or an unfortunate brawl with Santa Claus at Walmart." As it was with Volumes I and II, so goes Volume III. Thoma, with his signature s...

Did you know that Darth Vader prefers Lagavulin? Were you aware that Santa Claus keeps a bottle of Caol Ila on the shelf? Have you heard that Scoresby was squeezed from the very veins of the Devil himself? Emerging from the mind of a surprising whisky connoisseur, The Angels' Portion is a substantial assortment of whisky reviews like none you've ever read before. By means of storytelling, and with charming wit and vibrant style, Reverend Chris...

It appears that something terrible, horrible-frighteningly dreadful-has invaded the quiet little home of an innocent family. Oh, what to do in the face of such terror?!A whimsical little tale, There's a Bug on the Floor teaches that misinformation and worry have the potential for making the smallest of concerns appear enormous.Stop. Take a breath. Investigate. You may discover that your terrible "something" is really nothing at all.