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The bestselling author's inspiring autobiographical account of personal pain, spiritual awakening, and divine grace.
Blending her own experiences with an intimate grasp of spirituality, Sue Monk Kidd relates the passionate and moving tale of her spiritual crisis, when life seemed to have lost meaning and her longing for a hasty escape from the pain yielded to a discipline of "active waiting."
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Rachel Held Evans is widely recognized for her theologically astute, profoundly honest, and beautifully personal books, which have guided, instructed, edified, and shaped Christians as they seek to live out a just and loving faith. At the time of her tragic death in 2019, Rachel was working on a new book about wholeheartedness. With the help of her close friend and author Jeff Chu, that work-in-progress has been woven together with some of her other...
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In the New York Times bestseller An Altar in the World, acclaimed author Barbara Brown Taylor continues her spiritual journey by building upon where she left off in Leaving Church. With the honesty of Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love) and the spiritual depth of Anne Lamott (Grace, Eventually), Taylor shares how she learned to find God beyond the church walls by embracing the sacred as a natural part of everyday life. In An Altar in the World,
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"Life presents you with various battles, ranging from health concerns, to financial challenges, or to family issues. Difficult times are often referred to as the storms of life, and weathering them on your own can be hard--or even seem impossible. Be encouraged! God did not intend for you to face life's trials alone. You can rely on Him to come alongside you and fight these battles. Joyce Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author, has helped...
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Exhausted. Overwhelmed. Overscheduled. Sound familiar? Today's velocity of life can consume and control us . . . until our breakneck pace begins to feel normal and expected. That's where the danger lies: When we spend our lives doing things that keep us busy but don't really matter, we sacrifice the things that do. What if your life could be different? What if you could be certain you were living the life God called you to live-and building a legacy...
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How do you turn your struggles into strengths? Beloved Bible teacher Sheila Walsh teaches readers how the daily spiritual practices of confession, meditation on God's Word, and prayer result in fresh freedom in Christ.
In her long-awaited new book, Sheila Walsh equips women with a practical method for connecting with God's strength in the midst of struggle. From daily frustrations that can feel like overwhelming obstacles to hard challenges that...
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"I'm really concerned about the state of the world. It feels like things are falling apart."
"I'm worried about my family's future."
"How can I stand firm in my faith in today's culture?"
Our times are turbulent ones, and questions and worries like these can haunt us and keep us awake at night. Yet is it possible that, ultimately, there is actually nothing to fear? Barry C. Black is the spiritual "leader of leaders" for the US Senate-shepherding...
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Eight concrete, well-explained choices are the foundation for this life-changing program:
1. Admitting Need – The Reality Step
2. Getting Help – The Hope Step
3. Letting Go – The Commitment Step
4. Coming Clean – The Housecleaning Step
5. Making Changes – The Transformation Step
6. Repairing Relationships – The Relationship...
1. Admitting Need – The Reality Step
2. Getting Help – The Hope Step
3. Letting Go – The Commitment Step
4. Coming Clean – The Housecleaning Step
5. Making Changes – The Transformation Step
6. Repairing Relationships – The Relationship...
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We've been building and making things ever since we stumbled out of Paradise. Some of those things are incredible continuations of God's creation, while others are nothing but ambitious catastrophes. We continue making, says Russell Rathbun, but we've lost ourselves in the process.
So how do we find ourselves again-rebuild our connections to each other, the earth, maybe even God? In search of an answer, Rathbun drives cross-country to the Salton...
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" ... a posthumous book of spiritual direction by Henri Nouwen ... developed by the editors ... [from] many sermons, articles, journal records, class lecture notes, unpublished manuscripts, and published writings, and adapted ... for practical use."--Acknowledgments, p. [vii].
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"Today, society seemingly has more problems than ever. We constantly worry about our friends, our family, our future, and everything in between. Our list can go on and on. Some problems tend to be more of a challenge than others and can often cause us to struggle to think about anything else causing us to "check out" or not be fully present. Bestselling author, Joyce Meyer, is no stranger to problems, but she has learned to ease her mind by turning...
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"In the name of the Father, the Son, and...the Holy Spirit. We pray in the name of all three, but how often do we live with an awareness of only the first two? As Jesus ascended into heaven, He promised to send the Holy Spirit--the Helper--so that we could be true and living witnesses for Christ. Unfortunately, today's church has admired the gift but neglected to open it. Breakthrough author Francis Chan rips away paper and bows to get at the true...
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For Christians seeking a way of thinking outside of strict dualities, this guide explores methods for letting go of division and living in the present. Drawn from the Gospels, Jesus, Paul, and the great Christian contemplatives, this examination reveals how many of the hidden truths of Christianity have been misunderstood or lost and how to read them with the eyes of the mystics rather than interpreting them through rational thought. Filled with sayings,...
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When you hear a riveting story, does it thrill your heart and stir your soul? Clarkson discovered reading early on as a daily gift, a way of encountering the world in all its wonder. But what she came to realize as an adult was just how powerfully books had shaped her as a woman to live a story within that world, to be a lifelong learner, to grasp hope in struggle, and to create and act with courage. Here she draws readers into the life-giving journey...