Winnie Varghese

A Faith of Many Rooms

Christian Living

“I found myself feeling very at home and unexpectedly exposed reading Debie Thomas's quest for a faith and a place to be at home and not an outsider. Thomas rests in Jesus's promise of a spacious, roomy Christianity that travels with us, crosses borders, and bears our sorrows. If you are curious about a faith capacious enough to embrace the entire world with reverence and humility, this story of one Malayalee woman's journey to bare her whole self to the God of the universe is a must-read. Me too, Debie--I have caught myself saying, 'Blessed Thomas (and Mary) of India, pray for us.'”

Crisis and Care

Work, Money & Leadership

“‘A collective, contextual imagination is rising to renew a broader ecclesial ecology.’ May it be so! This insightful collection examines the possibilities for renewal in philanthropy, stewardship, and faith in light of twenty-first-century reckonings with structural racism and environmental catastrophe, offering visions and strategies for a releasing of the commons, otherwise called the abundance of creation, to serve and equip movements for empowerment and social change. I’d give to that.”

Sanctuary

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Pastor Heidi evocatively defines sanctuary as ‘an embodied way for dreams to grow in a protected space so that a different future can be born.’ This book is a sanctuary rich with the gilded stories of beautiful people for whom the church or society have rarely offered safety, finding their way to healing in a community finding its way to Jesus in our ever-changing and brutal city. A beautiful, compelling vision.”

The End Is the Beginning

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Matthew Fleming has written a wonderful guide to reading the book of Revelation. In this engaging and sweeping deconstruction of fundamentalist Biblical theology and reconstruction of ways of reading the Bible that draw out profound meaning and application for our walk with Jesus, Matthew Fleming invites us to enter the Biblical imagination of the book of Revelation and hear God's concern for the very real struggles of life on earth.”

The Strain of Other Blood

History & Biography

“Full of secrets and scandals, the story of Reverend Mother Ruth is a compelling read through the complexity, rigidness, and fluidity of race in New York City in the twentieth century. A new perspective on Harlem and its strivers and the vision of one woman for the church.”