Neta Jackson Books in Order

Dave and Neta Jackson explore Christian communal living through their own household experiments and visits to emerging communities. Their account asks how shared resources and closer relationships might answer the isolation they encountered in ordinary church life.

This history traces the first thirty years of Reba Place Fellowship and its church community. Dave and Neta Jackson combine historical narrative with interviews, showing how the people involved worked to put Christian communal ideals into practice.

Neta Jackson offers a Bible study about the nature of human relationships and the difficulties that strain them. Readers work through ways to build relationships and address problems, approaching everyday connections through the Christian call to love.

Brother Andrew considers what makes a true hero when public leaders disappoint. Biblical figures and encounters with Christians serving under persecution provide examples of courage, asking readers to reconsider the people and qualities they choose to admire.

Eighty Bible stories introduce children to people and places in Scripture through retellings and illustrations. The collection gives families a way to share biblical narratives with young listeners, bringing familiar events into a format suited to children.

Fifteen stories drawn from Martyrs Mirror revisit Anabaptist believers persecuted in the sixteenth century. Told through different witnesses' perspectives, they explore costly religious convictions, while discussion questions connect these historical accounts with questions of faith in the present.

Animal characters encounter the everyday difficulties of friendship in this collection of children's stories. Their mistakes and disagreements introduce young readers to getting along with others, using the familiar behavior of pets to explore Christian lessons about relationships.

Siamese Cat dismisses Alley Cat because of her appearance and unusual behavior. Black Cat must decide whether to accept that prejudice or get to know her for herself, in a story accompanied by biblical reflection and discussion questions.

A puppy struggles with jealousy when his closest friend gives attention to others. This animal story explores the difficulty of sharing friendship, with a Bible verse and discussion questions helping children talk about possessiveness and getting along.

Stories of nurses serving in Christ's name bring together experiences of Mennonite nursing and medical mission work. The collection marks the Mennonite Nurses Association's fiftieth anniversary, focusing on the people whose care makes faith part of their profession.

Jocko the parrot speaks the truth without considering how his words hurt the other pet-shop animals. His blunt remarks create a problem that introduces children to the difference between honesty and cruelty, and the importance of speaking kindly.

Howard and Wanda Jones examine the pressures facing African American families and their hopes for the future. Written with Dave and Neta Jackson, the book approaches family struggles from a Christian perspective shaped by the Black community's experience.

Kenneth Schemmer examines medical ethics with Dave and Neta Jackson, questioning how far medicine should reshape human life. Organ transplants, prolonged life support, and healthcare organization become tests of the limits society places on treatment and intervention.

Eight furry and feathered characters introduce children to the pleasures and difficulties of getting along. Their adventures turn animal behavior into lessons about friendship, giving young readers stories through which to consider how they treat the people around them.

Seventh-grader Drea Thomas joins a campaign to raise ten thousand dollars and save her school's extracurricular activities. With her enemy Arlene involved, the fundraising effort becomes another test of how Drea handles rivalry while working toward a shared goal.

Drea faces Arlene's dirty tricks during the Christmas season, putting a strain on what should be a happy time. This Secret Adventures story follows her struggle to look beyond the rivalry and understand what Christmas means.

Thirteen-year-old Drea's exciting weekend plans fall apart when she has to babysit Rebecca and Matt instead. The unwelcome change forces her to confront responsibility, in a Secret Adventures story about balancing personal wishes with obligations to other people.

Drea Thomas runs against her enemy Arlene for seventh-grade class president. As the contest heats up, she worries that she is adopting the very dishonest tactics she dislikes, making the election a test of her own integrity.

Career counselor John Bradley identifies five phases of adult working life when people can reassess their direction. Written with Dave and Neta Jackson, this guide explores evaluating personal strengths and changing course after years in an unsuitable occupation.

Real couples describe rebuilding marriages that seemed beyond repair after years of conflict. Their stories follow the work of learning to communicate, forgive, and change, offering a Christian account of how damaged relationships can regain trust and intimacy.

Brief biographies and three true stories each introduce fifteen Christian figures, including Harriet Tubman, John Wesley, and Amy Carmichael. Designed for elementary-age children and families, the readings connect historical lives with questions of character and lived faith.

This second collection introduces fifteen Christian figures through biographies and forty-five true stories. Florence Nightingale, Corrie ten Boom, and John Newton are among the subjects, whose experiences give children and families examples for discussing faith and character.

Kevin Leman's twelve-lesson parenting course explores birth order, healthy parental authority, and raising children with both affection and boundaries. Developed with Dave and Neta Jackson, it gives parents a structured way to consider the habits shaping their family life.

Fifteen Christian figures receive brief biographies and three true stories each in this third family collection. Subjects including Billy Graham, Lottie Moon, and Brother Andrew introduce children to different expressions of faith through historical and missionary lives.

Basketball coach Ricky Byrdsong draws on his coaching career to consider how parents build a strong family. Sports experiences become lessons about teamwork, discipline, tolerance, and love, with advice framed around helping children navigate the larger game of life.

The murder of basketball coach Ricky Byrdsong leads Dave and Neta Jackson to investigate the white supremacist movement behind his killer. Their account contrasts Byrdsong's faith and relationships across racial boundaries with the hatred that brought their lives together.

Jodi Baxter reluctantly attends a Chicago women's conference and joins a prayer group of twelve women with very different backgrounds. As their friendship continues beyond the event, a personal crisis challenges her comfortable understanding of faith, grace, and community.

Grandma Aggie rides her bicycle past people of different ages and temperaments, offering blessings as she goes. Her playful encounters invite children to think about seeing others through God's eyes and what it means to wish someone well.

More than two hundred accounts introduce Christians who faced suffering because of their faith across history. Dave and Neta Jackson collect these lives as a reference for readers and church groups considering courage, persecution, and the costs of religious commitment.

A knife-wielding intruder disrupts the Yada Yada prayer group while Jodi Baxter is recovering from a car accident. Accusations, racial tensions, and wounded pride then threaten the women's friendships, forcing them to confront difficult questions about forgiveness.

Jodi Baxter hopes for a quiet new year, but a prayer sister moves upstairs and the woman who robbed their group returns. Continuing guilt over an accident adds pressure as Jodi confronts the uncomfortable demands of forgiveness.

The Yada Yada sisters celebrate a year together, only to face a white supremacist group's violence against Nony's husband. With his life in danger, their friendships and shared prayers are tested by fear, hatred, and racial tension.

Sixty daily devotions draw on the first three Yada Yada novels to explore grace, forgiveness, and redemption. Excerpts, personal reflections, Scripture, and prayer prompts accompany space for readers to record their own responses and develop a regular prayer practice.

Jodi Baxter keeps accepting responsibilities while her prayer sisters face pregnancy complications, family troubles, and racial tensions. As their needs multiply, her urge to fix everything leaves her exhausted and challenges the way she understands helping others.

Jodi Baxter anticipates family visits and holiday celebrations with her prayer sisters. A troubling encounter with a former student, a crime, and an unexpected wedding interrupt the festivities, bringing new demands into the group's Thanksgiving-to-New-Year season.

A devastating fire unsettles Jodi Baxter and her prayer sisters as grief, illness, a teenage breakup, and a possible prison sentence test their families. The women must support one another while facing changes they cannot control.

Forty-two family readings introduce Black Christian figures through brief biographies and true stories. From Harriet Tubman to Martin Luther King Jr., the accounts connect historical lives with questions of courage, faith, and perseverance for younger readers.

Gabby Fairbanks finds purpose working at a Chicago women's shelter after moving for her husband's career. When Philip demands she quit or lose her marriage and sons, her new friendships and growing faith face a difficult test.

Locked out by her husband and separated from her sons, Gabby Fairbanks takes refuge at the shelter where she works. Caring for her mother while pursuing custody becomes harder when an intruder brings unwanted public attention.

An unexpected windfall gives Gabby Fairbanks hope of creating a home for homeless mothers and children. But her estranged husband's request for money to cover gambling debts threatens the stability she has worked to rebuild.

Gabby Fairbanks has built a new life and helped establish House of Hope for homeless families. When her estranged husband returns seeking another chance, she must weigh renewed trust against the possibility of a different future.

Kat Davies invites a homeless mother and child into her shared apartment and throws herself into a church food pantry. Opposition to the project, household tensions, and complicated feelings for her housemate challenge her eager approach to helping.

As a teenager in the 1940s, Cindy flees a Michigan migrant camp after a death and falls into a life of secrets. Decades later, homeless Chicago resident Lucy Tucker forms new connections before suddenly disappearing.

New Christian Kat Davies leaves medical school and her wealthy family for Chicago, where she joins a multicultural church. Her outspoken enthusiasm clashes with reserved school principal Avis Douglass, whose own work and family troubles are mounting.

Harry Bentley is pulled out of retirement for an undercover assignment aboard a cross-country train. A suspected smuggling operation becomes personal when connections to his neighborhood and his son's troubles threaten to complicate the investigation.

After a broken engagement and exhausting concert travel, Christian singer Grace Meredith returns to Chicago uncertain about her future. A blizzard keeps her home, where unexpected connections with neighbors challenge her isolation and troubled sense of faith.

More than two hundred devotional stories revisit Christians who endured hardship, persecution, and martyrdom. Dave and Neta Jackson connect these historical accounts with everyday choices, inviting readers to consider courage, sacrificial love, and perseverance in frightening circumstances.

The Jaspers juggle demanding jobs, church commitments, and three teenagers on Chicago's Beecham Street. As their efforts to do good begin creating crises at home, they must reconsider how they spend their time and support their family.

Greg Singer's demanding work strains his marriage to Nicole, who starts noticing a neighboring lawyer. When recession threatens his industry, Greg treats the crisis as a promise of prosperity, putting his choices and their relationship under pressure.

A proposal for a neighborhood group home divides Beecham Street while threats to Harry Bentley's family add further strain. As a historic blizzard disrupts a wedding and endangers a pregnant woman, neighbors face urgent reasons to cooperate.

Celebrations and recipes from the Yada Yada novels become practical ideas for gatherings throughout the year. The collection brings the characters' food and festive traditions into settings such as family occasions, church events, and small groups.

Widowed Maggie Cooper decides to take the motorcycle sidecar journey she and her husband had planned. With her dog beside her, family resistance and an unexpected runaway complicate a trip through places tied to their shared past.