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  • Black Women, Ivory Tower: Revealing the Lies of White Supremacy in American Education

    Black Women, Ivory Tower: Revealing the Lies of White Supremacy in American Education

    In this compelling exploration of what it means to be a Black woman pursuing higher education, Dr. Jasmine Harris moves beyond the "data points" to examine the day-to-day impacts of racism in education on Black women as individuals, the longer-term consequences to our personal and professional lives, and the generational costs to our families.

    9781506489834

    $24.99

  • Radiant Rebellion: Reclaim Aging, Practice Joy, and Raise a Little Hell

    Radiant Rebellion: Reclaim Aging, Practice Joy, and Raise a Little Hell

    What if aging is something to aspire to, not to dread? Join Karen Walrond, author of The Lightmaker's Manifesto, as she investigates how we can reclaim aging, cultivate joy, and resist ageism. Walrond does a deep dive into different aspects of getting older, including health, beauty, spirituality, relationships, adventure, activism, and purpose.

    9781506487632

    $27.99

  • Raising Kids beyond the Binary: Celebrating God’s Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children

    Raising Kids beyond the Binary: Celebrating God’s Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children

    Drawing on the author's experience as the mother of a transgender child and her years of advocacy work, this book helps Christian parents navigate the emotional, spiritual, and logistical landscape of raising a gender-diverse child. It paints a picture of who transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse young people are and what they need to thrive.

    9781506488646

    $19.99

  • The First Advent in Palestine: Reversals, Resistance, and the Ongoing Complexity of Hope

    The First Advent in Palestine: Reversals, Resistance, and the Ongoing Complexity of Hope

    Bringing us the untold--often hidden--story of Advent, Kelley Nikondeha takes us back to the original landscapes. Then, as now, Palestine was the geographic, socioeconomic, and political backdrop of the Gospel narratives that wrestle with dark themes of violence, exploitive economics, and abuse to arrive at the hard-won hope of Jesus's birth.

    9781506474793

    $25.99

  • Troubling the Water: The Urgent Work of Radical Belonging

    Troubling the Water: The Urgent Work of Radical Belonging

    In this immersive book, Rev. Ben McBride asks what it would take to truly belong to each other. Radical belonging requires looking at our implicit biases, at our faulty understandings of power, and at how we "other" or "same" people. It may even mean troubling the waters to stir up truth and save our humanity.

    9781506489858

    $27.99

  • Everyday Prayers for Families

    Everyday Prayers for Families

    This beautifully illustrated collection of prayers, poems, and Bible readings is perfect for families who want to grow in faith together. Use this book, and the heartwarming illustrations inside, for family devotions around the dinner table or at bedtime. Give it as a gift to new parents. Take a break from the harried pace of family life to reflect on the many blessings God has given us.

    9781506468112

    $14.99

  • Ordinary Blessings for the Christmas Season: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations

    Ordinary Blessings for the Christmas Season: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations

    For many of us, the season leading up to Christmas is a time of expectations, busyness, joy, and often grief. Meta Herrick Carlson's Ordinary Blessings for the Christmas Season is a lovely companion to help us access the deeper meaning of holidays, connect to the ancient story of Christmas, and pause to recognize the sacred ordinary in the season.

    9781506481531

    $17.99

  • Love Without Limits: Jesus' Radical Vision for Love with No Exceptions

    Love Without Limits: Jesus' Radical Vision for Love with No Exceptions

    Our world feels more divided than ever. Polarization, racial violence, and inequity leave us asking, Is it even possible to heal? Award-winning author and theologian Jacqueline A. Bussie believes it is. In Love Without Limits, she challenges each of us to practice a love so deep, so radical, so capacious, it excludes no one.

    9781506481449

    $17.99

  • The Just Kitchen: Invitations to Sustainability, Cooking, Connection, and Celebration

    The Just Kitchen: Invitations to Sustainability, Cooking, Connection, and Celebration

    Food and faith podcasters Derrick Weston and Anna Woofenden invite you into a kitchen where a passion for food, sharing meals, showing hospitality, and understanding cultures, and local foodways collide. Answer the call of a just kitchen, where meal preparation is as much an act of resistance against injustice as are marches and protests.

    9781506484112

    $29.99

  • Holy Runaways: Rediscovering Faith After Being Burned by Religion

    Holy Runaways: Rediscovering Faith After Being Burned by Religion

    Psychotherapist Matthias Roberts speaks with empathy and compassion to people who have left their faith community after experiencing trauma, hypocrisy, or resistance to change. Blending personal stories, new interpretations of Christian parables, and research on religious trauma, Roberts guides "holy runaways" toward new and loving spiritual homes.

    9781506485652

    $25.99

  • Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible

    Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible

    In 1940, just before the Nazis banned him from publishing, Dietrich Bonhoeffer published this book of reflections on the Psalms. Now with an introduction by Walter Brueggemann and excerpts from the Psalms, this classic reveals the Psalms as essential to the life of the believer and offers wisdom for living today.

    9781506480190

    $15.99

  • Inkwell: Simple Writing Practices to Restore Your Soul

    Inkwell: Simple Writing Practices to Restore Your Soul

    Tired. Uninspired. Emotionally exhausted. Overwhelmed. Burned out. In a world where the pace seems to get faster and the problems seem intractable, more and more people feel they just can't go on as they have been doing. The truth is, we're much better at caring for our bodies than caring for our spirits. In Inkwell, writing instructor and professor Anne Whitney shows how writing can be a powerful tool for your spiritual self-care.

    9781506464794

    $16.99

  • The Bodies Keep Coming: Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal

    The Bodies Keep Coming: Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal

    Dr. Brian H. Williams has seen it all, from gunshot wounds to traumatic brain injuries. In The Bodies Keep Coming, Williams ushers us into the trauma bay, where the wounds of a national emergency amass. Black bodies will continue to be wracked by violence, racism, and healthcare inequities until we enact changes of policy and law.

    9781506483122

    $28.99

  • Breath Prayer: An Ancient Practice for the Everyday Sacred

    Breath Prayer: An Ancient Practice for the Everyday Sacred

    Christine Valters Paintner, abbess of Abbey of the Arts, introduces us to the spiritual practice of breath prayer and offers beautiful poem-prayers for walking, working, dressing, cleaning, sitting in silence, doing the dishes, living in community--breathing the divine into our daily lives. Over time these recitations become as natural as breathing. We don't so much recite the prayers as the prayers recite us, guide us, and open our hearts to the everyday sacred.

    9781506470672

    $19.99

  • 30-Day Journey with Emily Dickinson

    30-Day Journey with Emily Dickinson

    Emily Dickinson's unique spirit and gorgeous language have secured her legacy as one of America's most original and most beloved poets. Whether you are a devoted reader or are discovering the beauty of her poetry for the first time, this journey provides the perfect way to engage the thought of this strikingly gifted poet.

    9781506464190

    $16.99

  • We Survived the End of the World: Lessons from Native America on Apocalypse and Hope

    We Survived the End of the World: Lessons from Native America on Apocalypse and Hope

    Native America has confronted apocalypse for more than four hundred years. Choctaw elder Steven Charleston tells the stories of four Indigenous prophets who helped their people learn strategies for surviving catastrophe, using their lessons and wisdom as guidance for how we can face the uncertainty of the modern age.

    9781506486673

    $26.99

  • Ask Me for a Blessing (You Know You Need One)

    Ask Me for a Blessing (You Know You Need One)

    Once a week Adrian Dannhauser stands outside her church with a sign that reads "Ask me for a blessing." What is a blessing? Do you have to believe to receive one? Dannhauser offers glimpses into the tender, holy, and funny moments she has with people looking for a blessing and delves into the power that ancient ideas hold in a disenchanted world.

    9781506468044

    $22.99

  • Prayers for Comfort and Encouragement

    Prayers for Comfort and Encouragement

    A thoughtfully illustrated collection of Bible passages, prayers, and poems, Prayers for Comfort and Encouragement offers solace and hope to those struggling with grief, illness, or a difficult season of life. This lovely book is the perfect gift for a friend or loved one in need.

    9781506468501

    $14.99

  • The Sandbox Revolution: Raising Kids for a Just World

    The Sandbox Revolution: Raising Kids for a Just World

    It is a complex time to be a parent. Our climate is in crisis, economic inequality is deepening, and violence is escalating. How can parents cultivate in their children a love of the earth, a cry for justice, and a commitment to nonviolence? Written by parents who are also writers, teachers, organizers, artists, gardeners, and activists, The Sandbox Revolution offers a diversity of voices and experiences to guide us on a journey of justice-focused parenting.

    9781506466446

    $17.99

  • Jesus for Farmers and Fishers: Justice for All Those Marginalized by Our Food System

    Jesus for Farmers and Fishers: Justice for All Those Marginalized by Our Food System

    Food producers in America are in the midst of one of the most severe farm crises of the last half-century. Yet we are largely unaware of the plight of those whose hands and hearts toil to sustain us. In Jesus for Farmers and Fishers, Gary Nabhan offers a fresh look at the parables of Jesus to bring us into a heart of compassion for those in the food economy hit by this crisis.

    9781506465067

    $26.99

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