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InterVarsity Press (IVP) is pleased to announce the release of Honest Conversations: Seeing Race, Speaking Truth, an eight-session streaming video series that invites Christians into courageous conversations about race, justice, and reconciliation.
EbookThe Soul of Shame
Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves
by Curt Thompson
Over 100,000 Copies Sold!
The Gospel Coalition Top Books; Outreach Resource of the Year
Uncovering the Root of All Shame
We're all infected with a spiritual disease. Its nameis shame.
Whether we realize it or not, shame affects every aspect of our personal lives and vocational endeavors. It seeks to destroy our identity ...
PaperbackDisabling Leadership
A Practical Theology for the Broken Body of Christ
Center For Disability and Ministry Books
by Andrew Thomas Draper, Jody Michele Courtney, and Andrea Mae
People with disabilities are often excluded from full participation in church communities. Accessibility is a key component of the biblical ministry of reconciliation—but it's not enough. To truly work toward reconciliation, churches must both consider the theological implications of disability and also become places where people with disabilities lead.
Disabling ...
PaperbackTroubled Minds
Mental Illness and the Church's Mission
by Amy Simpson
Foreword by Marshall ShelleyChristianity Today Book Award Winner
Leadership Journal Book AwardMental illness is the sort of thing we don't like to talk about. It doesn't reduce nicely to simple solutions and happy outcomes. So instead, too often we reduce people who are mentally ill to caricatures and ghosts, and simply pretend they don't exist. They do exist, however—statistics ...
PaperbackHouseholds of Faith
Practicing Family in the Kingdom of God
by Emily Hunter McGowin
Christianity Today Book Awards Finalist—Marriage, Family, and Singleness
A Holistic Vision of Family in God's Kingdom
The Christian world tends to have a blueprint for what families should look like, and these models of the family can be hard to live up to. In some circles, picture-perfect families are idealized and even idolatrized. Many ...
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Christian Books for Hope and Healing
If you struggle with your mental health, you're not alone. These books will be your companions on the journey, covering topics like abuse and trauma, addiction and recovery, caregiving and illness, death and grief, depression and anxiety, psychology and counseling, or gender studies and sexuality. Whether you are a mental health practitioner seeking to deepen your practice, a pastor looking to strengthen your church or ministry's competency in mental health, or simply a person looking for guidance or a reminder that you aren't alone, you'll find the support you need right here.
For even more, read articles from IVP authors on issues related to mental health. You can also hear about all of IVP's newest resources by signing up for our email list.
EbookShades of Light
A Novel
Shades of Light Series
by Sharon Garlough Brown
"I was desperate. . . . I couldn't turn off the dark thoughts, no matter how hard I tried or how much I prayed. And then I spent a whole weekend in bed, and the crying wouldn't stop, and I got really scared. I've had bouts with depression before—it's kind of a cloud I've learned to live with—but this time was different. I felt like I was going under, like I'd never feel hopeful ...
EbookMindful Silence
The Heart of Christian Contemplation
by Phileena Heuertz Nikole
Afterword by Kirsten Powers
Foreword by Richard RohrOur fast-paced lives are filled with distractions, frequently leaving us disillusioned and dissatisfied—with ourselves, with others, and even with God. Spiritual practices that used to sustain us fall short when life circumstancesbring us to the limits of our self.After many years leading an international humanitarian organization, Phileena Heuertz experienced the deconstruction ...
EbookBlood from a Stone
A Memoir of How Wine Brought Me Back from the Dead
by Adam S. McHugh
Men's Journal Best Wine Books 2023 and André Simon Food and Drink Book Award Longlist
"This is the story of how wine brought me back from the dead."
Thus begins Adam McHugh's transition through the ending of one career—as a hospice chaplain and grief counselor—into the discovery of a new life in wine among the grapevines of the Santa Ynez Valley of California.
"This ...
EbookFail
Finding Hope and Grace in the Midst of Ministry Failure
by J.R. Briggs
Foreword by Eugene H PetersonBest Books About the Church from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore
"I thought God had called me to plant this church. Why did we have to shut our doors after only three years?"
"I was at my breaking point. Then I got the news that our nine-year-old daughter had leukemia. I would have quit ministry forever, but I had no other employable skills."
"False ...
