SPIRITUALITY
Come Back
Returning to the Life You Were Made For Roger Ross Loss, failure, and even tragedy are part of life. But when these start to define us, it’s time to regroup. Roger Ross teaches the essentials for rising up and out of bad circumstances in Comeback: Returning to the Life You Were Made For. This engaging book tells turnaround stories from sports, history, and everyday life, tracing Jesus’s parable of the prodigal son to reveal five crucial stages for every comeback. Each stage is paired with an ancient spiritual practice designed to help everyday people turn some part of their life around. It’s not too late. It’s time for your comeback. Roger Ross serves as director of congregational excellence in the Missouri Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. He is the author of Meet the Goodpeople. 9781791008185 | $16.99 Also Available Come Back Participant Guide - 9781791016944 | $12.99
The Healing Practice of Celebration Elaine A. Heath
This thoughtful, helpful, deeply spiritual book teaches the habit of celebration, even in the midst of life’s challenges and crises. Author Elaine Heath draws from contemporary culture, ancient Christian mystics, and other spiritual explorers to offer examples for us to consider. She shares her own story of family loss and grief and describes how celebration is a crucial practice for the Christian life. The Healing Practice of Celebration is accessible and evocative, studded with questions for reflection, a great resource to study alone or with others. Elaine A. Heath is a theologian whose work is interdisciplinary, integrating pastoral, biblical, and spiritual theology in ways that bridge the gap between academy, church, and world. Heath is the author or editor of numerous books and articles and an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. 9781791007386 | $14.99
Life in Christ
The Core of Intentional Spirituality Steve Harper We humans know a lot and can do a lot. But do we know how to live? Steve Harper teaches us to see our spiritual life as a movement, where we are always taking steps to align our lives with Christ. He shows us how Christ can be the goal and pattern for our lives and how to live as instruments of God’s love. Includes questions for reflecting on each chapter and a discussion guide. This is a book for pastors to use with their congregations and leaders, for book groups to read and discuss together, and for thoughtful Christians to ponder and use as a tool for discipleship. Steve Harper is a retired United Methodist Elder in the Florida Annual Conference, and a retired seminary professor who taught for 32 years in the disciplines of Spiritual Formation and Wesley Studies. 9781791004705 | $18.99
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