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paperbackStumbling Souls
Is Love Enough?
by Chris Plekenpol
In Stumbling Souls, former Army Captain and current seminary student, Chris Plekenpol, tells a compelling story of his interactions with a homosexual, HIV-positive, homeless man, James. Chris asks James to move in with him and then Chris and his friends try to get James back on his feet. In reality, James helps Chris get back on his feet by finding out what happens when believers risk living ...
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paperbackFollowing Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle
Living Fully, Loving Dangerously
by Kent Annan
In 2003 Kent Annan left behind his prosperous, comfortable upbringing to face the world beyond its gates, where people wear his cast-off clothing and seek comfort from the heat in the long shadow of his homeland. Haiti, apparently, was where God wanted him. Of course, just because God wants you somewhere doesn't mean it's going to be easy. Little did he know how important his work would be. Now, ...
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paperbackGreen Revolution
Coming Together to Care for Creation
by Ben Lowe
Foreword by Shane ClaiborneWe are facing planet-sized challenges. Climate change and environmental crises can be pretty immobilizing, and we can fall into the temptation of thinking that we can't make a difference. But it's not just about what we can do on our own to make a difference. It's about what we can do when we mobilize together as a movement and combine for community action. Activist Ben Lowe calls the present generation ...
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paperbackLetters to a Future Church
Words of Encouragement and Prophetic Appeals
Edited by Chris Lewis
Exiled on the island of Patmos, the apostle John found himself one day in the presence of the Son of God. As he fell down to worship, the apostle was commanded to write what he saw and heard, and to record and send messages to seven churches, encouraging them and challenging them in the way of the Lord. That was then; this is now. What might the Spirit say to our churches today? What might the ...
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paperbackThe Life of the Body
Physical Well-Being and Spiritual Formation
by Valerie E. Hess and Lane M. Arnold
What does exercise have to do with our souls? How do our sleeping habits relate to being conformed to the likeness of Christ? What do our bodies have to do with spiritual formation? Valerie Hess has taken up these questions with her spiritual formation graduate students. And Lane Arnold has processed them with others as a spiritual director. They have discovered that the life of our bodies has ...
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paperbackA Second Shot of Coffee with Jesus
by David Wilkie
Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Honorable Mention for Graphic Novels and Comics
The wildly popular online comic Coffee with Jesus, described by Library Journal as offering "disarmingly funny reflections on human failings and faith," is back with a venti-sized second volume. Find yourself in your favorite characters, and laugh with Jesus at the absurdities ...
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paperbackMaking Peace with the Land
God's Call to Reconcile with Creation
Resources for Reconciliation
by Fred Bahnson and Norman Wirzba
Foreword by Bill McKibbenGod is reconciling all things in heaven and on earth. We are alienated not only from one another, but also from the land that sustains us. Our ecosystems are increasingly damaged, and human bodies are likewise degraded. Most of us have little understanding of how our energy is derived or our food is produced, and many of our current industrialized practices are both unhealthy for our bodies and ...
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paperbackThe World Is Not Ours to Save
Finding the Freedom to Do Good
by Tyler Wigg-Stevenson
Christianity Today Book Award Winner
Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year
We want to save the world—and we have a dizzying array of worthy causes to pursue.
But passionate enthusiasm can quickly give way to disillusionment, compassion fatigue or empty slacktivism. As we move from awareness to mobilization, we ...
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paperbackEveryday Missions
How Ordinary People Can Change the World
by Leroy Barber
Foreword by Chris SeayIt's not every day that you get a visit from God. Burning bushes, ladders to heaven, chariots of fire and all that--we look for those stories in the Bible, and we look for them in our lives. When it comes to something as important as what we do with our lives, we think, maybe God owes us a big event. But, as Leroy Barber has learned through his work in inner cities and with young people, that's ...
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paperbackAsk a Missionary
Time-Tested Answers from Those Who've Been There Before
General Editor John McVay
If you are exploring doing something extraordinary for the glory of God among the nations, Ask A Missionary will give clarity and answers for a journey into missions. Because they have "been there", over one hundred missionaries from around the world, including Elisabeth Elliot, George Verwer, Phyllis Kilbourn, and Bill Stearns, share their insightful wisdom and practical advice on everything ...
