Upper Room: 255 books
Beyond Death
What Jesus Revealed about Eternal Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
What awaits us after death? Flora Wuellner brings her deep wisdom and a lifetime of study, reflection, observation, and spiritual direction to shed light on what Jesus revealed about eternal life. Her writing offers hope and comfort to those who might be troubled by mixed messages about the afterlife...
The Serenity Prayer
A Simple Prayer to Enrich Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,the courage to change the things I can,and the wisdom to know the difference." Countless people around the world have prayed this prayer, and it has helped them find peace in the midst of their harried lives. Did you know...
Pilgrimage into the Last Third of Life
7 Gateways to Spiritual Growth
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Do you dread growing old? The Last Third of life, from age 60 on up, doesn't have to be feared. When viewed from a Christian perspective, this season of life can be meaningful, endurable, and even joyful, say authors Jane Thibault and Richard Morgan. Thibault and Morgan suggest approaching...
Forgiveness, the Passionate Journey
Nine Steps of Forgiving through Jesus' Beatitudes
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
Why does forgiveness, so central in Jesus' life and teaching, seem much more difficult today? Why are we so often told we should forgive but so seldom shown the steps toward forgiveness? "Forgiveness is a perilous and volatile subject because it is so deeply intertwined with our communal...
by Mary Lou Redding
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Understanding Spiritual Gifts Leader's Guide is also available. This 6-week experiential study (7 weeks, including the introductory session) helps individuals and small groups explore spiritual gifts using selected passages from the Bible.
A Bead and A Prayer
A Beginner's Guide to Protestant Prayer Beads
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
This 4-week Bible study introduces Protestants to prayer beads as a tool for connecting with God. Participants will explore the history and art of using beads in prayer, discover ways to pray with beads, and learn how beads can help them deepen their faith, understand Christian beliefs, and listen...
by Maxie Dunnam, Kimberly Dunnam Reisman
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Some people say that virtue is out of fashion, but in their latest workbook, Maxie Dunnam and Kimberly Dunnam Reisman assert that it has never been more important. The authors explore the 7 cardinal virtues—wisdom, courage, justice, temperance, faith, hope, love, and the fruit of the spirit. They...
A Mile in My Shoes
Cultivating Compassion
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
We can be quick to pray for people around the world in times of trauma, but has prayer become a way to avoid taking real action? Are we reluctant to be fully aware of the suffering around us? Trevor Hudson challenges us to see, hear, and respond to the needs of others, recognizing the living...
Readings for Advent
Selections from A Guide to Prayer for All Who Walk with God
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
What does the birth of the Christ child mean for us today? Experience the message of Advent as never before with the fourth edition in the "Guide to Prayer" series. The selections in this digital sampler (chapters 1–4) from A Guide to Prayer for All Who Walk with God give you a simple pattern...
Easter Earthquake
How Resurrection Shakes Our World
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Have you ever been in an earthquake? Earthquakes shake our most basic assumptions: that the ground will remain steady beneath our feet, that the world's current existence is the way it will always be. But when tectonic plates shift under the earth's surface and the ground shakes beneath our feet,...
Pauses for Pentecost
50 Words for Easter People
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
How do you prepare for Pentecost?
As followers of Christ, we are invited to become Easter people filled with the Holy Spirit. The Resurrection is the center of the Christian faith. Without it there would be no Christian story, Christian church, or Christian way of life.
Did you know...
A Spirituality of Homecoming
The Henri Nouwen Spirituality Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Renowned author Henri Nouwen offers a welcome message for our chaotic times: "Come home to God, and you will no longer feel like a stranger to yourself or the world."
Nouwen, a beloved pastor and teacher who authored more than 40 books, had an unusual ability to help readers see the...
Loving an Addict
Gospel Reflections of Hope and Healing
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Fear. Anger. Shame. Resentment. Despair. If you love someone with an addiction, these are familiar emotions. As the wife of an alcoholic, Alyssa Phillips knows them all too well. In this collection of 52 devotions, Phillips shares her journey of coming to peace with loving an addict. Like many...
by Maxie Dunnam
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
From the rich well of Christian spiritual writing, best-selling author Maxie Dunnam guides readers through the lives and teachings of Willam Law, Julian of Norwich, Brother Lawrence, and Teresa of Avila. Readers will discover how Dunnams study of these faith pioneers influenced his life at pivotal...