Grace & Mercy - by Kathleen E Yancosek & Chris Dillashaw (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Grace & Mercy: A Devotional Journey was created from a desire for a fresh look at discipleship within the modern, busy church. The book explores the progression of the seed planted in a sermon: how truth gets watered, germinates, sprouts, grows and eventually bears fruit. Grace & Mercy demonstrates how to have a nourishing and flourishing spiritual life. A soft plot line meanders throughout and the book gently explores themes of communication, discipleship, positive expectations, and diligence. Each chapter includes devotional content for individual readers and exploratory questions for group discussion.

Readers can expect to:

• Discover the value of slowing down, paying attention, and soaking in the wisdom of biblical truth expressed each week in the Sunday sermon
• Understand how to live a more contemplative life
• Grow in their faith from week to week
• Improve awareness in the way God is moving through the people who are in their lives
• Be stirred up toward love, gentleness, and goodness toward one another

"Pictures and stories and memories are three of God's sweet gifts to help us visualize his truths and strengthen our hearts. Katie and Chris use all of these to paint little portraits that add color and depth to how I understand and experience God." --Kirk Freeman, Lead Pastor, CrossBridge Community Church, San Antonio, Texas

"My wife, Beth, is often suggesting daily devotionals for me, but I just can't get into them. She was surprised to see me devouring Grace & Mercy and asked, 'What's different about this one?' I paused a moment, looked up and said, 'I can relate to these. Let's gather some friends and dig into it.' Grace & Mercy provides an interesting and engaging tool to study the Bible." --Jim Lenaway, Pastor, B-Free Church, Bradford, Pennsylvania

"Grace & Mercy presents an honest, encouraging look at life with its disquieting issues. Katie welcomed me to sit beside her "knee to knee" with Jesus, the Wonderful Counselor, then to journey onward, with Him leading the way. --Chuck Rizer, Lieutenant Colonel, Army Chaplain (retired), author of Downwind of Thunder

"This devotional is wonderfully refreshing and special. I love the practical, chatty, relatable style that makes recognizing God's presence and love in our lives so accessible. If you want to benefit from experiencing God in your everyday life, Grace & Mercy is for you." --Rob Davis, Founding Pastor, Vineyard Church, Hopkinton Massachusetts

From Loving Healing Press www.LHPress.com

Review Quotes

"Pastors, Grace & Mercy is a must read. Every pastor, minister, and Christian speaker would be affirmed, encouraged, and educated if they could be exposed to honest thoughts about their messages, from someone willing to listen well and write down what they have learned. Everybody in a church congregation should read this book - not only to be personally inspired, but to be encouraged to write down the gleanings from your own pastors' sermons. What a wonderful way to bless the one who breaks bread with you! Anyone discouraged about Christianity, or disappointed because of a church experience, should read this book. It will renew your faith and hope in what God is doing elsewhere. Perhaps it could stir up a new work in you. Small groups should read this book as a study, since the content and study guide questions are so helpful, practical, and on target. Last of all, if you just want a fun story and be inspired by the journey of one woman's experience as a mom, wife, doctor and lover of God, this book is for you. Katie Yancosek has crammed more than three lifetimes worth of experiences into one and writes about them in a fun, refreshing, and compelling way." -Joe Castillo, Artist, Pastor, Speaker, and author of Sandstory and The Face of Christ

"Grace & Mercy makes faith come alive. A perfect book for a book club! The writing is fresh, candid, and detailed. The stories bring the ins and outs of an ordinary life to the surface. The tensions of walking in faith by the Spirit of God are expressed with such honesty. The conversation starters for each chapter are sure to lead to meaningful discussions in any group setting." -Milagros Moore, Evangelist, CREDO Minister, Hagerstown, Maryland

"When I read selections from Grace & Mercy, I remembered Pastor Chris's sermons and was excited to hear how they affected Ms. Katie. This book shows how the pastor's message from a Sunday or Wednesday can change our hearts and minds. It reminds me to take sermon notes and think about what message is preached each week. Teenagers will enjoy this book!" -Harrison Doyle, high school student, Ablaze: Student Staff, San Antonio, Texas