Living The Jesus Creed

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. And . . . love your neighbor as yourself."In 40 Days: Living the Jesus Creed, author Scot McKnight offers us a devotional look through th...

32 Simple Lessons from His Life

Study the life events, teachings, and claims of Jesus for yourself. Don't rely on what others have said about Jesus. Here is the narrative of Jesus' life in a brief, chronological, and easy-to-understand presentation. Bible scholars say that we have ...

"Scot McKnight brings us into a conversation with Jesus in the places and conditions in which we live our ordinary lives." -Eugene Peterson According to Jesus, the spiritually formed person is the one who loves God and who loves others. This Companio...

A Faith Guide for Youth, Young Adults, and the People Who Walk with Them

"I hope that this book encourages you to take off your shoes, kick off your flip-flops, or step out of your stilettos. May it remind you to touch the holy ground on which you stand." - From the introductionWe each have our own faith journey replete w...

The Path to Spiritual Growth

In the twenty years since its publication, Celebration of Discipline has helped over a million seekers discover a richer spiritual life infused with joy, peace, and a deeper understanding of God. For this special twentieth anniversary edition, Richar...

A Conversation in Spiritual Theology

Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places reunites spirituality and theology in a cultural context where these two vital facets of Christian faith have been rent asunder. Lamenting the vacuous, often pagan nature of contemporary American spirituality, Euge...

Spirituality and the Gift of Years

As a new bishop, Robert Atwell responded to a direct challenge from older church members, who usually make up the biggest majority in any congregation. Why, they asked, was there always so much for the young; what was there for them? This book grew o...

A Guide to Spiritual Balance

In a time when competing and often irreconcilable belief systems seem to dominate all religious conversation in Christianity, N. Graham Standish offers an alternative for leading a spiritual and faithful life. Providing models that embrace elements o...

A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading

Eugene Peterson draws readers into a fascinating conversation on the nature of language, the ancient practice of "lectio divina," and the role of Scripture translations. Also included is the inside story behind Peterson's own popular Bible translatio...

Prayer Journeys through Familiar Places

This book makes connections between everyday familiar objects and places, the Incarnation, Passion and Resurrection journeys of Christ, and our own spiritual journey through life. Whether in the home, in a church building or around familiar landmarks...

Spiritual Freedom Beyond Our Appetites

Lynne Baab explains an ancient Christian practice that extends beyond giving up food. Readers will discover how taking a break from eating--or driving or checking e-mail or watching television--opens them up to discover new things about themselves, G...

The Return of the Ancient Practices

In Finding Our Way Again, Brian McLaren explains spiritual practices that go all the way back to Abraham and the establishment of Israel. In the midst of contemporary Christianity, readers discover the beauty of these ancient disciplines and the tran...

A Spiritual Response to Stress

Tom Harpur shows how ancient wisdoms, together with exciting new scientific findings, are combining to show why mere coping techniques are not enough for meeting the stress crisis. Divorced from their spiritual underpinnings and/or religious understa...

A Spiritual Response to Stress

Tom Harpur shows how ancient wisdoms, together with exciting new scientific findings, are combining to show why mere coping techniques are not enough for meeting the stress crisis. Divorced from their spiritual underpinnings and/or religious understa...

A Year of Breaking the Sabbath, Forgetting to Pray, and Still Loving My Neighbor

This wry memoir tackles twelve different spiritual practices in a quest to become more saintly, including fasting, fixed-hour prayer, the Jesus Prayer, gratitude, Sabbath-keeping, and generosity. Although Riess begins with great plans for success ("R...