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  • Shaped by the Cross: Meditations on the Sufferings of Jesus, By Ken Gire
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    Shaped by the Cross

    Meditations on the Sufferings of Jesus

    by Ken Gire

    "Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps." 1 Peter 2:21 What must it have been like to draw near to Christ as he drew near to the cross? Reflecting on Michelangelo's majestic Pieta, in which Mary gathers the suffering Jesus into her arms, Ken Gire offers seven meditations on a costly discipleship that invites us to take up our cross and follow ...

  • Common perception holds that the Western church is dying. But there is a movement that has escaped traditional measures of success as neighborhood parishes spring up in the everyday life of cities all over North America. Paul SparksTim Soerens, and Dwight J. Friesen detail this phenomenon in their book The New Parish: How Neighborhood Churches are Transforming Mission, Discipleship and Community.

  • Sculptor Spirit: Models of Sanctification from Spirit Christology, By Leopoldo A. Sánchez M.
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    Sculptor Spirit

    Models of Sanctification from Spirit Christology

    by Leopoldo A. Sánchez M.
    Foreword by Oscar García-Johnson

    The Holy Spirit is sculpting you. Like the work of an artist who molds a lump of clay into its intended shape, the Spirit's sanctifying work lies in shaping people into the image of Christ. Avoiding either a "Spirit-only" or a "Spirit-void" theology, Leopoldo Sánchez carefully crafts a Spirit Christology, which considers the role of God's Spirit in the life and mission of Jesus. ...

  • The Essential Jesus: 100 Readings Through the Bible's Greatest Story, By Whitney T. Kuniholm
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    The Essential Jesus

    100 Readings Through the Bible's Greatest Story

    by Whitney T. Kuniholm

    Jesus is the most influential person of human history. "Jesus never became a political, military or government leader; he never wanted to. He never owned a multinational corporation or acquired any wealth to speak of; he didn't need it. He never wrote a book, never staged a concert tour, never appeared on television and never had a radio talk show--or even his own blog. . . . What's so special ...

  • Invitation to Retreat: The Gift and Necessity of Time Away with God, By Ruth Haley Barton
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    Invitation to Retreat

    The Gift and Necessity of Time Away with God

    Transforming Resources

    by Ruth Haley Barton

    Academy of Parish Clergy Top Ten List

    "Come away and rest awhile."

    Jesus invites us to be with him, offering our full and undivided attention to him. When we choose retreat, we make a generous investment in our friendship with Christ. We are not always generous with ourselves where God is concerned. Many of us have tried to incorporate regular times ...

  • Habits of Hope: Educational Practices for a Weary World, Edited by Todd C. Ream and Jerry Pattengale and Christopher J. Devers
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    Habits of Hope

    Educational Practices for a Weary World

    Edited by Todd C. Ream, Jerry Pattengale, and Christopher J. Devers
    Foreword by Amos Yong

    In the world of education, disorientation and uncertainty has been increasing for several decades, with the Covid-19 pandemic only exacerbating preexisting challenges. Christians called to academic vocations need authentic hope to sustain them in their work—and they need to be able to share that hope with a weary world.

    Habits of Hope explores a Christian understanding ...

  • Habits of Hope: Educational Practices for a Weary World, Edited by Todd C. Ream and Jerry Pattengale and Christopher J. Devers
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    Habits of Hope

    Educational Practices for a Weary World

    Edited by Todd C. Ream, Jerry Pattengale, and Christopher J. Devers
    Foreword by Amos Yong

    In the world of education, disorientation and uncertainty has been increasing for several decades, with the Covid-19 pandemic only exacerbating preexisting challenges. Christians called to academic vocations need authentic hope to sustain them in their work—and they need to be able to share that hope with a weary world.

    Habits of Hope explores a Christian understanding ...

  • The Attentive Life: Discerning God's Presence in All Things, By Leighton Ford The Attentive Life: Discerning God's Presence in All Things, By Leighton Ford
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    The Attentive Life

    Discerning God's Presence in All Things

    by Leighton Ford

    Your attention, please. That's what God wants, Leighton Ford discovered. It's the path to becoming like Christ. Distractions, fear and busyness were keeping Ford from seeing God's work in and around him. He was missing God. So he began a journey of longing and looking for God. And it started with paying attention. In these pages, he invites you to journey with him. Using the rich monastic tradition ...

  • Words of Life: Scripture as the Living and Active Word of God, By Timothy Ward Words of Life: Scripture as the Living and Active Word of God, By Timothy Ward
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    Words of Life

    Scripture as the Living and Active Word of God

    by Timothy Ward

    Throughout Christian history, the overwhelmingly predominant view of the Bible has been that it is itself the living and active word of God. In this book Timothy Ward explains and defends what we are really saying when we trust and proclaim, as we must, that the Bible is God's word. In particular he describes the nature of the relationship between the living God and Scripture. He examines why, ...