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We always have a choice. We can resist the darkness, cowering and suffering, avoiding and reviling. Or we can embrace it. Because, my friends, many exceptional and meaningful things happen in the dark.There are unfathomable experiences in this life that attempt to take us out; that torment us with our too-much-ness and our not-enough-ness. These raw words are guidance for spiritual mavericks who are done with fitting in, and are ready to live authentically. Even if you've always played the game, or you haven't and you've been punished, corrected, and sanitized by others for being real, you can find joy in the mess, and live free from the social gauntlet.Certainty is an immaturely constructed sentiment or stance that allows humans to bypass or mitigate discomfort. It's an illusion that helps us feel safe. So, I cannot promise you certain outcomes. All I can do is share my own stories and hope that this witty and vulnerable book will leave you ...... feeling encouraged to love the parts of yourself that have been labeled "e;hard to love."e;... with increased confidence in and appreciation for who you were made to be.... with a sense of solidarity that you are not alone in your story.... more able to hold space for yourself and your people in times of joy and loss.... with tips for navigating the process of growing in self-awareness and wholeness.... better prepared to resist social pressure and embrace what it means to be fully human.

You've heard the horror stories about drug addiction. Your eyes glaze over with half-hearted interest when you see the stats surrounding the "e;opioid crisis."e; You know you should care that 130 people are dying of accidental overdose every day in America, yet you just can't seem to muster the compassion.Substance use disorder may be a vague abstraction to most of us, but our friends and family are not. Our sons and daughters aren't "e;junkies"e; who deserve to be written off by society. They are human beings whose lives are filled with meaning and potential.Joshua Lawson has worked as an organizer, pastor, and ally to people who use drugs in central Appalachia for the past three years. The Face of Addiction tells the stories of twelve people he met when he first began "e;getting close"e; to the things that matter in his community.There's the woman whose husband succumbed to an overdose even though she was sure he'd finally beaten it. The man who found a reason for recovery in his daughter's letter to Santa. The city councilman whose perspective finally changed after years of family turmoil. What's more, two of the people featured here have died since giving their interview. That's how important it is for you to hear what they have to say.So much heartache and loss. So much joy and redemption. So much humanity. This is the face of addiction.

For three decades, Todd R. Vick struggled to be good enough for God, his family, friends, and the churches he ministered in.After years of personal reflections, research, and a total faith deconstruction, he discovered the transforming power of the human mind to create better life outcomes. The Reconstructing of Your Mind takes a hard look at what the majority of us have been taught to believe within evangelicalism and introduces his latest findings into the conversation. With the heart of a pastor and the mind of a student of life, Todd combines the scientific and the spiritual while guiding the reader on a journey to total personal transformation by showing how to use the brains that God gave us to take our spiritual lives to a whole new level.

If God cannot control free creatures, then how did the biblical authors interact with God's revelation to produce the biblical text?God Speaks begins by exploring and asserting a number of problematic issues facing popular notions of Inspiration today. Gordon then begins to offer an interdisciplinary solution utilizing Thomas Jay Oord's theology of Essential Kenosis and revealing how it provides a better theological basis for developing a doctrine of Biblical Inspiration. If God cannot control the biblical authors, then what they produce as the biblical text is not revelation in and of itself, but a contextualized human response to that revelation. With the rising popularity of Essential Kenosis, the dismantling of popular notions of inspiration through historical criticism, and a reclaiming of the interpretative methods of the early church, God Speaks puts forth a doctrine of inspiration and revelation that better accounts for these realities while more faithfully securing our allegiance to Christ.

What happens when you deconstruct your faith? Aside from all the theological messiness it brings, deconstruction brings with it a lot of personal trauma. Friends and family often distance themselves. Your church sometimes removes you from the pews. And often, you are left with nothing more than rubble where a seemingly unmovable building once stood.Enter Michelle Collins' debut book, Into the Gray: The Mental and Emotional Aftermath of Spiritual Deconstruction. Far from a "e;how-to"e; guide, this book is much more "e;pastoral"e; in that it allows the reader to check in with a fellow spiritual sojourner so that, by the end of its pages, they can say "e;me too."e;

What if Jesus didn''t die to save us from God?The doctrine of Penal Substitutionary Atonement is not the Gospel. It''s a theory that originated in the 1500s under John Calvin. The damage done by this teaching is still being felt today. It''s time to abandon this toxic theology in favor of a Christ-centered view of the cross that sets us free from sin and unveils a God of love who would rather die than live without us. 

Adventures are unscripted.A scooter crash, changing plans, and adjustments to the budget sounded like disaster for a careful-minded ex-pastor hoping to salvage what was left of his family's vacation. The Tea Shop is a travelogue of new discoveries and dashed assumptions, where a simple shop owner taught the Forehand family lessons that they were not prepared for, but somehow understood perfectly.Circumstances and situations collide in an obscure tea house to remind us that joy is in the discovery-not in confirming our already established beliefs. So let us pour you a cup of tea, have a seat at the table, allow yourself to be present, and begin to see with new eyes. You are welcome here!