Mommy, Please Don't Cry
by Linda DeYmaz
Multnomah/Random House, 1996
Mommy, Please Don't Cry is an anointed resource providing hope and comfort for parents who grieve the loss of a child. Serene illustrations frame gentle words that describe heaven from a child's perspective. With room for the reader's personal reflections at the end of the book, every page is a poignant gift of hope and healing. "Our stories are all different, but our pain is the same," writes Linda. "We are mothers who will forever grieve the loss of our children. And yet, there is hope for our troubled souls." The book was borne from Linda’s own experience resulting from the death of her daughter, Alexandra Grace DeYmaz, delivered stillborn on Easter morning, 1995. A Retailer's Choice Nominee in 2004, Mommy, Please Don't Cry has sold some 100,000 copies to date.
Building a Healthy Multi-ethnic Church
by Mark DeYmaz
Jossey-Bass/Leadership Network, 2007
Building a Healthy Multi-ethnic Church provides the Biblical mandate for the multi-ethnic church and outlines seven core commitments required to bring it about. In 2008, the book was chosen as a finalist for a Christianity Today Book of the Year Award and for a Resource of the Year Award sponsored by Outreach Magazine, nominated in both cases in the Pastoral Leadership category.
Ethnic Blends: Mixing Diversity Into Your Local Church
by Mark DeYmaz and Harry Li
Zondervan/Leadership Network, 2010
Increasingly, church leaders are recognizing the intrinsic power and beauty of the multi-ethnic church. Yet more than a good idea, it's a biblical, first-century standard with far-reaching evangelistic potential. How can your church overcome the obstacles in order to become a healthy, fruitful multi-ethnic church of faith? And why should you even try? In Ethnic Blends, DeYmaz and Li provide an up-close and personal look at seven common challenges to mixing diversity into your local church. Through real-life stories and practical illustrations, learn how to overcome the obstacles in order to build a healthy multi-ethnic church.
Outreach Magazine
Ethnic Blends (a column in each issue)
by Mark DeYmaz
In each issue and every column, DeYmaz provides lessons learned and best practices for local churches seeking to reflect the kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven, for the sake of the Gospel, in an increasingly diverse and cynical society. To read past columns, click the links above, on the right.