Shauna Niequist

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Oregon

Journey to a Simpler, More Soulful Life





Are you more burned-out than energized Do you too often start the day tired and overwhelmed Leave behind the heavy weight of comparison, competition, and exhaustion, and recraft a life marked by meaning, connection, and unconditional love in this interactive journal from New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist.

In the mess and the mundane, how do you begin to find space in your life Shauna takes you on a journey toward growth and grounding that will bring about a meaningful transformation in your marriage, your family, your friendships, and your prayer life. The Present Over Perfect Guided Journal offers:

 * Thought-provoking quotes from Shauna to inspire you
 * Guided writing prompts and interactive activities
 * Journaling space to write your thoughts
 * Beautiful textured cover and two-color interior

Whether you've read Present Over Perfect or not, this guided journal will equip you to apply and live its principles either through independent introspection or small group dialog and discussion, it will be a favorite on your bedside table or at the beach, and it also makes a perfect gift for birthdays, Christmas, and Mother's Day and for anyone searching for peace in their life.

Sink deep into wonder, rest, and stillness in this interactive invitation to weave the truths of Present Over Perfect into your life.

Look for additional inspirational books and audio products from Shauna:

 * I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet
 * Present Over Perfect
 * Bread and Wine
 * Savor

Present over Perfect Guided Journal

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David Roberts

What Really Happened on the Legendary Ascent of Annapurna

Fifty years after the event, Roberts examines the controversy surrounding Maurice Herzog's classic mountaineering book, "Annapurna", and discovers a richer and more dramatic story about the world's first ascent of an 8,000-meter peak. of photos.

True Summit

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Kat Armas

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength

What if some of our greatest theologians wouldn't be considered theologians at all? Kat Armas, a second-generation Cuban-American, grew up on the outskirts of Little Havana, Miami's famed Cuban neighborhood. Her earliest theological formation came from her grandmother, her abuelita, who fled Cuba during the height of political unrest and raised three children alone after her husband passed away. Combining personal storytelling with biblical reflection, Armas shows us how voices on the margins--those often dismissed, isolated, and oppressed because of their gender, socioeconomic status, or lack of education--have more to tell us about Christian faith than we realize. Abuelita Faith tells the story of unnamed and overlooked theologians in society and in the Bible--mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and daughters--whose survival, strength, resistance, and persistence teach us the true power of faith and love. The author's exploration of abuelita theology will help people of all cultural and ethnic backgrounds reflect on the abuelitas in their own lives and ministries and on ways they can live out abuelita faith in their day-to-day lives.

Abuelita Faith

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Jennie Allen

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Building Deep Community in a Lonely World

"The New York Times bestselling author of Get Out of Your Head offers practical solutions for creating true community in a world that's both more connected and more isolating than ever before"--

Find Your People

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J. Matthew Pinson

A Christian Response in the New Cultural Landscape

Sexuality, Gender, and the Church

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Ian Drummond

Kara O'Reilly

Get a little greenery in your life with this beautiful, practical guide to decorating with houseplants. At Home with Plants helps you select, plant, and display an array of easy-to-source, easy-to-care-for botanicals. Includes stylish projects--such as terrariums and hanging planters--as well as a special section of design ideas for each room of the house, plus the best plants for each space.

Houseplants are hot, and creative interior planting is becoming increasingly easy to achieve. Indoor gardening is not just about growing a plant, but about using it as an accessory to boost your home's style and mood. In this inspirational book, interior landscape designer and Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show gold medal winner Ian Drummond pairs up with interiors writer Kara O'Reilly to show you how to transform your home with plants, offering up more than 250 gorgeous aspirational images and ideas for each space in the house.

These plant-design experts will walk you through the steps to create your indoor oasis with chapters on:
THE PRACTICALITIES: Health Benefits, Cleaning the Air, Houseplants & Allergies

PLANT FAMILIES: Bold, Edible, Flowers & Fragrance, Tough & Tolerant, The Indestructibles

CONTAINERS: Potential Planters, Container Materials, Return of the Terrarium

DESIGN WITH PLANTS: Where to Start, Scale & Contrast, Symmetry & Repetition, Alternative Displays

RIGHT PLANT, RIGHT ROOM: Living Spaces, Kitchens & Eating Spaces, Sleeping Spaces, Bathing Spaces, Children's Spaces, Working Spaces, Connecting Spaces

THE BASICS: Light, When & How to Water, Plant Care, Plant Doctor

At Home with Plants

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Majka Burhardt

Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood

An intense and emotional epistolary memoir by one of the world's top ice climbers, born at the confluence of motherhood, adventure, career, and marriage. 

As one of the world's leading female professional rock and ice climbers, Burhardt and her husband led globe-trotting, adventure-seeking lives.  When she learns that she's pregnant--with twins--Burhardt at first tries to justify her insistence on pursuing extreme risk in the face of responsibility.  But she is  ultimately forced to grieve the avalanche of emotions that accompanies any major life transitions along with the physical changes in her own body.

Based on the letters and journals Burhardt diligently kept over the course of those six years, More takes the reader on an around-the-world journey as Burhardt explores the transformative, identity-shifting experience of motherhood and its irreversible impact on career, identity, marriage, and self.

In the early weeks of her children's lives, Burhardt immerses herself in adoration for her twins and grappling with the tremendous guilt and struggle around having to return to risk-laden work and that ever elusive balance mothers everywhere seek amidst it all. 

As the newness of her twins fades into a permanent reality, Burhardt turns her attention towards her marriage and the collateral damage as she and her husband, Peter, struggle to navigate their new normal. As anger and resentment threaten the foundation of her family, Burhardt courageously looks to her past--and her own mother's tumultuous and confusing history of success, violence, and ragged divorce--to better understand her own way forward.  How will she break free from the legacy of her own childhood to start fresh with her own family? 

Raw, candid, and galvanizing, More is a passionate and poignant testament to the enduring power of love and our lifelong journey to understand ourselves as we strive to always pursue more.

More

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Liz Climo

A Little Book for Fathers (and the People Who Love Them)

The hilarious and heartwarming companion to international bestselling author Liz Climo’s You’re Mom From new dads to those who’ve been around the block, dads who go to work to those who work at home, and all the dads in between,You're Dad is a touching tribute to fathers everywhere. With humor, heart, and adorable drawings, Liz Climo celebrates fatherhood in all its shapes and sizes (and species). Featuring different types of dads and the paths they can travel, Climo’s whimsical animal illustrations take us through the adventures of fatherhood, commemorating the laughter and the tears as well as the stumbles and the triumphs. Perfect for dads, the dad-like, any and all parents, and the people who love them, this sweet collection of fatherly love will move and delight.

You're Dad

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Veronica Peerless

Survival Tips for the Horticulturally Challenged

How Not to Kill Your Houseplant helps you create an oasis of happy, flourishing houseplants.--COVER.

How Not to Kill Your Houseplant

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David Ambroz

A Memoir

PORCHLIGHT BESTSELLER



A galvanizing, stirring memoir about growing up homeless and in foster care and rising to become a leading advocate for child welfare, recognized by President Obama as an American Champion of Change.  "You will fall in love with David Ambroz, his beautifully-told, gut-wrenching story, and his great big heart." (Jeanette Walls, author of The Glass Castle)



"It's impossible to read A Place Called Home and not want to redouble your efforts to fight the systems of poverty that have plagued America for far too long. In this book, David shares his deeply personal story and issues a rousing call to make this a more humane and compassionate nation."--HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON



There are millions of homeless children in America today and in A Place Called Home, award-winning child welfare advocate David Ambroz writes about growing up homeless in New York for eleven years and his subsequent years in foster care, offering a window into what so many kids living in poverty experience every day.

           

When David and his siblings should be in elementary school, they are instead walking the streets seeking shelter while their mother is battling mental illness. They rest in train stations, 24-hour diners, anywhere that's warm and dry; they bathe in public restrooms and steal food to quell their hunger. When David is placed in foster care, at first it feels like salvation but soon proves to be just as unsafe. He's moved from home to home and, in all but one placement, he's abused. His burgeoning homosexuality makes him an easy target for other's cruelty.      

          

David finds hope and opportunities in libraries, schools, and the occasional kind-hearted adult; he harnesses an inner grit to escape the all-too-familiar outcome for a kid like him. Through hard work and unwavering resolve, he is able to get a scholarship to Vassar College, his first significant step out of poverty. He later graduates from UCLA Law with a vision of using his degree to change the laws that affect children in poverty. 



Told with lyricism and sparkling with warmth, A Place Called Home depicts childhood poverty and homelessness as it is experienced by so many young people who have been systematically overlooked and unprotected.  It's at once a gripping personal account of deprivation--how one boy survived it, and ultimately thrived--and a resounding call for readers to move from empathy to action.
 

A Place Called Home

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Jerrad Lopes

Stumbling Your Way to Spiritual Leadership

Do You Want to Be a Spiritual Leader? Start Here

 

Have the day-to-day realities of being a dad and husband left you frustrated or just plain worn out? You're not alone.

 

Jerrad Lopes felt that way too...until he started blogging about his struggles and discovered thousands of other men who want to be good husbands and fathers but don't know where to start.

 

You will learn that spiritual leaders

 * realize their story isn't the story--it's all about Jesus
 * point their wives, children, community, and world toward God
 * stumble their way through spiritual leadership rather than doing nothing
 * seek humility rather than striving for perfection
 * refuse to let their sin and shame stop them from leading their family
 * look for adventure in the kingdom of God, not in the world
 * create gospel-centered memories with their wife and children

 When you begin to understand the bigger picture of God's purpose for you in your marriage and family, you'll see that the good news of Jesus makes it possible for you to love and lead without fear and discouragement.

 

Get equipped and encouraged as you become the man God is calling you to be--even when you're dad tired.

 

Dad Tired and Loving It

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Jen Wilkin

10 Ways God Calls Us to Reflect His Character

This book by the best-selling author of Women of the Word explores ten attributes of God that Christians are called to reflect, helping readers discover freedom and purpose in becoming all that God made them to be.

In His Image

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C. J. Mahaney

Mark Dever

True Greatness

Mahaney raises a battle cry to daily, diligently, and deliberately weaken people's greatest enemy--pride--and cultivate their greatest friend--humility.

Humility

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Tish Harrison Warren

Andy Crouch

Sacred Practices in Everyday Life

Framed around one ordinary day, this book explores daily life through the lens of liturgy, small practices, and habits that form us. Each chapter looks at something author Tish Harrison Warren does in a day—making the bed, brushing her teeth, losing her keys—and relates it to spiritual practice as well as to our Sunday worship.

Liturgy of the Ordinary

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Shelby Steele

A New Vision of Race in America

In this controversial essay collection, award-winning writer Shelby Stelle illuminates the origins of the current conflict in race relations--the increase in anger, mistrust, and even violence between black and whites. With candor and persuasive argument, he shows us how both black and white Americans have become trapped into seeing color before character, and how social policies designed to lessen racial inequities have instead increased them. The Content of Our Character is neither "liberal" nor "conservative," but an honest, courageous look at America's most enduring and wrenching social dilemma.

The Content of Our Character

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10 Ways God Is Different from Us (and Why That's a Good Thing)

This exploration of ten attributes that belong to God alone reminds us of why our limits are a good thing in light of God's limitlessness--celebrating the freedom that comes from letting God be God.

None Like Him

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Hannah Anderson

An Invitation to Live in God's Image

Encourages readers to live in the image of God and thereby embrace a fuller, more purposed life.

Made for More

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