Book Reviews Library
Advent Ethics
"Meeting God in the Church Year," by Kimberlee Conway Ireton
• Adolph Adam, The Liturgical Year: Its History and Its Meaning after the Reform of the Liturgy
• Joan Chittister, The Liturgical Year: The Spiraling Adventure of the Spiritual Life
• Bobby Gross, Living the Christian Year: Time to Inhabit the Story of God
• Robert Webber, Ancient-Future Time: Forming Spirituality through the Christian Year
"Taking Advent Seriously," by Mark Oldenburg
• The Bruderhof, ed., Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas
• Gordon Giles, O Come Emmanuel: A Musical Tour of Daily Readings for Advent and Christmas
• Mary Lou Redding, While We Wait: Living the Questions of Advent
• Phyllis Tickle, Christmastide: Prayers for Advent through Epiphany from The Divine Hours
Aging
"Come, Let Us Worship," by Terry W. York
• Gil Rendle, The Multigenerational Congregation: Meeting the Leadership Challenge
• Henri Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
• John Westerhoff, Will Our Children Have Faith?
• Hugh W. Sanborn (ed.), Celebrating Passages in the Church: Reflections and Resources
• Thomas Long, Beyond the Worship Wars: Building Vital and Faithful Worship
• Nancy T. Ammerman, et al (eds.), Studying Congregations: A New Handbook
"Caring for Aging Parents," by Dennis R. Myers
• Peter Jeffery, Going Against the Stream: Ethical Aspects of Ageing and Care
• Harold Koenig and Andrew Weaver, Pastoral Care of Older Adults
• Grace Ketterman and Kathy King, Real Solutions for Caring for Your Elderly Parent
• Houston Hudson, Circle of Years: A Caregiver's Journal
"Spirituality of Aging," by Mark A. Peters
• Joan E. Lukens (ed.), Affirmative Aging: A Creative Approach to a Longer Life
• Andrew Weaver et al, Reflections on Aging and Spiritual Growth
• Kathleen Fischer, Winter Grace: Spirituality and Aging
Apocalyptic Vision
"Leaving "Left Behind" Behind," by Jonathan Sands Wise
• Craig L. Blomberg and Sung Wook Chung, eds., A Case for Historic Premillennialism: An Alternative to "Left Behind" Eschatology
• Barbara R. Rossing, The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation
• Stephen L. Cook, The Apocalyptic Literature
"Death, Resurrection, New Creation," by Dan Epp-Tiessen
• N. T. Wright, Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church
• Donald G. Bloesch, The Last Things: Resurrection, Judgment, Glory
• Jürgen Moltmann, The Coming of God: Christian Eschatology
Caring for Creation
"Reading Scripture Greenly," by Presian Burroughs
• Richard Bauckham, The Bible and Ecology: Rediscovering the Community of Creation
• Ellen Davis, Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible
• David G. Horrell, Cherryl Hunt, and Christopher Southgate, Greening Paul: Reading the Apostle Paul in a Time of Ecological Crisis
"Christian Vision for Creation Care," by David C. McDuffie
• Steven Bouma-Prediger, For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision for Creation Care (second edition)
• Fred Van Dyke, Between Heaven and Earth: Christian Perspectives on Environmental Protection
• Noah J. Toly and Daniel I. Block, eds., Keeping God's Earth: The Global Environment in Biblical Perspective
Catechism
"Learning Life-Giving Ways of Life," by Todd Edmondson
• Tony Jones, Soul Shaper: Exploring Spirituality and Contemplative Practices in Youth Ministry
• Tony Jones, The Sacred Way: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life
• Dorothy C. Bass and Don C. Richter, eds., Way to Live: Christian Practices for Teens
• Dorothy C. Bass, ed., Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People
"Catechism in the Worshiping Community," by Gerald J. Mast
• Kevin Vanhoozer, The Drama of Doctrine
• Simon Chan, Liturgical Theology: The Church as Worshiping Community
• Debra Dean Murphy, Teaching that Transforms: Worship as the Heart of Christian Education
• Sara Wenger Shenk, Anabaptist Ways of Knowing: A Conversation about Tradition-Based Critical Education
Children
"Caring for Children in Crisis," by Helen Wilson Harris
• Theresa Huntley, Helping Children Grieve: When Someone They Love Dies, 2nd ed.
• R. Timothy Kearney, Caring for Sexually Abused Children: A Handbook for Families & Churches
• Douglas Adams, Children, Divorce, and the Church
"Nurturing Children in Faithfulness," by Bob Fox
• John H. Westerhoff, Will Our Children Have Faith?
• Marva Dawn, Is It a Lost Cause? Having the Heart of God for the Church's Children
• Catherine Stonehouse, Joining Children on the Spiritual Journey: Nurturing a Life of Faith
Christianity and Islam
"Questions Rooted in Faith and History," by Kurt J. Werthmuller
• Rollin Armour, Islam, Christianity, and the West: A Troubled History
• Gary Burge, Whose Land? Whose Promise? What Christians Are Not Being Told About Israel and the Palestinians
"First Steps in Understanding," by Dale F. Walker
• John Esposito Islam: The Straight Path
• Ronald E. Miller, Their Faith and Feeling: An Introduction to Islam
• Sayyed Hossein Nasr, Islam: Religion, History, and Civilization
Christmas and Epiphany
"The History of Christmas," by G. Sujin Pak
• David Forbes, Christmas: A Candid History
• Donald Heinz, Christmas: Festival of Incarnation
• Joseph F. Kelly, The Origins of Christmas
• Joseph F. Kelly, The Feast of Christmas
"Choral Music for Christmas," by Mark Suderman
• The Cambridge Singers, Christmas Night: Carols of the Nativity
• Chanticleer, Our Heart's Joy: A Chanticleer Christmas
• Choir of St. John's College, Advent Carols from St. John's
• King's College Choir, Classic Christmas Carols: 50 Favourite Carols
• Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists J. S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio
• The Robert Shaw Chorale, Songs of Angels: Christmas Hymns & Carols
• St. Olaf College Choirs and Orchestra, Where Peace and Love and Hope Abide
• The Sixteen, Hodie: An English Christmas Collection
• The Tallis Scholars, Christmas with the Tallis Scholars
• Theatre of Voices, Carols from the Old & New Worlds
Cities and Towns
"Building a City that Honors God," by Benjamin J. Bruxvoort Lipscomb
• Eric O. Jacobsen, Sidewalks in the Kindom: New Urbanism and the Christian Faith
• T. J. Gorringe, A Theology of the Built Environment: Justice, Empowerment, Redemption
"Restoring Urban Communities," by Lissa Schwander
• Robert Lupton, Theirs is the Kingdom: Celebrating the Gospel in Urban America
• J. Nathan Corbitt and Vivian Nix-Early, Taking it to the Streets: Using the Arts to Transform Your Community
• John M. Perkins, ed., Restoring At-Risk Communities: Doing It Together & Doing It Right
Cloning
"Beyond Minimalist Bioethics," by B. Andrew Lustig
• President's Council on Bioethics, Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness
• Allen Verhey, Reading the Bible in the Strange World of Scripture
• Gilbert Meilaender, Bioethics: A Primer for Christians
"Are We Asking the Right Questions?" by Mark J. Cherry
• Brent Waters and Ronald Cole-Turner, eds., God and the Embryo: Religious Voices on Stem Cells and Cloning
• Ronald Cole-Turner, ed, Beyond Cloning: Religion and the Remaking of Humanity
• Suzanne Holland, Karen Lebacqz, and Laurie Zoloth, eds., The Human Embryonic Stem Cell Debate: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy
Consumerism
"Which Kingdom?," by Barry Harvey
• Philip D. Kenneson, Life on the Vine: Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit in Christian Community
• Michael Budde, The (Magic) Kingdom of God: Christianity and Global Culture Industries
• Michael Budde and Robert Brimlow, Christianity Incorporated: How Big Business is Buying the Church
"Curing Our Affluenza," by Norman Wirzba
• Gary Cross, An All-Consuming Century: Why Commercialism Won in Modern America
• Arthur Simon, How Much is Enough? Hungering for God in an Affluent Culture
• Michael Schut (ed.), Simpler Living Compassionate Life: A Christian Perspective
Disability
"Travelling in the Ark," by Heiki Peckruhn
• Stanley Hauerwas and Jean Vanier, Living Gently in a Violent World: The Prophetic Witness of Weakness
• Kevin Reimer, Living L'Arche: Stories of Compassion, Love, and Disability
• Hans Reiners, ed., The Paradox of Disability: Responses to Jean Vanier and L'Arche Communities from Theology and the Sciences
• Jean Vanier, Becoming Human
"Lowering Barriers for People with Disabilities," by Jackie Mills-Fernald
• Special Needs, Special Ministry
• Eric W. Carter, Including People with Disabilities in Faith Communities: A Guide for Service Providers, Families and Congregations
• Barbara J. Newman, Helping Kids Include Kids with Disabilities
• Jim Pierson, Exceptional Teaching: A Comprehensive Guide for Including Students with Disabilities
Food and Hunger
"The Culture of Food," by Norman Wirzba
• Douglas H. Boucher (ed.), The Paradox of Plenty: Hunger in a Bountiful World
• Marion Nestle, Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
• Michael Schut (ed.), Food & Faith: Justice, Joy, and Daily Bread
"We Are How We Eat," by Lori Brand Bateman
• Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
• Sara Covin Juengst, Breaking Bread: The Spiritual Significance of Food
• Holly Whitcomb, Feasting with God: Adventures in Table Spirituality
Forgiveness
"Which Way to Forgiveness?" by Caroline J. Simon
• Johann Christoph Arnold, Why Forgive?
• L. Gregory Jones, Embodying Forgiveness: A Theological Analysis
• Patrick J. Brennan, The Way of Forgiveness: How to Heal Life's Hurts and Restore Broken Relationships
"The Science of Forgiveness," by Katheryn Rhoads Meek
• Everett Worthington, Dimensions of Forgiveness: Psychological Research and Theological Perspectives
• Michael E. McCullough, et al (eds.), Forgiveness: Theory, Research, and Practice
Freedom
"The Nature of Christian Freedom," by Philip D. Kenneson
• Stanley Hauerwas and Romand Coles, Christianity, Democracy, and the Radical Ordinary: Conversations between a Radical Democrat and a Christian
• Scott Moore, The Limits of Liberal Democracy: Politics and Religion at the End of Modernity
• Jeffrey Stout, Democracy and Tradition
"Being Christian in a Democratic State," by Coleman Fannin
• Richard Bauckham, God and the Crisis of Freedom: Biblical and Contemporary Perspectives
• Reinhard Hütter, Bound to be Free: Evangelical Catholic Engagements in Ecclesiology, Ethics, and Ecumenism
• Gilbert Meilaender, The Freedom of a Christian: Grace, Vocation, and the Meaning of Our Humanity
Friendship
"Sacred Companions," by Christy Morr
• Richard Lamb, The Pursuit of God in the Company of Friends
• Upper Room Books, Companions in Christ
• Group Publishing, Friendship: Creating a Culture of Connectivity
"The Practice of Christian Friendship," by Ruth E. Groenhout
• Gilbert Meilaender, Friendship: A Study in Theological Ethics
• Caroline J. Simon, The Disciplined Heart: Love, Destiny, and Imagination
• Paul J. Wadell, Becoming Friends: Worship, Justice, and the Practice of Christian Friendship
• Mother Mary Frances, P.C.C., But I Have Called You Friends
The Gambling Culture
"Problem Gambling," by Janet E. Jacobs
• Jeffrey L. Derevensky and Rina Gupta, eds., Gambling Problems in Youth: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives
• Robert Ladouceur and Stella Lachance, Overcoming Pathological Gambling: Workbook
• Nancy M. Petry, Pathological Gambling: Etiology, Comorbidity, and Treatment
"The History of Gambling," by Heather Vacek
• Thomas Barker and Marjie Britz, eds., Jokers Wild: Legalized Gambling in the Twenty-first Century
• Gerda Reith, ed., Gambling: Who Wins? Who Loses?
• David G. Schwartz, Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling
• Alan Wolfe and Erik C. Owens, eds., Gambling: Mapping the American Moral Landscape
Global Wealth
"Global Ethics for the Global Market," by Willis Jenkins
• Deen Chatterjee, ed., The Ethics of Assistance: Morality and the Distant Needy
• Peter Heslam, ed., Globalization and the Good
• Dennis McCann and Patrick Miller, eds., In Search of the Common Good
• Manfred Steger, Globalization: A Very Short Introduction
Health
"Redeeming Medicine," by Keith G. Meador
• Joel James Shuman and Brian Volck, Reclaiming the Body: Christians and the Faithful Use of Modern Medicine
• Jean Denton, Good is the Flesh: Body, Soul, and Christian Faith
"The Healing Congregation," by Brian Volck
• Mary Chase-Ziolek, Health, Healing and Wholeness: Engaging Congregations in Ministries of Health
• W. Daniel Hale and Harold G. Koenig, Healing Bodies and Souls: A Practical Guide for Congregations
• Margaret Kim Peterson, Sing Me to Heaven: The Story of a Marriage
Heaven and Hell
"The History of Heaven and Hell," by Rikk Watts
• Alan Bernstein, The Formation of Hell: Death and Retribution in the Ancient and Early Christian Worlds,
• Piero Camporesi, The Fear of Hell: Images of Damnation and Salvation in Early Modern Europe
• Jeffery Burton Russell, A History of Heaven: The Singing of Silence
"Ecstasy, Symbol, and Rhetoric," by F. Matthew Schobert, Jr.
• Gordon Mursell (ed.), The Story of Christian Spirituality: Two Thousand Years, From East to West
• Andrew Wilson-Dickson, The Story of Christian Music
• Helen de Borchgrave, A Journey into Christian Art
Hospitality
"A Tradition of Hospitality," by Scott H. Moore
• Christine Pohl, Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition
• Amy G. Oden, And You Welcomed Me: A Sourcebook on Hospitality in Early Christianity
• Elizabeth Newman, Untamed Hospitality: Welcoming God and Other Strangers
Immigration
"Back to the Basics of Immigration," by Viviana Triana
• Roger Daniels, Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life
• Hiroshi Motomura, Americans in Waiting: The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United States
"Planning for Immigration," by Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C.
• Dana W. Wilbanks, Re-Creating America: The Ethics of U.S. Immigration and Refugee Policy in a Christian Perspective
• Peter C. Meilaender, Toward a Theory of Immigration
Inklings of Glory
"The Gospel in Tolkien, Lewis, and Sayers," by John D. Sykes, Jr.
• Tom Shippey, J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century
• David Downing, Planets in Peril: A Critical Study of C.S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy
• Janice Brown, The Seven Deadly Sins in the Work of Dorothy L. Sayers
Lent
"The How and Why of Fasting," by Rachel Marie Stone
• Kent D. Berghuis, Christian Fasting: A Theological Approach
• Scot McKnight, Fasting
• Lynne M. Baab, Fasting: Spiritual Freedom beyond Our Appetites
• Catherine Mandell, When You Fast...Recipes for Lenten Seasons
"Adding In, Not Giving Up," by Elizabeth Sands Wise
• Emilie Griffin, Small Surrenders: A Lenten Journey
• Paula Huston, Simplifying the Soul: Lenten Practices to Renew Your Spirit
• John Indermark, Gospeled Lives: Encounters with Jesus, A Lenten Study
• Frederica Mathewes-Green, First Fruits of Prayer: A Forty-Day Journey through the Canon of St. Andrew
The Letter of James
"Finding a Central Thread in James," by David M. Moffitt
• Patrick J. Hartin, A Spirituality of Perfection: Faith in Action in the Letter of James
• Timothy Luke Johnson, Brother of Jesus, Friend of God: Studies in the Letter of James
• Richard Bauckham, James
Marriage
"Equality in Christian Marriage," by Lydia Huffman Hoyle
• Robert W. Pierce and Rebecca Merrill Groothuis, eds., Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Heirarchy
• David Blankenhorn, Don Browning, and Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen, eds., Does Christianity Teach Male Headship? The Equal-Regard Marriage and Its Critics
"Where Do We Go From Here?" by Cameron Lee
• Don Browning, Marriage and Modernization
• John Whitte, Jr., From Sacrament to Contract: Marriage, Religion, and Law in the Western Tradition
• David P. Gushee, Getting Marriage Right: Realistic Counsel for Saving and Strengthening Relationships
Monasticism Old and New
" Learning from Monks," by J. Warren Smith
• Roberta Bondi, To Love as God Loves: Conversations with the Early Church
• Jason Byassee, Lord An Introduction to the Desert Fathers
• Rowan Williams, Where God Happens: Discovering Christ in One Another
• Benedicta Ward, The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks
• Laura Swan, The Forgotten Desert Mothers: Sayings, Lives, and Stories of Early Christian Women
• William Harmless, S.J., Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism
"We Need Each Other and We Need God," by Elizabeth Sands Wise
• Scott A. Bessenecker, The New Friars: The Emerging Movement Serving the World's Poor
• Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, New Monasticism: What It Has to Say to Today's Church
• Jon Stock, Tim Otto, and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Biblical Wisdom for a New Monasticism
• Rutba House, ed., Biblical Wisdom for a New Monasticism, and School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of a New Monasticism
Moral Landscape of Creation
"God's Delight and Covenant," by Edwin Bagley
• Scott Hoezee, Remember Creation: God's World of Wonder and Delight
• R.J. Berry (ed.), The Care of Creation: Focusing Concern and Action
• Fed Van Dycke, et al, Redeeming Creation: The Biblical Basis for Environmental Stewardship
"The Biblical Landscape," by Steven C. Bouma-Prediger
• William Brown, The Ethos of the Cosmos: The Genesis of Moral Imagination in the Bible
• William Brown and S. Dean McBride (eds.), God Who Creates: Essays in Honor of W. Sibley Towner
• Theodore Hiebert, The Yahwist's Landscape: Nature and Religion in Early Israel
Mysticism
"Meeting Christian Mystics," by Yolanda Robles
• Ursula King, Christian Mystics: Their Lives and Legacies Throughout the Ages
• Bernard McGinn and Patricia Ferris McGinn, Early Christian Mystics: The Divine Visions of the Spiritual Masters
• Louis Dupré and James A. Wiseman, Light from Light: An Anthology of Christian Mysticism
"Why the Mystics Matter," by Michael D. Sciretti, Jr.
• Emilie Griffin, Wonderful and Dark is This Road: Discovering the Mystic Path
• Dorothee Soelle, The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance
• Frederick C. Bauerschmidt, Why the Mystics Matter
Parables
"Interpreting the Parables' Recent Interpreters," by Scott Huelin
• Craig L. Blomberg, Interpreting the Parables
• Robert Farrar Capon, Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus
• Barbara Green, Like a Tree Planted: An Exploration of Psalms and Parables Through Metaphor
Peace and War
"Peace and the Divine Warrior," by Scott W. Bullard
• Walter Brueggemann, Peace
• Tremper Longman III and Daniel Reid, God is a Warrior
"Pacifism and Just War: Beyond the Stereotypes," by Erin Dufault-Hunter
• Lisa Sowle Cahill, Love Your Enemies: Discipleship, Pacifism, and Just War Theory
• Terry Nardin (ed.), The Ethics of War and Peace: Secular and Religious Perspectives
The Pornographic Culture
"Sexual Authenticity and Character," by Bradford S. Hadaway
• Judith and Jack Balswick, Authentic Human Sexuality: An Integrated Christian Approach
• Marva Dawn, Sexual Character: Beyond Technique to Intimacy
• J. Heinrich Arnold, Freedom from Sinful Thoughts
Prayer
"Lord, Teach Us to Pray," by John Essick
• N.T. Wright, The Lord & His Prayer
• William H. Willimon and Stanley Hauerwas, Lord Teach Us: The Lord's Prayer and the Christian Life
• Kenneth W. Stevenson, The Lord's Prayer: A Text in Tradition
"Exploring the Forms of Prayer," by Bruce Ellis Benson
• Philip Yancey, Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?
• Steven Chase, The Tree of Life: Models of Christian Prayer
• Richard Foster, Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home
• Thomas Merton, Contemplative Prayer
Prison
"Christian Critiques of the Penal System," by L. Lynette Parker
• Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, A Place of Redemption: A Christian Approach to Punishment and Prison
• James Samuel Logan, Good Punishment? Christian Moral Practice and U. S. Imprisonment
• Andrew Skotnicki, Criminal Justice and the Catholic Church
• T. Richard Snyder, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Punishment
"Resources for Restorative Justice," by Kenneth L. Carder
• Christopher Marshall, Beyond Retribution: A New Testament Vision for Justice, Crime, and Punishment
• Lawrence W. Sherman and Heather Strang, Restorative Justice: The Evidence
• Karen Heetderks Strong and Daniel W. Van Hess, Restoring Justice: An Introduction to Restorative Justice
• Howard Zehr, The Little Book of Restorative Justice
Prophetic Ethics
"Reading the Prophets," by Mark E. Biddle
• Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Prophets
• Carol Dempsey, The Prophets: A Liberation-Critical Reading
• Walter Brueggemann, The Prophetic Imagination, 2nd ed.
"Rendering to Caesar, Surrendering to God," by Keith Putt
• Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon, Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony
• Robert P. Kraynak, Christian Faith and Modern Democracy: God and Politics in a Fallen World
Racism
"Race in Evangelical America," by Joy J. Moore
• Edward Gilbreath, Reconciliation Blues: A Black Evangelical's Inside View of White Christianity
• Randy Woodley, Living in Color: Embracing God's Passion for Ethnic Diversity
• Alvin C. Bibbs, Sr., with Marie Guthrie and Kathy Buscaglis, Crazy Enough to Care: Changing Your World through Compassion, Justice and Racial Reconciliation
• Brenda Salter McNeil and Rick Richardson, The Heart of Racial Justice: How Soul Change Leads to Social Change
"Let's Get It Together: Multiracial and Interethnic Congregations" by Kersten Bayt Priest
• Michael O. Emerson, Curtiss Paul DeYoung, George Yancey, and Karen Chai Kim, United by Faith: The Multiracial Congregation as an Answer to the Problem of Race
• Michael O. Emerson, with Rodney M. Woo, People of the Dream: Multiracial Congregations in the United States
• Kathleen Garces-Foley, Crossing the Ethnic Divide: The Multiethnic Church on a Mission
• Korie Edwards, The Elusive Dream: The Power of Race in Interracial Churches
Sabbath
"Keeping Sabbath," by Stephen Brachlow
• Marva Dawn, Keeping the Sabbath Wholly: Ceasing, Resting, Embracing, Feasting
• Tilden Edwards, Sabbath Time: Understanding and Practice for Contemporary Christians
"Sabbath Blessings," by Willow Hambrick
• Wendell Berry, A Timbered Choir
• Molly Wolf, Angels and Dragons, Hiding in Plain Sight, and A Place Like Any Other
Schools in a Pluralist Culture
"Teaching about Religion in Public Schools," by Todd C. Ream
• Kent Greenawalt, Does God Belong in Public Schools?
• Robert Kunzman, Grappling with God: Talking about Religion and Morality in Public Schools
• Warren A. Nord and Charles C. Haynes, Taking Religion Seriously Across the Curriculum
"Spiritual Nourishment for Teachers," by Sheila Rogers Gloer
• Ginger Farry, A Teacher's Prayerbook: To Know and Love Your Students
• Michele Howe, Prayers for Homeschool Moms
• Vicki Caruana, Before the Bell Rings: 180 Inspirations to Start a Teacher's Day
• Susan O'Carroll Drake, Morning Meetings with Jesus: 180 Devotions for Teachers
Sermon on the Mount
"The World is Thus," by Gregory A. Clark
• Dale Allison, The Sermon on the Mount: Inspiring the Moral Imagination
• Glen Stassen, Living the Sermon on the Mount: A Practical Hope for Grace and Deliverance
• Charles H. Talbert, Reading the Sermon on the Mount: Character Formation and Ethical Decision Making in Matthew 5-7
"Living the Beatitudes Today," by Arthur Paul Boers
• Jim Forest, The Ladder of the Beatitudes
• James C. Howell, The Beatitudes for Today
• Erik Kolbell, What Jesus Meant: The Beatitudes and a Meaningful Life
Singing Our Lives
"Music as a Spiritual Practice," by Mark J. Suderman
• Alice Parker, Melodious Accord: Good Singing in Church
• J. Nathan Corbitt, The Sound of the Harvest: Music's Mission in Church and Culture
• Charlotte Y. Kroeker, ed., Music in Christian Worship: At the Service of the Liturgy
Sports
"God in the Gym," by Roger Ward
• William J. Baker, Playing with God: Religion and Modern Sport
• Tony Ladd and James A. Mathisen, Muscular Christianity: Evangelical Protestant and the Development of American Sport
• Clifford Putney, Muscular Christianity: Manhood and Sports in Protestant America 1880-1920
"When Playing Becomes Sports," by Rick H. Hoyle
• Shane Murphy, The Cheers and the Tears: A Healthy Alternative to the Dark Side of Youth Sports Today
• John Garner, editor, Recreation and Sports Ministry: Impacting Postmodern Culture
• Joel Fish with Susan Magee, 101 Ways to Be a Terrific Sports Parent: Making Athletics a Positive Experience for Your Child
Suffering
"How the Soul Grows Through Loss," by Phyllis Kersten
• Nicholas Wolterstorff, Lament for a Son
• Gerald L. Sittser, A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss
"Facing Painful Questions," by Roger Ward
• John G. Stackhouse, Jr., Can God Be Trusted?: Faith and the Challenge of Evil
• Douglas John Hall, God and Human Suffering: An Exercise in the Theology of the Cross
• Gary Watts, Painful Questions: Facing Struggles with Faith
• Phillip Yancey, Where is God When It Hurts?
Virtual Lives
"Living Virtuously in the Virtual Age," by Jason Byassee
• Craig Detweiler, ed., Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games with God
• John Palfrey and Urs Gasser, Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives
• Quentin J. Schultze, Habits of the High-Tech Heart
"Virtual Reality Comes to Church," by L. Roger Owens
• Douglas Estes, SimChurch: Being the Church in the Virtual World
• Shane Hipps, Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith
• Jesse Rice, The Church of Facebook: How the Hyperconnected Are Redefining Community
• Quentin J. Schultze, High-Tech Worship? Using Presentational Technologies Wisely
Vocation
"Call and Occupation," by Paul J. Contino
• Gary D. Badcock, The Way of Life: A Theology of Christian Vocation
• Lee Hardy, The Fabric of this World: Inquiries into Calling, Career Choice, and the Design of Human Work
• Jean Leclercq, The Love of Learning and the Desire for God: A Study in Monastic Culture
• Gilbert Meilaender (ed.), Working: Its Meaning and Limits
"Discerning God's Call," by Amy Castello
• Bruce K. Waltke, Finding the Will of God: A Pagan Notion?
• Gene Edward Veith, Jr., God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life
• Debra Farrington, Hearing with the Heart: A Gentle Guide to Discerning God's Will for Your Life
Where Wisdom is Found
"Neglected Wisdom," by Jonathan Kruschwitz
• Ellen F. Davis, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs
• James Limburg, Encountering Ecclesiastes: A Book for Our Time
• Daniel J. Harrington, Jesus Ben Sira of Jerusalem: A Biblical Guide to Living Wisely
"Models of Spiritual Discernment," by Helen H. Cepero
• David F. Ford, Christian Wisdom: Desiring God and Learning in Love
• Gary W. Moon and David G. Benner, editors, Spiritual Direction and the Care of Souls: A Guide to Christian Approaches and Practices
• Jeanette A. Bakke, Holy Invitations: Exploring Spiritual Direction
• Marva Dawn, Joy in Divine Wisdom: Practices of Discernment from Other Cultures and Christian Traditions
Women and the Church
"Women in Ministry: Beyond the Impasse," by Gretchen Ziegenhals
• James R. Beck, Two Views on Women in Ministry
• Mark Husband and Timothy Larson, Women, Ministry and the Gospel: Exploring New Paradigms
• Sarah Sumner, Men and Women in the Church: Building Consensus on Christian Leadership
"What Should We Say about Mary?," by Carole L. Baker
• Scot McKnight, The Real Mary: Why Evangelical Christians Can Embrace the Mother of Jesus
• Beverly Roberts Gaventa and Cynthia L. Rigby, editors, Blessed One: Protestant Perspectives on Mary
• Tim Perry, Mary for Evangelicals: Toward an Understanding of the Mother of Our Lord
Women in the Bible
"Feminist Scholarship on Women in the Bible," by Sheila Klopfer
• Carol Meyers, ed., Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament
• Carolyn Osiek and Margaret Y. Macdonald with Janet H. Tulloch, A Woman's Place: House Churches in Earliest Christianity
• Andrew Sloane, ed., Tamar's Tears: Evangelical Engagements with Feminist Old Testament Hermeneutics
