A Fruitful Life

Discover the Path to Spiritual Growth
Jesus frequently used fruitfulness as a metaphor of growth and vitality in our faith. Just as a plant's fruitfulness reveals its health, there are spiritual characteristics that reveal our own growth and vitality.
But how do we get a life of fruitful obedience when we're exhausted, anxious, and busy? Jesus tells and shows us the way in his most famous sermon, The Sermon on the Mount. Much more than a list of rules-we discover that it's Jesus' vision of a good and fruitful life.
In their new eight-week Bible study A Fruitful Life, Ashley and Bryce Hales help readers dive deep into the Sermon on the Mount, and explore a life spent living and loving as Jesus did.
A Fruitful Life includes:
- Eight sessions for group or individual use that include access to video teaching
- Individual reflections for each day of the week for deeper study and sustained engagementA Fruitful Life isn't just about reading Scripture; it's about fully engaging with the text and seeing how God's Word can transform our daily lives.

Ashley Hales (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is editorial director, print for Christianity Today. She is the author of Finding Holy in the Suburbs and A Spacious Life, and her work focuses on the surprising and renewing work of a Christian imagination. She is a Kirby Laing Centre Academic Fellow, an advisor to the Covenant College board of trustees, and a cofounder of The Willowbrae Institute. Ashley lives on the central coast of California with her husband Bryce and their four children.
Bryce Hales (BTh, University of Glasgow) is the pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church (PCA) in San Luis Obispo, California. A cofounder of the Willowbrae Institute, he has been a pastor since 2006 and has served in college ministry and church planting in California, Utah, and Colorado. Bryce is completing his DMin at Covenant Theological Seminary, studying secularism and church leadership. He lives on the central coast of California with his wife, Ashley, and their four children.