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Sabbath As Resistance, New Edition With Study Guide: Saying No to the Culture of Now‍

Author: Brueggemann, Walter
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Introduction:

God Himself and all members of the household share in common rest on the seventh day; that social reality provides a commonality and coherence not only to the community of covenant but to the commandments of Sinai as well. The book Sabbath As Resistance emphasizes that the Sabbath is not simply about keeping rules but rather about becoming a whole person and restoring a whole society. The Sabbath rest of God is the acknowledgment that God and God’s people in the world are not commodities to be dispatched for endless production. The author calls out our 24/7 society of consumption, a society in which we live to achieve, accomplish, perform, and possess. He shows readers how keeping the Sabbath allows us to break this restless cycle and focus on what is truly important: God, other people, all life. The book is perfect for groups or self-reflection, Sabbath as Resistance offers a transformative vision of the wholeness God intends, giving world-weary Christians a glimpse of a more fulfilling and simpler life through Sabbath observance. God is always first.

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The Cost of Control: Why We Crave It, the Anxiety It Gives Us, and the Real Power God Promises‍

Author: Miller, Sharon Hodde
Publisher: Baker Books

Introduction:

The American Psychiatric Association defines anxiety simply as “anticipation of a future concern,” but it can take many forms with varying levels of intensity and impact. We can see people having anxiety almost everywhere. Research for college students between 2011 and 2018 reveals that the rates of moderate to severe anxiety rose from 17.9 percent in 2013 to 34.4 percent in 2018. Organizations, businessmen, and politicians keep promising something that they can never make real. This unpredictable world keeps giving us anxiety. In place of certainty, it creates more complexity. And in place of unity, it divides. It's not just that we cannot control things; it's that we break them even more when we try. However, we always find hope in God.

We don't have to scramble after control, nor do we have to throw up our hands. Instead, God has given us a better tool. In the book The Cost of Control: Why We Crave It, the Anxiety It Gives Us, and the Real Power God Promises, the author helps us discover the real power God has given us in Christ, to exercise influence over ourselves and our lives.

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Depression, Anxiety, and the Christian Life: Practical Wisdom from Richard Baxter‍

Author: Baxter, Richard, and Michael S. Lundy.
Publisher: Crossway

Introduction:

Christians could not escape from stresses and anxieties from around the world. Their earthly lives are no different from other non-believers in the world. The more advanced the technology is, and more stressful the people will be as the development of the technology speeds up the living style so much. Stress brings anxiety and prolonged untreated, anxiety may end up in depression. Depression impacts most people at some point in their lives. The authors of Depression, Anxiety, and the Christian Life: Practical Wisdom from Richard Baxter, herein, through the book to comfort, instruct, and strengthen all who struggle with depression.

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Breath as Prayer: Calm Your Anxiety, Focus Your Mind, and Renew Your Soul‍

Author: Tucker, Jennifer
Publisher: Nelson, Thomas

Introduction:

Our minds are easily affected by the environment around us and it is so often unable to be quiet. Having a deep breath is helpful to calm the physical symptoms of our anxiety, and the prayer helped us to re-center our thoughts on Christ and His love for us. In the book Breath as Prayer: Calm Your Anxiety, Focus Your Mind, and Renew Your Soul, the author promotes breath prayers with two powerful tools to calm anxiety: the science of deep breathing and prayers of meditation on God’s Word. There is hope amid anxiety through the spiritual practice of breath prayer in this beautifully illustrated and practical guide to connecting body, mind, and spirit during times of stress. God created our bodies, minds, and spirits to be intimately connected. Purpose-filled breathing is one of the most effective, calming ways to integrate all aspects of who we are, especially during times of intense stress. The book will lead you through the practice and the proven health benefits of Christian breath prayer: intentional prayers centered around Scripture that focus our minds on Christ as we calm our bodies through breathing.

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Forward Facing Professional Resilience: Prevention and Resolution of Burnout, Toxic Stress and Compassion Fatigue‍

Author: J. Eric Gentry and Jeffrey Jim Dietz
Publisher: Outskirts Press

Introduction:

There is little in the past training and current interactions that people can turn to in order to change certain stressful environments or manage them differently which made that distress that many of us believed to be inevitable. What happens when all the accumulated suffering and trauma that you have witnessed and the pain that you have experienced start to cause problems in your own personal and professional life? Often steeped in shame, compassion fatigue burnout and traumatic stress are very real issues that members of the caregiving community are not only at risk for but will inevitably confront at some point in their careers. There are very real consequences for those of us who spend our working lives caring for people contending with serious illness, trauma, pain, and loss. A multitude of research reveals that the effects of compassion fatigue are widespread and detrimental for all helping professions, and particularly those in healthcare. In the book Forward Facing Professional Resilience: Prevention and Resolution of Burnout, Toxic Stress and Compassion Fatigue, the authors combine over seventy years' worth of experience treating patients and caregivers to examine the cause of compassion fatigue, followed by a proven, simple five-step solution for healing and a renewed sense of mission. They will also address these issues with their readers in ways that are candid, heartfelt, insightful, and most of all--filled with hope.