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Men’s Book Study

Men’s Book Study

Begins Monday, April 8th at 6:30 p.m. “The theology behind the 12 steps is good for every man, woman and child at GracePointe. I could preach from the spiritual twelve steps presented through Richard Rohr’s book for the next five years and not exhaust the beauty of such deep simplicity” – Stan Mitchell Breathing Under [...]

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Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me by Ian Morgan Cron

Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me by Ian Morgan Cron

“When I first discovered the grainy picture in my mother’s desk—me as a towheaded two year old sitting in what I remember was a salmon-orange-stained lifeboat—I was overwhelmed by the feeling that the boy in the boat was not waving and laughing at the person snapping the photo as much as he was frantically trying [...]

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Chasing Francis – A Pilgrim’s Tale by Ian Morgan Cron

Chasing Francis – A Pilgrim’s Tale by Ian Morgan Cron

Author, musician and speaker Ian Morgan Cron sheds new light on the legacy of St. Francis of Assisi, “the Last Christian.” Cron masterfully weaves actual accounts from the life of Saint Francis’ into the fictional story of Chase Falson, a New England minister on a pilgrimage to regain his faith. It’s an amazing story with profound [...]

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Samson and the Pirate Monks: Calling Men to Authentic Brotherhood

Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Currently in vogue is “the Christian Men’s Movement,” a reaction to the perceived feminization of Christianity and an attempt to help men realize their God-given missions in the world. Using the biblical Samson as a model, Larkin offers “The Samson Society,” a coming together of evangelical men to encourage and [...]

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The Silence of Adam: Becoming Men of Courage in a World of Chaos

Product Description from Amazon.com Larry Crabb challenges men to move beyond their fear of failure that paralyzes them in spiritual matters and relationships to bold risk-taking, action, deep spirituality, and full-hearted living. Editorial Reviews From Booklist Crabb and his coauthors are biblical counselors and here apply their specialty to answering the generally secular-cum-pagan men’s movement’s [...]

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Everything Belongs -Richard Rohr

Everything Belongs -Richard Rohr

Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative PrayerHere is an excerpt from the book…. a must read! You cannot earn God. You cannot prove yourself worthy to God. It is simply a matter of awareness. Of enjoying the awareness. Coming to the awareness. There are moments when we believe it. Then it all makes sense. Once [...]

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Daddy’s A Bad Mechanic (But A Good Son)

Daddy’s A Bad Mechanic (But A Good Son)

“I and the Father are one.” (John 10:30) My dad never taught me much about mechanics. As a man, as a writer, I used to feel ashamed of that–until recently, when my three-year-old son led us all to the heart of grace. A gifted businessman, however, Dad did teach me how to save money. And [...]

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