Teach Us to Want

Longing, Ambition and the Life of Faith

by Jen Pollock Michel

The Patheos Book Club features "Teach Us to Want: Longing, Ambition and the Life of Faith" by Jen Pollock Michel , an exploration of who we are when we want, and the God who gives us the desires of our hearts. | read more»

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Teach Us To Want: About the Book and Author

Jen Pollock Michel guides us on a journey of understanding who we are when we want, and reintroduces us to a God who gives us the desires of our hearts. | read more »

Delving Into Desire: A Q&A with Jen Pollock Michel

"Desire may be the very catalyst we need to move us beyond our spiritual sluggishness." | read more »

Praise for Teach Us To Want

"I've been waiting for this book for a long time." Read what author Leslie Leyland Fields and others have to say about the new book. | read more »

Teach Us To Want: Read an Excerpt

"How do we ever know when desire isn't the apple of self-actualizing promise leading us far from God? Can it ever be possible to trust our own hearts?" | read more »

Jen Pollock Michel's Blog

Found wanting? Share how your desire has played a role in your own faith journey at Jen Pollock Michel's blog here! | read more »

Transforming Our Desires

We do ourselves a great misdeed to ignore desire, to demonize it, or to attempt the impossible project of abandoning it. Here are six biblical reasons why we need desire. | read more »
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