Lisa M. Hess

Sermons from Mind and Heart

Preaching & Worship

“"A compelling voice, with clear congregational accord. Kennedy's intellectual passion and homiletical prowess shine forth here for those seeking in Spirit, humble in heart. Prepare to be startled, as one should be in encounter with the Word preached. Kennedy offers nourishment for both preachers and those who make the 'preaching moment' their own in growing lives of discipleship.”

Sowing Stories Deep in the Soul

Children & Youth

“Sowing Stories Deep in the Soul offers an oasis desperately needed in today’s tumultuous times for women, for persons in faith communities facing challenges from within and without. Johnson leads her readers to a compassionate story-formed bridge between realities in women’s lives often unrealized in eyes/ears of privilege and proactive, communal, story-rooted ways to live and love stories deep in the soul. A storytelling wisdom for us all.”

Women Called to Catholic Priesthood

Women

“Callahan and Rodriguez offer a stunning pneumatological and ethnographic reversal of expectation on the "ordination of women" question within the Roman Catholic Church by rigorously examining the ongoing ministries and "spirits" (1 John 4) of women ordained in apostolic succession (if contra legum, canon 1024). Scripturally, theologically, and phenomenologically, the authors provide ample testimony to Spirit's fruit and ecclesial renewal in (and because of) the faithful perseverance of over forty womenpriests living their priestly vocations. That this is done with such clear love of a church that refuses such women, even with theological-ecclesial integrity and prophetic challenge, makes this a compelling read and a remarkable testimony to God's ongoing work in the world, sometimes despite the church.”