Glad & Golden Hours
A Companion for Advent and Christmastide
This companion for Advent and Christmastide is a guide to celebrating the season through a narrative of renewal and an attendant cavalcade of recipes and craft ideas, all exquisitely written by Lanier Ivester and lavishly illustrated by Jennifer Trafton.
Tangible acts of feasting and celebrating have suffused Lanier Ivester's home all her life. But in the past decade, she's wrestled with profound losses that have reshaped the landscape - both around her and within her. These coexisting forces of great grief and great joy come together in this extraordinary Advent book (lavishly illustrated by Jennifer Trafton), which not only reminds us of the inescapable presence of sorrow, but shows us how to celebrate and anticipate the return of glad and golden hours in the midst of it.
This is a book that far surpasses the trappings of a mere cookbook or a collection of craft projects. It's an embodiment of a rich theology of creation, of what it means to be human when everything is both falling apart and coming back together.
At its heart, Glad and Golden Hours is a companion that leads us through the seasons of Advent and Christmastide, illuminating the deep reality of the Kingship of Christ and our invitation into the richness of the Feast to come.
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Title: Glad and Golden Hours
Subtitle: A Companion for Advent and Christmastide
Author: Lanier Ivester
Illustrator: Jennifer Trafton
Release Date: October 1, 2024
ISBN-13: 978-1951872236
Category: Religion/Christian Life/Devotional
Retail Price: $35.00
Binding: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 450
Trim Size: 7.5x9
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Catching Whimsy
365 Days of Possibility
With his trademark storytelling and winsome take on life, bestselling author and self-dubbed chief balloon inflator Bob Goff returns with another 365-day devotional. He offers a daily tap on the shoulder to remind you how over the moon God is about you and your beautiful, often complicated life.
Catching Whimsy will help you leave behind endless cycles of planning and floundering and instead wake up to the curiosity, delight, and possibility in this marvelous adventure called life. You don't have to stay stuck in ambivalence and paralysis, unsure of the right next step. Instead, get settled in God's love for you and start journeying, wide-eyed and expectant, into a more meaningful life, a more engaged faith, and a more intentional future.
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Title: Catching Whimsy
Subtitle: 365 Days of Possibility
Author: Bob Goff
Release Date: December 10, 2024
ISBN-13: 978-1400226986
Retail Price: $22.99
Binding: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 432
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I Want to Trust You, but I Don't
Moving Forward When You’re Skeptical of Others, Afraid What God Will Allow, and Doubtful of Your Own Discernment
New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst shows you what to do with your skepticism and distrust so you can heal from past betrayals and move forward with strength and resilience.
Trust is the oxygen of all human relationships. But it's also what trips you up after you've been burned. Maybe a friend constantly lets you down. A leader or organization you respect turns out to be different than they portray themselves to be. A spouse cheats on you. A family member betrays you. You're exhausted by other people's choices and starting to question your own discernment. And you're wondering, If God let this happen, can he even be trusted?
In a world where so many things feel alarming, this book will give you a peace that isn't dependent on unpredictable people, circumstances, and experiences. Instead, it offers practical and biblical ways to make real progress toward healthier perspectives, relationships, and a future you can authentically look forward to.
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Title: I Want to Trust You, but I Don’t
Subtitle: Moving Forward When You’re Skeptical of Others, Afraid
of What God Will Allow, and Doubtful of Your Own Discernment
Author: Lysa TerKeurst
Release Date: October 8, 2024
ISBN-13: 978-1400211821
Category: RELIGION / Christian Life / Women's Issues
Retail Price: $29.99
Binding: Jacketed Hardcover
Number of Pages: 256
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Invisible Jesus
A Book About Leaving the Church and Looking for Christ
A rising number of Evangelicals are "deconstructing" their faith, critically analyzing Christianity and finding that it falls short. Many end up leaving behind the beliefs and commitments they formerly held. While many have written on how to reverse this trend, professor Scot McKnight and pastor Tommy Preson Phillips believe that dismissing these concerns is the wrong impulse. They recommend listening more closely and carefully to “deconstructors”
Deconstructors are uncovering serious weaknesses in today's church--a renewed fundamentalism, toxic leadership, and legalistic thinking among them. Utilizing the results of recent studies by Pew, Gallup, and others, McKnight and Phillips take a careful look at what deconstructors are really saying, seeking to better understand why many are shedding elements of the faith and church of their youth but also engaging in a reconstruction process, finding Jesus afresh. They are losing their religion, but not losing Jesus.
Filled with stories of those who have walked the path of deconstruction without losing their faith, Invisible Jesus is a prophetic call to examine ourselves and discern if the faith we practice and the church we belong to is truly representative of the Jesus we follow. The authors describe three phases on deconstruction and explore the real issues behind deconstruction along with how to move forward. McKnight and Phillips call for Evangelical leaders to not only listen, but to change how we live out our faith as followers of Jesus today.
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Title: Invisible Jesus
Subtitle: A Book About Leaving the Church and Looking for Christ
Authors: Scot McKnight and Tommy Preson Phillips
Release Date: October 15, 2024
ISBN-13: 978-0310162315
Category: Religion/Christian Living/Social Issues
Retail Price: $22.99
Binding: Softcover
Number of Pages: 240
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Eighth Day Prayers
Daily Mercy for Lent and Eastertide
Year by year, our souls are formed by the forty days of Lent, the hosannas and despairs of Holy Week, the earth-shattering empty tomb, and the joyous fifty-day feast of Eastertide. We recognize our need for the Cross, we prepare to meet our risen Lord again—and we remember that death is not the end. The beauty of the gospel is simple but it is not small, so we put our hope in the love of God.
Eighth Day Prayers: Mercy for Lent and Eastertidecalls us to a place of repentance and celebration as we journey from Ash Wednesday to Pentecost. This gentle yet powerful guide encourages us to pray with words taken from Scripture.
We are all living in the eighth day: The day of Jesus’s resurrection. The day of new creation. The day in which the kingdom of God is “already here and not yet fulfilled.” Eighth Day Prayers invites us to draw closer to Him as we reflect on His mercy during these sacred seasons of Lent and Eastertide.
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Title: Eighth Day Prayers (Volume 2)
Subtitle: Daily Mercy for Lent and Eastertide
Authors: Sally Breedlove, Willa Kane, Madison Perry, Alysia Yates
Release Date: January 28, 2025
ISBN-13: 978-1637633236
Category: Religion/Christian Life/Devotional
Retail Price: $22.00
Binding: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 224
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Every Moment Holy, Volume III
The Work of the People
Every Moment Holy, Volume III: The Work of the People is a book of liturgies for daily life, drawing on a range of writers, artists, poets, songwriters, and pastors (with Douglas Kaine McKelvey both writing and editing). This new collection represents a community of believers engaged in the work of reminding all of us that our lives are shot through with sacred purpose and eternal hopes even in the midst of the everyday moments that make up our lives. Prayers written by: Douglas Kaine McKelvey, Malcolm Guite, Philip Yancey, David Taylor, Andrew Peterson, Ruth Chou Simons, Ellie Holcomb, Sho Baraka, Fernando Ortega, Sandra McCracken, and more.
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NOW AVAILABLE IN POCKET EDITION
Title: Every Moment Holy, Volume III
Subtitle: The Work of the People
Author: Douglas McKelvey and others
Illustrator: Ned Bustard and others
Release Date: November 3, 2023
ISBN-13: 978-1951872168
Category: Religion/Christian Life/Devotional
Retail Price: $35.00
Binding: Leather
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The House That Jesus Built
Leading Our Churches Back to God’s Original Blueprint
In The House That Jesus Built, bestselling author Natalie Runion gives insight and encouragement to all the “stayers” who want to be part of rebuilding their local churches, brick by brick. From the bestselling author of Raised to Stay comes a hope-filled, practical path forward for churches to rebuild from the rubble of faith deconstruction and the devastation of spiritual abuse so they can become the world-changing family of God again.
Natalie Runion explains that God’s Word provides a beautiful design for a holy, healthy, and safe church. She points readers back to the church’s foundation, floor plan, and framework provided in scripture. For churches that have survived the recent “great resignation” of church leadership and “quiet quitting” of church membership, Runion’s instructive new book provides much-needed encouragement alongside a fresh vision for ministry.
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Title: The House That Jesus Built
Subtitle: Leading Our Churches Back to God’s Original Blueprint
Author: Natalie Runion
Release Date: September 3, 2024
ISBN-13: 978-0-8307-8671-8
Category: RELIGION / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth
Retail Price: $18.99
Binding: Paperback
Number of Pages: 224
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What Happens Next
A Traveler’s Guide Through the End of This Age
Are we living in the end times? If so, what does that mean for me? Max Lucado's optimistic, accessible, and non-sensational guide to what the Bible says about heaven's timeline will empower readers to face the future with faith.
Seven years of chaos called the Tribulation. A cruel and cunning Antichrist. The dreaded battle of Armageddon. These images and ideas associated with prophecy can be stimulating but also unnecessarily scary. Max Lucado believes God wants us to be prepared, not scared. In his first book exploring the end of this age, Max provides a wise, well-researched, and reassuring overview of what God's Word has to say on a topic that often creates confusion and anxiety.
In What Happens Next, Max explores four big ideas that will provide a solid foundation for understanding God's plans and will remind us that we are headed to a far better place than where we started. He explains that
• we were made to reign with Christ;
• God has made and will keep his promises;
• heaven has a timeline; and
• a golden era, the millennium, awaits God's children.
In a world filled with political tension, personal trials, and international turbulence, we find ourselves drawn to exploring what happens next on heaven's timeline. Whether readers find themselves in the "I can't wait," "I'm almost ready," or "I'm not sure about all of this" camp, they will be encouraged to ponder God's plans and promises for the future. In Max's signature encouraging style, he reminds us, "It's all about hope. It's all about Him."
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Title: What Happens Next
Subtitle: A Traveler’s Guide Through the End of This Age
Author: Max Lucado
Release Date: August 13, 2024
ISBN-13: 978-1400260003
Category: RELIGION/Christian Living/Spiritual Growth
Retail Price: $29.99
Binding: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 256
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Lasting Ever
Faith, Music, Family & Being Found by True Love
What does it look like to lean on God throughout the ups and downs of life? In Lasting Ever, Rebecca St. James and Cubbie Fink inspire us to live with courage, faith, and love—knowing that God is always with us on the journey.
Through authentic storytelling and hard-won wisdom, Rebecca and Cubbie illuminate the heartaches and triumphs that have shaped their story as a married couple, as parents, as musicians, and—most of all— as Jesus followers. Our awareness of God’s faithfulness in our own lives will deepen as we:
• Realize our expectations can bring both joy and reliance
• Understand our strength is found in turning to God in our weakness
• See how God works even in our loneliness, burnout, or insecurity
• Live boldly by sharing our dependence on God’s goodness
Through honest, and often humorous, conversations about singlehood, marriage, the purity movement, and life in the spotlight, Lasting Ever offers hope to all of us who face challenges but long to embrace life with a heart attuned to God’s grace.
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Title: Lasting Ever
Subtitle: Faith, Music, Family & Being Found by True Love
Authors: Rebecca St. James & Cubbie Fink
Release Date: February 4, 2025
ISBN: 978-0-8307-8785-2
Category: Biography & Autobiography/Religious
Retail Price: $21.99
Binding: Hardback
Number of Pages: 224
Publisher’s Website
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Nothing is Wasted
A True Story of Hope, Forgiveness, and Finding Purpose in Pain
Nothing Is Wasted is a story for anyone who has encountered trauma, tragedy, or a major transition and wondered, How do I begin to move forward through what I've experienced?
Where is God in the midst of your greatest pain?
Davey Blackburn wrestled with that age-old question in the aftermath of the murder of his beloved wife, Amanda, and their unborn daughter. As the high-profile case slowly meandered its way toward legal justice, Davey embarked on the wrenching task of finding strength to restore his shattered soul and the broken pieces of his life.
At turns horrific yet hope-filled, heartbreaking yet faith-affirming, Nothing Is Wasted is Blackburn’s disarmingly raw account not only of the shocking tragedy that forever changed his life but of his late wife’s inspiring trust in the God who welcomed her into His loving arms.
The trauma he endured could have made anyone try to escape from the agony, yet by grace Blackburn chose to face the pain head-on and cling to his Savior to guide him through the storm.
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Title: Nothing is Wasted
Subtitle: A True Story of Hope, Forgiveness, and Finding Purpose in Pain
Author: Davey Blackburn
Release Date: July 30, 2024
ISBN-13: 978-1637633274
Category: RELIGION / Christian Living
Retail Price: $28.00
Binding: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 256
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