Velvet Elvis is a journey into understanding the Christian faith in a new light. Rob Bell invites readers to explore the mysteries of God beyond traditional boundaries. He encourages us to think critically and wrestle with our beliefs, offering a fresh perspective on what Christianity can mean today.

God is alive. Faith is alive. This book is not an end but a beginning, a starting point for those who yearn to find their faith or see it in a new way. Challenge yourself to look beyond the picture someone else painted and find your own authentic understanding of faith.

A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy and Triumph is a heart-rending love story described by its author as the spiritual autobiography of a love rather than of the lovers. It beautifully narrates the author's marriage and his profound search for faith.

Sheldon Vanauken chronicles the birth of a powerful pagan love borne out of the relationship he shares with his wife, Davy. He eloquently describes the growth of their relationship and the dreams that they share, offering a beloved, profoundly moving account of their journey.

The book delves into the couple's search for faith and their cherished friendship with C. S. Lewis. It explores the spiritual strength that sustained Vanauken after his wife's untimely death, addressing some of the universal questions that surround faith, such as the existence of God and the reasons behind tragedy.

This narrative is replete with 18 letters from C.S. Lewis, adding depth and insight into the couple's spiritual and emotional journey.

Kathy Colton can't stand her brother, Brett. Her family talks as if he were perfect! All Kathy knows for sure is that Brett is dead. He died of leukemia when he was sixteen and she was only two.

But when Kathy turns sixteen, she discovers her brother's hidden journal — a journal written especially for her — and learns about the brother she never knew.

At the same time, Kathy is mortified by an assignment to tutor the popular high school quarterback Jason West, a football jock who, even worse, is a Mormon.

Author Kay Lynn Mangum brilliantly weaves the dual stories of a dying brother and a coming-of-age sister who learn the importance of loving our family and our friends and nurturing our faith.

Katie, the daughter of a plantation owner, and Mayme, the daughter of a slave, find themselves with only each other after the Civil War. They devise a scheme to keep Katie's plantation going, disguising the fact they are all alone.

Now, in book three, the girls face new threats to their security. A long-lost uncle appears and then disappears suddenly, taking their secret with him. Then a flood threatens to destroy the remaining cotton crop they need to save the plantation from foreclosure.

Filled with fascinating period details, challenging questions of faith, and heartwarming friendship, this series has all the elements historical fiction fans love.

Despite—or because of—her irreverence, faith is a natural subject for Anne Lamott. Since Operating Instructions and Bird by Bird, her fans have been waiting for her to write the book that explained how she came to the big-hearted, grateful, generous faith that she so often alluded to in her two earlier nonfiction books.

The people in Anne Lamott's real life are like beloved characters in a favorite series for her readers: Her friend Pammy; her son, Sam; and the many funny and wise folks who attend her church are all familiar. And Traveling Mercies is a welcome return to those lives, as well as an introduction to new companions Lamott treats with the same candor, insight, and tenderness.

Lamott's faith isn't about easy answers, which is part of what endears her to believers as well as nonbelievers. Against all odds, she came to believe in God, and then, even more miraculously, in herself. As she puts it, "My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers."

At once tough, personal, affectionate, wise, and very funny, Traveling Mercies tells in exuberant detail how Anne Lamott learned to shine the light of faith on the darkest part of ordinary life, exposing surprising pockets of meaning and hope.