Nick Shepherd

Love Your Neighbor

Christian Living

“In this thoughtful and readable book, Douglass and Tausen provide both a richly researched and highly practical account of the struggle to live as good neighbors in an increasingly polarized world. The authors offer not only a diagnosis but a remedy— to seek the ‘transforming of our minds’ so that we may think and act in a more Christlike way with the people we meet and live alongside. This is contemporary writing on discipleship at its best, combining scientific insights with biblical scholarship to offer real-life, down-to-earth advice.”

The Church after Innovation

Christian Living

“This perceptive and engaging book is a godsend for leaders and pastors seeking to cultivate the life of the church in a contemporary Western context. In a market saturated with quick-fix, innovate-or-die polemics on church growth, Root weaves a more nuanced philosophical and cultural critique of the captivity of innovation in capitalist culture with the theological insights to liberate the creativity we actually need. The tongue-in-cheek real-life stories of people like us struggling with this task humorously but effectively emphasize the real-world need for such a view of innovation and change. This book offers a richer path to help realize a transcendent creativity of epiphany (over innovation) that values people, nurtures personhood, and promotes flourishing for the church in a secular age.”

Youth Ministry and Theological Shorthand

Children & Youth

“Youth Ministry and Theological Shorthand offers invaluable insights into the relationship between theological formation and the practice of ministry. Bailey provides a robust account of the way in which theological understanding is framed by practitioners, and how this might be more effectively developed through ongoing development. This book will be valuable for ministers in reflecting on their own work, and those involved in training and developing lay or ordained ministers.”