Intentionally and mindfully tune into where God is moving in the rhythms of everyday life and respond with faith and hope. We all need anchor points—routines, rituals, spiritual practices—to help us feel grounded in our daily lives. While these everyday moments fill most of our days, disruptions at other times break up those daily rhythms and leave us searching for new ways to feel close to God. This study is an invitation for readers to spend time noticing the ways that the ordinary...
In this practical and reflective workbook, readers transform ordinary moments into powerful stories of faith, strengthening their ability to share the good news while inspiring others through the power of sacred storytelling.For many Christians, talking about faith can feel uncomfortable, vulnerable, or even intimidating. Yet stories of faith—whether dramatic or ordinary—have long shaped Christian communities, reminding believers of God's presence in their lives and encouraging them to live with...
Este devocional familiar ofrece lecturas y conversaciones que ayudarán a las personas a acercarse más a Dios y mutuamente, ya sea alrededor de la mesa durante la cena o al reunirse como familia antes de dormir.Las personas adultas y la niñez podrán adentrarse en las reflexiones basadas en la Escritura, dialogar sobre preguntas profundas y aprender en conjunto cómo vivir su fe en el mundo. Como parte de la serie Growing in God’s Love (Crecemos en el amor de Dios), las lecturas diar...
"This is a book that will guide you home to yourself.” —Gemma Hartley, author of Fed Up and No One Loves an Angry Woman
"Read this. And then pass it to every woman you know.”—Christy Angelle Bauman, author of Theology of the Womb and Her Rites
For centuries, patriarchal Christian spaces and interpretations of Scripture have distorted women’s understanding of God, their bodies, and their place in the world. Faithfully Dissident Daughters invites anyone who has felt unseen o...
Draw closer to God each day with this daily devotional and be strengthened by comfort and wisdom that is always near."For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven." Ecclesiastes 3:1This beloved biblical quote begins this exquisite volume of 366 reflections, each grounded in Scripture and followed by a prayer. Offering even the busiest of readers the invitation to draw near to God each day, this daily devotional will be your guide to a deeper faith and closer walk wi...
"As a parent whose faith has deconstructed and evolved, I believe Growing in God’s Love: A Family Devotional is a godsend. It is hopeful, reflective, and truly safe for the whole family to enjoy together."—Matthew Paul Turner, New York Times best-selling author of What Is God Like? and When God Made You
This family devotional offers readings and conversations that will help you grow closer to God and one another, whether you are sitting around the dinner table or gathering for bedtime.
Grown-ups...
Ecowomanist wisdom for justice, faith, and the flourishing of humanity and the earth.
Preaching Black Earth is a groundbreaking collection of sermons, meditations, poems, and interviews that illuminates the powerful intersections of environmental justice, racial justice, and faith. With contributions from Bible scholars, pastors, ecowomanist thinkers, and political activists, this volume offers a profound exploration of how Black and ally communities can craft new theologies to confront the urge...
In a world tense with anger and division, how can we preserve our sense of well-being and inject a little more kindness into our daily interactions?Pastor Jill J. Duffield finds an answer in the apostle Paul’s guidance in Philippians 4:8: "Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." Thinking about, looking for, appreciati...
"[A]sk for it as a Christmas gift, and you’ll want to read the first entry as soon as the rest of the gifts are opened." – The Presbyterian Outlook
Embark on a daily journey of discovery, reflection, and spiritual growth through the Scriptures in this devotional from N. T. Wright and John Goldingay.
Experience the richness of the Bible as never before! Drawing from the acclaimed and best-selling Old Testament for Everyone and New Testament for Everyone, this collection of reflections encompas...
This collection of prayers by noted Hebrew Bible scholar Walter Brueggemann can be used in both public worship and private devotion.These prayers run the gamut from particular days in the church year to special moments in the lives of worshiping communities to events playing out on the world stage. In all cases, the prayers show us how God accompanies us through all the moments and stages of our life, bringing us the joys of life even amid a broken and hurting world and especially offering a joy...
Joyful and daunting opportunities to live into God's dream of justice and beloved community are compelling and available. Hope, says Luther Smith Jr., is essential to the needed personal and social transformations that prepare us for such sacred opportunities. Yet genuine hope is often confused as merely wish fulfillment, optimism, or perceiving better tomorrows. In Hope Is Here! Smith describes how we truly perceive and join "the work of hope" enlivening us to a life that is oriented toward imm...
A 2023 Indies Award FinalistA blend of heart-wrenching memoir and astute cultural analysis, Out of Focus will help heal individuals harmed by evangelicalism’s toxic influence and inspire Christian communities to pursue a path of love and inclusion.When a mass shooter killed five people in an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, grieving people graffitied James Dobson’s Focus on the Family headquarters with the words “Their blood is on your hands.” Such an accusation against evangelicalism comes ...
Beloved preacher and writer Anna Carter Florence brings winsome insight to an array of characters and stories in the Bible—some celebrated and some overlooked. From courageous Abigail to Zelophehad’s daughters, and from an alabaster jar of ointment to Zacchaeus in the sycamore tree, Florence takes readers on an enchanting tour of the Old and New Testaments with reflections that reveal ancient wisdom and spark imagination anew. In addition to group discussion guides available in the b...
The Connections Worship Companion is an essential resource for leaders and planners of Christian worship services.This volume of the Connections Worship Companion series offers complete liturgies—from the call to worship to the closing charge, with prayers and litanies for every need in between—for all worshiping occasions between Advent and Pentecost of Year B. The Connections Worship Companion is a six-volume series, with each
volume focusing on a different season of the Christian year. Each ...
This collection of prayers by noted Hebrew Bible scholar Walter Brueggemann can be used in both public worship and private devotion. These prayers run the gamut from particular days in the church year to special moments in the lives of worshiping communities to events playing out on the world stage. In all cases, the prayers show us how God accompanies us through all the moments and stages of our life, while simultaneously calling us to do the same for all those whom God has placed alongside us ...
A 2023 Indies Award Finalist"In this book, Erickson’s steps don’t lead to grand cathedrals but to the transformative, powerful elements supporting life itself. " —Foreword Reviews"Travel writer Erickson has written a travelogue about areas of the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, that have sacred and spiritual meaning to people now and throughout history . . . Ideal for fans of Erickson’s work, curious readers, armchair travelers, and those who are compelled to take a spiritual pilgrim...
The understanding of God that many Christians insist is so clear in the Bible makes faith seem like an all-or-nothing proposition. When much of that rigid projection seems in doubt, it's not surprising that many people leave behind this take-it-or-leave-it religion. Pastor Mark Feldmeir offers an introduction to a God that many people weren't aware existed—a mysterious, uncontainable, still-active God who loves and cares for real people with real problems. Life after God offers glimpses of...
This volume provides a full fifty-two weeks of devotional material based on the Revised Common Lectionary for Year B. Drawing from the insightful Bible commentaries in the Connections series, each week also includes scriptural and literary readings, lectio divina, spiritual practices, questions for journaling, and prayers. This resource has been crafted with mainline lectionary preachers in mind, both to supplement their planning for the week and to feed their souls in the midst of the work of m...
The Connections Worship Companion is an essential resource for leaders and planners of Christian worship services.This volume of the Connections Worship Companion offers complete liturgies—from the call to worship to the closing charge, with prayers and litanies for every need in between—for all worshiping occasions for the season after Pentecost of Year A.The Connections Worship Companion is a six-volume series, with each
volume focusing on a different season of the Christian year. Each volume...
This collection of prayers by noted Hebrew Bible scholar Walter Brueggemann can be used in both public worship and private devotion. These prayers run the gamut from particular days in the church year to special moments in the lives of worshiping communities to events playing out on the world stage. In all cases, the prayers spur us toward acts of justice and peacemaking and call on God to heal and restore God’s hurting and broken people.
The desert, a landscape both severe and beautiful, embodies spiritual struggle and divine support. Jesus experienced forty days of testing and transformation in the rugged Judean desert. Whether disease, social injustice, personal loss, or other challenges have led you to the spiritual desert, it may seem doubtful that any good can come from hardship. Yet it was the arid wilderness of physical deprivation and soul-deep testing that prepared Jesus to live a life of devotion, courage, and merciful...
The Gospels are full of stories of Jesus sharing meals with disciples, friends, even tax collectors and Pharisees. Whether multiplying bread to feed a whole crowd, relaxing with his inner circle, or telling curious elites stories about even greater banquets, Jesus imparts wisdom as he shares the wine and grants forgiveness as he distributes the fish. This eight-chapter resource provides biblical insights along with thought-provoking queries regarding our own time, such as whom should we invite t...
The experience of growing up “different,” coming out in a disapproving environment, having one’s identity and relationships questioned or downright rejected shapes the faith of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer Christians in ways those outside the community cannot fully understand. LGBTQ Christians need spiritual resources that speak to the unique joys and challenges of their journey.E. Carrington Heath offers one hundred devotions on such topics as authenticity, coming out, relationships...
Where’s the baby? The Gospel of Mark doesn’t have a nativity story—so where’s the Advent message? It’s in every aspect of Jesus’ life, to his death and beyond. The Incarnation—God come to earth in human form to be baptized, teach, heal, eat, and die—is what we celebrate at Christmas, and Mark shows us just how radical and celebration-worthy it is! Holy Disruption presents a fresh understanding of the holiness of Christmas grounded, not in a conventional cozy Christmas message, but thro...
This volume provides a full fifty-two weeks of devotional material based on the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A. Drawing from the insightful Bible commentaries in the Connections series, each week also includes scriptural and literary readings, lectio divina, spiritual practices, questions for journaling, and prayers. This resource has been crafted with mainline, lectionary preachers in mind, both to supplement their planning for the week and to feed their souls in the midst of the work of ...
