The Shape of Our Lives

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Desire. Conviction. Character. Story. Practice. Institution. </strong></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Shape of Our Lives</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> digs into how these six factors-often operating beneath our consciousness-profoundly affect our spiritual formation both as individuals and congregations. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>As Christians across America grapple with the value and purpose of church this accessible volume provides a roadmap for exploring what motivates and forms us. The Shape of Our Lives equips readers to look beneath the surface understanding the forces impacting our formation. The book lays a theological and practical foundation for congregations and communities to be transformed more into the image of Christ. </span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>How does a community of people-with their different and sometimes competing values-grow together?</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> How can congregations make room for God's spirit to be at work? </span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Shape of Our Lives</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> will give you and your Christian community the language to renew these conversations and embark on the journey of congregational formation.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In these times of disillusionment with church there could not be a more timely book. --</span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>David Fitch</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Lindner Chair of Evangelical Theology at Northern Seminary</span></p>