Fossores
Resources
We want to provide the absolute best resources on Christian innovation and design. To that end, we have created material that will educate, inspire, and transform your ministry.
The Fossores
Chapter House
Podcast
This podcast explores the ever-changing era of perpetual upheaval, in which effective ministry requires constant imagination, creativity, and change.
Books from Fossores Publishing
Becoming an Idea Mentalist
Like the performance mentalist, the Idea Mentalist wows the crowd. They make people say, “Where does she come up with this?” They have people scratching their heads, saying, “I wish I was that creative.” And also, like the performance mentalist, the Idea Mentalist knows it takes a lot of work to get there. There really is no magic incantation that one says before a brainstorming meeting to make the office want to take charge on a new innovation. We all have something to offer the world. Those offerings start with ideas. You have ideas locked inside you that are clawing to get out. Those ideas need nurturing, stirring, a right mindset, and a ripe environment for them to surface. This book is not simply about innovation when it’s necessary.
Shift
We’re living in a time of profound cultural, political, and religious change. The predictable patterns and practices of the past are being jettisoned at a velocity and magnitude unparalleled in our lifetime. Navigating these rapidly changing cultural currents requires course knowledge, understanding, creativity, and most importantly, innovative thinking. Shift: Catalyzing Creative Change in Innovative Christian Ministry is a practical guide for pastors and ministry leaders designed to provide the theological chart-making and navigational practices necessary to pilot their ministry well into the 21st century.
Books from Dr. David McDonald
The Adventure of Happiness
What would it take for you to be exceedingly, abundantly happy? Is it even possible? Yes. A thousand times yes. Sharing from personal insights, research, and experience, “the most creative pastor” in America will share the sociology, psychology, theology and philosophy that will catalyze your joy and enliven your spirit.
Heirs of Eden
You want more...out of life, out of faith, and for this world. How can you integrate all of who you are with God's plan for the world?
Heirs of Eden is a book about your dreams, your work, and your creative potential that will wake you up to what lights you up inside and show you why your dreams are holy.
Rhythms of the Divine
What would it take for you to be exceedingly, abundantly happy? Is it even possible? Yes. A thousand times yes. Sharing from personal insights, research, and experience, “the most creative pastor” in America will share the sociology, psychology, theology and philosophy that will catalyze your joy and enliven your spirit.
Nativity and Kingdom
Nativity and Kingdom is a new look at some very old tales, bringing a fresh perspective to the Christmas experience. There is a surprising amount of science fiction hidden within Christian tradition—a tradition that, historically, predates science and vilifies fiction. Stories are a vital part of life. Stories educate us and inspire us, motivate us to achieve and harden us so we might endure.
Then. Now. Next.
a Revolution of the Spirit, a Revival of the Word, a Renaissance of the Church.Then. Now. Next. encapsulates all we believe about the future embodied in the present. We will deepen our faith, develop our church, and earn the confidence we're doing what's right as we work with God to heal the world. We'll explore strategies for imaginative Christian living, as well as the tools to re-form our faith. And who are “we”?
How To See The Future
In 1 Thessalonians 5.8, St. Paul describes hope as a helmet. It protects our heads. Our minds. The “helmet of hope” makes us fearless since we know that regardless of the battle waging all around us, God’s Spirit is protecting us and leading us to a better future. Hope is not merely the anticipation of eternal life but the anticipation of life on earth as it is in heaven, comprised of prosperity, abundance, and delight.
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