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PaperbackShaping the Spiritual Life of Students
A Guide for Youth Workers, Pastors, Teachers Campus Ministers
by Richard R. Dunn
Alberto is an energetic, people-pleasing eighth grader. He seems to have it all--from the junior high varsity team to his family's beautiful new home to leadership in his youth group. But he feels pressured by team members who mock his Christianity and rejected by his dad whose work requires more and more travel. His young spiritual life is in a precarious place.Last year, as a high ...
PaperbackGod in the Desert
A Spiritual Theology of Wilderness in the Old Testament
by Noel Forlini Burt
Find Meaning in the Wilderness through Scripture and Spiritual Practice
The desert is a place of paradox. In the desert we encounter silence and revelation, hunger and provision, barrenness and abundance, absence of God and intimate awareness of God's presence. The image of wilderness is a key theme in Scripture, from Abraham, Moses, and the prophets to Jesus. And throughout ...
PaperbackThe Winding Path of Transformation
Finding Yourself Between Glory and Humility
by Jeff Tacklind
Foreword by Cathleen FalsaniJeff Tacklind, pastor of Church by the Sea—a quirky, diverse congregation in Laguna Beach, California—knows from decades of ministry experience that sometimes effective leadership looks like standing in the middle of conflict, holding the tension.In The Winding Path of Transformation, Tacklind describes spiritual transformation as an invitation to paradox. By entering into suffering, he ...
EbookSpiritual Gifts
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by R. Paul Stevens
"You will receive power" were Jesus' last words to his disciples. But where is that power today? Through spritual gifts God continues to empower and build his church. This LifeGuide explores what spiritual gifts are, what their role is in the bodyand how we can discover which gifts God has given us. The studies examine key passages on spiritual gifts and look at specific examples of how they were ...
Number of Studies: 8
PaperbackThe Liturgy of Politics
Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor
by Kaitlyn Schiess
Foreword by Michael R WearA generation of young Christians are weary of the political legacy they've inherited and hungry for a better approach.
They're tired of seeing their faith tied to political battles they didn't start, and they're frustrated by the failures of leaders they thought they could trust. Kaitlyn Schiess grew up in this landscape, and understands it from the inside.
Spiritual ...
HardbackRelational Spirituality
A Psychological-Theological Paradigm for Transformation
Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
by Todd W. Hall
With M Elizabeth Lewis HallMIDWC Book Award
As our society becomes more socially fragmented, many Christians feel disconnected and struggle to grow spiritually. Common models of spiritual transformation are proving inadequate to address "the sanctification gap." In recent decades, however, a new paradigm of human and spiritual development has been emerging from multiple fields. It's ...
PaperbackRenovation of the Church
What Happens When a Seeker Church Discovers Spiritual Formation
by Kent Carlson and Mike Lueken
Foreword by Dallas WillardChristianity Today Book Award winner
Leadership Journal Top Book of the Year
Copastors Kent Carlson and Mike Lueken tell the story of how God took their thriving, consumer-oriented church and transformed it into a modest congregation of unformed believers committed to the growth of the spirit--even when it meant a decline in numbers.
As ...
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 ...
PaperbackWhen Faith Becomes Sight
Opening Your Eyes to God's Presence All Around You
by Beth A. Booram and David Booram
2019 IVP Readers' Choice Award
Where can I turn to see God? How can I more clearly recognize God's nearness and initiative in my life?
These are vital questions if you desire to know and experience the living God. As spiritual directors, Beth and David Booram have guided many people into deeper awareness of this living, present God at work within ...
PaperbackCome Away and Rest
A Guide to Personal Spiritual Retreats
by Alyson Pryor
Find Peace in His Presence: A Companion for Your Spiritual Retreat
Do you feel inundated from all sides, your soul overwhelmed by endless consumption, constantly absorbing relentless content wherever you go? Yet does your soul still feel hungry and satisfaction seem out of reach? What you're longing for is solitude with God. Come Away and Rest invites you to step ...
