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ebookWhen Faith Becomes Sight
Opening Your Eyes to God's Presence All Around You
by Beth A. Booram and David Booram
- 2019 IVP Readers' Choice Award
Where can I turn to see God? How can I more clearly recognize God's nearness and initiative in my life?
These are vital questions if you desire to know and experience the living God. As spiritual directors, Beth and David Booram have guided many people into deeper awareness of this living, present God at work ...
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ebookWhen Women Give
The Adventure of a Generous Life
by Kim King
Foreword by Peter GreerWomen are entrepreneurs, highly paid professionals, and leaders in business. Many of us have skills to give. We are marrying later. Many of us have time to give. Women are also likely to manage the family money for a significant portion of their lives. Many of us have money to give. When Kim King, a former corporate lawyer, began her own giving journey she found herself short on resources that ...
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ebookWhen Everything's on Fire
Faith Forged from the Ashes
by Brian Zahnd
Is it possible to hold on to faith in an age of unbelief?
Intellectual certainty has long been a cornerstone of the Christian faith. But in an age of secularism, skepticism, and cynicism, our worldviews have been shaken. Various solutions exist—some double down on certainty, while others deconstruct their faith until there is nothing left at all. But Brian Zahnd offers a third ...
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ebookWhen We Stand
The Power of Seeking Justice Together
by Terence Lester
Foreword by Father Gregory BoyleIt's easy to feel overwhelmed by all of the injustices that we see in the world. We don't know what to do and might think that we don't have anything to offer. But by using our gifts in collaboration with others, we can do more together than we ever could on our own.
Activist Terence Lester knows it's hard to change the world. But mobilizing and acting together empowers us ...
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ebookWhen Narcissism Comes to Church
Healing Your Community From Emotional and Spiritual Abuse
by Chuck DeGroat
Foreword by Richard J. MouwOutreach Resource of the Year
Why Does Narcissism Seem to Thrive in Our Churches?
We've seen the news stories. Maybe we ourselves have been hurt by a narcissistic church leader. But what is narcissism, really? And how does it infiltrate the church?
Chuck DeGroat has been counseling pastors with narcissistic personality disorder, ...
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ebookWhen Children Come Out
A Guide for Christian Parents
by Mark A. Yarhouse and Olya Zaporozhets
If you are a parent wrestling with God, you are not alone.
When a child comes out as LGBTQ+, Christian parents often find themselves navigating unfamiliar, unsettling terrain. Mark Yarhouse and Olya Zaporozhets, therapists and researchers with decades of experience, have written this book to provide perspective, insight, and the chance to learn from others who've shared a ...
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ebookWhen God Became White
Dismantling Whiteness for a More Just Christianity
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Foreword by David P. GusheeWhen Western Christians think about God, the default image that comes to mind is usually white and male. How did that happen?
Christianity is rooted in the ancient Near East among people of darker skin. But over time, European Christians cast Jesus in their own image, with art that imagined a fair-skinned Savior in the style of imperial rulers. Grace Ji-Sun Kim explores the ...
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ebookWhen Your World Ends
God's Creative Process for Rebuilding a Life
by Dawn Mann Sanders
Foreword by Ms. Carol KentHow do you rebuild your life after it falls apart?
Catastrophic events often feel like the end of the world. When we feel like we have nothing left, we sometimes wish for our own end too. Yet God keeps waking us up every morning—a sign that God wants us to keep living when our world ends. We must find our way to the new life that awaits us on the other side of loss. But how?
Dawn ...
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paperbackMade to Flourish
Beyond Quick Fixes to a Thriving Organization
by Shelley G. Trebesch
Every organization is made to flourish. But when problems arise, quick fixes and poor leadership training can drag it down. The key to a thriving team is to look below the surface at the hidden dynamics that can cause it to lose focus, turn inward or even cease to exist. Budget problems, personality conflicts, mission drift, government regulations—all these and more can tempt us to respond rapidly ...
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paperbackWords & the Word
Explorations in Biblical Interpretation and Literary Theory
Edited by David G. Firth and Jamie A. Grant
In recent decades scholarly study of the Bible has taken a literary turn. Now literary theory has taken its place at the hermeneutical table and demands a voice in the conversation. Words and the Word, edited by David Firth and Jamie A. Grant, offers eight informative and stimulating essays that will bring readers abreast of this conversation. This volume's contributors are united in ...
