Kathleen Long Bostrom and Peter Graystone provide the ultimate to do list: ninety-nine things that everyone should experience during their time on earth. From the sublime (watch the sun rise), to the wonderfully silly (ride a roller-coaster!), the ac...

Naming What You Really Believe

A faith should be a living thing. What we believe necessarily evolves in response to insights into the Bible, to questions or doubts we face, to changes in life circumstances, or to things that happen in the larger world. Nevertheless, Christians oft...

A manifesto from a senior leader in the emerging church movement, A Generous Orthodoxy calls for a radical, Christ-centered orthodoxy of faith. Brian McLaren argues for a post-liberal, post-conservative, post-protestant convergence, which will stimul...

Exploring the Christian Journey

In A Geography of God, popular author and preacher Michael Lindvall describes the life of a Christian as a journey with three parts: "Leaving for Home," "The Way," and "Life on the Road." The first part of the journey struggles with the question, why...

Discipleship in an Instant Society

This revised and expanded version of Eugene H. Peterson's classic for modern pilgrims who want to learn to live in communion with God now includes the Songs of Ascents in The Message translation, as well as a new epilogue.

The Spirit, the Earth, and the Human Soul

In a world that seems increasingly fragmented, John Philip Newell calls us to a vision of life's essential oneness. He invites us to be part of a new harmony. In his previous book, Christ of the Celts, Newell expressed the ancient Celtic vision of cr...

Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith

Now available in a paperback edition!We are in the midst of a paradigm shift in the church. Not since the Reformation five centuries ago have so many Christians come together to ask whether the church is in sync with their deepest beliefs and commitm...

How does a congregation best serve its own neighborhood? This practical guide for congregations and parishes addresses this question by reviewing the growth of the ecumenically oriented community ministry movement in recent years. David Bos believes ...

Experiencing God Through Our Senses

This five-session group study explores each of the five senses as a doorway to deepening our faith and encountering God. Use it for a midweek group or a week-long focused study. Touch God through a hug from a friend, hear God in the laughter of a chi...

Perspectives from Poets, Prophets, and Preachers

This revealing collection presents a selection of two dozen poets, prophets, and preachers who share their understandings of what makes a "good spiritual life." They draw on their professional experiences and, as important, grace us with their person...

A Christian Heretic Speaks

In this captivating book, Robert Thompson opens a window into the soul and lets the welcome breeze of his writing freshen many of our traditional perspectives on Christianity. Using humour and a light and accessible tone, he challenges religious orth...

Why Christian Character Matters

From the author of the acclaimed Simply Christian and Surprised by Hope comes a book that addresses the question that has plagued humans for centuries-what is our purpose? As Christians, what are we to do with that ambiguous time between baptism and ...

A Vocabulary of Faith

Kathleen Norris takes readers on a moving journey in this thoroughly original investigation of faith. She explores the "scary words" that can intimidate us--words like judgment, faith, dogma, salvation, and sinner--and blends history, theology, story...

A Geography of Faith

The author of Leaving Church continues her spiritual journey by revealing how she learned to encounter the sacred everywhere in the world.

Practical Principles for Congregations

Here are fresh, enlightening, practical, and logical strategies for "doing" evangelism in the local church. Ben Johnson's "Organismic Evangelism" is a new approach that is based on the utilization of the entire "organism" of the church. Johnson shows...