Hope Beyond Our Sorrows
Hope Beyond Our Sorrows: Learning to Live with Life-Changing Loss (Herald Press: 2025). Now available from Herald Press, CommonWord, Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, and other bookstores. If it’s not in stock wherever you buy books, please ask to have it ordered in. When a shattered dream breaks your heart, how do you learn to hope again? When […]
This Ordinary, Extraordinary Life
This Ordinary, Extraordinary Life:Cycle B Sermons Based on theGospel Lessons for PentecostThrough Proper 16(CSS Publishing, 2023). Available from CSS Publishing, Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, and your favourite on-line or local bookstore. Download the free study guide. From the Introduction By faith in Jesus, our ordinary lives can become extraordinary. Grace breaks in to the routine of daily […]
On the Way With Jesus
On the Way With Jesus: Cycle A Sermons for Lent and Easter Based on the Gospel Readings (CSS Publishing, 2019) Read an excerpt on the CSS Publishing website. Download the reflection and discussion guide. Purchase On the Way With Jesus from CSS Publishing, Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, and your favourite online or local bookstore. This collection of […]
Four Gifts
Four Gifts: Seeking Self-Care for Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength (Herald Press, 2018) Four Gifts is available from Herald Press, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, CommonWord, or your favourite on-line or local bookstore. Download the Four Gifts Study Guide. I can’t do it all,and you can’t either. Feeling overwhelmed by the pace and stress of daily life? Find […]
Sharing Faith Stories
Upside-Down Living: Sharing Faith Stories (Herald Press, 2017). Available from Herald Press, CommonWord, Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, and your favourite online or local bookstore. Summary Everyone loves a story! What’s more, everyone has a story, and for people of faith, everyone has a faith story. The possibilities are endless for sharing Bible stories, personal testimonies, and everyday anecdotes of […]
Everbloom
Everbloom: Stories of Deeply Rooted and Transformed Lives (Paraclete Press, 2017). Available from the Redbud Writers Guild. Summary Everbloom is a collection of essays, stories, and poetry by the women of Redbud Writers Guild. These are stories of pain and beauty, loss and growth, that encourage readers to embrace their own stories with honesty, faith, and imagination. […]
Ordinary Time With Jesus
Ordinary Time With Jesus: Cycle B Sermons for Proper 23 Through Christ the King Based on the Gospel Texts (CSS Publishing, 2014). Available from Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, and CSS Publishing. Summary Nothing about Jesus was ordinary. He defied the expectations of religious leaders. He embraced the castaways. He surrendered to a crude wooden cross. It is extraordinary, […]
Sacred Pauses
Sacred Pauses: Spiritual Practices for Personal Renewal (Herald Press, 2013). Available from: Herald Press, Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, and your favourite online and local bookstore. Download the Sacred Pauses Group Guide. Summary In a fast-paced world full of distractions, this book offers fresh ways to find everyday personal renewal. Each chapter explores a different spiritual practice—from classic […]
Led by the Spirit
Led by the Spirit, Sermons on the Second Readings, Series III, Cycle C (CSS Publishing, 2009). Available from Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, and CSS Publishing. Summary Led by the Spirit is a collection of ten sermons appearing as Part III of Sermons on the Second Readings, Series III, Cycle C. As a whole, this anthology focuses on the New Testament […]
April Yamasaki 