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In a world marked by anxiety, division, exhaustion, and uncertainty, many people sense that something essential is missing beneath the surface of modern life. Techniques abound, opinions multiply, and information overflows — yet stability, meaning, and wholeness remain elusive. Christianity as Foundation explores the Christian faith not as an ideology to defend or a system to manage, but as a grounding reality — a foundation capable of forming mature, healthy lives in a fractured world. Drawing from decades of ministry experience in parish life, prison ministry, hospice care, and ...

Learning to See with Faith: More Than Just Optimism explores the quiet, transformative work of faith as a way of seeing the world truthfully and lovingly—especially when certainty is elusive and outcomes remain unresolved. Rather than equating faith with positive thinking or religious certainty, this study invites readers into a deeper vision shaped by humility, endurance, community, suffering, and love. Drawing on Scripture, pastoral experience, prison ministry, hospice work, long marriages marked by illness, and ordinary moments of grace, the author shows how faith matures not by ...

What if the faith you started with was never meant to last? In The Faith I Did Not Start With, priest and chaplain Geoffrey Schmitt tells the story of a faith that had to be dismantled before it could become real. This is not a story of rebellion or abandonment, but of maturation—where borrowed belief gives way to truth, truth alone proves insufficient, and faith is slowly re-formed through encounter, loss, love, and presence. Schmitt writes candidly about early disillusionment, a profound encounter with God, a call to ministry, and the long road of formation that followed. Seminary study...

Walking Alone in Community: The Paradox of Faith explores one of the quiet tensions at the heart of the Christian life: faith is deeply personal, yet never meant to be lived in isolation. Drawing from Scripture, prison ministry, hospice chaplaincy, aging, suffering, and decades of pastoral walking, Geoffrey Schmitt guides readers along roads where solitude and companionship meet. From the Emmaus road to prison walls, from Communion to grief, from listening to responsibility, this book names what many feel but rarely articulate: some stretches of faith must be walked alone — and yet none ...

The Ministry of Touch: Faith You Can Feel explores one of the most overlooked yet powerful dimensions of Christian faith: embodied presence. Drawing on decades of pastoral ministry in parishes, prisons, hospitals, hospice care, and retreat settings, Geoffrey Schmitt invites readers to rediscover how God works through hands, proximity, restraint, and sacrament. From holding a trembling hand to anointing with oil, from baptismal water to bread broken in communion, this book traces how grace is not only believed—but felt. With honesty and reverence, Schmitt also addresses necessary ...

The Beauty of Truth with Grace is a reflective Christian work that explores how faith is lived—not loudly or triumphantly, but faithfully, patiently, and beautifully. Through Scripture, personal stories, poetry, and gentle spiritual practices, Geoffrey Schmitt invites readers to consider a deeper kind of beauty: beauty shaped by honesty, humility, endurance, and love. Drawing from ministry in prisons, hospice care, aging, loss, and long companionship, the book resists urgency and argument in favor of presence and trust. This is a book for those who are tired of noise, wary of easy answers...

Starting with Scripture: A New Christian’s Guide to the Bible is a warm, practical companion for anyone beginning their journey with God’s Word. Rather than overwhelming you with academic details or rigid expectations, this guide gently walks you through: Understanding what the Bible is—and why it matters Choosing a translation that fits your life Using free tools like BibleGateway and Bible apps Finding reading plans that work for real people Listening for God’s voice, not just reading for information Growing in community through Bible study groups and friendships Embracing the ...

The Narrow Way is a journey through Scripture and life, tracing the path Jesus described: “small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life.” From Abraham leaving Ur to Daniel in Babylon, from Elijah on Mount Carmel to the thief on the cross, each story shows how God calls His people to trust Him when the world offers easier, broader roads. Woven with the author’s own stories of ministry, loss, and grace, this study reminds us that the narrow way is not about scarcity or rigidity, but about fullness — the inner space of the heart finally filled by God. Though the way is ...

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 ...

Prayers of the Faithful: Great Prayers in the Bible invites readers into the prayer lives of Scripture’s most faithful voices. From David’s cries of repentance to Mary’s song of praise, from Jesus’ night in Gethsemane to Paul’s bold intercession, each chapter explores a prayer that still resonates today. Combining Scripture, teaching, poetry, and personal reflection, this book is a guide to deeper intimacy with God—through the prayers of those who have gone before us.

Wilderness, Exile, and Return: A Biblical Journey of Transformation By The Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt Life’s spiritual journey rarely follows a straight path. Instead, Scripture shows us a deeper, richer pattern: seasons of wilderness, exile, and return. In these sacred cycles, God shapes, refines, and restores His people—not once, but again and again. p In Wilderness, Exile, and Return, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt invites you into a profound exploration of this biblical journey of transformation. Drawing from personal experiences, biblical stories, and practical wisdom, each chapter ...

What if the voice of God has been calling you all along—and you just didn’t recognize it? Called by Name: Hearing God’s Voice Through the Noise is a gentle yet powerful guide to discovering the ways God calls us—not just once, but over a lifetime. Drawing from biblical examples, personal testimony, and decades of ministry, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Schmitt invites readers into a deeper understanding of vocation as relationship, not just assignment. From Abraham’s first step into the unknown to Paul’s dramatic conversion, from prison ministry to pastoral burnout, this book explores how ...

The Long Work of God is a reflective journey through faith formed not in moments of intensity, but over decades of living, loving, losing, and remaining faithful. Drawing on a lifetime of parish ministry, prison work, hospice chaplaincy, marriage, suffering, and accompaniment, Geoffrey Schmitt explores how God patiently shapes the human heart through ordinary days, detours, limits, and quiet endurance. Rather than offering quick answers or dramatic conversions, this book honors a slower, deeper formation—one marked by presence rather than proof. Through personal stories and pastoral ...

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.

Hidden in the Heart: Learning God’s Word for Life is a warm and practical Bible study designed to help readers memorize, understand, and live some of the most important verses in Scripture. Through eighteen carefully chosen passages—from Genesis to Revelation—this study blends teaching, meditation, reflection, poetry, and prayer into a journey of spiritual formation. Each chapter invites readers to slow down, breathe deeply, and let God’s Word sink gently into the soul. With personal stories from decades of ministry, caregiving, prison outreach, and early-morning writing, Geoffrey ...

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 ...

The God Who Waits: Divine Patience with Our Wandering and Growth explores a truth many believers struggle to trust: God is not in a hurry. Drawing from Scripture, pastoral ministry, prison ministry, grief, discernment, and decades of lived faith, Geoffrey Schmitt reflects on how God waits with us — not out of indifference, but out of love. This book addresses the places where waiting feels hardest: weakness, wandering, delay, learning, silence, refinement, aging, grief, and calling. Rather than offering techniques for waiting better, The God Who Waits invites readers to see God more ...

Set Apart for Love: Why God Calls Us to Be Holy reframes holiness as a life shaped by grace rather than perfection. Drawing on Scripture, pastoral experience, prison ministry, aging, suffering, and everyday faith, this study invites readers to see holiness as relational, compassionate, and deeply human. Through twelve chapters, readers are guided from God’s holiness to Spirit-led transformation, ordinary faithfulness, shared community, compassion, and finally a life offered in love. Written with warmth, honesty, and humility, this book speaks to seekers, longtime believers, and anyone ...

Courage to Be Gentle: Where Strength Meets Compassion explores the paradox at the heart of Christian character: that true strength is revealed not through force, but through restraint, kindness, presence, and love. Drawing from Scripture, pastoral ministry, prison work, marriage, aging, and personal stories, Geoffrey Schmitt invites readers to rediscover courage as something quiet and enduring. Each chapter offers reflection, prayer, poetry, and practical practices for living with strength shaped by compassion. This book is written for those who are weary of loud strength and longing for ...

Kindness rarely makes headlines, yet it remains one of the most powerful forces in the world. In The Quiet Strength of Kindness, Geoffrey Schmitt weaves together Scripture, personal stories, pastoral wisdom, Kairos prison ministry experiences, and gentle reflections to reveal how small acts of compassion can shape souls in lasting ways. Across ten chapters, readers are invited to explore kindness that costs something, kindness that listens, kindness that heals, kindness that shows up, and kindness received as a grace from God. With Poems, Meditations, Prayers, and Smithy’s Forge practices...