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PaperbackThe Suburban Christian
Finding Spiritual Vitality in the Land of Plenty
by Albert Y. Hsu
Suburbia: Paradise or Wasteland?Suburbia is a place of spiritual yearnings. People come to suburbia looking for a fresh start, the second chance, a new life. It embodies the hopes and longings of its residents, dreams for the future, safety and security for their children, and the search for meaningful community and relationships. Yet much in our suburban world militates against such aspirations, ...
PaperbackLonging for God
Seven Paths of Christian Devotion
by Richard J. Foster and Gayle D. Beebe
- 2010 Christianity Today Book Award winner
- 2010 Golden Canon Leadership Book Award winner
Think of the moment you last experienced God.
Do you know him that closely in this moment?
Truly experiencing the love of God gives us a taste of his goodness and his love for us, but often those moments are fleeting. We get distracted by life. Our awareness ...
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 in ...
PaperbackBroken Hallelujahs
Learning to Grieve the Big and Small Losses of Life
by Beth Allen Slevcove
IVP Readers' Choice Award
The losses in our lives are both big and small, and cover a range of experiences. We leave home. We experience physical illness and disabilities. We struggle with vocation and finances. We may longfor a spouse or child. We lose people we love to addiction or illness and death.
All of these losses can build into questions and doubts about faith. ...
PaperbackSimple Prayer
Learning to Speak to God with Ease
by Charlie Dawes
Foreword by Mark BattersonSometimes our walk with God seems so difficult. We struggle to find the time to pray, the words to say, and the way to pray them. Are we making prayer more complicated than it needs to be?Charlie Dawes is a pastor and professor who understands both the desires and the challenges of deepening our prayer lives. He has identified simple, biblical prayers that will help you unlock the mystery of conversing ...
PaperbackLearning to Be
Finding Your Center After the Bottom Falls Out
by Juanita Campbell Rasmus
Foreword by Tina Knowles LawsonJuanita called it "The Crash."
Her counselor labeled it "a major depressive episode." Others called it a nervous breakdown. On the spiritual front, it was a dark night of the soul.
This experience landed Juanita, a busy pastor, mother, and community leader, in bed. When everything in her life finally came to a stop, she found that she had to learn to be—with herself ...
PaperbackThe Accountable Man
Pursuing Integrity Through Trust and Friendship
by Tom L. Eisenman
Good men--husbands, fathers, church leaders, pastors--sometimes make bad choices. And for far too many men, bad choices have led to the crumbling of marriages and ministries.Tom Eisenman knows it doesn't have to be this way. He also knows that inorder for men to develop authenticity, vulnerability, honesty, trust--the character traits of spiritual maturity--they must cultivate healthy relationships ...
PaperbackTwo Steps Forward
A Story of Persevering in Hope
Sensible Shoes Series
by Sharon Garlough Brown
Readers' Choice Awards Honorable Mention
The women from Sensible Shoes are taking their next steps in the spiritual formation journey. But each of them is finding roadblocks along the way.
Meg, a widow and recent empty-nester, is off to see her daughter in London. But what does hope look like when nothing goes as planned?
Charissa, a conscientious graduate ...
PaperbackPhilosophers Who Believe
The Spiritual Journeys of 11 Leading Thinkers
Edited by Kelly James Clark
- Voted one of Christianity Today's 1995 Books of the Year
Time magazine reports on a remarkable renaissance of religious belief among philosophers: "In a quiet revolution in thought and arguments that hardly anyone could have foreseen only two decades ago, God is making a comeback. Most intriguingly, this is happening . . . in the crisp, intellectual circles of ...
PaperbackToward a Prophetic Youth Ministry
Theory and Praxis in Urban Context
by Fernando Arzola Jr.
Youth ministries in an urban context are too often left to their own devices.The resources available to them are overwhelmingly conceived, tested andproduced exclusively in the suburbs, and bring little to bear on the realities ofurban youth culture. As a consequence, youth ministries in large cities havetended to settle onto one of three paths--a traditional paradigm thatjealously guards the spiritual ...
