I enjoy books in a variety of genres, and from time to time like to notify you of new and upcoming books that you might be interested in. So here are 9 new and upcoming books for you to consider:
Hints of Hope: Essays on Making Peace with the Proximate by Steven Garber
Steven Garber, author of Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good, was the speaker at my Covenant Theological Seminary graduation in 2014.
From the Amazon description:
“Through eight lyrical and reflective essays, one of today’s most thoughtful spiritual writers Steven Garber explores the idea of the “proximate”―a word from the Latin “proximatus,” to draw near. Garber invites us to draw near to the deepest realities of life and to see with greater clarity and compassion―recognizing what is true, right, and beautiful in the world, even as we see the suffering all around us.
Hints of Hope probes what it means to be human; to wrestle with the contradictions we all face in our marriages, in our workplaces, in our friendships and vocations. We all experience beauty and brokenness, wonder and despair, joy and sorrow. We live with disappointment and grief and pain . . . wanting more, expecting more, but never being completely fulfilled. Paradoxically, as we make peace with the proximate, our vision is expanded to see more clearly the glimmers of beauty and grace that thread their way through our lives. Garber suggests that those hints of hope are enough in this frail world of ours, “a world stretched taut between what is and what someday will be.”
Written in memoir form, Hints of Hope weaves together decades of Garber’s travels, teaching, and personal musings to offer a tapestry of wisdom on vocation, culture, faith, and hope. Readers of Wendell Berry, Parker Palmer, Marilyn McEntyre, Philip Yancey, and Frederick Buechner will find a rich, soul-nourishing feast within these pages.” Continue reading
Advent is what we call the season leading up to Christmas. It begins four Sundays before December 25, sometimes in the last weekend of November, sometimes on the first Sunday in December. This year it is Sunday, December 1. For the past several years, my wife Tammy and I have read an Advent devotional to prepare our hearts for Christmas. We have read devotionals by John Piper, Paul Tripp, R.C. Sproul, Sinclair Ferguson and others. This year, there are two new Advent devotionals to choose from by Alistair Begg and Albert Mohler.
Let Earth Receive Her King: Daily Readings for Advent
Recapturing the Glory of Christmas: A 25-Day Advent Devotional
Worthy: Living in Light of the Gospel
Smart Leadership: Four Simple Choices to Scale Your Impact
There are a number of books set to be published over the next few months that I think you might be interested in. Here are 12 of them, and I’ve included their description from Amazon except where otherwise noted:
I love to read, and there are several new and upcoming books by some of my favorite authors that I’m excited about, and that you might be interested in as well. Here are a few brief comments about each of them.
To Seek and to Save: Daily Reflections on the Road to the Cross
Something Needs to Change: A Call to Make Your Life Count in a World of Urgent Need by David Platt