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Trade Your Cares for Calm

M LUCADO · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Be Free from the Worries That Weigh You Down.If you're trembling on a tightrope of fear and worry, get ready for the best trade ever: your cares for God's calm.What if faith, not fear, could be your default reaction to circumstances? Imagine being able to walk away from worry, conquer...
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Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression

Gillian Marchenko · IVP Books
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

"I stand on the edge of a cliff in my own bedroom." Gillian Marchenko continues her description of depression: "I must keep still. Otherwise I will plunge to my death. 'Please God, take this away,' I pray when I can." For Gillian, "dealing with depression"...
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The Reckless Way of Love: Notes on Following Jesus

Dorothy Day · Plough Publishing House
Pages: 149
Format: Paperback

How do you follow Jesus without burning out?"This thoughtful collection of Day's reflections incorporates abundant material for contemplation, all drawn from her extensive writings ... [which] reveal Day's signature honesty and frequent humor in addressing her hopes and fears...
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Think Better, Live Better: A Victorious Life Begins in Your Mind

Joel Osteen · FaithWords
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author Joel Osteen shares how reprogramming your thoughts to remove negativity will lead to a more blessed, fulfilled life.
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The Faith of Christopher Hitchens: The Restless Soul of the World's Most Notorious Atheist

Larry Taunton · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

"If everyone in the United States had the same qualities of loyalty and care and concern for others that Larry Taunton had, we'd be living in a much better society than we do." ~ Christopher Hitchens At the time of his death, Christopher Hitchens was the most notorious atheist...
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The True Jesus: Uncovering the Divinity of Christ in the Gospels

David Limbaugh · Regnery Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

David Limbaugh, the New York Times bestselling author of Jesus on Trial and The Emmaus Code, now approaches the question of Jesus Christ's divinity--In what sense was Jesus God? How do we know?--with the same precise, methodical form of enquiry he has employed in his career as lawyer and law professor....
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Life's Too Short to Pretend You're Not Religious

David Dark · IVP Books
Pages: 199
Format: Print book

For many of us, the word "religious" immediately evokes thoughts of brainwashing, violence and eye-rubbingly tiresome conversations. Why not be done with it? David Dark argues that it's not that simple. The ease with which we put the label on others without applying it to ourselves...
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Change of Heart: Justice, Mercy, and Making Peace with My Sister's Killer

Jeanne Bishop · Westminster John Knox Press
Pages: 159
Format: Hardcover

This powerful, true story of faith and forgiveness shows that all of us are capable of experiencing the healing and renewal that comes with truly forgiving another. Change of Heart follows the transformative journey undertaken by Jeanne Bishop after the murders of her sister and brother-in-law,...
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Is This the End? Study Guide: Signs of God's Providence in a Disturbing New World

David Jeremiah · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

The world seems more fractured each day. People are asking, "Is this the end?" Never have the headlines been this jarring, the cultural changes this rapid, or the moral decay this pronounced. After each new occurrence, the most often-heard questions are, What on earth is happening?...
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Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World

Eric Metaxas · Viking
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas comes a brilliant and inspiring biography of the most influential man in modern history, Martin Luther, in time for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation On All Hallow's Eve in 1517, a young monk named Martin Luther posted a document...
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Confessions of a Funeral Director: How the Business of Death Saved My Life

CALEB WILDE · HarperOne
Pages: 193
Format: Hardcover

The blogger behind Confessions of a Funeral Director - what Time magazine called a "must read" - reflects on mortality and the powerful lessons death holds for every one of us in this compassionate and thoughtful spiritual memoir that combines the humor and insight of Smoke Gets...
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Between Midnight and Dawn: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Lent, Holy Week, and Eastertide

Sarah Arthur · Paraclete Press Inc.
Pages: 266
Format: Print book

Join poets and novelists from across the centuries as you travel through the liturgical seasons of Lent, Holy Week, and Eastertide. With the popular collections At the Still Point: A Literary Guide to Prayer in Ordinary Time and Light Upon Light: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Advent, Christmas,...
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Present over perfect : leaving behind frantic for a simpler, more soulful way of life

Shauna Niequist · Zondervan
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

LIVE A LIFE OF MEANING AND CONNECTIONInstead of pushing for perfectionA few years ago, I found myself exhausted and isolated, my soul and body sick. I was tired of being tired, burned out on busy. And, it seemed almost everyone I talked with was in the same boat: longing for connection,...
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Catholic History for Today's Church: How Our Past Illuminates Our Present

John W. O'Malley SJ · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover

We can't understand the issues swirling in today's Catholic church without understanding the past. In Catholic History for Today's Church acclaimed historian John W. O'Malley, SJ, illuminates some of today's most contentious issues - from celibacy to the role of the pope...
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Because of Bethlehem Every Day a Christmas, Every Heart a Manger

Max Lucado · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Max Lucado loves Christmas. Let the sleigh bells ring. Let the carolers sing. The more Santas the merrier. The more trees the better. He loves it because somewhere someone will ask the Christmas questions: What's the big deal about the baby in the manger? Who was he? What does his birth...
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