Relationships : A Mess Worth Making by Timothy S. Lane and Paul David Tripp

Your best friend is suddenly cool and distant. Your spouse can't stop complaining about your bad habits. Your son refuses to talk to you. What are you supposed to do? Plans A, B, and C might be to shut down, lash out, or get out. But consider Plan D: Recognize that God has the last word on those messy, conflict-ridden relationships. He can use them to make you into a Christian who can give and receive love from God and others.

In Relationships: A Mess Worth Making, Tim and Paul discuss the relational disappointments that we all suffer both in and out of the church. But they are also optimistic about the power of Christian beliefs to redeem and restore our relationships.

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Book: Relationships: A Mess Worth Making
Meeting Day: Monday Morning
Dates: 6/12/23-7/31/23
Location: Chardon
Childcare: Yes

Book: Relationships: A Mess Worth Making
Meeting Day: Thursday Morning
Dates: 6/15/23-8/10/23
Location: Novelty
Childcare: No

When People are Big and God is Small by Ed T. Welch

I can’t do that, I’d be too embarrassed, and people are watching.”   “What if they reject me?”  “I’m afraid because people have hurt me before.”  In his book, Ed Welch addresses how and why we fear others and gives us a practical antidote to deal with it: Fear of the Lord.

It may push you to think differently about things you’ve heard your whole life and ask you to reconsider how God defines them, how he defines you, and how he orders our relationships with others.  If you tend toward people pleasing, have a need to feel loved and accepted, or face a constant hunger to fit in, this would be a great book for you.

Check out the newly revised edition of an old favorite.

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Book: When People Are Big And God Is Small
Meeting Day: Wednesday Morning
Dates: 5/17/23-6/28/23
Location: Chesterland
Childcare: Yes

Book: When People Are Big And God Is Small
Meeting Day: Thursday Evening
Dates: 6/1/23-8/3/23
Location: Kirtland
Childcare: No

Book: When People Are Big And God Is Small
Meeting Day: Tuesday Afternoon
Dates: 6/6/23-7/25/23
Location: Novelty
Childcare: Self-occupying children only

Everyday Faithfulness by Glenna Marshall

What does Christian faithfulness look like when life feels unpredictable, hard, or just plain ordinary? We want to follow Jesus, but it’s easy to become more focused on our present situation than on a long view of faithfulness. Working through the unique challenges that come with seasons of waiting, caretaking, suffering, worry, spiritual dryness, and more, Everyday Faithfulness delves into practical ways to build habits into everyday life that will aid in spiritual growth throughout a lifetime. This book is full of gospel-centered hope and practical help.

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Book: Everyday Faithfulness
Meeting Day: Monday Afternoon
Dates: 6/5/23-7/31/23
Location: Chardon
Childcare: Self-occupying children only

Book: Everyday Faithfulness
Meeting Day: Friday Morning
Dates: 6/23/23-7/21/23
Location: Chagrin Falls
Childcare: Self-occupying children only

 Women of the Word by Jen Wilkin

We all know it’s important to study God’s word. But sometimes, it’s hard to know where to start. Moreover, a lack of time, emotionally driven approaches, and past frustrations can erode our resolve to keep growing in our knowledge of Scripture. How can we, as Christian women, keep our focus and sustain our passion when reading the Bible?

Women of the Word has helped countless women with a clear and concise plan they can use every time they open their Bible. This book will equip you to engage God’s word in a way that trains your mind and transforms your heart.

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Book: Women of the Word
Meeting Day: Tuesday Morning
Dates: 6/6/23-7/25/23
Location: Novelty
Childcare: No

Book: Women of the Word
Meeting Day: Wednesday Evening
Dates: 5/31/23-6/28/23
Location: Chardon
Childcare: No

The Envy of Eve by Melissa B. Kruger

What’s truly at the heart of our desires?
The Envy of Eve helps define and guide readers to understand how our desires grow into covetousness and what happens when this sin takes power in our hearts. Covetousness chokes out the fruit of the Spirit in our lives, allowing discontentment to bloom and destroy our relationship with God and others. The key to overcoming is to get to the root of our problem: unbelief–a mistrust of God’s sovereignty and goodness.

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Book: The Envy of Eve
Meeting Day: Thursday Evening
Dates: 6/8/2023-7/27/2023
Location: Chardon
Childcare: No