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Reflect, pray, and cook with New York Times bestselling author
Shauna Niequist. Savor is a 365-day devotional that helps you soak
up the goodness all around you, be aware of holy fingerprints
everywhere, and walk through each day cherishing those glints of
the divine in the daily. Come and pause in these pages, day by day,
and attune your senses to the fullness and presence of God all day
long—whether that's a hug, a tomato sandwich, a quiet moment, or
a text from a loved one. Â Savor teaches: To savor each day,
whatever it holds—work and play, meals and prayers, the good
stuff and the hard stuff Life is all about relationships, and your
daily relationship with God is worth savoring in every moment
Recipes from Shauna's kitchen to enjoy around a table with your
community  Inside you'll find: 21 delicious recipes, from
summer salads to French toast to fondue 365 devotions—each
devotion includes a short Bible passage, an insightful story from
Shauna, and a thoughtful prompt to help you live out your faith A
ribbon marker to help you keep your place This devotional makes a
perfect gift for a friend looking to experience a more integrated
faith and anyone who loves trying out new recipes or enjoys hosting
gatherings for loved ones. Look for additional inspirational books
and audio products from Shauna: I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet
Present Over Perfect Present Over Perfect Guided Journal Bread and
Wine Cold Tangerines Bittersweet  Â
Speak, by popular blogger Nish Weiseth, is a book about the
power of telling our own stories and hearing those of others to
change hearts, build bridges, advocate for good, make disciples
with grace, and proclaim God s kingdom on Earth today.
Nish Weiseth exhorts today s Christians to follow Jesus example
by using story as a vehicle for change. After all, Jesus was a
master storyteller. He frequently and effectively used the art of
storytelling to communicate deep truths about God, humanity, love,
and eternity to a culture on the brink. His stories defied social
norms, revealed God s Kingdom, and fiercely advocated for the least
of these.
With examples from Scripture as the foundation, Speak is a call
for grace, openness, and vulnerability within the evangelical
church. Nish Weiseth encourages those in the Body of Christ to know
their own story of transformation and redemption and to use those
stories as a catalyst for change at both a personal and global
level."
LIVE A LIFE OF MEANING AND CONNECTION Instead of pushing for
perfection A few years ago, I found myself exhausted and isolated,
my soul and body sick. I was tired of being tired, burned out on
busy. And, it seemed almost everyone I talked with was in the same
boat: longing for connection, meaning, depth, but settling for
busy. I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, neighbor,
writer, and I know all too well that settling feeling. But over the
course of the last few years, I've learned a way to live, marked by
grace, love, rest, and play. And it's changing everything. Present
Over Perfect is an invitation to this journey that changed my life.
I'll walk this path with you, a path away from frantic pushing and
proving, and toward your essential self, the one you were created
to be before you began proving and earning for your worth. Written
in Shauna's warm and vulnerable style, this collection of essays
focuses on the most important transformation in her life, and maybe
yours too: leaving behind busyness and frantic living and
rediscovering the person you were made to be. Present Over Perfect
is a hand reaching out, pulling you free from the constant pressure
to perform faster, push harder, and produce more, all while
maintaining an exhausting image of perfection. Shauna offers an
honest account of what led her to begin this journey, and a
compelling vision for an entirely new way to live: soaked in grace,
rest, silence, simplicity, prayer, and connection with the people
that matter most to us. In these pages, you'll be invited to
consider the landscape of your own life, and what it might look
like to leave behind the pressure to be perfect and begin the
life-changing practice of simply being present, in the middle of
the mess and the ordinariness of life.
What If You're Not a Failure? What If You're Not Falling Behind?
What If You're Learning? "Every single thing that used to work has
stopped working, all at the same time." Award-winning author Shauna
Niequist's mom wrote down this phrase in her mid-forties and shared
it with Shauna in her mid-forties. It was exactly the way Shauna
was feeling at the time. Many of the beliefs and practices that had
been useful in her life no longer worked. After trying-and
failing-to move forward using the same old tools, she realized she
required new ones: courage, curiosity, and self-compassion.
Throughout the five sessions of her I Guess I Haven't Learned That
Yet video series, Shauna talks about unlearning what is no longer
helpful, embracing curiosity, and making peace with the unexpected
twists and turns of life. She shares candidly about the challenges
and blessings she has experienced and invites participants to
explore what happens when we release our expectations for how we
thought life would look and open ourselves up to the freedom and
peace that come from choosing to be a beginner again. Whatever
you're trying to navigate, Shauna's honest reflections offer hope
for healing and encouragement to begin again. Discover that life is
more about questions than answers, more about forgiveness than
force, more about tenderness than trying hard. This study guide
includes: Individual access to five streaming video sessions A
guide to best practices for leading a group Video notes and a
comprehensive structure for group discussion time Solo study
section with questions and biblical passages for reflection between
sessions Sessions and video run times: When Change Comes (And It
Always Does) (19:30) Tender Toward Ourselves (20:30) Questions,
Questions (24:00) Learning to be Brave (19:00) Coming Home (15:30)
This study guide has everything you need for a full Bible study
experience, including: The study guide itself-with discussion and
reflection questions, video notes, and a leader's guide. An
individual access code to stream all video sessions online. (You
don't need to buy a DVD!) Streaming video access code included.
Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2027. Code may be
redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not be
transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet
connection required. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by
law. Additional offer details inside.
Join New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist as she
offers an enchanting mix of funny and vulnerable storytelling in
this collection of recipes and essays about the surprising and
sacred things that happen when people gather around the table.
Bread & Wine is a literary feast about the moments and meals
that bring us together. With beautiful and evocative writing,
Shauna celebrates the sweet and savory moments that happen when
family and friends sit down together. She invites us to see how God
teaches and feeds us even as we nourish the people around us, and
she explores the ways that hunger, loneliness, and restlessness
lead us back to the table again. Part cookbook and part spiritual
memoir, Bread & Wine sheds light on: How sharing food together
mirrors the way we share our hearts with each other--and with God
What it means to follow a God who reveals His presence in breaking
bread and passing a cup What happens when we come together, slow
down, open our homes, look into one another's faces, and listen to
one another's stories A satisfying read for heart and body, you'll
want to keep Bread & Wine close at hand all year round.
Recreate the meals that come to life in each essay with recipes for
any occasion, from Goat Cheese Biscuits and Bacon-Wrapped Dates to
Mango Chicken Curry and Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Toffee. For anyone
who has found themselves swapping stories over plates of pasta,
sharing takeout on the couch, laughing over a burnt recipe, and
lingering a little longer for one more bite, this book is for you.
Christianity Today Book Award Winner; ECPA Award Finalist Boldly
honest, powerfully told, deeply moving - this is a story about
finding yourself. Seth Haines' memoir holds up a mirror to all of
our stories to show the peace that is possible when we release our
addictions and receive the healing presence of God. Seth Haines was
in the hospital with his wife, planning funeral songs for their
not-yet two-year-old, when he made a very conscious decision: this
was the last day he wanted to feel. That evening, he asked his
sister to smuggle in a bottle of gin and gave in to addiction. But
whether or not you've ever had a drop to drink in your life, this
book is for all who have sought ways to stop their pain. Like Seth,
we're all seeking balms for the anxiety of what sometimes seems to
be an absent, unresponsive God - whether it's through
people-pleasing, social media likes, shopping, the internet, food,
career highs, or even good works and elite theology. Too often we
attempt to escape our anxiety through addiction - any old
addiction. But it often leaves us feeling even more empty than
before. In Coming Clean, Seth Haines writes a raw account of his
first 90 days of sobriety, illuminating how to face the pain we'd
rather avoid, and even more importantly, how an abiding God meets
us in that pain. Seth shows us that true wholeness is found in
facing our pain and anxieties with the tenacity and tenderness of
Jesus, and only through Christ's passion can we truly come clean.
You can only go so far for so long before you find the limits of
yourself. For Phileena Heuertz that moment arrived, mercifully,
around the same time as a sabbatical to mark her twelfth year of
service with an international organization working with some of the
most vulnerable people in the world. Activists often see
contemplation as a luxury, the sort of thing necessarily set aside
in the quest to see the world set aright. But in Pilgrimage of a
Soul we see that contemplation is essential-not only to a life of
sustained commitment to the justice and righteousness of God, but
to the fully human life that the Holy Spirit beckons each of us to.
Tracing seven movements from a kind of sleepfulness to a kind of
wakefulness, Phileena shows us that life is a journey that repeats
itself as Christ leads us deeper and deeper into our true selves
and a truer knowledge of God. This revised edition includes
practices with each chapter, as well as questions for group
discussion and individual reflection.
What happens when life begins to trip us up and failure starts
creeping in? Many of us just keep on doing the same thing, hoping
for different results. Some of us look for escape, to find a way
out of the mess we feel that we've created. But neither enduring
nor escaping is ultimately what we need. The answer is to allow
ourselves to begin again, every day, in every part of our lives.
Through engaging, lyrical prose, Leeana Tankersley shows women how
to forgive themselves, develop new and healthier patterns of
living, and do away with resentment and regret. Her life-giving
words will free women who are feeling stuck and allow them to clear
out the debris to make room for what God wants to do in their
lives. To begin again is to open the window, even a crack, to let
the breeze of grace come in. It is a call to stop running from our
fears. To take one small step toward becoming the brave women we
were made to be.
Shauna Niequist calls us to see the beauty, hope, and dimension in
our ordinary days through the life-giving practice of celebration.
Cold Tangerines is beautiful narration of Shauna's journey as a
young writer, wife, and mom making peace with herself and crafting
a life that celebrates the extraordinary moments hidden in the
everyday. Throughout each story echoes the heartbeat message that
the normal, daily life ticking by on our streets and sidewalks, at
our dinner tables and in our late-night talks--is the most precious
thing any of us will ever experience. With her signature warmth and
vulnerable storytelling, Shauna offers a feast of thoughtful
reflections on the small moments that make up the human experience,
the spiritual life, and things that seem ordinary but just might be
sacred after all. She invites us into a new way of living with the
awareness of God's movement gracing every part of our day. Both a
voice of challenge and song of comfort, this gallery of celebration
encourages us to turn our attention to the marvelous life happening
right under our noses. Join Shauna in this heartfelt and hopeful
call upward to a new way of being, where there's room to breathe,
to rest, to break down, and break through to the best possible
life.
Hilarious and heartwarming stories that will empower you to make
space for the other and discover the extraordinary, welcoming heart
of God. Author and Instagram star Heather Avis has made it her
mission to introduce the world to the unique gifts and real-life
challenges of those who have been pushed to the edges of society.
Mama to three adopted kids--two with Down Syndrome--Heather
encourages us all to take a breath, whisper a prayer, laugh a
little, and make room for the wildflowers. In a world of divisions
and margins, those who act, look, and grow a little differently are
all too often shoved aside. Scoot Over and Make Some Room is part
inspiring narrative and part encouraging challenge for us all to
listen and learn from those we're prone to ignore. Heather tells
hilarious stories of her growing kids, spontaneous dance parties,
forgotten pants, and navigating the challenges and joys of
parenthood. She shares heartbreaking moments when her kids were
denied a place at the table and when she had to fight for their
voices to be heard. With beautiful wisdom and profound convictions,
this manifesto will empower you to notice who's missing in the
spaces you live in, to make room for your own kids and for those
others who need you and your open heart. This is your invitation to
a table where space is unlimited and every voice can be heard.
Because when you open your life to the wild beauty of every unique
individual, you'll discover your own colorful soul and the
extraordinary, abundant heart of God.
Join New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist as she
invites you to experience the precious gifts and wisdom that only
come the hard way--through change, loss, and transition. In this
collection of poignant essays, Shauna reflects on her own journey
of making peace with change, the nuanced mix of excitement and
heartbreak that comes with it, and the practices that offer us
strength and hope along the way. When life comes at us in waves,
our first instinct is to dig in our heels and control what we can.
A keen observer of life with a lyrical voice, Shauna offers another
way--the way of letting the waves carry us into a deeper awareness
of God's presence in our lives, even in the midst of turmoil.
Drawing from her own experiences in a season of pain and chaos,
Shauna shares her deeply personal struggles with: Difficult moves
Career changes Marital stress Financial worries Life-altering loss
With honesty and hope, Shauna beautifully unwraps the complicated
truth that in all things there is both something broken and
something beautiful, that there is a moment of lightness even on
the darkest of nights, and that rejoicing is no less meaningful
when it contains a splinter of sadness. A tribute to life at the
edges, Bittersweet is a love letter to the bittersweet and sacred
work that change does in us all. Praise for Bittersweet:
"Bittersweet is so delicious I wanted to douse it in butter and
syrup and eat the whole thing. I fell into a deep and genuine
depression when I read the last word and there were no more. Be
kind and please treat yourself to this book. It is lovely and
hilarious and poignant in all the best ways that make me so
deliriously happy as a reader." --Jen Hatmaker, speaker and
bestselling author of Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire and For the
Love
LIVE A LIFE OF MEANING AND CONNECTION Instead of pushing for
perfection A few years ago, I found myself exhausted and isolated,
my soul and body sick. I was tired of being tired, burned out on
busy. And, it seemed almost everyone I talked with was in the same
boat: longing for connection, meaning, depth, but settling for
busy.I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, neighbor,
writer, and I know all too well that settling feeling. But over the
course of the last few years, I've learned a way to live, marked by
grace, love, rest, and play. And it's changing everything.Present
Over Perfect is an invitation to this journey that changed my life.
I'll walk this path with you, a path away from frantic pushing and
proving, and toward your essential self, the one you were created
to be before you began proving and earning for your worth.Written
in Shauna's warm and vulnerable style, this collection of essays
focuses on the most important transformation in her life, and maybe
yours too: leaving behind busyness and frantic living and
rediscovering the person you were made to be. Present Over Perfect
is a hand reaching out, pulling you free from the constant pressure
to perform faster, push harder, and produce more, all while
maintaining an exhausting image of perfection.Shauna offers an
honest account of what led her to begin this journey, and a
compelling vision for an entirely new way to live: soaked in grace,
rest, silence, simplicity, prayer, and connection with the people
that matter most to us.In these pages, you'll be invited to
consider the landscape of your own life, and what it might look
like to leave behind the pressure to be perfect and begin the
life-changing practice of simply being present, in the middle of
the mess and the ordinariness of life.
"For too many years I missed out on the life God had given me to
live-to steward-because I was too busy trying to build a life that
looked more...perfect." Shauna Niequist invites you to leave behind
perfection-seeking and embrace presence as a way of life-free from
illusions and soaked in grace. In this five-session video Bible
study (DVD/digital video sold separately), New York Times
bestselling author Shauna Niequist will take you on the same
journey that changed her own life-away from frantic striving and
toward a soulful thriving. Maintaining an image of perfection is
exhausting, and it isn't the way we're meant to live. The Present
Over Perfect Study Guide will help you and your group pull each
other free from the constant pressure to perform faster, push
harder, and produce more. Watch Shauna give a vulnerable account of
what led her to begin this journey, and a compelling vision for an
entirely new way to live: soaked in grace, rest, silence,
simplicity, prayer, and connection with the people that matter most
to us. The study guide includes first thoughts, video notes, group
discussion questions, practicing presence reflections, and solo
work for you to complete between sessions. Sessions include: Pain
Points The Roles We Play Yes, And No Unflashy, Unspectacular, Good
Living the Love Designed for use with the Present Over Perfect
Video Study 9780310816034 (sold separately).
The Book of Waking Up invites you to wake to your coping
mechanisms, find the why behind your pain, and walk into the Divine
Love of God. The inevitable pain of life gives us many reasons to
check out--and many ways to do it. Alcohol, entertainment, pills,
shopping, porn, chasing success, cashing checks, and collecting
social media "likes"--these and so many other things anesthetize us
from the wounds of everyday living. As Seth Haines wrote in his
award-winning book, Coming Clean, "We're all drunk on something."
In his compelling follow-up, The Book of Waking Up, Seth invites
you into the story of healing. He invites you to see your coping
mechanisms for what they are--lesser lovers, which cannot bring the
peace, freedom, and wholeness you crave. Through guided
reflections, sustainable soul practices, and stories from Seth's
life and others, The Book of Waking Up points you toward the Divine
Love of God that has the power to transform your life. As Seth
writes, "Addiction is misplaced adoration." Now, join him on a
journey toward the only Love worth adoring, the only Love that
cures a soul. Join him on the journey to waking up.
Life is filled with uncertainty, and people have never needed peace
more. When it comes down to it, what keeps us from experiencing
peace in our lives is either living in the past or living for the
future. When we obsess over what's already happened or put all of
our efforts into creating a picture-perfect tomorrow, we miss what
God has for us here and now. The result is regret over what we
can't change, and anxiety over what we feel we must change. That's
not what God wants for us. With honest transparency, hope-filled
compassion, and plenty of vulnerable humor, pastor Jeanne Stevens
reveals the shockingly simple path to peace: presence. She helps
you slow down, center yourself, and ask the all-important question,
What's here now? Jeanne gives readers practical tools to move from
obsessing about the past or worrying about the future to
experiencing peace and purpose in the present moment. By
incorporating this simple question into your everyday life, you
will experience freedom from unhealthy patterns of relating to God
and others through the avenues of shame, guilt, worry, and anxiety.
Life is turbulent. On that, we can all agree. Disappointed dreams,
broken relationships, identity crises, vocational hang-ups, wounds
from the past--there are so many ways life can send us crashing up
against the rocks. In this deeply personal book, Jonathan Martin
draws from his own stories of failure and loss to find the love
that can only be discovered on the bottom. How to Survive a
Shipwreck is an invitation to trust the goodness of God and the
resilience of your soul. Jonathan's clarion call is this: No matter
how hard you've fallen, no matter how much you've been hurt, help
is on the way--just when you need it most. With visionary artistry
and pastoral wisdom, Jonathan Martin reveals what we'll need to
make it through those uncharted waters, how we can use these
defining experiences to live out of our depths, and why it will
then become impossible to go back to the half-life we once lived.
What If You're Not a Failure? What If You're Not Falling Behind?
What If You're Learning? "Every single thing that used to work has
stopped working, all at the same time." Award-winning author Shauna
Niequist's mom wrote down this phrase in her mid-forties and shared
it with Shauna in her mid-forties. It was exactly the way Shauna
was feeling at the time. Many of the beliefs and practices that had
been useful in her life no longer worked. After trying-and
failing-to move forward using the same old tools, she realized she
required new ones: courage, curiosity, and self-compassion.
Throughout the five sessions of her I Guess I Haven't Learned That
Yet video series, Shauna talks about unlearning what is no longer
helpful, embracing curiosity, and making peace with the unexpected
twists and turns of life. She shares candidly about the challenges
and blessings she has experienced and invites participants to
explore what happens when we release our expectations for how we
thought life would look and open ourselves up to the freedom and
peace that come from choosing to be a beginner again. Whatever
you're trying to navigate, Shauna's honest reflections offer hope
for healing and encouragement to begin again. Discover that life is
more about questions than answers, more about forgiveness than
force, more about tenderness than trying hard. This study guide
includes: Individual access to five streaming video sessions A
guide to best practices for leading a group Video notes and a
comprehensive structure for group discussion time Solo study
section with questions and biblical passages for reflection between
sessions Sessions and video run times: When Change Comes (And It
Always Does) (19:30) Tender Toward Ourselves (20:30) Questions,
Questions (24:00) Learning to be Brave (19:00) Coming Home (15:30)
This study guide has everything you need for a full Bible study
experience, including: The study guide itself-with discussion and
reflection questions, video notes, and a leader's guide. An
individual access code to stream all video sessions online. And the
physical DVD. Streaming video access code included. Access code
subject to expiration after 12/31/2027. Code may be redeemed only
by the recipient of this package. Code may not be transferred or
sold separately from this package. Internet connection required.
Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Additional
offer details inside.
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