Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works

If you want to arrive at a new destination, you must be willing to travel on a new road.

Humans are composed of poetic tissues as surely as physical ones.

Ken Fox writes, "e;Walking a path of emotional health is the most significant thing I can do if I want to nurture and promote a culture of change and growth across the tapestry of my life.

In Jesus' view, "e;many"e; are wrong about being right with God.

The key to becoming a saint is to actively practice the virtues.

Story, Formation, and Culture brings together a myriad of scholars, researchers, and ministry leaders into conversation about how we can effectively nurture the spirituality of children.

"e;I came that you may have life and have it in all its fullness"e; (John 10:10).

Mean Christianity: Finding Our Way Back to Christ's Likeness explores the Christian faith as an intentional, daily commitment to others--a cathartic and uncomfortable journey that leads travelers to Christ's likeness.

The world, contrary to popular understanding, is not less religious but in many ways more religious than ever.

To many modern people, apatheia (being "e;without suffering"e;/"e;without passion"e;) sounds like cold-heartedness and indifference to others, a condition to be avoided.

Many people don't know how to reconcile the spiritual with the reality of where they are psychologically, so their psychological issues are not submitted to the spirit.

This project explores the relationship between worship, discipleship, and evangelism within the missional church movement.

Living a morally good life today is a challenge.

Everyday Holiness presents the spiritual journey to and with Christ as possible, noble, challenging, and rewarding.

We live in a fallen world where offenses and serious grievances occur in every person's life.

I've found a new Lover,"e; she declared.

When we think of the ministry of discipleship (or what I call "e;disciple investing"e;), we often conclude that the focus of discipleship involves one individual intentionally helping only one other individual (often called "e;one-to-one"e; ministry).

Forgiveness marks one of the most important issues of our time.

Several years before his death, Augustine of Hippo reviewed his published works, commenting on his purpose in writing each, and correcting, from his present perspective, the mistakes he noticed.

"e;Love people.

It's the most important subject in Christianity.

Traditional ways of thinking about the teachings of Jesus are often bound to one system of thought or another.

This book examines part of the development of the Bruderhof community, which emerged in Germany in 1920.

Sharing in God's Presence means far more than "e;getting saved"e; and experiencing God's blessing in our lives.

For a Better Worldliness is not only a statement of Abraham Kuyper's and Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theological concept and historical practice of discipleship.

Jesus invited his disciples to be with him in Gethsemane as he struggled with his own hour of death.

Have you ever been surrounded by people smarter, richer, and more physically attractive than you?

Are you fed up with being carried along by life, drifting along aimlessly?

This book investigates the process of spiritual borrowing between the emergent church (EC) and the Christian mystical tradition.

The church in the Western world is largely faltering in its spiritual and missional vitality.

We live in a performance-driven world--a world that measures our status through results and accomplishments.

If you think that Jesus might have had something significant to say related to the well-being of the human race, this book is for you.

The God Revolution takes a fresh approach to the roots of Christianity.

In today's church, use of the term transformation has become commonplace.

This book is for people who are serious about leading people--men and women who have accepted big challenges, who have passed through the fire of tough decisions, who have acknowledged they at times have failed, and have recovered for the next challenge, but do not want to repeat the past.

For Today: A Prayer When Life Gets Messy will introduce you to a profound daily prayer and various strategies and outlooks for getting through tough days--and on to higher ground.

Laypeople have a special mission in the church the way they have a special mission in society.

In a Christian culture driven by answer-knowing and movement-making, we have largely become addicted to figuring out the way and ensuring that others are walking it as well in order to be counted faithful.

Speaking about love, Jesus said we should be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect.

In today's world, trauma and traumatic loss are increasingly common.

To Bless Our Callings: Prayers, Poems, and Hymns to Celebrate Vocation is an ecumenical collection that supports the callings of everyone within the Christian community.

Treat yourself to a bold adventure through the Bible.

In 1924, an Australian minister observed that while the world may be getting better off, the world is not getting better.

God is waiting for each of us to return home!