Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung

An Extra Mile

Fiction

“An Extra Mile is a testimony to the joy that comes with spiritual growth and increasing trust, even amid setbacks and sorrow. In Mara, Charissa, Hannah, and Becca, we see God faithfully renewing real, messy lives with grace and tender patience, stretching his beloved ones to greater love and service. In this final installment of the Sensible Shoes series, Sharon Garlough Brown offers a beautiful invitation to share in the deepening sacred journeys of her characters and to make this pilgrimage our own.”

Becoming by Beholding

Christian Living

“A contemplative imagination catalyzes Christian transformation. If you don’t believe that, read this book. Becoming by Beholding ushers us into a rich, strange, and beautiful art gallery that unveils our own hearts and minds. Davis’s engaging tour draws deeply from the Christian tradition of spiritual masters to show how the architecture of Chartres Cathedral, iconic imagery of Jesus, Station Island’s stations of the cross, and the literary genius of Dante teem with spiritual insights that reveal Christ and his life in us.”

Christian Practical Wisdom

Theology

“What do dancing, imagining, and collaborating have to do with 'gaining a heart of wisdom' in what Charles Taylor calls 'a secular age'? This creative and compelling case for Christian practical wisdom practices what it preaches. The authors 'show' and 'tell' how a more holistic kind of knowing — beyond academic expertise — is essential to an authentic and living theology.”

Feathers of Hope

Fiction

“When a book about grief and pain turns out to be a life-giving gift, you know you are listening to the voice of Sharon Garlough Brown. Feathers of Hope embodies what its characters call the grace-filled 'stewarding of affliction.' Whether we face racial conflict or mental health challenges, our instinct is to avoid pain—and also to avoid those bearing that pain. This book cuts against the cultural grain and stands with the suffering Christ, blessing and bringing light to those who dwell in darkness.”

Gratitude to God

Christian Living

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Humility

Christian Living

“This book calls Christians back from cultural drift to the transformative practice of humility and love. Drawing from Bonhoeffer and a rich array of other voices, Michael W. Austin shows us how our life together and our political witness depend more than ever on these cornerstone virtues of Christian character.”

Not Finished Yet

Children & Youth

“A book about opening our hearts to God—something all God's children need to learn. In this story, see through the eyes of a child how our emotional life can be prayer, offered with the holy simplicity and trusting faith of one who learns to rest in the Father's love. Readers of Sharon Garlough Brown's other books will recognize the gifts she is offering here.”

Practices of Love

Christian Living

“Learning from the Psychology of Ancient Monks “What if spiritual disciplines are not just for Sundays? And what if they are not just for your own spiritual growth? In this lively book, Kyle David Bennett shows how our everyday working and resting, speaking and listening, eating and shopping can be Christian practices with and for our neighbors. With earnest passion and humble humor, Bennett calls us to spiritual formation that is an intentionally social expression of love.”

Savoring Childhood

Marriage, Family & Relationships

“Savoring Childhood reorients family life around what matters most. This book is a gift for overwhelmed parents in an unbalanced world. Grace P. Pouch creatively reimagines spiritual disciplines like simplicity, slowing, and attentive presence for everyday life together at home. Her wise insight and 'small steps' for intentional parenting offer a practical pathway toward well-paced lives of love and delight.”

Shades of Light

Fiction

“In Shades of Light, Sharon Garlough Brown draws us once again into stories of faith amid suffering and hope even in the darkness. Christians face mental illness like everyone else, but too often they wrestle alone and ashamed. As we enter Wren's world of anxiety and depression, we are invited to join her muse Vincent van Gogh and the characters from the Sensible Shoes series as her 'companions in sorrow.' Sharon's unflinching and compassionate portrayal of that sacred fellowship reveals Christ himself is with us on the journey, sharing our tears and holding us in love.”

Two Steps Forward

Fiction

“With her characteristic wisdom and grace, Sharon Garlough Brown gives voice to hope in the stories of Hannah, Charissa, Mara and Meg. Their spiritual journeys during Advent are marked by darkness, waiting and even heartbreak. Yet in Brown's honest and tender narrative, their friendship with each other and their openness to God's work in their lives continues to draw them toward light and new life, bearing witness to light in the darkness. To read this book is to learn to hope. In the lives of these four women, Brown reveals a God who calls us beloved even through our tears, who faithfully keeps his promises and who sends a Savior to bring joy to the world. Two Steps Forward offers spiritual insights of the rarest beauty about both the pain and the peace at the 'growing edges' in our life with God. Like Sensible Shoes, this book is a gift and blessing to all who long for Emmanuel.”