CBA New Author Finalists

Inhale deeply, lean into God's Word, and discover why every exhale can be an invitation to pray! Graphic designer Tucker quiets anxiety with this beautifully illustrated guide connecting your body, mind, and spirit to peace. Establish a new reliance upon Christ using 80 breath prayers, full-color illustrations, and a guide toward intimate connection with God. 208 pages, hardcover from Nelson.

From conservation to protecting endangered species to sustainable living, A Christian's Guide to Planet Earth offers a faith-based framework for viewing our responsibility to the natural world as well as practical, biblical ways we can care for the magnificent creation around us.

Drawing on science and Scripture, this hope-filled and reader-friendly guide helps us navigate questions about caring for and respecting God's world.

Four-color infographics throughout highlight the inherent grandeur of the natural world, stirring our hearts to care about the wild and wondrous things God has made. Each chapter concludes with practical tips on how to become better stewards of the Earth, including how to support efforts that make a positive difference in the world.

Break up with anxiety, for good.

Between the shortage of mental health providers and the rising cost of health care, countless individuals are left with no choice but to function with mental health issues on their own.

Dear Anxiety, Let’s Break Up offers forty devotions written from both a medical and biblical perspective to help readers -understand the Bible’s message on mental health, -develop actionable, scientific-based coping skills, -reverse the cycle of negative thinking, -free themselves from shame, guilt, and harmful stigmas, and l-earn to support loved ones who also struggle with anxiety.

Choose faith over fear and move from a life marked by anxiety to one of peace and abundance.

Rediscover the joy, power, and intimacy of prayer in On Our Knees, a forty-day devotional that illuminates the power of being with God---inspired by Dove Award-winning worship music artist Phil Wickham's hit song "Battle Belongs."

Phil Wickham's On Our Knees: 40 Days to Living Boldly in Prayer explores biblical stories from Genesis to Revelation to learn about prayer from the heroes of our faith, including Moses, King David, and many more. How did these "heroes of the faith" pray? How did Jesus teach us to pray? Each entry in On Our Knees helps readers establish their own daily prayer routines, ultimately encouraging the lifelong practice of prayer as a means of connecting with and better understanding God. The devotional includes a suggested passage of scripture and Phil's reflections on the reading, a daily prayer and prayer practice to encourage spiritual growth, and a set of reflection questions to help the reader go deeper in his or her prayer journey.

This devotional highlights:

• Jesus's teachings on prayer
• Prayer as the foundation for faith
• Finding intimacy with God
• Following God's path for our lives
• Praying with boldness and courage, while also in humility and honesty
• Letting go of anxiety and fear

On Our Knees brings readers into a deeper intimacy with Jesus, encouraging a habit of prayer that can last a lifetime and cultivate a closer relationship with God.

Many of us experience shame on a regular basis. We compare ourselves to others and feel deficient. We look at our pasts and hope no one will find out what we’ve done---or what was done to us. We doubt and isolate ourselves in light of previous rejection or failure. Our shame is unpleasant, even paralyzing. But there is hope for shame-filled souls! Our Savior willingly sacrificed everything---even died---so that shame would not have the final say in your life. Now he empowers you to change. Writing both as a biblical counselor and fellow struggler, Esther Liu takes us on a thirty-one day journey to discover lasting comfort. Explore the depths of God’s grace for you; respond to Christ’s invitation to rest; and use practical action points, reflection questions, and devotional insights to reshape your instinctive responses to God, others, and yourself.

As a caregiver, you run the risk of disappearing. Your time goes overwhelmingly to the needs of your loved one. Relationships get strained, and challenges and anxieties are difficult to articulate. It’s easier to just keep your head down and do what must be done.

What’s more, you probably didn’t sign up for this role or train for it. And yet here you are, reliving the trauma that got you here, providing support you didn’t know you had in you to give, struggling with fatigue, making critical, life-altering decisions, and yearning for the community you had that has changed or disappeared.

Rich in stories, threaded with humor, and unflinchingly real, We’re Stronger than We Look is a safe place for you to process the life you’ve been given, to accept that it’s okay not to have it all together, and to be inspired about your caregiving role---even while recognizing the need to take care of yourself as well.