A "called" life can mean many things for many people. It can literally take the form of any job under the sun. It might mean serving as a member of congress. To embrace the "called" life does not narrow the scope of the future. It opens up the horizon.

Called: Following a Future Filled with the Possible

John David Walt

Seedbed Publishing

Called explores the biblical landscape of "calling," unfolding a 21 day pathway of discernment of how God accomplishes his often unconventional purposes through very unlikely people. This resource is well suited for an individual seeking a deeper walk of faith, especially persons at critical junctures of transition (i.e. career change, graduation, etc.) The resource serves nicely for a short term small group study and would also be well suited for a short term congregational study series.

It's time to stop crying in our soup about the consumeristic commercialism of Christmas. Instead of bashing the culture for making Black Friday bigger than Thanksgiving, let's do something different this year. Let's do Advent. Instead of quibbling over saying "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas," let's recover what it means to celebrate Holy Days. Instead of our cheesy slogans about "the reason for the season," let's practice a sacred season for the sake of the reason. Let's joyfully embrace the fact that we will do Advent in the midst of a culture that loves Christmas but doesn't really understand it. When the church reclaims Advent, the culture will behold Christmas. This twenty-five day reader offers an opportunity for individuals, groups, and communities to get on the same page in preparation for the season of Christmas. Here you will find the trusted texts that have guided the church for centuries combined with daily insight and prayers composed by some of the best Christian poets of our time.

Not Yet Christmas: It's Time for Advent - A Daily Reader

One of the great realities of scripture seems to be that the most common verses hold the greatest mysteries until the Holy Spirit opens our eyes. So it is with John 3:16-the most well known Bible verse among Christians and non-Christians alike. If the Bible has a Big Dipper, this is it. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." Then what? Surely there's more to the Christian life than just believing. In This Is How We Know, J.D. Walt invites us on a 44-day devotional journey to explore what he refers to as "the second half of the gospel" as presented in 1 John. Just as the Big Dipper points us to true north, John 3:16 points us to the much less commonly recited 1 John 3:16: "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters." The journey of awakening is the Spirit empowered, hard fought movement of John 3:16 to 1 John 3:16. This is how we know.

This Is How We Know (Seedbed Daily Text: 1 John)

Discipleship Bands: A Practical Field Guide

Mark Benjamin

Seedbed

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Called: Following a Future Filled with the Possible

Called: Following a Future Filled with the Possible

Not Yet Christmas: It's Time for Advent - A Daily Reader

This Is How We Know (Seedbed Daily Text: 1 John)

Discipleship Bands: A Practical Field Guide