RESOURCES

A guide to true biblical community and fellowship given to us by God. Bonhoeffer explains how human actions come from our desire for community with others, but how that desire can only be satisfied by a community which is unified by Christ as the main focal point.

My heart starts beating faster when I think about this book. Dr. Curt Thompson is a Christian Psychiatrist who has devoted his life to understanding what it means to be truly known-by others, and by our Creator. His books have quite literally changed my life and my relationship with God.

When all we do is hurry from one thing to the next we miss the beauty of the world, the person we are eating lunch with, our own family, and even the voice of God. Read this book with an open heart to re-orient your life to slow down and see what is happening right in front of you.

When my husband and I were newlyweds living in West Virginia we read this book combined with the videos on Right Now Media with our small group. Frances and his wife, Lisa, taught us a lot about how to have a great marriage that shows God’s love to others and EACH OTHER. We were married 2 weeks after I graduated college, and then immediately moved to West Virginia. I left everything I had ever known, living in a new place, newly married, not knowing anyone, and being completely alone while Eric would be working in the field for weeks. We plugged into a church and asked the pastor, Bruce Ward, to start a newly married group. He did and it met at Bruce’s house with his new wife! Through this community of followers I learned I wasn’t alone, I could lean on God. 

Packer is my favorite author. He has a unique ability to write about deep concepts and truths in an accessible way. In this powerful, concise book, Packer thoroughly addresses a deep and challenging theological topic – If God is sovereign does that mean that Christians should just sit back and not actively share the gospel? Does practicing evangelism imply that God is not sovereign? This is a book that I have revisited over the years, and every time I read it my soul is stirred to worship God for sovereignly saving me.

While not written from a Christian perspective, I count this book as one of the most helpful tools that God has given to me in my parenting journey. From the first few pages, readers will find practical ways to work through power struggles with kiddos-resulting in increased control of self, as well as greater love for their smallest neighbor(s). 

If you create, appreciate, and are continually on the search for beauty and truth, this is the book for you! I think you will find comraderie and comfort from Andrew’s stories about the not only the creative process, but also the beauty of community, the value of words and the importance of stewarding our gifts well for the glory of God.

A weighty book calling the church away from cheap grace and into costly discipleship. Bonhoeffer wrote this in the midst of the churches compromise to Nazism in WWII Germany, and it still speaks volumes to this day. More personally, this book helped pull me out of a season of disobedience and into following Jesus daily.