Best Upcoming Winter Titles For Spiritual Seekers
Time for the divine
With the holidays right around the corner and New Year's not far behind now is perhaps the best time for the exact reads Spiritual Seekers love. The holiday season is an amazing time to explore religious titles that can help deepen their faith. While the start of a new year is a time for self reflection. Introspective titles can help inspire personal improvement and change.
To help you Spiritual Seekers out on your journeys of faith this winter we put together this list of the best upcoming releases that promise to inspire and uplift. From nonfiction that helps guide religious practices and deepen your faith to fiction with themes shared in the Gospel. These winter releases are sure to have what you're looking for.
And that's not all, we've included a few of these titles in our "Christian Fiction Book Bundle Giveaway." Enter now for your chance to win!
February new releases
Midnight on the Scottish Shore: A Novel of World War II
by Sarah Sundin
The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride
by Joe Siple
The international bestselling novel about Murray McBride, a lonely 100-year-old man who's outlived just about everyone he's ever loved. But when he meets a boy awaiting a heart transplant, Murray may learn something about finding meaning in life again . . .
With all his family and friends gone except an estranged grandson, retired Major League ballplayer Murray McBride is looking for a reason to live.
Vatican Spies: From the Second World War to Pope Francis
by Yvonnick Denoël
"Officially" the Vatican has no espionage service; but does no one carry out intelligence operations on its behalf? During the Second World War and Cold War, Rome was teeming with spies. A band of undercover monsignors and priests hunted for Vatican "moles", led clandestine diplomacy, investigated assassinations of priests and other scandals threatening the Church, and conducted high-risk missions behind the Iron Curtain.
Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church
by Philip Shenon
From the best-selling author and former New York Times investigative reporter, an unprecedented look at the defining struggles of the modern Catholic Church, told through the lives of the last seven popes
When the jolly Italian peasant-turned-cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli of Venice was elected Pope John XXIII in 1958, change was in the air. The Church, many said, had refused to enter the twentieth century. In response, Pope John launched Vatican II, an "ecumenical council" that summoned hundreds of church leaders to Rome. It marked one of the most progressive turns the Church had taken in centuries: "medicine of mercy," as Pope John called it. Yet not everyone in the Church was prepared to accept this modernization. The lines were drawn--in a battle that continues to rage into the twenty-first century.
January new releases
Hope: The Autobiography
by Pope Francis Pope Francis - Jorge Mario Bergoglio - Carlo Musso - Richard Dixon
Pope Francis originally intended this exceptional book to appear only after his death, but the needs of our times and the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope have moved him to make this precious legacy available now.
Hope is the first autobiography in history ever to be published by a Pope. Written over six years, this complete autobiography starts in the early years of the twentieth century, with Pope Francis's Italian roots and his ancestors' courageous migration to Latin America, continuing through his childhood, the enthusiasms and preoccupations of his youth, his vocation, adult life, and the whole of his papacy up to the present day.
People Pleaser: Breaking Free from the Burden of Imaginary Expectations
by Jinger Vuolo - Julie Lyles Carr
Are you a people pleaser? Can you even begin to measure how the approval of others has shaped your heart and mind? Your faith and relationships? Your habits and identity?
From childhood to early adulthood, Jinger Duggar Vuolo followed the expectations of others, never taking the time to discover who she truly was. It wasn't until she asked herself the question, "Who am I?" that she realized she was a people pleaser. This realization led her on a journey of self-discovery and ultimately, to rely on God for her approval and sense of self-worth.
Pray Bold: Dare to Ask and Believe Big
by Joel Osteen
Have you ever wondered how to experience great things from God in your life? It's time to bold size your prayers and watch what God can do.
New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen wants you to know that God is listening and waiting for you take the limits off and ask Him for your dreams, for the big things in your heart, for your deepest hopes, for what looks impossible. Ask Him for explosive blessings. Ask Him to propel you into your purpose. Ask Him to restore a relationship that looks over and done. Ask Him in spite of what the circumstances look like.
With This Ring: A Sweet Small-Town Second-Chance Romance
by Amy Clipston
Dakota Jamison spends her days making brides' dreams come true. But when will the time finally come for her own storybook ending?
Dakota thought she had left her dreams of happily-ever-after behind, along with the pain of a broken engagement to her high school sweetheart, Hudson. Now, as the proud owner of Fairytale Bridal Shop in the picturesque town of Flowering Grove, she's built a life and a business on helping brides find their perfect dress for their own fairytale weddings. But running a small business is not for the faint of heart, and when her ex-fiancé unexpectedly returns to town with a mission--to put a stop to his sister's wedding--Dakota's problems go from bad to worse.
December new releases
Christmas in Bethel
by Richard Paul Evans
From Richard Paul Evans, the New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Promise and The Christmas Box--"the most popular holiday tale since Tiny Tim" (Newsweek)--a new novel celebrating the life-changing power of the holiday spirit.
Leigh Beth Stilton has never liked the holidays. After growing up in an unstable home, escaping an abusive marriage, and witnessing daily tragedies as an EMT, Leigh just can't bring herself to care about Christmas cheer. In fact, she's so convinced she's not worth loving that one winter's eve, she decides she can't go on--until she comes across a book called Bethel and starts to read.
Heretic: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God
by Catherine Nixey
"A brilliant book." --The Times, Best of the Year
From a celebrated classicist and author of The Darkening Age ("[a] ballista-bolt of a book"--New York Times Book Review), a biography of the many, diverse variations of Jesus who thrived in early Christian traditions--and how they were lost until just one "true" Christ survived.
Contrary to the teachings of the church today, in the first several centuries of Christianity's existence, there was no consensus as to who Jesus was or why he had mattered. Instead, there were many different Christs. One had a twin brother and traveled to India; another consorted with dragons. One particularly terrifying Christ scorned his parents and killed those who opposed him.
Every Home a Foundation: Experiencing God Through Your Everyday Routines
by Phylicia Masonheimer
"The home is the "primary seat of discipleship" from which Christians can best serve God, according to this graceful guide...Masonheimer makes a creative, open-minded case that the domestic and the divine need not be mutually exclusive." --Publisher's Weekly
What if our homes and the work that goes on inside them are not "in the way" of our calling but are instead the way to live well and disciple effectively? Reimagine the Christian home as the firm foundation of a life filled with faith, joy, contentment, and belonging, even in the midst of everyday tasks.
In Every Home a Foundation, Phylicia Masonheimer invites readers to reconsider their view of home. The Christian home is an image of both a coming spiritual reality and the existing spiritual reality of our family, the church. Through Christ, we can heal and build a home that brings joy to us and love to others.
Cloaked in Beauty
by Karen Witemeyer