What can a tree teach you about your faith? As it turns out - everything.

Rooted in Christ: Spiritual Lessons from the Trees was born from two moments of divine inspiration: a walk through the ancient Botanical Gardens in Cambridge, and a revelation on a dusty road in Ghana, where trees that appeared completely dead were quietly bearing fresh fruit at the top. Out of those moments came a word that runs through every page of this book: You thought it was dead - but there is still life.

Drawing on the rich biblical tradition of trees as spiritual metaphors, Rev. Dr. Marcia Neveu takes readers on a fifteen-chapter devotional journey through some of the most searching questions of the Christian life. How deep are your roots? What kind of wildlife are you attracting? Can you still grow in a desert season? Are your branches strong enough to bear the fruit God has placed on them?

Each chapter weaves together Scripture, pastoral teaching, real-life reflection, and practical application - making this book equally powerful for personal devotion, small group study, and ministerial formation. Themes include spiritual rootedness, seasons of pruning, loneliness in community, standing alone in faith, desert seasons, spiritual fruitfulness, diversity in the body of Christ, discernment, and the eternal promise of the Tree of Life.

This is a book for every season: for those who are flourishing, for those who feel pruned back to nothing, and for those who are convinced that what God planted in them is dead - and need to be reminded that it is not.

Stay rooted. Keep growing. Flourish in Him.