Mentors in Everyday Life

In Athena's Disguises, Susan Wiltshire offers a classical model of the mentor that guides us and provides opportunities for understanding and for the exchange of wisdom. This book seeks to show that a mentor is a gift who ultimately gives us ourselve...

The Public Obligation of the Professional

Professionals today wield an enormous public power. Collectively, their decisions affect the patient's plight, the client's fate, the student's future, the city's scape, the Earth's sustainability, the worker's fair treatment, and the durability of i...

How to Get Things Right

TheNew York Times best-selling author and surgeon reveals the power of the ordinary checklist. Dr. Gawande explains how this simple tool has helped doctors and nurses respond to everything from flu epidemics to avalanches.

Like no other religious thinker, Thomas Berry has been a prophetic voice regarding Earth's destruction and the urgent need for human response from the Christian community. This book collects Berry's signature views on the interrelatedness of both Ear...

Practices for Healing, Teaching, and Preaching

Churches and other religious organizations depend on the ability of their leaders and members to communicate within their congregations and beyond. This important, practical guide explores the dynamic connection that occurs when spiritual practices a...

This book is a compelling statement of the demands of sacrifice and ethical consistency from a man whose life and thought were exemplary articulations of a new type of leadership inspired by the gospel, and imbued with the spirit of Christian civic d...

A Simple Guide to Saving Time, Money, and God's Green Earth

Many people want to "go green" but put it off because they believe it's too time consuming and too expensive. Not so! Nancy Sleeth and her family have been living an eco-friendly lifestyle for years saving both time and money. Now, for the first time...

Reclaiming Excellence

This volume is a literary and cultural investigation of the discord and resonance between classical ideals of heroic action and the imperatives of the Christian life, from the Homeric epic to the present day. Its central theme is the difficulty of re...

The Church Revolution from the Edge

"Our church is living at a crossroads, just like that which is occurring in churches all over America. It is the juncture of life and death. It is the place where one stands and looks around--north, south, east, and west-and makes life-changing deter...

Spiritual Practices for Your Congregation

Available September 2012. Preorder Now!Although interest in spiritual practices has grown in recent years, most of the books available address individuals who wish to try Christian disciplines such as fasting or fixed-hour prayer. This book, by contr...

Listening for the Voice of Vocation

With wisdom, compassion, and gentle humor, Parker J. Palmer invites us to listen to the inner teacher and follow its leadings. Telling stories from his own life and the lives of others, he shares insights gained from darkness and joy, illuminating a ...

The Story of Success

Gladwell investigates the world of "outliers"--the best, brightest, and most famous--and asks: what makes them different? Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers will delight and illuminate.

In situations involving confrontation, many Christians either explode and feel guilty or suppress their convictions and become depressed. Here, now, is a way to counteract these experiences--a how-to guide to assertiveness based on sound evangelical ...

Succeeding in Business without Selling Your Soul

Success, as it is currently defined, usually depends on winning--beating the competition--which often places incredible pressures on business professionals. With engaging writing and a lack of jargon, this book navigates executives, managers, and sup...

A Call to Faithful Living in an Affluent Society

In this prophetic call to faithful Christian living, Marva Dawn identifies the epidemic socio-cultural attitudes that destroy hope in our modern lives. Because affluent persons don't know what to value--how to choose what's important and weed out the...