Books

Back to School: Why Theological Education Matters to the Church

Evangelism is the church’s speech to the outside world, but worship is where it learns its grammar.

Learn to Linger in Grief

Imagine a church where grief isn’t ignored, but it also isn’t hopeless. Where lament isn’t a sign of weak faith, but an act of worship.

Brandon O’Brien’s Top Books on Small Church Ministry

Rather than being a subcategory of American ministry, the small church is the norm. If you take a longer and broader view, most churches throughout history and in most parts of the world are and always have been small.

Let Me Carry You Home

Jesus became a man, so he understands you, but he also is God, so he is powerful enough to carry you.

Unshakable Hope

Max Lucado: Building Our Lives on the Promises of God

Can I Trust God Even When It Hurts?

I often thought of pilgrimage in abstract, idealized terms until I went through a season of suffering.

Born to Wander

Michelle Van Loon: Recovering the Value of Our Pilgrim Identity

Do Something Beautiful

R. York Moore: The Story of Everything and a Guide to Finding Your Place in It

Finding Your Place in a World Made Beautiful

When we are in the presence of beauty, our experience of it is far from sterile; it is transcendent.

Joyfully Spreading the Word

Eds. Kathleen Nielson and Gloria Furman: Sharing the Good News of Jesus

What I’m Learning About Spreading the Word in Everyday Life

There are myriad ways we can share our faith in everyday life, we just need to ask the Lord for the faith and wisdom to do it.