Susan S. Phillips
Biography
Susan S. Phillips wrote The Cultivated Life.
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A Guide to Christian Spiritual Formation
Christian Living
“In this welcome new book, Evan Howard sheds the light of his keen and enthusiastic intelligence on the fullness of Christian spirituality, including church history, theology, missional community, and especially the profound and mysterious relationship we each have with the One who made us, who knows our hearts, and who offers us life. What joy to find the wisdom of Howard's long vocation distilled into such a readable and helpful guide for us as we pray to Christ to 'know thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, and follow thee more nearly, day by day.'”
Prayer & Spiritual Formation
“Once again writer Jan Johnson proves herself to be a wise, welcoming and eminently helpful guide as we follow Jesus day by day. Abundant Simplicity assists readers in taking a long, grace-imbued look into our deepest selves, discerning what within us is in keeping with our journey of faith, and then, by God's grace and spiritual discipline, discarding what is not. As Johnson demonstrates in theologically sound and practical ways, when we are winnowed toward holiness, what remains is, indeed, simple and abundant.”
Prayer & Spiritual Formation
“At the Feet of Jesus is balm for the longing soul. Bruce and Carolyn Hindmarsh, seasoned seminary professors and spiritual guides, bring Scripture alive in its context, history, and sensory embodiment, allowing each reader to encounter Jesus in his fullness even in the midst of our own particular lives. With this guided retreat we accompany Mary of Bethany as she attends to Jesus with faith, hope, and love. One can almost see the meal in Martha's kitchen, feel the roughness of Lazarus' tomb, and smell the nard Mary lovingly pours on the Lord's feet. The fragrance of the holy fills us . . . and lingers.”
Arts & Literature
“Jeremy Begbie Associate Director, Institute of Theology, Imagination and the Arts, University of St Andrews “Like the amphibians she admires, Luci Shaw breathes vitality from visible and invisible spheres, and invites us to do the same. Reading this book refreshes faith and kindles artistic expression.”
Prayer & Spiritual Formation
“A most welcome and welcoming book! Wilhoit and Howard, like trustworthy spiritual directors, invite readers to feast in the house of prayer, in which, they tell us, lectio divina resides. As we read, Jesus? disciples, early desert followers of Christ, Reformers, scholars, monks and ordinary Christians join us at the table of God's penetrating, sanctifying Word. Wise and nourishing, Discovering Lectio Divina is for all who seek to grow in faith.”
Prayer & Spiritual Formation
“Friendship with Jesus truly cultivates friendship with Jesus! Dan Heavenor is a skillful guide on a journey of deepening acquaintance with the one about whom we are apt to speak and think—and even desire to know—yet, too often, ineffectively befriend. The good news is that there are means of grace we can practice in our friendship with Jesus, and this book immerses the receptive reader into those ways of imaginative and contemplative prayer.”
Christian Living
“Jesus called us to love one another as he loved us, and (In)Visible is a clarion reissuing of that call to go beyond the 'spiritually gated communities' in which we are prone to live. By telling of the Apostle Paul's relationship with Onesimus and his own relationships with family and friends, a taxi driver, a fellow camp worker, and a wise, young patient, Arthur Ammann--in illuminating dialogue with Barbara McClennan--shows that God's grace knows no boundaries of age, class, or origin. In our life-stifling culture of overwork and depersonalized relations, this lean book offers aerobics for the soul.”
Christian Living
“Pastor Hipps is a man acquainted with grief, and also with joy. All the stories he tells, by way of illustrating matters of faith, show God’s grace at work in human hearts. I can’t think of anything more the world needs today than stories like these which refract the light of God’s good story into our daily lives.”
Modern Technology and the Human Future
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“In his new and captivating book, Craig Gay issues a call to right stewardship of modern technological development, so that we might live into the fullness of our embodied, ordinary, created human being. The chapters of this penetrating cultural appraisal constitute a tour de force of social philosophy, economic history, and theology, equipping us to live more Christianly. We are given reason and hope to practice resurrection.”
Christian Living
“Soulful Spirituality is a feast of encouraging wisdom that nourishes soul and spirit. In inviting language, images, and narratives, David Benner describes a way of living that is integrating and inspiring—a hearty blend of psychology, theology, and spirituality for all of us who seek to mature and thrive.”
Spiritual Conversations with Children
Children & Youth
“It has been said that children are natural contemplatives. Lacy Finn Borgo quotes a child as saying, 'We're detectives looking for the fingerprints of God,' an excellent definition of contemplatives. In this book about her ministry of listening with spiritual attunement to children, Borgo offers us a rare gift—the opportunity to notice some of those holy fingerprints in the lives of children, including the children we once were and the ones we now know. With practical suggestions, theological insight, and salty wisdom, Spiritual Conversations with Children helps us know better how to welcome, learn from, and bless children as Jesus would have us do.”
Prayer & Spiritual Formation
“In this welcome addition to the growing literature on Christian spiritual direction, theologian Gordon Smith invites believers and the church to notice God at work through this long-treasured discipline. Writing with mind and heart engaged, Smith weaves together theology, biblical teaching, church history and wisdom from his experience of spiritual direction to craft a svelte and helpful book that will bless anyone considering becoming a director or directee, and, in fact, any person on the lookout for truly nourishing Christian spirituality.”
Christian Living
“As a pastor of a large, diverse church and as a person who has deep knowledge of several cultures, Ken Shigematsu is keenly aware of the potentially toxic terrain in which we live. An astute spiritual pathfinder and trustworthy trail guide, he brings health and hope to the pilgrim seeking to follow Jesus.”
Prayer & Spiritual Formation
“This compact book goes straight to the heart of the life of faith—we are commanded to love God first and foremost. Mike Wallbridge, with gentleness and the fruit of his life experience, invites us to slow down, open our hearts, and relax into silent communion with the God who loves us and desires our loving attention. After reading The Silent Jesus, I found that the image of good friends or spouses, seated side by side and savoring the view without needing to speak, lingers in my mind and beckons to me.”
History & Biography
“To Think Christianly is a pioneering work of scholarship which sheds light on a movement richly deserving of historical attention. Over the past few years Charles Cotherman has interviewed many people who have been part of Christian communities of study, and in doing so he has refreshed our memories and offered the clear-eyed view of a knowledgeable observer who cares. As the director of a Christian study center for more than twenty-five years as well as a regular visiting professor and former board member at Regent College, I'm grateful that what has been, largely, a scattered oral history now is written in this thoughtful and respectful book. It will guide all of us who hope to invite people to 'think Christianly.'”
Arts & Literature
“Throughout Untangled, an evocative, episodic memoir told in wide-ranging stories, Joy Rudder deftly sorts out tangles of radiant hope and realistic lament as she takes us to places as distant as vibrant Caribbean shores and a frat house in British Columbia. In prose redolent with life, the author passionately probes the Divine Presence in the everyday. More than words remembered from a page, this book lingers with me as a contemplative lens through which I am better able to see grace.”
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