A lively and accessible book offering a practical theology of evangelism and the local church. Alpha, Emmaus and the like have proved excellent tools for those interested in Christianity. But what about those not interested? The basic theme of Life in the Kingdom of God is that we need 'provocative' churches which raise the question asked by the onlookers in Acts 2:12: 'What does all this mean?' Only when people have seen something in church or Christian life that is provocative or attractive, will they be intriguted enough to want to know what's going on.

The Provocative Church

Graham Tomlin

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Pictures from Pilgrims Progress

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Sammie wants a dog even more than she wants ice cream with sprinkles, but her moms think she is too young. Determined to love a puppy, she takes care of a paper picture of a dog and carries it with her every day. Author and illustrator Gary Alan Shockley includes fun explorations and activities for dog lovers of all ages.

Sammie's Flat Dog

Children's Books

Shockley, Gary Alan

Animals

Whether your body is small or large, aged or young, disabled or abled, toned or soft, lithe or stiff--or somewhere in-between--anti-fatness affects us all, because it is intended to. Fat Church critiques anti-fat prejudice and the Church's historic participation in it, calling for a fatphobic reckoning for the sake of God's gospel of freedom. 
Pastor and theological educator Anastasia Kidd reviews the history of diet culture, fat studies, beauty, body policing--and the white supremacist machinations underpinning them--in order to work for a society rooted in body liberation for all. Fat Church offers a disruption to social habits of shame and remembers the theology of abundance that calls us all beloved by God.

Fat Church: Claiming a Gospel of Fat Liberation

Religion & Spirituality

Kidd, Anastasia

Christian Books & Bibles

"I don't know how my life would be different if I never had my sister, but I do know that the steadiness in how I stand in the world is in large part because she exists."With honesty, laughter, adoration, and a few choice swear words, author-sisters Danielle Neff and Jessica Dickey look together at their lives and the love that makes it all worthwhile.

Sistering: The Art of Holding Close and Letting Go

Biographies & Memoirs

Dickey, Jessica

Neff, Danielle

Arts & Literature

Marginalized by Colonialism, Forced Out by Climate Change 
As climate change reshapes the Earth's habitability, millions are forced to migrate . . . while millions more are constrained from escaping environmental hardship. Shifting Climates, Shifting People grapples with the disparate impacts of climate change on nations impoverished by colonialism: 
What happens when people have no choice but to leave their homes due to environmental devastation? What happens when they cannot leave or are prevented from leaving? Whose stories are shared and whose imaginations are empowered--and whose are erased from public knowledge--as communities are endangered or uprooted? How has White colonialism undermined the indigenous protectors of ecosystems? How is White capitalism usurping green industries?\nShifting Climates, Shifting People centers the experiences of Black, Indigenous, and non-white communities for perspective on environmental destruction and the wellbeing of humanity. 
Contributing writers are scholars and pastors, preachers and organizers; they come to this work from Fiji and from the Osage Nation, from Ghana and from Canada, from the United States and from Indonesia, and many places in between.

Shifting Climates, Shifting People

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

2023 Nautilus Book Awards - Gold Winner - Religion and Spirituality of the West 
"I don't think it is enough appreciated how much an outdoor book the Bible is," wrote Wendell Berry, and author Daniel Cooperrider illustrates his point with beautiful narrative-like a stroll through the woods. 
Speak with the Earth analyzes the Bible's treatment of nature and intersperses this analysis with the author's own reflections on experiences in nature. Organized in sections touching on the four elements, the book engages with the multifaceted relationship between the Bible and nature through various media, including art, theology, the natural sciences, history, and lived experience. A timely work on the gift of the Earth that makes a strong case for environmental conservation as a cornerstone of religious life.

Speak with the Earth and It Will Teach You: A Field Guide to the Bible

Cooperrider, Daniel

Leadership is, inherently, a management of tensions. The individual and (or versus!) community. Inclusions and boundaries. Structure and creativity. Each pulls at the other--helpfully at times, harmfully at other times, and always with complexity. Leadership scholar and author Sarah B. Drummond provides a framework for leading tension, intentionally, especially within religious communities and institutions.

Intentional Leadership: In-Between Seasons

Drummond, Sarah B

God Loves YouIt's the most essential and important message we can teach children: "God loves you." Without exception. Without condition. Through all life experiences. God loves you, because God is love.From the author of Picture the Bible, Stacy Johnson Myers, and from the private art collection of First Congregational United Church of Christ of River Falls, WI, comes a beautiful boardbook with this life-changing good news: God loved you when you were born. God loves you when you care for animals. God loves you when you are angry. God loves you when you serve others.&#8239;And more! Gift the beautiful message and artwork of God Loves You to the children in your life!

God Loves You

Johnson Myers, Stacy

Religions

Seminary is the perfect training ground for busyness: full course loads, looming deadlines, too-long-to-read assignments, practical internships, community involvement. Trained to be busy, clergy bring an "above and beyond" attitude of overworking to ministry settings that are also anxious to go (and grow) "above and beyond" to stay relevant. Break the cycle and--as author Liz Miller has done--learn to practice laziness as a spiritual gift.

Only Work Sundays: A Laid-Back Guide to Doing Less While Helping Your Church Thrive

Miller, Liz A

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