Upper Room: 255 books
Leading a Life with God
The Practice of Spiritual Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
A group of people who pray together can change the world. A community's deepening prayer life depends on an effective spiritual leader. Many are willing to assume this role, but some aspiring guides have trouble making the transition from an individual practice to leading a group. Wolpert demonstrates...
Rediscovering Our Spiritual Gifts
Building Up the Body of Christ Through the Gifts of the Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1991
Your Spiritual Gifts Inventory Pack is available for use with small-group members. This book identifies, defines, and discusses 30 spiritual gifts including giving, healing, hospitality, service, witnessing, and music. Bryant encourages you to discover the particular gifts the Holy Spirit...
A Spirituality of Fundraising
The Henri Nouwen Spirituality Series
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Have you ever raised funds for your church, another organization, or a mission trip? Maybe you felt uncomfortable about asking people to donate money. It's time to change the way you view this important task. "Fundraising is, first and foremost, a ministry," renowned author and teacher Henri...
Singing Mary's Song
An Advent Message of Hope and Deliverance
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Soon after the angel Gabriel announced to Mary the astonishing news that she would bear the long-awaited Messiah, Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth, who was also expecting a child. As Mary greeted Elizabeth, the child in Elizabeth's womb (John the Baptist) leaped inside her. Elizabeth...
Child of the Light
Walking through Advent and Christmas
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
If the Christmas season has become more of a chaotic consumer ritual rather than a nurturing spiritual time, you need this brilliant "Advent survival guide"! If you set aside just 10 minutes per day, Child of the Light will help you find your quiet center amid the stressful flurry of the November/December...
Stepping Out on Your Own
Devotions for High School Graduates
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Whether a young person is beginning work full-time, continuing his or her education, or exploring the world, the time after high school graduation is a profound transition. Stepping Out On Your Own provides spiritual support that is important when developing new friendships and encountering new challenges. A meaningful gift from family, friends, and churches.
Why This Jubilee?
Advent Reflections on Songs of the Season
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Music is such an important part of Advent and Christmas. Can you imagine Advent without "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"? How about Christmas without carols like "O Little Town of Bethlehem," "Silent Night," and "Joy to the World"? It pleases the Lord Jesus when we sing of his coming with carols...
Behold!
Cultivating Attentiveness in the Season of Advent
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Behold is an old-fashioned word we rarely hear these days. It's not in most modern translations of the Bible. Yet Pamela Hawkins says this word softens the edges of her heart. "I cannot say this word without moving, without extending and lifting a hand, palm open, toward the object of my attention,"...
Pauses for Lent
40 Words for 40 Days
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Sometimes a pause is good for the soul. It gives us the chance to regroup, reflect, and refocus on God. In Pauses for Lent, Trevor Hudson offers a beautifully minimalist book in which he focuses on one word for each day of Lent. You are invited to pause, focus on the word, read a scripture...
by Whitney R. Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Many of us long to hear God’s voice, yet we often overlook the great wisdom God gave us in our bodies. There is a deep connection between our bodies and spirits.
What might happen if we listened more deeply to the wisdom of our bodies? How might listening with our whole selves change the...
One Day at a Time
Discovering the Freedom of 12-Step Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Each day brings news of someone entering rehab for treatment. While many people struggle with obvious addictions such as alcoholism or substance abuse, less evident but just-as-serious problems may lie below the most composed surface. In One Day at a Time Hudson takes a fresh look at the Twelve...
Freedom from Worry
28 Days of Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Are you waking several times a night, obsessing over some situation you can't control? Perhaps you're anxious about your job, a strained relationship, your children, your finances, aging parents, health issues, or the state of the world. God calls you to leave your worrying behind, Patricia...
Living with Purpose in a Worn-Out Body
Spiritual Encouragement for Older Adults
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
"Why am I still here? Why is God letting me suffer so long?" Frailty, dependence, and constant pain can lead to a spiritual hopelessness in this increasingly "gray" society. While we're inspired by occasional news about an extraordinary centenarian who swims every day, it's more common to grieve...
God Unbound
Wisdom from Galatians for the Anxious Church
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
What does it mean to move beyond the boundaries of what we believe?
The apostle Paul led the Galatians through a massive cultural shift in which they had to radically expand their ideas of who God is, who they were, and God's mission for the church. He was able to lead them through this time...