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PaperbackWhen Life Feels Empty
7 Ancient Practices to Cultivate Meaning
by Isaac Serrano
Do you feel like something's missing? Like the story you're living in lacks purpose or direction?
Have you been searching for something deeper—a sense of belonging, purpose, or peace that the world seems unable to give? When you're told that the world is just physical, life has no higher meaning, and fulfillment comes from chasing temporary pleasures, it's no wonder emptiness ...
PaperbackThe Art of Living in Advent
28 Days of Joyful Waiting
by Sylvie Vanhoozer
Nurture a Heart that Waits with Joyful, Expectant Faith
Step into the Advent season with The Art of Living in Advent, a beautifully crafted daily devotional by Sylvie Vanhoozer, who blends Scripture, history, art, and reflection to enrich your spiritual preparation for Christmas. Centered around the traditional French santons, or "little saints," this book invites ...
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Shane J. Wood
Shane J. Wood (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is professor of New Testament and Its Origins at Ozark Christian College. In addition to speaking at churches and conferences worldwide, Shane produces a variety of audio, video, and written resources available at shanejwood.com. He is the author of Between Two Trees: Our Transformation from Death to Life and The Alter-Imperial Paradigm: Empire Studies and the Book of Revelation. Shane and his wife, Sara, have four children and live in southwest Missouri.
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Meet the authors who participated in workshops, plenary sessions, and book signings at Urbana 22.
PaperbackNeither Poverty nor Riches
A Biblical Theology of Possessions
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by Craig L. Blomberg
Series edited by D. A. CarsonGive me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. (Proverbs 30:8)
One of the most difficult questions facing Christians today is that of the proper attitude toward possessions. In wealthy nations such as Britain and theUSA, individuals accumulate much and yet are daily exposed to the plight of the poor, whether the homeless on their own city streets or starving ...
PaperbackThe Gift of Wonder
Creative Practices for Delighting in God
by Christine Aroney-Sine
2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist—Body, Mind and Spirit
I choose to breathe in the wonder of God's eternal love, And dance to the rhythm of eternal breath,Listening to the whispers calling me to slow down and take notice. I choose to absorb the beauty of the divine presence, to delight in the Creator of all things and relish the delight God takes ...
PaperbackSeeking Church
Emerging Witnesses to the Kingdom
Missiological Engagements
by Darren T. Duerksen and William A. Dyrness
New expressions of church that are proliferating among Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and other non-Christian religious communities, including so-called insider movements, have raised intense discussion in missiological circles. In Seeking Church, Darren Duerksen and William Dyrness address these issues by exploring how all Christian movements have been and are engaged ...
HardbackWhen I Go to Church, I Belong
Finding My Place in God's Family as a Child with Special Needs
by Elrena Evans
Illustrated by Rebecca EvansIllumination Award Gold Medal
Help Children Learn that Everyone Has a Place in God's Family
Church is a place where everyone should feel welcome—but not every child experiences it the same way. When I Go to Church, I Belong is a beautifully illustrated story crafted for children with disabilities and for everyone who desires their churches to ...
PaperbackBroken and Whole
A Leader's Path to Spiritual Transformation
by Stephen A. Macchia
In his nearly four decades of pastoral, parachurch and nonprofit ministry leadership Steve Macchia has come to understand his own brokenness. He writes:"I've experienced great success and a few embarrassing failures. . . . In essence, as much as I like to view myself as a good or even a very good leader, I'm more truthfully a blessed and broken leader, one who is daily in need of being . . . redeemed ...
PaperbackDoubting
Growing Through the Uncertainties of Faith
by Alister McGrath
Foreword by Ravi ZachariasWe live in a culture that doubts everything as a matter of principle. In such an environment, how can even faith be immune to doubt? Can I really trust in the gospel?Does God really love me?Can I really be of any use to God?We are taught to doubtbut commanded to believe. Somehow we think that admitting to doubt is tantamount to insulting God. But doubt is not a sign of spiritual weakness--rather ...
