New Release
The Porpoise-Given Life Live...Hydrate...Breathe...Delight...Save!
Dolphins radiate with a freedom and simplicity that most humans long for. My new book, The Porpoise-Given Life: Inspiration from the Cetacean Nation , is an invitation to reflect on life life through a dolphin's eyes. It offers a playful postmodern counterpoint to Rick Warren's The Purpose-Driven Life. Weaving biblical truth and ecological insight, The Porpoise-Given Life invites you to embrace living with passionate purpose and joy, and provides countless fresh and fun ideas for joining in God's ongoing work of bringing good news to all Creation. Click on the picture to order from Amazon. You can also order from Cokesbury.

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Chris B Hughes
210 Pelham Road, 106-B
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547 

 
Books in Progress

Making Quality Disciples - If the central mission of our churches is to "make disciples," what kind of disciples are me making? This book is both a wake-up call and a transformative approach to making effective and faith-full disciples with the qualities of Christ. 

Extreme Makeover, Living Faith Edition - a liberating alternative to the deterministic, fatalistic, and paternalistic theology that holds the Gospel captive.

Confirmation - I'm developing a collection of three seasons of experiential formation and three related rites/worship settings that will help mark the developmental stages and deepening commitment to lifelong discipleship that we currently cram into one Confirmation Sunday. These would include a Profession of Faith Service (in the 6th or 7th grade), a Confirmation Service (a more age-apporpriate service of commitment to the vows church membership and spiritual disciplines - in the 9th or 10th grade), and a Consecration, Co-Missioning, or "Ordination" service (in the 11th or 12th grade - after a season of vocational discernment and preparation to lead the life of a disciple after leaving the familiarity and support of the their home church). 

MUSIC

Two New CD/Digital Download Releases: 

Hourglass - my new solo project produced by Tom Lane, with 12 songs, including nine originals, two by Tom* and one by Gloria**
Soak Up the Son - yes, a parody of that song
Holy God On High - a song for Communion
The Water - a song for Baptism
Dad's Shenandoah - a tribute to my Dad
Why? - a song written after a tough year
Open Heart *- a personal prayer for the kind of man I want to be
For You* - a song written for our wedding - a great re-marriage song
I Know How to Love You - another great wedding/rededication song
Hourglass - a personal love song about time together
Twilight - a pretty love song
Drivin' - a bare-knuckles song of hope
Lo, I Am With You Always** - God's most-repeated promise

You can download the entire CD, or purchase hard copies using a credit card, here. You can download individual songs at DigStation , iTunes , Napster , or seveal other sites you may already be using.

Words and chords to "Soak Up the Son", "Lo, I Am With You Always", "The Water", and "Holy God Most High" are on my Blog ...more to come...

Together - a collection of popular worship songs that Gloria and I do at Pilgrimage and other events and worship services. Songs include: Jesus Loves Me (J-E-S-U-S Huh!), Teach Me How to Pray,
I Will Follow Jesus, and a piano-based version of Lo, I Am With You Always.







You can download the entire CD, or purchase hard copies using a credit card, here . You can download individual songs at DigStation. Soon I'll puy up links to iTunes, Napster, and seveal other sites you may already be using.

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Chris B Hughes
210 Pelham Road, 106-B
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547

RESOURCES

Credo Confirmation Resources - The newest generation of Confirmation materials from Cokesbury...I had the pleasure of writing the section on "Retreats" for this exciting and effective resource for disciple formation.