Free Ebooks
How to Pray When Prayer Seems Impossible outlines the five prayer practices that have helped me again and again. It’s a free gift for subscribers that I pray will encourage you.
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Sabbath Rest for the People of God is a quick, easy read with bite-sized chapters to explore Sabbath rest. It offers practical suggestions for a healthy rhythm of work and rest, not as more “shoulds,” but as invitations.
This is a free ebook for subscribers to When You Work for the Church: the good, the bad, and the ugly, and how we can all do better. Whether you’re a church staff member or volunteer, you’ll find resources for discerning new ministry, self-care, dealing with painful ministry transitions, and more.
Along with the ebook, you will receive free email updates whenever there’s a new blog post (generally on alternate Tuesdays). Your personal information will remain confidential, never be shared or sold, and you may unsubscribe at any time.
Free Study Guides
- This Ordinary, Extraordinary Life Study Guide: This Ordinary, Extraordinary Life is a collection of sermons on the ordinary, extraordinary life of Jesus and what it means for our ordinary, extraordinary lives today. The study guide is a compnaion piece with questions for personal reflection, small group discussion, and practical application.
- Four Gifts Study Guide: Includes the discussion questions from Four Gifts: Seeking Self-Care for Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength, plus questions for book clubs and Bible study groups, a Scripture Index, practical self-care ideas, additional quotes and prayers related to self-care, ideas for creating your own custom guide, and more.
- On the Way with Jesus Study Guide: On the Way With Jesus is a collection of sermons to assist pastors in preaching, and with this study guide it also becomes a resource for small groups and personal use, including questions for reflection and discussion.
- Sacred Pauses Group Guide: This five-session study guide grew out of my first Sacred Pauses group soon after the publication of Sacred Pauses: Spiritual Practices for Personal Renewal. Now re-formatted, this guide includes an outline for each group session and many practical examples from my first group.
Lenten Reflections
Four dramatic monologues feature a scribe, a woman in the crowd, Pontius Pilate, and Peter, as they look back on the choices they made concerning Jesus. These reflections highlight themes of choice, regret, and starting over. They may be used in place of a sermon and/or for personal reflection.
April Yamasaki 