Patrick B. Reyes

Abuelita Faith

Christian Living

“Armas invites us to attend the weekly game of dominoes, sit with her family, hear their stories, and make and create together with familia. She weaves together the wisdom of her ancestors with the stories of women in Scripture, providing insights into how to survive and thrive in one’s faith. Pastors, educators, and those trying to make sense of their own stories in light of the biblical story need this book.”

Abuelita fe

Christian Living

“Armas nos invita a asistir al juego semanal de dominó, sentarnos con sus familiares, escuchar sus historias y hacer y crear junto con la familia. Ella entrelaza la sabiduría de sus antepasados con las historias de mujeres en las Escrituras, brindando información sobre cómo sobrevivir y prosperar en la fe de uno. Los pastores, educadores y aquellos que intentan dar sentido a sus propias historias a la luz de la narrativa bíblica necesitan este libro”.”

Braving Difficult Decisions

Christian Living

“Gorrell took me on one of most important inward journeys of my life. Braving Difficult Decisions is a rare combination of the storytelling style of Anne Lamott and the spiritual guidance of a Thích Nhất Hạnh that inevitably leaves the reader transformed, healed, and lovingly accompanied along the way.”

Doing Theological Double Dutch

Discipleship & Christian Education

“Lockhart-Rusch invites readers of all ages, cultures, and backgrounds to experience womanist play that seeks liberation, hope, and joy for all. Doing Theological Double Dutch is a necessary read for educators and religious leaders who are seeing the violence and trauma in the world, and want to offer joy and love. A field-defining book that will shape your imagination about what is theologically possible for both the children in our community and your inner child.”

Dreaming Lost Bodies Back

Arts & Literature

“Syeed’s poetry offers prayers, lamentations, and dreams that the world desperately needs right now. Love, restoring connection in a broken world, memories, and dreams are just some of the themes explored, calling readers to places of healing and hope.”

Embracing Our Time

World Religions

“If beauty will save the world, friendship will hold it together. Cooper offers spiritual resources and stories to inspire a generation to see friendship as the aim of our relationships with those from beyond our traditions, cultures, and practices. For any interfaith organization or clergy group, college campus, or local community seeking to connect across religious differences, Embracing Our Time provides a spiritual grounding to sustain the work of tending to these sacred relationships.”

Fragile Resurrection

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“How do you find a theology of hope in the aftermath of domestic violence, especially in a world where patriarchy and violence against women are so widespread? Theuring provides a necessary intervention for theological writings in the wake of trauma, drawing on the wisdom and insight of women who have lived in these fractured spaces. Theuring speaks authentically, honestly, and faithfully with and to survivors in ways that so much of the literature fails to do.”

Sense of the Possible

Theology

“Keefe-Perry is a cartographer of the theological imagination. Like Dante’s Virgil (reason), Beatrice (revelation), and Saint Bernard (mysticism and perhaps even imagination itself), Keefe-Perry guides the reader through the terrain of theological imagination that religious leaders and educators need so desperately in their work today. A necessary read for those who want to know the history and potential of the Christian imagination for our world.”

The Shaping of Black Identities

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“What does it mean to be Black in America? Hawkins’s analysis of ‘Black generational uniqueness’ is a weaving of history, sociology, pop culture, and the spirits of each generation from 1900 to present. From the cultural and historical moments to the movements and slogans that define generations, The Shaping of Black Identities is a necessary read for those both inside and outside the Black experience. For us outsiders, Hawkins provides a necessary grounding and understanding of each generation at precisely the time when anti-Black sentiment and racial tensions are high. Highly recommended for those interested in the liberation and freedom of all people.”

Then They Came for Mine

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“Lewis-Giggetts offers a once-in-a-generation work with Then They Came for Mine . She weaves the personal testimonies of those whose loved ones have been killed by white supremacy and the histories of racial violence that undergird those events. Simply surviving the violence and rising to excellence falls short of our desires for a better future. In fact, ‘resilience is making us sick,’ writes Lewis-Giggetts, who calls the reader to choose ‘healing over reconciliation.’ Lewis-Giggetts provides a necessary challenge for anti-racist and trauma-informed healers, teachers, and leaders: center healing and love, for our lives and future generations depend on it.”

Unraveling Religious Leadership

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Leadership formation in the West is a colonial enterprise, and Dr. Lizardy-Hajbi kept the receipts! Unraveling Religious Leadership provides a necessary decolonial intervention in the Christian leadership field, and one that pastors and religious leaders should pay attention to.”

Youth Ministry as Peace Education

Children & Youth

“Deliberate, liberative, intentional, democratic, and gospel-informed youth ministry. Rarely do books on youth ministry provide such profoundly captivating and pragmatic guidance for youth ministry.”