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paperbackEverything Is (Not) Fine
Finding Strength When Life Gets Annoyingly Difficult
by Katie Schnack
Sometimes the world knocks us flat on our butt.
We feel stretched further than we ever thought physically, emotionally, or spiritually possible. And though we are torn up inside, we feel like we need to keep our chin up and put a good face on things. So we pretend that everything is fine, even though it's not.
Even in the hardest times, strength from God rises from deep ...
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hardcoverThe Soul of Shame
Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves
by Curt Thompson
The Gospel Coalition Top Books and Outreach Resource of the Year
Finding the Root of All Shame
We're all infected with a spiritual disease. Its name is shame.
Whether we realize it or not, shame affects every aspect of our personal lives and vocational endeavors. It seeks to destroy our identity in Christ, replacing it ...
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paperbackBroken Hallelujahs
Learning to Grieve the Big and Small Losses of Life
by Beth Allen Slevcove
IVP Readers' Choice Award
The losses in our lives are both big and small, and cover a range of experiences. We leave home. We experience physical illness and disabilities. We struggle with vocation and finances. We may long for a spouse or child. We lose people we love to addiction or illness and death.
All of these losses can build into questions and doubts about faith. ...
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paperbackHope Ain't a Hustle
Persevering by Faith in a Wearying World
by Irwyn L. Ince Jr.
Foreword by Christina EdmondsonSometimes hope can feel like a scam—a swindle, a hustle. You thought it was real, and you bought into it. But then the tables turn, and you feel like you've been hustled—like you've been had.
As Christians, we often respond to the brokenness of life as if we do not actually have hope—as if the promises of God are not really certain. But Pastor Irwyn Ince assures us that not ...
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paperbackThe Unhiding of Elijah Campbell
A Novel
by Kelly Flanagan
Illumination Book Award
Nautilus Book Award
Elijah Campbell is on the verge of losing his writing career, his faith, and his marriage when a recurring childhood nightmare drives him back to his hometown, Bradford's Ferry. There, his encounters with loved ones both past and present shed light on the reason his wife left him—and the meaning ...
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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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paperbackSingle, Just Because
A Pilgrimage into Holy Aloneness
by Bridget Gee
"Why are you single?"
"Just because."
However we answer that question, what's more important than why we are single is how we live as singles. Regardless of our relationship status, all of us are called to a life of vital discipleship. And walking with God can reshape singleness into a pilgrimage of transformation.
Pilgrim and ...
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paperbackJesus Behaving Badly
The Puzzling Paradoxes of the Man from Galilee
by Mark L. Strauss
Everybody likes Jesus. Don't they? We overlook that Jesus was
- Judgmental—preaching hellfire far more than the apostle Paul
- Uncompromising—telling people to hate their families
- Chauvinistic—excluding women from leadership
- Racist—insulting people from other ethnic groups
- Anti-environmental—cursing a fig tree and affirming animal sacrifice
- Angry—overturning ...
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paperbackThe Power of Proximity
Moving Beyond Awareness to Action
by Michelle Ferrigno Warren
Foreword by Noel CastellanosWe can see evidence of injustice all around us, whether in continuing incidents of racial inequality or in the systemic forces that disenfranchise people and perpetuate poverty. It's important to learn about the world's inequities and to be a voice for the voiceless any way we can. But in an age of hashtag and armchair activism, merely raising awareness about injustice is not enough. Michelle Warren ...
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hardcoverThe Wood Between the Worlds
A Poetic Theology of the Cross
by Brian Zahnd
Experience the Kaleidoscopic Mystery of the Cross
Everything about the gospel message leads to the cross, and proceeds from the cross. In fact, within the narrative of Scripture, the crucifixion of Jesus is literally the crux of the story—the axis upon which the biblical story turns. But it would be a mistake to think we could sum up the significance of ...
