{"product_id":"a-blessing-in-order-to-bless-9798385284221","title":"A Blessing in Order to Bless","description":"What is the church for? Who are God's people? What does abundant life look like? Church leaders and people of faith continue to do more than preserve what they have, they want what Jesus came to bring: abundant life. This book aims to anchor a theology and model of social engagement in the most important word in the Bible: with. Samuel Wells, vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London, has written nearly fifty books on how the Jesus came to be with people, not to fix their problems but to live into God's abundance. This book builds on Wells's theology to show how one church lived into that theology and that model with abundant results. Abundance isn't a mindset; it's a model of how people live with their neighbors and of discovering where their true treasure lies, in relationships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Joyner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wipf \u0026amp; Stock Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798385284221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoyner, Thomas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Thomas Joyner is Rector of St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in Auburn, Alabama. He received a BA from the University of Alabama, MA in philosophy from Ole Miss, and MDiv from The General Theological Seminary in New York. Ordained in 2008, he's also served as Youth Minister at St. Stephen's, Huntsville; Curate at Holy Comforter, Montgomery; Associate Rector at Holy Trinity, Auburn; Interim Rector at St. Luke's, Jacksonville; and Chaplain at Trinity Commons, Birmingham.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Thomas Joyner \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48749170688157,"sku":"9798385284221","price":25.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_3b8e4de5-3498-400b-a423-c50c5cd3bd46.jpg?v=1785915258","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/a-blessing-in-order-to-bless-9798385284221","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}