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See the feisty Sin of Certainty by Pete Enns, too, for another way to explain that shift and its Biblical warrant.) Just to say it one more time: this new on-line store does not replace our ordinary website, which is also secure, and you can still browse all our old BookNotes at the standard/old Hearts & Minds site. Let me be clear about two things: firstly, this new book offers a vision of this question that is thoughtfully rooted in the Biblical teaching about justice and restitution. There are Ned Bustard artworks enhancing the chapters, too, less elaborate than the work in Every Moment Holy but, still, his signature linocut style. There are cheesy charts. ), The Seeker and the Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton Sophfronia Scott (Broadleaf Books) $17.99 OUR SALE PRICE = $14.39, I am very interested in the writings of Thomas Merton and have read my fair share. It honors God by helping us attend to God’s creation. It is important and good and we so admire the work Chris has done with his team at Englewood Review of Books. A Book for Hearts & Minds: What You Should Read and Why. The fourteen chapter titles themselves are allusive and inviting, evoking in many the desire to do this work, go on this journey, allow love to break us and heal us. This beautifully written book is a handbook for life’s transitions–from the restlessness that often precedes a change of calling all the way through to a new season of meaningful, productive leadership. Still, we’re glad to send it out, hoping it helps somebody along the way. ), embraced Celtic practices, and more. (You can see why I had to include this brand new release with these other soon-to-be-released titles.) We stock all of the excellent “formatio” line of IVP and Ruth Haley Barton’s several books remain essential reads, in my view. Reading Buechner: Exploring the Work of a Master Memoirist, Novelist, Theologian, and Preacher Jeffrey Munro (IVP) $18.00 || OUR SALE PRICE = $14.40. Again, it’s true and good and a bit rare for this kind of teaching of dogmatics. We enjoy and trust her work. We are still closed for in-store browsing due to our commitment to public health and concerns for the common good and the safety of our staff and customers. Fourthly, notice the gracious things Scazzero says about Rich Villodas, lead pastor at the church Scazzero and his wife founded in Queens, NY (New Life Fellowship Church.) She writes for Christianity Today and First Things and The National Review. These are all good signs, that those acquainted with this particular sort of greif offer their support. Hearts & Minds educator. The canes bend and arc, and morning dew pools on the leaves, cisterns for bird and beetle alike. I hadn’t meant to read My Vertical Neighborhood in a single sitting, but Lynda’s warmth, authenticity, and vision made me realize I was encountering a soul-friend-which is what I suspect happened to her neighbors, who we meet in this book. She is happily married, by the way (and has two brief chapters about sex — one about not having sex, and one about having sex — which are frank and important for married couples, I’d say.) Getting to experience his writing style (which is lovely if a bit unique) and his vision, which is deep in his own bones as these reflections indicate, is a joy, if a bit of a challenge. Yep, you read that right. Cherie Harder of The Trinity Forum writes about it so well: This wise, beautiful book will undoubtedly serve as a guide and friend through the dark valleys of life, a balm and a spur to those weighed down with regret, disappointment, and unmet longing. (Having several pages about a rather arcane discussion about which translation of War and Peace is best early on, as an illustration, I guess, of the complexities of some classics, seemed odd and uninspiring to me. You may know that Dr. Williams is a renowned theologian and art historian (she did a book that has been a beloved Hearts & Minds bestseller, The Art of Advent.) This recent release is sort of a “greatest hits” collection of her earlier books I loved so much, drawing also from articles never in book form, but mostly including excerpts from beautiful collections of memoir and natural history and storytelling about her experiences in the outdoors such as Holdfast, Riverwalking, Wild Solace, and the wonderful Pine Island Paradox. She quotes the famous line from Flannery O’Connor about needing to speak in sign language to the spiritually deaf. This really is about connecting with God for the sake of the world and is done with images and words that combine to form a remarkable window into deeper intimacy with God. https://livestream.com/accounts/13431056/events/8792551/videos/197856283. There are so many resources coming out throughout the year to help us all learn more about the experience of non-white folks in America and with Black History Month each year, there is even more. That pastoral care and kindness — speaking with dignity to the reader, perhaps as an older brother or humble guide — is evident in this forthcoming one on doubt. . Thanks for those who have tried to rustle up more business through us, spreading our info to your church or library or book club or college fellowship. For a more wide ranging list — 40 books that aren’t Lenten devotionals but seemed somehow righteous at the time — check out this somewhat Lenten list from 2017. Just use the order form link below and tell us what you want. Richard Mouw’s wonderful, recent, All That God Cares about: Common Grace and Divine Delight has a couple of pages about us, quoting from a long BookNotes column where I explained why this stuff matters to us so much, suggesting it is my evangelical sort of take on the “all of life redeemed” vision of Abraham Kuyper and the implications for thinking, learning, and scholarship in service of societal reformation. It helps us hear God’s voice in God’s own creation and it helps us see the passage of time – days and nights, weeks and months, seasons into seasons – as the meaningful ordering of our sense of time itself. Thankfully we have people like Daniel K. Williams, who offers both the nuance of a historian and the concerns of one committed to the fullness of ancient Christian concerns. If you haven't subscribed to this, check it out here or at the BookNotes archives at our bookstore website -- 20% off, too. She has a good bit about coming to meet yourself more, but also about being aware, more attentively and spiritually, of creation around us. Yet, she offers a profound look, reflecting on how others understand their loneliness and how we might move in creative ways to enter “the great belonging.”, Curiously, as I read my way through some of this I began to wonder (as we often do here at the shop) where it belongs — that is, on what shelf? What a book that was! We’ll be sure to write back and acknowledge the order personally. And yet we just can’t seem to possess it. It is written by a white pastor, who is a straight-arrow conservative theologically. Blurbs on the back offer rave reviews from Karen Swallow Prior, from Barnabas Piper, from Jessica Van Der Wyngaard (director of “I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye” documentary.) ), the epic Pennsylvania State Council of Churches events in Harrisburg — where for the first time I heard Walt Brueggemann and Jürgen Moltmann, the same day) and conferences by groups like the C.S.Lewis Institute, Ivy Jungle, Redeemer’s Center for Faith & Work in NYC, Q, CIVA, OneLife, Northeast APCE, Wee Kirk, CLS, Fresh Expressions, CLAC, ESA, CPJ, BFW, The Jonathan Edwards Institute, and the Mercersburg Society, not to mention several regular denominational gatherings, from UCC to Episcopalian, from Presbyterian to Lutheran. Here are a few key things to know about Faith After Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working.. First, although most of his books have been largely read by religious readers, I know that nonbelievers and ex-believers have long appreciated his work; his writing is inviting and honest and not off-putting to those with honest questions and open minds. It is a story that is so much a part of our national landscape that to be informed citizens (not to mention consumers) we ought to be aware. Yep. THREE FORTHCOMING BOOKS TO PRE-ORDER — 20% OFF — “Turning of Days” and “Every Moment Holy Volume II” and “Discovering God Through the Arts”, A Reflection on our 38 Years as Booksellers — A Heartfelt Thanks from Us to You. It is a book for such a time as this, and I couldn’t be gladder for it. Man, the new titles just keep coming and we are thrilled to be able to say we’ve got stacks of these, waiting for you to order. Christ and Calamity: Grace & Gratitude in the Darkest Valley Harold Senkbeil (Lexham Press) $9.99 OUR SALE PRICE = $7.99. a celebration of beauty that comes at just the right time.” Sandra McCracken, singer and songwriter, “Intimate, moody, soothing; at times searing, like nature and life itself.” Julie Zickefoose, author and illustrator of The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds, “If, as the poets say, attention is a form of devotion, Hannah Anderson has given her readers a great gift in these pages. In the several opening pages (that I have read more than once) Winner tells what is so very good about this book and why she is so pleased to promote it. ))This one is very helpful, I think, covering the major cases in the field, noting where he thinks the courts got it right, and where he thinks the justices erred. It is rare to say that there is no other book like this, but with Diana Gruver’s Companions in the Darkness she has done something that no other book has done: given us true companions for dark times by exploring the depression of older Christian leaders. They are not necessarily theologically similar, but they share a vibrant trust in telling the truth, being honest about the complexity of the human condition, and guiding us to life-giving and faith-filled responses. Practical and deeply personal, Companions in the Darkness is a gift to us all.” — Karen Wright Marsh, author of Vintage Saints and Sinners and executive director of Theological Horizons centered at the Bonhoeffer House, Charlottesville VA, Diana Gruver has written a compelling book. N.T. Some have called it breathtaking, God-glorifying, written to enhance the joy of God’s people, a magnum opus. Dr. Lindsay, you may know, produced a major book almost a decade ago that had been published by a prestigious, serious press called View from the Top: How People in Power See and Shape the World in which he interviewed major elite leaders in a variety of spheres, getting them to talk about their views of success, leadership, values, desires, hopes, dreams. (But then there are those great chapters on family life, mother-daughter stuff, parenting…). Interweaving biblical narratives of border crossing and stories of immigrants journeying to the United States today, this recent work invites us during this season of repentance to reconsider the plight of our neighbors. Most books on “purity” and modesty and the like that I’ve seen are in fact, either legalistic (if not even toxic) or pointing to what might be unhealthy license. He explores the practice of reading and, in his words, “how we can read together in ways that drive us deeper into action.” Smith continues, “Church can no longer simply be an experience to be passively consumed; rather, we are called into the participatory life of a community. This is the kind of historical writing that is both responsible and moving. In a culture that desperately tries to deny mortality, Christiana N. Peterson offers us a gift and an invitation. surprise! We thank, also, those institutions that have partnered with us; schools and libraries and social change organizations and, of course, many local churches; we thank you. We had reviewed and promoted his book on human dignity which offered an argument for and handbook about a consistently pro-life, just treatment of all people and it was a blast to meet him. And, of course, the often cited chapters on the importance of reading old books. It is called Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage; Riverhead $20.00.) (Just see in this 6 minute promo video how he jokes about writing a 700 page book and then his passionate explanation of why he thinks the content of this book is so very important.). It is one of several officially recognized creedal documents in the mainline Presbyterian Church (USA) Book of Confessions but it is mostly used by those in the more conservative Presbyterian Church of America (PCA.). Local and real online bookstores need your support as these are hard times for small businesses, but we are confident that we are going to see lots of tremendous books in 2021. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Posted by davidsteele1966 December 20, 2020 December 21, 2020 Posted in BOOK REVIEWS Tags: biblical discernment, BOOK REVIEWS, Discernment. Our two largest Dallastown events were with N.T. She starts with that Kierkegaard line where he says, “Now, with God’s help, I shall become myself.” Or, in the harder words from Jesus from Mark 8 “…whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.” Yep, this book is on solid ground but offers profound and well written insight about emptying oneself so God can move us toward Himself. On this weekend of commemoration, I won’t rant about the industry, the dangers of Amazon, and the vexation of moving forward during Covid. When we gathered last year, right before Covid, our huge book display was right outside the ballroom where there were about 4000 folks and we and our team of volunteers talked about books relating faith and life around the clock. I knew then that this was going to be a great, great read. The above mentioned books certainly help us towards that. 15 BRAND NEW BOOKS from HEARTS & MINDS BOOKSTORE — ON SALE, 20% OFF. The first excerpt I’ll show is from an opening note from the author, just setting the stage. But yet, this isn’t an abstract fact to check off in some theological checklist. Really, though, all we have to do is take the Bible’s word for it. In that last BookNotes we offered a 10% off PROMO CODE for anyone ordering in that convenient shopping cart platform. Diana, who now does stand in the tradition of mainline progressive faith – I love a picture of her with her nice dress and pearls standing next to her pal, tattooed and edgy Nadia Bolz-Weber, realizing that they are soul sisters – is offering all of us in all corners of the Body of Christ, a great gift and wise challenge. Our other books on loneliness are in a section with other issues and concerns about our emotional lives — depression, anxiety, anger, forgiveness and the like. (His last book was called Trains, Jesus, and Murder: The Gospel According to Johnny Cash.) Ruth Haley Barton understands the process of spiritual transformation and writes in a way that is appealing to those just beginning their journey into a more contemplative spirituality. Might form the Margins is designed to show how God uses the power present within marginalized communities but it does so by documenting this in the Bible itself. I make an idol out of my love for books and this bored even me!) The Art of Holy Week has 30 art pieces (some instantly known, many famous, some somewhat rare) and her discussions on them and the Biblical matters and spiritual truths the art conveys. As I often say when out doing talks (or, these days, on Zoom) about books or the spiritual value of reading, it is helpful to recall that God made humans in God’s own image – that is, we are image-bearers of a creative, speaking God. Our Good Crisis: Overcoming Moral Chaos with the Beatitudes Jonathan Dodson (IVP) $16.00 OUR SALE PRICE = $12.80. But I am liking it very much and glad for his thoughtful guidance through topics such as the stages of faith development, how to draw on ecumenical sources outside of one’s one faith tradition, how to place our own doubts within the context of our broader cultural evolution. Blessed are those who read every word of this book and treasure it: for the glory and playfulness of God’s good future are theirs. No Mr Wolf, don't blow down my house! How might her tales of desire, temptation, and transformation differ from his? The beating heart of Motherhood: A Confession is the power of a mother’s love, and Carnes’s luminous examination of that love’s complexities, contradictions, and grace drew me into wonder and worship. If you’d rather order at our more standard, personal website at our usual website order form page, you can do that, too. It will be “too much” for some, I fear, and “not enough” for others. — Mark L. Dalbey author and President of Covenant Theological Seminary, The Gospel for the Person Who Has Everything Will Willimon (Paraclete Press) $16.99. She is bold and pastoral–a rare combination–and best of all, she is the real deal. Jubilee conference in Pittsburgh on February 27th. It’s a splendid project, and illuminating book. 10am – 6pm, Copyright © 1998 – 2021 Hearts & Minds Books, 22 Brand New Books, just in, briefly described: Ken Starr, Marilyn McEntyre, Sherrie Turkle, Scot McKnight, and more. It is called, We reviewed this forthcoming biography of “Pastor Pete” by our friend Winn Collier initially in a BookNotes early last fall inviting folks to pre-order it, back when we thought it was to be released in November. The season of Lent edited by Steven G.W the Threshold: the space between Spaces 4 pro-family organization these. Drop off items in a Biblical vision but seems written in short devotional-like chapters and would our. 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