Christianity Today Book Award Finalist—Bible and Devotional"Lent is inescapably about repenting." Every year, the church invites us into a season of repentance and fasting in preparation for Holy Week. It's an invitation to turn away from our sins and toward the mercy and grace of Christ.Often, though, we experience the Lenten fast as either a mindless ritual or self-improvement program. In this short volume, priest and scholar Esa...

Outreach Resources of the Year, Christianity Today Book Award, The Gospel Coalition Book AwardBiblical Interpretation from the Black Church TraditionGrowing up inthe American South, Esau McCaulley knew firsthand the ongoing struggle between despair and hope that marks the lives of some in the African American context. A key element in the fight for hope, he discovered, has long been the practice ...

**From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black, a riveting intergenerational account of his family’s search for home and hope“Powerful . . . McCaulley uses examples of his own family’s stories of survival over time to remind readers that some paths to the promised land have detours along the way.”—The Root**A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF THE YEARFor much of ...

Black Authors Matter Children's Book Award"Dad smiled, 'We're all different because God is creative. Each one of us is God's unique work of art.'"A celebration of God's creativity and diverse design, Josey Johnson's Hair and the Holy Spirit takes young readers on a joyful, faith-filled adventure.Josey is spending the day with her dad, getting her hair braided at Monique's Beauty Shop and picking out a beautiful red...

"Lent is inescapably about repenting." Every year, the church invites us into a season of repentance and fasting in preparation for Holy Week. It's an invitation to turn away from our sins and toward the mercy and grace of Christ.Often, though, we experience the Lenten fast as either a mindless ritual or self-improvement program. In this short volume, priest and scholar Esau McCaulley introduces the season of Lent, showing us how its prayers and rituals point us no...

From the bestselling author of Reading While Black comes a sweet and inspiring picture book that weaves together history and faith to help families talk about how everyone—including children—can be a voice for justice.Andy Johnson loves fighting battles. Especially when he has his favorite sword, the Destroyer, by his side. So when Dad announces that the Johnson family is heading to the city to join a march, Andy’s ready to don his battle gear and...

**From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black, a riveting intergenerational account of his family’s search for home and hope“Powerful . . . McCaulley uses examples of his own family’s stories of survival over time to remind readers that some paths to the promised land have detours along the way.”—The Root**A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF THE YEARFor much of ...

Black Authors Matter Children's Book Award"Dad smiled, 'We're all different because God is creative. Each one of us is God's unique work of art.'"A celebration of God's creativity and diverse design, Josey Johnson's Hair and the Holy Spirit takes young readers on a joyful, faith-filled adventure.Josey is spending the day with her dad, getting her hair braided at Monique's Beauty Shop and picking out a beautiful red...

Join the Johnson family as they learn important faith lessons with the loving guidance of Dad! This sweet and thoughtful picture book features the eldest, Isaiah, and explores how we all need forgiveness--even parents.Isaiah Johnson's baseball team has made it to the championships, and he's up to bat! Most of the Johnson family is in the stands cheering him on . . . but someone is missing: Isaiah's dad.When Dad finally shows up, he apologizes for his absenc...

Noted biblical scholar, theologian, professor, and author Esau McCaulley has written a beautiful storybook Bible honoring God’s diverse family that is sure to become a beloved classic!God’s Colorful Kingdom Storybook Bible is a rich, color-filled tapestry of Bible stories about God’s love of ethnic diversity, his concern for the poor, his justice, and his loving compassion. This one-of-a-kind storybook Bible celebrates God’s overarching story of grace and ...

"He is risen indeed!"Easter Sunday is the holiest day of the year, a day when even those who don't usually observe the Christian calendar or attend liturgical churches greet each other with the proclamation "Christ is risen!"But Easter is more than a day—it's a season even longer than Lent. In fact, for the Christian who has died with Christ and been brought to life in him, Easter is the new, joyous, and radical way of living. The world is turned upside dow...

"Christians believe not just in one coming of Christ, but in three."We tend to think of Advent as the season of anticipation before Christmas—and while it is that, it's also much more. Throughout its history, the church hasobserved Advent as a preparation not only for the first coming of Christ in his incarnation but also for his second coming at the last day. It's also about a third coming: the coming of Christ to meet us in our present moment, to make us holy by ...