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A LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHERDEAR FRIEND,

Welcome to our Fall 2013/Winter 2014 list, which embodies another season of fresh, innovative talent and boundary-pushing topics. I’m delighted to share our third list with you. Nadia Bolz-Weber is a pastor, a former stand-up comedian, and a force to be reckoned with, and her new book Pastrix (boldly reclaiming the derogatory term for a female pastor) blends sardonic irreverence and brilliant theology in a snarky, outrageous, and beautifully honest portrait of faith. In Red, Yellow, Black, and White, missions leader Leroy Barber sheds light on the necessity of including people of color in missions and ministry, offering groundbreaking solutions for promoting diversity. Jon M. Sweeney, a Catholic spiritual writer, and Michal Woll, a rabbi, explore the challenges of an interfaith relationship with all of its ups and downs in Mixed-Up Love. Mark Braverman, an American Jew, reveals the true nature and shocking consequences of the conflict between Israel and Palestine, offering solutions for peace in A Wall in Jerusalem. From Sara Miles, acclaimed author of Take This Bread, comes a stunning new narrative, City of God, about an unforgettable Ash Wednesday when she took ashes to the streets to mark the foreheads of strangers and discovered a new vision of grace. In Cats Don’t Bark, Shane Hipps returns to help readers under-stand God’s purpose for their lives and discover how to attain it. This season, we are also thrilled to release the trade paperback editions of Brian D. McLaren’s award-winning Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?, Shane Hipps’ Selling Water by the River, Lillian Daniel’s When “Spiritual but Not Religious” Is Not Enough, Jay Bakker’s Faith, Doubt, and Other Lines I’ve Crossed, and Becca Stevens’ Snake Oil. Jericho Books provides a space for non-traditional voices to express fresh perspectives on today’s biggest social issues and on the changing culture in the Church. We hope you’ll join us in the conversa-tion, both through our books and on jerichobooks.com, as we work to break down walls together.

Peace,

Wendy GrishamVice President and Publisher, Jericho Books

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PASTRIXThe Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint

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One of today’s most provocative Christian leaders, Nadia Bolz-Weber weaves personal narrative, hilarious rants, and stunning insight as she offers a fresh and uncompro-mising look at the transformative power of grace.

Heavily tattooed and sarcastic, Nadia Bolz-Weber didn’t

consider herself “religious leader material”—and she

certainly didn’t expect to find herself leading a funeral

in a smoky downtown comedy club. But surrounded by

fellow recovering alcoholics, depressives, and stand-up

comedians, she realized something important: these

were her people. Maybe she was meant to be their pastor

after all. PASTRIX is a journey of cranky spirituality that

intersects religion with real life. It blends sardonic

irreverence and brilliant theology to offer a new portrait

of faith—one that is outrageous, beautifully honest, and,

above all, real. This book offers a fresh approach to a faith

that has been dismissed by many (including, at one time,

the author). Readers will be able to relate to her frustra-

tions, delight in her unflinching honesty, and wonder at

the unexpected beauty that Bolz-Weber encounters

along the way.

W Nadia Bolz-Weber is a leading voice in the emerging church movement, and has been featured on NPR, Patheos, Sojourners, The Drew Marshall Show, and the Denver Post. She is the author of Salvation on the Small Screen? 24 Hours of Christian Television (Seabury, 2008) and has written for The Christian Century, The Lutheran magazine, and more.

W Bolz-Weber’s Sarcastic Lutheran blog, hosted by Patheos, receives high volume traffic (40,000 hits per month). Her weekly sermons are some of the most accessed writings on Jim Wallis’ God’s Politics blog.

W Bolz-Weber is an in-demand international speaker and has spoken to 10,000+ people at Red Rocks Amphitheater, 20,000+ people at the UK Greenbelt Festival in 2011. She brought more than 36,000 people to their feet at the New Orleans Super Dome last year as a guest speaker at the ELCA Youth Gathering.

W Bolz-Weber’s church, House for All Sinners and Saints, is a diverse congregation that aims to include people who might not feel welcome in a traditional church. She is considered one of the leading pastors in the Lutheran denomination.

NADIA BOLZ-WEBER is the founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints, an ELCA mission church. She lives in Denver, Colorado.

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“Lutheran pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber is a dichotomy wrapped in a paradox covered in tattoos.” —Denver Post

ExcErpt:It’s not that I felt pious and nurturing. It’s that there, in that underground room filled with the smell of stale beer and bad jokes, I looked around and saw more pain and questions and loss than anyone, including myself, knew what to do with. And I saw God. God, right there with the comics standing along the wall with crossed arms, as if their snarky remarks to each other would keep those embarrassing emotions away. God, right there with the woman climbing down the stage stairs after sharing a little too much about pJ being a “hot date.” God, among the cynics and alcoholics and queers….It was here in the midst of my own community of underside dwellers that I couldn’t help but begin to see the Gospel, the life-changing reality that God is not far off but here among the brokenness of our lives.

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WHy DID JESuS, MOSES, THE BuDDHA, AnD MOHAMMED CROSS THE ROAD?

Christian Identity in a Multi-Faith WorldB r i a N d. M c l a r e N

When four religious leaders walk across the road, it’s not the beginning of a joke. It’s the start of the most important conversation in today’s world.

How should followers of Jesus treat members of other

religions? It’s a question that has taken on increasing

urgency in the years since 9/11, but the usual responses

just don’t work. If Christians adopt an exclusionary “us vs.

them” mindset, they help foster mutual distrust and

enmity; if, on the other hand, they express an attitude of

welcoming acceptance, they risk watering down their

own faith. In his most important book yet, widely

acclaimed author and speaker Brian D. McLaren proposes

a new faith alternative, one built on “benevolence and

solidarity rather than rivalry and hostility.” By demon-

strating vigorous hospitality toward and collaboration

with “the other,” McLaren shows readers how to reclaim a

strong, benevolent faith that best represents Christ to the

world.

W This title received the Book of the Year Award by the Academy of Parish Clergy, Inc, and the Hearts and Minds Best Books of 2012 Award.

W The author’s CNN article “It’s time for Islamophobic evangelicals to choose” has garnered more than 8,000 comments since its publication in September 2012.

W Brian D. McLaren has written more than a dozen books, including his highly praised A New Kind of Christian trilogy (Jossey-Bass, 2001, 2003, 2005), A Generous Orthodoxy (Zondervan, 2004), and Naked Spirituality: A Life with God in 12 Simple Words (HarperOne, 2011).

W McLaren was named one of Time’s 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America in 2005, for his “kinder and gentler brand of religion.” He has been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition, Nightline, and PBS’s Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, and in Christianity Today, The Christian Century, Washington Post, and Huffington Post.

W He has taught or lectured at many seminaries and has served on a number of boards, including Emergent Village (emergentvillage.com), Sojourners (sojo.net), Mars Hill Graduate School (mhgs.edu), International Teams (iteams.org), and Off The Map (off-the-map.org). He is a founding member of Red Letter Christians.

W Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4555-1396-3, 9/12

BRIAN D. MCLAREN is an author, speaker, activist, and public theologian. He has been active in networking and mentoring church planters and pastors for over 20 years. He is a popular conference speaker and a frequent guest lecturer for denomina-tional and ecumenical leadership gatherings in the U.S. and inter-nationally. He lives on Marco Island, Florida.

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“Provocative....Even those who don’t agree will be bettered by engaging its ideas.” —Relevant

“Worth reading, lively and passionate.” —Publishers Weekly

“Important and extraordinarily timely...a soothing balm for the searing pain of our times.” —Huffington Post

“Brian doesn’t shy away from the challenging issues regarding interfaith cooperation. This is a book to cherish, to read over and over, a book that sheds light and warmth on one of the most difficult questions of our era.”

—Eboo Patel, founder and president, Interfaith Youth Core, author of Acts of

Faith and Sacred Ground

“It’s not just that Brian will turn the deepest inner struggles and yearnings of your faith into smiles, tears, and belly laughs. It’s that he really gets what it means to be a follower of Jesus without judging and dismissing others. I have not felt so much optimism about a constructive Christian life in years!”

—Philip Clayton, Provost of Claremont Lincoln University; author of

Transforming Christian Theology

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RED, yELLOW, BLACk, AnD WHITEWho’s More Precious in His Sight?

l e r o y B a r B e r W i t h V e l M a M a i a t h o M a s

Drawing from 23 years of mission experi-ence, Leroy Barber addresses the racial tensions inherent within Christian minis-tries, churches, and organizations, and offers practical and comprehensive solutions for promoting diversity.

Leroy Barber discovered a disturbing trend during his 23

years in Christian missions and ministries: Despite

working primarily among urban and ethnic populations,

less than 1% of the missionaries were African American,

and, of these, less than 6% held leadership positions. His

own attempt to navigate within these organizations was

met with racial disconnect, bias, and discrimination. RED,

YELLOW, BLACK, AND WHITE sheds light on the need for

diversity in the urban mission field, highlights methods

that have succeeded in diversification, and offers

constructive, clear-cut solutions to promote racially

varied leadership in missions and ministries. Drawing

from his personal experiences and those of other African

American, Asian American, Native American, and Latino

leaders, he helps readers recognize the need for inclusion

of people of color in this conversation. With grace, insider

expertise, and insightful historical understanding, Barber

sheds light on one of the most sensitive issues facing

today’s Christian ministries, offering practical and

comprehensive solutions for creating a more diverse and

inclusive future.

W Leroy Barber is the author of two previous books, New Neighbor (2008) and Everyday Missions (IVP Books, 2012).

W Barber has been featured on the CNN series “Black in America,” Sojourners, Qideas, Prism Magazine, Relevant, and Plywood People, and he is also a featured blogger for Red Letter Christians.

W Barber is a sought-after speaker and has spoken at Catalyst, the Exponential Conference, Justice Conference, Wild Goose Festival, CCDA, and Red Letter Christians gatherings, as well as churches and universi-ties nationwide.

W Barber’s ministry, Mission Year, is a year-long program for Christian young people (ages 18-29, single or married) to live in an urban neighborhood volun-teering, worshiping, and loving their neighbors, with the purposes of learning a new way of doing missions.

W Velma Maia Thomas has been interviewed by the New York Times, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the BBC News. She is an ordained minister and the author of several nonfiction books, including the award-winning interactive Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation (Random House, 1997).

LEROY BARBER is the President of Mission Year and FCS Urban Ministries in Atlanta. Barber has been working cross-culturally in urban missions setting for more than two decades. He founded and is on the pastoral team of Community Life Church, and he also founded Restoration Ministries in Philadelphia and Atlanta Youth Academies. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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PRaise FOR leROY BaRBeR:

“Leroy Barber dreams big dreams for our generation— dreams that have the power and potential to change the world forever.” —Margaret Feinberg, author of Wonderstruck

ExcErpt:

If we are going to offer hope as a

part of our missions service (and

currently we seem to be known

more for our division and lack of

heart) then we should look back

and examine the course in order

to correct and foster a new course.

With a course that reflects the

heart of God and those serving

Him, we can overcome a brutal

history and create authentic ways

for people to connect and serve

together. If we are able to serve

together after our history, that in

itself will speak to the power of

God.

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MIXED-uP LOVERelationships, Family, and Religious Identity in the 21st Century

J o N M. s W e e N e y a N d M i c h a l W o l l

A Catholic spiritual writer and a rabbi guide readers through the challenges of being in a relationship, dealing with family, and raising children in an interfaith household.

Jon M. Sweeney, a Catholic spiritual writer, and Michal

Woll, a Reconstructionist rabbi, live out the challenges of

an interfaith relationship every day as husband and wife

and parents to their daughter, Sima, who is being raised

Jewish. In MIXED-UP LOVE, the couple explore how

interfaith relationships can affect dating, family func-

tions, proposals, weddings, raising children, and rituals of

birth, life, and death.

MIXED-UP LOVE will appeal to singles who are

considering dating outside their own faith, couples

involved in interfaith and other non-traditional relation-

ships, relatives and friends of mixed couples who seek

information and understanding, and parents seeking a

fresh perspective on raising children in spite of ideological

or cultural differences.

Together, Sweeney and Woll offer engaging insight on

why the religious and social landscape is changing in the

modern world, how it is impacting their lives, the lives of

millions of others, and what it can mean for a more

spiritually engaged future.

W More than 25% of marriages in the U.S. are interfaith, and the number of couples who are in interfaith or other nontraditional relationships continues to grow.

W Jon M. Sweeney is the author of The Pope Who Quit (Image, 2012), which was a History Book Club selection and optioned by HBO. An active blogger for Huffington Post, Sweeney’s writing has also appeared in The Christian Century, America, The Tablet (UK), National Catholic Reporter, and the popular daily devotional Daily Guideposts. Sweeney’s and Woll’s work has also appeared in America magazine.

W Sweeney is one of religion’s most respected writers and his books have been hailed by Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, Christian Retailing, Books & Culture, and PBS’s Religion & Ethics Newsweekly.

JON M. SWEENEY is an independent scholar, culture critic, and popular speaker with 25 years of experience in spirituality trade publishing. He is the author of 16 books.

MICHAL WOLL is a Reconstructionist rabbi who has served congregations in New Jersey, Connecticut, and Vermont. She also holds advanced degrees in both bioengineering (from MIT) and physical therapy. The couple lives in Evanston, Illinois.

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PRaise FOR JON M. sWeeNeY aND Michal WOll:

“ Sweeney’s tale is a pleasure to read....He keeps it inter-esting throughout, and there is a note of enchantment in it.” —Paul Moses on The Pope Who Quit

“Michal Woll is a true ambassador for interfaith dialogue and understanding.”

—Sr. Rosemarie Greco, Wisdom House Retreat Center, Litchfield, CT

ExcErpt:

We all have our unique journeys

to take, and each of ours is both

similar to, and surely different

from, yours. Yet, if you are part of

an interfaith couple of some con-

stellation, or family of the same,

or if you are someone engaged in

religious life who believes that all

of our diverse paths can support,

or empower, or bolster divine work

in the world, you are welcome

here. We are confident that you

will see some signposts from your

own pathway in the world as you

“look in” on ours.

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SELLIng WATER By THE RIVERA Book about the Life Jesus Promised and the Religion that Gets in the Way

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What did Jesus mean when He said, “The Kingdom of Heaven is within you?”

Work, sex, ice cream, religion—they all promise fulfill-

ment. But what they deliver is fleeting. Jesus knew about

this quest. He came to show that peace is possible in this

life, not just the next one. Yet Christianity, the very

religion that claims Jesus as its own, often presents the

biggest barriers to him and the life he promised.

Celebrated speaker and pastor Shane Hipps revives

the faith with a fresh and persuasive understanding of

the message of Jesus. The shocking truth is that Jesus

proclaimed “eternal life” as a present reality that dwells

within everyone. A transformative breakthrough, SELLING

WATER BY THE RIVER goes beyond “religion” or “spiritu-

ality” and cuts to the heart of humanity and existence.

Readers will learn that they already possess what they’re

searching for, and that Heaven isn’t just a gift when we

die, but a gift while we live.

W Shane Hipps is the former lead pastor of Mars Hill Bible church, attended by approximately 4,000 people each Sunday. He has been featured in the Christian Post, Christianity Today, Patheos.com, and TheOoze.com. He has also contributed feature articles to and been featured in Relevant magazine, Leadership Journal, and Qideas.com.

W The author’s previous book, Flickering Pixels (Zondervan, 2009), was named the Best Book of 2009 by Relevant magazine. His first book, The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture, was published by Zondervan in 2006.

W Hipps has appeared on the 700 Club Interactive and Context with Lorna Dueck, as well as Christian radio shows, and he has been a keynote speaker at Catalyst, Yale University, and Biola University. Hipps appeared with Brian D. McLaren, Lillian Daniel, and Nadia Bolz-Weber, among others, as part of Animate, a Sparkhouse DVD series, released 1/13.

W Hipps was a strategic planner in advertising and communications for Porsche before accepting his call as a pastor.

W Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4555-2208-8, 10/12

SHANE HIPPS is a sought-after speaker and author, and the former lead teaching pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Previously, he served for five years as the lead pastor of a Mennonite church in Phoenix, Arizona. He is a graduate of Fuller Seminary. Hipps lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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“Really profound…really helpful…inspiring.”

—Rob Bell, author of Love Wins

“The words on these pages cannot be ignored.”

—Tony Campolo, Eastern University

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“A compelling and life-giving reminder that the work and life of Jesus is not identical to what we know to be Christianity.” —Dan B. Allender, PhD, Professor of Counseling Psychology

and Founding President, Seattle School of Theology and Psychology

A WALL In JERuSALEM Hope, Healing, and the Struggle for Justice in Israel and Palestine

M a r k B r aV e r M a N

The war between Israel and Palestine has gone on long enough. An internationally known Jewish activist calls Christians to take the lead in bringing peace to the Holy Land.

The conflict between Israel and Palestine is at the center

of a firestorm of political controversy, religious zeal, and

bloodshed in the Middle East. Many feel that they have a

biblical obligation to “stand with Israel”—but do

Americans really understand the conflict? And is Zionism

really the path to peace? An American Jew, Mark

Braverman was transformed by witnessing firsthand the

occupation of Palestine and the devastating conse-

quences of the struggle of the Israelis and Palestinians to

bring justice to their land. In A WALL IN JERUSALEM,

Braverman clearly outlines the conflict, demonstrates

how Zionism is at odds with Christian values of justice

and compassion, gives Christians a biblical and historical

basis for supporting both the state of Israel and Palestine,

and offers a course of action both at home and abroad to

realize peace. Illuminating and provocative, this book will

challenge what readers think they know about Israel and

Palestine, and inspire them to help bring God’s peace to

the Holy Land.

W Mark Braverman is a well-known and highly respected activist in interfaith relations and conflict resolution. He has appeared on C-SPAN, Chicago Public Radio, Theology Today, Independent Catholic News, and the Palestine News Network.

W Braverman is the program director for Kairos USA, an organization actively seeking peace between Israel and Palestine. He is also a charter member of the American Jews for a Just Peace, a consultant for the Israel Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church USA, and a consultant for Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding.

W The author has lectured on Middle Eastern conflict resolution at numerous conferences, festivals, and universities around the globe. He is the author of Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews, and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land (Synergy, 2010).

W Braverman was the U.S. delegate to the Southern Africa-Palestine Encounter in Johannesburg in 2011, and participated in the launch of the Kairos Palestine document in Bethlehem in 2009.

W As the crisis in the Middle East continues to make headlines, A WALL IN JERUSALEM is guaranteed to be a lightening rod of political, social, and religious contro-versy, but the book also presents a balanced, informed path for peace and conflict resolution.

MARK BRAVERMAN is an internationally known author and activist studying the role of faith traditions in bringing healing and peace to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. He devotes himself full-time to writing, speaking, and action related to a just peace in Israel and Palestine. Braverman lives in Betheseda, Maryland.

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ExcErpt:the palestinians have lost their land and live under daily, crushing humiliation. the Jewish citizens of Israel live behind a wall of soul-killing racism….We—even we, with the memory of our own persecution so recent, so seared into our consciousness and our very identity—have become the tyrants. It’s the story of how I, a Jew born at the midpoint of the twentieth century and heir to the legacy of vulnerability and deep sense of victimhood that now drives us, have by the grace of God crossed over to the other side of the wall my people have built to protect us from this “enemy.” It is the story of how I have discovered, like Jacob reunited with Esau, that in the face of my estranged brother I see the face of God.

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“A prophetic voice—clearly pronounced, humanly expressed, courageously raised.”

—Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek, director, Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center, and author of A Palestinian Christian Cry for Reconciliation

WHEn “SPIRITuAL BuT nOT RELIgIOuS” IS nOT EnOugHSeeing God in Surprising Places, Even the Church

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Lillian Daniel takes on the clichéd catch-phrase “I’m spiritual but not religious” by telling stories—both biblical and contem-porary—of what a life of faith can really be: odd, wondrous, and worth trying.

The phrase “I’m spiritual but not religious” has become a

cliché. It’s easy to find God amid the convenience of

self-styled spirituality—but is it possible (and more

worthwhile) to search for God through religion?

Minister and celebrated author Lillian Daniel gives a new

spin on church with stories of what a life of faith can

really be. From a rock-and-roller sexton to a BB gun-toting

grandma, a church service attended by animals to a

group of unlikely theologians at Sing Sing, Daniel pres-

ents a church that is flawed, fallible, and deeply faithful.

With poignant reflections and sly wit, readers are invited

to step out of themselves, dare to become a community,

and encounter a God greater than they could ever invent.

Humorous and sincere, this is a book about finding God

in the most unexpected of places: prisons, airports, yoga

classes, committee meetings, and, strangest of all, right

there in church.

W An editor at large for Christian Century Magazine and a contributing editor at Leadership Journal, Daniel’s work has also appeared in Christianity Today, The Huffington Post, and Books and Culture. She will have a chapter published in an anthology, Gifts My Mother Gave Me, in the spring of 2013 alongside Joyce Carol Oates, Elizabeth Benedict, and more.

W Daniel is the former host of the Chicago-based public television program 30 Good Minutes. She appeared as part of Animate, a Sparkhouse DVD series, in January 2013, and has appeared on PBS’s Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, The Drew Marshall Show, Odyssey TV, Day1, and Interfaith Radio.

W Her Huffington Post September 2011 article “Spiritual but Not Religious? Please Stop Boring Me” sparked major attention and debate, ultimately landing as a recorded essay on NPR’s Interfaith Voices.

W The author has taught preaching at her alma mater, Yale Divinity School, as well as Chicago Theological Seminary and the University of Chicago Divinity School. She serves on the Board of Trustees of Chicago Theological Seminary and the Board of Advisors at Yale Divinity School.

W Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4555-2308-5, 1/13

LILLIAN DANIEL has served as the Senior Minister of the First Congregational Church of Glen Ellyn, outside Chicago, since 2004. She is the author of two previous books, This Odd and Wondrous Calling: The Public and Private Lives of Two Ministers (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2009) and Tell It Like It Is: Reclaiming the Practice of Testimony, (The Alban Institute, 2005). Daniel lives in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.

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“This is the wonderful, essential Lillian Daniel at her best—earthy, perceptive, devout, tough-minded, angry and laugh-out-loud funny, all in one.”

—Bob Abernethy, executive editor, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, PBS

“Here is why I love Lillian Daniel’s writing: it is honest; it is funny; and it teaches me about Mary and Martha via a yoga class.”

—Lauren F. Winner, author of Girl Meets God and Still

“Intelligent, inviting and nurturing...a rich banquet for pastors, lifelong congregants, disaffected Christians, and confused seekers alike.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Marvelously gritty wit...an impassioned and winning case for why church, community, and formal religious traditions are so integral to creating a fulfilling life.” —Booklist (starred review)

CITy OF gODFaith in the Streets

sara Mi lesFrom Sara Miles, acclaimed author of Take This Bread, comes a powerful personal narrative about a single, unforgettable Ash Wednesday that changed her life—and the lives of countless others.

On Ash Wednesday, 2012, Sara Miles left church and took

to the streets, carrying ashes to bus stops, bakeries,

beauty shops, fast-food joints, street corners, and side-

walks, marking the foreheads of strangers in the ancient

ritual, and offering blessings to waitresses and drunks,

believers and doubters alike. CITY OF GOD narrates the

events of this day in vivid detail, exploring the profound

spiritual implications of touching the forehead of a

stranger, and illuminating the search for God and

meaning that take place every day, in every kind of

neighborhood. Beginning with a trip to the emergency

room, and ending that same night with an unexpected

message left by a little girl, she describes the events and

encounters with humor and insight. In each chapter she

also casts forward and backward over the last two

decades, examining her own experiences, reflecting on

theology, and weaving together the moving stories of

strangers and neighbors who were looking for commu-

nity and discovered God.

W Sara Miles has been featured in numerous media outlets including the New York Times, The New Yorker, San Francisco Chronicle, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Sojourners, Christian Century, National Catholic Reporter, Decatur Daily, PBS’s Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, NPR, Steven Brown Radio, and Oprah.com.

W She is a chef, war correspondent, and journalist, and the highly praised author of two previous books, Take This Bread (Ballantine, 2007) and Jesus Freak (Jossey-Bass, 2010).

W She is an in-demand speaker and has been a keynote speaker at numerous conferences, universities, seminaries, churches, clergy gatherings, and festivals around the world.

W CITY OF GOD will appeal to readers of Anne Lamott, Nora Gallagher, and Kathleen Norris.

W Thousands of people across the globe participate in Ash Wednesday and Lent every year, making this a perfect seasonal book.

SARA MILES is the founder and director of The Food Pantry, and serves as Director of Ministry at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church. Sara Miles lives in San Francisco, California.

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PRaise FOR saRa Miles:

“Engaging, funny, and highly entertaining…compelling reading.” —Booklist

“Moving, delightful and significant.” —Christian Century Magazine

“What Miles learns about faith, about herself and about the gift of giving and receiving graciously, are wonderful gifts for the readers.” —NPR

ExcErpt:A chubby 16-year-old girl looked at us as if she were trying to figure out how much more ridiculous we were than any other adults, and if we were dangerous. “What’s up with that?” she challenged Kelsey, as I crossed a bicycle messenger’s forehead. “Ash Wednesday,” Kelsey said, “Want some ashes?” “Uh, what’s it for?” asked the girl. You are so stupid, the tone of her voice implied. You must be kid-ding. But she didn’t move away. Her friend tugged at her elbow. “You know, it’s like church,” she said, pulling the girl forward. “come on, get some.”“You first,” said the chubby girl, and so I quickly crossed her friend’s forehead, and heard her say, a little grudgingly, “Amen.”

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FAITH, DOuBT, AnD OTHER LInES I’VE CROSSEDWalking with the Unknown God

J ay B a k k e r W i t h a N dy M e i s e N h e i M e r

Innovative pastor Jay Bakker explores why doubt is an essential aspect of faith and how it can help us to discover the God whose grace knows no bounds.

Jay Bakker thought he knew God: the God who rigor-

ously patrolled every aspect of his life, the God who

chose sides, the God who was always disappointed in

him. But through the transformative power of grace, he

discovered the God who loved and accepted uncondi-

tionally, freeing him to ask the hard questions and delve

into one of Christianity’s greatest taboos: doubt. In

FAITH, DOUBT, AND OTHER LINES I’VE CROSSED, Jay

voices the questions that many 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. In the process he encourages all of us to

welcome “the other”, to read the Bible differently but

better, to draw together in community, and to seek an

unknown God of limitless grace.

W FAITH, DOUBT, AND OTHER LINES I’VE CROSSED was published in Jericho Books hardcover in 2/13. The author’s previous book, Fall to Grace (978-0-446-53949-4), was published in Jericho Books trade paperback in September 2012. He is also the author of Son of a Preacher Man (HarperCollins, 2001).

W Bakker’s ministry, including his 2006 Sundance docu-series One Punk Under God, has created a media sensation and landed him interviews on The Joy Behar Show, ABC’s Beliefs, Today, 20/20, NPR’s All Things Considered, Huffington Post, Religion News Service, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Austin American Statesman, among other outlets.

W He was honored with PFLAG’s Straight for Equality In Faith Communities Award in 2012.

W In the tradition of Blue Like Jazz (Thomas Nelson, 2003) and Love Wins (HarperCollins, 2011), FAITH, DOUBT, AND OTHER LINES I’VE CROSSED appeals to anyone who feels disconnected from Christianity or who is looking for a fresh voice to tackle issues in the church today.

W Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-446-53952-4, 2/13

JAY BAKKER is co-pastor of Revolution NYC and a gay rights activist. He is a grace enthusiast, a dyslexic introverted pessimist, and a prisoner of hope. He is the son of televangelists Jim Bakker and the late Tammy Faye Messner Bakker. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

ANDY MEISENHEIMER is a writer, editor, and stay-at-home dad. He and his family live in Manhattan, New York.

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PRaise FOR Fall tO gRace:

“Bakker’s tone and style are highly readable, even humorous, as he tackles serious theological issues.”

—Publishers Weekly


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—Sojourners Magazine

CATS DOn’T BARkHow to Find Your Purpose

s h a N e h i p p s

For everyone who is searching for purpose and meaning in their lives, Shane Hipps helps them fully understand who they are as individuals, and demonstrates how to pursue who God intended them to be.

After a “Damascus” experience of personal discovery,

Shane Hipps left his high profile position as a strategic

advertising planner for Porsche to attend seminary,

become a Mennonite pastor, later the lead teaching

pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church and, ultimately, a sought-

after author and speaker. With his trademark insight and

engaging approach, Hipps now draws on his own uncon-

ventional experience to demonstrate how readers can

also discover and follow through on God’s “calling” for

their lives—often with amazing results. In the same vein

as The Purpose Driven Life meets Velvet Elvis, Hipps

outlines the techniques required to listen for one’s

calling, the cost of ignoring it, and the rewards of

following it. CATS DON’T BARK is a book about personal

discovery, acceptance, and a guide to cultivating the

habits needed to discover and embrace our true

potential.

W Hipps is the author of Selling Water by the River (Jericho Books, 978-1-4555-2208-8), which will be published in trade paperback in October 2013 (see page 10).

W The author has been featured multiple times in Christian Post, Christianity Today, Collide Magazine, Patheos blog, and theooze.com. He has contributed feature articles to and been profiled in Relevant magazine, Leadership Journal and Qideas.com. He has been a guest on the 700 Club Interactive and Context with Lorna Dueck, among other Christian programs.

W Previous books by Hipps include Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith (Zondervan, 2009), named Best Book of 2009 by Relevant magazine, and The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes Faith, the Gospel, and Church (Zondervan, 2006).

W In January 2013 Hipps appeared with speakers such as Brian D. McLaren, Lauren Winner, and Nadia Bolz-Weber as part of Animate, a Sparkhouse DVD series intended as the progressive Christian alternative to the Alpha Course.

SHANE HIPPS is a sought-after speaker and author, and the former lead teaching pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church. Previously, he served for five years as the lead pastor of a Mennonite church in Phoenix, Arizona. He is a graduate of Fuller Seminary. Hipps lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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PRaise FOR SEllInG WAtEr BY tHE rIvEr:

“One of the most instructive and pastoral books I have read in the last ten years.”

—Phyllis Tickle, lecturer and author of Emergence Christianity

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“Shane Hipps puts his finger on something we all long for: a connec-tion with the Divine.”

—Tony Jones (TonyJ.net), theologian and author of

The New Christians, on Selling Water by the River

SnAkE OILThe Art of Healing and Truth-Telling

B e c c a s t e V e N s

Rev. Becca Stevens created a non-profit to help women who have survived pros-titution, trafficking, and addiction find sanctuary and security. This is her—and their—story.

Like the “snake oil” salesmen who sold remedies with a

hope and a dream, Becca Stevens claims healing through

liniments, oils, and time. The social enterprises she

founded, Thistle Farms and Magdalene, have turned the

term’s negative connotations into a positive. Thistle

Farms employs women recovering from violence,

prostitution, addiction, and life on the streets to create,

market, and sell all-natural bath and beauty products,

while Magdalene offers housing, education, and more at

no cost. In SNAKE OIL, Stevens tells how her own child-

hood, marked by sexual abuse and her father’s tragic

death, equipped her with the strength to pursue a path of

transformation and social activism that she never could

have imagined. From crowns of clover to soothing balms,

SNAKE OIL offers an empowering narrative as well as a

selection of rejuvenating recipes that readers can make

themselves.

W In 2011, Stevens was named one of 15 “Champions of Change” by the White House’s Office of Public Engagement, and “Social Entrepreneur of the Year” in Nashville, Tennessee. To date, she has raised more than $13 million for the organizations she supports.

W Becca Stevens’s ministries are serving as models for similar campaigns across the nation and have been featured on CNN News, NPR’s All Things Considered, HLN’s Nancy Grace, Washington Times, Huffington Post, Christian Science Monitor, and Publishers Weekly.

W Thistle Farms products have been featured in Teen Vogue, Cosmopolitan.com, Victoria Magazine, Cooking with Paula Deen, MarieClaire.com, United Hemispheres Magazine, Health, and Southern Living. They have been sold in more than 200 stores, at more than 200 events per year; friends of Thistle Farms include Reba McEntire, Sugarland, Kelly Clarkson, Alison Krauss, and bestselling author Ann Patchett.

W Stevens has a strong online presence through the 20,000-member subscriber database at thistlefarms.org, Twitter, Facebook, and her personal website.

W The author will donate a portion of her proceeds from the book to the Magdalene and Thistle Farms ministries.

W Stevens’s first book, Sanctuary (Dimensions for Living, 2005), was nominated as Christianity Today’s best spirituality book of 2005.

W Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4555-1906-4, 3/13

BECCA STEVENS is an Episcopal priest, social entrepreneur and speaker. Stevens is the founder of Magdalene and Thistle Farms, and also the Episcopal chaplain at St. Augustine’s at Vanderbilt University. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

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“A simple, comforting reflection on one woman’s crusade to make a difference in the world.” —Kirkus Reviews


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Christianity: What It Is, Where It Is Going, and Why It Matters

“Becca Stevens’s profound and sensual autobiography, carries a weight of joy in every syllable.”

—Alice Randall, author of The Wind Done Gone and Ada’s Rules

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—Marshall Chapman, author of They Came to Nashville and Goodbye, Little

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