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PaperbackThe New Friars
The Emerging Movement Serving the World's Poor
by Scott A. Bessenecker
Finalist, Fourth Annual Outreach Resource of the Year
Vows—exclusive promises or commitments—are almost unheard of these days. They're considered a quaint relic of times past when open options were not such highly regarded virtues. But many people in this commitment-averse culture are begging for someone to set the bar higher, to call them to higher levels of devotion.
Across ...
PaperbackAshamed No More
A Pastor's Journey Through Sex Addiction
by T. C. Ryan
Foreword by Walter Wangerin, Jr.There are some things we just don't talk about.Things like sex, particularly when our sexuality is a matter of personal struggle.Things like the vulnerabilities of our pastors, who must maintain a façade not merely of respectability but of moral and psychological superiority.We don't talk about things that make us feel insecure, that make us feel unsettled. But the nature of spiritual growth, even ...
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Todd D. Hunter
Bishop Todd D. Hunter leads Churches for the Sake of Others (C4SO), a diocese of the Anglican Church in North America. He is a past president of Alpha USA and former national director for the Association of Vineyard Churches. His books include Christianity Beyond Belief, The Accidental Anglican, and Deep Peace. Recently, he established The Center for Formation, Justice and Peace. Todd and his wife, Debbie, live in Franklin, Tennessee.
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After thirty-six years of recommending resources to pastors and church leaders, Leadership Journal released its final list of the Best Ministry Books of the Year in its Winter 2016 issue, the last issue of Leadership Journal. Two IVP titles, The Vulnerable Pastor and Same-Sex Attraction and the Church, made the list of the Best Ministry Books of 2015.
PaperbackEnhancing Christian Life
How Extended Cognition Augments Religious Community
by Brad D. Strawn and Warren S. Brown
Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist - Science and Technology
No one is really Christian on their own. But often the religious life is seen as individual, private, and internal—resulting in a truncated, consumeristic faith. And what if that kind of individualistic Christianity is built on a fundamental misunderstanding of human nature?
According ...
PaperbackThe Riches of Your Grace
Living in the Book of Common Prayer
by Julie Lane-Gay
Word Guild Award Winner—Christian Living—Personal Growth
ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award
An Invitation into God's Grace
As we race to work in the morning, have coffee with a friend, or fall into bed exhausted, we want to feel God's presence, to sink into his grace. Yet too often he feels aloof, absent. Our prayers feel trivial. ...
HardbackSaint Patrick the Forgiver
The History and Legends of Ireland's Bishop
by Ned Bustard
Bronze Moonbeam Award, Independent Press Award
2024 Children's Book Council Kids Favorites Award Winner (K-2nd Grade)
Inspire Young Hearts with the Story of Ireland’s Best-Known Bishop
Hello, my name is Patrick.
You may have heard my story.
I walked the span of Ireland
to tell of God’s great glory.-
These books follow the rich tradition of the church in the journey of spiritual formation. For spiritual directors, retreat leaders, and contemplative Christians alike, these books from our Formatio line highlight spiritual disciplines and facilitate deep and formative spiritual growth.
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Michael Frost
Michael Frost is an internationally recognized Australian missiologist and one of the leading voices in the missional church movement. He is the vice principal of Morling College in Sydney, Australia, and the founding director of the Tinsley Institute, a mission study centre located at Morling College. A popular speaker around the world, he has written more than a dozen books including The Shaping of Things to Come, Exiles, The Road to Missional, and Incarnate. An expert in church planting, Frost cofounded the Forge Mission Training Network with Alan Hirsch. He remains an international director of that movement which is now based in the United States.
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Edward Gilbreath
Edward Gilbreath is the author of Reconciliation Blues: A Black Evangelical's Inside View of White Christianity. An award-winning journalist, he serves as an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and as the executive director of communications for the Evangelical Covenant Church. Since the release of Reconciliation Blues, he has spoken to thousands of people across the nation at churches, conferences, and university campuses on issues of race, faith and culture.
