Spiritual Spring Training: Resources

What will you toss in your gym bag to work your spiritual muscles this spring?  Give your brain a workout that will transform you from the inside out.  Christian authors and speakers bring their deep and broad life experience as well as years of research and study to us through books, speeches, podcasts, interviews, broadcasts, videos, etc.  Sharing life and learning with fellow disciples of Jesus Christ will strengthen your spirit and equip you for ministry.  Enjoy this buffet of new books at your library or bookstore.

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might." Deut. 6:5 

Always a Guest: Speaking of Faith Far From Home. Barbara Brown Taylor. Westminster John Knox Press.  Oct. 20, 2020.

Broken Sign Posts: How Christianity Makes Sense of the World. N.T. Wright. HaperOne. Oct. 6, 2020.

Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage. Anne Lamott. Riverhead Books.  March 2, 2021.

God and the Pandemic: A Christian Reflection on the Coronavirus and Its Aftermath. N.T. Wright. Zondervan, June 19, 2020.

Hope in Times of Fear: The Resurrection and the Meaning of Easter.  Timothy Keller. Viking. March 9, 2021

How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice. Jemar Tisby. Zondervan. January 5, 2021.

My Tech-Wise Life: Growing Up and Making Choices in a World of Devices. Amy Crouch and Andy Crouch. Baker Books. Nov. 17, 2020.

Mysteries of the Messiah: Unveiling Divine Connections from Genesis to Today.  Rabi Jason Sobel and Kathie Lee Gifford. Thomas Nelson.  March 23, 2021.

A Rhythm of Prayer: A Collection of Meditations for Renewal. Sarah Bessey.  Convergent Books, Feb. 9, 2021.

Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World. Katharine Hayhoe. Atria. Sept. 21, 2021.

Seeing Beautiful Again:  50 Devotions to Find Redemption in Every Part of Your Story.  Lysa TerKeurst. Thomas Nelson. March 31, 2021.

U-Turns: Reversing the Consequences in Your Life. Tony Evans. B&H Books, January 12, 2021.

Until Unity. Francis Chan. David C. Cook. April 2021.

Christian Resources, Winter 2021

WANDER IN WONDER

Take a winter walk.  Notice the sights and sounds around you.  Pray.

 

LISTEN & LEARN

Join the free, lecture and cultural arts January Series from Calvin University in Grand Rapids, MI from January 6, 2021 to January 22, 2021. In its 34th year, this leading series is completely virtual in 2021. Check out these national speakers and their books, including Andy Crouch, Tara Westover...

Registration is required but free in order to receive the link for each presentation. All presentations are live at 12:30 to 1:30 EST. You can also listen anytime that day; then the link times out.

Go to: calvin.edu/january Click: Register

WATCH The 2019/2020 story of Jesus, free on YouTube:  The Chosen.  Season One.  All 8 Full Episodes
Watch for more in 2021 @ Crestview, facilitated by Loel McIntosh.

NEW TESTAMENT BIBLE STUDY GUIDES
Looking for a blend of readable but scholarly background information and discussion questions for yourself or your Bible study group?  Why not use the eBook series in Hoopla from your public library,  
N. T. Wright FOR EVERYONE BIBLE STUDY GUIDE SERIES.

Here’s how it works.   If you have a library card for the MidPointe Library System in Butler County, OH, create a free Hoopla account from their website.  Download the app on your device. Then search and download the guide that interests you.

READ 

Christianity Today’s 2021 Book Awards, “Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.” December 14, 2020

LOCAL CHRISTIAN RADIO

93.3.  WAKW

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104.3 WNLT

Contact the Adult Christian Team @ Crestview Church to learn more.

Christian Spiritual Formation Resources

During these COVID-19 days when life can feel like you @home on an endless spin cycle, consider rethinking how you spend time.  Meet with God and go deeper in your faith. Travel with the Holy Spirit while you are “stay safe” @home.  Listen, Read, Study, Watch, Worship!  Godspeed! 

  


Beth’s Top Picks, May 2020 

European Leadership Conference, May 22-28, 2020.  Free, Online

The Bible. All-time bestseller. Read a passage, a chapter, a book.

Crestview Sermons Archive. Rev. Shawn Barkley, West Chester, OH.

Podcast: The Well.  Rev. Shawn Barkley 

Midwest Musing: New Every Morning.  Blog.  

Menlo Park Presbyterian Church. John Ortberg, Menlo Park, CA. Watch messages.

Redeemer Presbyterian Church. NY, NY. Tim Keller
Resources: Meditations, Skeptics Series, Audio files, Sermon Archive, Recommended Reading, Articles,etc.

Park Street Church. Boston, MA. Sermon Library

Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Calvin University 

Calvin Center of Faith and Writing. Christian writers in various genres. Biannual conference.

Hall of Church History.  Phil Johnson.  Church history information.

Ligionier Ministries.  Founded by R.C. Sproul, Learn Resources

IF Gathering TV. Jennie Allen.  Women's ministry resources, videos, annual conference.

Ann Voskamp. Daily Blog. Women's ministry.

On Being with Krista Tippett.  Radio and Podcasts 

Virtual Religion Index  Websites

YouTube Watch, Listen, & Worship. Search  Christian authors, speakers, musicians.

Looking for something to READ by a celebrated Christian author? Pick up a book by
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Corrie ten Boom
Frederick Buechner
Francis Chan  
C.K. Chesterton
Elisabeth Eliot
Richard Foster
Bill Hybels
Timothy Keller
C.S. Lewis
Max Lucado
Kathleen Norris 
Henri Nouwen
John Ortberg
Eugene Peterson
James K.A. Smith
R.C. Sproul
John Stott
Joni Eareckson Tada
Barbara Brown Taylor
Ann Voskamp
Dallas Willard
N. T. Wright
Philip Yancey


Want more?  Willing to pay tuition?
Christian Witness and Ministry in a COVID-shaped World.  
Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI. Online 3 week summer courses. 3 Sessions.