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Wild Awakening: How a Raging Grizzly Healed My Wounded Heart

Greg J. Matthews · Howard Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A near-fatal attack by an enraged grizzly leads to an unexpected encounter with God for alpha male Greg Matthews in this gripping and engaging story of survival and faith. Greg Matthews was the ultimate poster-boy for masculinity. Avid hunter and outdoorsman, Air Force and civilian firefighter,...
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The Oracle: The Jubilean Mysteries Unveiled

Jonathan Cahn · Frontline
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

To know what the future holds, know what the past is hiding.

This book will open your eyes to groundbreaking mysteries that will impact not only how you understand the past, but also how you can be ready for the future.

Jonathan Cahn, author of the New York Times best...
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Perfectly Human: Nine Months with Cerian

Sarah C. Williams · Plough Publishing House
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

She knew they would only have a few fleeting months together, but in that time Sarah's unborn daughter would transform her understanding of beauty, worth, and the gift of life.Happily married and teaching history at the University of Oxford, Sarah Williams had credentials, success,...
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The Strenuous Life: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete

Ryan Swanson · Diversion Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

In full and intricate detail, featuring an amazing cast of characters from the worlds of politics, athletics, entertainment and more, this is the story of how President Theodore Roosevelt helped shepherd in an American sports and fitness revolution.

Crippling asthma and grossly myopic...
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The Kindness Challenge: Thirty Days to Improve Any Relationship

Shaunti Feldhahn · WaterBrook
Pages: 212
Format: Hardcover

One month to a great relationship ... with anyone!

Think of your toughest relationship. Think of a relationship that is good but could be great. Think of a group of people that drives you nuts. You want to show more kindness and generosity, but sometimes you're just tired, stretched,...
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Ave Maria: The Mystery of a Most Beloved Prayer

Pope Francis · Image
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

This important new work by Pope Francis provides an enlightening new vision of the importance of women in the Church and the world, seen through the lens of Mary, the mother of Jesus."At the beginning of the re-creation of the world, there is a dialogue between God and a single woman,"...
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The Art of Parenting: Aiming Your Child's Heart toward God

Dennis Rainey · Bethany House Publishers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

From Marriage and Family Experts Dennis and Barbara RaineyDennis and Barbara Rainey have spent decades helping families find biblical help to strengthen and transform family relationships. Through radio broadcasts, conferences, and other events, they have been teaching on the foundations...
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Fire by Night: Finding God in the Pages of the Old Testament

Melissa Florer-Bixler · Herald Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Foreword by Dr. Luke Powery, dean of Duke University Chapel

What do we do with the Old Testament? How do we read words written in a world so different from ours, stories so ruthless and so filled with grace? In Fire by Night, pastor Melissa Florer-Bixler invites readers to marvel...

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Christ and the Common Life: Political Theology and the Case for Democracy

Luke Bretherton · Eerdmans
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

In Christ and the Common Life Luke Bretherton provides an introduction to historical and contemporary theological reflection on politics and opens up a compelling vision for a Christian commitment to democracy.In dialogue with Scripture and various traditions, Bretherton examines the dynamic...
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Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity

JAMES MARTIN · HarperOne
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and Jesus: A Pilgrimage turns his attention to the relationship between LGBT Catholics and the Church in this loving, inclusive, and revolutionary book.

On the day after the Orlando nightclub shooting,...

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America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America

Jim Wallis · Brazos Press, 2016.
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

America's problem with race has deep roots, with the country's foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of another. Racism is truly our nation's original sin.

"It's time we right this unacceptable wrong," says bestselling author...
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The American Miracle: Divine Providence in the Rise of the Republic

Michael Medved · Crown
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

In the first of two books on the topic, conservative radio host with 5 million daily listeners and bestselling author Michael Medved discovers amazements in early American history that each suggest an "intelligent design" to America's story, making the case that Divine Providence...
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Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys into the Medieval World

CHRISTOPHER DE HAMEL · Penguin Press
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover

Winner of THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE and THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE

An extraordinary and beautifully illustrated exploration of the medieval world through twelve manuscripts, from one of the world's leading experts

MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MANUSCRIPTS is a remarkable examination...
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The Heart of Perfection: How the Saints Taught Me to Trade My Dream of Perfect for God's

Colleen Carroll Campbell · Howard Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

An award-winning author, former presidential speechwriter, and mother of four weaves stories of her own struggles against comparison and impossible expectations with those of seven ex-perfectionist saints (and one heretic) who show us how to pursue a new kind of perfection: freedom...
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The Catholic Catalogue: A Field Guide to the Daily Acts That Make Up a Catholic Life

Melissa Musick · Doubleday
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

The popular mother-daughter team behind the hit website TheCatholicCatalogue.com helps readers to discover, rediscover, and embrace some of the smells and tastes, sounds and sensations, holidays and seasons of the Catholic life. This collection of prayers, crafts, devotionals and recipes...
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