No Avatars Allowed Updated revision includes hymnals

Updated revision includes hymnals

failure and loss

From worshiping God as father to envisioning a holy life as a military campaign

Noticing the Divine utilizes wisdom from the religions of the world to teach the basic skills needed to offer spiritual direction to people of all traditions

sprouting from the seeds of change—those transformative practices already at work renewing the church

No Avatars Allowed Updated revision includes hymnalsHow can video games challenge us to think more deeply about our reality, faith, and community? Since the advent of video games in the 1960s, they have become the common experience of everyone from Gen X to the Millennial and post Millennial generations. While many of todays clergy, parishioners, and theologians grew up gaming, the churchs stance regarding video games is one of, at best, bemusement. This book takes seriously the idea that video games