Ministry that feels honest, hopeful, and doable.
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These books are written for those who want to rebuild trust, restore health, launch a new expression of faith, and take Bible study to the next level.
Featured Books
Reframe Church resources grow out of lived experience, prayerful discernment, and deep pastoral care.
Why are people leaving the church - and why are so many leaders exhausted?
This is a hopeful, practical guide for churches ready to move beyond survival and rediscover their true purpose. With warmth, honesty, and real-world insight, Jim Cedar invites leaders and congregations to reimagine church as a place of belonging, healing, and authentic faith.
This book helps churches realign their mission, rebuild trust, and create communities where people don’t just attend - but truly stay.
Author’s Heart
Jim Cedar writes from lived experience - as a leader who has walked through ministry transition, organizational change, and spiritual renewal. His heart is to see churches move from fear to faith, from maintenance to mission, and from exhaustion to hope.
What happens after someone walks away from church - but not from God?
This is a deeply personal and compassionate story of walking away from the Church - and finding the courage to return. Written from Jim Cedar’s own journey through disillusionment, grief, and spiritual rebuilding, this book creates space for those who feel torn between faith and the pain they’ve experienced in religious spaces.
This isn’t a story of “going back to how things were.” It’s a story of coming home differently. If you’ve ever wondered whether faith can survive heartbreak, this book is for you.
Author’s Heart
Jim Cedar writes not as an expert on pain - but as someone who has lived it. His heart is to walk alongside others who are finding their way back to faith in a new, healthier way - without pressure, shame, or judgment.
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What if church didn’t start with a building, but with a table?
This is a practical and visionary guide for launching faith communities in everyday spaces - bars, coffee shops, restaurants, breweries, and other third places where real life already happens. This book offers a bold yet grounded pathway to reimagine church as relational, incarnational, and deeply rooted in grace.
Blending theology, strategy, and lived stories, Jim Cedar equips readers to create welcoming communities for those who would never walk into a traditional church.
Author’s Heart
Jim Cedar writes from lived experience, creating faith communities in places where people already gather. His passion is to help the Church rediscover its missionary calling - to go, to listen, and to love - where life is actually lived.
What if discipleship didn’t require a church building - but a shared life?
This is a deeply theological yet profoundly practical guide to growing in Christ in the ordinary places of everyday life. Rooted in theology and grace-filled discipleship, this book invites readers to rediscover formation as a way of life rather than a church program.
Blending sacred rhythms, relational leadership, and Spirit-led practices, Jim Cedar offers a pathway for nurturing authentic faith in spaces where people already belong - forming communities of grace, healing, and transformation.
Author’s Heart
Jim Cedar writes as a spiritual guide and practitioner, forming disciples in everyday places. His heart is to see people grow in grace, rooted in Christ, and transformed by the Spirit - wherever life is lived.
Bible Studies
What if your questions about the Bible aren’t a threat to your faith - but the beginning of a deeper one?
We invite readers into a thoughtful, grace-filled exploration of Scripture - its origins, purpose, and reliability - without fear, defensiveness, or pressure. Written for those who have wrestled with doubt, confusion, or tension between faith and culture, this book offers a safe space to engage the Bible with both honesty and hope.
This isn’t about blind belief; it’s about faith that can hold questions and still trust God. You don’t have to choose between your mind and your faith.
Author’s Heart
Jim Cedar writes as a pastor and guide who believes faith grows stronger when it is honest. His heart is to help people rediscover the Bible - not as a weapon or a rulebook - but as a living story of God’s grace and love.
What if spiritual growth wasn’t about trying harder - but about opening deeper?
This is an invitation into a slower, richer, and more intentional way of living with God. Rooted in grace and shaped by sacred rhythms, this book guides readers into practices that form the heart, renew the soul, and anchor faith in everyday life.
Through gentle teaching, reflection, and spiritual practices, Jim Cedar invites you to move beyond spiritual striving and into a life of presence, purpose, and grace.
Author’s Heart
Jim Cedar writes as a spiritual guide who believes that transformation happens slowly, deeply, and by grace. His heart is to help others discover a faith that is sustainable, healing, and rooted in God’s presence..