We’re committed to elevating BIPOC scholars and practitioners shaping our journey toward collective flourishing. Each year, we choose books to deepen that work.
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2025 Fall
- From Dropout to Doctorate: Breaking the Chains of Educational Injustice by Terence Lester
- Christ in the Rubble: Faith the Bible and Genocide in Gaza by Munther Isaac
- Cross and Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology Amid Gaza by John and Sam Munayer
- Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World by Kat Armas
- The Justice of Jesus: Reimagining Your Church’s Life Together to Pursue Liberation and Wholeness by Joash Thomas
- Beauty and Resistance: Spiritual Rhythms for Formation and Repair by Jonathan Walton
2025 Summer
- Nicole Massie Martin — Nailing It: Why Successful Leadership Demands Suffering and Surrender
- Froswa’ Booker-Drew — Front Porch Wisdom: Navigating Leadership Pressures and Barriers as a Woman of Color
- Drew Jackson — Let Peace Reign: Love, Justice and Dignity in God’s Kingdom
- Jemar Tisby: The Spirit of Justice:True Stories of Faith, Race and Resistance
- Malcolm Foley — The Anti-Greed Gospel: Why the Love of Money is the Root of Racism and How the Church Can Create a New Way Forward
- Face Forward by Bethny Ricks
- The Matter of Little Losses by Rachel Marie Kang
- Courageously Soft by Charaia Rush
- As Long as You Need by J.S. Park
2024 Books
- Bearing God: Living A Christ-Formed Life in Uncharted Waters by Marlena Graves
- Beyond Ethnic Loneliness: The Pain of Marginalization and the Path to Belonging by Prasannata Verma Anumolu
- Loving Disagreement: Fighting for Community through the Fruit of the Spirit
- Soul Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul: How to Change the World in Quiet Ways by Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
- The Women We’ve Been Waiting For by Tiffany Bluhm
- Chingona: Owning Your Inner Badass for Healing and Justice by Alma Zaragoza-Petty
2023 Books
- We’ll All Be Free: How a Culture of White Supremacy Devalues Us and How We Can Reclaim Our True Worth by Caroline J. Sumlin
- Tell Me the Dream Again: Reflections on Family, Ethnicity, and the Sacred Work of Belonging by Tasha Jun
- I Won’t Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You by Ally Henny
- Sacred Belonging: A 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture by Kat Armas
- Sacred Self-Care: Daily Practices for Nurturing Our Whole Selves by Chanequa Walker-Barnes
- Everybody Come Alive: A Memoir in Essays by Marcie Alvis Walker
2022 Books
- Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation by Christina Edmondson, Ekemini Uwan, and Michelle Higgins
- This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley
- Good and Beautiful and Kind: Becoming Whole in a Fractured World by Rich Villodas
- Learning Our Names: Asian American Christians on Identity, Relationships, and Vocation edited by Sabrina S. Chan
- Voices of Lament: Reflections on Brokenness and Hope in a World Longing for Justice edited by Natasha Sistrunk Robinson (Incl. Sandra María Van Opstal)
- Beyond Welcome: Centering Immigrants in Our Christian Response to Immigration by Karen Gonzalez
2021 Books
- Abuelita Faith :What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength by Kat Armas
- In my Grandmothers House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit by Yolanda Pierce
- Why do I feel Like This: Understand Your Difficult Emotions and Find Grace to Move Through by Peace Amadi
- No longer strangers: Transforming Evangelism with Immigrant Communities edited by Eugene Cho (Incl. Sandra María Van Opstal)
- Forty Days on Being an Eight:Enneagram Daily Reflections by Sandra Maria Van Opstal
- A Rhythm of Prayer: A Collection of Meditations for Renewal by Sarah Bessey (Incl. Sandra María Van Opstal)
2020 Books
- Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity by Robert Chao Romero
- Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus by Rich Villodas
- The Way Up is Down: Becoming Yourself by Forgetting Yourself by Marlena Graves
- Becoming Brave: Finding the Courage to Pursue Racial Justice Nowby Brenda Salter-McNeil
- Raise Your Voice: Why We Stay Silent and How to Speak Up by Kathy Khang
