Emily Hunter McGowin – författare

Christianity Today Book Awards Finalist-Marriage, Family, and Singleness

A Holistic Vision of Family in God's Kingdom

The Christian world tends to have a blueprint for what families should look like, and these models of the family can be hard to live up to. In some circles, picture-perfect families are idealized and even idolatrized. Many Christians have a gnawing sense that this "traditional family" model is problematic or outdated. But is there an alternative way of understanding family that's neither idolatrous nor revisionist?

Theologian Emily McGowin casts a holistic vision for what family can be in light of God's kingdom. Jesus is our first teacher about families in the kingdom of God, and families rightly understand themselves only in relation to God's kingdom and the church.

In Households of Faith, McGowin

recovers biblical portraits of households of faith that are not limited to just the biological nuclear family, that can be multigenerational households of married and single, with or without children,acknowledges the realities of how sin and trauma damages families and communities, andcalls Christians to practice family as apprentices to love who discern the times and improvise faithfulness together.

Christianity Today Book Awards Finalist—Marriage, Family, and SinglenessA Holistic Vision of Family in God''s KingdomThe Christian world tends to have a blueprint for what families should look like, and these models of the family can be hard to live up to. In some circles, picture-perfect families are idealized and even idolatrized. Many Christians have a gnawing sense that this "traditional family" model is problematic or outdated. But is there an alternative way of understanding family that''s neither idolatrous nor revisionist?Theologian Emily McGowin casts a holistic vision for what family can be in light of God''s kingdom. Jesus is our first teacher about families in thekingdom of God, and families rightly understand themselves only in relation to God''s kingdom and the church.In Households of Faith, McGowin- recovers biblical portraits of households of faith that are not limited to just the biological nuclear family, that can be multigenerational households of married and single, with or without children,- acknowledges the realities of how sin and trauma damages families and communities, and- calls Christians to practicefamily as apprentices to love who discern the times and improvise faithfulness together.

"O wondrous exchange!"Of all the seasons of the church calendar, the Christmas season is the one most recognized and celebrated by our society at large. That means it''s the season we''re most familiar with—but that can also make it harder to see past Christmas''s many cultural trappings to its timeless beauty.At the first Christmas, God exchanged the glories of divinity for the vulnerability of human existence, uniting himself to us in order to unite us to God. Inthis short volume, priest and theologian Emily Hunter McGowin invites us into the church''s celebration of that great exchange, in all its theological and liturgical splendor. Get your copy today and discover how the church has celebrated all twelvedays of the season of Christmas throughout history and how you can take part in this rich tradition today!About the SeriesEach volume in the Fullness of Time series invites readers to engage with the riches of the church year, exploring the traditions, prayers, Scriptures, and rituals of the seasons of the church calendar.