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paperbackSlow Church
Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus
by C. Christopher Smith and John Pattison
Foreword by Jonathan Wilson-HartgroveReaders' Choice Award Winner
Best Books About the Church from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore
Fast food. Fast cars. Fast and furious. Fast forward. Fast . . . church?
The church is often idealized (or demonized) as the last bastion of a bygone era, dragging our feet as we're pulled into new moralities and new spiritualities. We guard our ...
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paperbackFaith That Lasts
A Father and Son on Cultivating Lifelong Belief
by Cameron McAllister and Stuart McAllister
Foreword by Chris Brooks"Please fix my kid." In their work as Christian apologists, father and son Stuart and Cameron McAllister have heard many variations on this theme from concerned parents. It's a sentiment lots of Christian parents can relate to—a deep and fearful sense of their own inadequacy to raise their children in the faith amid a seductive culture that's often hostile to Christianity. In ...
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paperbackCharitable Writing
Cultivating Virtue Through Our Words
by Richard Hughes Gibson and James Edward Beitler III
Foreword by Anne Ruggles Gere
Afterword by Alan JacobsECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award
Our written words carry weight.
Unfortunately, in today's cultural climate, our writing is too often laced with harsh judgments and vitriol rather than careful consideration and generosity. But might the Christian faith transform how we approach the task of writing? How might we love God and our neighbors through our writing?
This ...
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paperbackAre You Waiting for "The One"?
Cultivating Realistic, Positive Expectations for Christian Marriage
by Margaret Kim Peterson and Dwight N. Peterson
Does God want to write your love story? Well, maybe not—especially not if it is the culture's romanticized ideal of happily ever after! Margaret and Dwight Peterson help us sort out the difference between how our surrounding society often depicts marriage and how Christians really should approach this particular gift of God to all humanity. They guide us through many aspects of a growing, maturing ...
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paperbackCreating Cultures of Belonging
Cultivating Organizations Where Women and Men Thrive
by Beth Birmingham and Eeva Sallinen Simard
Foreword by Myal Greene and Emily SarmientoWith 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 ...
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paperbackAnalog Christian
Cultivating Contentment, Resilience, and Wisdom in the Digital Age
by Jay Y. Kim
Foreword by Dan KimballThe Gospel Coaltion Award of Distinction—Christian Living
Outreach Resource of the Year
The digital age is in the business of commodifying our attention. The technologies of our day are determined to keep us scrolling and swiping at all costs, plugged into a feedback loop of impatience, comparison, outrage, and contempt. Blind to the ...
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Todd C. Ream
Todd C. Ream serves at Indiana Wesleyan University as professor of humanities, executive director of faculty research and scholarship, and a senior fellow for the Lumen Research Institute.
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paperbackYouth Ministry from the Outside In
How Relationships and Stories Shape Identity
by Brandon K. McKoy
Foreword by Chap Clark
Afterword by Kenneth J. GergenWe tend to organize our youth ministry from the inside out. We give gathered groups of individual youth tools and teaching to form their souls around a Christian identity. So far, so good. But what if our identity is not merely or even primarily rooted and established somewhere inside ourselves? What if our identity is shaped and cultivated in the relationships we inhabit--each with their own distinctives ...
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In many ways, academic publishing is its own world, especially when it comes to writing for scholarly journals. Often colleges and universities provide mentors for new faculty seeking to advance professionally, guiding them in the ways of publishing. Nonetheless, professors often make simple mistakes when it came to book publishing. Here are a few tips for smoothing the way to a contract from editor and author Andy Le Peau.
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