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hardcoverHinge Moments
Making the Most of Life's Transitions
by D. Michael Lindsay
In life we have moments in time in which we have an opportunity before us to make a change or to respond to a situation. According to Michael Lindsay, president of Gordon College, what follows these instances will depend intrinsically on the decisions we make and the actions we take. These are what he calls "hinge moments"—opportunities to open (or close) doors to various pathways ...
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paperbackArt & Soul
Signposts for Christians in the Arts
by Hilary Brand and Adrienne Chaplin
More Christians than ever before are studying and working in music, painting, sculpture, theater, television, film, architecture and more. Are you one of them? If so, you, like artists in every discipline, face the challenge of working in a way that is both wholly Christian and wholly contemporary, Hilary Brand and Adrienne Chaplin have written this practical and inspirational guide for you. In ...
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paperbackThe Self-Aware Leader
Discovering Your Blind Spots to Reach Your Ministry Potential
by Terry Linhart
Foreword by Carey NieuwhofParish 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 knowing about hermeneutics, homiletics, theology, exegesis, and everything else you have likely learned in seminary and church ministry so far?
Yes, there ...
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You may remember your college years as the best times of your life. But now that you have college-bound kids, you might be feeling anxious as you send your student off to campus. Here's a list of the best Christian books to help your student (and you) navigate the challenges and growth of the college years.
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product setTransforming Resources
In partnership with the Transforming Center, these Transforming Resources® are tools to guide leaders and their communities in experiencing spiritual transformation. Led by Ruth Haley Barton, the Transforming Center has been strengthening the souls of pastors, Christian leaders, and the congregations and organizations ...
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paperbackMirror for the Soul
A Christian Guide to the Enneagram
by Alice Fryling
"Who in the world am I?" The Enneagram is like a mirror, reflecting dimensions of ourselves that are sometimes hard to see. In this helpful guide, spiritual director and Enneagram teacher Alice Fryling offers an introduction to each number of the Enneagram and their respective triads. More than just helping us discern our number, this book relates the Enneagram to our spiritual ...
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paperbackThe Steward Leader
Transforming People, Organizations and Communities
by R. Scott Rodin
Coach. Entrepreneur. Mentor. Executive. Servant. Visionary. Everyone has a different idea of what a leader should be. How can any one person be everything? Scott Rodin brings unity and clarity to this confusing, demanding picture of leadership. He offers a comprehensive model that brings together a biblical understanding of holistic stewardship with the best in leadership studies. Whether in ...
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hardcoverThe Soul of Desire
Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community
by Curt Thompson
Foreword by Makoto FujimuraA Spiritual and Neurobiological Redemption of Desire
We are people of desire.
In The Soul of Desire, psychiatrist Curt Thompson suggests that underneath all our longings is the desire to be known—and what's more, that this fundamental yearning manifests itself in our deep need to make things of beauty, revealing who we are to others. Desire and beauty go hand ...
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paperbackTo Alter Your World
Partnering with God to Rebirth Our Communities
by Michael Frost and Christiana Rice
- 15th Annual Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year - Also Recommended in Church
In Christ, a new world is being born and the new creation is unfurling all around us. God is directing history toward the future restoration, repair, and renewal of all creation. And our job is to cooperate with God in being a sign and foretaste of that coming world. Renowned missional ...
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paperbackPilgrimage of a Soul
Contemplative Spirituality for the Active Life
by Phileena Heuertz
Foreword by Shauna NiequistYou can only go so far for so long before you find the limits of yourself. For Phileena Heuertz that moment arrived, mercifully, around the same time as a sabbatical to mark her twelfth year of service with an international organization working with some of the most vulnerable people in the world. Activists often see contemplation as a luxury, the sort of thing necessarily set aside in the quest ...
