Books
Short books that respect your time and get to the point. Each one is written for a particular reader. Not sure where to start? Find the right book.
Giving Account
Recovering What Accountability Actually Means
Accountability is something a man gives, not something done to him. "I need you guys to hold me accountable." Everyone nods. Someone promises to text. Six weeks later the man falls again, and the room quietly wonders what it did wrong.
Read it in two pages (free PDF)
Living the Lord's Prayer
One Prayer. Five Steps. A Path for Walking with Jesus.
One prayer, five steps, and a clear next step for walking with Jesus. Jesus gave His followers a prayer you can say in about twenty seconds. A small church in western Pennsylvania took it seriously enough to reorganize its whole life around it.
Read it in two pages (free PDF)
The Garage at Living Faith Series
Four short books from a church that fixes cars for free: one for the people whose cars we fix, one for the volunteers who fix them, one for leaders who want to start something like it, and one for the pastor who does all of it with a day job. About the series →
Under the Hood
Why We Fix Cars, and Why That's Not Really the Point
What a free car repair ministry taught us about grace, brokenness, and Jesus. Every car that comes through our doors is broken. So is every person who comes with it. That's not an insult. It's a diagnosis.
Read it in two pages (free PDF)
Full Service
The Volunteer's Guide to Worship with a Wrench
Why serving with your hands is worship, and how to keep showing up. You're not a healthy person helping a sick person. You're one person who's received grace helping another person who needs it.
Read it in two pages (free PDF)
Turn the Key
A Church Leader's Guide to Starting Outreach Ministries That Last
Big ministry in small places, and how to start yours. It started with one man fixing cars in his driveway. A decade later it serves hundreds of families a year from a small rural church. None of that was planned. All of it was faithful.
Read it in two pages (free PDF)
Second Fiddle
What Nobody Tells You About Bi-Vocational Ministry
An honest guide for couples counting the cost of bi-vocational ministry. Most books about ministry are written from the pastor's study. This one was written at four in the morning, before a full day at work, by a pastor who has served his church bi-vocationally for twenty-five years.
Read it in two pages (free PDF)