IVP Formatio

Since Eugene Peterson first wrote this spiritual formation classic more than forty years ago, hundreds of thousands of Christians have been inspired by his prophetic and pastoral wisdom. This...

How do we find balance between our sense of calling and the call to rest? Spiritual director and "recovering speed addict" Alan Fadling leads readers in a meditation on the unhurried life. Following...

Willard was a personal mentor and inspiration to hundreds of pastors, philosophers, and average churchgoers. This candid and inspiring biography discusses the development of Willard's personal...

"He is risen indeed!" Easter Sunday is the holiest day of the year, a day when even those who don't usually observe the Christian calendar or attend liturgical churches greet each other with the...

"We have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father."This line from the prologue of the Gospel of John declares the theme of Epiphany. Christmas celebrates Christ's birth; Epiphany...

James Bryan Smith believes the gospel is about change in our lives today, not just our eternal destiny.In the Good and Beautiful Series, he offers a transformative approach to discipleship by placing...

How do we hear God's voice? Bestselling author Dallas Willard says that the key is to focus not so much on individual actions and decisions as on building our personal relationship with our Creator...

ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award We need to rediscover lament to heal and hope again.We've lost the practice of lament. Most people don't know how to process personal or communal mourning and instead...

When everything in her life came to a stop, pastor Juanita Rasmus had to learn to be-with herself and with God-all over again. If you are longing for a trustworthy companion through dark days,...

In this compilation of prayers written during the pandemic by priest and theologian David Taylor, you'll find prayers for morning and evening, work and play-from Advent to Lent, from birth to death...

"What can I give him?"Growing up in her native Provence, in southern France, Sylvie Vanhoozer learned about the traditional Proven?al cr?che. These nativity scenes were peopled by santons--"little...

How we hold and carry our memories-good and bad-is a part of what forms us spiritually. In this way we have a common bond with the people of Scripture who also had a sensory life. Exploring the power...

Too often, God feels aloof and our prayers feel trivial. But as Julie Lane-Gay discovered, the Book of Common Prayer is designed to root us in the riches of God's grace. Sharing the treasures she has...