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PaperbackThe Joy of Listening to God
by Joyce Huggett
For many, prayer is a time to pour out our concerns to God. But are we so busy talking that we fail to listen to all the riches he has for us?Joyce Huggett was an ordinary Christian who told God her problems and desires. But then there was a change. Slowly she began to discover that God revealed himself to her when she was quiet before him. A whole new dimension of prayer opened up as she explored ...
PaperbackComing Home to Your True Self
Leaving the Emptiness of False Attractions
by Albert Haase OFM
Foreword by M. Robert Mulholland Jr."God is at home. It is we who have gone out for a walk."--Meister EckhartIn Coming Home to Your True Self, Albert Haase invites you to return home--and shows you the way to get there. "Home," he writes, "is the sacrament of the present moment. It is only living right now, right here, that we discover our lives and this world awash in the grace of God."Using the story of the prodigal son ...
PamphletTyranny of the Urgent
IVP Booklets
by Charles E. Hummel
With over one million copies in print, this classic from Charles E. Hummel has transformed the minds and hearts of generations of Christians. Its simplicity and depth is a foundational resource for all who have felt overwhelmed by the responsibilities of each day, week, month and year.Hummel starts with Jesus' own model of work and ministry, a model that is at once unrushed and focused. From there ...
PaperbackMaking Neighborhoods Whole
A Handbook for Christian Community Development
by Wayne Gordon and John M. Perkins
Foreword by Shane ClaiborneAlready with decades of experience speaking prophetically into the charged racial climate of the American south, John Perkins began to see a need for organized thinking and collaborative imagination about how the church engages urban ministry. And so the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) was born, with Wayne Gordon an immediate and enthusiastic participant. Nearly thirty years later ...
PaperbackForsaken
The Trinity and the Cross, and Why It Matters
by Thomas H. McCall
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
How should a Christian interpret this passage? What implications does the cross have for the trinitarian theology? Did the Father kill the Son?
Theologian Thomas McCall presents a trinitarian reading of Christ's darkest moment--the moment of his prayer to his heavenly Father from the cross. McCall revisits the biblical texts ...
PaperbackBecoming an Ordinary Mystic
Spirituality for the Rest of Us
by Albert Haase OFM
I should be further along on the spiritual journey. Why don't I see any progress? What am I doing wrong?
Do you ever feel like you are walking in spiritual circles? While we might think it would be different for aFranciscan priest, Father Albert Haase shares the same struggles. And yet he also affirms that we are all called to be ordinary mystics, who, in the words ...
PaperbackInexpressible
Hesed and the Mystery of God's Lovingkindness
by Michael Card
God's identity is beyond what we could ever fully express in human words. But Scripture uses one particular word to describe the distinctiveness of God's character: the Hebrew word hesed.Hesed is a concept so rich in meaning that it doesn't translate well into any single English word or phrase. Michael Card unpacks the many dimensions of hesed, often expressed as lovingkindness, ...
PaperbackThe Ninefold Path of Jesus
Hidden Wisdom of the Beatitudes
by Mark A. Scandrette
What if we lived in a world of abundance?
In the Beatitudes, Jesus offers nine sayings that move us beyond our first instincts and instead embrace the deeper reality of the kingdom of God. They name the illusions and false beliefs that have kept us chained and imprisoned. We've learned to live from a mentality of anxiety and greed, but what if a world of abundance with solace ...
PaperbackFlame of Love
A Theology of the Holy Spirit
by Clark H. Pinnock
Foreword by Daniel CasteloIn what may be regarded as his magnum opus, Clark Pinnock explores the vital Christian doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Writing out of wide learning and deep personal passion, he points the way to restoring the oft-neglected Spirit tocentrality in the life and witness of the church. Pinnock's book is both catholic—respecting the beliefs and worship of the historic church—and evangelical—drawing ...
PaperbackYour Calling Here and Now
Making Sense of Vocation
by Gordon T. Smith
Our vocation is the outworking of how God has made us. It is not a goal on the horizon but a present reality that we are called to discern and explore. However, in the midst of our daily lives, finding meaning can prove both difficult and elusive, and we are often left wondering if we are missing out on God's purpose for our lives.
Gordon Smith invites us to reflect on our ...
