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50 Ways to Pray: Practices from Many Traditions and Times is now published and available from Abingdon Press and/or Amazon.com. Publishers Weekly calls the book “helpful and friendly” and says “the breadth of the book provides an imaginative jump-start for anyone with a narrow conception of how to pray or a limited repertoire of rote prayers.” 

 

50 Ways to Pray is exactly what its title suggests—I’ve collected, created and edited 50 prayer and spiritual reflection exercises for use either by individuals or with groups (there’s a “Leader’s Guide” in the back). My goal was simply to provide people with a variety of practices in an easy-to-read format.

Meeting God in Virtual Reality: Using Spiritual Practices with Media. Abingdon Press, 2004. This is the ultimate study guide for spiritual reflection on any film, video or television show. Includes several popular prayer practices adapted for use with media. See the news release about Teresa's multi-media presentation at the 2004 Presbyterian General Assembly Media Mission Luncheon, entitled Discerning the godly in media.

 
Watching What We Watch: Prime-Time Television Through the Lens of Faith. Geneva Press, 2001. This is a guide to theological reflection on prime-time television. Includes case studies on Seinfeld, Law & Order, and The Simpsons. An extensive study-guide worksheet is included for leading discussions on theology and television.
 
Lost and Found. Montreat Conference Center, 2004. A small group leader's manual for the annual youth conferences of the Presbyterian Church (USA). This year's focus was on the many ways we are both lost and found on our spiritual journey.

Check Your Compass. Montreat Conference Center, 2003. A small group leader's manual for the annual youth conferences. This year's focus was on spiritual discernment.

Articles and Essays by Teresa Blythe*
 
"Dying in Darfur: Human Rights Work as Christian Vocation," Calling: A Journal for Leaders Who Nurture Vocation, Summer 2006.
 
 
"Wrestling with the God of Love," Soma Review, posted April 11, 2005
 
 
Beliefnet Roundtable on That Prime-time Religion, posted September 19, 2004. Features comments from Teresa Blythe, Mark Pinsky and Jana Reiss.
 
"'Sex and the City,' Television's 'Song of Songs.'"  Beliefnet.com, posted February 22, 2004.
 
"A Study Guide for Discussing 'Joan of Arcadia.'" Presbyterians Today Online, January 2004 to present.
 
"The Theology of Television," Beliefnet.com, posted September 26, 2003.
 
"A Study Guide for Discussing The DaVinci Code," Presbyterians Today Online, May 2004.
 
"What TV Can Teach the Worship Leader," Net Results magazine, September-October 2003.
 
“Ten Tips for a Nutritious News Diet,” Spirituality & Health, May/June, 2003.

“Hollywood: Faith on the Set,” Presbyterians Today, May 2003.

“A Hearty Defense of Being in One’s Head,” Spirituality & Health, Winter 2002 issue.

“The Spiritual Lessons of The X-Files” Sojourners magazine, June/July/August 2002 issue

"Saved by the Devil?” Sojourners, March/April 2002 issue

“Yada, Yada, Yada,” Sojourners, November/December 2001 issue

“Alone in the Tech Age?” Sojourners, March/April 2001 issue

“The Spiritual Director as Soul Friend to a Struggling Church,” Net Results magazine, June 2002

"The Spiritual Costs of Marin's Housing Crisis," Marin Independent Journal, December 15, 2001

Numerous book and television reviews, Presbyterians Today magazine.

“Finding Religious Truth in The X-Files,” Gravitas, the online journal of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Spring 1999 issue.

 

*Articles not available online may be obtained from Teresa at tblythe@jps.net.