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  • Pilgrimage of a Soul: Contemplative Spirituality for the Active Life, By Phileena Heuertz Pilgrimage of a Soul: Contemplative Spirituality for the Active Life, By Phileena Heuertz
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    Pilgrimage of a Soul

    Contemplative Spirituality for the Active Life

    by Phileena Heuertz
    Foreword by Shauna Niequist

    You can only go so far for so long before you find the limits of yourself. For Phileena Heuertz that moment arrived, mercifully, around the same time as a sabbatical to mark her twelfth year of service with an international organization working with some of the most vulnerable people in the world. Activists often see contemplation as a luxury, the sort of thing necessarily set aside in the quest ...

  • The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves, By Curt Thompson The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves, By Curt Thompson
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    The 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 ...

  • The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community, By Curt Thompson The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community, By Curt Thompson
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    The Soul of Desire

    Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community

    by Curt Thompson
    Foreword by Makoto Fujimura

    A 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 ...

  • 2 Timothy: Standing Firm in Truth, By John Stott
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    2 Timothy

    Standing Firm in Truth

    John Stott Bible Studies

    by John Stott
    With Lin Johnson

    Study Scripture with John Stott

    "Our era is one of theological and moral confusion, even of apostasy. And the apostle summons us, as he summoned Timothy, to be strong, brave and steadfast." In this way John Stott summarizes the message of Paul's second letter to Timothy, a letter about leadership and responsibility. The inductive studies in this newly updated guide speak to ...

    Number of Studies: 8

  • What Jesus Intended: Finding True Faith in the Rubble of Bad Religion, By Todd D. Hunter
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    What Jesus Intended

    Finding True Faith in the Rubble of Bad Religion

    by Todd D. Hunter
    Foreword by Esau McCaulley

    Have you lost your footing in church? Or has the church lost its footing?

    Many of us feel unsteady, disoriented, even crushed after an endless string of scandals within the walls of a place meant to offer compassion and safety. Others feel forced to draw back or distance ourselves from the church. All the while, our instincts tell us this is not what Jesus wanted for his people. ...

  • The Good and Beautiful You: Discovering the Person Jesus Created You to Be, By James Bryan Smith
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    The Good and Beautiful You

    Discovering the Person Jesus Created You to Be

    The Good and Beautiful Series

    by James Bryan Smith

    Healing Our Toxic Self-Narratives to Experience True Transformation

    The Christian faith is not only about belief and practices, it is also about the kind of people that we become. Yet some of the biggest barriers to our transformation come from our toxic self-narratives. These narratives shape the way we see ourselves and the way we interact in the world. God designed us with ...

  • Treasuring the Psalms: How to Read the Songs that Shape the Soul of the Church, By Ian J. Vaillancourt
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    Treasuring the Psalms

    How to Read the Songs that Shape the Soul of the Church

    by Ian J. Vaillancourt

    The book of Psalms is a treasure. These one hundred and fifty inspired poems have shaped the worship, prayers, and theology of God's people for thousands of years. While many of its riches are readily apparent, a deeper look into the nature and purposes of the book reveals further layers of meaning with abundant implications for the Christian life.

    In Treasuring the Psalms, ...