Our desire is to provide a place for you to engage in provocative conversations, intellectual discussions, and spiritually encouraging topics. Our fall series will feature authors elevating conversations around spiritual directions, generational gaps, and technological advancements and the ways that they affect spiritual relationships and missions.
The 2026-2027 Series of Meet the Author will begin soon!
Please Read Below for Upcoming Authors.
September 29th 11:00 am Central
Tommy Nixon
Tommy Nixon is the CEO of Urban Youth Workers Institute, empowering leaders to transform the next generation through the gospel. He is also the host of The Radical Middle and The Future Is Here podcasts, cofounder of the nonprofit Solidarity, One Life City Church planter, and a national voice in urban ministry and leadership. Tommy lives in Southern California with his wife Rachael and their five kids.
Showing Up as a Healing Force in a Fractured World
In a world that's loud, divided, and constantly shifting, it's easy to feel overwhelmed, lost, or cynical. For many, finding a home between the right and the left can seem impossible. But what if this tension isn't something to escape but a space to grow into?
In Embrace the Tension, pastor and trusted ministry voice Tommy Nixon offers a pathway for those feeling untethered in today's divisive landscape. Nixon guides you on the "Radical Middle" pathway, a fresh framework with Jesus as the foundation for navigating complexity not with fear or nostalgia but with courage.
This book is your guide to pressing into the hard stuff, finding clarity in the chaos, and showing up as a healing force in a fractured world. It's not about going back or giving up but becoming who you were created to be.
Embrace the Tension is your invitation to find your footing, press into the tension between extremes, and bring healing and light to the world around you. You can thrive in the Radical Middle.
Check back to register for any of our future Meet the Author webinar events!
Upcoming Authors
Kutter Callaway
Author of:
Be Afraid
October 21st
Louis Markos
Author of:
My Apologetics Dinner Party
November 18th
Ruth Haley Barton
Author of:
Leading a Transforming Community
January 13th
Charlie Dates
Author of:
What Hath Justice to Do with Righteousness
April 22nd
Tony Scarcello
Author of:
Love All Our Neighbors
February 3rd
Os Guinness
Author of:
The Great Quest
May TBD
Kevin Chapman
Author of:
Mastering Our Emotions
December 15th
Nicole Martin
Author of:
Nailing It
March 16th
Past Authors
Gisela Kreglinger
Author of:
Spirituality of Wine and Soul of Wine
Alice Fryling
Author of:
Aging Faithfully
Os Guinness
Author of:
Magna Carta of Humanity
Terry Wildman
Lead Translator of:
First Nations Version Bible
Andy and Amy Crouch
Andy, author of: The Tech-Wise Family
Amy and Andy, author of: My Tech-Wise Life
Paul Borthwick
Author of: Mission 3:16
Esau McCaulley
Author of: Reading While Black
D. Michael Lindsay
Author of: Hinge Moments
Heather Thompson Day
Author of: It's Not Your Turn
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Sheila Wise Rowe
Author of: Healing Racial Trauma
Alec Hill
Author of: Living in Bonus Time
Gena Thomas
Author of: Separated by the Border
Ian Morgan Cron
Author of: The Road Back to You
Jason Gaboury
Author of: Wait With Me
Rick Richardson
Author of: You Found Me
Lacy Finn Borgo
Author of: Spiritual Conversations with Children
Tish Harrison Warren
Author of: Prayer in the Night
Eddie Byun
Author of: Praying for Your Missionary
Rich Villodas
Author of: Good and Beautiful and Kind
Bishop Claude Alexander, Jr.
Author of: Necessary Christianity
Bette Dickinson
Author of: Making Room in Advent
Amy Sherman
Author of: Agents of Flourishing
James Choung
Author of: Longing for Revival
J.P. Moreland
Author of: The God Question
Dr. David Anderson
Author of: Gracism
Nijay Gupta
Author of: Tell Her Story
Kathleen Norris
Author of: Rebecca Sue
Elaine Howard Ecklund
Author of: Working for Better
Ruth Haley Barton
Author of: Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest
Darrell Hall
Author of: Speaking Across Generations
Kay Higuera Smith
Co-Author of: Reading the Bible Around the World
Tim Muehlhoff
Author of: Eyes to See
Kristin Page
Author of: The Wonders of Creation
Terry Wildman
Author of: Birth of the Chosen One
Carmen Joy Imes
Author of: Becoming God's Family
Michael Card
Author of: The Nazarene: Forty Devotions on the Lyrical Life of Jesus
Carmen Imes
Author of: Being God's Image
Felicia Wu Song
Author of: Restless Devices
Richard Foster
Author of: Learning and Humility
Tanita Tualla Maddox
Author of: What Gen Z Really Wants
Helen Lee
Author of: Kaylee Prays for the Children of the World
Todd Korpi
Author of: AI Goes to Church
Ian Harber
Author of: Walking Through Deconstruction