Nancy M. Victorin-Vangerud

Facing Rejection

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“As a preacher and pastor, I so appreciate the clarity, accessibility and wisdom in Bill Loader’s skillful analysis of early Christian communities’ responses to rejection — their own and the rejection Jesus experienced in his ministry and execution. Loader explicates the differences between responses to rejection that risk hate, violence and exclusion, in contrast to responses that sustain divine love, forgiveness and belonging, as seen in Jesus’ life and death, as central to covenant faith, and from the heart of Divine being. In a time when many voices cry vengeance and hatred, this book digs down into the soil of scripture, to open up space for cultivating anew Christian compassion and justice.”

Rooted and Grounded in Love

Theology

“Throughout church history, there have been many reformations of the table. Here, Eberhart sets out the bread and wine for another one. Critical of industrial agriculture, he connects the doctrinal dots between God's holistic economy, communitarian practice, and the Earth as commons. For those who feel the bread of life has gone stale, or wonder whether the church has any nourishment left, Eberhart sows a clear call to agrarian discipleship, one I am hungry to follow.”