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  • Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest: From Sabbath to Sabbatical and Back Again, By Ruth Haley Barton Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest: From Sabbath to Sabbatical and Back Again, By Ruth Haley Barton
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    Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest

    From Sabbath to Sabbatical and Back Again

    Transforming Resources

    by Ruth Haley Barton
    Foreword by Ronald Rolheiser

    Will You Accept God's Gift of Sabbath Rest?

    In our frenzied culture, the possibility of living in balanced rhythms of work and rest often feels elusive. This rings especially true for pastors and leaders who carry the weightof nonstop responsibility. Most know they need rest but might be surprised to find within themselves a deep resistance to letting go and resting in God ...

  • Surprised by Paradox: The Promise of
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    Surprised by Paradox

    The Promise of "And" in an Either-Or World

    by Jen Pollock Michel
    Foreword by Russ Ramsey

    Word Guild Awards Shortlist — Apologetics/Evangelism

    Word Guild Award — Best Book Cover Award

    Christianity Today's Book of the Year Award of Merit - The Beautiful Orthodoxy

    What if certainty isn't the goal?

    In a world filled with ambiguity, many of us long for a belief system that provides straightforward ...

  • After the Trip: Unpacking Your Crosscultural Experience, By Cory Trenda
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    After the Trip

    Unpacking Your Crosscultural Experience

    by Cory Trenda
    Foreword by Tim Dearborn

    ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award

    Can a one-time crosscultural experience truly be life-changing?

    Veteran trip leader and intercultural guide Cory Trenda says yes—if we let the trip launch a journey of integrating the experience into our ongoing life.

    In After the Trip Trenda provides a unique guide for individuals and teams to make the ...

  • Multicultural Ministry Handbook: Connecting Creatively to a Diverse World, Edited by David A. Anderson and Margarita R. Cabellon
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    Multicultural Ministry Handbook

    Connecting Creatively to a Diverse World

    BridgeLeader Books

    Edited by David A Anderson and Margarita R. Cabellon

    Outreach Magazine Book Award winner

    The world is becoming increasingly diverse. More and more of our neighbors are from a variety of cultures, ethnicities and cultural backgrounds. But most churches are still culturally homogenous and do not represent every tribe and tongue. What can we do to minister more effectively to our multicultural society?

    David Anderson ...

  • How to Be a Patriotic Christian: Love of Country as Love of Neighbor, By Richard J. Mouw
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    How to Be a Patriotic Christian

    Love of Country as Love of Neighbor

    by Richard J. Mouw

    What does it mean to love our country?

    Some Christians see loyalty to America as central to our faith and identity. Other Christians are skeptical that our nation warrants such devotion or attachment. But Richard Mouw encourages Christians to have a healthy sense of national peoplehood that promotes civic kinship and responsible citizenship. He navigates between Christian ...

  • IVP is pleased to partner with the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) to publish a line of co-branded books that align with both organizations' shared values of justice and community development. Founded under the leadership of Dr. John Perkins more than thirty years ago, CCDA aims to inspire, train, and connect Christians who seek to bear witness to the Kingdom of God by reclaiming and restoring under-resourced communities.

  • The Self-Aware Leader: Discovering Your Blind Spots to Reach Your Ministry Potential, By Terry Linhart
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    The Self-Aware Leader

    Discovering Your Blind Spots to Reach Your Ministry Potential

    by Terry Linhart
    Foreword by Carey Nieuwhof

    Parish Clergy - Top Ten Books

    Effective ministry begins here.

    You've studied what you think you need to know before entering a career in ministry. Is there anything that is more important than knowingabout hermeneutics, homiletics, theology, exegesis, and everything else you have likely learned in seminary and church ministry so far?

    Yes, there ...

  • The Passionate Intellect: Christian Faith and the Discipleship of the Mind, By Alister McGrath
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    The Passionate Intellect

    Christian Faith and the Discipleship of the Mind

    by Alister McGrath

    • 2011 Christianity Today Book Award winner

    Alister McGrath, one of the most prominent theologians and public intellectuals of our day, explains how Christian thinking can and must have a positive role in shaping, nourishing and safeguarding the Christian vision of reality. With this in our grasp, we have the capacity for robust intellectual and cultural engagement, confidently ...

  • Raising Up Young Heroes: Developing a Revolutionary Youth Ministry, By Efrem Smith
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    Raising Up Young Heroes

    Developing a Revolutionary Youth Ministry

    by Efrem Smith

    How can you move beyond youth group?You already know that youth ministry is about much more than Sunday night Bible study and lock-ins. It's about changing the lives of youth and empowering young heroes to change their world. In this bookEfrem Smith provides you with a model for holistic ministry that addresses all the needs of youth--body, soul and spirit. Powerful stories from Smith's ...

  • Fool's Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion, By Os Guinness
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    Fool's Talk

    Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion

    by Os Guinness

    • 2016 Christianity Today Book of the Year in Apologetics/Evangelism
    • One of Desiring God's Top 15 Books of 2015
    • Hearts Minds Bookstore's Best Books of 2015, Social Criticism and Cultural Engagement

    In our post-Christian context, public life has become markedly more secular and private life infinitely more diverse. Yet many Christians still rely on cookie-cutter ...