Ruth Haley Barton

Next Sunday

Church Leadership & Ministry

“I love everything about this book—the honesty, the truth, the stories, the insights, the cross-generational conversation, and even the tension! Especially the tension. Because here's the thing: we can't fix what we refuse to face. This work helps us face the hard stuff about the church while honoring the good stuff, and it does so in a most winsome way that points to a future with hope.”

Paradoxology

Christian Living

“Being able to live within the tensions created by paradox is one of the most essential capacities for true spiritual deepening and growth. So to have an entire book devoted to reflecting on the reality that the life of faith is full of paradox, to acknowledge some of the most confounding ones, and then learn how to be with God in the midst of them—wow! What a gift! I am most grateful for this offering that clearly emerges from Krish Kandiah's honest wrestling with the great paradoxes of life.”

Problems of Christian Leadership

Church Leadership & Ministry

“This is the most encouraging leadership book I have read in a long time! Simple without being simplistic, spiritually and theologically deep without being dense, accessible but not superficial, inspiring but not manipulative—it feels like a breath of fresh air!”

Sabbath Keeping

Christian Living

“I chose to read this manuscript out of sheer longing and delight because the idea and the reality of sabbath keeping is so compelling to me these days. It is a wonderful book that articulates all the questions that we wonder about and then explores the sabbath as a discipline that soon becomes one of God's greatest gifts to us as human beings. It is a gift that is, as Lynne so eloquently describes it, full of grace, freedom and abundance. Reading this book made me love God more because he thought to craft a gift that is so beautiful and extravagant but also so practical and necessary. The sabbath is a discipline that will save our lives.”

Sanctuary of the Soul

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“Full of depth and substance, Foster's writing on meditative prayer is a winsome invitation to intimacy with God that engages us at every level of our being.”

Signature Sins

Christian Living

“Michael Mangis's book offers more than just diagnosis of our signature sins--it offers help and hope in the areas where we need it most. Of particular value is Mangis's thoughtful integration of psychology and spirituality as it relates to the subject of sin--something that is much-needed!”

Spiritual Disciplines Handbook

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“I love this book! Adele has provided a treasure trove of spiritual disciplines that will nourish your soul, striking a delicate balance between accessibility and depth that comes from her own faithful practice. Read it, engage the disciplines and allow God to transform you in the deepest levels of your being.”

Spiritual Rhythm

Christian Living

“This is a delightful work that shows us how to claim each and every season of the soul as a rich opportunity for spiritual growth and a life-changing encounter with God.”

Spiritual Rhythms for the Enneagram

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“We have been utilizing the Enneagram as a tool for spiritual transformation here in the Transforming Center for a very long time, and the Calhouns and Loughriges have contributed greatly to our journey in community. This work is a valuable contribution to the growing field of published resources on the Enneagram—insightful, practical, and spiritually profitable! If you are serious about your own journey of transformation, you will want to work with this book rather than just read it.”

The Deeper Journey

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

Foreword

“Most of us are aware that there is something that is not quite right within us. When we are honest, we might even admit that there is something terribly wrong. It is called the false self. The Deeper Journey provides understanding and guidance for the journey from the false self to the true self. It is a harrowing journey, to be sure, but it is also a journey of hope and healing and freedom. This book is full of much-needed wisdom from one of the most trusted spiritual guides of our time.”

The Expectation Gap

Christian Living

“Steve Cuss’s new book is a welcome addition to the literature that applies systems theory to everyday life and growth. I found myself laughing and being pierced with truth—all at the same time as I read this fresh, practical, and playful book. If you seek to understand these important concepts while using the tools Steve offers, I have no doubt you will experience growth, transformation, and a new freedom you may have never thought possible.”

The Fire of the Word

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“Beautifully written and firmly grounded in the breadth of our Christian tradition, every page is permeated with Chris's love for Scripture and the God of Scripture. If you engage even a fraction of the approaches to Scripture he describes here, your relationship with Scripture will be transformed!”

The God of Intimacy and Action

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“This very important work brings integration to the false dichotomy that promotes an artificial disconnection between Christian mysticism and Christian outreach. By weaving together the themes of personal spiritual transformation with the themes of evangelism and social justice, Campolo and Darling help us to find the narrow path between ‘spiritless service’ on the one hand and ‘arrested spiritual development that verges on narcissism’ on the other. This is a must-read for anyone who seeks a holistic gospel in which ministry to others flows from an ever-deepening intimacy with Christ.”

The Leadership Ellipse

Work, Money & Leadership

“With intelligence and wit, Bob Fryling wrestles honestly and graciously with some of the great paradoxes and finer nuances of leadership. This book will be a great blessing to those of us who are seeking to remain faithful to God in the trenches of leadership.”

The Listening Life

Christian Living

Foreword

“Listening is one of the best gifts we can give or receive. Listening changes things. Listening, the way Adam McHugh describes it, could just change the world.”

The Pace of Peace

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“What a lovely and needed book! With his genuine and winsome style, Jay Y. Kim confronts us with the myth of multitasking and how destructive it is to the minds and souls of human beings. At the same time, he invites us to consider the gift of an examined life, describing concrete practices that are a powerful antidote to such destructive forces: attention versus distraction, reflection versus reactivity, confession versus shame or pride, and surrender to what God is doing here and now versus constantly being driven by human striving. As this important book is birthed into the world, I find myself praying fervently that we will heed Jay’s urgent warnings about what the culture of distraction, reactivity, and continual striving is doing to all of us and that, by God’s grace, we will be able to enter into the practices that contribute to the examined life he describes. A life in which the kingdom of God is always coming.”

The Spiritual Art of Business

Work, Money & Leadership

“This is a truly helpful work, integrating deep spiritual lessons with the call to serve God and others in the business arena. The short chapters that conclude with penetrating reflection questions are perfect for creating space to do your own integrative work. It is both a blessing and a challenge!”

Together in Ministry

Church Leadership & Ministry

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Touch the Earth

Arts & Literature

“Drew Jackson's poetry touches something very deep in me as he exposes truths not easily spoken of directly and yet truths that must be told . . . and faced. I pray you will partake of Drew's newest collection of poems with an open heart and an open Bible, engaging familiar stories with new and different eyes. Promise me you will not rush through them but that you will sit still and ponder, for a very long time, on what these things might mean. Promise me you will sit with the questions these poems raise until God speaks and tells you what is yours to do in response. I know that's what I will be doing!”

Transforming Worship

Preaching & Worship

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)