Elvis Takes a Back Seat
Claudia, a middle-aged widow, tries to fulfill her husband’s last request by driving to Memphis with an eccentric aunt and a moody teenager to find the rightful owner of an unwieldy bust of Elvis. As on a...
Before I Close My Eyes: True Email Conversations of Faith and the Meaning of Life
At first glance, Andreasen’s book looks like a poor man’s Screwtape Letters: a book of correspondence, this time between two people talking about faith. But as you read, you find yourself falling in...
My Hands Came Away Red
This is Christian fiction at it’s best. Six teenagers embark on a mission trip to Indonesia with visions of tropical surroundings and the personal sense of accomplishment in helping a Christian village bu...
‘Zines for Teens and Tweens
Revolve 2008 (for teen girls)Refuel 2008 (for teen boys)Becoming 2008 (for women)Thomas Nelson, July 2007, 384–400 pages, $16.99, www.thomasnelson.comRevolve CDThomas Nelson, July 2007, $19.99, www.thomas...
For Teens
Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low ExpectationsAlex & Brett HarrisMultnomah, April 2008, 256 pages, $16.99, www.waterbrookpress.com Expectations have consequences. High ones tend to cause peop...
For Parents
There is no shortage of resources dealing with the age-old struggle of effectively parenting children. Many books offer much theory and little application. Roger Cross offers amazingly practical ideas and sugge...
Fusion: Turning from First-Time Guests into Fully-Engaged Members of Your Church
Should every visistor who walks into your gatherings become a memeber of your church? If you believe so, you'll enjoy this practical resource by Nelson Searcy. If you think otherwise, though, you'll likely rais...
The Essential Jesus: 100 Readings Through the Bible’s Greatest Story
The Essential Jesus seeks to unveil the person of Christ through an exploration of both Old and New Testament readings. Whitney Kuniholm, president of Scripture Union USA, provides engaging reflections and thou...
Intuitive Leadership: Embracing a Paradigm of Narrative, Metaphor, and Chaos
Tim Keel joins the rank and file of “progressive” thinkers who blindly stumble about trying to pin the tail of “post-modern, post-enlightenment, and post-Christian” on the donkey of cont...
Consuming Jesus: Beyond Race and Class Divisions in a Consumer Church
America’s well-documented racial and economic segregation on Sunday mornings is clearly inconsistent with the vision of God’s Kingdom offered in the New Testament. Joining the likes of John Perkins ...