New Year, New You, New Every Morning

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“I am about to do a thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”

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In the midst of hard times—the Great Depression of the 1930s—a Sunday school teacher in San Antonio, Texas, planted seeds for what would become The Upper Room daily devotional guide.

Frances Craig saw the need for resources that would help people turn to a practice of daily prayer. She shared her vision with Travis Park Methodist Episcopal Church and leaders of the MEC Board of Home Missions. And in 1935, something new came to life; 100,000 copies of the first issue of The Upper Room were printed and quickly sold out.

Francis Craig

Today, that little magazine is distributed around the world in over 30 languages. And in its 85 years, it has planted seeds for many other ministries and resources, including Upper Room Books.

We pray that the books featured in this catalog—like all ministries of The Upper Room—invite you to create and enrich your daily life with God in times of peace and struggle.

The first four editions of The Upper Room daily devotional guide

New every morning is your love, great God of light, and all

day long you are working for good in the world. Stir up in us desire to serve you, to live peacefully with our neighbors and all your creation, and to devote each day to your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

Source: “A Liturgy for Morning Prayer,” Upper Room Worshipbook (Upper Room Books, 2006).

Use promo code NEWYOU to receive 20% off regular-priced items and 60% off sale items (pp. 18-22).* *The Upper Room daily devotional guide and product bundles (see pp. 3, 5, 9, and 11) are not included in the discounts.

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new every morning 2020 BUNDLE

A “New Year, New You” starter kit, introducing you to three popular resources to help you create daily life with God. The New Every Morning Bundle includes The Upper Room Disciplines 2020: A Book of Daily Devotions, the NRSV Meeting God Bible: Growing in Intimacy with God through Scripture, and an introductory copy of The Upper Room daily devotional guide. Bundle available while supplies last.

A value of $57.73 for only

$20.20 Product Number: P2020

Included in the bundle: The Upper Room daily devotional guide connects readers with God and a global community of believers each day. Each devotion includes Bible reading, a personal story, a prayer for the day, and a prayer focus.

The Upper Room Disciplines 2020 offers a year of daily, lectionary-based scripture readings and reflections, focusing on a particular theme.

Individual copy list price $2.75

(See page 17 for more about Disciplines.)

Regular list price $14.99 (Regular print) 978-0-8358-1873-5

The NRSV Meeting God Bible weaves short readings, thoughtprovoking questions, and quotes from Christian leaders throughout the pages of scripture.

Regular list price $39.99 978-0-8358-9980-2

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Pauses for Lent

40 Words for 40 Days Trevor Hudson Sometimes a pause is good for the soul. In this beautifully minimalist book, Hudson helps you focus on one word for each day of Lent. Each meditation includes a scripture, Hudson’s unique and applicable insights, and a closing prayer that gives you a thought to take into your day.

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Easter Earthquake

How Resurrection Shakes Our World James A. Harnish In this 6-week study, James Harnish explores the meaning of the earthquake that took place on the first Easter morning. This earthquake shakes up our assumptions about God and about our own lives. Enjoy a practical Lenten study that invites you into a God-soaked world energized by the presence of the risen Christ.

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A Clearing Season Reflections for Lent Sarah Parsons

In this 6-week study, Parsons helps you clear away obstacles that keep you from God and create space in your life for God. PAPERBACK $13.99 978-0-8358-9817-1

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The God We Can Know

Exploring the “I Am” Sayings of Jesus Rob Fuquay Gain a deeper understanding of the “I am” sayings of Jesus in this easy-to-use 7-week churchwide study for all ages—adults, youth, and children. This study will help you find an answer to the most essential question in the Christian faith: “Who do you say I am?”

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Lent & Easter

We Are Beloved

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A Lenten Journey with Protestant Prayer Beads Kristen E. Vincent As Christians, we often have the head knowledge that we are beloved—but deep in our hearts, do we truly believe it? In this 6-week study, you will follow biblical stories of Jesus as he learns that he is the beloved Son of God. Kristen Vincent points out that because the Son of God was fully human, he had to mature to understand that he was beloved. Just as Jesus learned of his belovedness, we too can discover that we are deeply loved.

Each week contains a scripture reading, a devotion, reflection questions, an optional prayer bead experience, and a listening meditation. The book includes a Leader’s Guide for small groups. It also includes Good Friday and Easter readings for individuals.

Explore what it means to be deeply loved by God. Quiet your mind so you can hear God calling you beloved.

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We Are Beloved Bead Bundle This lovely package includes a set of Protestant prayer beads and a copy of the book We Are Beloved: A Lenten Journey with Protestant Prayer Beads.

It makes a great gift.

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Because of This I Rejoice Reading Philippians During Lent Max O. Vincent

Many Christians consider Lent a season of sacrifice and self-discipline rather than a joyful time of spiritual growth. This 6-week study explores Paul’s teachings about joyfully practicing spiritual disciplines.

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Shadows, Darkness, and Dawn A Lenten Journey with Jesus Thomas R. Steagald

In this 6-week study, Tom Steagald invites you to trace Jesus’ journey toward the cross.

You will enter scripture stories and experience them anew: Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness, his nighttime meeting with Nicodemus, his encounter with the woman at the well, Jesus’ healing of the man born blind, his raising of Lazarus, and the events of Holy Week.

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Five Loaves, Two Fish, Twelve Volunteers

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Growing a Relational Food Ministry Elizabeth Mae Magill

Sixty-two percent of food pantries and meal programs in the United States are faith-based. Most of these ministries are transactional; people needing food interact with church volunteers to earn access to direct service.

Elizabeth Magill advocates relational ministry as a better model for food ministry. People donating food or money eat with the people who need food and get to know them as they serve alongside them. Those needing food share all aspects of the ministry, including planning, setting up, leading, serving, and cleaning. As volunteers become better acquainted with those they serve, they can form deep, meaningful relationships, creating a new way to be the church.

Five Loaves, Two Fish, Twelve Volunteers tells the stories of eight churches that share food ministry with people who need their services. Full of practical advice, this book emphasizes that building relationships and offering radical welcome is more important work for churches than efficiency or order. It helps congregations evaluate their outreach and advises them on how to do it differently.

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A Family Like Mine

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Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing Rosalind C. Hughes Families are complicated, and they always have been. A Family Like Mine explores the surprising variety of family stories and relationships reflected in the Bible, emphasizing God’s grace, reconciliation, and renewal. The book tells the family stories of our spiritual ancestors in ways that resonate with our own family stories.

Author Rosalind Hughes weaves accounts of familiar and less well-known biblical characters with stories of family formation, estrangement, adoption, and more. She imaginatively retells biblical stories, inviting the reader to dig deeper into the motivations, disappointments, faith, and fulfillment we hold in common with our biblical ancestors.

Story-based and biblically informed, A Family Like Mine combines spiritual autobiography with Bible study to provide a gentle but probing look at the many “mansions” of God’s household, where Jesus has prepared a place for all God’s children. Reflection questions encourage readers to examine and compare their own family history and spiritual journey with the stories of families found in the Bible.

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Extraordinary Ministry in Ordinary Time An Invitation to Renewal for Pastors James A. Harnish

What energizes someone in pastoral ministry for the long haul?

Holy days like Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost are the exception.

Ordinary Time, the longest season of the Christian year, is where pastors spend most of their ministry.

James Harnish invites pastors and other ministers to see Ordinary Time as a metaphor for the ordinary days of ministry. “Whether we thrive or merely survive depends on what we do with the ordinary days,” he writes.

Harnish encourages ministers to develop spiritual disciplines and personal relationships to nourish their souls for long-term ministry. He highlights the importance of reflection on scripture, spiritual reading, journaling, prayer, and spiritual conversation with trusted friends.

This 6-week study focuses on themes Harnish found crucial in over four decades of ministry: power, people, places, proclamation, perseverance, and promise. Daily readings help readers develop their own customized practices of spiritual formation to sustain and strengthen their life and ministry.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Practicing Scriptural Imagination Kenneth H. Carter Jr. What is scriptural imagination? The word imagination does not mean the Bible is fantasy or untrue. A scriptural imagination allows us to look at the world through the stories and images of the Bible. As we view our world with scriptural imagination, we enter a continuous process of becoming more Christlike.

In A Beginner’s Guide to Practicing Scriptural Imagination, Kenneth Carter focuses on four scripture passages to give readers an easy entry into the practice of scriptural imagination. Carter advocates reading and reflecting on the biblical texts with a group.

Carter says that almost every situation and problem we face can be addressed by men and women sitting with biblical texts, listening for what God might be saying through those passages. Equally important is taking time to listen attentively to people who are marginalized. As readers practice the spiritual exercises in this book, they will grow as disciples of Jesus who can then transform their world.

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Beach Calling

A Devotional Journal for the Middle Years and Beyond Missy Buchanan Aging doesn’t take much effort—all you have to do is breathe.

Aging faithfully is different. It requires intentional effort to stay focused on God as you make your way through a world of chaos and change.

Many women dread aging and resist thinking about it. Yet God designed the human body to change over time, and growing older is part of God’s plan. How we handle the changes that accompany aging reveals much about our spiritual maturity.

Beach Calling takes a fresh approach to aging. Missy Buchanan uses comforting imagery from the beach and ocean to engage readers in spiritual reflection. In this devotional journal for women, she guides readers to explore and embrace God’s plan for growing older.

Each devotion focuses on a familiar aspect of beach life and offers a parallel lesson on aging. Each reading contains prompts that invite readers to capture their thoughts in the journaling space provided. Beach Calling helps women accept and prepare for life transitions, including the challenges of loss and decline. Let this inspirational journal help you discover the hope and joy that faithful aging can bring.

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Beach Calling Bundle Includes a copy of Beach Calling, an embossed pen with a handy stylus, and a beach tote bag made of natural jute with padded rope handles and a large front pocket.

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Spirit Boosters for the Journey of Aging 366 Devotions Missy Buchanan

This reusable inspirational calendar encourages older adults to keep a positive frame of mind. It features brief daily devotions and Bible verses, enlarged-print text, a gift presentation page, and space to add personal celebrations. Easy to display and makes a great gift.

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Rhythms of Growth

365 Meditations to Nurture the Soul Linda Douty Join Linda Douty in a yearlong exploration of spiritual living. As each season of the soul unfolds, she helps you stay alert to God’s invitations. Winter calls us to reflect and regroup in the stillness. Spring beckons us to tend the seeds of growth God plants deep within us. Summer says, “Bear fruit and share it with the world!” Autumn invites us to let go with the leaves. Tend your soul with the daily meditations in this down-to-earth devotional book.

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Made to Move

Knowing and Loving God Through Our Bodies Wendy LeBolt Each of us has a body, unique and wonderfully created, and God made us to move. This 6-week study is designed to help people experience God with heart, soul, mind, and strength through activities that engage the body, mind, and spirit.

Through daily prayer, scripture reading, reflection, and activities, individuals and groups will discover the masterpiece God created and is continually crafting in their lives. Includes a Leader’s Guide for adults and children, plus tips for youth.

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Quiet Spaces

Prayer Interludes for Women Patricia Wilson You can have an intimate relationship with God, in spite of your hectic life. Wilson shows how even a few stray minutes can become a blessed opportunity for a focused encounter with God. Her prayers for all occasions will refresh your spirit and give you the interludes of rest and time with God that you need and desire.

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Soul Reset

Breakdown, Breakthrough, and the Journey to Wholeness Junius B. Dotson Everything was going fine . . . until it wasn’t. For Reverend Junius B. Dotson it took an actual breakdown during a funeral to realize he needed a reset. As he recalls his own journey through grief, depression, burnout, and emotional breakdown, Dotson is passionate about calling for a soul reset for pastors, church leaders, and all disciples of Jesus Christ.

This 6-week churchwide study is for everyone who moves at breakneck speed through their daily lives, often relying only on their own strength to bring God’s kingdom on earth. Jesus shows us a different way—an easier, unforced rhythm of what kingdom work looks like. It’s a balance of work, rest, play, worship, exercise, and eating well—spiritual practices that keep our souls hydrated and healthy as we do the work of the church in the world.

Soul Reset is a call for the church and all of Jesus’ disciples to reset and reorder their lives around spiritual practices, to learn to walk through difficult seasons with our souls connected to the source of Living Water so that we don’t burn out or break down. And if we do burn out or break down, we learn to lift one another up and point one another back to Jesus.

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This Life That Is Ours

Motherhood as Spiritual Practice Lauren Burdette Mothering is holy work. God is present in the busy-ness, the daily ups and downs, the tears, the joys, and the stress.

This Life That Is Ours offers 40 gentle meditations with guidance for reflection on the spiritual journey of motherhood. The short, practical, soul-affirming meditations nurture a mom’s heart and spirit in a time of life that is often filled with exhaustion and loss of identity. This book creates space for you to think about your relationships with your children and with God, to rest, to experience awe, and to find signs of God’s presence in the midst of the mundane and the extraordinary moments of motherhood.

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Scrambled Starts

Family Prayers for Morning, Bedtime, and Everything In-Between Jenny Youngman Do you long to teach your children to pray? Learn from a mother of four who understands chaotic family schedules and children’s short attention spans. See how her family managed to make prayer a natural part of their daily lives. This handy book for all ages includes mealtime blessings, bedtime prayers, morning devotions, scriptures, and prayers for all occasions.

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Passing It On

How to Nurture Your Children’s Faith Season by Season Kara Lassen Oliver Kara Oliver offers practical ideas to help Christian parents nurture children in their faith. Recognizing that families are pressed for time, Oliver provides simple, doable suggestions for weekly family gatherings. Her ideas can be easily incorporated into your schedule—just 4 weeks at a time during 4 times of the year: Advent, Lent, summer, and back-to-school.

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Christ Beside Me, Christ Within Me Celtic Blessings Beth A. Richardson

Do you wonder where God is present in your day? Experience the sacredness of every moment with this beautiful collection of Celtic blessings. Richardson’s short, simple prayers, combined with rich stories about her grandfather, will lead you to notice God’s presence in every moment.

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One Breath at a Time

A Skeptic’s Guide to Christian Meditation J. Dana Trent Are you looking for a way to quiet your thoughts and listen to God? One Breath at a Time offers an accessible 40-day guide to beginning a Christian meditation practice.

Dana Trent makes a strong case for Christian meditation from a biblical, historical, theological, and evidence-based perspective. This book leads you through five methods of meditation: breath, centering, lectio divina, loving-kindness, and devotional.

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For Sabbath’s Sake

Embracing Your Need for Rest, Worship, and Community J. Dana Trent Do you have trouble finding time to rest and spend quality time with friends and family? Are you looking for a stronger connection with God? There’s an ancient spiritual practice that can help you find balance: keeping sabbath. With humor and honesty, Dana Trent reveals her own struggles with keeping sabbath, traces the rich history of sabbath, and helps you find ways to set apart time for what matters most.

For sabbath’s sake—for sanity’s sake—you need this book!

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Talking with God in Old Age Meditations and Psalms Missy Buchanan

Buchanan sensitively addresses the worries, fears, pain, and frustrations of older adults. Her meditations and selected psalms extend hope, encouraging older persons to talk candidly with God. Enlarged Print PAPERBACK $9.99 978-0-8358-1016-6

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Praying with Mandalas

A Colorful, Contemplative Practice Sharon Seyfarth Garner This coloring book for adults invites you to “be with God on purpose” and create your own visual prayer journal to hear God’s holy whispers. It blends the relaxing practice of coloring with these ancient spiritual practices: lectio divina, intercessory prayer, centering prayer, and the Examen. Includes 10 each of 4 mandala designs.

Excellent for personal devotions, small groups, or retreats.

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Creativity and Divine Surprise Finding the Place of Your Resurrection Karla Kincannon

Do you think of yourself as creative? God made all of us with the ability, perhaps even the need, to create. Kincannon helps you discover your untapped creativity and explore it as part of your spiritual journey.

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Holy Listening with Breath, Body, and the Spirit Whitney R. Simpson Looking for a new way to listen to God? Try listening with your whole self—body, breath, and spirit. Each reading in this 40-day book of meditations includes scripture, yoga postures, a breath prayer, aromatherapy, and reflection questions.

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Still Praying After All These Years Meditations for Later Life Susan Carol Scott

Just because you’re old, that doesn’t mean God is finished with you. The 52 meditations in this book remind you that despite all the changes that happen as you age, one thing is certain: your life has meaning, and God cares for you. Topics of the readings include loneliness, making a difference, finding meaning and purpose, experiencing wonder, and feeling God’s presence.

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Creating a Life with God

The Call of Ancient Prayer Practices Daniel Wolpert Take your prayer life to the next level with this guide to 12 prayer practices. You’ll meet traveling companions who exemplify each prayer method, like Ignatius of Loyola and Julian of Norwich. An appendix gives step-by-step instructions for the Jesus Prayer, examen, walking the labyrinth, and praying with your body.

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Sacred Breath

40 Days of Centering Prayer J. David Muyskens Grounded in scripture and Christian tradition, Sacred Breath walks you through the practice of Centering Prayer and helps you breathe deeply in the presence of God. Includes suggestions for group study.

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Praying in the Messiness of Life

7 Ways to Renew Your Relationship with God Linda Douty How can you squeeze more time for prayer into an already busy life? Linda Douty suggests fresh ideas for weaving prayer into your life as it is, messiness and all.

Includes reflection questions and a group guide for a 5-week study, 9-week study, or retreat.

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The Serenity Prayer

A Simple Prayer to Enrich Your Life Trevor Hudson Peace. We all want it, but often it gets lost in our daily struggles. Trevor Hudson explores the entire Serenity Prayer, giving insights into each phrase and making the prayer accessible to everyday people. His profound look at this simple prayer will deepen your trust in God. PAPERBACK $13.99 978-0-8358-1094-4

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The Upper Room Disciplines 2020 A Book of Daily Devotions

Are you looking for devotions that help you dig deeper into scripture? Find inspiration for your walk with Christ with the insightful daily reflections in Disciplines. Each week of devotions focuses on a particular theme and engages you with the lectionary texts for the upcoming Sunday.

The 2020 edition of Disciplines features 53 writers who contributed to Weavings: A Journal of the Christian Spiritual Life.

Disciplines 2020 contains all-new material from these writers.

Writers for 2020 include Kathleen Flood, Luther Smith, J. Barrie Shepherd, Wendy Wright, Roberta Bondi, Michael Downey, Rachel Hackenberg, Don Saliers, Jan Johnson, Kristen Vincent, Gerrit Dawson, Marilyn McEntyre, Mark Burrows, Deborah Smith Douglas, and others.

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Older Adult Don’t Write My Obituary Just Yet Inspiring Faith Stories for Older Adults Missy Buchanan

Thirty heartwarming stories of people from ages 70 to 100 show how strong faith can help us overcome trials and sorrows and live with hope. A scripture and prayer accompany each story. This book makes a wonderful gift for any older adult who needs to know that their life still matters to God and others.

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Not Alone

Encouragement for Caregivers Nell Noonan In the midst of caregiving, we often feel inadequate, fatigued, and overwhelmed with despair. In Not Alone, Noonan offers authentic devotions to comfort and encourage caregivers by letting them know they are truly not alone.

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At the Edge of Life

Conversations When Death Is Near Richard L. Morgan Drawing on 60 years of experience as a minister and chaplain, Richard Morgan guides you to understand how to listen and what to say to a dying person. His meditations offer help through the process of preparing for a loved one’s death.

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Hope Beyond Your Tears

Experiencing Christ’s Healing Love Trevor Hudson with Foreword by Dallas Willard Through the meditations in this book, you will discover how Christ’s healing love can help you find the hope that lies on the other side of your brokenness and grief. Each chapter includes a focal scripture and meditation, a memory verse and breath prayer, and suggestions for further reflection.

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Children, Youth, and Family Praying Through a Child’s Illness 28 Days of Prayers Wessel Bentley

It’s a parent’s nightmare: finding out there’s something seriously wrong with your child.

How will you find the strength you need to cope? Offering insights from his experience of having a child with heart problems, Wessel Bentley encourages parents with prayers, reflections, and practical suggestions.

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Growing Compassionate Kids

Helping Kids See Beyond Their Backyard Jan Johnson This book offers biblical methods for teaching children compassion toward people who live without voice, hope, or Christ. Jan Johnson includes ideas for incorporating social outreach into family life, biblical rationale for introducing children to God’s call to help our neighbors, reflection questions, personal and family devotions, and practical ideas for volunteering as a family.

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Way to Live

Christian Practices for Teens Edited by Dorothy Bass and Don C. Richter “I want to find a way to live that keeps me involved in what God is doing in me and in the world around me. Do you know a way to live that is like that?” Eighteen teens and 18 adults tackle that question in Way to Live: Christian Practices for Teens. Their different points of view and personal stories make living a Christian life real. This book will start teens on the spiritual journey of a lifetime.

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Educational Mission Trips That Matter

Embodied Faith for the Sake of the World Don C. Richter Every year hundreds of church groups go on mission trips with good intentions. Yet without wise preparation, some trips can alienate travelers from the people they seek to help. Don Richter shows Christian travelers how to become servant-guests who embody Christ’s love. This book will guide groups and their leaders to reflect on their life together before, during, and after mission trips and service projects.

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Prayer and Spiritual Formation Walking in the Light

Knowing and Doing God’s Will Steve Harper How can we know God’s will? This helpful guide explores practices that make it easier to discover God’s will, highlights principles that have helped Christians through the ages with discernment, addresses common misconceptions about God’s will, and offers questions for reflection and discussion.

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Provocative Grace

The Challenge in Jesus’ Words Robert Corin Morris Provocative Grace focuses on the words of Jesus, not as rules to live by but as challenges to encourage our growth into greater maturity. Morris invites us to broaden our ideas and beliefs about Jesus—to deepen our knowledge gained from Sunday school and other Bible study groups.

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A Guide to Prayer for All Who Seek God Deluxe Gift Edition Rueben P. Job, Norman Shawchuck

Each day of this yearlong prayer guide offers an opening affirmation, a prayer, and scripture selections. The “Readings for Reflection” include excerpts from writers such as Frederick Buechner, Joyce Rupp, Henri J. M. Nouwen, Mother Teresa, Howard Thurman, C. S. Lewis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, John Wesley, and many others. This gift edition features a leatherette cover, a ribbon bookmark, and pages with gold edges.

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Meeting the Messiah

Scriptures for the Advent Season Kara Lassen Oliver Six weeks of short readings and guided reflection will enrich your celebration of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. You will be filled with joy and thanksgiving as you think about scripture passages from the perspectives of the Holy Spirit, John the Baptist, Mary, the shepherds, the magi, and Jesus himself.

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The Lord’s Prayer

Jesus Teaches Us How to Pray Mary Lou Redding Do we make prayer harder than it has to be? Because the Lord’s Prayer is so familiar, we run the risk of praying it without really thinking about the meaning of the words.

Mary Lou Redding explores this ancient prayer phrase by phrase and helps us see how it can be a model for all of our praying. Learn how to connect scripture with your daily life and grow closer to God with this practical, encouraging study.

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Pray for Me

The Power in Praying for Others Kenneth H. Carter Jr. “Pray for me” is a cry for help. It’s as if the person in need is holding a bucket full of emotions—grief, disappointment, fear, confusion. Explore what the Bible says about intercessory prayer, and learn how to walk alongside others as you receive and carry concerns to God. PAPERBACK $11.99 $4.80 978-0-8358-1090-6

Becoming Who God Wants You to Be 60 Meditations for Personal Spiritual Direction W. Paul Jones

In this refreshing approach to a means of spiritual growth, you will explore selfguided spiritual direction with the ultimate spiritual director: the Holy Spirit.

Examine your thoughts, truths, difficulties, and triumphs in the light of Christ.

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Small Group Take the Flag

Following God’s Signals in the Race of Your Life Rob Fuquay A 7-week study that uses the flags from auto racing as a way to discuss different aspects of our life of faith. This series helps you understand God’s signals through the fast-paced world of auto racing.

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Inspirational Reluctant Pilgrim

A Moody, Somewhat Self-Indulgent Introvert’s Search for Spiritual Community Enuma Okoro A spiritual memoir of a God-hungry woman trying to navigate her mixed desires, convictions, and disappointments.

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When You Come Unglued...

Stick Close to God Patricia Wilson

With her folksy wisdom, Wilson shows us how to dump our baggage, resist stress, loosen up, and begin simply to be the unique individuals God created us to be. She offers a wise and lighthearted take on the serious business of maturing in faith.

12 weeks • Includes reflection questions PAPERBACK $7.99 $3.20 978-0-8358-9918-5

The Mystic in You

Discovering a God-Filled World Bruce G. Epperly Meet these mystics: St. Francis of Assisi, the desert mothers and fathers, Benedict, the Celtic mystics, Hildegard of Bingen, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Brother Lawrence, the Baal Shem Tov, Howard Thurman, Etty Hillesum, Rumi, and Julian of Norwich.

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10 Life-Charged Words Real Faith for Men Derek Maul

God wants your life to be fulfilling. Maul identifies 10 key words to help you become an enthusiastic Christ follower. Each chapter gives practical tips for growing in your relationship with God. PAPERBACK $7.99 $3.20 978-0-8358-1116-3

Get Real

A Spiritual Journey for Men Derek Maul What does it mean to be a Christian man in today’s world? Derek Maul delivers straight talk to men about faith, family, and desire for God in bite-size sections. Find out how you can you can have a deeper spiritual life.

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