Nathan was different and Sally knew it.
From his early childhood, Nathan was bursting with creativity and uncontainable energy, struggling not only with learning issues but also with anxiety and OCD. He saw the world through his own unique lens-one that often caused him to be labeled as "bad," "troubled," or someone in need of "fixing."

Bravely choosing to listen to her motherly intuition rather than the loud voices of the world, Sally dared to believe that Nathan’s differences could be part of an intentional design from a loving Creator with a plan for his life. She trusted that the things that made him different were the very things that could make him great.

Join Sally and Nathan as they share their stories from a personal perspective as mother and son. If you are in need of help and hope in your own journey with an outside-the-box child, or if you’re an adult trying to make sense of your differences, you’ll find deep insight, resonance, and encouragement in the pages of this book. Dare to love and nurture the "different" one in your life. Saber más

Scripture is saturated with stories of people who didn’t quite fit the mold of the world around them: outside-the-box heroes.
It’s obvious that when God wanted to write His story, He used people who were just a little different. Continuing the conversation started with Sally and Nathan Clarkson in Different, Sally and her son Joel now journey through the Bible as they bring a fresh perspective on twelve of these Scriptures-showing that God can use anyone for the glory of His Kingdom. Every person is a piece that can fit into the puzzle of God’s beautiful design, regardless of his or her background, personality, or situation in life.

Discover how you, too, can fit into this story-the story that began with people like David, Ruth, Joseph, and Elijah and continues on in your life as you walk with God. Let these different types of heroes show you the way to the abundant joy of God’s unbounded Kingdom. Saber más

Discover the faith-growing, relationship-building power of coming together around the table.
Food and meals have great significance in the Bible. Jesus ushered in His ministry by providing new wine-the best of wine-at a wedding feast. The final evening before Jesus was going to be crucified, He strategically set the stage to share His most profound messages with His inner circle during a meal. In this companion guide to The Lifegiving Table, Sally, Joel, and Joy Clarkson take you on a journey through twelve meals in Scripture, each outlining a different way that God provides for us and draws us into relationship with Him.

Join Sally and her family in this guided experience (for individuals or groups) to discover how food, faith, and Scripture can come together in your everyday life-becoming the means of passing on God’s love and truth to each person who breaks bread with you. Saber más

Make your table a delightful, lifegiving space where your family and friends long to be-where they will find rest, renewal, inspiration, and a loving welcome.
When Sally Clarkson sets a table in her home, it’s more than just a place and a time to eat and run. It’s an opportunity to gather as family and friends to connect and commune, to open children’s hearts to lively discussions that will feed their faith, and to enjoy the beauty and bounty of God’s creation.

In The Lifegiving Table, bestselling author Sally Clarkson shares her family stories of table talk and faith-shaped conversations, as well as her favorite recipes and practical ideas, all drawn from over thirty years of parenting and ministry. You’ll discover why the table is a place of belonging and anticipation where we break bread together to receive both food and faith for our lives, and where we open our hearts to savor the love of God. You’ll also find a feast of ways to grow in faith and draw closer to the people you love around the table you set in your home.

From the flap (HC edition):
Days before converging on our home for a family gathering this summer, both of our sons called me.
"Mama, I can hardly wait to get there."
"What is your favorite expectation about coming home?" I asked each of them.
Both boys answered with almost the same words, even though they were now separated by two thousand miles! "It is the feasting every night around the table with delicious home-cooked food, being each other’s best friends, talking about every possible subject and sharing in each other’s lives . . . that is my favorite part. I need my people. I want a place to belong."

It’s no accident that they feel this way. Creating a lifegiving table in their home was a priority for Sally and Clay Clarkson from the very beginning, and they put effort and intention into making it happen.

In The Lifegiving Table, join Sally as she shares the lessons she and her family cultivated carefully through years of sitting down together; cooking, baking, and preparing meals; and practicing the disciplines of teaching manners and fostering conversation.

You’ll discover the legacy of creating a lifegiving table in your own home, as you knit your hearts together to form tight bonds that will not easily be broken. Saber más

At the heart of this book is a fundamental truth many Christian parenting books overlook-the life of God.
The Lifegiving Parent is about what we did to bring God’s life into our home for our children to see and believe. That’s what it means to be lifegiving parents-to introduce our children to the living God of Scripture and to give them the life that we have found in Him.

We offer no special or secret formula that will make you a successful Christian parent, and we would counsel you to avoid any parenting book that does. We offer only our personal experience and insights, and the promise that God’s grace will be in abundant supply for anything you decide to do, by faith, to become a lifegiving parent for your children.

That will be the real story of this book-how God comes alive in your family.

-Clay and Sally Clarkson Saber más

Bring the life of God into your home.
Christian parenting is not meant to be a solo or silo experience. If we’re honest, as parents we can all worry about how we are parenting and if we’re doing enough.

Clay and Sally Clarkson understand. As parents of four grown children- each with a unique personality and gifts-they have learned (sometimes the hard way!) that shaping a heart begins by fostering a deep, thoughtful relationship with each child at home.

In this companion resource to The Lifegiving Parent, you will discover through Scripture, discussion questions, and prayer prompts the tools and wisdom you need to create a home where your children will experience the living God in your family.

Let Clay and Sally be your guides in this experience (for individuals or groups) that will change you, your children, and even generations of your family yet to come. Open the doors, windows, and vents of your home to let in the love, light, and life of God. Saber más

Discover the gift of friendship!
In a time when many women feel lonely and isolated, Girls’ Club calls us to embrace the delight and comfort that can be found in life-giving friendships with women- and to cultivate relationships that not only offer emotional affirmation and acceptance, but also inspire, educate, and stretch us to live out our God-given potential.

Told through stories and encouragement based on the authors’ experiences-Sally, a seasoned mother and well beloved author; her daughter Sarah, an Oxford scholar and new mother; and her youngest daughter Joy, a professional young woman pursuing her doctorate-Girls’ Club will speak to the importance of cultivating deep and lasting friendship at every stage in life. Join Sally, Sarah, and Joy as they explore the power, difficulties, potential, beauty, and satisfaction of friendships that help us live purposeful, Godly lives and that satisfy our longing for meaningful and intimate companionship.

Also available: The Girls’ Club Experience (9781496436115), a companion guide to help women plant and deepen the roots of friendship. Saber más

Learn how to make your friendships grow!
Friendship is one of the sweetest gifts of life. Girls’ Club Experience, a companion to Girls’ Club by Sally, Sarah, and Joy Clarkson, is a guidebook for women of all ages who want to cultivate deeper, more satisfying friendships. Believing that friendship must be cultivated like a garden, the authors have compiled seeds and tools-discussion questions and fun, practical exercises-to help readers start planting.

Whether you work through the book with a current friend, a new friend, or a group of friends, the chapters, discussion questions, and exercises will draw you into deeper knowledge and trust of one another. Saber más

This collection of lifegiving titles offers a great value and includes three books: The Lifegiving Home by Sally and Sarah Clarkson, The Lifegiving Table by Sally Clarkson, and The Lifegiving Parent by Clay and Sally Clarkson.

The Lifegiving Home
Every day of your family’s life can be as special and important to you as it already is to God. In this unique book designed to help your family enjoy and celebrate every month of the year, you’ll discover the secrets of a life-giving home from a mother who created one and her daughter who was raised in it.

The Lifegiving Table
In The Lifegiving Table, Sally shares her own family stories, favorite recipes, and practical ideas to help you get closer to the people you love . . . and to help you grow in faith together..

The Lifegiving Parent
The key to shaping a heart begins at home as you foster a deep and thoughtful God-infused relationship with each child. Filled with biblical insight and classic Clarkson stories, The Lifegiving Parent will equip you with the tools and wisdom you need to give your children much more than just a good Christian life. You’ll give them the life of Christ. Saber más