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 A Passionate Life
By Mike Breen and Walt Kallestad
Retail each: $19.99 (U.S. and Can.)
ISBN: 0-78144-269-9
Hardcover w/ jacket, 6 x 9, 240 pages
What is your life like—really like?
Are you living the life you dreamed of? Or do you feel there is something missing—something
just beyond your reach?
Countless people today are disappointed with the way their lives are going. Though they truly believe they were created for a Divine purpose, deep in their hearts, they wonder What is so great about knowing God? Perhaps you can relate. Do you have friends who talk about how wonderful God is and what He is doing in their lives and you secretly long to know him the same way? Maybe you go to church every week, only to go away empty and thinking There has got to be more.
There is more—much more and it is in your hands right this moment! Authors Mike Breen and Walt Kallestad want to show you how to live A Passionate Life! You will learn how to live your faith the way God intended. In simple steps, you will learn what it means to be a true follower in ways that are easy to remember and to apply to every situation and relationship in your life.
Soon, the enthusiasm you will be feeling will be real. You will have a passionate relationship with the Creator of the Universe. You will have a passionate conviction to impact the lives of the people in your life. You will have A Passionate Life!
Through decades of ministry, authors Mike Breen and Walt Kallestad have sought to help countless individuals discover how to live a fully satisfying life. They both believe that LifeShapes—eight truths that transform lives—is the best way for individuals and churches to experience productive, significant lives. These simple shapes form a framework for every believer to understand their relationship to God, to each other, and lead to A Passionate Life.
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Passionate Church: The Art of Life-Changing Discipleship
By Mike Breen and Walt Kallestad
Retail each: $19.99 (U.S. and Can.)
ISBN: 0-78144-227-3
Hardcover w/ jacket, 6 x 9, 240 pages
Jesus led and lived with a passion that changed
the world. Today, across America and around the world, church
leaders and believers—in numbers too high to count—are
desperate to experience that passion.
- Pastors ache to see church members become true disciples
and to see congregations become communities reflecting the
love and life of Jesus
- Believers yearn to be closer to Jesus, to have a faith
that transforms every aspect of their lives
- Non-believers hunger to experience a faith that is real
To fulfill each of these longings
The Passionate Church offers eight simple-yet-profound
truths known as LifeShapes!
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Circle: Choosing to Learn from Life
By Mike Breen and Walt Kallestad
Retail each: $12.99 (U.S. and Can.)
ISBN: 0-78144-296-6
Paperback
Every day, each of us experience opportunities that we can either choose to ignore—or choose to learn and grow from. These significant—or kairos—moments were intended by God to be powerful, life-altering events.
The LifeShapes™ Circle: Choosing to Learn from Life will help you recognize and respond to these "learning moments" in a healthy and complete way. It's time to stop letting life just happen. Learn the principles that can lead to unimaginable spiritual growth.
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Semi-Circle: Living in Rhythm with Life
By Mike Breen
Retail each: $12.99 (U.S. and Can.)
ISBN: 0-78144-344-X
Paperback
God created us to work from rest, not rest from work! Recognizing patterns of work and rest, fruitfulness and abiding in your own life will prevent you from becoming over-stretched and ineffective.
In Living in Rhythm With Life, you will explore the LifeShapes Semi-Circle. This simple shape will help you recognize God's design for rest and fruitfulness in your life, allowing you to become more effective in every area of your life.
Coming Soon
 A Passionate Life Devotional
By Mike Breen and Walt Kallestad
Retail each: $14.99 (U.S. and Can.)
ISBN: 1-56292-722-1
Hardcover
This motivating devotional is designed to stir you to a closer spiritual walk with Christ. These inspirational reflections all centered around a basic theme—Jesus invites us to "Come" and experience life with Him. He invites the faithful, the sinner, the weary, the rich—and His invitations require a response from us. This devotional challenges you to respond by drawing closer to the Lord.
 A Passionate Life Devotional for Women
By Mike Breen and Walt Kallestad
Retail each: $14.99 (U.S. and Can.)
ISBN: 1-56292-721-3
Hardcover
Every woman longs for something to make her feel complete, content, fulfilled. This devotional offers 70 simple messages designed to encourage you to entrust these desires to God—and to receive the soul satisfaction and heartfelt peace that He alone can give. Come to recognize that your longings for a spouse, a child, healing, purpose in life, to belong, to be desired and more are shared by other women and that God has a plan for them.
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Passionate Life Devotional Journal
By Mike Breen and Walt Kallestad
Retail each: $12.99 (U.S. and Can.)
ISBN: 1-56292-720-5
Hardcover
What we all need is more of God in our lives. By exploring the biblical passages and devotional thoughts in this book and by responding with your own thoughts and longings, you can draw near to the kind of passionate life you desire. In this journal, you will encounter touch-points about how to learn from life, how to live in rhythm with life, how to balance the relationships of your life, and much, much more. Come join the adventure of living a life totally devoted to being a disciple of Jesus.
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 A Passionate Life Small Group Resource Kit
Kit contains: 1 copy of A Passionate Life book, 1 Leader’s Guide, 6 Workbooks, and an eight-session teaching DVD featuring LifeShapes’ creator Mike Breen
- Introduces readers and small-group learners to the LifeShapes principles of discipleship
- Small group members will learn their own significance in God’s system of relationships and ministry, and how each individual person is an essential part of the whole
- LifeShapes will open the doors to a passionate faith that spills over into everything you do!
- Learn directly from Mike Breen with the included DVD
(Extra Leader's Guides and Workbooks also available.)
 The Circle: Choosing to Learn from Life Small Group Resource Kit
Kit contains: 1 copy of The Circle book, 1 Leader’s Guide, 6 Workbooks, and a teaching DVD with six sessions by LifeShapes’ creator Mike Breen
The Lifeshapes Circle Kit introduces readers and small-group learners to a new way of recognizing life's significan moments providing opportunities for true spiritual growth and change.
(Extra Leader's Guides and Workbooks also available.)
 The Semi-Circle: Living in Rhythm with Life
Kit contains: 1 copy of The Semi-Circle book, 1 Leader’s Guide, 6 Workbooks, and a teaching DVD with six sessions by LifeShapes’ creator Mike Breen
The Lifeshapes Semi-Circle Kit shows you how live in rhythm with life. Feel more refreshed in every way when you discover God's plan for rest and fruitfulness in your life!
Coming Soon
A Passionate Life Audio Book
A Passionate Life is available in audio format at www.OasisAudio.com. or by calling 1-800-323-2500. To hear a sample, click below.
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Mike Breen—As
rector and team leader of St. Thomas' Church in Sheffield,
Mike used LifeShapes to grow the largest church in the north
of England, with 80 percent of the congregation under age
40. On staff at Community Church of Joy in Glendale, Ariz.,
and as a teacher for Fuller Seminary in Calif., Mike helps
church leaders in transition and coaches church planters on
how to be effective in our contemporary culture.
Walt Kallestad—Senior Pastor of Community
Church of Joy in Glendale, Ariz., a church with more than
12,000 members, has authored several books including Turn
Your Church Inside Out and The Entrepreneurial Faith. A popular
speaker/teacher on church leadership and church growth, Walt
is passionate about helping today's churches transition from
program-driven to relationship-driven mission-minded communities.