Pastor and Bible study coauthor Chad Norris tells of his encounters with the Holy Spirit in Signs, Wonders and a Baptist Preacher: How Jesus Flipped My World Upside Down. Using humor and candor, Norris recounts his bouts with depression and panic attacks before Jesus intervened. He encourages readers to be open to the supernatural and to doing the great things Jesus said believers would do. Releasing this month from Chosen/Baker Publishing Group, this softcover book retails for $12.99.

The founder of the Two Futures Project, a movement of Christians for nuclear threat reduction, author Tyler Wigg-Stevenson has written The World Is Not Ours to Save: Finding the Freedom to do Good. Part One addresses the limits of activism, while Part Two explains the Christian’s true calling—to passionately pursue the kingdom of peace as described by the prophet Micah. This $16 softcover book releases this month from Likewise, an imprint of InterVarsity Press.

Emmy Award-winner and former NBC journalist Jack Perkins pens his spiritual memoir in Finding Moosewood, Finding God: What Happened When a TV Newsman Abandoned His Career for Life on an Island. After more than 40 years in the media, Perkins and his wife retired to a rustic cabin where he experienced a spiritual awakening. In his book, he recounts highlights of his career, the cabin building and his unfolding faith. Zondervan releases this hardcover for $22.99 this month.

Debbie Morris, pastor of women’s ministry at Gateway Church in Dallas/Fort Worth and wife of pastor-author Robert Morris, invites women to learn the true meaning of being blessed in The Blessed Woman: Learning About Grace From the Women of the Bible (softcover, $14.99). Drawing from her own stories and those of women in Scripture, Morris addresses issues such as femininity, finding purpose, worship and waiting. Releasing from WaterBrook Press this month, the book includes a study guide with a leader’s guide available online. 

In Love No Matter What: When Your Kids Make Decisions You Don’t Agree With (softcover, $15.99), author and speaker Brenda Garrison, uses family stories—her own and others—to discuss how to respond to children who make choices their parents believe are wrong. Garrison provides practical tips for modeling God’s parenting style and understanding where the responsibilities lie. The book concludes with questions for reflection and discussion and releases this month from Thomas Nelson.

Jeff Shinabarger explains how things can be improved for people in need in More or Less: Choosing a Lifestyle of Excessive Generosity (softcover, $17.99). Creative director of the Catalyst conference and founder of Plywood People, an innovative community helping others through sustainable solutions, Shinabarger shows how to resist a culture that exaggerates what is enough and how living on less makes way for giving more. David C Cook releases More or Less this month. 

To Walk or Stay: Trusting God Through   Shattered Hopes and Suffocating Fears is Lara Williams’ true story of marital crisis and path to victory. Williams tells how, following the devastating discovery of her husband’s sexual addictions, she learned to live by faith in spite of her circumstances. Christian Focus Publications releases To Walk or Stay ($12.99) this month. The book also includes study questions for use in small groups.

Best-selling author Ted Kluck and Dove-Award-nominated recording artist Ronnie Martin share their own doubts and mistakes in Finding God in the Dark (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group) to encourage believers facing loss and disappointment. Drawing from Scripture, their own lives and the stories of others, they examine topics including unbelief, idolatry, self-sufficiency and God’s faithfulness. Retailing for $12.99, the softcover book releases this month.

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