• Young, Gifted, and Black: A Journey of Lament and Celebration, By Sheila Wise Rowe
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    Young, Gifted, and Black

    A Journey of Lament and Celebration

    by Sheila Wise Rowe

    "Young, gifted and black,
    Open your heart to what I mean . . . "

    Nina Simone's popular anthem from the civil rights movement speaks to both the celebrations and trials of the Black experience.

    Young, Gifted, and Black gives voice to the real-life stories of Black millennials and younger adults. If life was a race, it's assumed that every runner has a ...

  • The Anxiety Field Guide: Healthy Habits for Long-Term Healing, By Jason Cusick
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    The Anxiety Field Guide

    Healthy Habits for Long-Term Healing

    by Jason Cusick

    Anxiety is one of the most pressing mental health issues of our day. Millions of people in our society suffer from anxiety, often unbeknownst to those around them. The pressures of modern life seem specially designed to cause anxiety, and anxiety is on the rise in recent years. The good news is that anxiety is very treatable. Pastor Jason Cusick tells the story of his own history ...

  • Sermons That Sing: Music and the Practice of Preaching, By Noel A. Snyder
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    Sermons That Sing

    Music and the Practice of Preaching

    Dynamics of Christian Worship

    by Noel A. Snyder
    Foreword by Jeremy Begbie

    Preaching and music are both regular elements of Christian worship across the theological spectrum. But they often don't interact or inform each other in meaningful ways.

    In this Dynamics of Christian Worship volume, theologian, pastor, and musician Noel A. Snyder considers how the church's preaching might be helpfully informed by musical theory. Just as a good musical composition ...

  • Speaking Across Generations: Messages That Satisfy Boomers, Xers, Millennials, Gen Z, and Beyond, By Darrell E. Hall
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    Speaking Across Generations

    Messages That Satisfy Boomers, Xers, Millennials, Gen Z, and Beyond

    by Darrell E. Hall
    Foreword by Haydn Shaw

    Different generations communicate differently. If you are speaking across generations, you need to understand how different generations hear. Pastor Darrell Hall (a millennial) harnesses the insights of generational science to explore how generations are distinct people groups with their own cultures and languages. With fresh research from the Barna Group on how generations communicate, ...

  • The Power of Group Prayer: How Intercession Transforms Us and the World, By Carolyn Carney
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    The Power of Group Prayer

    How Intercession Transforms Us and the World

    by Carolyn Carney

    Revival starts when people pray together.

    Christians often dream about the possibility of revival. But revival doesn't come because we wish or plan for it. Revival occurs when groups of people pray together. However, praying together effectively doesn't come easily, and we're often left wondering how to best engage in the work of intercession.

    Carolyn Carney offers a ...

  • Inalienable: How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church, By Eric Costanzo and Daniel Yang and Matthew Soerens
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    Inalienable

    How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church

    by Eric Costanzo, Daniel Yang, and Matthew Soerens

    Outreach Resource of the Year

    The American church is at a critical crossroads. Our witness has been compromised, our numbers are down, and our reputation has been sullied, due largely to our own faults and fears. The church's ethnocentrism, consumerism, and syncretism have blurred the lines between discipleship and partisanship. Pastor Eric Costanzo, missiologist ...

  • Thirsting for Living Water: Finding Adventure and Purpose in God's Redemption Story, By Michael J. Mantel
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    Thirsting for Living Water

    Finding Adventure and Purpose in God's Redemption Story

    by Michael J. Mantel
    Foreword by Richard Stearns

    When a perfect storm of personal, professional, and natural disaster threw Mike Mantel into a dark night of the soul, he embarked on a journey through his own life and around the world to rediscover God's presence through the diverse body of Christ.

    In Thirsting for Living Water, Mantel invites readers to join him on this adventure and open their eyes to their own ...

  • The Heart of Racial Justice: How Soul Change Leads to Social Change, By Rick Richardson and Brenda Salter McNeil
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    The Heart of Racial Justice

    How Soul Change Leads to Social Change

    The IVP Signature Collection

    by Rick Richardson and Brenda Salter McNeil
    Foreword by John M. Perkins

    Racial and ethnic hostility is one of the most pervasive problems the church faces. It hinders our effectiveness as one body of believers. It damages our witness. Why won't this problem just go away? Because it is a spiritual battle. In response, we must employ spiritual weapons—prayer, repentance, forgiveness. In this book Brenda Salter McNeil and Rick Richardson provide a model ...

  • Churches, Cultures, and Leadership: A Practical Theology of Congregations and Ethnicities, By Mark Lau Branson and Juan F. Martinez
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    Churches, Cultures, and Leadership

    A Practical Theology of Congregations and Ethnicities

    by Mark Lau Branson and Juan F. Martinez

    We live in a culturally diverse society. As the church continues to heed Christ's call to reflect the multiethnic character of his people, pastors and lay leaders need to gain skills and competencies to serve in multicultural contexts, both inside and beyond their congregations. With this book, Mark Lau Branson and Juan F. Martínez equip leaders to create environments that make ...

  • 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 weight of 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 ...

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