{"product_id":"you-are-what-you-love-the-spiritual-power-of-habit-9781587433801","title":"You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Book Award Winner\u003cbr\u003eMartin Institute and Dallas Willard Center Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou are what you love. But you might not love what you think.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, award-winning author James K. A. Smith shows that who and what we worship fundamentally shape our hearts. And while we desire to shape culture, we are not often aware of how culture shapes us. We might not realize the ways our hearts are being taught to love rival gods instead of the One for whom we were made. Smith helps readers recognize the formative power of culture and the transformative possibilities of Christian practices. He explains that worship is the \"imagination station\" that incubates our loves and longings so that our cultural endeavors are indexed toward God and his kingdom. This is why the church and worshiping in a local community of believers should be the hub and heart of Christian formation and discipleship. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing the publication of his influential work \u003ci\u003eDesiring the Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, Smith received numerous requests from pastors and leaders for a more accessible version of that book's content. No mere abridgment, this new book draws on years of Smith's popular presentations on the ideas in \u003ci\u003eDesiring the Kingdom \u003c\/i\u003eto offer a fresh, bottom-up rearticulation. The author creatively uses film, literature, and music illustrations to engage readers and includes new material on marriage, family, youth ministry, and faith and work. He also suggests individual and communal practices for shaping the Christian life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames K. A. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, Villanova University) is professor of philosophy at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he also holds the Gary and Henrietta Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology and Worldview. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eComment \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. Smith has authored or edited many books, including\u003ci\u003e Imagining the Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWho's Afraid of Relativism?\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e  Book Award winners \u003ci\u003eDesiring the Kingdom \u003c\/i\u003e(over 30,000 copies sold)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWho's Afraid of Postmodernism?\u003c\/i\u003e He is also editor of the well-received The Church and Postmodern Culture series.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brazos Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50611643384082,"sku":"9781587433801","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d40cacd3-828e-4a60-beda-71b55318930c.jpg?v=1732364880","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/you-are-what-you-love-the-spiritual-power-of-habit-9781587433801","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}