• Spiritual Formation for the Global Church: A Multi-Denominational, Multi-Ethnic Approach, Edited by Ryan A. Brandt and John Frederick
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    Spiritual Formation for the Global Church

    A Multi-Denominational, Multi-Ethnic Approach

    Edited by Ryan A. Brandt and John Frederick

    The church is a global body of believers called to grow in Christ. Yet too often, it privileges a few voices and ignores the practical dimensions of the faith. Offering a multi-denominational, multi-ethnic vision, this volume brings together biblical scholars, theologians, and practitioners from around the world to pursue a theology and praxis of spiritual formation for the global church.

  • From Burned Out to Beloved: Soul Care for Wounded Healers, By Bethany Dearborn Hiser
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    From Burned Out to Beloved

    Soul Care for Wounded Healers

    by Bethany Dearborn Hiser

    As a social worker, jail chaplain, and justice advocate, Bethany Dearborn Hiser pushed herself to the brink of burnout—only to discover that she needed the very soul care she was providing to others. Tackling the effects of secondary trauma and burnout, this is a trauma-informed soul care guide for Christians working in high-stress, helping professions.

  • Rhythms for Life: Spiritual Practices for Who God Made You to Be, By Alastair Sterne
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    Rhythms for Life

    Spiritual Practices for Who God Made You to Be

    by Alastair Sterne

    Spiritual transformation is not a one-size-fits-all journey—we each need distinct spiritual rhythms that align us with our unique identity and calling in Christ. In this practical book Alastair Sterne shows how we can craft a life of more intentionality, offering fourfold rhythms that point us upward to God, inward to self, withward in community, and outward in mission.

  • Enhancing Christian Life: How Extended Cognition Augments Religious Community, By Brad D. Strawn and Warren S. Brown
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    Enhancing Christian Life

    How Extended Cognition Augments Religious Community

    by Brad D. Strawn and Warren S. Brown

    It's time to rethink the Christian life in light of current research on the human mind, particularly with a deeper understanding of "extended cognition." Using insights from neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy, Brad Strawn and Warren Brown argue for a vision of the Christian life as extended into interactions with a local network of believers.

  • Spirituality According to John: Abiding in Christ in the Johannine Writings, By Rodney Reeves
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    Spirituality According to John

    Abiding in Christ in the Johannine Writings

    by Rodney Reeves

    Through all of John's works, a consistent message is woven: being a Christian is about abiding in Christ and in his words. Combining exegesis with spiritual reflection, this accessible introduction on the Johannine literature from Rodney Reeves helps readers envision how to follow Jesus—as disciples, in community, and even at the end of the world.

  • The 1662 Book of Common Prayer: International Edition, Edited by Samuel L. Bray and Drew Nathaniel Keane
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    The 1662 Book of Common Prayer

    International Edition

    Edited by Samuel L. Bray and Drew Nathaniel Keane

    The Book of Common Prayer (1662) is one of the most beloved liturgical texts in the Christian church. But the classic text presents several difficulties for contemporary users, especially those outside the Church of England. This new international edition gently updates the text for contemporary use, with obscure phrases revised and treasured prayers from later Anglican tradition appended.

  • Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep, By Tish Harrison Warren
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    Prayer in the Night

    For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep

    by Tish Harrison Warren

    How can we trust God in the dark? Framed around a nighttime prayer of Compline, Tish Harrison Warren explores human vulnerability, suffering, and God's seeming absence as she recalls her own experience navigating a time of doubt and loss. This book offers a prayerful and frank approach to the difficulties in our ordinary lives at work, at home, and in a world filled with uncertainty.

  • Hurting Yet Whole: Reconciling Body and Spirit in Chronic Pain and Illness, By Liuan Huska
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    Hurting Yet Whole

    Reconciling Body and Spirit in Chronic Pain and Illness

    by Liuan Huska

    What is healing when our bodies suffer chronic illness? As Liuan Huska went through years of chronic pain, she questioned how the Christian story speaks to our experiences of pain and illness. Countering a gnosticism that pits body against spirit, Huska helps us redefine what it means to find healing and wholeness, even in the midst of ongoing pain.

  • Wait with Me: Meeting God in Loneliness, By Jason Gaboury
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    Wait with Me

    Meeting God in Loneliness

    by Jason Gaboury

    Jason Gaboury has wrestled with loneliness ever since he can remember. But when he was challenged to see loneliness as a context for friendship with God, things began to change. In these pages God invites you to stop and wait with him in your own moments of isolation and anxiety, journeying from loneliness into a deeper life with God.

  • Soul Care in African American Practice, By Barbara L. Peacock
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    Soul Care in African American Practice

    by Barbara L. Peacock

    Spiritual director and pastor Barbara Peacock illustrates how the practices of spiritual formation are woven into African American culture and lived out in the rich heritage of its faith community. Using the examples of ten significant men and women, Barbara helps us engage in practices of soul care as we learn from these spiritual leaders.

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