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James Bryan Smith (M.Div., Yale University Divinity School, D.Min., Fuller Seminary) is a theology professor at Friends University in Wichita, KS and a writer and speaker in the area of Christian spiritual formation. He also serves as the director of the Aprentis Institute for Christian Spiritual Formation at Friends University. A founding member of Richard J. Foster's spiritual renewal ministry, Renovaré Smith is an ordained United Methodist Church minister and has served in various capacities in local churches. Smith is also the author of A Spiritual Formation Workbook, Devotional Classics (with Richard Foster), Embracing the Love of God, Rich Mullins: An Arrow Pointing to Heaven and Room of Marvels.
Small Group Resources for Nurturing Christian Growth
1993
The Path and Promise of Christian Life
1995
Living as God's Beloved
2013
An Arrow Pointing to Heaven
2000
2003
Following the Spirit, Extending Grace, Demonstrating Love
2010
Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows
2009
Putting on the Character of Christ
2009
Discovering the Person Jesus Created You to Be
2022
2010
Living Deep in the Kingdom
2018
Uncovering a Gospel of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth
2017