12 Tools For Improving Your Home Life

Is it really possible to have the home life you want with the people you love?

This DIY Guide is all about home-improving renovation works for your relational space! In it, you'll find practical tools for transforming your home life and dramatically improving your family's culture from Shannon Warden and Dr. Gary Chapman (author of the New York Times #1 Bestseller The 5 Love Languages® ).

Each chapter teaches you a new home life skill and pairs it with a home improvement metaphor that makes it fun and easy to remember. If you're willing to put in the sweat equity (hard work), you'll see results fast.

What Jesus Said to Parents

Imagine if Jesus lived in your neighborhood and you could bring your kids - or your worries about your kids - directly to him. 

This book invites you into the world of first-century mothers and fathers who did just that. Their ancient interactions with Jesus are instructive for modern parents.  Discover the kind of faith that flourishes in the ups and downs of parenting & which drives away fear and insecurity. Sometimes it's fragile. But it's always full of hope because it's rooted in Jesus. 

Each chapter includes a summary of main points and features for group or individual study, as well as suggestions for Scripture reading, action points/exercises, and prayers.

The Joys & Possibilities of Life in a Special-needs Family

When someone in your family is diagnosed with a special need, it can be difficult to move past the pain and confusion. Why did this happen? What will our lives look like now? But living in a special-needs family can be a special blessing!

Filled with real-life stories and hard-earned wisdom, this book shines a light on the possibilities and blessings that come when you see your new purpose in life - which was God's purpose for you all along.

Our Maker’s Design for Friendship, Love, Marriage and Family

Healthy Loving for Holy Living.

We all want, and need, to love and to be loved. We are made in the image of God, who is love. Healthy loving is at the very heart of true human flourishing, but human life is full of love gone wrong – marriages break down, relationships with family members are strained, loneliness is an ever–increasing problem. 

This book delves into what the Bible has to say on relationships – friendship, love, marriage, sex and family – and how to guard them and keep them.

Has the Church Misunderstood the Apostle Paul?

We have misunderstood Paul, badly. We have read his words through our own set of assumptions. 

What if ‘original sin’ was never part of Paul’s thinking? 

What if the idea that we are saved by faith in Christ, as Luther argued, was based on a mistranslation of Paul’s words and a misunderstanding of Paul’s thinking? 

Over the centuries, the Church has repeatedly failed to communicate, or even understand, the core of Paul’s message. 
We need to begin with Paul’s world view, to see things the way he saw them.

What if Certainty Isn't the Goal

While there are certainties in Christian faith, at the heart of the Christian story is also paradox.

In a world filled with ambiguity, many of us long for a belief system that provides straightforward answers to complex questions and clarity in the face of confusion. We want faith to act like an orderly set of truth-claims designed to solve the problems and pain that life throws at us. 

"As soon as we think we have God figured out, we will have ceased to worship Him as He is."

Jen Pollock Michel aims to help readers imagine a Christian faith open to mystery. With personal stories and reflection on Scripture, literature, and culture, Michel takes us deeper into mystery and into worship of the One who is Mystery and Love.

How to Obey God When It Seems That You Can't

What do we do when God's commands sound impossible? When we really cannot (or do not want to) - "Rejoice always." "Don't be afraid." "Give cheerfully." 

Most of us find opt-outs & excuses, or pretend we're doing better than we are - or we give up trying.

In this book, Jonty shows us that by facing up to the impossible commands of Jesus, we come to the end of our own will and determination, and end up at Jesus' feet. We find ourselves in the hands of a God who can do all things. Where we fail to obey, there is grace. Where we succeed in obeying, there we find the miracle of the Spirit active within us. This book takes us through four steps - I can't, I'm sorry, please help and let's go - that will help us look to ourselves less and depend on God more, enabling a spirit-led joyful obedience.

Do We Have the Wrong Map for the Christian Life?

Life's inconveniences, disappointments, and trials can leave us confused, cynical, and eventually bitter. But the apostle Paul traces out the path of dying and rising with Jesus—what Paul Miller calls the “J-Curve”—as the normal Christian life.  

The J-Curve maps the ups and downs of daily life onto the story of Jesus. It grounds our journeys not in some abstract idea but in union with Christ and his work of love. Understanding our lives in light of the J-Curve roots our hope, centers our love, and tethers our faith to Christ.