Books & resources.

At Commons, we are always looking for new ways to make our work more accessible, so along with our YouTube Channel, where we are posting new content daily, we have also written several books for the community. Copies of From A Season Like No Other and Dirt and Stardust are available free at the connection desk every Sunday.

Every year, we also produce a Journal for the Commons community that signals our intention to be thoughtful about what we do together and to take notice of what happens inside of us. This Journal outlines our entire year of teaching and provides information to get you up and running at Commons. Pick one up for free at the Connection Desk.

Finally, we have several Podcast feeds through which you can access Commons. Sermons, interviews and more!

Books

Journals

Podcasts

Commons press.

From A Season Like No Other: Commons Prayers

Prayer gives voice to ecstatic experience and harsh reality. It speaks a sacred word in daily life. It channels love in common encounters. It renews fixed rituals. From a Season Like No Other is a collection of prayers created in community themes like health, distance, worry and joy. More than a time capsule, this book is offered to you for times of grieving, waiting, and recovering with the hope that these prayers extend past the season in which they were first written and shared.

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Many of the prayers have felt very personal to me and have reached deep within my heart to express what I was feeling but could barely put into words. During the past (strange and trying) pandemic year, these prayers have been a balm to my soul.

SHIRL RATZLAFF

The daily prayers have been a consistent practice I've been able to go back to when everything in life feels unpredictable. Praying the prayers has been a way to stay connected and to know I'm not going through life alone.

TEHILLAH CHIWELE ZENTNER

A peacemaker's guide to the book of Revelation.

In Upside-Down Apocalypse, author Jeremy Duncan draws on biblical scholarship and nonviolent theology to guide readers through the book of Revelation, understanding the vision of John in the light of the Jesus we know through the Gospels--the full revelation of the Divine. Along the way, readers will discover what the writer imagines as he weaves this profound revelation of non-violent triumph and see with fresh eyes how the Prince of Peace turns violence on its head once and for all.

A pastoral reimagining of the apocalypse through the lens of Jesus, this book will bring relief, healing, and revelation to the Church. I'm grateful to Jeremy for tackling this complex topic with equal parts scholarship and grace.

SARAH BESSEY, NYT bestseller "A Rhythm of Prayer" and "Jesus Feminist"

A provocative and beautiful demonstration of how the meaning of Scripture is fundamentally transformed when we read every word through the lens of Jesus crucified.

MEGHAN LARISSA GOOD, author of The Bible Unwrapped: Making Sense of Scripture Today

An honest second look at the Sermon on the Mount.

Many of us have absorbed an image of Jesus from the culture around us. Once that sinks in everything we experience, watch, hear, or read only serves to reinforce what we think we already know about him. There is so much more to the story though. If you are interested in exploring Jesus' teaching, read Dirt and Stardust and see that you are a part of what is good about both the dirt under your feet and the cosmos above your head. You are invited into a story much bigger than you were perhaps first told about.

In his exploration of the Sermon on the Mount, Jeremy restores a tired conversation from its latest version (‘Everything is terrible, including you!’) to its earliest incantation (‘You’re loved’). . . . Stars and dust are not objects to be managed or maligned—it’s what we’re made of. Jeremy does a fine job of reminding us of humanity’s sacred roots while inviting us to live into our indestructible destiny.

JOE MANAFO, Chief Creative Officer, Listenology

With scholarship and logic, Jeremy Duncan has given us written permission to consider new possibilities, new futures for just about everything, because what Jesus told us is true for just about everything. If you want to try at least to ‘suspend your disbelief’ that we have indeed been paid the intolerable compliment that God loves us because of Jesus, then this book is for you.

BERNARD LAWRENCE POTVIN, Adjunct Professor, University of Calgary

Journal Project Season 10

Every year we produce a journal for the Commons community that signals our intention to be thoughtful about what we do together, to take notice of what happens inside of us, to preserve what we hear and think.

This Journal Project has information about who we are as a community and resources for those looking to connect at Commons. It also lays out our entire teaching schedule for the coming year with space to takes notes each weekend. Journals are available at the Connection Centre for free every Sunday or you can download a digital edition right now. If you would like a copy mailed to you just click the button and fill out the linked form.

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