by Marlena Graves
Series edited by Suzanne Stabile

"Why do you hold back?"

Enneagram Nines are often asked questions like this by others who want to invite them to share their gifts. Marlena Graves describes her own experience with deciding whether to speak up: "I know what it's like to be run over and rendered invisible. I don't want to do the same to others." Nines are easy to be around because they seem to instinctively ...

Number of Studies: 40

by Morgan Harper Nichols
Series edited by Suzanne Stabile

What is it like to be an Enneagram Five?

Instagram poet and artist Morgan Harper Nichols reflects on this question in a spirit of honest self-assessment and with a desire for personal and spiritual growth. She draws wisdom from the deep wells of counseling and spirituality using illustrations from both Scripture and life. Each of these forty readings concludes with an opportunity ...

Number of Studies: 40

by Tara Beth Leach
Series edited by Suzanne Stabile

"When I discovered I was an Enneagram Six, I didn't want to be one."

Pastor Tara Beth Leach continues, "I hated that I was marked by fear," reflecting on how fear and anxiety can plague a Six—whether they are pulling back from or diving right in to the things that feel threatening. She explores what it means for her to be a redeemed Six who is allowing Jesus to transform her ...

Number of Studies: 40

by Sandra Maria Van Opstal
Series edited by Suzanne Stabile

What is it like to be an Enneagram Eight?

"Fósforito! The explosion happened so quickly there was no stopping it. My mother called me 'tiny match' when she would see this fire exploding from me." This is how Latina pastor, activist, and worship leader, Sandra Maria Van Opstal, describes her experience as an Eight. There came a point in her life when she saw how her ...

Number of Studies: 40

by Jan Johnson

Most Christians have experienced the "laundry list" phase of spiritual life, in which praying means giving God an agenda of needs to handle. But how do you move to having real conversation with God? How do you hear what God is saying back to you? How can you make your experience of God's presence part of everyday life?

In this six-session LifeGuide® Bible Study, Jan Johnson ...

Number of Studies: 6

Edited by Robert L. Plummer and John Mark Terry

What does Paul's missions strategy mean for today?A century ago Roland Allen published Missionary Methods: Saint Paul's or Ours?, a missiological classic which tackled many important issues, including what biblically rooted missions lookslike in light of the apostle Paul's evangelistic efforts. Although Allen's work is still valuable, new understandings have been gained regarding Paul's ...

by Gene Habecker
With Marylou Habecker

Many who lead or who aspire to lead rightly champion the importance of hard skills. These are skills that are informed by quantitative measurement and analytical thinking, among others. Knowing the numbers, embracing leadership tasks, and implementing the right strategies are important but no longer enough to be an effective leader. Indeed, the best of the leadership literature consistently emphasizes ...

by Makoto Fujimura
Afterword by Mark Labberton
Foreword by David Brooks

"Mako has a lot of wise things to say about beauty in this book . . . one point is worth emphasizing: Beauty refreshes. Beauty alters. Beauty is a revolution in outlook. That makes beauty both a potent balm and a potent provocation, especially in times like these." —from the foreword by David Brooks, New York Times columnist and author of How to Know a Person

Outreach ...

Joy in the Journey: Finding Abundance in the Shadow of Death, By Steve Hayner and Sharol Hayner

IVP to Publish CaringBridge Cancer Journey of Steve and Sharol Hayner

Steve Hayner was healthy and fit and serving as president of Columbia Seminary when he found out he had pancreatic cancer. He and his wife, Sharol, embarked on a journey together with their children that soon included tens of thousands of visits from friends and acquaintances via CaringBridge. The overwhelming response to their posts on this website attested to the surprising and engaging way that they chose to live in the face of death. In the fall of 2015 InterVarsity Press will be releasing a compilation of those posts in the book Joy in the Journey: Finding Abundance in the Shadow of Death by Steve and Sharol Hayner.

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Forty Days on Being a Nine

Enneagram Daily Reflections

by Marlena Graves
Series edited by Suzanne Stabile

Forty Days on Being a Five

Enneagram Daily Reflections

by Morgan Harper Nichols
Series edited by Suzanne Stabile

Forty Days on Being a Six

Enneagram Daily Reflections

by Tara Beth Leach
Series edited by Suzanne Stabile

Forty Days on Being an Eight

Enneagram Daily Reflections

by Sandra Maria Van Opstal
Series edited by Suzanne Stabile

Prayer and Listening

LifeGuide Bible Studies

by Jan Johnson

Paul's Missionary Methods

In His Time and Ours

Edited by Robert L. Plummer and John Mark Terry

The Softer Side of Leadership

Essential Soft Skills That Transform Leaders and the People They Lead

by Gene Habecker
With Marylou Habecker

Culture Care

Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life

by Makoto Fujimura
Afterword by Mark Labberton
Foreword by David Brooks