A.J. Gregory

Revell (Baker Publishing Group)

softcover, 192 pages, $12.99

978-0-800-73285-1

Gregory, author of the previous book Messy Faith, relates to the divine disconnect that is the experience of many a believer—those wondering if God is still involved in their lives—and candidly shares times of self-doubt and of God-doubt she has experienced personally, in Silent Savior: Daring to Believe He’s Still There.

TSI: The Gabon Virus

Paul McCusker and Walt Larimore, M.D.

Howard Books

softcover, 448 pages, $13.99

978-1-416-56971-8

In the first in a new series, a team of scientists nicknamed the "Time Scene Investigators" (TSI) must find a cure for an impending super-virus pandemic. While being tested, the virus is loosed by radical environmentalists, spread by a boy on the run who is ignorant of his contagious condition.

Make Love, Make War

Brian Doerksen

David C. Cook

softcover, 256 pages, $14.99

978-1-434-76682-3

In Make Love, Make War: Now Is the Time to Worship, Doerksen, writer of worship tunes including "Come, Now Is the Time to Worship," "Refiner's Fire" and "Hallelujah (Your Love Is Amazing)," explains the stories behind 12 of his songs, some of which are more widely known than others.

The Girl in the Orange Dress

Margot Starbuck

IVP Books (InterVarsity Press)

softcover, 202 pages, $16

978-0-830-83627-7

Starbuck traces her emotional journey in The Girl in the Orange Dress: Searching for a Father Who Does Not Fail.

Don’t Miss Your Life!

Charlene Ann Baumbich

Howard Books

softcover, 272 pages, $14.99

978-1-416-56299-3

A women’s speaker and author, Baumbich’s work is warmly enthusiastic and humorously inspirational. In Don’t Miss Your Life: An Uncommon Guide to Living With Freedom, Laughter, and Grace, she puts her signature message on paper: slow down, enjoy blessings, and don’t take things too seriously.

Baumbich encourages readers to build a “memory portfolio” to catalog celebrations and tragedies—both big and small—to avoid going through life on autopilot, then wondering what happened. Ripe with practical application and biblical insight, the book shares the author’s personal stories to help the reader unpack her own.

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Living the Lord’s Prayer

Albert Haase

IVP Books (InterVarsity Press)

softcover, 252 pages, $18

978-0-830-83529-4

Although the Lord’s Prayer is often recited, its rote memorization and repetition may sometimes result in a loss of potency and meaning in believers’ lives. Haase intends to transform readers’ views of Jesus’ words from familiar phrases to a living conversation in Living the Lord’s Prayer: The Way of the Disciple.