Before the Amen:

Creative Resources for Worship

ed: Maren C. Tirabassi; Maria I. Tirabassi

This new worship collection provides fresh language that is inclusive of gender, ethnicity, race, age, orientation, and ability, yet is crisp and probing. It contains nine chapters of seasonal materials, three chapters of sacraments and services, and seven chapters oriented by topic. It is filled with materials that come before amen such as resources for the worship service (readings, healing services, and chancel dramas, general resources and prayers for special issues such as natural disasters, domestic violence and surrogate parents.)