2020
Education for Mission
When Others Shuddered: Eight Women Who Refused to Give Up - Jamie Janosz
Learn about eight women (Fanny Crosby, Mary McLeod Bethune, Nettie McCormick, Sarah Dunn Clarke, Emma Dryer, Virginia Asher, Evangeline Booth, and Amanda Berry Smith) who were called to serve God and change the world. Their stories inspire us to follow God's calling in our own lives and teach us that each individual person can make a difference. |
Leadership Development
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Nurturing for Community
Heartbeat of a Mother: Encouragement for the Lifelong Journey - Jane Rubietta
Many mothers experience the joy, laughter and hope of parenting--and yet are riddled with shame, doubt, guilt, and anxiety because of their past and fear of the future. Through discipleship and intimate fellowship, mothers of all ages will enjoy diving into this six-week group study that provides interactive vulnerability and truth. |
How the Woman at the Well Became the Well Woman - Donna Rhodes
This is a poignant memoir of a woman's desperate journey to find love. Inspired by the biblical account of the woman at the well, this remarkable testament to God's faithfulness and the power of God's redemption is transformative for those who think their lives will never change and for those who are afraid to hope again. |
Tilly and the Crazy Eights - Monique Gray Smith
Tilly impulsively agrees to drive eight elders on their ultimate bucket-list road trip. This adventure with "the Crazy Eights" will transform them all in ways they could not predict. The Crazy Eights each choose a stop on the way to their ultimate destination, the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque. The trip proves to be powerful medicine as they laugh, heal, argue, and dream along the way. |
Social Action
Six by Ten: Stories from Solitary - Taylor Pendergrass and Mateo Kote, Editors
An estimated 80,000 Americans are held in solitary confinement across the country, often in cells no bigger that six feet by ten feet, with 24 hours per day of little or no meaningful human contact. This book shares first-person narratives of prisoners, family members, and corrections officers and explores the mental, physical and spiritual impacts of America's widespread embrace of this punishment. |
What Comes with the Dust - Gharbi M. Mustafa
This slim, profound novel illuminates the plight of those living under the Islamic State as well as the spirit of the Yazidi people--similar to how The Kite Runner and The Swallows of Kabuldid shed light on the Taliban regime. It tells the story of Yazidi women Nazo and Soz as they fight to survive. |
Spiritual Growth
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