EDUCATION FOR MISSION
CHASING CHAOS: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid by Jessica Alexander
In this honest and irreverent memoir, Jessica Alexander introduces readers to the realities of life as an aid worker. We watch as she manages a 24,000-person camp in Darfur, collects trial evidence in Sierra Leone and contributes to the massive aid effort in Haiti; we also hear about parties, romances, burnouts and self-doubt while struggling to do good in places that have long endured suffering.
FAITH AND STRUGGLE ON SMOKEY MOUNTAIN: Hope for a Planet in Peril by Benigno P. Beltran (BONUS BOOK)
Smokey Mountain is a vast garbage dump in Manila, the Philippines. For some, it is a metaphor for a planet choking on garbage and waste, but for Benigno Beltran, who served as chaplain to its 25,000 scavengers for 30 years, it is a metaphor of hope, a symbol of the will to survive and the ability to create joy in the midst of abject poverty.
THE GOLDEN CAGE: Three Brothers, Three Choices, One Destiny by Shirin Ebadi
History is best described through life stories told in simple ways by appealing to what human beings hold in common: the love of life and country. The Golden Cage is the story of three brothers, as told by their sister, who each subscribes to a different ideology that tears Iran and their lives apart.
GOOD GOD, LOUSY WORLD AND ME: The Improbable Journey of a Human Rights Activist From Unbelief to Faith by Holly Burkhalter (BONUS BOOK)
For years, Holly Burkhalter was a heartbroken idealist working on the front lines of change around the world. A witness to brutality and injustice, she found herself — often angrily, sometimes hilariously — at odds with a God who seemed distant at best and tyrannical at worst. Her riveting faith memoir will spur you to explore your own questions about God’s presence — and seeming absence — in our broken world.
WHAT’S SO BLESSED ABOUT BEING POOR?: Seeking the Gospel in the Slums of Kenya
by L. Susan Slavin and Coralis Salvador (BONUS BOOK)
In this inspiring exploration of how happiness and holiness can exist in the midst of poverty and illness, two women, one a Maryknoll lay missioner, the other a New York attorney who left her law practice to become a lay missioner, tell their stories of living among the poor in East Africa.
A GIRL CALLED PROBLEM: A Novel by Katie Quirk
Despite her family problems, 13-year-old Shida is excited that her people will be moving to a nearby village where she will have the opportunity to go to school and learn from a nurse to become a healer. However, after a series of puzzling misfortunes, Shida must prove to the elders that moving was the right decision and that they can have a better life in their new home.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
FULFILLED: Living and Leading With Unusual Wisdom, Peace and Joy by Kirk Byron Jones
Leadership can be mentally, emotionally and spiritually exhausting. In Fulfilled, Kirk Byron Jones examines stillness, awareness and playfulness, three inner capabilities that every leader can access but most simply ignore or disregard. He shows you how to draw on each of them in daily life and how the fulfilled leader lives in wisdom, peace and joy, successful in all the most important ways.
THE NEW FEMINIST AGENDA: Defining the Next Revolution for Women, Work and Family by Madeleine M. Kunin
Feminists opened doors in the 1960s and 1970s. Women now make up nearly half of all medical and law students and have entered the workforce in record numbers. But are U.S. women where they thought they’d be? It’s time, says former U.S. Ambassador and Governor Madeleine M. Kunin, to usher in a new social revolution — one that calls for the kind of policies than can improve women’s lives and strengthen their families.
SUM IT UP: 1,098 Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses and a Life in Perspective by Pat Summitt
A country girl from Henrietta, Tennessee, Pat grew up driving fast and playing hard, learning basketball playing with a homemade backboard against three brothers. She went on to win an Olympic medal and at 22 became head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols. Her autobiography tells the whole story, full of humanity, wit and fierceness, by a giant among coaches who has transcended American sports.
TOUGH COOKIES: Leadership Lessons From 100 Years of the Girl Scouts by Kathy Cloninger
Full of inspired wisdom, Tough Cookies describes Girl Scouts’ transformative journey to become an integrated, unified movement for girls. It captures the essence of this iconic institution and the principles that have sustained its 100-year history of success. Millions of American businesswomen, thought leaders and politicians received their first lessons in salesmanship, money management, marketing, teamwork and fulfillment from Girl Scouts — as will millions more to come.
GET OFF YOUR DONKEY!: Help Somebody and Help Yourself by Reggie McNeal
With energy and enthusiasm, Reggie McNeal calls believers to dismount, get down and dirty, and live a life that makes a difference. He shows readers how to recalibrate their spiritual efforts to move from church-centric service to greater community engagement in order to do their essential part in creating a world worth living in. McNeal also shows readers that helping others actually helps the one doing the service just as much as the one being served. In fact, serving is the very best way to learn about yourself and grow spiritually.
VITAL VOICES by Alyse Nelson
Alyse Nelson shares the stories of remarkable, world-changing women, as well as the story of how Vital Voices was founded, crossing lines that typically divide. For 15 years, Vital Voices has brought together women who want to enable others to become change agents in their governments, advocates for social justice, and supporters of democracy. They equip women with management and business development skills to expand their enterprises and create jobs in their communities. Their voices, stories, and hard-earned lessons—shared here for the first time—are deeply authentic and truly vital.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT - YOUTH
THIS GIRL IS DIFFERENT: A Novel by J.J. Johnson
Evie is different. Not just her upbringing — though that’s certainly been unusual — but also her mindset. She’s smart, independent, confident, opinionated and ready to take on a new challenge, the institution of school. It doesn’t take this homeschooled kid long to discover that high school is a whole new world. It’s also a social minefield, and Evie finds herself confronting new problems at every turn. May contain provocative language.
NURTURING FOR COMMUNITY
THE END OF YOUR LIFE BOOK CLUB by Will Schwalbe
This is the inspiring true story of a son and mother who start a book club that brings them together as her life comes to a close. Over two years, Will and Mary Anne carry on conversations that are both wide-ranging and deeply personal, prompted by a diverse selection of books and a shared passion for reading. Throughout, they and we are reminded of the power of books to comfort, astonish and teach.
JANUARY FIRST: A Child’s Descent Into Madness and Her Father’s Struggle to Save Her by Michael Schofield
At age 6, January Schofield was diagnosed with one of the most severe cases of child-onset schizophrenia on record. Michael Schofield takes us on his journey with his daughter as they face seemingly insurmountable obstacles and daily challenges with her care and his unwavering commitment to save her from the edge of insanity while doing everything he can to keep his family together.
THE ROUND HOUSE: A Novel by Louise Erdrich
This is the story of Joe, whose life is irrevocably transformed one spring day when his mother is attacked. As she takes to her bed, Joe is increasingly alone and finds himself thrust prematurely into an adult world for which he is ill prepared. May contain provocative language.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO DINNER?: Recipes and Reflections for Family Mealtime by Melodie M. Davis
Whatever Happened to Dinner? invites families to eat together, even as we live in a culture that often pulls us apart. Author Melodie M. Davis examines the role food and mealtime play in the family and reminds us of why God gave us the good gift of food.
WHEN PASTORS PREY: Overcoming Clergy Sexual Abuse of Women by Valli Boobal Batchelor (editor)
While clergy abuse of children has received worldwide attention, little has been written about the more widespread and devastating phenomenon of clergy abuse of adult women. This project addresses a problem that undermines the very foundations of institutional Christianity. When Pastors Prey not only brings forward the stories of many women whose trust has been abused, it also offers a helpful framework in which to understand and address the problem.
ACROSS MANY MOUNTAINS: A Tibetan Family’s Epic Journey From Oppression to Freedom by Yangzom Brauen (Large Print)
In this memoir, Yangzom Brauen tells the story of her now 90-yearold grandmother Kunsang (a nun) and grandfather’s (a monk) daring decision to flee from Chinese controlled Tibet to India with her mother, then 6 years old. With little money and no idea of what they would meet along the way, they began their journey to cross the Himalayas on foot.
HAVE YOU SEEN MARIE? by Sandra Cisneros (author) and Ester Hernandez (illustrator)
The word “orphan” might not seem to apply to a fifty-three-year-old woman. Yet this is exactly how Sandra feels as she finds herself motherless, alone like “a glove left behind at the bus station.” What just might save her is her search for someone else gone missing: Marie, the black-and-white cat of her friend, Roz, who ran off the day they arrived from Tacoma. As Sandra and Roz scour the streets of San Antonio, posting flyers and asking everywhere, “Have you seen Marie?” the pursuit of this one small creature takes on unexpected urgency and meaning.
JOURNEY OUT OF SILENCE: An Autobiography by William Rush
Bill Rush's exceptional journey continues to encourage and inspire all who aspire to live fully and contribute to society. Bill lived with a significant disability of quadriplegic cerebral palsy. He did not have use of his arms, hands or voice. Society's prejudices proved to be a greater obstacle than his disability in attaining his first life's goal of completing college. William (Bill) L. Rush chronicled his extraordinary life from childhood until graduation from the University of Nebraska -Lincoln.
NURTURING FOR COMMUNITY - YOUTH
BULLY.COM: A Novel by Joe Lawlor
Jun Li is a brilliant student, more comfortable around computers than people. But his world is turned upside down when the school principal accuses him of cyberbullying and gives him seven days to prove his innocence. Jun Li discovers along the way that everyone’s story is more complicated than it seems and that people might have more in common than they think.
VICIOUS: True Stories by Teens About Bullying by Hope Vanderberg, Editor
In Vicious, teen writers tell about their experiences with bullying of all kinds: physical, verbal, relational and cyber. The cruelty and hurt they experience are unmistakably real, as are their struggles to protect themselves and their friends. Whether they were bullied, bullied others or witnessed bullying, these stories are at times painful, but admirable and compelling for the resilience they reveal.
THE POWER TO PREVENT SUICIDE: A Guide for Teens Helping Teens by Richard E. Nelson and Judith C. Galas
When teens were asked, “Who would you tell about wanting to commit suicide?” 90 percent said they would tell a friend first. The Power to Prevent Suicide shows how young people can be friends who care and know what to do and say.
SOCIAL ACTION
AMERICANAH: A Novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Ifemelu reluctantly left Nigeria on a college scholarship and seems to have everything a Nigerian immigrant in America could desire. But culture shock, hardships and racism have left her feeling like she has “cement in her soul.” Astonished at the labyrinth of racial structures that confront her, Ifemelu launches an audacious and instantly popular blog that explores what she calls Racial Disorder Syndrome. May contain provocative language and content.
BEHIND THE KITCHEN DOOR by Saru Jayaraman - BONUS BOOK
As you enjoy your restaurant meal, have you ever wondered what’s behind the kitchen door? Blending personal narrative and investigative journalism, Saru Jayaraman shows us that the quality of food that arrives at the table not only depends on the ingredients’ sources but on the attention and skill of the people (restaurant workers are subject to poor working conditions and live on some of the lowest wages in America) who prepare and serve.
A NEW DAWN IN BELOVED COMMUNITY: Stories With the Power to Transform Us by Linda Lee (general editor) and Safiyah Fosua (consulting editor)
These are stories of people, in their own words. Their goal is to provide a tool that will help the church build beloved communities in ways that can transform the world. They speak their truths and experiences, provide suggestions for action and offer visions of hope. They will awaken stories in you that will transform both heart and soul.
ECOLITERATE: How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social and Ecological Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Lisa Bennett and Zenobia Barlow - BONUS BOOK
Hopeful and bold, Ecoliterate tells stories of educators, activists and students who embody an integration of emotional, social and ecological intelligence. Through stories from the Arctic to Appalachia, New Mexico to New Orleans, the authors reveal how education that engages in some of the most pressing ecological issues of the day advances academic achievement, fosters resilience and helps communities play a vital role in protecting the natural world.
KIND OF KIN: A Novel by Rilla Askew
A new Oklahoma state law makes harboring an undocumented immigrant a felony. Rilla Askew’s brilliant, hilarious and heartfelt novel follows a handful of complicated lawmakers and lawbreakers as workers are exiled, friends turn informers and families are torn apart in a statewide exodus of Hispanics. In the end, Kind of Kin reveals how an ad hoc family and an entire town unite to do anything necessary to protect its own.
NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry by Stacy Malkan
The beauty myth is peeled away and the industry’s toxic secrets emerge in Not Just a Pretty Face. This book chronicles the quest that led a group of breast cancer activists and environmentalists to the offices of the world’s largest cosmetic companies asking some tough questions about the safety of the cosmetics they market as safe.
THAT USED TO BE US: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back by Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum (Large Print) - BONUS BOOK
The authors analyze the four major challenges on which America’s future depends— globalization, the information technology revolution, chronic deficits and our pattern of energy consumption — and spell out what we need to do now to rediscover America and rise to this moment.
AGAINST A TIDE OF EVIL: How One Man Became the Whistleblower to the First Mass Murder of the Twenty-first Century by Mukesh Kapila and Damien Lewis
In this no-holds-barred account, the former head of the United Nations in Sudan reveals for the first time the shocking depths of evil plumbed by those who designed and orchestrated 'the final solution' in Darfur. A veteran of humanitarian crisis and ethnic cleansing in Iraq, Rwanda, Srebrenica, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone, Dr Mukesh Kapila arrived in Sudan in March 2003 having made a promise to himself that if he were ever in a position to stop the mass-killers, they would never triumph on his watch. Kapila's story reads like a knife-edge international thriller as he uses all the powers at his disposal to bring to justice those responsible for the first mass murder of the twenty-first century - the Darfur genocide - and is finally forced to risk all and break every rule to do so.
THE ENOUGH MOMENT: Fighting to End Africa’s Worst Human Rights Crimes by John Prendergast and Don Cheadle
Learn how a high school student in Chicago rallied fellow students all over his city to raise awareness of genocide... a former child soldier in Uganda formed a group of others like him to aid in reconciliation... and a mother and teacher gang-raped by soldiers in Congo found strength to help other survivors. John and Don present ways for you to form alliances, contact Congress, alert the media, enlist corporations, and use social media to become part of the solution.
HUNTING SEASON: Immigration and Murder in an All-American Town by Mirta Ojito
In November of 2008, Marcelo Lucero, a thirty-seven-year-old undocumented Ecuadorean immigrant, was brutally attacked and murdered by a group of teenagers as he walked the streets of Patchogue, a quiet Long Island town. The teenaged attackers were out "hunting for beaners," their slur for Latinos, and Lucero was to become another victim of the anti-immigration fever spreading in the United States. But in death, Lucero's name became a symbol of everything that was wrong with our broken immigration system: porous borders, lax law enforcement, and the rise of bigotry. With a strong commitment to telling all sides of the story, journalist Mirta Ojito unravels the engrossing narrative with objectivity and insight, providing an invaluable peephole into one of America's most pressing issues.
AMERICANAH: A Novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Ifemelu reluctantly left Nigeria on a college scholarship and seems to have everything a Nigerian immigrant in America could desire. But culture shock, hardships and racism have left her feeling like she has “cement in her soul.” Astonished at the labyrinth of racial structures that confront her, Ifemelu launches an audacious and instantly popular blog that explores what she calls Racial Disorder Syndrome. May contain provocative language and content.
BEHIND THE KITCHEN DOOR by Saru Jayaraman - BONUS BOOK
As you enjoy your restaurant meal, have you ever wondered what’s behind the kitchen door? Blending personal narrative and investigative journalism, Saru Jayaraman shows us that the quality of food that arrives at the table not only depends on the ingredients’ sources but on the attention and skill of the people (restaurant workers are subject to poor working conditions and live on some of the lowest wages in America) who prepare and serve.
A NEW DAWN IN BELOVED COMMUNITY: Stories With the Power to Transform Us by Linda Lee (general editor) and Safiyah Fosua (consulting editor)
These are stories of people, in their own words. Their goal is to provide a tool that will help the church build beloved communities in ways that can transform the world. They speak their truths and experiences, provide suggestions for action and offer visions of hope. They will awaken stories in you that will transform both heart and soul.
ECOLITERATE: How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social and Ecological Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Lisa Bennett and Zenobia Barlow - BONUS BOOK
Hopeful and bold, Ecoliterate tells stories of educators, activists and students who embody an integration of emotional, social and ecological intelligence. Through stories from the Arctic to Appalachia, New Mexico to New Orleans, the authors reveal how education that engages in some of the most pressing ecological issues of the day advances academic achievement, fosters resilience and helps communities play a vital role in protecting the natural world.
KIND OF KIN: A Novel by Rilla Askew
A new Oklahoma state law makes harboring an undocumented immigrant a felony. Rilla Askew’s brilliant, hilarious and heartfelt novel follows a handful of complicated lawmakers and lawbreakers as workers are exiled, friends turn informers and families are torn apart in a statewide exodus of Hispanics. In the end, Kind of Kin reveals how an ad hoc family and an entire town unite to do anything necessary to protect its own.
NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry by Stacy Malkan
The beauty myth is peeled away and the industry’s toxic secrets emerge in Not Just a Pretty Face. This book chronicles the quest that led a group of breast cancer activists and environmentalists to the offices of the world’s largest cosmetic companies asking some tough questions about the safety of the cosmetics they market as safe.
THAT USED TO BE US: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back by Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum (Large Print) - BONUS BOOK
The authors analyze the four major challenges on which America’s future depends— globalization, the information technology revolution, chronic deficits and our pattern of energy consumption — and spell out what we need to do now to rediscover America and rise to this moment.
AGAINST A TIDE OF EVIL: How One Man Became the Whistleblower to the First Mass Murder of the Twenty-first Century by Mukesh Kapila and Damien Lewis
In this no-holds-barred account, the former head of the United Nations in Sudan reveals for the first time the shocking depths of evil plumbed by those who designed and orchestrated 'the final solution' in Darfur. A veteran of humanitarian crisis and ethnic cleansing in Iraq, Rwanda, Srebrenica, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone, Dr Mukesh Kapila arrived in Sudan in March 2003 having made a promise to himself that if he were ever in a position to stop the mass-killers, they would never triumph on his watch. Kapila's story reads like a knife-edge international thriller as he uses all the powers at his disposal to bring to justice those responsible for the first mass murder of the twenty-first century - the Darfur genocide - and is finally forced to risk all and break every rule to do so.
THE ENOUGH MOMENT: Fighting to End Africa’s Worst Human Rights Crimes by John Prendergast and Don Cheadle
Learn how a high school student in Chicago rallied fellow students all over his city to raise awareness of genocide... a former child soldier in Uganda formed a group of others like him to aid in reconciliation... and a mother and teacher gang-raped by soldiers in Congo found strength to help other survivors. John and Don present ways for you to form alliances, contact Congress, alert the media, enlist corporations, and use social media to become part of the solution.
HUNTING SEASON: Immigration and Murder in an All-American Town by Mirta Ojito
In November of 2008, Marcelo Lucero, a thirty-seven-year-old undocumented Ecuadorean immigrant, was brutally attacked and murdered by a group of teenagers as he walked the streets of Patchogue, a quiet Long Island town. The teenaged attackers were out "hunting for beaners," their slur for Latinos, and Lucero was to become another victim of the anti-immigration fever spreading in the United States. But in death, Lucero's name became a symbol of everything that was wrong with our broken immigration system: porous borders, lax law enforcement, and the rise of bigotry. With a strong commitment to telling all sides of the story, journalist Mirta Ojito unravels the engrossing narrative with objectivity and insight, providing an invaluable peephole into one of America's most pressing issues.
THE CHURCH AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: Awareness, Accessibility, and Advocacy by Peggy A. Johnson (Mission Study)
This book, which will build awareness in the church regarding issues of disability, calls the church to provide full accessibility to services and opportunities and promotes advocacy for justice for people with disabilities. Unlike other categories of human experience, disability crosses all lines of gender, orientation, ethnicity, socioeconomic position, age and culture A disability can happen at any time to anyone. (Kindle format is the only edition available at Amazon, Paperback is available at Mission Resources)
SOCIAL ACTION - YOUTH
REFUSE TO DO NOTHING: Finding Your Power to Abolish Modern-day Slavery by Shayne Moore and Kimberly McOwen Yim
Slavery never ended. It just went underground, and people continue to exploit powerless men, women and children in horrific ways throughout the world. Refuse to Do Nothing will share insights to illuminate the shadows where the trafficked and traffickers hide and will compel, motivate and mobilize friends and strangers to refuse to do nothing.
RETURN TO SENDER: A Novel by Julia Alvarez
Mari’s family needs work but must hide in fear of deportation to Mexico. Tyler’s family is struggling after an accident brings their farm to the brink of foreclosure. Their meeting is a stroke of luck for both families, but there are questions: Is Mari’s family undocumented? Did Tyler’s family break the law by hiring them? In a novel full of hope but no easy answers, Alvarez shows how friendship can reach across borders.
SOCIAL ACTION - YOUTH
REFUSE TO DO NOTHING: Finding Your Power to Abolish Modern-day Slavery by Shayne Moore and Kimberly McOwen Yim
Slavery never ended. It just went underground, and people continue to exploit powerless men, women and children in horrific ways throughout the world. Refuse to Do Nothing will share insights to illuminate the shadows where the trafficked and traffickers hide and will compel, motivate and mobilize friends and strangers to refuse to do nothing.
RETURN TO SENDER: A Novel by Julia Alvarez
Mari’s family needs work but must hide in fear of deportation to Mexico. Tyler’s family is struggling after an accident brings their farm to the brink of foreclosure. Their meeting is a stroke of luck for both families, but there are questions: Is Mari’s family undocumented? Did Tyler’s family break the law by hiring them? In a novel full of hope but no easy answers, Alvarez shows how friendship can reach across borders.
SPIRITUAL GROWTH
EAT WITH JOY: Redeeming God’s Gift of Food by Rachel Marie Stone
Food is the source of endless angst and anxiety. We struggle with obesity and eating disorders, and agricultural horror stories make us worry about whether our food is healthy, nutritious and justly produced. Rachel Marie Stone asks us to rediscover joyful eating by receiving food as God’s good gift of provision and care and fills this book with practical insights and tasty recipes.
FINDING GOD IN A BAG OF GROCERIES: Sharing Food, Discovering Grace by Laura Lapins Willis
In a tiny food pantry, Laura Willis discovered her own hunger for God and a world of neighbors she never knew: the lonely, the unemployed, chronically poor families and middle-class folks surprised to be struggling in a great recession. To each she offered a bag of groceries, a compassionate ear and a heart of love.
NO LONGER SILENT: The Empowerment of Women in the Gospels by Susan Dehn Matthews
Imagine, along with Susan Dehn Matthews, that you hear the voices of the women in the Gospels, many of whom have been overlooked, ignored, misrepresented or misunderstood. Listen as they reveal the stories behind their words and actions in the Scriptures. They are no longer silent but speak the truth about themselves as it was revealed to them by their encounter with the one they called teacher, prophet, brother, beloved and son.
PRAYING TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE: A Guide to Productive Prayer by Suzette T. Caldwell
Praying to Change Your Life is an action-oriented, results-driven, how to guide for believers that glorifies God, transforms lives and increases the power of your prayers. Through instruction, prayer exercises, personal stories and testimonies, you will learn what prayer is, why you should pray and how to pray using the six categories of the Lord’s Prayer.
THE SEVEN PATHS: Changing One’s Way of Walking in the World by Anasazi Foundation
This poetic, moving story presents the meditations of an ancient Native American tribesman who rejects his family and community and sets off on a journey through the desert. He walks seven paths, each teaching a lesson symbolized by an element of the natural world: light, wind, water, stone, plant, animal and the unity of all beings with the Creator.
SHOPPING: Christian Explorations of Daily Living by Michelle A. Gonzalez
What could be more mundane or less religious than shopping? Yet every day, shopping asks us to choose our values and to weigh the good in ordinary terms. It also brings us instantly in contact with the many relationships and labor of people all over the world who have grown, harvested or crafted the food, clothes and other items with which we sustain and adorn our lives.
HELP, THANKS, WOW by Anne Lamott (Large Print)
Help. Thanks. Wow. Three simple prayers — asking for assistance, appreciating the good we witness, and feeling awed by the world — get us through the day and show us the way forward.
THE WELL WOMEN: Crossing the Boundaries by Ladine Housholder (Large Print)
Nine women are reunited on a tour to the West Bank city of Nablus, the historic site of Jacob’s Well. Beneath the stylish veneer of accomplishment and affluence, each woman has been deeply hurt and nearly broken by her life. But as they share their journey to recovery through the healing power of living water from Jesus Christ and the love and support of the group, they truly meet one another for the first time. (Available at Mission Resources e-store)
LIVING INTO HOPE: A Call for Spiritual Action for Such a Time as This by Joan Brown Campbell
In this collection, based on Campbell's best sermons, she secures her status as an American "pulpit prince" in the lineage of great liberal Protestant preachers. Campbell's life experiences, told in a voice both warm and clear, bear out the courage of her convictions. Her stories report from conflict zones around the world, including Belgrade under NATO attack, Palestine, South Africa, and post-9/11 New York. Drawing on her role in reuniting youthful Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez with his father and on her friendship with atheist astrophysicist Carl Sagan, Campbell brings fresh insight to gospel parables. Well-suited for study groups, with reflection prompts and prayers in each chapter, Campbell poses the ever contemporary and always controversial question: Who is my neighbor?
HOW IS IT WITH YOUR SOUL? by Priscilla Pope-Levison and Jack Levison (Mission Study)
This resource brings into balance the inner and outer dimensions of the Christian life. Organized around four verbs: pray, learn, mentor, and transform, the book will challenge you to become a more vibrant disciple of Christ. “How is it with your soul?” – it is hoped that the book will encourage you to respond with a resounding, “It is well with my soul!”
Food is the source of endless angst and anxiety. We struggle with obesity and eating disorders, and agricultural horror stories make us worry about whether our food is healthy, nutritious and justly produced. Rachel Marie Stone asks us to rediscover joyful eating by receiving food as God’s good gift of provision and care and fills this book with practical insights and tasty recipes.
FINDING GOD IN A BAG OF GROCERIES: Sharing Food, Discovering Grace by Laura Lapins Willis
In a tiny food pantry, Laura Willis discovered her own hunger for God and a world of neighbors she never knew: the lonely, the unemployed, chronically poor families and middle-class folks surprised to be struggling in a great recession. To each she offered a bag of groceries, a compassionate ear and a heart of love.
NO LONGER SILENT: The Empowerment of Women in the Gospels by Susan Dehn Matthews
Imagine, along with Susan Dehn Matthews, that you hear the voices of the women in the Gospels, many of whom have been overlooked, ignored, misrepresented or misunderstood. Listen as they reveal the stories behind their words and actions in the Scriptures. They are no longer silent but speak the truth about themselves as it was revealed to them by their encounter with the one they called teacher, prophet, brother, beloved and son.
PRAYING TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE: A Guide to Productive Prayer by Suzette T. Caldwell
Praying to Change Your Life is an action-oriented, results-driven, how to guide for believers that glorifies God, transforms lives and increases the power of your prayers. Through instruction, prayer exercises, personal stories and testimonies, you will learn what prayer is, why you should pray and how to pray using the six categories of the Lord’s Prayer.
THE SEVEN PATHS: Changing One’s Way of Walking in the World by Anasazi Foundation
This poetic, moving story presents the meditations of an ancient Native American tribesman who rejects his family and community and sets off on a journey through the desert. He walks seven paths, each teaching a lesson symbolized by an element of the natural world: light, wind, water, stone, plant, animal and the unity of all beings with the Creator.
SHOPPING: Christian Explorations of Daily Living by Michelle A. Gonzalez
What could be more mundane or less religious than shopping? Yet every day, shopping asks us to choose our values and to weigh the good in ordinary terms. It also brings us instantly in contact with the many relationships and labor of people all over the world who have grown, harvested or crafted the food, clothes and other items with which we sustain and adorn our lives.
HELP, THANKS, WOW by Anne Lamott (Large Print)
Help. Thanks. Wow. Three simple prayers — asking for assistance, appreciating the good we witness, and feeling awed by the world — get us through the day and show us the way forward.
THE WELL WOMEN: Crossing the Boundaries by Ladine Housholder (Large Print)
Nine women are reunited on a tour to the West Bank city of Nablus, the historic site of Jacob’s Well. Beneath the stylish veneer of accomplishment and affluence, each woman has been deeply hurt and nearly broken by her life. But as they share their journey to recovery through the healing power of living water from Jesus Christ and the love and support of the group, they truly meet one another for the first time. (Available at Mission Resources e-store)
LIVING INTO HOPE: A Call for Spiritual Action for Such a Time as This by Joan Brown Campbell
In this collection, based on Campbell's best sermons, she secures her status as an American "pulpit prince" in the lineage of great liberal Protestant preachers. Campbell's life experiences, told in a voice both warm and clear, bear out the courage of her convictions. Her stories report from conflict zones around the world, including Belgrade under NATO attack, Palestine, South Africa, and post-9/11 New York. Drawing on her role in reuniting youthful Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez with his father and on her friendship with atheist astrophysicist Carl Sagan, Campbell brings fresh insight to gospel parables. Well-suited for study groups, with reflection prompts and prayers in each chapter, Campbell poses the ever contemporary and always controversial question: Who is my neighbor?
HOW IS IT WITH YOUR SOUL? by Priscilla Pope-Levison and Jack Levison (Mission Study)
This resource brings into balance the inner and outer dimensions of the Christian life. Organized around four verbs: pray, learn, mentor, and transform, the book will challenge you to become a more vibrant disciple of Christ. “How is it with your soul?” – it is hoped that the book will encourage you to respond with a resounding, “It is well with my soul!”
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