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Transform Your Suffering with Tools from Theology, Psychology, and Spiritual Formation We dont like pain.So, we find creative ways to go around it. We try to ignore, minimize, or deny our suffering, but were still left hurting. The twisting and defiling work of sin on this world is overwhelming and shatters our assumptions about ourselves and our place in the world. And yet, the path forward is through suffering. Our afflictions present an opportunity to encounter God and allow him to redeem our suffering.Drawing on six years of research, When the Journey Hurts untangles common misconceptions about suffering, instead helping you find meaning in it. The authors integrate theology, psychology, and spiritual formation to provide actionable steps and tools that teach you how to suffer well in relationship with God and others.This book introduces seven key practices to help you uncover meaning in your suffering, equipping you to engage with suffering in a healthy, faithful way: Identifying with Christs suffering Lament Surrender Forgiveness Gratitude Memento mori (remembering our mortality) Weaving our story of suffering into Gods story These practices are supported by both theological insights and psychological research, providing a unique approach to navigating suffering. Rather than diminishing the weight of your pain, this book is designed to help you transform suffering into an opportunity for spiritual growth and deeper connection with God. With When the Journey Hurts, youll find that your pain can lead you closer to Jesus.

Titanic represents a microcosm of the world in 1912. It was a mans world in many respects, across law, land ownership, voting rights, family structures and religious hierarchies. The stories we know about those involved that fateful night are as varied as the people aboard the ship, but many of them revolve around the roles and actions of the men.This new book from Melinda Ratchford delves into the world as it was for women in 1912, and presents a selection of womens stories, including a variety of women who travelled aboard Titanic, from rich to poor, and well-known to largely forgotten, and also stories of some women who didnt travel but whose lives were inextricably linked to the tragedy and changed forever. This collection of stories presents the lives of these women before, during and after the tragedy that irrevocably changed their world, and ours.

A Spiritual Journey Toward Healing and Justice for Christians of Color You are born from a seed that cannot die. In a world filled with discrimination, racially motivated violence, and miscarriages of justice, hope and joy can feel unattainable, and lies denying your personhood try to dim the truth that you are created in the image of God.In Seeds of Racial Healing, counselor and spiritual director Sheila Wise Rowe offers you a season of rest and restoration. Her spiritually formative approach enables you to deepen your faith as you pursue healing from racial trauma, past and present.Anchored in daily Scriptures, these fifty-two devotions help you become more aware of God every day, even as you confront interpersonal racism and systemic oppression. In each devotion, Rowe inspires readers to share your stories and reminds your weary soul that you are fearfully and wonderfully made.In these devotions, youll find personal stories, prayer and encouragement, Scripture passages, questions for reflection, and actionable steps to help you pursue both healing and justice. If youre a Christian of color looking for a an accessible, trauma-informed devotional, Seeds of Racial Healing will help you confront challenges, embrace your worth as a child of God, and sow seeds of healing and transformation, whether on your own or as part of a group. Youll find encouragement to employ rest, resilience, and the power of faith to nurture growth in yourself and your community.

Faith Conversations for a Modern World Have you ever wanted to look over the shoulder of an expert apologist as he has conversations about faith?Louis Markos, acclaimed author of From Plato to Christ and Passing the Torch, gives you a seat at his table for an international potluck dinner held in his home, where guests from many faith traditions and walks of life engage in spirited discussion about faith, miracles, and the meaning of life.My Apologetics Dinner Party presents a method of talking about Christian faith that is not based primarily on propositional logic or the defense of truth claims (though these features do show up). Instead, he aims to clarify what Christians actually believe through a winsome and engrossing narrative in the tradition of Socratic dialogue. The conversations in this book are rooted in real-life interactions Professor Markos has had with skeptics, seekers, and adherents of other faiths throughout a lifetime as a professional apologist for Christianity.In My Apologetics Dinner Party, you will get a unique opportunity to look over the shoulder of an expert apologist in action. observe a laid-back, conversational approach to evangelism built upon hospitality and designed for life in a modern, pluralistic society. see an example of how to engage in conversational apologetics among people of diverse cultural, educational, and religious backgrounds. hear dialogues, rather than debates, as creative narrative in the Socratic tradition. Youll be entertained as well as enlightened as youre taken up in the banter, humor, and atmosphere of lively dinner conversationonly to find at the end that some of your deepest questions have been addressed. If you are looking for a book that will show you how to discuss your faith in a real-life setting with friends who have deep questions to ask but dont want to hear a sermon, or a book you could give to curious seekers to read on their own, youll find it in My Apologetics Dinner Party.

Learn Why Justice Matters to God Through the Book of Amos The prophet Amos was a simple shepherd and an unlikely prophet, yet he delivered a powerful message to Israel and its neighborsa declaration of Gods heart for justice. Trusted Bible teacher Vanessa Hawkins invites us to lean in and listen closer to Amos because what was true about Gods justice for ancient Israel is also true for us today.This eight-week study on the book of Amos invites you to explore why justice is so important to God. The Roar of Justice will help you gain a greater understanding of Gods justice and his righteous rule, while simultaneously recognizing his intense love and deep desire for the flourishing of all people.In this Bible study, youll find five days of guided study each week, engaging video teachings from the author, and a framework to help you learn what the Scriptures say and mean and how to respond. Hawkins points you toward the challenge contained in the message of Amos, encouraging you to listen carefully to Scripture, earnestly reflect on the truths that you hear about injustice, and be willing to be transformed by what you discover.In The Roar of Justice, youll discover that justice isnt buried in the pages of Amos; it is a mighty and resounding theme that flows throughout Scripture straight from the heart of God.

An awe-inspiring and panoramic investigation into the hidden world of the deep sea - a mysterious, unforgiving landscape whose secrets radically revise our understanding of life on earth.The deep sea is one of humanitys last frontiers. For most of our history it has been a remote realm shrouded in obscurity. But here, where the light cannot reach, lies a strange, wonderful and breathtaking portal into Earths past, teeming with scientific marvels and lessons for the future of life on this planet.In The Dark Frontier, marine microbiologist and deep-sea explorer Jeffrey Marlow plunges us into the oceans depths and invites us to witness close-up encounters with its hidden brilliance. Translucent shrimp dance through sulphureous vents, crabs stretch twelve feet from claw to claw and the eerie chalk-white towers of the Lost City loom. Back on land, diplomats and conservationists negotiate the management of the vast open ocean, as human forces threaten ancient underwater ecosystems. Immersive and illuminating, Marlows journeys heed warnings too: we are irrevocably changing the deep sea before we have even had a chance to understand it.This expansive book offers crucial and surprising insights into the twinned forces of exploration and exploitation in the deep sea. It shows how life can thrive in even the most extreme conditions, and how new ways of engaging with the oceans depths are revealing critical links between the deep sea and life on land. The Dark Frontier expands our understanding of biological possibilities - and our responsibilities - on Earth and beyond.

An evocative and inspiring exploration of the lives of women who refuse to be tied indoors by domesticity. The Hard Way is a powerful manifesto for women who long to walk alone - and safely - in the countryside Dr Sharon Blackie, author of If Women Rose Rooted Why is it radical for women to walk alone in the countryside, when men have been doing so for centuries? The Hard Way is a powerful and illuminating book about addressing this imbalance, reclaiming fearlessness and diving into the history of the landscape from a womans point of view.Setting off to follow the oldest paths in England, the Ridgeway and the Harrow Way, Susannah Walker comes across artillery fire, concern from passing policemen and her own innate fear of lone figures in the distance: a landscape shaped by men, from prehistoric earthworks to todays army bases.But along the way, Susannah finds Edwardian feminists, rebellious widows, forgotten writers and artists, as well as all their anonymous sisters who stayed at home throughout history. They become her companions over 135 miles of walking, revealing how much, or how little, has changed for women now.

Building on the premise that landscapes provide a common ground where different kinds of knowledge may come together, this edited volume draws on a wide range of disciplines, including geology and geography, cultural anthropology and philosophy, architecture and art history. It suggests that the complex social and environmental crises of the 21st century cannot be understood independently of a historically constituted aesthetic approach to landscapes.Boulouki is a collective that deals with the traditional knowledge of building. Under the Landscape (Santorini and Therasia, 2021 2022), one of the collectives most important projects, comprised a participatory restoration, research into local materials, an exhibition and a symposium, and is the basis and starting point of this publication.

In this bold and intimate semi-autobiographical novel, La Maison, Emma Becker transports the reader behind the closed doors of a Berlin brothel, where she worked for two years not only to earn a living, but to immerse herself in a world she wanted to understand and to write about with unflinching honesty. What emerges is a deeply personal, unsentimental, and often surprising account of life inside the brothel, where Becker explores not just the physical aspects of sex work, but the emotional, psychological, and social complexities that shape it.With frankness and literary insight, she recounts her encounters with clients, her growing self-awareness, and, most poignantly, the friendships and solidarity she finds among the other women who work there. Far from reducing sex work to cliche or voyeurism, Becker gives space to the quiet routines, shared laughter, private pain, and hard-won dignity of a profession often misunderstood and rarely written about from the inside.Part memoir, part sociological study, and wholly literary, La Maison challenges preconceptions about sex, agency, and femininity, offering a provocative and compassionate exploration of what it means to inhabit multiple identitiesas worker, writer, woman, and witness.

A Groundbreaking Analysis of Dallas Willards Theology of Spiritual Formation Dallas Willards formational theology begins with the claim that the aim of God in human history is the formation of a community of loving persons apprenticed to Jesusand ends with the promise that such apprenticeship prepares us to share in Gods governance of the cosmos.This apprenticeship to Jesus is the path to human flourishing, the renewal of the church, and the healing of the world. In Kingdom Apprenticeship, Keas Keasler offers the first comprehensive study of Willards theology of spiritual formation. He argues that while the three Ds of disciples, discipleship, and disciplines made Willard famous, his formational theology is much deeper than that. Willards unique grammar of transformation is grounded in ordinary life, for it is in our present reality that we are trained to participate in Gods eternal purposes.Mining Willards philosophical works, theological writings, recorded lectures, and unpublished papers, Keasler shows: Willards theology serves as a practical curriculum for spiritual growth, offering a remedy for the character crisis we see in the church and in society. Apprenticeship to Jesus is both for growth in Christlikeness and preparation for reigning with God in the fullness of his kingdom. Spiritual formation is not secondary or supplementary to Gods mission; it is its very strategy. Against the drift of modern theology into abstraction, Willard calls the church back to a clinical theologyone aimed at the transformation of character through an interactive life with God. Formation and mission, contemplation and action, inner renewal and outward vocationall are inseparably linked in Willards vision.Kingdom Apprenticeship offers a fresh and urgent call: to recover apprenticeship to Jesus as the heart of the Christian lifeand the hope of the world.

Trace Gods Plan of Redemption Through the Old Testament Do you find the Old Testament historical books challenging or confusing? Have you ever struggled to get through these sections of Gods Word or wondered why they matter for us today? Many of us view the Old Testament as something we read simply because weve been told its good for us. But when we uncover the unfolding story of redemption within these books, we see a theological vision that points us to Jesus.Unfolding Redemption helps readers trace Gods story of redemption through the historical books of the Old Testament and discover its fulfillment in Christ. As readers dive deeper, theyll gain a richer understanding of the gospel and see its vibrant connections throughout Scripture. This book makes the theology of the Old Testament accessible and approachable, showing how these books fit together to tell a larger story that culminates in Christ.Biblical scholar Ian Vaillancourt unpacks themes like settling Gods redeemed people in Joshua, delivering Gods redeemed people in Judges, preserving Gods redeemed people in Esther, hope for the ultimate redemption in 1 and 2 Chronicles, and more. Vaillancourt guides readers through the Old Testaments historical books with a clear and intentional approach, revealing how every part of the story leads to Jesus. Unfolding Redemption is an excellent introductory textbook, and is ideal for pastors or Bible teachers as well as groups looking to study the Bible more deeply. With discussion questions for reflection, Unfolding Redemption equips Christians to dig deeply into these texts, see their themes woven together, and understand what they mean for our lives today.

Finding Gods Grace Through Lament "I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and he will hear me."Psalm 77:1 What do we do with our pain? So much in our world is simply not right: Disease. Death. Destruction. But we dont have to look to the news to know that things arent okay. Our neighborhoods, our churches, and even our families ache with the everyday troubles of this life. Whether our response is rage or tears or numbness, the Bible offers an avenue for our pain: lament.In Crying Out to God, Wendy Alsup uses psalms of lament to give words to our often-wordless cries. During this eight-week study, we learn that God not only allows our complaints about all that is not right, but he also welcomes our protests and tears. And we discover that God meets us in our lament, giving us his remarkable grace and provision in our time of need.Crying Out to God features: 8-week Bible study experience with accompanying videos Flexible format and helpful suggestions for using this book with large groups, small groups, one-on-one, or for solo study Group sessions include 10-minute video lessons and discussion questions 5 days of engaging study each week to deepen your faith Reflection on a different Psalm each week In this study, youll join Wendy in exploring the dark, the hard, and the wrong in this world. Name it before the Lord and allow God through the Scriptures to meet you in it. Youll find grace in your time of need, your communitys time of need, and our worlds time of need. Youll find that God has not left you to journey through the darkness alone.

A Solution-Driven Handbook for Workplace Relationships Why is it so difficult to collaborate with that one coworker? Why cant your boss understand where youre coming from? We all want to experience a healthy, flourishing work environment, but interpersonal conflicts and miscommunications often make work feel frustrating, overwhelming, and maybe even toxic.With the Enneagram as her guide, Joey Schewee provides a holistic, empowering approach to relating to one another in the workplace, as she helps you foster behavioral consciousness through awareness of motivational differences. She provides practical explanations of a dynamic wisdom for immediate application using anecdotes gained from seventeen years of consulting in professional environments. Drawing from her work with thousands of employees and hundreds of teams, Schewee introduces new concepts such as processing centers, reference points, and focus shifts, Enneagram advancements shared in this book for the first time.In When Working Together Doesnt Work, youll learn how differing motivations or types can affect employee cohesiveness and productivity, how managers can engage individuals by type, so that employees feel understood and valued, and how to significantly reduce the perception of personal slights and pave the way for understanding, trust, and collaboration. While many personality typing systems focus on behavior, they often fail to address the core motivations behind itsomething the Enneagram does exceptionally well. When Working Together Doesnt Work is designed to equip you, at any level of business, to improve workplace dynamics. By applying the proven approach outlined in this book, youll significantly reduce misunderstandings, build trust, and encourage collaboration at work. As you grow in your understanding of your coworkers, youll experience improved employee engagement and shape your work culture in powerful and lasting ways. Start transforming your workplace today!

The present study explores the spatial potential and the practical dimension of the Emmaus story in Lukes Gospel by considering the spatial interpretations of the story. It uses the concept of the Lucan thirdspace a concept modified from Edward Sojas thirdspace in his critical spatiality as well as concepts taken from narrative criticism. The study shows how the thirdspatial transformative potential of the Emmaus story is activated through the divine encounter and ones personal relationship with Jesus.

Small Steps to Help Children Flourish in a Hurried World Many children today are caught up in the frantic pace of life, rushed along by forces beyond their control. When kids grow up too quickly and experience life at top speed, they are left distracted, anxious, and struggling to find depth.The good news is its possible to help children experience life at a slower pace. In Savoring Childhood, youll learn how to push back against the demands of our superficial, automatic, and always-on culture as you walk through five essential ways of slowing: Slow gratification Slow schedules Slow media Slow consuming Slow growing up Drawn from an average familys experiments with resisting the rush of life and spiritual formation wisdom from voices like Dallas Willard and Richard Foster, Grace Pouch presents practical steps to slow things down so that children can grow deep relational roots, inward character, and a flourishing friendship with God.With Savoring Childhood, youll learn how to identify whats moving too fast in kids lives; set a pace of life that supports freedom, connection, and depth; and implement practical solutions to give children a grounded, non-anxious, and spiritually rich childhood. God designed childhood to be abundant. Whether in your home, your classroom, or your ministry, you can learn how to partner with God to slow things down so that the children in your life can flourish.

Why Quiet Time Is the Most Important "To Do" of the Day Do you long for a deeper connection with God but struggle to find the time? Between your personal life, work, and responsibilities, its easy to feel like quiet time with God is just another sacrifice. This is your invitation to pause, pivot, and discover renewed peace and purpose. In Press Pause, Karynthia Glasper Phillips takes you on a transformative journey that combines biblical reflections with practical steps to help you disconnect from the chaos and truly reconnect with God, making room for quiet time even if you feel you have no time.In this book Phillips provides a biblical foundation for why quiet time with God is vital to the Christian life and helps you evaluate where you are in your relationship with God. The book concludes with a seven-day retreat guide, providing an immediate opportunity to let go of distractions, embrace stillness, and step into the fullness of Gods presence.In this book, youll discover a renewed awareness of Gods presence, how time in private with God can have lasting effects in your public life, practical guidance to help you pause on purpose in quiet time with God, how physical well-being and spiritual health are intertwined, and how a healthy spiritual life leads to greater care for others and better decisions at home, work, and in society. Press Pause invites you to intentionally pause amid the stress and busyness of lifenot by adding more to your schedule but by finding ways to integrate God into the moments you already have. If youre seeking a deeper connection with God in the midst of your fast-paced life, this book is for you.Learn how spending time with God helps you fulfill your purpose, refreshes your spirit, and cares for your body as Gods temple. No matter where you are in your relationship with God, pressing pause will allow you to refocus, gain clarity, and receive spiritual guidance for your daily life.

"For an urban naturalist, the simple act of walking down a city street is full of delightful distractions. I have to duck down this side street to see whats growing along that pavement edge. Im compelled to stop for a 360-degree scan of the rooftops to locate the source of that bird call. And I cant resist crossing the road and kneeling down to get a closer look at whats buzzing around under that tree. Rambling along pavements and hunting for wildlife, Im the opposite of the detached, purposeless flaneur who idly observes city life of the human form. Theres nature hunting to be done."Feral pigeons, foxes and fireweed are fascinating, but theres more to urban nature. In Wild Pavements, naturalist Amanda Tuke shares her delight in the overlooked and under-appreciated wildlife in our UK cities, finds the people who care for it, takes groups out to enjoy it and explores what the current thinking in ecology and conservation means for the future of urban nature.Join the author as she explores London from the City out to the suburbs and visits Manchester, Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff, Hull, Aberdeen and other cities in the British Isles, exploring the diversity of our urban nature and the surprising places you can find it. From wild bees living on a canal bank and peregrine falcons nesting on a civic centre, to rare plants in pavement cracks and new fish-life in trolley-filled urban rivers, her discoveries are there for anyone to enjoy. And noticing the wild world around you may just change the way you think about our cities for good.

Marshall McLuhan, a pioneering media theorist, explored how media shape perception, society, and culture. His concepts, like the medium is the message and the global village, emphasize media as extensions of human senses that profoundly influence communication and social structures. He analyzed transitions from oral to print culture and the impact of electronic media on thought and interaction. This volume seeks global contributions applying McLuhans theories to AI, digital media, knowledge, creativity, and body-mind relations in todays networked world.In this volume, edited by Lars C. Grabbe, Andrew McLuhan and Tobias Held, scholars from diverse fieldsmedia theory, philosophy, sociology, art, game studies, and moreare examining McLuhans enduring relevance in analyzing contemporary technological and cultural transformations.

What if differences could strengthen your personal connections instead of frustrating them? Discover how God designed us uniquely to connect, grow, and thrive togethereven through our differences. Connecting Across Differences explores how God designed us with unique differences and how this can strengthen our personal and professional relationships when approached with empathy and grace. Using biblical wisdom and practical tools, James Borishade invites readers into a journey of self-discovery, relational growth, and healing through faith-based principles. He gives readers the tools needed to navigate conflicts and build deeper, more fulfilling connections in family, work, and beyond.Connecting Across Differences is a guide for fostering meaningful relationships in all areas of life, from friendships to work relationships to marriage and more. Rooted in the Bible, this book provides actionable advice that helps our differences strengthen our bonds rather than divide us. Whether you are seeking to grow personally, overcome challenging relational situations, or improve workplace dynamics, youll be equipped with a road map for better communication.Key Features: Put Biblical Wisdom into Practice: Discover Scripture-based insights and actionable tools for better daily communication. Master Communication Skills: Learn to communicate with intention in any setting such as your church, home, workplace, and more. Navigate Conflict with Grace: Gain skills to help avoid needless conflict in any kind of relationship. Connecting Across Differences reminds us that God designed our individuality not to separate us but to bring us together. This book is a treasure for Christians seeking to strengthen their connections with others while growing in empathy, grace, and understanding. Begin the transformation toward more meaningful communication and better relationships today!

Rediscover Community in a Disconnected World Jesus said his followers would be known for their love, not their loneliness. Yet over half of Americansand American churchgoerssay that they lack companionship or that no one knows them well. We live increasingly disconnected lives, and our mental and spiritual health suffer as a result.In The Way Back to One Another, Jeff Galley and Phil Smith provide a remedy based on studying Scripture, learning from the global church, and observing best practices in thousands of small groups. The New Testaments exhortations to love one another are not merely individual commands but instructions for experiencing deep relationships and community, one to another, to each other, and each to all. Loving one another today will require a countercultural return to practices that are increasingly devalued and disregarded: depending on, committing to, talking with, knowing, and welcoming one another.In The Way Back to One Another, youll learn: Loneliness is a subtle yet pervasive issue that affects our mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being, and even as Christ-followers, were not immune. God designed us for deep, meaningful relationships to help us become who he intends us to be. There is hope to cultivate the deeper connections we long for and to be ambassadors of those relationships for others, even in a culture of isolation. Fulfilling life is found in interdependence and realizing that our relationship with God is deeply connected to our relationships with others. Overcoming loneliness requires intentional, countercultural changes in how we live. Galley and Smith cast a vision for how we were created to live, outline practical shifts to combat loneliness, and offer life design suggestionssmall yet meaningful changes we can make to escape aloneness, build relationships, and create community to experience the depth of connection God intends for us. With The Way Back to One Another, discover how you and your church can break away from soul-killing isolation and become catalysts of life-giving relationships and community.