Books
The Eloquent Lay Reader
A Guide to Skillfully Preparing and Delivering the Biblical Text for Your Congregation
Most lay readers love their job but lack either the public speaking skills or the biblical knowledge to make the strongest impact. This book provides a streamlined process and critical reference material so the lay reader can both understand God’s word and deliver it skillfully.
In this book, we focus on two main objectives: understanding the text and delivering the text. We outline ways to simply analyze a passage for basic understanding and we’ll go over basic presentation skills. That’s the job in a nutshell. Conquer (or at least improve) these two areas and you’ll be a confident lay reader and a blessing to your congregation.
The Eloquent Lay Reader is available on Amazon.com in both paperback and Kindle versions.
“This work is both useful and beautiful—readers will find the ‘how to’ instructions immediately useful to improve their reading; and beautiful, as Telisak invites readers into the joy, delight, and holiness of Scripture with her engaging style. I can’t wait to get this work into the hands and lives of the readers of Scripture at the parish I serve!”
—The Reverend Theron Walker, Emmaus Anglican Church
Giving Away the Farm
How Kindness, Critters and Yarn Knit a Community Together
Good Shepherd Publishing began in 2014 to share the unique and encouraging story of the community of Jacob’s Reward Farm. In Giving Away the Farm: How Kindness, Critters and Yarn Knit a Community Together, Cindy shared the genesis of the idea that the land, animals, fresh air, and genuine love of people found at the farm should be shared and expanded to include all who might come and be refreshed there. The book is generously illustrated with photographs of all the people and animals of the farm.
But that’s not our only story. The bigger story here is the story of God--the story of his creation, our fall, and his plan of redemption and reconciliation, and how all that impacts our daily lives in the here and now. A story that sweeping does in fact, impact every area of our lives.
Giving Away the Farm is available on Amazon.com in both paperback and Kindle versions.
“What has been created on this farm goes far beyond fiber, spun yarn, hats, and scarves. When giving is valued above personal gain, results that are a little out of the ordinary are pretty much guaranteed. An enjoyable, thought provoking book!”
—K. Hughes, Amazon review
