My Faith, My Life: A Teen's Guide to the Episcopal Church

by Jenifer Gamber

Book Overview

If you listen closely enough to teenagers, you'll hear their deep yearning to connect with God, and a powerful instinct to belong. And you'll find out right away the one thing they really hate--being preached to. Here in My Faith, My Life , teenagers learn all about the Christian faith they've been baptized into - and the Episcopal Church that offers them a spiritual home. With lively writing that's always informative and never condescending, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819222208
• ISBN13: 9780819222206
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Morehouse Publishing
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

great confirmation resource

After years of searching for good confirmation resources, we finally found this, and we love it. The adults involved love reading it and the kids (who have actually done their reading) have great things to say about it as well.

Book Study

This is a great book for a book study with teens. We've been working out of it for over a month and our kids are so enthralled and it has generated wonderful discussion.

An Excellent Introduction to the Episcopal Church

This book is really perfect as a preparation for confirmation, but it is by no means for teens only! It is a very readable, comprehensive and well-organized introduction to the Episcopal Church. I very much enjoyed reading it, and the adults in confirmation classes also praised it highly. I certainly recommend it to anyone who wants to know about the Episcopal Church--from whence we came, how we worship, what we believe, how the church is organized, and how we see our place in the Anglican Communion.

Director of Christian Formation

I heard about this book over the summer, ordered one for myself and after looking at it, ordered one for each teen in our church. The teens are enjoying it, learning a lot and so are their parents who have read it! The teachers like it too! All of us are learning things we never knew before. I highly recommend this book for teen Sunday School or as an aide in Confirmation classes for Episcopalians.

An Excellent Guide - and not just for teens

I bought this book for my 16 year old Godson. Kevin has spiritual depth, has been steadily involved with the Episcopal Church for about five years, and has a jumble of knowledge about the Church. My Faith, My Life is just right for Kevin. It sorts out the Christian faith, as understood in the Episcopal Church, the role of Scripture, the centrality of the Trinity for Episcopalians, the history of the Church, and the common practices of Episcopal liturgy. The language is clear and concise, written with teenagers in mind, in a friendly, easy style. It will be a pleasure to give the book to Kevin. At 183 pages, My Faith, My Life is a well-written, complete, and understandable introduction to the Episcopal Church. While right as an introduction for teenagers, it should prove just as valuable for adults seeking to understand the Episcopal Church. It provides provides the basics, a clear framework for understanding both the spiritual church and the organizational church. The framework should make it easier to integrate the sermons, lessons, readings, and other experiences in the Church into a consistent theology and sense of mission.