Amy L. Sherman
Biography
Amy L. Sherman earned a BA in political science from Messiah College and both an MA and a PhD in international economic development from the University of Virginia. Sherman has directed the Sagamore Institute's Center on Faith in Communities and served as a senior fellow at the International Justice Mission; Sherman has also served as a Senior Fellow at the Sagamore Institute for Policy Research. Sherman founded Charlottesville Abundant Life Ministries (CALM) and previously served as its executive director, and has been a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, VA. Sherman's books include Agents of Flourishing (2022), Kingdom Calling (2011), and Preferential Option (2008).
Bios generated by automated processes. · Report a problem
Theology
“Few grasp Lesslie Newbigin’s magisterial contributions to everything that is essential to Christianity—the universal story of Scripture, the comprehensiveness of the gospel, the mission of the church—as well as Goheen and Sheridan do. Becoming a Missionary Church offers riches for both the Newbigin beginner and veteran. It persuasively articulates an invigorating Newbigin-inspired vision for renewing the culturally captive North American church that is more compelling than contemporary alternatives. Its critique of those alternatives is careful and fair-minded, managing managing to leave readers both more appreciative of the wisdom they contain while also more clear-eyed about their shortcomings. Both my understanding of what is necessary for renewing the church and my passion for deeper engagement in that task have grown because of this book, and I am grateful.”
Christianity and Economics in the Post-Cold War Era
Work, Money & Leadership
“This well-chosen collection of essays accurately captures the significant themes raised in the Oxford Declaration on Christianity and Economics. The book's attention to crucial theological issues and the bearing these have on economic life makes it a useful resource for Christians committed to wise stewardship and to care for the poor. The editors are careful to balance the debate with contributions from evangelicals across the political spectrum, yet the selections highlight the consensus that has been achieved in favor of market-oriented approaches to economic development.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“How so many of us Bible-loving disciples have missed God's passion for justice that is plain on innumerable pages of Scripture is a tragic mystery. God has used this classic to open the eyes of the blind and to ignite a movement of prayer and action to join him on his mission of releasing the oppressed. Read it and be changed.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“Forster’s deft grasp of history, philosophy, and theology enables him to offer up this rigorous yet accessible book. He offers rich, unique insights into the story of how Christians lost their civilizational influence. More importantly, he describes how a vigorous embrace by the church of whole-life discipleship—that shapes our personal, family, workplace, and community lives—can create Jesus-followers who are genuinely good citizens and good neighbors.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“Matt Rusten knows that genuine discipleship necessarily includes an intentional, consistent, practical focus on helping parishioners understand their work through the lens of faith. A veteran at this sort of equipping, he shows how to do it with excellence and specificity, providing numerous illustrations from Scripture and ordinary people's lives. Armed with Rusten's toolbelt of strategies and practices, clergy will learn how to effectively support and relevantly communicate with their members as they navigate many common work-related struggles.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“This richly insightful book shows American Christians how to disentangle ourselves from American consumerism and our often unexamined economic practices. It provides practical examples for change and real-life stories of people who have changed—to show us that it’s possible. I hope its message reaches thousands of churches.”
Dr.
Church Leadership & Ministry
“Tod Bolsinger is brave enough to admit that leadership is grueling. If you want to be a good leader, he teaches, prepare yourself for emotional pain, sacrifice, and the very hard work of becoming a more grounded, mature, and humble person. But accompanying this bracing challenge is a refreshingly practical guide to the kinds of disciplines the aspiring leader can exercise to become that kind of person. Those pursuing pastoral ministry will especially benefit from Bolsinger's insights and candid reflections on his own experiences. Tempered Resilience is neither abstract nor academic. It's a relentlessly honest book of wisdom from a devoted Christ follower that's meant to be applied in the real world.”
The Economics of Neighborly Love
Work, Money & Leadership
“With characteristic winsomeness and clarity, Nelson covers a wide range of topics from poverty to jobs and justice to entrepreneurship, providing a highly readable overview of biblically informed economic life. This pastor has taken the time to learn about the capacity that makes genuine compassion possible. Implicit in the book is a much-needed correction to the church: we've far too long avoided the work of thinking well about economics, as though somehow that sphere is detached from our spiritual life. Nelson shows us the Bible talks about economics through and through—it's just that too many pastors haven't been paying sufficient attention. Nelson has given us an accessible introductory textbook for understanding what makes for flourishing people and communities.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“The Flourishing Pastor overflows with practical wisdom from the frontlines of a pastoral ministry that has been both faithful and innovative. Tom Nelson understands the contemporary cultural challenges of pastoral ministry as well as its timeless woes, from the discouragement of grumpy parishioners to the heady lure of celebrity and the loneliness of leadership. This book makes clear the irreducible foundation of the ministerial vocation: intimacy with God that roots one for integrity and resilience over time. Simultaneously, it coaches pastors in a vital, practical skill: discipling congregants in connecting their work and worship. While unpacking it all, Nelson writes with a pastor's heart, and it's easy to see why he has been a beloved mentor to many a young pastor.”
The Spiritual Danger of Donald Trump
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“This book is an appropriate lament that faithfully records a dark chapter in American evangelicalism. Its warning notes to the blind guides who have anointed Donald Trump as God's instrument are firm, urgent, and offered out of loving concern for the integrity of Christian witness. The contributors consistently plead for the embrace of the foundational Christian virtues of humility, truth-telling, and justice. They remind us that Jesus alone is King, that his politics were decidedly not based on fear and hate, and that he is the only person to whom unqualified allegiance is due.”
Christian Living
“Goheen and Mullins have given the church a resource that is winsome and pointed, imaginative and grounded, deep and accessible. Five stars!”
Evangelism & Missions
“Frost and Rice pair principles with stories in ways that make this book sing. We get a 3D picture of what it means to live the future kingdom now, as individuals and as congregations. Their central metaphor of our role as midwives in God's process of renewal is fresh, intriguing, confounding, and disruptive. To Alter Your World will make you slow down, muse, question, and celebrate. It's not likely to leave you unchanged.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“I can honestly report that When Helping Hurts is the single best book I've seen on this topic. Although this book will make many readers uncomfortable, it quickly offers hope in the form of understandable, feasible new strategies that better grasp the dignity and promise of the materially poor. It deserves a #1 spot on the reading list of every Christian who wants to follow Jesus in a genuine, mutually transforming love of neighbor.”
Work, Money & Leadership
“For too many people, work is more of a Genesis 3 rather than Genesis 1 reality. Meryl Herr knows that personally, and she brings honesty and deep compassion to this important book. Packed with stories of 'work hurt,' this highly accessible volume offers at least three beautiful gifts. First, no one who's dealing with disappointments, oppression, confusion, or toxicity at work will feel alone again after reading it. Second, it gives language to help all of us articulate the many ways work goes sideways—which is necessary if the 'faith and work' movement is to be grounded in reality, not romanticism. Third, and most important, it plumbs the wisdom of the Bible's historical books to aid contemporary Christians in pursuing everyday faithfulness amidst the challenges of the modern workaday world.”
NOTE: Only includes books currently in our catalog; not necessarily a complete list.
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
Work, Money & Leadership
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
Church Leadership & Ministry
See something wrong on this page? Report a problem