Herald Press: 16 books
Homespun
Amish and Mennonite Women in Their Own Words
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
Straight from the pens of Amish and Mennonite women . . .
Ever wish you could visit with a group of Amish or Mennonite women over a cup of coffee? In the pages of Homespun, Amish and Plain Mennonite women swap stories and spin yarns while we listen in. Lorilee Craker, bestselling author of...
Breakaway Amish
Growing Up with the Bergholz Beard Cutters
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
“I am the grandson of Bishop Sam Mullet, who was arrested for the Amish beard-cutting attacks. This is my story.”
Beard-cutting attacks on Amish people in the middle of the night. Five incidents. Nine victims. How could members of a Christian tradition known for peace and forgiveness enact...
Joshua
Believers Church Bible Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2012
In an age of fear and insecurity, in which ethnic nationalism continues to give rise to conflict and war, we dare not avoid critical engagement with biblical texts that have been used to justify colonialism, conquest, occupation, and ethnic cleansing. Building on the idea of Scripture as dialogue...
Plantation Jesus
Race, Faith, and a New Way Forward
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Not long ago, most white American Christians believed that Jesus blessed slavery. God wasn’t bothered by Jim Crow. Baby Jesus had white skin. Meet Plantation Jesus: a god who is comfortable with bigotry, and an idol that distorts the message of the real Savior. That false image of God is dead, right?...
Overplayed
A Parent's Guide to Sanity in the World of Youth Sports
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
As seen in Focus on the Family magazine.
Should I sign up our seven-year-old son for the travel team? What should we do about our daughter's Sunday morning games? Am I the only one longing for a sane balance between children’s sports, family time, and church commitments?
David King...
Flee, Be Silent, Pray
Ancient Prayers for Anxious Christians
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2019
What if prayer could be simple rather than strenuous?
Anxious, results-driven Christians can never pray enough, serve enough, or study enough. But what if God is calling us not to frenzied activity but to a simple spiritual encounter? What if we must merely receive what God has already given...
When Did Everybody Else Get So Old?
Indignities, Compromises, and the Unexpected Grace of Midlife
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
From writer and veteran columnist Jennifer Grant comes an unflinching and spirited look at the transitions of midlife. When Did Everybody Else Get So Old? plumbs the physical, spiritual, and emotional changes unique to the middle years: from the emptying nest to the sagging effects of aging. Grant...
The Upside-Down Kingdom
Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
The Upside-Down Kingdom calls readers to imagine and embody the reign of God on earth as it is in heaven. Since its publication in 1978, The Upside-Down Kingdom won the National Religious Book Award and has become the most trusted resource on radical Christian discipleship. In this completely updated...
Reunion
The Good News of Jesus for Seekers, Saints, and Sinners
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
Join Bruxy Cavey, bestselling author and teaching pastor at The Meeting House, in the pages of Reunion: a dynamic investigation of the most earth-shattering, piety-smashing, life-changing news ever. Dig into Scripture with Bruxy as he unfolds God’s message for the world in one word, three words,...
More-with-Less
A World Community Cookbook
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
How we cook can change the world.
With one small idea, a movement was born. The essential cookbook of simple eating and Christian compassion, More-with-Less has given generations of cooks basic, healthy recipes that are gentle on the budget and mindful of those who are hungry. This 40th anniversary...
by Louise Vernon
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2007
This story takes place in Ulverston, England, about 300 years ago. George Fox, an English religious leader and the founder of the Society of Friends, also called Quakers, lived during that time. Tommy Stafford and his sister, Celia, witness the violence and persecution brought on by the words and...
Four Gifts
Seeking Self-Care for Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Sarah Bessey's Field Notes Book Club January 2019 Selection
Is self-care different from being selfish or self-indulgent? Is it the same as caring for your soul? And what does self-care look like in light of following Jesus, who called his followers to deny themselves?
In Four Gifts,...
Fully Engaged
Missional Church in an Anabaptist Voice
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Does your church look and sound and feel like mission? Mission happens when congregations fully align themselves with God’s purposes. As the missional church movement matures, Anabaptists bring a time-honored theological tradition, a contemporary spiritual vitality, and practical stories of witness...
Simply in Season
Recipes and inspiration that celebrate fresh, local foods
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2015
Simply in Season serves up more than three hundred recipes organized by season, along with a popular and expanded fruit and vegetable guide. This 10th anniversary edition transforms a beloved cookbook with recipes and stories linking food and faith into a visual masterpiece with colorful photographs...
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