DAWN, Marva J.

DAWN, Marva J. American, b. 1948. Genres: Theology/Religion. Career: University of Idaho, Moscow, instructor in English, 1970-72, campus minister, 1972-75; director of special ministries at a Lutheran church in Olympia, WA, 1976-79; Christians Equipped for Ministry, Vancouver, WA, co-founder, 1979, director of teaching and writing ministry, 1979-; Regent College, Vancouver, BC, adjunct professor of spiritual theology. Publications: To Walk and Not Faint: God's Comfort from Isaiah 40, 1980, rev. ed. as To Walk and Not Faint: A Month of Meditations on Isaiah 40, 1997; To Walk in the Kingdom: God's Call to Discipleship from Luke 12, 1982; I'm Lonely, LORD-How Long? The Psalms for Today, 1983, rev. ed., 1998; Keeping the Sabbath Wholly: Ceasing, Resting, Embracing, Feasting, 1989; The Hilarity of Community: Romans 12 and How to Be the Church, 1992, as Truly the Community, 1997; Sexual Character: Beyond Technique to Intimacy, 1993; Joy in Our Weakness: A Gift of Hope from The Book of Revelation, 1994; Reaching Out without Dumbing Down: A Theology of Worship for These Urgent Times, 1995; Is It a Lost Cause? Having the Heart of God for the Church's Children, 1997; A Royal "Waste" of Time, 1999; The Unnecessary Pastor, 1999; Powers, Weakness, and the Tabernacling of God, 2001; Morning by Morning, Daily Meditations from the Writings of Marva J. Dawn, 2001. EDITOR & TRANSLATOR: G. von Rad, Holy War in Ancient Israel, 1991; Sources and Trajectories: Eight Early Articles by Jacques Ellul that Set the Stage, 1997. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor to periodicals. Address: Christians Equipped for Ministry, 304 N Fredericksburg Way, Vancouver, WA 98664, U.S.A.