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caseboundDiscover Your Gifts
Celebrating How God Made You and Everyone You Know
Lutheran Hour Ministries Resources
by Don Everts
Foreword by Savannah KimberlinYou have gifts! And you are a gift to the world around you. Because every human is fearfully and wonderfully made, each one of us has something to offer to the world. But we have not always identified or developed our gifts well, nor deployed them effectively. Don Everts explores the gifts God has given every person and what new research reveals about the difference those gifts ...
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paperbackThe Mission of God
Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative
by Christopher J. H. Wright
Most Christians would agree that the Bible provides a basis for mission. But Christopher Wright boldly maintains that there is a missional basis for the Bible! The entire Bible is generated by and all about God's mission. In order to understand the Bible, we need a missional hermeneutic, an interpretive perspective in tune with this great missional theme. We need to see how the familiar bits and ...
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paperbackWhite Awake
An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White
by Daniel Hill
Foreword by Brenda Salter McNeilDaniel Hill will never forget the day he heard these words: "Daniel, you may be white, but don't let that lull you into thinking you have no culture. White culture is very real. In fact, when white culture comes in contact with other cultures, it almost always wins. So it would be a really good idea for you to learn about your culture." Confused and unsettled by this encounter, Hill began ...
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hardcoverZion Learns to See
Opening Our Eyes to Homelessness
by Terence Lester and Zion Lester
Illustrated by Subi BosaEvery person matters to God. And that means every person should matter to us.
Zion has no idea what she's getting into when she decides to join her dad at his work on Saturday. But she quickly discovers that a day at the community center brings new and wonderful people into her life. Join Zion as she learns about people experiencing homelessness, and see ...
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paperbackGod-Soaked Life
Discovering a Kingdom Spirituality
by Chris Webb
God's presence permeates our lives and activities. His song of delight reverberates throughout all he has created. As we open our ears to that song, we hear the truth of the gospel spoken to our hearts: the kingdom of God has come to us. Chris Webb, an Anglican priest and retreat house director, wants us all to enter into that kingdom and to experience its freedom. Written with verve, depth, and ...
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paperbackContemplative Vision
A Guide to Christian Art and Prayer
by Juliet Benner
While working as a docent in an art gallery, Juliet Benner began showing people how to meditate on Christian art treasures that are rooted in a passage of Scripture. She taught a way of encountering the Word behind both the words of Scripture and the artist's meditation on Scripture. This became a way of seeing art as an aid to contemplative prayer. This process resulted in her much-beloved "O ...
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paperbackComing to Peace with Psychology
What Christians Can Learn from Psychological Science
by Everett L. Worthington Jr.
Religion and science have often been at odds. In particular, Christianity and psychology have not always gotten along. Some Christians are still suspicious of psychological findings. But researcher Everett Worthington argues that Christians can know people better--and even know God better--through psychological science. Worthington suggests that the relationship between psychological science and ...
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paperbackDisabling Mission, Enabling Witness
Exploring Missiology Through the Lens of Disability Studies
Missiological Engagements
by Benjamin T. Conner
In recent decades churches have accommodated people with disabilities in various ways. Through access ramps and elevators and sign language, disabled persons are invited in to worship. But are they actually enfolded into the church's mission? Have the able-bodied come to recognize and appreciate the potential contributions of people with disabilities in the ministry and witness of the church? Benjamin ...
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hardcoverChrist Among the Dragons
Finding Our Way Through Cultural Challenges
by James Emery White
"Here Be Dragons" When medieval mapmakers came to the end of the world as they knew it, they would write on the edges of their maps, "Here Be Dragons." Without a way to navigate, these areas were, at best, promising yet unexplored, and at worst, perilous. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, evangelical Christians have an equally unsettling map and a lack of unity in regard to how we ...
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paperbackSeasons of the Soul
Stages of Spiritual Development
by Bruce Demarest
Every Christian is on an amazing journey. But the unfortunate truth is that many of us live largely detached from this fact. Days go by, but it can be hard to feel a sense of movement or growth. Sometimes, in periods of doubt and depression, we might feel stuck in the same place for months. Yet the truth remains that from the moment we give Christ control of our life, we set out on the most significant ...
