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By J. Ellsworth Kalas. 2012
Take the best preacher you've ever heard; add in the teacher who first opened your eyes to the excitement and…
meaning of your favorite subject in school; combine these with that member of the family to whom you could always turn for the best advice; stir them all together, and you'll get a flavor of the writing of Ellsworth Kalas. And now the very best thoughts and reflections of this wise teacher and guide are available together in one volume. Across his career Ellsworth Kalas has worn many hats: pastor, professor, seminary president. Through all of them, however, he has remained first and foremost an interpreter of God's Word. His most potent skill is to open up new insights and meanings in even the most familiar biblical stories. Gathered here are some Kalas's most humorous, touching, and enlightening writings, drawn from his own experience of finding God in Scripture.By Paul L. Escamilla. 2010
Some things are true when whispered, not shouted. Life's finest qualities drain away, Escamilla writes, as intensity, volume, and speed…
increase. When we hear God's whisper to us, we can address life in a fresher, simpler way - a way that will last beyond the everyday worry and noise.What are God's qualities, and what effect do they have on us? In this simple, inspiring study, pastor and author…
Tom Berlin introduces us to the living God and urges us to respond. Includes Scripture, helpful quotations, and space for journaling. 1. God Loves You 2. God Understands You 3. God Forgives You 4. God Wants You to Be Free 5. God Wants You to Change 6. God Wants to Be With You ForeverBy John Schroeder. 2004
Award-winning gospel singer, songwriter, and teacher Babbie Mason expands her message of God's unconditional love from her spring 2012 devotional…
book to a small group study for women. The seven promises in this small inexpensive book invite women to acknowledge God's love for each of us, our limitless potential and God's plan for our life, regardless of mistakes, missteps and missed opportunities we may have had along the way. For women just starting out or starting over, this message of hope and inspiration will reenergize women.By Matt Litton. 2012
We drown ourselves with monotony, possessions, and obligations. However, from Abraham to Jesus, the essence of faith is found in…
the idea that we are moving, changing, progressing as a people, and if we are faithful to this process, then we will be moving the world toward the Kingdom of God--living a dynamic faith. Holy Nomad is a deeply motivational call for readers to live a radical, relentless, and raw life of faith. Author Matt Litton explains how and why God wants to liberate so we can live a life of absolute freedom and fulfillment. Holy Nomad calls for readers to divest themselves from all the things that hold us back in order to go on this nomadic adventure, that will challenge us and reward us on this rugged road to joy.By Julia Roller. 2014
The first months and years of motherhood can be the most challenging and disorienting of your life--and faith. When you're…
surrounded by the happy chaos of children, how do you spend quiet time with God if the only quiet time you get is while you sleep? How can you demonstrate a solid spiritual life to your children if you don't have time to pursue one yourself? When Julia Roller discovered that her spiritual growth had been stunted by the busyness of life with her toddler, she embarked on a yearlong journey through ten spiritual disciplines: prayer, fellowship, submission, study, simplicity, silence, worship, fasting, service, and celebration. As she focused on each discipline, she discovered practical ways to observe them--even in the chaos of her every day. Mom Seeks God offers a highly relatable story and useful advice to help new moms grow in their faith as they address life changes with grace, patience, and prayer. As readers discover ten essential faith practices, they'll learn that motherhood, itself, is a spiritual discipline, and may be God's most effective technique for forming a more Christ-like life.By Rueben P. Job, Jeanne Torrence Finley. 2008
Three Simple Rules for Christian Livingby Jeanne Torrence Finley and Rueben P. Job This small-group study by Jeanne Torrence Finley…
is based on Rueben P. Job's book Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living. Six sessions provide extended reflection for adults on three principles of Christian life: do no harm, do good, and stay in love with God. Each rule has a session to help you understand the rule and a session to help you explore ways to practice the rule. Three Simple Rules for Christian Living includes a DVD that contains excerpts from an interview with Bishop Rueben Job and a CD ROM that contains a Leader Guide for the study sessions and other useful information for organizing, leading, and publicizing study groups. Your church can do a church-wide study of three simple rules by using the youth resource, Three Simple Rules 24/7, and the children's resource, Three Simple Rules for Following Jesus, along with this book. Parents who would like to discuss the three simple rules with their children can download a free list of suggested questions at Cokesbury.com (click below). Jeanne Torrence Finley is a clergy member of the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church, co-chair of the Virginia Conference Board of Church and Society, and director of Collegial Communications. She has worked as a campus minister, pastor, college English teacher, workshop leader, and communications consultant. Finley writes regularly for FaithLink. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Presbyterian History, Worship, The Mennonite, Christian Science Monitor, the Virginia Advocate, and Christian Social Action.For a free online copy of Three Simple Rules A Conversation Guide for Parents click here!By Janet E. Kusiak, Kim Goad. 2012
A tattoo can tell a lot about a person. Some reflect a rebellious season, like the demons that cover Josh…
Hamilton of the Texas Rangers. Some express religious ties, like actor Mark Wahlberg's once tattooed rosary. Some are symbols of love and loyalty; Some serve as remembrances, like rapper Lil Wayne's teardrops, representing deaths of loved ones. Inked by Janet E. Kusiak and Kimberly D. Goad uses the language of tattoos to explore the question: what has marked your life? Is it a deep well of pain? Is it emotional baggage? Is it depression? In spite of events that are so deeply etched into our hearts, we have the power to change the marks that life makes on us. An estimated quarter of Americans ages 18-50 have a tattoo. What better way to show how one of the most polarizing of cultural icons can, in fact, be a metaphor for what people have in common? Using stories and slang from tattoo culture, the authors look at the new way Christ desires that we be inked by Him, as the authors explore the marks that have been made on our hearts.By James W. Moore. 2012
Jim Moore's warm, conversational style inspires readers to transform negative, pessimistic attitudes into positive, optimistic attitudes centered on the love…
and hope of Jesus Christ. The book includes a study guide designed for both group and individual use, features questions related to each chapter and presents several options for study based on varied numbers of weeks devoted to the study.Our busy lives are filled with decisions, but are they the important decisions? In this simple, inspiring book, pastor and…
author Tom Berlin helps us discern six key decisions in our walk with Christ. Includes Scripture, helpful quotations, and space for journaling. 1. The Decision to Follow 2. The Decision for a New Life 3. The Decision to Mature 4. The Decision to Respond 5. The Decision to Persevere 6. The Decision to SurrenderBy Mark Crear. 2013
In the Zone will keep you on-track with a clear-cut method to reach your goals. Many Christians struggle with getting…
from where they are to where they want to be. Some get stuck. Some have faith but not the will to make their dreams a reality. Others stumble. But champions find ways to clear their hurdles and run the race in the zone. What's it like to be in the zone? It's like you can't do anything wrong. All the pieces fall together effortlessly. Time slows down. Everything is in sync. You can't miss. Nothing distracts you. You have heightened awareness. You feel at your peak and you perform at your best. But a lot of effort goes into looking effortless. Someone who performs in the zone has spent countless hours practicing and thinking about all those pieces that seem to fit miraculously together in the heat of competition. And the ability to shut out distractions comes as a result of hard knocks. Using the metaphor of hurdling from his own medal-winning Olympic experiences, Mark Crear shows readers that, with discipline, you can stay in the zone and overcome the obstacles that block your success.Visionary pastor Michael Slaughter calls all aspiring leaders to a life of faith, balance, and purpose. Operating on the principle…
that all leadership begins with self-leadership, the book outlines five crucial disciplines: * Devotion to God * Readiness for lifelong learning * Investing in key relationships * Visioning for the future * Eating and Exercise for life. Readers will gain insights and advice for enriching the spiritual, intellectual, interpersonal, missional, and physical areas of their lives, all of which are integral to effectiveness as a leader.By Don Underwood. 2013
Pastor and cowboy Don Underwood's weekly columns for the last thirty years have touched hearts and changed lives. This collection…
of some of his best reminds readers how God is ever present, in the heat of the summer and the prayed for rain, in the lives of the least likely acquaintance and the best loved parent. It is his celebration of the everyday and Underwood's own recognition of the greatest beauty in the smallest of things that makes this a book readers will return to again and again. Topics include: The Journey, Nature, All God's Creatures, Priorities, The Circle of Life, and The Seasons. Either photographs or line drawings will illustrate selected essays or chapter openers.By Tom Berlin. 2014
By J. Ellsworth Kalas. 2014
The Bible is filled with heroes and rogues, and this new edition brings them vividly to life. Each chapter includes…
a key Scripture passage and an examination of a particular biblical character's story, including the characteristics that defined that person, and what we can learn from them and their contribution to our faith and our lives as believers.By Sheila Walsh. 2005
By Robin Meyers. 1998
There's a lot of talk these days about slowing down, simplifying, living in the moment, but it isn't really happening.…
We all talk the talk, but the walk we walk seems to be getting faster and faster, and we seem to be enjoying it less and less. Our problem is that, in search of life, we pass it by.Morning Sun on a White Piano is the perfect tonic for the freneticism of contemporary life. In twelve lucid, straightforward essays, Dr. Robin Meyers offers a brilliant guide to achieving the simple and sacramental life by recognizing what is holy in the seemingly insignificant details of everyday life: Books. Music. Letters. Children.Morning Sun on a White Piano is a book about finding joy in the present, about reclaiming the lost art of living, hearing again, in a culture that has gone deaf; seeing again, in a culture that's blinded; and feeling again, in a culture that overstimulates and numbs itself. If simplifying our lives means singing the song, Morning Sun on a White Piano challenges us to learn the dance.Compact, accessible, gorgeously written, and beautifully designed, here is a book that is a perfect gift for anyone--especially ourselves.From the Trade Paperback edition.