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Diva Principle : Divine Inspiration For Victorious Attitude (Revised)
$16.99Add to cartDeep inside the heart of every woman is a diva just waiting to be released. It lies underneath all of the other things she has supposedly “learned” about herself–truth, fiction, deception, or just the superimposed bad feelings of others who’ve tried to smother the diva within.
Although the word diva now evokes the image of a vain or undisciplined person, author Michelle McKinney Hammond takes diva back to its original meaning. It comes from the word prima donna or “first lady” and was used to describe the principal female singer in an opera or concert organization, who was the best of the best.
The DIVA Principle: Divine Inspiration for Victorious Attitude shines a spotlight on fourteen women of the Bible who displayed diva-tude, including Deborah from the book of Judges, the Queen of Sheba, Wisdom, Ruth, Jacob’s wives Rachel and Leah, Esther, Rahab, and more. In the process, Michelle encourages women to embrace their God-given qualities and assets with the understanding that they are fearfully and wonderfully made.
With solid, practical advice, Michelle suggests ways for women to get their head, heart, life, and act together so that they will emerge happy and victorious as divas in the best sense of the word.
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Life Is Funny Until Its Not
$24.99Add to cartOne of America’s funniest women opens up in this real and raw memoir, encouraging readers to face life’s trials with unshakeable faith and joy.
A stand-up comedian beloved for her combination of feisty wit and Southern charm, Pierce knows all too well that life is funny–until it’s not. But she also knows that it will become funny again. She’s held on to that hope–and that promise–through tragedy and triumph.
And now she’s finally ready to tell her full story.In Life Is Funny until It’s Not, Pierce recounts a preacher’s daughter’s childhood filled with heartbreak, including abuse, her parents’ divorce, and the sudden deaths of her two sisters in the span of two years. Even after she achieved success in her comedy tours, trials and tragedy dogged her through marriage, motherhood, and widowhood. But God was there with her through every sorrow and every joy.
This story of unshakeable hope and faith will inspire readers to turn to God and trust his faithfulness.
Chonda Pierce has a white-knuckle faith–the kind you almost dare to have taken from you. And she wants her readers to share her unapologetic courage to hope–as well as a few laughs along the way.
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Wanda E Brunstetters Amish Friends Outdoor Cookbook
$17.99Add to cartAmish Friends Share Their Love for Nature and Cooking Outdoors
Do you love nature and time spent in the backyard playing or relaxing around a campfire? When you also want to eat while outside, you don’t need to make do with just a hot dog on a stick. Your Amish friends are here to share their tips for cooking outdoors while still at home or away at a campsite.
Brand new, from New York Times bestselling author of Amish fiction, Wanda E. Brunstetter, is a must-have cookbook for nature lovers and adventurous cooks. Amish cooks have shared over 250 recipes divided into sections by method: stick, pie iron, foil packet, cast iron, grill. Also included is advice for building a fire, packing a cooler, maintaining cast-iron tools, and much more. Encased in a lay-flat binding and presented in full color, home cooks of all ages will be delighted to add this cookbook to their collections.
There is something very special about making memories around a fire with family and friends, and now you can add good, comforting food to your time of fellowship.
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Sometimes I Forget
$16.99Add to cartHow do we trust God for good when everything looks so wrong? How do we hold on to hope when our world is falling apart? Come rest with the One whose very nature promises hope! When difficult circumstances sow doubt and fear, we need reminders that God is bigger than our troubles. We need to know that He has not changed, that He still loves us and still has a plan for our lives. He promises such things, but promises are only comforting if we believe the One who made them will keep them.Sometimes I Forget, invites us to know God more intimately, so we can trust Him more deeply. Inspired by her own experiences of desperation, Julie weaves a prayer of lament and hope through sixty attributes of God. The simple prayers, real stories, and powerful reminders, offer comforting reassurance that God will be faithful in all He promises. In the pages of this book, you will discover: more about who God is how God relates to us as His children why we can believe God’s promises truths to remember a simple, yet meaningful way to pray through the valleys Life will throw you curveballs, but in the character of God lies hope. Because of who God is, you can trust Him in your most desperate moments.
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Plans For Your Good
$29.99Add to cartScott Morrison, Australia’s 30th Prime Minister (2018-2022), offers a unique insider’s account of a Christian who was open about his faith and operated at the top level of politics for more than a decade. During one of the toughest periods since the second world war, covering drought, wildfires, a global pandemic and recession, he chronicles God’s faithfulness throughout, win or lose, public criticism or public success.
Less political memoir and more pastoral encouragement, Morrison is passionate about encouraging others to discover how they can access and see the many blessings of God in their own lives, no matter their circumstances, drawing on Jeremiah 29:11, that God’s plans are for our good and not our harm, to give us a future and a hope. In each section Morrison asks the questions all of us are looking to find answers to:
*Who am I? Discovering your purpose.
*How should I live? Finding your pathway.
*What should I hope for? Embracing your future.Full of fascinating insights into the handling of some of the most significant global events and issues of our time Morrison’s honest, vulnerable and reflective answers offers a unique lens to better understand your relationship with God and the blessing that can flow from such a relationship.
Alongside an account of high-level politics in a new media age where cancel culture, identity politics and deep secularization is taking hold across so many western societies, creating a truly post Christian west, Morrison testifies to the faithful love and blessings of God.
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But God Can
$19.99Add to cartTired of trying to be enough? The truth is you were never meant to be, no matter what culture might tell you.
Christian women today are bombarded with confusing messaging-they are supposed to do and be it all but also die to themselves. They are supposed to believe that women can do anything and also surrender everything to God. Adding to that pressure, many women feel stuck in their current reality-spinning on the hamster wheel of life. They scroll past images that tell them everyone else has it together and is experiencing a purpose-filled, adventurous, fun, loving, and God-honoring life. Overwhelmed and at a loss, most women go one of two places: defeat or self-help empowerment, even Christian self-help.
In Becky Kiser’s But God Can, women realize this truth: on their own, she was never meant to be enough–that is the gospel message, that is why Jesus came. But God Can get her unstuck and find a purpose she has never known! She will identify the lies she’s internalized, replace those with new truths, and find freedom through realistic, practical, and life-changing strategies.
Becky Kiser will use her foundation as a Bible teacher and unique skills as a life coach to take women on a journey to:
*find freedom from lies as she changes how she thinks,
*identify what God says is actually true,
*remember that God is more than capable of doing anything,
*discover how He has uniquely created her, and
*propel her into the abundant life of deep purpose.But God Can will show you that you don’t have to be enough because God is more than enough! On your own, you can’t, but God totally can!
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I Shouldnt Feel This Way
$19.99Add to cartYou can find emotional freedom. Learn to see through the haze of conflicted feelings and move forward in your life with confidence. Licensed therapist and bestselling author Dr. Alison Cook guides you through a groundbreaking 3-step process to find the freedom you crave.
When you’re tangled up inside, it’s hard to find clarity. Yet so many of us guilt-trip or gaslight ourselves instead of working our way through complicated feelings….
*I should be a good friend, even though I feel hurt by past betrayals.
*I should be content, even though I feel lonely or unfulfilled.
*I should just have faith, even though I feel discouraged by unanswered prayers.This jumbled-up knot is a cry for gentle care and patient attention, but most of us haven’t been given the tools required to unravel it.
I Shouldn’t Feel This Way is your guide out of the chaos and into the calm and clarity you need to face life’s challenges. Drawing from over twenty years of research and clinical practice, Dr. Alison Cook guides you through a groundbreaking 3-step process that has helped tens of thousands of people find emotional freedom and surprisingly simple breakthroughs. Dr. Alison shows you how to:
*identify guilt and know what to do with it,
*trade feeling stuck in your head for clarity,
*move from comfortable numbing to courageous conversations, and
*make decisions that break cycles of defeat.Change starts when you finally stop beating yourself up for the way that you feel. I Shouldn’t Feel This Way is your pathway to emotional freedom. It is time to finally work through your complicated feelings so you can start living with the clarity and confidence you crave.
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Loneliness : Don’t Hate It Or Waste It. Redeem It.
$14.99Add to cartHow the gospel of Jesus empowers us to redeem the deep ache of loneliness.For years, Steve DeWitt was the only never married megachurch pastor in the United States. This put him in proximity to thousands of people, yet he lived his daily life alone. Over some 8,000 days as an adult single, and now eleven years of marriage, Pastor Steve has a unique perspective on solitude and aloneness. Loneliness addresses this pervasive ache from his personal experience and pastoral viewpoint.In a time when loneliness is at an all-time high, this book-rich with biblical truth and practical help-speaks to all hearts. DeWitt explores the invitation of Jesus when our hearts feel alone and isolated. Writing on topics that affect us and the ones we love-such as loneliness and the gospel, loneliness and singleness, loneliness and marriage, and loneliness and leadership-he shows us the way out of our pain and into relational flourishing with God and others.Is there a sweetness or a blessing offered in the valley of loneliness? DeWitt has discovered that there absolutely is. Loneliness doesn’t have to be our enemy. It can be the path God uses for our souls to experience the presence, promises, and power of Jesus Christ. Join Pastor Steve on a journey out of the ache and into love in his new book Loneliness.
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Do It Anyway (Large Type)
$28.00Add to cartIn this inspiring guide to the power of faithful resilience, Tasha Cobbs Leonard–Grammy Award winner and Billboard’s Gospel Artist of the Decade–shares the secret that helps her persevere: When saying yes to God doesn’t make sense, do it anyway.
Pastor, entrepreneur, and gospel music icon Tasha Cobbs Leonard tells of journeying through moments of unforeseen challenges while holding to an unshakable God and discovering that our greatest breakthroughs come when we make the courageous choice to show up and do hard things anyway.
Tasha tells remarkable stories of experiencing this firsthand when she committed to dreams even when they seemed unrealistic, pursued adoption though it looked impossible, navigated the dynamics of a blended family despite challenges, and watched God move in each step of endurance through infertility and depression.
With true testimony and conviction, Tasha inspires you toward a bolder way of life with the promise that it will always be worth it on the other side. Along the way, she equips you with practical tools to help you:
– Dream big with God again
– Focus on God’s direction over the loudness of the world
– Never forget God’s faithfulness, especially in the midst of your hopelessness
– Don’t let fear of failure force you to quit on your miracle too soon
– Believe firmly that no mess and no amount of pain is beyond God’s redemptionWhether you’re feeling stuck, stressed, or simply weary–there’s a more a hopeful way to live, a bolder way to believe.
To follow God when the way seems impossible, persevere in faith even when the odds are stacked–this is what it means to “do it anyway.”
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Do It Anyway
$26.00Add to cartIn this inspiring guide to the power of faithful resilience, Tasha Cobbs Leonard–Grammy Award winner and Billboard’s Gospel Artist of the Decade–shares the secret that helps her persevere: When saying yes to God doesn’t make sense, do it anyway.
Pastor, entrepreneur, and gospel music icon Tasha Cobbs Leonard tells of journeying through moments of unforeseen challenges while holding to an unshakable God and discovering that our greatest breakthroughs come when we make the courageous choice to show up and do hard things anyway.
Tasha tells remarkable stories of experiencing this firsthand when she committed to dreams even when they seemed unrealistic, pursued adoption though it looked impossible, navigated the dynamics of a blended family despite challenges, and watched God move in each step of endurance through infertility and depression.
With true testimony and conviction, Tasha inspires you toward a bolder way of life with the promise that it will always be worth it on the other side. Along the way, she equips you with practical tools to help you:
– Dream big with God again
– Focus on God’s direction over the loudness of the world
– Never forget God’s faithfulness, especially in the midst of your hopelessness
– Don’t let fear of failure force you to quit on your miracle too soon
– Believe firmly that no mess and no amount of pain is beyond God’s redemptionWhether you’re feeling stuck, stressed, or simply weary–there’s a more a hopeful way to live, a bolder way to believe.
To follow God when the way seems impossible, persevere in faith even when the odds are stacked–this is what it means to “do it anyway.”
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Safe All Along
$18.00Add to cartLeave behind your anxious thoughts and embrace a steady confidence that you are never beyond the reach of God’s loving hand, from the bestselling author of Kisses from Katie.
As a missionary, wife, and mom of fifteen, Katie Davis Majors knows how hard it can be to receive God’s peace instead of giving in to fear and worry. Family emergencies, unexpected life-shifting events, and the busy rhythms of family life have at times left her reeling.
In Safe All Along, Katie offers reflections and stories from around the world and from her own kitchen table about her personal journey toward living from a place of surrendered trust. Every chapter leads us deep into Scripture as we learn what it looks like to break free from anxiety and take hold of peace.
Rich in biblical explorations of lament and praise, forgiveness and hope, service and surrender, Safe All Along asks, What practical choices can we make to experience the peace Jesus promised amid disappointment and uncertainty? How can we live with joy and confidence even when we’re pulled into the rapids of life?
Our God has promised us a peace that transcends all understanding. And we can accept His promise, trusting that in Him we are safe all along.
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It Wasnt Roaring It Was Weeping
$27.00Add to cartBorn White in the heart of Zululand during the racial apartheid, Lisa-Jo Baker longed to write a new future for her children–a longing that set her on a journey to understand where she fit into a story of violence and faith, history and race. Before marriage and motherhood, she came to the United States to study to become a human rights advocate. When she naively walked right into America’s own turbulent racial landscape, Baker experienced the kind of painful awakening that is both individual and universal, personal and social. Yet years would go by before she traced this American trauma back to her own South African past.
Baker was a teenager when her mother died of cancer, leaving her with her father. Though they shared a language of faith and justice, she often feared him, unaware that his fierce temper had deep roots in a family’s and a nation’s pain. Decades later, old wounds reopened when she found herself spiraling into a terrifying version of her father, screaming herself hoarse at her son. Only then did Baker realize that to go forward–to refuse to repeat the sins of our fathers–we must first go back.
With a story that stretches from South Africa’s outback to Washington, D.C., It Wasn’t Roaring, It Was Weeping is a courageous look at inherited hurts and prejudices, and a hope-filled example for all who feel lost in life or worried that they’re too off course to make the necessary corrections. Baker’s story shows that it’s never too late to be free.
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Storied Life : Christian Writing As Art And Worship
$22.99Add to cartWhen writers write, they are getting in touch with the image of God in them. This is true in some way of all artistry, but writers especially create worlds, characters, histories, and transformation–all ex nihilo (out of nothing).In The Storied Life, veteran author Jared C. Wilson explores the ins and outs of writers and writing, exploring the myriad ways the craft is more about transformation than simply communication. From decades of experience and with his signature wit, Wilson brings well-earned insight, autobiographical reflections, and meaningful meditations to the topic of writing as a way of life and as a way of worship, showing how the concept of Story–our personal stories and God’s grand story of redemption–shapes fiction and non-fiction writers alike.Chapters focus on topics like:The liturgy of story.Writing as a spiritual act.Perseverance and endurance.Writing as a calling.Promotion, publishing, and platform.Whether you’re a long-time writer or a beginning author, a daily journaler or an occasional dabbler, The Storied Life will help you improve your craft. It will lead you to think more deeply about the disciplines and dispositions needed to write for transformation.
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Mystic Jesus : The Mind Of Love (Large Type)
$32.99Add to cartReturning to the topic of her beloved classic bestseller Return to Love, spiritual guide Marianne Williamson builds on the ideas introduced in that book to lead us toward the light through the inspiring guidance of the mystic Jesus.
In Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles, Marianne Williamson revealed how we each become miracle-workers when expressing love and forgiveness in our everyday lives. With The Mystic Jesus, Williamson reveals the role of Jesus in the teachings of the Course.
For many, Jesus has become a precious relic, revered yet lacking the immediacy of authentic spiritual force. In The Mystic Jesus, Williamson writes of a Jesus who transcends both glib imagery and outdated religious dogma. She writes not only of an historical Messiah but of a spirit alive in all of us today.
Williamson brings to The Mystic Jesus her talent at making the densest theological theories relevant to our everyday lives. She merges psychological and religious understanding, presenting Jesus as a guide to another way of thinking, therefore the builder of another kind of world. The Jesus in The Mystic Jesus truly is, in the words of St. Augustine, “ever ancient, ever new.”
The Jesus presented here is a radical love, an ever-present teacher, an evolutionary elder brother, and a savior from the fear-based, twisted thinking that dominates our world. The Mystic Jesus is both theological and practical, signature Williamson in both its intellectual clarity and emotional impact.
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Mystic Jesus : The Mind Of Love
$28.99Add to cartReturning to the topic of her beloved classic bestseller Return to Love, spiritual guide Marianne Williamson builds on the ideas introduced in that book to lead us toward the light through the inspiring guidance of the mystic Jesus.
In Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles, Marianne Williamson revealed how we each become miracle-workers when expressing love and forgiveness in our everyday lives. With The Mystic Jesus, Williamson reveals the role of Jesus in the teachings of the Course.
For many, Jesus has become a precious relic, revered yet lacking the immediacy of authentic spiritual force. In The Mystic Jesus, Williamson writes of a Jesus who transcends both glib imagery and outdated religious dogma. She writes not only of an historical Messiah but of a spirit alive in all of us today.
Williamson brings to The Mystic Jesus her talent at making the densest theological theories relevant to our everyday lives. She merges psychological and religious understanding, presenting Jesus as a guide to another way of thinking, therefore the builder of another kind of world. The Jesus in The Mystic Jesus truly is, in the words of St. Augustine, “ever ancient, ever new.”
The Jesus presented here is a radical love, an ever-present teacher, an evolutionary elder brother, and a savior from the fear-based, twisted thinking that dominates our world. The Mystic Jesus is both theological and practical, signature Williamson in both its intellectual clarity and emotional impact.
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Survivors Secrets : Once Trafficked, Now Free From Feelings Of Worthlessnes
$16.99Add to cartIn a world where darkness can seem impenetrable, A Survivor’s Secrets emerges as a testament to the indomitable power of the human spirit and the transformative nature of God’s love.
Just as she emerged from years of childhood physical and sexual abuse, Gina Cavallo found herself ensnared for nearly three years in the clutches of human traffickers, enduring the unspeakable horrors of prostitution. After a harrowing escape, Gina spent the next three decades shackled by fear, shame, and a crushing sense of worthlessness as she concealed her painful past–even from her husband. Her tale is ultimately one of resilience, courage, and eventual liberation. Today, Gina is a prominent speaker, advocate, and mentor for survivors of human trafficking. A Survivor’s Secrets will …
*increase your understanding of the human trafficking crisis,
*strengthen your resolve for change,
*provide insight into the mechanisms used to lure people, and
*inspire you to advocate for those trapped in bondage.You will discover God’s astounding power to free anyone of the grip of fear, shame, and worthlessness that holds so many captive. Witnessing Gina’s pathway to recovery becomes a guided tour to inviting God’s brilliant light to penetrate even the darkest memories and traumas that we or our loved ones have been enduring.
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Stories And Puzzles For Courageous Girls
$9.99Add to cartHere are 24 fantastic, fun word search puzzles for your girl’s enjoyment!
Grab a pencil,, and get ready to begin a 2-in-1 story AND word search journey!
Girls, ages 4 to 8, will be prompted to read through the stories of courageous women of faith–including Esther, Hannah, Lottie Moon, Helen Keller, Clara Barton, Fanny Crosby, and more!
As they read, they’ll notice bold words throughout each Bible story. These are the words they’ll be searching for in each puzzle. If they get stuck, answer key pages are in the back of the book!
Girls will be delighted and entertained as they solve simple word search puzzles and learn about extraordinary women who have made a difference in our world!
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Imagina Al Dios Del Cielo – (Spanish)
$17.99Add to cartMillones de personas alrededor del mundo han reportado experiencias cercanas a la muerte. Prueban tales descripciones la existencia de un Dios amoroso?
Jamas en la historia habiamos tenido acceso a tantas historias de personas alrededor del mundo que han sobrevivido la muerte clinica. La resucitacion medica moderna y la comunicacion digital han revelado una mina de oro de intrigantes experiencias cercanas a la muerte (ECM). Por tres decadas, John Burke se ha dedicado a estudiar que tienen en comun mas de mil ECM. El comenzo su investigacion como un agnostico esceptico cuando su propio padre estaba muriendo de cancer. Al leer por primera vez estas anecdotas de testigos oculares, no pudo evitar preguntarse:
Podria ser evidencia real–incluso prueba–de la existencia de Dios?.
En este libro, se presentan las historias de mas de setenta personas que provienen de cada continente y han muerto, resucitado y afirmado estar mas vivas que nunca en la presencia de un Dios amoroso que no querian dejar atras jamas. Gente de toda etnicidad, transfondo de fe y profesion –incluyendo doctores, ingenieros y jefes ejecutivos–experimenta al mismo Dios. John Burke revela la historia de amor y las caracteristicas de este Dios de todas las naciones, revelado a lo largo de las Escrituras, quien ahora es ilustrado por estos emocionantes encuentros. Te daras cuenta de que el amor, el poder, la compasion, la amistad y la guia de Dios estan mas cerca de lo que te podrias imaginar. Y para un momento como este, las personas necesitan saber que un Dios amoroso esta a su alcance.
Millions of people around the world have reported a near-death experience. Do these accounts prove the existence of a loving God?
Never in history, until now, have we been able to hear from so many people around the world who have been brought back from clinical death. Modern medical resuscitation and digital communication have revealed a gold mine of intriguing near-death experiences (NDEs). John Burke has spent the last three decades studying the commonalities of more than one thousand NDEs. He started his investigative journey as a skeptical agnostic when his own father was dying from cancer. After he first read these eyewitness accounts, he couldn’t help asking himself:
“Could this be real evidence–even possible proof–of God’s existence?”
In this book, you will hear from nearly seventy people from every continent who have died, resuscitated, and claimed to be more alive than ever in
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Wallflower That Bloomed
$16.99Add to cartIntroducing The Wallflower that Bloomed by Cally Logan, an empowering and thought-provoking exploration of the hidden potential within each of us.
In this profound and introspective book, author Cally Logan, renowned for her impactful works Hang In There, Girl! and Dear Future Husband, unveils the untapped brilliance often overlooked in those who adorn the walls of life like forgotten decorations. As children, many of us are burdened with labels such as “shy,” “quiet,” “awkward,” or simply “different.” These descriptors, casually assigned by others or even self-imposed, confine us to the sidelines, rendering our voices faint and our presence unnoticed. But within the depths of our being lies a multitude of stories to be shared, perspectives to be offered, and reflections to be pondered.
The Wallflower that Bloomed challenges societal norms that pigeonhole individuals into these predetermined roles of invisibility. With heartfelt sincerity, Cally Logan urges us to strip away the stigma associated with being an outsider, to cease judging those who prefer solitude, and, most importantly, to learn to truly see others for who they authentically are. Moreover, this captivating exploration compels us to reflect upon our own journey towards self-acceptance and self-love.
Instead of resigning ourselves to a life of isolation and judgment, we are invited to embrace the notion that we can stand proudly in our uniqueness, fully blooming into the remarkable beings we were always meant to be.
What if we shattered the preconceived notions and misconceptions that surround individuals labeled as “wallflowers”?
What if we focused on truly knowing, accepting, and appreciating one another for the awe-inspiring qualities that set us apart?
And what if, in the process, we also learned to extend this grace and understanding to ourselves?
The Wallflower that Bloomed sparks an introspective journey, inviting readers to break free from the confines of societal expectations and embrace their inherent worth. With Cally Logan as our compassionate guide, we are encouraged to unleash the dormant potential within us, stepping into the fullness of our being and embracing the brilliance that lies within. Prepare to be inspired, challenged, and transformed as you immerse yourself in The Wallflower that Bloomed.
Cally Logan’s powerful words will remind you that, just like a wallflower that blossoms, you too can break free from the shadows and bloom beautifully, embra
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What To Say When You Dont Know What To Say
$13.99Add to cartA guide for navigating serious moments with clear, compassionate communication.
There are times when life’s challenges can make us speechless. But that doesn’t mean we should stay silent – especially when we’re in a position to offer life-giving words. This useful guide provides helpful tips and words to share when readers aren’t quite sure what to say. It draws on Scripture to offer compassionate, Biblical communication prompts to strengthen relationships – and readers can impart words of truth and peace to give hope where, and when, it’s needed.
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Where The Waves Turn Back
$18.99Add to cartIn this powerful memoir, following the death of his mother, Tyson Motsenbocker retraces the journey an 18th century priest took in this harrowing story of one man’s pilgrimage of healing and finding beauty and hope in tragedy.
After years on the road performing at sold-out venues, Tyson Motsenbocker returned home to the impending death of his 57-year-old hero and mother. He begged God to heal her, but she died anyway. When they buried her body, Tyson also buried the childhood version of his faith.
Shortly before her death, however, Tyson became intrigued by the complicated legacy of Father Junipero Serra, the 18th-century Franciscan monk and canonized saint who dedicated his life to the idea that tragedy and suffering are portals to renewal. Father Serra built Missions up and down the California coast, spreading Christianity, as well as enabling and aiding in the oppression and colonization of the native Californians. Tyson discovered Serra’s “El Camino Real,” a 600-mile pilgrimage route up the California coast that had been largely forgotten for more than 200 years.
Two days after they buried his mother, Tyson set out on a pilgrimage of sorts, intending to walk from San Diego to San Francisco along the El Camino, following in the footsteps of the saint. Tyson’s journey takes him down smog-choked highways, across fog-laden beaches, past multi-million-dollar coastal estates, and along the towering cliffs of Big Sur. And as he walks, Tyson also wrestles with his faith, questioning the pat answers and easy prayers he once readily accepted, trying to understand how hope and tragedy can all be wrapped up in the same God. The people he meets along the way challenge his understanding of the meaning of security, of what it means to live a meaningful life, and of the legacies we all leave behind.
Where the Waves Turn Back is both part journal and part spiritual memoir, and ultimately, a thrilling and deeply satisfying read that asks questions that will resonate with readers seeking meaning in an utterly disorienting age.
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Pastors Wives Tell All
$39.99Add to cartIn a world that expects near perfection from people in ministry, it is hard to be honest about struggles of being a pastor’s wife or a woman in ministry–let alone have a sense of humor about it! In their popular podcast, Pastors’ Wives Tell All, Jessica Taylor, Stephanie Gilbert, and Jenna Allen create a safe place for pastors’ wives and women in ministry to be their most authentic selves. Now they’re bringing their wit and wisdom to women through the written word.
Addressing topics such as how to smash stereotypes, deal with marital issues, make friends, and overcome parenting anxiety, they remind pastors’ wives (and the people in their congregations) that God doesn’t expect them to be superhuman. They show women how to:
* establish and maintain healthy boundaries
* seek wise counsel
* confess their sins and shortcomings aloud
* shed the persona of perfection
* and much moreIf you’re a pastor’s wife–by calling, by choice, or by circumstance–you’ll find relief, renewal, and refreshment in the pages of this book.
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Pastors Wives Tell All
$18.99Add to cartIn a world that expects near perfection from people in ministry, it is hard to be honest about struggles of being a pastor’s wife or a woman in ministry–let alone have a sense of humor about it! In their popular podcast, Pastors’ Wives Tell All, Jessica Taylor, Stephanie Gilbert, and Jenna Allen create a safe place for pastors’ wives and women in ministry to be their most authentic selves. Now they’re bringing their wit and wisdom to women through the written word.
Addressing topics such as how to smash stereotypes, deal with marital issues, make friends, and overcome parenting anxiety, they remind pastors’ wives (and the people in their congregations) that God doesn’t expect them to be superhuman. They show women how to:
* establish and maintain healthy boundaries
* seek wise counsel
* confess their sins and shortcomings aloud
* shed the persona of perfection
* and much moreIf you’re a pastor’s wife–by calling, by choice, or by circumstance–you’ll find relief, renewal, and refreshment in the pages of this book.
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Her Rites : A Sacred Journey For The Mind, Body, And Soul
$27.00Add to cartA daring invitation to discover and claim your identity and purpose, and to embrace the freedom to thrive right where you are
Every woman wants wholeness-to be at home in her body, in her relationships, in her life. But women too often feel that they don’t belong to themselves. The path to wholeness, to a woman belonging to herself, is formidable, and women know they can’t travel it alone.
Author, teacher, and therapist Dr. Christy Angelle Bauman has dedicated her life to guiding women on this path to meaning and profound joy.
In Her Rites, Dr. Bauman takes you into her office and through six transformative exercises: a deep dive into the most common rites of passage in every woman’s life, when she sometimes loses hold of herself but also has a unique opportunity to reclaim herself.
* Birth: claiming how and why you came into the world
* Initiation: coming of age
* Exile: finding yourself
* Creation: bringing something new into the world
* Intuition: acquiring embodied wisdom that comes later in life
* Legacy: living with emotional and spiritual readiness for one’s own deathThese rites help women to find wholeness and self-knowledge. Included in Her Rites are ritual templates and exercises that Dr. Bauman employs with her clients, which will help any woman incorporate the principles of self-reclamation into her daily life.
Dr. Bauman has seen again and again that by learning to pause and to reflect on these key moments, we can come home to ourselves and receive the gift of flourishing.
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Mother Cabrini : A Heart For The World
$17.95Add to cartDiscover the world of Francesca Cabrini in this moving book that not only educates children
about a remarkable person in American history, but inspires them with stories of her
compassion, courage, vision, and miracles.The first American citizen to be canonized, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini rescued forgotten
children, even from the dark, damp sewers of New York City, and provided them with safe
havens, loving comfort, and a quality education.Within these endearing pages, children will encounter characters much like themselves-little heroes who joined Mother Cabrini in her mission to establish orphanages, hospitals, and schools across the United States, Central and Latin America, Europe, and beyond.
Through captivating storytelling, this book introduces young minds to the incredible journeys of a woman who, despite her frailty, overcomes countless challenges to bring God’s love to the poor and forgotten. Even though Mother Cabrini was afraid of water, she received the strength to sail across the ocean more than two dozen times!
Featuring the vibrant artwork of Richard Cowdrey, Mother Cabrini’s work comes to life on every page. Cowdrey is a New York Times bestselling children’s book illustrator, fine artist, author, speaker, and educator. Richard lives in the heart of Ohio’s Amish community and enjoys traveling across the country to speak at schools and encourage students to find and refine their gifts. As children journey through the beautifully illustrated pages, they’ll be inspired to develop the compassion, bravery, and faith in God to empower their own adventures ahead.
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I Want To Matter
$14.99Add to cartWe all want to matter, right? We want to love people well and be loved in return. We want to have made a difference before our life is over. We want to have lived a full life without any regrets. In I Want to Matter, New York Times bestselling author and former Today show host Kathie Lee Gifford shares stories about her life and encourages you to remember your self-worth and never give up on your dreams.
In this beautiful two-color 60-day DayReader(R) each day features a:
*focal topic,
*story from Kathie Lee Gifford’s life,
*and reflection questions to help you apply the message to your own life.I Want to Matter is inspired by a song written by Kathie Lee and includes content from her New York Times bestselling book, It’s Never Too Late. She wants to help you feel seen and heard. This daily reader is great for:
*birthdays, Mother’s Day, Teacher Appreciation Day, Hanukkah, Christmas, or as a just because gift to anyone needing encouragement.
*morning and night reading routines.
*anyone searching for an inspirational message.
This DayReader(R) is a way for you to relive the moments that shaped you into who you are today and will allow you to revive your ability to wonder because you truly do matter.
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Brushstrokes Of Life
$19.99Add to cartHere’s a secret: God has deposited a gift inside of you. Acclaimed angel artist Anne Neilson wants to help you find yours as she shares her personal story of passion and purpose and how faith radiates from every canvas of her life. The Brushstrokes of Life will help you see there are no coincidences with God.
Anne Neilson believes that each of us begins our life as a blank canvas: clean and fresh and ready to find texture in our experiences. Each trial, each joy, each heartache, and each hope leaves an explosion of color and sweeping brushstrokes that shape us. When we allow God to take over as the Master artist, we will find that He carefully adds dimension and highlights to create a beautiful masterpiece in us. Often, though, it’s hard to find the beauty when we are wading through mess.
In this beautiful memoir, Anne shares personal stories about why her faith is so important to her and resonates in all her work. In The Brushstrokes of Life, you will learn how to:
*Open your hands to God’s possibilities
*Connect your trials from today into hope for tomorrow
*Trust God’s role in your story -
Create A Life You Love
$19.99Add to cartYou–and only you–get to decide what you want your life to look like. Not your Aunt Susan, your mom, or even your best friend. You–and only you–get to decide who you are, what you want to do with your life, where you’ll call home, and what kind of family you want to build. But do you know how to intentionally and confidently build your life in a way that’s authentic to you?
Writer, speaker, and podcaster Stephanie May Wilson has guided hundreds of thousands of women through these life-defining decisions. She has developed a framework to show people how to build lives they’re excited about and truly proud of, and she’s here to help you too.
With wit, warmth, and relatability, Stephanie guides you on a journey of self-discovery that will help you:
*Find freedom to set aside societal pressures and define what you want your life to look like
*Feel empowered and equipped to figure out what’s most important to you
*Discover where you want to go in life and a plan to make it happen
*Build security and peace in both who you are and the season you’re in
*Make your next big decision with confidence and clarity -
Love Mom : Inspiring Stories Celebrating Motherhood
$29.99Add to cartFrom Fox News medical contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier, comes an inspiring collection of powerful first-person stories celebrating motherhood, from Fox News personalities and extraordinary moms around America.
Unmatched and unwavering, mothers are the embodiment of selfless, pure, and unconditional love. But so often, the sacrifices and triumphs of motherhood go unrecognized. Now, in Love, Mom, Fox News medical contributor and mom of three, Dr. Nicole Saphier, shines a light on the power of a mother’s love, with inspiring first-person stories from moms in the Fox News family.
For Dr. Saphier–who was just a teenager when she gave birth to her first son–motherhood was a transformative responsibility. Her story, like so many moms featured in this book, is an inspiration for what it means to be there for your child, no matter where you are in life. Alongside Dr. Saphier’s account are deeply personal contributions from FOX News anchors and personalities, such as:
Ainsley Earhardt, on the precious bond between mother and daughter, the loss of her own mom, and the power of her faith.
Rachel Campos-Duffy, on raising nine children, unexpected blessings, and dedicating her life to advocating for education and awareness about children with Down Syndrome.
Kayleigh McEnany, on embracing motherhood despite health challenges, and the delicate balance between career aspirations and the profound gift of raising children.
Janice Dean, on navigating the heartbreak of miscarriage, living with an autoimmune disease, and finding joy in raising boys.
Martha MacCallum, on the challenges of juggling career and family, the myth of perfection, and the importance of being kind to yourself.
Sandra Smith, on how motherhood truly takes a village, and the value of a strong support system as a working mom.
Carley Shimkus, on being a new mom, and balancing new responsibilities with grace and determination.
In Love, Mom, these mothers share their powerful stories, greatest challenges, and insightful reflections about young motherhood, miscarriage, ovarian cancer, mixed race children, postpartum depression, domestic violence, adoption, blended families, and more. Ultimately, Love, Mom is a celebration of motherhood and reminds us that a mother’s strength and love is an extraordinary gift.
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Cuando Todo Cambio – (Spanish)
$15.99Add to cartCuando las circunstancias de la vida cambian, nos sentimos inseguros e incomodos. Al margen de que las causas del cambio sean pandemias, desastres naturales, traumas personales o problemas en el lugar de trabajo, nos encontramos dolidos, sorprendidos y confundidos sobre que hacer.
Michelle McKinney Hammond conoce las bolas curvas de la vida. Ella ha atrapado muchas de ellas. Pero cuando estaba de visita en Inglaterra para dar unas charlas y el mundo de repente entro en modo de confinamiento debido a la pandemia de COVID-19, la tomo por sorpresa igual que a nosotros. Era hora de que ella cambiara de marcha.
Como una amiga que ha estado donde tu estas ahora, Michelle ofrece una voz tranquilizadora: Cuando todo cambio !Dile si a lo proximo! Tejiendo historias de las Escrituras con relatos de su propia vida, ofrece lecciones sinceras, oraciones y preguntas de reflexion para ayudarte a abrazar lo proximo que llegue a tu vida.
Cuando todo cambio…
*Provee herramientas practicas para navegar el cambio.
*Da principios espirituales solidos para lidiar con los cambios de la vida.
*Permite considerar el valor de los errores.
*Ayuda a aceptar el cambio como una oportunidad.
*Cambia tu perspectiva para esperar lo mejor mientras Dios te redirige.“La mentalidad lo es todo cuando te enfrentas a un cambio inesperado”, seala Michelle. “…Estes listo o no, el cambio sucede. No es el fin. !Siempre hay un ‘proximo’!” !Dile que si!
When life circumstances change, we feel insecure and uncomfortable. Whether the causes of change are pandemics, natural disasters, personal trauma, or workplace issues, we find ourselves hurt, surprised, and confused about what to do.
Michelle McKinney Hammond knows the curveballs of life. She has caught many of them. But when she was visiting England to give talks and the world suddenly went into lockdown mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she was caught by surprise just like us. It was time for her to change gears.
Like a friend who’s been where you are now, Michelle offers a reassuring voice: When Everything Changed: Say Yes to the Next Thing! Weaving stories from Scripture with accounts from her own life, she offers candid lessons, prayers, and thoughtful questions to help you embrace whatever comes your way next.
When Everything Changed…*Provides practical tools to navigate change.
*Gives sound spiritual principles to deal with life’s changes.
*Allows you to consider the value of the errors.
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Master Your Inner World
$15.95Add to cartWelcome to a transformational journey towards self-discovery and personal empowerment with Earl Nightingale’s profound guide, Master Your Inner World. Nightingale, the legendary motivational speaker and author, brings you an illuminating exploration of emotions, happiness, and the hidden depths of human potential.
Delve into your emotional landscape with Nightingale’s deep, insightful exploration of human emotions. Learn how to identify, understand, and effectively manage negative emotions, leading to a healthier, happier life.
Nightingale offers robust tools and strategies to help you navigate the complexities of your emotional world, teaching you how to replace negativity with positivity, fear with courage, and anxiety with peace.
Discover the true essence of happiness and how to cultivate it in your life. Nightingale presents compelling arguments and practical techniques to embrace joy, gratitude, and serenity in daily life.
Master Your Inner World isn’t just about overcoming negativity; it’s about unleashing the power of your potential. Learn how to harness your unique abilities and gifts, and stride confidently towards your goals.
Earl Nightingale’s inspirational guidance is the beacon that lights your path towards personal growth and inner peace. His words inspire, motivate, and empower, encouraging you to take control of your life.
“Earl Nightingale’s Master Your Inner World is more than just a book – it’s a masterclass in personal growth and emotional intelligence. Learn to navigate your emotional world, unshackle from negative feelings, and unearth the happiness that lies within. This is your opportunity to seize control, unleash your true potential, and embark on a journey towards a life of fulfillment and joy.”
Start your journey to inner peace and maximum potential today!
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Less Stress More Calm
$19.95Add to cartEach stress personality chapter highlights “stress resets” and unique “superpowers” to use to shift your mindset, get to know your inner voice more intimately, and learn what parts of yourself under stress might actually be used as golden opportunities for growth.
“The point of this book is to learn how to manage and control how you uniquely show up under stress: your stress personality. Stress isn’t the problem,” writes the author.
Less Stress, More Calm isn’t just another self-help book with one-size-fits-all vague and generalized concepts. Years of research and personal experience have led author Lauren Hodges, EdD., to a local, national, and internationally successful career providing proven, adaptable, and easily implemented strategies for living a calmer, more enjoyable life with less stress.The author’s quirky sense of humor, community compassion, scientific insight, and devotion to her field of expertise in human performance and well-being bring you to a sense of self otherwise unknown or yet understood.
Less Stress, More Calm identifies and defines eight Stress Personalities:
*The Fighter
*The Runner
*The Worrier
*The Freezer
*The Pleaser
*The Negative Self-Talker
*The Distracted
*The ThriverAfter readers identify their stress personality (or personalities – they’re not locked into one), they are provided practical and specific steps to better managing stress, including:
*interactive exercises
*a no-wrong-answers stress inventory
*thought-provoking, reflective questions
*interesting science lessons
*dozens of stress reset strategiesReaders will learn to better recognize themselves under stress and take action to recover so they can show up as their best more often for people and relationships that matter most, at work and at home.
From reef diving in the Florida Keys to Michael Jordan to a Navy SEAL to powerful client stories and testimonies, Less Stress, More Calm is the perfect combination of serious, fun, and real-life examples of what works and what doesn’t when aiming for a life with less stress and more calm!
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Napoleon Hills How To Create A Motivated Mindset
$15.95Add to cartMotivation is more than a feeling–it’s a state of mind!
In this book, you will learn the secrets to creating a motivated mindset from Napoleon Hill, author of the international bestselling books Think and Grow Rich and Outwitting the Devil.
Like any state of mind, motivation must be cultivated through the repeated expression of thought habits. Discover how you can take control of your mind power and direct it to attain the things you desire in life–all through the application of simple principles and daily practices that condition your mind for success.Harness the energy of thought to transform motives into burning desires that ignite your enthusiasm, stimulate your imagination, and inspire you to take action daily on your goals. Uncover the keys to:
*Letting go of negative energy and limiting beliefs
*Creating an environment that primes you for success
*Overcoming procrastination and other mental blocks
*Attracting opportunities with a positive mental attitude
*Leveraging challenges as stepping stones to success
*And more!Napoleon Hill’s How to Create a Motivated Mindset equips you with the tools and techniques you need to access the mind’s unlimited power for achievement so that you can get and stay motivated on your path to purpose.
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Bible Trivia Test
$5.99Add to cartWhat do you recall from the world’s greatest Book?
Find out with Bible Trivia Test! Each letter of the alphabet features four quizzes of five questions each. . .from “Abel” and “Also Known As” to “Z Inside” and “Zion.”
There’s also a system for keeping track of points, and a bonus, “Risk It!” question with each quiz to potentially double your score.
These hundred-plus quizzes provide more than five hundred total questions to challenge and entertain you for hours.
Bible Trivia Test: What Do You Recall from the World’s Greatest Book? makes Bible learning fun. It’s perfect for personal reading, Sunday school classes, or other church events.
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Speak The Blessing (Large Type)
$29.00Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author and pastor of Lakewood Church Joel Osteen shares how the power of our words can help create a better reality.
Your words are like seeds. Every time you say them, they’re taking root and growing. Are you planting good seeds? Are you seeing the increase, the health, the relationships, and the happiness you dream about? If not, check out what you’re saying. Whether you realize it or not, the words you speak today are setting the direction for the rest of your life.
In Speak the Blessing, New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen offers you unique insights into this profound truth: Your words have creative power. When you discover the power of speaking what God says about you, you give those words the right to come to pass. There is a miracle in your mouth. There is healing in your mouth, freedom in your mouth, and new levels in your mouth. But nothing happens until you speak the blessing.
Your words become your reality. Start blessing your future today. Use the words you speak to unlock the power within and create the life you were designed to live. The life-changing possibilities are limitless.
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Speak The Blessing
Original price was: $27.00.$21.97Current price is: $21.97.Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author and pastor of Lakewood Church Joel Osteen shares how the power of our words can help create a better reality.
Your words are like seeds. Every time you say them, they’re taking root and growing. Are you planting good seeds? Are you seeing the increase, the health, the relationships, and the happiness you dream about? If not, check out what you’re saying. Whether you realize it or not, the words you speak today are setting the direction for the rest of your life.
In Speak the Blessing, New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen offers you unique insights into this profound truth: Your words have creative power. When you discover the power of speaking what God says about you, you give those words the right to come to pass. There is a miracle in your mouth. There is healing in your mouth, freedom in your mouth, and new levels in your mouth. But nothing happens until you speak the blessing.
Your words become your reality. Start blessing your future today. Use the words you speak to unlock the power within and create the life you were designed to live. The life-changing possibilities are limitless.
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Live Slowly : A Gentle Invitation To Exhale
$18.00Add to cartGive yourself permission to slow down.
Jodi Grubbs did not give herself permission for too long, falling headlong into the endless rush and exhaustion of hustle culture. After leaving her childhood home on the island of Bonaire in the Caribbean, she had assumed the rapid pace and stress of city living in the States. Soon she realized God was bidding her to a return to the “island time” of her past.
In time Jodi found sanctuary and ways to care for her soul by making space for God, others, and herself. Evoking the contentment she once had in the gentle rhythms of Bonaire, she learned of another path: a path away from burnout and toward restoration. And she invites you, too, to grasp a sustainable approach to life anchored by the forced pauses of spiritual practices and an openhandedness before God. Each chapter offers slow-living shifts to help you put the concepts into practice. Begin to rest and let go of the need to keep up, as you learn to live slowly.
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Opposite Of Depression
$17.99Add to cartThere’s hope for greater satisfaction, purpose and joy in your life, even if circumstances have you down….
Stanford-trained psychiatrist David Carreon, MD, reveals what it takes to move from nagging disappointment, dissatisfaction, or depression to a life of thriving. One of the pioneers of the use of an intense form of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in severely depressed patients, Dr. Carreon was astonished by how quickly and dramatically most of them recovered. But he also saw very clearly that just eliminating the symptoms of depression wasn’t enough. To live a truly fulfilling life, his patients needed to leave old habits behind and embrace the patterns of flourishing. In The Opposite of Depression, he draws on insights from his clinical experience, the latest research, and his Christian faith to point readers to principles and practices that promote thriving in mind, body and soul. Each chapter offers practical steps readers can take to start moving in the direction of greater satisfaction, fulfillment and purpose.
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Opposite Of Depression
$29.99Add to cartThere’s hope for greater satisfaction, purpose and joy in your life, even if circumstances have you down….
Stanford-trained psychiatrist David Carreon, MD, reveals what it takes to move from nagging disappointment, dissatisfaction, or depression to a life of thriving. One of the pioneers of the use of an intense form of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in severely depressed patients, Dr. Carreon was astonished by how quickly and dramatically most of them recovered. But he also saw very clearly that just eliminating the symptoms of depression wasn’t enough. To live a truly fulfilling life, his patients needed to leave old habits behind and embrace the patterns of flourishing. In The Opposite of Depression, he draws on insights from his clinical experience, the latest research, and his Christian faith to point readers to principles and practices that promote thriving in mind, body and soul. Each chapter offers practical steps readers can take to start moving in the direction of greater satisfaction, fulfillment and purpose.
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Treasures In The Dark
$24.99Add to cartSometimes the most valuable treasures are found in the darkest of times. In fact, it’s often in the very heart of our deepest pain and struggle that God chooses to reveal his most precious gifts. Let Katherine Wolf lead you in finding the hope God has for you in your most painful places.
In our lowest, most difficult moments, it’s often impossible to see any good thing around us. We suffer, we struggle, we grow weary. We wonder, Is God at work in my life? Is he near me? Is there any point to my suffering and any hope for change?
Though it’s easy for our overwhelming pain to cloud our view of reality, the truth is that, even though we can’t see it or feel it, God is at work in the darkness. Our Creator is in the business of bringing dead–and nearly dead–things to life.
Even now, no matter how fresh your wounds might be, he invites you to unearth his hidden treasures in your hurting, to reframe your darkness as a sacred space in which the light of hope can shine most brilliantly. Come join Katherine Wolf as she vulnerably shares her own places of wounding and the life-changing insights she has found there. Treasures in the Dark will guide you as you:
*find grace for the heartbreak of unmet expectations;
*explore the surprising intersection of pain and purpose;
*wholeheartedly embrace the life you never imagined living with perseverance and joy; and
*recognize how your healing can be a part of the world’s healing.With her vibrant faith and unique perspective on life as a stroke survivor and person living with significant disabilities, Katherine will inspire, encourage, and strengthen tender and hurting hearts.
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Ghosted : An American Story
$29.99Add to cartA riveting look inside a life of poverty, success, and the inner circles of political influence–from the foothills of Appalachia all the way to the White House.
New York Times bestselling ghostwriter Nancy French is coming out of the shadows to tell her own incredible story.
Nancy’s family hails from the foothills of the Appalachians, where life was dominated by coal mining, violence, abuse, and poverty. Longing for an adventure, she married a stranger, moved to New York, and dropped out of college. In spite of her lack of education, she found success as a ghostwriter for conservative political leaders. However, when she was unwilling to endorse an unsuitable president, her allies turned on her and she found herself spiritually adrift, politically confused, and occupationally unemployable.
Republicans mocked her, white nationalists targeted her, and her church community alienated her. But in spite of death threats, sexual humiliation, and political ostracization, she learned the importance of finding her own voice–and that the people she thought were her enemies could be her closest friends.
A poignant and engrossing memoir filled with humor and personal insights, Ghosted is a deeply American story of change, loss, and ultimately love.
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Reversing Entropy : New Poems
$22.00Add to cartFrom the pen of beloved poet Luci Shaw comes a new collection that celebrates inspired creativity as an antidote to chaos.
The poet’s own words best describe the heart of this pinnacle collection of new work by beloved writer Luci Shaw:
Entropy: A measure of the molecular disorder, or randomness, of a system, its lack of order or predictability, resulting in a gradual decline into disorder.Our universe, and the systems within it, constantly shift from their created states of order towards disorder, or chaos. The second law of thermodynamics asserts that entropy, or disorder, always increases with time. Creative human activities such as art, architecture, music, story or film are human efforts to halt and reverse this loss of meaning. Thus, smaller systems, like individual poems, become highly ordered as they receive energy from outside themselves, from the poet. They reverse entropy because they are moving from a state of disorder (all the random ideas, words and phrases available to the writer) into an orderly form designed by the writer to create meaningful images and concepts in the reader’s mind (which is where the word “imag-ination” comes from.) This transfer of images, concepts and ideas into the mind of a reader is the task of poetry and the calling of the poet. Just as a composer of music gathers rhythms, notes, melodies, or harmony, organizing them into fugues or sonatas or concertos, so poets work and write to discover ways of arranging their responses to the world in words that introduce meaning and beauty in the mind of the reader.
Which is what I’ve been trying to do for most of my life.
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Tired Of Being Tired Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartIt’s time to quit the unsustainable pace of life we find ourselves in and receive God’s gift of realistic rest.
In Tired of Being Tired, bestselling author and speaker Jess Connolly offers good news to soul-weary women: there is a better way, and it is yours for the taking. In this companion study guide, you’ll discover practical ways to apply the biblical truths that will change your life.
You can break the cycle of living like you’re constantly on the hook and come to Jesus to find rest for your weary and burdened soul. This study guide will show you how to implement new rhythms and relational patterns so that you can experience the abundant life God intended for you–in your life today, not just some unreachable future.
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Tired Of Being Tired
$19.99Add to cartIf you’re a woman, chances are you know the cycle: You start the day already exhausted and end it defeated, all the while telling yourself things will get better if you can just power through this week. But then the weeks turn into months, and you start to believe you’ll never be able to stop, slow down, or catch your breath. You wouldn’t even know how if you tried. And yet God has made you for a life of abundance, not a life of exhaustion. It’s time to quit the unsustainable pace and receive God’s gift of realistic rest.
With relatable stories and eye-opening insights, bestselling author and speaker Jess Connolly offers good news to soul-weary women: There is a better way, and it is yours for the taking. She shows you:
* how to find the source of your fatigue
* scripts for saying no and strategies for protecting your peace
* practices for bringing realistic rest into your daily and weekly rhythmsYou can break the cycle of living like you’re constantly on the hook and come to Jesus to find rest for your weary and burdened soul. This book will show you how to find new rhythms so that you can experience the abundant life God intended for you.
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Your Greater Is Coming
$19.99Add to cartWhether you’re climbing toward the next level, stretching for an out-of-reach goal, or doing your utmost to overcome a challenge, it’s time to step into a better life filled with more. When your patience strains to meet your expectations, you have to remember that where you are now is not where you’re about to be!
In Your Greater Is Coming, #1 New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen challenges your perception of your present situation and inspires you to persevere for the best that’s just ahead. Whatever you’re experiencing, don’t lose faith or give up on your dreams. Wait for your greater, because your greater is coming-greater joy, greater strength, greater relationships. Greater opportunities, greater success, and greater peace are all yours. Whatever you’ve been waiting for, working for, praying for, and hoping for is on the way.
Your Greater Is Coming will nourish your soul and empower your heart to push through pain and master the mundane. Your story is far from over, and the best is yet to come. Don’t give up just as you’re about to discover a new level of increase, ease, and joy. Glimpse your breakthrough just ahead and hold on just a little longer-your greater is coming!
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Think This Not That
$29.99Add to cartAre you feeling stuck? Wanting more out of life? Use twelve powerful mindshifts to break through limiting beliefs, spark personal transformation, and build a more meaningful life.
Perhaps you’re busy but still feel empty. Maybe things haven’t turned out how you’d hoped, and life seems stale and unfulfilling. What if you could wake up every morning excited about your purpose, knowing you’re fulfilling your greatest potential?
A more meaningful life is within your reach, and it starts in one place: your mind.
Living with a mindset of false narratives will keep you stuck, locked in a prison of unpursued dreams and goals. But cultivating a new mindset based on what is actually true will set you free–free to start exploring and growing beyond the limits you thought you had.
In Think This, Not That, Dr. Josh Axe unpacks the top twelve mental barriers holding people back from realizing their potential and becoming the greatest version of themselves, and contrasts each one with a new empowering mindset, such as:
*Don’t simply drift; clarify your purpose.
*Don’t define success based on what you accomplish; base it on who you become.
*Don’t be the victim; be the hero.
*Don’t be a slave to your vices; overpower them by building virtues.
*Don’t live by popular opinion; follow enduring principles of wisdom.
*Don’t allow unintentionality; visualize a strategy.Whether you want to improve your physical or financial health, raise the quality of your relationships, or take your career to new heights, these mindshifts will help transform your life.
It’s time to break through your limiting beliefs and find out who you can become, to build a meaningful life through new thoughts and actions, and to make the switch from what’s stalled you toward a life of ultimate significance.
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Learning To Disagree
$27.99Add to cartAre you discouraged by our divided, angry culture, where even listening to a different perspective sometimes feels impossible? If so, you’re not alone, and it doesn’t have to be this way. Learning to Disagree reveals the surprising path to learning how to disagree in ways that build new bridges with our neighbors, coworkers, and loved ones–and help us find better ways to live joyfully in a complex society.
In a tense cultural climate, is it possible to disagree productively and respectfully without compromising our convictions? Spanning a range of challenging issues–including critical race theory, sexual assault, campus protests, and clashes over religious freedom–highly regarded thought leader and law professor John Inazu helps us engage honestly and empathetically with people whose viewpoints we find strange, wrong, or even dangerous.
As a constitutional scholar, legal expert, and former litigator, John has spent his career learning how to disagree well with other people. In Learning to Disagree, John shares memorable stories and draws on the practices that legal training imparts–seeing the complexity in every issue and inhabiting the mindset of an opposing point of view–to help us handle daily encounters and lifelong relationships with those who see life very differently than we do.
This groundbreaking, poignant, and highly practical book equips us to:
*Understand what holds us back from healthy disagreement
*Learn specific, start-today strategies for dialoguing clearly and authentically
*Move from stuck, broken disagreements to mature, healthy disagreements
*Cultivate empathy as a core skill for our personal lives and our whole societyIf you are feeling exhausted from the tattered state of dialogue in your social media feed, around the country, and in daily conversations, you’re not alone. Discover a more connected life while still maintaining the strength of your convictions through this unique, often-humorous, thought-provoking, and ultimately life-changing exploration of the best way to disagree.
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Saint Squad For Teachers
$16.95Add to cartEvery educator needs a friend to turn to when they are facing a rowdy classroom, challenging parent interactions, tense staff meetings, or even just the everyday demands of teaching. Seasoned teacher Amy Cattapan recommends you form a posse of saintly mentors who are always there to offer inspiring examples and powerful intercession.
In A Saint Squad for Teachers, Cattapan introduces you to a team of forty-five diverse and relatable saints ready to lift you up and intercede for you during every twist and turn of the school year. By drawing from the stories and wisdom of these heavenly educators and holy mentors, you’ll not only flourish as a teacher but also tackle the highs and lows of your calling with renewed vigor and unshakeable hope.
This posse includes these much-needed intercessors:
*Thea Bowman for infusing more joy in your classroom
*Catherine of Siena for nurturing trust and respect with your students
*Charles Lwanga for protecting you and your students from evil
*Nicholas Black Elk for embracing the gift of multicultural classrooms
*Thomas Aquinas for uplifting your underachievers
*Frances Cabrini for providing strength when resources are stretched thinQuestions for reflection or discussion are included at the end of this chapter. Beyond personal enrichment, A Saint Squad for Teachers can also be used as a mini-retreat, team-building book club, professional development, or gifts for staff. This book also makes an ideal thank-you for cherished teachers and dedicated catechists, acknowledging their profound impact on shaping lives.
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Gods Love Song
$18.99Add to cartThe Canticle of the Creatures “is Francis’s love song. It is Franciscan wholeness, for in it is contained the depth of his prayer and of his life in Christ. In its singing he was singing his dying and his rising, for his song was a journey of praise and thanksgiving for his place of origin and his destination, the Most High, All-Powerful, Good Lord.”–Murray Bodo
Using St. Francis’s canticle as a framework, Murray Bodo, a Franciscan friar, and Susan Saint Sing, a secular Franciscan, reflect on the vision of Francis and Clare as it has played out over the course of their own lives. Susan’s experiences of healing during trips to Assisi and praying in nature and Murray’s deep understanding of Francis and Clare as poets and mystics come together in a duet that brings God’s love song to life.
These deeply personal reflections explore the power of prayer and meditation, the sacredness of all creation, and the pull of sacred places. This meditative, reflective reading experience conveys what a lifetime of Franciscan spirituality looks like and will draw you into exploring your own experience of the vision of Francis and Clare.
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Too Small A World
$18.95Add to cart“The world is too small,” Saint Frances Cabrini (1850-1917) once declared. “I would like to embrace it all, to reach every corner.” This compelling, authoritative biography chronicles the astounding life of a petite Italian-born religious sister who, with the heart of a missionary, conquered all odds to become the first American citizen canonized a saint.
Theodore Maynard traces Cabrini’s journey from her humble beginnings in northern Italy to her pioneering mission across the United States serving the poor and the sick on a massive scale. Between her work with immigrants (in New York, Denver, Chicago, Seattle, New Orleans, and beyond), her building of schools, orphanages, and hospitals, and her founding of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Mother Cabrini’s entrepreneurial work would change the course of American history, marking it with Christ’s mercy.
Maynard draws his material directly from the official files for Cabrini’s canonization, from her letters, and from interviews with Missionary Sisters who were close to her. What emerges from this complex portrait is a woman of boundless compassion, courage, and energy, whose legacy continues to inspire people around the world today.
“If anybody could effect the impossible,” writes Theodore Maynard, “it was this Italian nun.”
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Kind Words Are Like Honey Sweet To The Soul Journal
$15.99Add to cartA journal for improving one’s self-talk and letting Christ-centered positivity overflow to others.
Learning to speak kind words to others, in every situation, often begins with learning to speak kind words to yourself. Impatience and self-criticism tend to bleed over into our interactions with others, and they are often rooted in fear and insecurity. When we recognize the kindness Christ has shown to us, we can speak kindly to ourselves-and those life-giving words start to overflow to others. This beautifully-designed journal offers the inspiration and space to develop a habit of kind words that can transform thought and action in both the writer and those they encounter.
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Restored In Tuscany
$19.99Add to cartRestored in Tuscany is the true story of a weary and grief-stricken woman who unexpectedly embarks on a messy renovation of a Tuscan village house, but finds that it is her soul that most needs repair and restoration.
Author Angela Correll is under a deadline to finish her second book, anxiously approaching her fiftieth birthday, and still reeling from a string of painful losses when she and her husband follow a dream and buy an ancient villa in the heart of Tuscany. Angela soon realizes that her dream home needs more than a little TLC-this is a full-scale renovation that will stretch her patience (and budget) to the limit. Follow Angela’s journey as she restores her home to its former glory and heals her heart in the process. Along the way, you’ll experience all the charm and romance of Tuscany-leisurely meals with new friends, quirky and loveable locals, exquisite art and architecture, and the beauty and splendor of the Mediterranean.
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Watchmakers Daughter : The True Story Of World War II Heroine Corrie Ten Bo
$21.99Add to cartINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
Winner of the Florida Book Awards Gold Medal
New York Times bestselling author and master of nonfiction spy thrillers Larry Loftis writes the first major biography of Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch watchmaker who saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during WWII–at the cost of losing her family and being sent to a concentration camp, only to survive, forgive her captors, and live the rest of her life as a Christian missionary.
The Watchmaker’s Daughter is one of the greatest stories of World War II that readers haven’t heard: the remarkable and inspiring life story of Corrie ten Boom–a groundbreaking, female Dutch watchmaker, whose family unselfishly transformed their house into a hiding place straight out of a spy novel to shelter Jews and refugees from the Nazis during Gestapo raids. Even though the Nazis knew what the ten Booms were up to, they were never able to find those sheltered within the house when they raided it.
Corrie stopped at nothing to face down the evils of her time and overcame unbelievable obstacles and odds. She persevered despite the loss of most of her family and relied on her faith to survive the horrors of a notorious concentration camp. But even more remarkable than her heroism and survival was Corrie’s attitude when she was released. Miraculously, she was able to eschew bitterness and embrace forgiveness as she ministered to people in need around the globe. Corrie’s ability to forgive is just one of the myriad lessons that her life story holds for readers today.
Reminiscent of Schindler’s List and featuring a journey of faith and forgiveness not unlike Unbroken, The Watchmaker’s Daughter is destined to become a classic work of World War II nonfiction.
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Spirit Of The Century
$30.00Add to cartAn insider history of the Blind Boys of Alabama, the longest running group in American music, and the untold story of their world, written with band members and key musical colleagues.
The Blind Boys of Alabama are the quintessential Gospel vocal group, and the longest-running musical institution in America. Their story intersects with pivotal moments and issues in American history and is an ideal prism through which to trace music, culture, history, and race in America. Spirit of the Century invites readers to follow along the Blind Boys’ eight-decade journey together from a segregated trade school, through the rough and tumble indie record game and grinding tour schedule of the golden age of gospel, to starring in an iconic Broadway musical, performing at the White House for three presidents twice, collaborating with Tom Petty, Lou Reed, and Ben Harper, among others, singing the theme song for “The Wire,” and winning five Grammys. More than just a story of the Blind Boys’ illustrious career, Spirit of the Century also sheds new light on the larger world of African American gospel music, its origins, and the colorful characters at its center.
Though there have been several iterations of the group over the decades, Spirit of the Century rounds up all surviving members of the group as contributors to the telling of their own story, and a result, the book offers a unique and intimate perspective on the group’s enduring success. Current drummer and road manager Rickie McKinney has been with the group throughout its renaissance, while guitarist Joey Williams, the group’s sighted member, has been the eyes of the Blind Boys since 1992. Octogenarian Jimmy Lee Carter has a fascinating history, as a fellow student of the original but deceased Blind Boys Clarence Fountain, George Scott, Olice Thomas, Johnny Fields, J.T. Hutton, and Velma Traylor at the Talladega school. Carter is one of a few performers who have been in both the Blind Boys of Alabama and Mississippi. He fronts the Alabama group today as a classic quartet leader and fiery preacher. Along with extensive interviews of Fountain, these legendary musicians provide this book with the voice, firsthand perspective, and authenticity that bring their story the same inspirational power that you hear in their songs.
Thought-provoking, heartfelt, and deeply inspiring, Spirit of the Century is a fascinating and one-of-a-kind read that you won’t be able to put down.
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Interior Life Of Saint Ghomas Aquinas
$17.95Add to cartMany are well aware of St. Thomas Aquinas’s intellectual prowess – his genius in metaphysics and supernatural theology that pierced the depths of truth. However, few know about the private spiritual life of this illustrious Doctor of the Church. This work, written by Msgr. Martin Grabmann, a foremost authority on Aquinas, is unique in its telling of the holiness of St. Thomas’s priestly soul.
Neither a purely devotional nor a strictly scientific treatment of the interior life of St. Thomas, this book combines the two to help you appreciate the character of the Angelic Doctor. Through St. Thomas’s own words, you will come to understand how and why he learned more at the feet of the Crucified One than from the innumerable books he read.
In this revealing book, you will gain insights into Aquinas’s heart through his works and the acts of his canonization process. Msgr. Grabmann highlights three areas in the saint’s interior life: wisdom, charity, and peace. St. Thomas asked God that he might think like Christ, love like Christ, and be at peace like Christ, so his soul and actions were ordered after those of Jesus Christ, and his writings on intimacy with God flowed from his own experience of this communion.
St. Thomas spent his life in contemplative prayer, study, writing, and preaching. It is said that he began his writings with prayer and was often moved to tears. Through testimonies about the Angelic Doctor, you will learn about his untold mysticism and discover:
*The secret to developing fervent charity and attaining spiritual delight
*The threefold wisdom in which St. Thomas found the meaning and happiness of life
*Thomas’s exemplary purity and temperance and how he ordered his whole life toward God
*His self-sacrifice, kindness, and charity and why he was called the Cherubim of the Eucharistic mysteryRevered as one of the greatest thinkers of all time, St. Thomas also possessed the faith of a child. You will be astounded by the true stories of his humility and patience in instructing beginners in the spiritual life and the mercy and compassion he extended to others.
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Wishful Thinking : How I Lost My Faith And Why I Want To Find It
$27.00Add to cartThis heart-wrenching, unflinchingly honest memoir follows a woman’s search to reclaim her lost faith, against all odds-perfect for fans of Lauren Winner and Kate Bowler.
Donna Freitas wants to believe. Raised Catholic, she sang songs about Jesus as a child and lived in a house where nuns and priests were regular guests, yet she found herself questioning the faith of her family, examining the reasons none of it added up, and distancing herself from the God of Christianity.
Despite her questions-or perhaps because of them-she made a career out of trying to understand God, pursuing a PhD in religion. But even as she taught college students about mystics, theologians, and others who wrestled with God, she was never able to embrace a faith of her own.
In this searingly honest and deeply personal book, Freitas retraces her roundabout path up and out of the wilderness toward hope, and her dogged-and ongoing-search for faith. She talks about her experience with the Catholic abuse scandal, about being embraced as a speaker at hundreds of evangelical colleges, about how the death of her mother and the loss of her marriage made her question everything she thought she knew about love, how she cannot reconcile the ways the concept of God makes absolutely no sense, and how she cannot stop trying to believe, despite it all.
Real, raw, and beautifully written, Wishful Thinking is a powerful story about the author’s search for belief in God and about finding God in the most unexpected places.
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Uncomplicated : Simple Secrets For A Compelling Life
$35.99Add to cartTimeless wisdom for a simpler life
Do you feel trapped in a chaotic, relentless, demanding lifestyle? Discover the secrets to the peaceful, compelling life you long for through the skills honed by our grandmothers and lived out by the Amish. Drink from this well of timeless wisdom and gain practical skills with a counselor, career woman, and busy mom who’s raised her family on a farm in the heart of Amish and Mennonite country as your guide.
In this new book from the author of Fledge: Launching Your Kids without Losing Your Mind, Brenda L. Yoder equips women with 10 timeless lessons drawn from past generations to overcome practical obstacles and solve daily challenges with a calm presence, authentic faith, and voice of reason. No matter where you live or what season of life you’re in, you can find inspiration from the simpler life.
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If I Dont Laugh Ill Cry
Original price was: $19.99.$11.97Current price is: $11.97.Add to cartIn this laugh-out-loud and heartfelt memoir, writer, speaker, and podcaster Molly Stillman shares her unforgettable story of losing her mother, squandering an unexpected quarter-of-a-million-dollar inheritance in less than two years, attempting to launch a career in comedy but ending up on a farm instead, and finding faith, hope, and joy in the middle of it all.
Molly Stillman has lived the type of life that when shared, people stop in their tracks and ask, “Wait, what happened?” Molly’s mother, Lynda Van Devanter Buckley served as an Army nurse during the Vietnam War and wrote the bestselling memoir, Home Before Morning. When Molly was seventeen, Lynda passed away after an eight-year battle with an autoimmune disorder due to her exposure to Agent Orange. Four years later, Molly turned twenty-one and unexpectedly inherited a quarter of a million dollars from her mother’s estranged family’s estate. Through “retail therapy” and a long series of grossly irresponsible financial decisions, Molly found herself broke with over $36,000 in credit card debt less than two years later. Shame, guilt, and embarrassment set in.
With aspirations of a career in comedy, Molly used humor to mask the pain and brokenness she felt, believing that if she looked joyful and put together on the outside, it would eventually be true on the inside. Instead, she spent the next few years depressed, lonely, and feeling alienated from those closest to her. But an unlikely call with a compassionate credit counselor, meeting the spreadsheet-loving man who eventually became her husband, and a surprising visit to a church started her on a path that changed everything.
If I Don’t Laugh, I’ll Cry will bring readers into the tension of feeling both joy and grief and show them that every broken, messed up story has a purpose, and it’s possible to gain everything if they’re willing to surrender it all to Jesus.
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Meditations At Midnight
$9.99Add to cartDive into the profound and poetic world of humanity’s paradoxical beauty and absurdity with Meditations at Midnight by Gary Jansen–a literary feast that ignites your love for books and leaves you pondering life’s mysteries.
There are few books that can bring you face to face with your own humanity with all its tragic loveliness and at the same time lift you so high above it that you are able to dispassionately examine mankind’s absurdity and brilliance. Meditations at Midnight, by Gary Jansen, is such a book. Jansen’s stories, verses, and musings are at once familiar, startling, dreamy, funny, and nostalgic. He pays homage to his own favorite writers from Jack Kerouac to Stephen King to Ernest Hemingway to Emily Dickinson to Paulo Coelho and more. This is a book you can devour in one sitting or flip open and just nibble on a thought or a theme that suits your mood. Meditations at Midnight will awaken your love of literature–or inspire
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Unlikely Converts : Improbable Stories Of Faith And What They Teach Us Abou
$18.99Add to cartRely on the unstoppable power of the gospel, not your own words
Most Christians have people in their lives who they’re sure will never come to faith. Whether they’re too committed to their sinful ways, too angry at God, or too quick to shut down any mention of the saving grace of Jesus, these long shots don’t seem worth approaching.
But some of the most unlikely converts have the strongest faith stories, and they can be a source of incredible encouragement for Christians who are trying to evangelize those around them. Randy Newman knows firsthand the discomfort that comes with sharing the gospel. He’s been tongue-tied and timid too. But the truth is, we don’t need to sound like the brilliant, charismatic, legendary evangelists.
In this book, Randy shares surprising conversion stories straight from those who took the long way around to Christianity. He considers current cultural trends that make evangelism more difficult today. Then with his characteristic upbeat style, he offers practical ways, and even exact wording, to proclaim the gospel and includes a plan of action.
In the end, Unlikely Converts encourages us to remember that while the Great Commission requires us to share the good news, it does not require perfection, only confidence in the message.
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Ultimate Middle School Survival Guide
$16.99Add to cartBy the time you leave your elementary school, you know what to expect. You are the oldest, the smartest, the top dog. But the minute you enter middle school, everything changes. Your classes are getting harder. Your friendships are tested. Your body is changing. How do you know what’s expected of you now? And how do you keep from embarrassing yourself as you figure it all out?
The Ultimate Middle School Survival Guide is your “Do this, not that” guide to nearly everything middle school can throw your way, including:
– the first day
– bullies
– cell phone use
– homework
– gossip
– leadership
– respect
– sports
– and moreWith real-life hacks, humorous illustrations, and tons of true survival stories, Jonathan and Erica Catherman will get you through middle school like a pro.
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Intimate Good : A Skeptical Christian Mystic In Conversation With Teresa Of
$19.99Add to cartAt age twenty-one, the pain of losing her mother to cancer sent Laurel Mathewson–with a naturally skeptical and questioning outlook–on a years-long existential journey. After an unexpected, overwhelming experience of God’s love, Laurel felt God say to her, “Turn to Teresa. She will guide you.” She understood that “Teresa” was the sixteenth-century saint Teresa of Avila, but she knew very little about her. Even after becoming an Episcopal priest, she had never read more than a few pages of Teresa’s writings.
Laurel began to read The Interior Castle, Teresa’s book about the “dwellings” within our souls that we move through to develop an ever-deepening relationship with God through prayer. She truly marveled at discovering a text that illuminated her own spiritual path with such insight, candor, and clarity. And she continued to experience the intimate presence of a God who kept defying and transforming her cynical nature–and offered her the gift of healing.
This beautifully written and moving memoir illustrates an ancient reality still very much alive today: the love and closeness of a good God, as known through Jesus Christ, who seeks to move out into the world, into our very bodies and lives. Not by nature or training inclined to believe such a wild claim, Laurel discovered that God is full of surprises.
In every age, but perhaps particularly in our own, people hunger for personal narratives that help bring to life complex frameworks and ideas. An Intimate Good brings into focus not just Teresa’s Interior Castle but also the living God who is at the heart of it, especially for modern readers who take the life of the mind seriously and yearn for confirmation of meaning and belovedness. Laurel’s journey will lead you to a clearer understanding of the varied avenues God works in our lives over time, through prayer and other people, leading us in ways only possible by One who knows us intimately and loves us deeply.
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We Before Me
$24.99Add to cartHow individuals, church, businesses, and our country can heal the selfish divisions tearing us apart.
Our nation’s greatest challenge is division.
A congressman and former army flight surgeon examines our divisions and shows how social media have amplified them. Will we rise to the challenge and heal the rifts?
The solution is for Americans is a “we before me” life. Sharing the lessons learned from his father, who struggled to provide for his family and serve others while dealing with a serious handicap, Dr. Green shows how they served him so well in his own career in the military, healthcare, business, and politics.
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Loving People Who Are Hard To Love
$18.99Add to cartRenowned Bible teacher and #1 New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer teaches readers to love the people in their life who are hard to love.
We’re never going to be able to prevent people from saying or doing things that hurt our feelings. We will always have opportunities to get offended. But if we do things God’s way, we can choose to save ourselves a lot of misery and hardship. This doesn’t mean we allow people to abuse us. No, there is a time for confronting people and dealing with situations. However, the Bible commands us to love our enemies and forgive those who have wronged us, even when it feels impossible.
Everything the Lord asks us to do in the Bible is ultimately for our good. In fact, when we choose to love our enemies and forgive those who have hurt us, we are actually helping ourselves more than anyone else. Because whatever the Lord commands us to do, He is going to give us the power of the Holy Spirit to accomplish it–and that includes loving and being good to difficult people! God’s love flowing through us is strong enough to melt even the hardest hearts, so use kindness as a weapon to overcome the meanness in people.
A Study Guide is also available for purchase.
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7 Lies That Will Ruin Your Life
$27.00Add to cartJoshua Broome knows this firsthand. He had a successful career in the adult film industry, making lots of money and achieving notoriety and all the markers of success. And yet he felt empty inside. After hitting rock bottom, he cried out to Jesus … and it was only then that he was fully redeemed.
In 7 Lies That Will Ruin Your Life, Joshua examines seven things we are told will make us happy and shows how each of them points us back to our need for God.Using his own journey as a point of reference, 7 Lies That Will Ruin Your Life pairs his personal experiences with Biblical truths, demonstrating both how we can be deceived and the healing truth that comes when we realize that Jesus really is enough.
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Flirting With Disaster
$27.00Add to cartJoin travel writer Angie Orth on a journey of self-discovery as she empowers readers to buck expectations, take leaps of faith, and trust that God’s plan is better than anything we think we want for our lives.
Angie Orth should have had at least 2.5 kids by now–everyone else back home did. Despite a successful PR career in New York, Angie was failing at the roles she was born to play–those of submissive wife and grandchild incubator. Without a potential husband in sight or the hope of a photogenic brood to show off, she was beginning to wonder if God forgot about her.
With her thirtieth birthday looming, Angie was at a crossroads. Should she hightail it home to find a man like a “good girl” or continue running the rat race in New York City and hope for the best?
Orth chose Plan C: Escape! She quit her job, launched a travel blog, and booked a one-way ticket to the South Pacific while her Southern family gnashed their teeth in protest. But the timing couldn’t have been worse for a solo trip: she found herself dodging tsunamis, earthquakes, revolutions, grabby men, and incessant DMs from her worrywart relatives over a journey that spanned five continents. In the midst of her global misadventures, Orth’s hilarious, vulnerable journey of faith and wanderlust demonstrates that God’s plan is so much more creative than society’s expectations.
Fasten your seatbelt for this sassy, relatable memoir about living life unscripted yet still on mission. By the time readers turn the last page of Flirting with Disaster, they’ll feel empowered, knowing God’s vision is better than anything we think we want–or are supposed to want–for our lives. And they’ll be ready to take on the world in their own way.
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Why Everything That Doesnt Matter Matters So Much
$19.99Add to cartA hopeful and practical model for what it means to be a Christian and a culture-maker in a world of hurt and wondrous possibility, from multi-Grammy winner Charlie Peacock and his wife and author, Andi Ashworth.
Do you feel powerless and overwhelmed by the pain and suffering all around you? Have you ever asked, What can I do to mend the world, my family, or my own life? And if I could, why bother? Does my own small part even matter? If so, here comes hope from two guides who are further down the road. Charlie and Andi have written a collection of letters to Christians and spiritual seekers who think deeply and care acutely about the state of the world and their personal spheres of influence.
In Why Everything That Doesn’t Matter, Matters So Much, beloved and trusted mentors, Charlie and Andi offer you:
*Thought-provoking explorations into the many facets of Christian culture care and making, from the kitchen to Carnegie Hall.
*Practical guidance for how to care for and improve the quality of human life, locally and globally, no matter your vocation.
*A theology of imagination and creativity that provides a framework for all of life.
*A model for expressing love in marriage, friendship, citizenship, and every kind of work–even in the midst of cynicism, fear, exhaustion, and oppression.
It might be said of Christians that our lives are either moving in the direction of the redemption Jesus has on offer, or away from it. Each of these letters is a gentle nudge in the direction of God’s powerfully ordinary purpose for each of us, no matter what the future holds, to participate fully in the beautiful, redemptive work of Christ.
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Amazing Grace : The Life Of John Newton And The Surprising Story Behind His
$19.99Add to cartNow available in trade paper!
Amazing Grace is the surprising true story of John Newton, author of the song that has touched millions. A biography that reads like a novel, it reveals Newton’s dramatic story of sin and salvation as a slave trader before his ultimate transformation to speaking out against the horror of slavery. His story speaks to the brokenness within us all and our need for God’s amazing grace-and reveals the truth behind his song.
Amazing Grace is based on years of research on the life and writings of John Newton. It tells of a prodigal who returns home, and a young love that defies the odds; of a young man whose life is torn by grief and wounded by the cruelty of others, following his descent into deeper suffering and finally into the brutal world of the slave trade. Newton rejects God repeatedly but is rescued by a divine mercy that reaches deeper than he could ever have imagined as he ultimately faces his past and repents.
Newton’s story is shocking, and Amazing Grace does not try to airbrush or excuse his faults. There are glaring contradictions in the life of a ship’s Captain who retreats to his cabin to study his Bible and write tender love letters to his wife while hundreds of slaves lie in chains in the hold below.
The profound lessons from his life are applicable to us today, helping us to:
*Discover that the need for grace is universal and offers the deepest hope for overcoming hatred
*Be honest about our lives even when we are ashamed and face seemingly unresolvable problems
*Look for grace when life is far from perfect and doesn’t match up to our expectations
*Trust that our mistakes and regrets, no matter how deep, can be redeemed in the end
Since the first public singing of Amazing Grace almost 250 years ago, every generation has been profoundly moved by the song, and now readers can connect with John Newton’s story like never before. In these days of extreme polarization when beliefs about race, church, and politics have all become deeply divisive in society, we need grace more than ever. We need stories like this one that talk honestly about the human condition but even more about the relentless love of God and his forgiveness of sins. -
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Gods Wisdom For The Graduate Class Of 2024 Botanical NKJV
Original price was: $14.99.$8.97Current price is: $8.97.Add to cartGraduates, now more than ever, need God’s wisdom to face uncertain times. And while the world around them is full of changes, God’s Word and His wisdom are constant. God’s Wisdom(R) for the Graduate inspires young people with its biblical teachings, relevant for their new season of life and beyond.
It addresses carefully chosen topics that are highly pertinent to this season of life, such as spiritual discipline, godly relationships, and finding peace in God. The writings are organized by theme, allowing graduates to find wisdom for their specific needs quickly and easily.
From Jack Countryman, bestselling author of God’s Promises(R) for Graduates, this classic graduation gift offers:
*More than 70 inspirational writings
*Relevant Bible verses from the New King James Version (NKJV) translation
*A modern, high-quality cover that today’s grads will value
*A presentation page to personalize your gift
*A portable size, perfect for a gift basket or to take on-the-goCelebrate the graduate in your life with this popular, inspirational book impacting nearly 2 million graduates with the hope of God’s Word.
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Gods Wisdom For The Graduate Class Of 2024 Mountain NKJV
Original price was: $14.99.$8.97Current price is: $8.97.Add to cartGraduates, now more than ever, need God’s wisdom to face uncertain times. And while the world around them is full of changes, God’s Word and His wisdom are constant. God’s Wisdom(R) for the Graduate inspires young people with its biblical teachings, relevant for their new season of life and beyond.
It addresses carefully chosen topics that are highly pertinent to this season of life, such as spiritual discipline, godly relationships, and finding peace in God. The writings are organized by theme, allowing graduates to find wisdom for their specific needs quickly and easily.
From Jack Countryman, bestselling author of God’s Promises(R) for Graduates, this classic graduation gift offers:
*More than 70 inspirational writings
*Relevant Bible verses from the New King James Version (NKJV) translation
*A modern, high-quality cover that today’s grads will value
*A presentation page to personalize your gift
*A portable size, perfect for a gift basket or to take on-the-goCelebrate the graduate in your life with this popular, inspirational book impacting nearly 2 million graduates with the hope of God’s Word.
Look for additional biblical inspiration for the graduates in your life through the God’s Promises(R), God’s Answers(R), and God’s Wisdom(R) gift books.
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Gods Promises For Graduates Class Of 2024 Navy NKJV
Original price was: $14.99.$8.97Current price is: $8.97.Add to cartToday’s high school and college graduates are looking for a promise of hope for their future. This practical and inspirational gift for graduates delivers God’s promises of wisdom, guidance, comfort, and encouragement straight from the Bible on relevant topics such as character, integrity, loyalty, focus, respect, and perseverance.
This attractive book is a perfect keepsake gift offering:
*Hundreds of Scripture passages from the New King James Version Bible translation
*A Leathersoft cover designed for personalization with your graduate’s name
*A portable size, perfect to take on-the-go
*Two popular color options: navy and pinkGod’s Promises for Graduates(R) is a #1 bestselling inspirational book impacting nearly 2 million graduates with the hope of God’s Word.
Look for additional biblical inspiration for the graduates in your life through the God’s Promises(R), God’s Answers(R), and God’s Wisdom(R) gift books.
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Gods Promises For Graduates Class Of 2024 Pink NKJV
Original price was: $14.99.$8.97Current price is: $8.97.Add to cartToday’s high school and college graduates are looking for a promise of hope for their future. This practical and inspirational gift for graduates delivers God’s promises of wisdom, guidance, comfort, and encouragement straight from the Bible on relevant topics such as character, integrity, loyalty, focus, respect, and perseverance.
This attractive book is a perfect keepsake gift offering:
*Hundreds of Scripture passages from the New King James Version Bible translation
*A Leathersoft cover designed for personalization with your graduate’s name
*A portable size, perfect to take on-the-go
*Two popular color options: navy and pinkGod’s Promises for Graduates(R) is a #1 bestselling inspirational book impacting nearly 2 million graduates with the hope of God’s Word.
Look for additional biblical inspiration for the graduates in your life through the God’s Promises(R), God’s Answers(R), and God’s Wisdom(R) gift books.
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Gods Promises For Graduates Class Of 2024 Black NIV
Original price was: $14.99.$8.97Current price is: $8.97.Add to cartToday’s high school and college graduates are looking for a promise of hope for their future. This practical and inspirational gift for graduates delivers God’s promises of wisdom, guidance, comfort, and encouragement straight from the Bible on relevant topics such as character, integrity, loyalty, focus, respect, and perseverance.
This attractive book is a perfect keepsake gift offering:
*Hundreds of Scripture passages from the New International Version Bible translation
*A Leathersoft cover designed for personalization with your graduate’s name
*A portable size, perfect to take on-the-goGod’s Promises(R) for Graduates is a #1 bestselling inspirational book impacting nearly 2 million graduates with the hope of God’s Word.
Look for additional biblical inspiration for the graduates in your life through the God’s Promises(R), God’s Answers(R), and God’s Wisdom(R) gift books.
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What Do You Really Want
$28.99Add to cartSuccessful entrepreneur and life coach Cayla Craft reveals to readers the seven questions that can unlock a new paradigm for dreaming, envisioning, and activating the life story they want to live.
We all want to experience great joy, peace, and love in our lives. We all want to find our true purpose and live an abundant life. But to do that, we have to first ask ourselves a few questions and get to know someone who we might be unconsciously allowing to drive our lives: our younger selves.
Cayla Craft was working as an ER nurse when she realized that she was unconsciously believing a lot of unhelpful narratives about herself that were influencing her everyday life. She started getting honest with herself and answered some tough questions, trying get to know the “little me” who was making a lot of the decisions in her adult life. This realization led to her quitting her day job and developing the Take 7 approach to personal growth and fulfillment that has helped thousands of women live their best lives. In What Do You Really Want?, Cayla guides readers through the seven questions that can change everything and shows them how to:
*eliminate areas of self-sabotage by learning how to take control of their narratives,
*find the courage to identify and make necessary sacrifices to create the lives they were made for, and
*replace a cycle of toxic positivity with action that comes from a place of truth and self-knowledge.
When you learn to use this self-coaching method, you’ll discover the more enriching, deeply fulfilled life that God intended you to have. What Do You Really Want? goes beyond current explanations about how narratives shape us and helps readers discover the questions they should be asking so they can use those answers to inspire a transformation in their lives and the lives of others.
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Change Starts With You
Original price was: $18.99.$11.97Current price is: $11.97.Add to cartInjustice, division, and suffering may loom large in this broken world, but you have the power to stand up for truth, unity, and healing. Join writer, motivational speaker, humanitarian, and NFL veteran Sam Acho as he gives you the courage you need to be a changemaker.
When gold is put into a crucible over a fire, the impurities (known as “dross”) rise to the top. When faced with extreme heat, these precious metals are purified. Nothing about the metal’s essential makeup changes, but the impurities in them are brought to the surface, leaving behind precious gold.
America is in a crucible right now–and maybe you are, too. The pandemic has strained an already struggling economy, longstanding cultural and political divisions have reached a boiling point, and injustices have been brought into the spotlight in ways that we can no longer ignore. But the thing about crucibles is that they bring out both the worst and the best of us.
As you read Change Starts with You, you’ll be:
*Inspired to discover and follow your fire–the unique passions that God has put in each of our hearts
*Equipped to dream big, channeling your passions into creating positive change wherever God has called you
*Encouraged by Acho’s firsthand accounts of communities transformed by people with the courage and tenacity to follow their own fire
*Motivated to be a leader who empowers others to become changemakers too