Joy E. A. Qualls

Calling in Context

Work, Money & Leadership

“How we talk about things matters, and how we address the subject of calling and vocation matters in its proper context. This work by Susan Maros is a much-needed text to help us understand how social location informs and shapes our understanding and experience of what calling and vocation actually mean. This meaning making allows the reader to step out of their own social location and create connection to a greater community seeking to honor the God who calls in their lives and their work. This is a formational text for scholars, practitioners, pastors, and workers in the global field.”

Christian Morality

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“As a rhetorician, I repeat often to students that 'how we talk about things matters.' What Sutton and Schmidly have provided in this text is an admonition to readers that how we think about things matters. Drawing from both the philosophical and psychological study of morality, the editors and contributors challenge the reader to consider how we think about morality, but also how to apply a moral framework to the issues and situations that we encounter in our homes, churches, and society. How we talk about these issues and moments matters, but if we are to speak in a way that allows us to demonstrate real influence we must first consider the thought with which we engage to formulate our response. This is a book that is both meaningful and accessible to the scholar, pastor, and lay person alike and a must-read for anyone who seeks to speak into the world as a voice of redemption.”

Growing Women in Ministry

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Anna Morgan has written a masterful work that is both reflective and instructive. Drawing on her own life and leadership, Anna provides insightful scholarship, biblical teaching, and practical application for the development of women leaders. This book is a must-read for both men and women who care deeply about developing women as leaders.”

Preaching in a New Key

Preaching & Worship

“In a sea of 'how to' manuals, Preaching in a New Key offers a fresh approach to thinking about the importance of communication and the art of preaching. Through the lens of jazz as form, Mark Glanville gives pastors and teachers new ways to approach the sermon as a distinctly rhetorical act. This is a must-have tool in the toolbox of sermon delivery.”

Resurrecting Worship

Church Leadership & Ministry

“In far too many communities, our churches are failing. Too often the answer is to just begin a new with church planting or multi-site approaches without serious attention to the reasons why a church fails or perhaps what has been neglected by those tasked with supporting congregations. Joseph Lear is a true pastor and theologian. He has never been satisfied with the status quo or the latest in church growth trends. By focusing on the work of the Holy Spirit to revive not only the hearts and minds of individuals, Lear developed a Pentecostal liturgy that expanded the spiritual imagination of a community for more than just themselves. This book is a treasure for pastors who are looking for more than strategies, but for a revival of hearts for the work of God in our communities. This is a must read for all leaders who long for real and sustained revival.”

See My Body, See Me

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“As we continue to discern how to navigate the reality of sexual violence in the church, Pamela Engelbert has written a masterful work that combines practical help for survivors of sexual violence and also a framework for those who lead in religious spaces to work to prevent sexual violence and to walk with survivors. I believe that Engelbert’s work will bring healing to all who are impacted by the implications of sexual violence in our churches.”

Winsome Persuasion

Apologetics

“Following the presidential election of 2016, it was declared that we are now living in a 'post-truth' world. With the dominance of social media where echo chambers are nearly unavoidable and the rise of 'fake news'—which once would have been castaside as nothing more than a gossip rag—is being used as evidence to support belief claims, what do people who claim absolute truth do to maintain active participation in the culture while maintaining a level of personal integrity that does not feedinto the worst of stereotypes? In Winsome Persuasion, Tim Muehlhoff and Rick Langer present both the challenge and a plan for how Christians can regain credibility and speak persuasively into a world that they no longer recognize as their own. This is not a book that just lays out a problem and provides lament to the believer. Rather, it's a strategy for action. Christians do not have to be victims of an increasingly secular society, nor do we have to become the angry, hate-filled rhetors we have been portrayed to be. How we talk about the issues of our day matters. If we as Christians want to be more than political and social pawns, engaging in winsome persuasion may be the best way to present the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ while creating space to be heard and taken seriously.”

Your Daughters Shall Prophesy

Women

“The lived experience of women in the church is too often marked by men who are either ambivalent or openly hostile to their roles. Men, like Todd Korpi, have the credentials and the insight to make the case for women’s leadership where often women making that same case are dismissed. Korpi’s work cannot be ignored as he presents both the theological case and the practical benefits of women’s leadership, influence, and service. This will be a book that pastors, lay people, and academics will value.”