Deep Reading: Practices to Subvert the Vices of Our Distracted, Hostile, and Consumeristic Age ..read more

Listen, Listen, Speak: Hearing God and Being Heard in a Noisy World ..read more

Christian Academic Writing: Twelve Practices and Principles for Becoming a Successful Writer ..read more

The Sacredness of Secular Work: 4 Ways Your Job Matters for Eternity ..read more

Walking the Theological Life: Discovering Method for Theology in the Lives of Biblical Characters ..read more

Practices for Embodied Living: Experiencing the Wisdom of Your Body ..read more

Wounded Pastors: Navigating Burnout, Finding Healing, and Discerning the Future of Your Ministry ..read more

"Mouth of the Donkey" (Laura Duhan-Kaplan) Mouth of the Donkey: Re-imagining Biblical Animals Children are often fascinated with animals. They ask interesting questions like, "What does this animal eat?" "If this animal fights against the leopard, will it win?" "Will the deer outrun the tiger?" For Sunday School teachers and those teaching children in churches, animals in the Bible often bring out curiosity in kids. That is why animal narratives in the Bible are some of the most popular stories to tell little children. They paint Noah's Ark with glee. They imagine pairs of animals living insid ..read more

Rich Mullins: An Arrow Pointing to Heaven PUBLISHER: Downers Grove, IL: This book is a collection of stories and recollections about the late Richard Wayne Mullins (1955-1997). For author James Bryan Smith, it is a "devotional biography." His aim in writing this book is to pay attention to the extraordinary life of Rich Mullins. Mullins had been a student, an example, a friend, a housemate, and a fellow pilgrim of the faith. Ten chapters highlight salient areas of Mullins's life. Smith writes about how family identity shapes Mullins's awareness of his uniqueness and how his roots impact his un ..read more

"Tending the Fire That Burns at the Center of the World" (David F. White) Tending the Fire That Burns at the Center of the World : Beauty and the Art of Christian Formation There is a saying that claims in a subjective sense, that beauty is according to the eyes of the beholder. In other words, if one thinks it is beautiful, then it is. Otherwise, it is not. That is how many love relationships begin. What if beauty is not just something that is subjective? What if the revelation of Truth is beauty in itself? What if admiring beauty draws us closer to Truth and the Giver of all Truth: God? In a ..read more