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  • Creating Cultures of Belonging: Cultivating Organizations Where Women and Men Thrive, By Beth Birmingham and Eeva Sallinen Simard
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    Creating Cultures of Belonging

    Cultivating Organizations Where Women and Men Thrive

    by Beth Birmingham and Eeva Sallinen Simard
    Foreword by Myal Greene and Emily Sarmiento

    With increasing interest from donors and board members to see faith-based, missional organizations reflect the diversity of God's kingdom, these organizations desire to have women in positions of leadership. However, this proves difficult when the organizational culture is one that silences and even penalizes the unique giftings that women bring to the table.

    Many organizations ...

  • Phoebe: A Story, By Paula Gooder
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    Phoebe

    A Story

    by Paula Gooder

    Sometime around 56 AD, the apostle Paul wrote to the church in Rome. He entrusted this letter to Phoebe, whom he describes as the deacon of the church at Cenchreae and a patron of many. But who was this remarkable woman? Biblical scholar and popular author and speaker Paula Gooder imagines Phoebe's story—who she was, the life she lived, and her first-century faith—and in doing so opens up Paul's ...

  • Small Group Leaders' Handbook: Developing Transformational Communities, By J. Alex Kirk and Jay Anderson and Myron Crockett and Tina Teng-Henson and Una Lucey-Lee and Janice McWilliams and Sandra Maria Van Opstal
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    Small Group Leaders' Handbook

    Developing Transformational Communities

    by J. Alex Kirk, Jay Anderson, Myron Crockett, Tina Teng-Henson, Una Lucey-Lee, Janice McWilliams, and Sandra Maria Van Opstal

    What do we mean when we talk about small groups? And more importantly: what do we expect to happen when people gather in this way? The small group that wrote this book—made up of current and former campus ministry professionals with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship—sees a small group as: a community that studies the Bible, prays and participates in God's mission together for the purposes of God's ...

  • Saint Nicholas the Giftgiver: The History and Legends of the Real Santa Claus, By Ned Bustard
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    Saint Nicholas the Giftgiver

    The History and Legends of the Real Santa Claus

    by Ned Bustard

    2021 BRONZE MOONBEAM CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD

    On the night before Christmas,
    so the old stories say,
    Saint Nicholas rides
    in a magical sleigh.
    But what is the truth,
    and what are the legends?
    Who is this giftgiver,
    and why all the presents?

    Around Christmas we spend ...

  • Lead Like It Matters to God: Values-Driven Leadership in a Success-Driven World, By Richard Stearns
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    Lead Like It Matters to God

    Values-Driven Leadership in a Success-Driven World

    by Richard Stearns

    Outcomes Conference Book of the Year
    Christian Book Award Finalist

    Richard Stearns is a leader who has been tested as a CEO in both secular companies and also as the head of one of the world’s largest Christian ministries. After stints as CEO of Parker Brothers and then Lenox, Stearns accepted the invitation to leave his corporate career to ...

  • 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—and then kept going. Stress, despair, and compassion fatigue overwhelmed her ability to function. She was called to serve the abused, addicted, and homeless people in her community. Yet she was emotionally and spiritually exhausted. Something needed to change.

    Searching ...

  • Josey Johnson's Hair and the Holy Spirit, By Esau McCaulley
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    Josey Johnson's Hair and the Holy Spirit

    by Esau McCaulley
    Illustrated by LaTonya Jackson

    JERRY PINKNEY CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD

    “Dad smiled, ‘We’re all different because God is creative. Each one of us is God’s unique work of art.’”

    “Every page and picture in this little book brings a smile to my face and a warmth to my heart. Josie's story will remind you—and every young girl attached to you—that your uniqueness is a reflection of ...

  • Shepherds After My Own Heart: Pastoral Traditions and Leadership in the Bible, By Timothy S. Laniak
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    Shepherds After My Own Heart

    Pastoral Traditions and Leadership in the Bible

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Timothy S. Laniak
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    Scripture says, "I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding" (Jeremiah 3:15). Most of Israel's pastoral imagery is grounded in two traditions: Moses as God's under-shepherd and David as shepherd-king. These traditions, explains author Timothy S. Laniak, provided prototypes for leaders that followed, and formed the background for the ministry ...

  • Becoming a Pastor Theologian: New Possibilities for Church Leadership, Edited by Todd Wilson and Gerald L. Hiestand
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    Becoming a Pastor Theologian

    New Possibilities for Church Leadership

    Center for Pastor Theologians Series

    Edited by Todd Wilson and Gerald L. Hiestand

    The roles of pastor and theologian have gone their separate ways. Throughout much of the church's history, these two roles have been deeply intertwined, but in our contemporary setting, a troubling bifurcation between them has developed. The result has been a theologically weakened church and an ecclesially weakened theology. The Center for Pastor Theologians (CPT) seeks to overcome ...