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PaperbackPraying the Scriptures
A Field Guide for Your Spiritual Journey
by Evan B. Howard
Although Christians are lovers of the Bible, not all have learned and followed the venerable Christian custom of praying directly from Scripture. In this thoroughly readable and helpful book, Evan Howard shows Christians how to recover and reap the rewards of this vital practice.
Praying the Scriptures features down-to-earth guidance on praying the Lord's Prayer and the Psalms, on ...
PaperbackSensible Shoes Study Guide
Sensible Shoes Series
by Sharon Garlough Brown and Sharron Carrns
Have you enjoyed the journey with Meg, Mara, Charissa, and Hannah? This companion guide will take you deeper into their world and give you an opportunity to try out the spiritual practices that you've seen them engage at New HopeRetreat Center.
Sensible Shoes Study Guide includes twelve weeks of daily Scripture reading, prayer, and reflection questions (five days ...
Number of Studies: 12
PaperbackAn Extra Mile Study Guide
Sensible Shoes Series
by Sharon Garlough Brown
- 2019 Christianity Today's Book of the Year - Fiction
What next steps is God calling you to take?
Join the characters of An Extra Mile, the final book in the Sensible Shoes series, as they journey through the seasons of Lent and Easter. In this eight-week study guide you'll dive deeper into key spiritual practices from the book, using daily ...
Number of Studies: 8
PaperbackSurrender to Love
Discovering the Heart of Christian Spirituality
The Spiritual Journey
by David G. Benner
Foreword by M. Basil PenningtonSurrender to the Only Perfectly Trustworthy Love
In our self-reliant era, most of us recoil from the concept of surrendering to a power or authority outside ourselves. But surrender need not be seen as threatening, especially when the One to whom we surrender is the epitome of goodness and love.
God doesn't want his people to respond to him out of fear or obligation. ...
HardbackMaking Room in Advent
25 Devotions for a Season of Wonder
by Bette Dickinson
Preparation for the Christmas season can often feel busy and frantic, but it doesn't have to be this way.
What if we stopped and listened to the movement and unfolding of God's plan around us? Making Room in Advent is an invitation away from the chaos and into the space where God is at work.
The unfolding of God's plan often happens in unlikely spaces, both ...
Number of Studies: 25
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IVP's adult fiction series include the bestselling Sensible Shoes Series and related spiritual fiction novels and study guides by Sharon Garlough Brown, which invite readers to go deeper in their friendships and their spiritual journeys. The unique biblical fiction books in the Week in the Life Series bring to life the historical and social realities of the biblical world through a compelling historical fiction perspective.
PaperbackEmboldened
A Vision for Empowering Women in Ministry
by Tara Beth Leach
Foreword by Scot McKnightThroughout Scripture and church history, women have been central to the mission of God. But all too often women have lacked opportunities to minister fully. Many churches lack visible examples of women in ministry and leadership.Pastor Tara Beth Leach issues a stirring call for a new generation of women in ministry: to teach, to preach, to shepherd, and to lead. God not only permits women to minister—he ...
PaperbackDeep Mentoring
Guiding Others on Their Leadership Journey
by Randy D. Reese and Robert Loane
Foreword by Eugene H Peterson"God is in the business of raising up leaders." —J. Robert (Bobby) ClintonWhen good leaders are needed, when the work is urgent, our immediate reaction is to enlist new leaders. Instead we are called to invest in new leaders.Goodleaders are developed in and through slow, deep mentoring. To think otherwise is to embrace the myth of the quick fix. We proceed, instead, by paying careful ...
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What does it look like to grow intentionally in our spiritual lives, being formed day in and day out into the image of Christ? These spiritual formation resources dig into practical and theological aspects of growing spiritually, including spiritual practices you can try and wisdom for spiritual direction and mentoring. For even more, read articles from IVP authors on topics related to spiritual formation or browse books on personal growth and personality.
PaperbackThe Attentive Life
Discerning God's Presence in All Things
by Leighton Ford
Your attention, please.That's what God wants, Leighton Ford discovered. It's the path to becoming like Christ.Distractions, fear and busyness were keeping Ford from seeing God's work in and around him. He was missing God. So he began a journey oflonging and looking for God. And it started with paying attention.In these pages, he invites you to journey with him. Using the rich monastic tradition ...
