Books from Jericho Books
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The Way of Tea and Justice: Rescuing the World's Favorite Beverage from Its Violent History
By Becca StevensIn this journey of triumph for impoverished tea laborers, hope for café workers, and insight into the history of tea, Becca sets out to defy the odds and prove that love is the most powerful force for transformation on earth.
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Our Great Big American God: A Short History of Our Ever-Growing Deity
By Matthew Paul TurnerHer precocious spirit likely caused Phoebe Palmer to possess an ungodly love for theology, which ultimately ledher tobecome a preacher (though not officially ordained by adenomination), author, and influential early advocate for women ...
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Selling Water by the River: A Book about the Life Jesus Promised and the Religion That Gets in the Way
By Shane HippsI have had many moments, often in the darkest hours of my life, where something remarkable happened. A radiant joy at the center of mybeing opened likea rose, an overwhelming peace and bright bliss burned through my sorrow like ...
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Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
By Nadia Bolz-WeberIn short, this book is for every misfit suspicious of institutionalized religion but who is still seeking transcendence and mystery.
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Snake Oil: The Art of Healing and Truth-Telling
By Becca StevensThe book weaves together the beginnings of the enterprise with individual stories from Becca's own journey as well as 20 women in the community.
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Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate
By Justin LeeIn this groundbreaking book, Lee recalls the events--his coming out to his parents, his experiences with the "ex-gay" movement, and his in-depth study of the Bible--that led him, eventually, to self-acceptance.
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Faith, Doubt, and Other Lines I've Crossed: Walking with the Unknown God
By Jay BakkerIn Faith, Doubt, and Other Lines I've Crossed, Jay voices the questions that Christians are thinking but won't ask as he chronicles his doubt about God, the Bible, heaven and hell, church, society, relationships, grace, and love.
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When "Spiritual but Not Religious" Is Not Enough: Seeing God in Surprising Places, Even the Church
By Lillian DanielHumorous and sincere, this is a book about people finding God in the most unexpected of places: prisons, airports, yoga classes, committee meetings, and, strangest of all, right there in church.
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We Make the Road by Walking: A Year-Long Quest for Spiritual Formation, Reorientation, and Activation
By Brian D. McLarenThis book offers everything you need to explore what a difference an honest, living, growing faith can make in our world today.
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The Way of Tea and Justice: Rescuing the World's Favorite Beverage from Its Violent History
By Becca StevensIn this journey of triumph for impoverished tea laborers, hope for café workers, and insight into the history of tea, Becca sets out to defy the odds and prove that love is the most powerful force for transformation on earth.
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Disquiet Time: Rants and Reflections on the Good Book by the Skeptical, the Faithful, and a Few Scoundrels
By Jennifer Grant, Cathleen FalsaniNow, an incredible cast of contributors tackles the parts of the Bible that most excite, frustrate, or comfort, like: What the heck is the book of Revelation really about? (The answer will surprise you.) How do we come to grips with the ...
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Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?: Christian Identity in a Multi-Faith World
By Brian D. McLarenIn his most important book yet, widely acclaimed author and speaker Brian McLaren proposes a new faith alternative, one built on "benevolence and solidarity rather than rivalry and hostility.
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Red, Brown, Yellow, Black, White Who's More Precious In God's Sight?: A call for diversity in Christian missions and ministry
By Leroy BarberA Call for Diversity in Christian Missions and Ministry Leroy Barber ... The funding providedto Christian organizations led by people of color follows this statistical pattern. Urban missions need aRooney Rule.
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The Invisible Girls: A Memoir
By Sarah ThebargeTwenty-seven-year-old Sarah The barge had it all - a loving boyfriend, an Ivy League degree, and a successful career - when her life was derailed by an unthinkable diagnosis: aggressive breast cancer.
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Mixed-Up Love: Relationships, Family, and Religious Identity in the 21st Century
By Jon M. Sweeney, Michal WollThis is an engaging and practical resource for singles who are considering dating outside their own faith, couples in interfaith relationships, relatives and friends of "mixed" couples who seek information and understanding, and parents ...
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Sober Mercies: How Love Caught Up with a Christian Drunk
By Heather Harpham KoppIf you love Jesus but shop too much, drink too much, eat too much, crush on men who aren't your husband, or otherwise fixate on doing things you hate but can't stop doing, SOBER MERCIES is for you.
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We Make the Road by Walking: A Year-Long Quest for Spiritual Formation, Reorientation, and Activation
By Brian D. McLarenThis book offers everything you need to explore what a difference an honest, living, growing faith can make in our world today.
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When "Spiritual but Not Religious" Is Not Enough: Seeing God in Surprising Places, Even the Church
By Lillian DanielHumorous and sincere, this is a book about people finding God in the most unexpected of places: prisons, airports, yoga classes, committee meetings, and, strangest of all, right there in church.
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God on the Rocks: Distilling Religion, Savoring Faith
By Phil MadeiraMusician and songwriter Phil Madeira turns his talent for evocative lyricism from the stage to the page as he invites us to wander with him on his relentless search for God.
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Inventing Hell: Dante, the Bible and Eternal Torment
By Jon M. SweeneyDisturbing and enthralling, Sweeney will forever alter what we think happens to us after we die-and more importantly, he will make us reconsider how we live.