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PaperbackSpiritual Direction
A Guide to Giving and Receiving Direction
by Gordon T. Smith
We are not alone.God is present with us. And God gives us companions on the journey. A spiritual director is one such companion, offering spiritual guidance to help
- make sense of the faith journey
- interpret the significant markers on the road
- encourage us, particularly through the more difficult transitions and valleys of our pilgrimage
- and, most of all, to notice ...
PaperbackSpiritual Conversations with Children
Listening to God Together
by Lacy Finn Borgo
We are born into this world with a natural longing to connect to God and other human beings. When children have a listening companion who hears, acknowledges, and encourages their early experiences with God, it creates a spiritualfootprint that shapes their lives. How can we increase our capacity to engage children in spiritual conversations?
In this book Lacy Finn Borgo draws ...
PaperbackSacred Chaos
Spiritual Disciplines for the Life You Have
by Tricia McCary Rhodes
Foreword by Gary ThomasLife is often chaotic. And no matter how hard you try to find space, to slow down, the chaos always seems to win.Tricia Rhodes's life is chaotic too. But in the midst of a time of household turmoil, Tricia learned to see God and communicate with him in whole new ways--not on a spiritual retreat, but right in the midst of the chaos of life. She offers us here a fresh view of connecting to God, one ...
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Boxed SetSensible Shoes Series Boxed Set
by Sharon Garlough Brown
In this boxed four-volume set that began with the bestselling Sensible Shoes, author Sharon Garlough Brown invites you to join in the journeys of Hannah, Meg, Mara and Charissa as they—and you—gain a new understanding of friendship, spiritual truths, and a deeper life with God.
In Sensible Shoes, you will meet these four women as they reluctantly arrive at ...
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In our lonely culture, community is more vital now than ever. But how do we pursue it? Studying the Bible together is one way to build life-giving spiritual community. Learn practical ways of participating in church small groups that foster spiritual growth, friendship, and connection.
PaperbackSpiritual Formation for the Global Church
A Multi-Denominational, Multi-Ethnic Approach
Edited by Ryan A. Brandt and John Frederick
The church is called to grow in Christ. Yet too often, it ignores the practical dimensions of the faith.
The church is one in Christ. Yet too often, it is divided by national, denominational, theological, and racial or ethnic boundaries.
The church is a global body of believers. Yet too often, it privileges a few voices and fails to recognize its own diversity.
In response, this ...
PaperbackBe Kind to Yourself
Releasing Frustrations and Embracing Joy
by Cindy Bunch
Foreword by Ruth Haley BartonWhen we experience frustrations in daily life, many of us hold ourselves to blame.
Self-criticism is often our default setting. But we can have a more gracious posture toward ourselves. We can practice disciplines of self-kindness.
Editor and spiritual director Cindy Bunch calls us to self-care through greater compassion for ourselves. She helps us pay attention to the ...
PaperbackThe Garden of the Soul
Cultivating Your Spiritual Life
by Keri Wyatt Kent
Work. Parenting. Chores. These words can fence in your life. The demands on your time and energy too often leave you feeling depleted. How do you foster spiritual growth amid the realities of life today? Confession, solitude, service, studying theWord, praying, simplifying. Keri Wyatt Kent introduces these disciplines--the practices that foster a flourishing, fruitful garden within your soul. In ...
HardbackInvitation to Solitude and Silence
Experiencing God's Transforming Presence
Transforming Resources
by Ruth Haley Barton
Foreword by Dallas WillardChristianity Today Book Award
"If you would really like to know the 'rest appropriate for the people of God' (Heb 4:9), then make the decision to leave all outcomes to God and enter the practice of solitude and silence with Ruth Barton as your guide. As you do so, call upon Jesus to be with you, and trust him for that." – Dallas Willard, from the foreword ...
PaperbackMeditation and Communion with God
Contemplating Scripture in an Age of Distraction
by John Jefferson Davis
As culture has become at once more secular and more religiously pluralistic, a renaissance of interest in the spiritual disciplines has been sparked in evangelical Protestant circles. Mounting levels of stress, burnout and spiritual dryness amongthose in ministry has only stoked this desire for spiritual nourishment and renewal.John Jefferson Davis helps us recover the practice of meditation on ...
