Craig Dykstra

28 Carols to Sing at Christmas

Bible Studies & Devotionals

“Twenty-eight carols. The most profound and beautiful ever composed. The melodies flow from your heart and the words touch your soul. To sing them is to love them. Now read this book, carol by carol. Learn how each one came to be. Find out who wrote them and under what circumstances. Meditate on them with the help of authors Mulder and Roberts. This book is a gift, one that makes the gift of these carols even more precious.”

Crisis and Care

Work, Money & Leadership

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Flawed Church, Faithful God

Theology

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Forbearance

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Forbearance. It’s an old-fashioned word, perhaps, but if ever we needed to recover its use, now is the time. Our politics and economics, our communities and churches, and even our families are fractured by polarizing disagreements that often grow into debilitating conflicts. In this discerning book James Calvin Davis deftly narrates the meanings, spirit, power, and practice of ‘bearing with one another’ as a fundamental Christian civic virtue, one that can lead us into ways of dealing with our conflicts that are marked by wisdom, justice, faithfulness, and hope.”

Full Darkness

Theology

“Extraordinary! Full Darkness is essential reading, certainly for theologians and ethicists, but perhaps more importantly for our nation’s political and military leaders, for thoughtful citizens and religious leaders, and for healers and caregivers who seek by God’s grace and mercy to help bind the wounds from which, because of our blind capacity for destructive violence, we all suffer.”

Having Nothing, Possessing Everything

Church Leadership & Ministry

“What does it look like to live as if the gospel were true? This animating question has inspired and driven the remarkable ministries of the two urban congregations that Mike Mather has served during his three decades of pastoral ministry. He tells powerful, life-changing stories about seeing abundance where no one expects it and finding treasures in people and neighborhoods that most of us typically dismiss out of hand. Having Nothing, Possessing Everything is powerful and true at every level.”

Like Stepping Into a Canoe

Church Leadership & Ministry

“If you are a student graduating from seminary . . . you need a companion. I have one to suggest. Take Bill Kincaid along with you! Read this book and keep it close at hand. Share and discuss it with your friends, colleagues, and mentors. Kincaid will help you cultivate the curiosity, clarity, agility, proximity, and temerity it takes to flourish in ministry. He is a wise and generous guide.”

Piety and Plurality

History & Biography

“Glenn Miller has written the single most important, comprehensive history of American Protestant theological education. Piety and Plurality is the culmination of his magisterial three-volume series. . . . In this rich and discerning final volume, Miller charts the emergence of theological education's new pluralism and the struggles and achievements that have brought it into being. He sheds light on all the key issues and challenges as well as the promise inherent in our current situation. Miller's whole history is essential reading, and this book is the capstone.”

Teaching and Christian Practices

Discipleship & Christian Education

“If you want to see great teaching in action, read this book. If you believe that college classes can be communities of learning where knowledge of self, others, and the world is sought in response to God’s call and the world’s need, read this book. If you yearn for pedagogical wisdom capable of sustaining resistance to consumerist and instrumentalist pressures on teaching and learning, read this book. . . . This excellent book is one of the best we have ever read on the subject of pedagogy. It is also one of the best we know on the subject of Christian practices.”

The Irrational Jesus

Church Leadership & Ministry

“People surprise us. Their ways--our ways--of relating to one another are often quite baffling. Reflecting biblically and theologically on fascinating new research--in, of all things, behavioral economics, game theory, and decision theory--Ken Evers-Hood offers page after page of keen insight into the relational and decision-making dynamics of local congregations. Put on the lenses he provides. See what's going on there in a whole new way. Learn to live more wisely, fruitfully, and graciously in and among your community of faith.”

The Stories We Live

Christian Living

“This wise and beautifully written book is a splendid resource both for personal reflection and for discussion in reading groups and among friends. It is a gift to be shared.”

We Aren't Broke

Church Leadership & Ministry

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Youth Ministry as Peace Education

Children & Youth

“This is the very best book on youth ministry I have ever read. Richly biblical, deeply formative, and beautifully written, it is also brilliantly educational and utterly practical. Absorb its wisdom and it will change your lives.”