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The Unseen Road: Walking with God in the Ordinary invites readers to discover the sacred beauty hidden in the simplest moments of life — small tasks, daily routines, quiet drives, unexpected conversations, and places that anchor the soul. Through Scripture, personal stories, reflections, poems, and gentle spiritual practices, Willingheart shows that God’s presence is not reserved for mountaintops, miracles, or extraordinary events. Instead, He walks with us in the unnoticed pathways of everyday life. This book is a gentle companion for anyone seeking peace, steadiness, and the grace of ...

Blending Scripture with personal stories of caregiving, grief, renewal, and unexpected calling, this study invites older believers to discover that God is not finished with them. Every chapter explores a new dimension of spiritual growth: renewed strength, seasoned wisdom, honest lament, gentle surrender, quiet ministry, meaningful connection, and the hope of heaven. Each section includes teaching, meditation, reflection, poetry, questions, prayer, and “Smithy’s Forge” exercises to help readers live with purpose, peace, and gratitude. This is not a book about surviving old age — it ...

The Gift of Presence: Ministry of Showing Up explores one of the simplest and most Christlike forms of ministry — the quiet power of being present. Through Scripture, pastoral teaching, personal stories, prayers, and reflection exercises, Geoffrey Schmitt guides readers into a deeper understanding of how healing, encouragement, wisdom, and love flow through steady companionship. This gentle study invites readers to slow down, listen deeply, and become a living blessing to others — not by fixing their problems, but by walking with them. Each chapter offers practical, heartfelt guidance ...

12 Steps and the Bible: Coming to Christ in Recovery is a spiritually grounded journey through the Twelve Steps, woven with Scripture, honest storytelling, and pastoral wisdom. Drawing from decades of ministry, recovery work, and Kairos Prison Ministry, Geoffrey Schmitt (Willingheart) shows how the natural movement of the Twelve Steps leads directly toward Christ—through honesty, surrender, confession, amends, prayer, and service. Each chapter includes Scripture, teaching, meditation, a personal reflection from the author’s life, a poem, questions for deeper thought, a prayer, and a “...

Pilgrimage: Walking with God through Life, Loss, and Sacred Places by Geoffrey Schmitt This book invites readers on a journey—not only across ancient trails and holy destinations, but into the deeper spiritual landscape of the soul. Blending biblical reflection, historical insight, personal storytelling, poetry, and guided questions, Pilgrimage explores both the metaphor and the practice of sacred journeying. Part One traces the inner path we walk as believers: from the initial call to follow, through wilderness and weeping, up mountaintops, and into a clearer sense of purpose. Part Two ...

Contentment: Finding Peace in Every Circumstance In a restless world that constantly urges us to chase more, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt — known to many as Willingheart — invites readers to discover the calm strength of contentment. Drawing from Scripture, personal stories, ministry experiences, and hard-won wisdom, he explores how peace can be found not in perfect conditions but in a trusting heart. Through six thoughtful chapters — The Shepherd’s Provision, The Wisdom of Enough, Learning in the Hard Places, Comparison and the Thief of Joy, The Peace of Letting Go, and The Joy of ...

Waiting on the Lord is a gentle, powerful Bible study exploring how God shapes us through the slow, quiet seasons of life. Walking with Abraham, Sarah, Joseph, David, Simeon, Anna, Jesus, the disciples, and Paul, readers discover that waiting is not wasted time—it is God’s workshop. Through Scripture, reflection, stories from Kairos ministry, and practical spiritual practices, this study helps believers trust God’s perfect timing, listen for His presence, and grow deeper in hope. A study for anyone in a season of uncertainty, silence, or longing.

Step back into the earliest centuries of Christianity and sit at the feet of those who first carried the gospel into a world hungry for truth. The Fathers Speak: Understanding Scripture with the Early Church Fathers invites readers to explore the Bible alongside the voices of the men and women who helped shape the faith in its formative years. Drawing on the wisdom of Athanasius, Augustine, Basil, Chrysostom, and many others, this study presents thirty rich, thematic chapters — each blending Scripture, a quote from the Fathers, clear teaching, meditation, personal reflection, poetry, ...

Ecclesiastes: Meaning in a Meaningless World is a journey through one of the Bible’s most enigmatic and powerful books. With poetic reflections, personal stories, and pastoral insight, Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt helps readers wrestle with life’s hardest questions: Is there purpose in my pain? Why does injustice persist? What’s the point of wisdom or work? How do we live in a world that often feels upside down? Drawing from decades of ministry and personal grief, the author guides readers toward a faith that isn’t afraid of doubt—but finds God in the middle of it. Whether you’re new to...

Apologetics: Foundations of Faith—Why We Believe explores the meeting place between belief and understanding. In a world of doubt, division, and distraction, Geoffrey Schmitt (Willingheart) offers a thoughtful and pastoral guide to defending the faith not with argument alone, but with integrity, humility, and hope. Across ten chapters, this study journeys through revelation, reason, science, morality, suffering, the witness of the Church, and the enduring evidence of hope. Drawing insight from Scripture, C. S. Lewis and the Inklings, historical theology, and the author’s own conversion ...

The Grace That Calls, The Will That Answers explores one of the greatest mysteries of the Christian faith: how God’s sovereign call meets the freedom of the human heart. Through Scripture, Church history, theology, and deeply personal stories, this book traces the divine pattern that runs through every believer’s life — God initiates, and we respond.h From the Garden of Eden to the prophets, from Jesus and Paul to the early Church and the Reformation, the Bible holds grace and human freedom together in a beautiful tension. This study shows how that tension is not a problem to solve ...

Sacred Geography: Encountering God Through the Land of the Bible By Geoffrey Schmitt What if the places of the Bible weren’t just backdrops—but invitations? From Eden to the wilderness, from Mount Sinai to Jerusalem, from exile to the quiet terrain of your own heart, this book explores how God reveals Himself in places—and how those places become holy when He is present. Blending rich biblical insight, personal stories, meditations, poetry, and questions for reflection, Sacred Geography invites readers to: Discover the spiritual meaning of key biblical landscapes Reflect on how ...

God in the City: A Biblical Vision for Urban Ministry By Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt In a world of towering skylines and crowded streets, where poverty and wealth share city blocks and cultures collide daily, what is God’s vision for the city? God in the City explores how Scripture reveals a deep concern for urban places—from the cries of Nineveh to the mission of Paul in Corinth, from Jesus’ weeping over Jerusalem to the vision of the New Jerusalem itself. Drawing on decades of pastoral ministry in cities across America, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt brings biblical insights, personal ...

The Mystic Way explores the ancient yet accessible path of living every moment in God’s presence. Through Scripture, reflection, story, meditation, and real-life encounters, Geoffrey “Willingheart” Schmitt guides readers into a deeper awareness of the God who is always near. This book reveals that mystics are not unusual heroes but ordinary believers who see with love and live with attentiveness. Both timeless and deeply personal, The Mystic Way is an invitation to discover the holy hidden in everyday life.

He was there all along. From the first breath of creation to the final cries of the prophets, the Old Testament whispers the name of Jesus. In its promises, symbols, sacrifices, and shadows, the Messiah’s story unfolds—waiting for eyes to see and hearts to understand. In Jesus in the Old Testament: Foreshadowings of the Messiah, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt guides you on a prayerful and illuminating journey through ten powerful images of Christ hidden in plain sight: The Seed in the Garden The Lamb at Passover The Rock in the Wilderness The Suffering Servant The Son of Man The Bridegroom ...

The Joy Set Before Us is a devotional Bible study exploring how joy — not stoicism or sheer willpower — is the true engine of Christian endurance. Drawing from Hebrews 12:1–2, this book traces the many ways joy sustains the believer through suffering, fellowship, peace, hope, and the finish line of faith. Through Scripture, Teaching, Meditation, Reflection, Poetry, Questions, Prayer, and the Smithy’s Forge exercises, Geoffrey Schmitt (“Willingheart”) weaves together stories from pastoral ministry, Kairos prison weekends, family life, grief, healing, and unexpected moments of ...

Mystical Encounters in the Bible: A Journey into Visions, Dreams, and Divine Encounters By The Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt What happens when the veil between heaven and earth is pulled back? When angels speak, dreams guide, and the glory of God fills the room? In When Heaven Breaks Through, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt invites you on a powerful and deeply reflective journey through the mystical encounters of the Bible—those breathtaking moments when God makes His presence known in visions, dreams, voices, and fire. From Jacob’s ladder to Ezekiel’s wheels, from Isaiah’s temple vision to ...

God’s World, Our Care: Stewardship of Earth and Life explores the biblical call to stewardship as a way of life. Beginning in Genesis, this study traces God’s covenant with creation, Jesus’ lordship over nature, and the parables that teach us to tend faithfully what we’ve been given. It emphasizes stewardship of body and soul, stewardship in our churches, and stewardship in the public sphere—from neighborhood gardens to national life. Through Scripture, reflection, poetry, and prayer, the book reminds us that stewardship is both personal and communal, practical and spiritual. ...

From Ashes to Alleluia: A Seven-Week Journey through Lent by Geoffrey Schmitt Lent begins in ashes — but it ends in light. In this seven-week devotional study, author and pastor Geoffrey Schmitt invites readers to walk the ancient road of Lent as a living journey of transformation. Each chapter combines Scripture, reflection, poem, prayer, and “Smithy’s Forge” meditation to guide the heart from repentance to resurrection. Week by week, readers move from humility to hope: Ashes — Remember you are dust, yet beloved dust. Wilderness — Tested and strengthened by grace. Crossroads ...

The Twelve Days of Christmas: Living the Gift invites readers to slow down and rediscover the sacred rhythm that begins on Christmas Day and leads to Epiphany. In twelve beautifully crafted devotional chapters, Geoffrey “Willingheart” Schmitt explores the lasting gifts Christ brings — Light, Peace, Joy, Love, Hope, Faith, Family, Worship, Service, Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Eternal Life. Blending Scripture, personal reflection, poetry, and prayer, this book helps believers carry the meaning of Christmas into the new year. Each chapter ends with questions for reflection and a “...