Book reviews
The Silence of Calvary: A Book Review
Are you looking for a resource for the adults in your congregation that has flexibility in use throughout Lent into Holy Week? The Silence of Calvary: Meditations on Good Friday should find a way onto your list. Church Publishing Incorporated provided us with this...
Sir Drake The Brave: A Book Review
Sir Drake The Brave is a new children’s book from Moorehouse Publishing. We were provided with an advanced reader copy and it has spurred lots of ideas for use in children’s and family ministries! The story revolves around a young child named Drake, who is wrestling...
Wonder Awaits! A Book Review
Wonder Awaits! is a new release from Chalice Press. We were provided with a review copy and my children and I are all glad it came across my desk! Wonder Awaits! invites families to wonder together. It features photographs of children in their communities, along with...
Faithful Families for Lent, Easter, and Resurrection: A Book Review
By Elizabeth Christie Faithful Families for Lent, Easter, and Resurrection by Traci Smith is the latest addition to Rev. Smith’s fabulous collection of resources for families and family ministers. As pandemic life closes in on two years of upheaval and uncertainty for...
I Wonder: Exploring God’s Grand Story: A Book Review
By Elizabeth Christie When I call out to my family to grab a Bible, they always respond with a half sarcastic/half serious, “WHICH ONE?!” Suffice it to say, we have several shelves full of Bibles of various translations. This should be expected in the home of a...
Invite Resources – A New Christian Publishing House
On November 9, 2020, Invite Press, the official imprint of Invite Resources, published its first book, Everything Is Gonna Be All Right by Robert Hasley, a collection of the author’s life experiences and short devotional messages of comfort and encouragement. Invite...
Just Begin: A Sourcebook of Spiritual Practices
It’s the nature of most believers to seek a means of communing with their Creator. However, there are so many choices, where does one begin? Just Begin: A Sourcebook of Spiritual Practices, Dann E. Wigner’s collection of 40 different spiritual practices from both...
The Black Friend
Frederick Joseph begins his story in The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person sharing his memories of growing up being the only black kid in a white neighborhood. The white kids in his school called him an “oreo” (black on the outside, white on the inside)...
Contemplative Knitting
Let’s be honest -- I love to knit; I also love to quilt, papercraft, read books, and cook. I have a husband, children, and grandchildren, so that is 13 handmade gifts that I should make every year. All this fills my days and sometimes it overfills them. Sometimes I...
A Little Blue Bottle
A Little Blue Bottle, published by Church Publishing, Inc., is a children's picture book on the topics of loss, grief, death, and faith. The sensitive words of Jennifer Grant and vivid illustrations of Gillian Whiting pair together to tell the story of a child who is...
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