Authors

Spiritual Books by Members of Rise Church


Note: If you’ve written a spiritual book and would like it included in this list, please send the title, publisher, and date of publication to Dave Eastman.


Titles below are arranged by publication date, beginning with the most recent.

About the Book

Does it seem too difficult to live up to the world’s standard of being great? Self-esteem cannot be based on the world’s standard, but on what God thinks of us. He helps us by telling us who we are through Him. This is how we develop an accurate assessment of ourselves.


About the Author

Kathy Sebo, a licensed clinical social worker, has helped many families, children, and adults over her thirty-year career. She has presented a variety of workshops around the Midwest. She currently works in a private practice and has based her book on years of observing wrong thinking. She hopes that through God’s scriptures, she can help others change their thoughts of their worth.

About the Book

Hannah Hayes spent years asking Christians just one question “If you were to convince someone of God’s existence equipped with just one story from your life … what would you share?”

A variety of stories poured forth ranging from heartwarming to heartbreaking. The unifying factor through every story was God, God, and God. His love, His ways, His solutions.


About the Author

Hannah Hayes is a Christian young professional from the Indianapolis area. She spent years searching for inspiring and uplifting stories to share in her first book Evident. She is continually in awe of the power of God and is eager to lift others up with her words.

She herself is an avid reader, constantly consuming inspirational books and is excited to contribute her own work to the reading world!

Hannah loves connecting with readers and learning about how the stories in Evident impacted their lives. She herself has found great strength from the events that are chronicled within her book. Lessons surrounding turning to God in the midst of life's most challenging moments and finding peace. If you found spiritual strength from Evident, please let her know today!

About the Book

A compilation of over 300 ancient and new proverbs to learn from.


About the Author

Steve & Tresanay Cannon have served in the full-time ministry for over 25 years. Steve received his Bachelor of science in Education from ISU, while Tresanay studied Criminal Justice at Ball State University. Both received certificates of Biblical Studies while serving as missionaries in London, England, and have served in ministries throughout the U.S. as well. Married since 1986, they have three adult children.

About the Book

In worship we embrace the transcendent; we acknowledge that there is something other, something holy, something greater than us that gives our lives meaning and purpose, filling us with hope in an often-hopeless world. Worship is a part of our spiritual DNA, and when we neglect it, or ignore it, or minimize its importance, we do so to our own spiritual, psychological, and possibly eternal detriment. This book is a call to study and understand, but more than that, it is a call to take our corporate and personal worship of the Almighty to places we have never been.


About the Author

Dave became a disciple in 1976 through the work of the campus ministry at the University of Florida. After receiving his Bachelor’s degree in English and completing a ministry training program, he entered the full-time ministry and has served for almost 40 years in churches all over the U.S. and Canada.

About the Book

Face to Face with God, My Best Friend will enhance your relationship with God in a fun and unique way so that you know you are valuable to God. What Father doesn't want to give great gifts to their children? Too many people in this world claim to know Him, but do not feel that true, sincere, and genuine connection. This book is like we are all sitting around a coffee table discussing our lives. It is filled with teaching, practicals, and tips to change your view on God and yourself.


About the Author

Terri is a Certified Empowerment Coach with a simple goal: she wants to coach you out of your past. Her mission is to help individuals of any age, particularly women, to release emotional triggers to find their true self, and illuminate their inner power.


Drawing on her own experiences of growing up in a dysfunctional family, surviving an abusive first marriage, dealing with substance abuse, and finally finding peace and possibility by turning her life over to God, Terri shows others how to leave their past behind and become not just survivors, but thrivers. Terri helps you love the person staring back in the mirror to become your best friend and a loud and proud TEN.

About the Book

You don't have to go very far in the Bible to address the topic of man's anger. It has been an issue ever since God created man. In fact, God only had to create four people in order to see anger surface as an everyday issue in their lives as shown with Cain and Abel. God designed you to have the capacity to experience anger to bring about change. How you handle your anger determines whether there is change or more damage. If your only examples of angry people have left you hurt, bitter, or even angry yourself, then you can learn how Godly men managed their anger such as Moses, David, Jeremiah and Nehemiah.


About the Author

Lee Boger was converted in Indianapolis as a single professional in 1982 had has served as teen leader and small group leader for both singles and marrieds, and Children's Ministry leader. Lee was appointed as an elder in December 2014 and currently shepherds the West region of the Rise Church with another elder Steve Cannon. Lee received a BSME from General Motors Institute in 1980 and a MSEE from Stanford University in 1981 and has been in the engineering field for over 40 years working in aerospace, automotive and heavy industrial industries. Since 2009, Lee also has a consulting business called Boger & Associates, LLC, where he works with defense lawyers as an expert witness in the area of crash safety litigation.

About the Book

In Acts 2, there are three words used to define supernatural works:


"Miracles" is the Greek word dunamis, defined as "power, ability, physical or moral, as residing in a person or thing." "Wonder" is the rendering of the Greek noun teras, literally, "something strange." The emphasis is on events that cause the beholder to marvel. "Signs" is the Greek word semeion. The word means sign or signal. It implies a thing which can be used for identification. The emphasis is that miracles and wonders are signs of divine authority.


"The work of God is to believe," so strap in, observe, marvel, and be prepared to believe as never before!


About the Authors

Dave Eastman became a disciple in 1976 through the work of the campus ministry at the University of Florida. After receiving his Bachelor’s degree in English and completing a ministry training program, he entered the full-time ministry and has served for almost 40 years in churches all over the U.S. and Canada.


John Oakes became a Christian while attending graduate school in 1978. John earned a Ph. D. in chemical physics in 1984 from the University of Colorado. John serves as the president of the Apologetics Research Society. 

About the Book

In this book you will be inspired to share your faith as you study scriptures and see how Jesus and the apostles shared the gospel. You will be challenged to be bold, focused, and motivated as you advance the gospel of our Lord.


In Matthew 28:18-20, Jesus tells his followers:


"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always to the very end of the age."


This is our mission and the goal of this Book.


About the Authors

Steve has served in the full-time ministry for over 25 years with his wife Tresanay. Steve received his Bachelor of science in Education from ISU and a certificate of Biblical Studies while serving as a missionary in London, England.


Eric has a deep passion for youth ministry and has worked in ministry leadership for more than decade. He and his wife, Crystal make their home in Indianapolis where Eric serves the church in their ever growing online ministries.

About the Book

Many parents give their children every opportunity to excel, yet are struggling to raise their children to love God. Besides going to church, families have lost how to engage God in their everyday life. 'But What About The Children?' reveals a dream in God's heart that goes beyond food, clothing and shelter, beyond sports, video games and school, even beyond the traditional bedtime prayer and a once-a-week Sunday school class. It tells the story of how God dreams of seeing His people raise spiritual children from their own vibrant, life changing walk with Him.


About the Author

Lee Boger was converted in Indianapolis as a single professional in 1982 had has served as teen leader and small group leader for both singles and marrieds, and Children's Ministry leader. Lee was appointed as an elder in December 2014 and currently shepherds the West region of the Rise Church with another elder Steve Cannon. Lee received a BSME from General Motors Institute in 1980 and a MSEE from Stanford University in 1981 and has been in the engineering field for over 40 years working in aerospace, automotive and heavy industrial industries. Since 2009, Lee also has a consulting business called Boger & Associates, LLC, where he works with defense lawyers as an expert witness in the area of crash safety litigation.

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