Create in Me a Heart of Mercy
A Bible Study to Help You Receive and Extend Christ’s Mercy
IIn our divisive and unforgiving world, we need mercy more than ever. When we extend grace toward one another despite faults, mistakes, and differences of opinion, we model the kind of longsuffering patience and love that God shows toward us. But how do you cultivate a merciful heart in the midst of a culture where everyone seems quick to judge and slow to forgive? Where do you begin?
Create in Me a Heart of Mercy is a six-week Bible study that will help you
– discover the transformational power that mercy has in and through the life of the believer
– learn how to extend mercy to others, even in circumstances where it feels difficult or undeserved
– experience the freedom and purpose that come from multiplying mercy in a world that desperately needs it
The mercy that God has shown us through Jesus is meant to flow through us to the rest of the world as a powerful witness to God’s love and forgiveness. Join (in)courage and let God create in you a heart of mercy!
Walk Run Soar
Released in September 2020!
As a runner, you want to accomplish your physical goals. But deep down, you long for your training to be a more meaningful experience, engaging your body, mind, soul, and spirit. Walk, Run, Soar is a 52-week devotional and training journal designed for runners who hope to experience God’s presence, purpose, and glory in a deeper way as they run. Dorina Gilmore Young, and her triathlete husband, Shawn, will get you moving with a new motivation: improving your spiritual health. Along with weekly devotions to inspire you, Walk, Run, Soar includes:
- practical running/training tips
- training schedules from a running and triathlon coach
- advice on how to fuel your body well
- reflection questions and action steps
- space to journal and record your running progress
Whether you are new to running or a longtime runner, Walk, Run, Soar will motivate you to hit your fitness goals while strengthening your faith.
Glory Chasers: Discovering God’s Glory in Unexpected Places
Most of us would like to experience God’s glory but we are not sure how to pursue it. Dorina Lazo Gilmore serves as a kind of “sherpa,” helping readers chase His glory in the most unexpected places and surprising ways. Using the metaphor of life as a race, Glory Chasers helps people discover God’s glory in both a Biblical and personal context. Dorina unfolds her story of discovering God’s glory in 2014 when she chose “glory” as her theme for the year. She had no idea how God would use that theme to challenge her, inspire her and lift her during the darkest year of her life. These words help readers who face all kinds of uphill battles press on with perseverance and hope. Sessions explore:
- Creation
- Presence
- Worship
- Fame
- Suffering
- Community
- Justice
- Heaven
Glory Chasers is perfect for individual or group Bible study, exploring the topic of “glory.” Each week includes an opening essay and six days of reading and creative activities journeying through the Bible. This workbook also includes some “bonus glory” features, including a worship playlist for each week and a leader’s guide at the back.
Come Sit with Me
Being human is hard. Being in relationships with other humans is even harder. People are complex and relationships are messy but loving one another well is possible. Whether navigating political or religious differences, or dealing with toxic people or our own unforgiveness, this book tackles the struggles no one really wants to talk about. But there is hope! We can actually grow closer to God and others through the circumstances we’d rather run from.
In Come Sit with Me, 26 (in)courage writers help you navigate tough relational tensions by revealing their own hard-fought, grace-filled learning moments. They show you how to
· delight in your differences
· honor and value others even when you disagree
· connect before you correct
· trust that God is working even when people disappoint you
· live and love like Jesus by serving others
Whether you’re in the middle of a conflict without resolution or wondering how to enter into a friend’s pain, this book will serve as a gentle guide. Discover how God can work through your disagreements, differences, and discomfort in ways you might never expect.
Take Heart: 100 Devotions to Seeing God When Life’s Not Okay
If life hasn’t turned out the way you planned, you’re not alone. Cancer comes. Loved ones die. Spouses leave. Dreams slip through our fingers. Anxiety and depression steal precious seasons. But what if you knew you weren’t alone in your pain, and sorrow isn’t in the end of the story?
In this 100-day devotional, the (in)courage community comes alongside you when your heart is grieving, your faith is shaking, or it’s just one of those mundane hard days. In these vulnerable stories, you won’t find tidy bows or trite quick fixes, but you will find arrows pointing you straight to Jesus. Each day includes a key Scripture, a heartening devotion, and a prayer to remind you that God is near and hope is possible.
Let this book be like a trusted friend, wrapping your heart with comfort and assurance that you are seen. Together we can find ourselves and God again in one another’s stories. Together we can take heart!
Mothers in Children’s and Young Adult Literature: From the Eighteenth Century to Postfeminism
Winner of the Children’s Literature Association’s 2018 Edited Book Award
Contributions by Robin Calland, Lauren Causey, Karen Coats, Sara K. Day, Lisa Rowe Fraustino, Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore, Anna Katrina Gutierrez, Adrienne Kertzer, Kouen Kim, Alexandra Kotanko, Jennifer Mitchell, Mary Jeanette Moran, Julie Pfeiffer, and Donelle Ruwe
Living or dead, present or absent, sadly dysfunctional or merrily adequate, the figure of the mother bears enormous freight across a child’s emotional and intellectual life. Given the vital role literary mothers play in books for young readers, it is remarkable how little scholarly attention has been paid to the representation of mothers outside of fairy tales and beyond studies of gender stereotypes. This collection of thirteen essays begins to fill a critical gap by bringing together a range of theoretical perspectives by a rich mix of senior scholars and new voices.
Following an introduction in which the coeditors describe key trends in interdisciplinary scholarship, the book’s first section focuses on the pedagogical roots of maternal influence in early children’s literature. The next section explores the shifting cultural perspectives and subjectivities of the twentieth century. The third section examines the interplay of fantasy, reality, and the ethical dimensions of literary mothers. The collection ends with readings of postfeminist motherhood, from contemporary realism to dystopian fantasy.
The range of critical approaches in this volume will provide multiple inroads for scholars to investigate richer readings of mothers in children’s and young adult literature.
Flourishing Together: Cultivating a Fruitful Life in Christ
How do you flourish when life feels heavy? Maybe He wants us to stop planning and striving. Maybe He wants us to focus less on producing and more on abiding. Maybe it’s time to allow the Master Gardener to prune, nourish and cultivate our lives so we can flourish together for His glory. God designed each one of us to flourish. He also grants us privileges and gifts to help others flourish in the garden of life. Flourishing Together invites women to dig deep in the soil of faith and cultivate a life in Christ that is fruitful. The study could be considered a sequel to the author’s Glory Chaser Bible study. In Flourishing Together, Dorina articulates how God helped her move forward in a new marriage and career following her first husband’s death. These words help believers who feel parched and disconnected from the Vine to root themselves in Biblical truth and find rest. Sessions include:
- Week One – Plant
- Week Two – Prune
- Week Three – Rest
- Week Four – Nourish
- Week Five – Cultivate
- Week Six – Bloom
