Christena Cleveland

A Fellowship of Differents

Christian Living

“safety” of similar others. That’s why I’m so thankful for A Fellowship of Differents. McKnight draws from Paul’s letters to give readers the robust foundation and action steps needed to keep pursuing unity at all costs.”

A Sojourner's Truth

History & Biography

“This message is right on time—and it couldn't come from a more trustworthy source! Natasha offers an innovative and liberating pathway to spiritual formation that will support all who seek to engage our divided world. Whether you are new to conversations around difference, division, and inequality, or a seasoned sojourner laboring under the weight of our divided world, Natasha's prophetic wisdom can guide you toward elevated and sustainable action.”

Adopted

Christian Living

“Part memoir, part theological exposition, Adopted: The Sacrament of Belonging in a Fractured World expands our understanding of what it means to be the family of God. As both an adopted person and an interracial adoptive parent, Kelley Nikondeha writes with transparency, tenderness, and racial awareness. . . . This wonderful book will illuminate a path for all people to experience sacred relationships.”

Living Faith

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

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Our Global Families

World Religions

“This excellent book provides a much needed reality check for Western Christians, joyfully reminding us that the diversity of the Christian global family is rapidly increasing. Using mountains of credible social science data, Johnson and Wu present a well-researched yet accessible argument that today’s Christians should abandon their ethnically and culturally homogenous enclaves and step out toward the diverse Christian global family. By rightly presenting the family of God as a global people, Our Global Families goes beyond simply describing the changing social landscape to offer compelling reasons for and action steps toward forging a common identity with Christians around the globe. I highly recommend this book for pastors, lay leaders, students, and practitioners who want to experience the fullness of the family of God.”

Pilgrimage of a Soul

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“In my journey for justice, I've discovered that contemplative practices are the practices that best help me to face the world with love instead of fear, vulnerability instead of shame, and openness instead of defensiveness. Pilgrimage of a Soul is an excellent and accessible introduction to the Christian contemplative tradition and its intimate connection to social justice action.”

Then They Came for Mine

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“Anyone who desires whole mind-body-spirit healing from racial trauma should read this book. Timely, holistic, and insightful, Then They Came for Mine is a trustworthy guide that I’ll keep returning to in my personal healing journey and cite often in my professional work.”

When God Became White

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“I have long been nourished and energized by Grace Ji-Sun Kim's body of work, and this book is no exception. A powerful and liberating exposé, When God Became White is the book I wish had existed when I was growing up as a young Black woman in a white Christian world. Even more, I wish the Christians who purported to shepherd me had read this book. I'll be recommending When God Became White to every Christian leader who has ears to hear.”

When Methods Die

Church Leadership & Ministry

“For millennia, Black and brown people’s prophetic imagination has revived the church—and with this book, Rev. Dr. Jason Villegas carries forward this powerful and holy lineage. Timely, wise, provocative, practical—and above all, faithful—When Methods Die reads like a love letter to a church that has lost its way. Jason invites readers who also love the church to cast off the shackles of certainty, control, and death avoidance—and join him in bringing death and resurrection into cosmic and practical unity. May all who have ears to hear, hear!”