Back Religion & Spirituality | December Newsletter

SelectReads News
Simple News Pro
  Religion & Spirituality  
Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East

Gerard Russell · Tantor Audio; Unabridged CD edition
Format: Audio CD

Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive and strange faiths: one regards the Greek prophets as incarnations of God, another reveres Lucifer in the form of a peacock, and yet another believes that their followers are reincarnated...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Grand Paradox: The Messiness of Life, the Mystery of God and the Necessity of Faith

Ken Wytsma · Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

If we were made for relationship with God, why do we often feel lost and distant from Him? The life of Christian faith is and always has been a beautifully awkward reality. Following Jesus is done—can only be done—in the messiness of this world into which we were all born. Yet many...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind

Joyce Meyer · FaithWords; Cmv Upd Gf edition
Format: Book

In celebration of selling 3 million copies, FaithWords is publishing a special updated edition of BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND. Worry, doubt, confusion, depression, anger and feelings of condemnation: all these are attacks on the mind. If readers suffer from negative thoughts, they can take...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Penguin Book of the Undead: Fifteen Hundred Years of Supernatural Encounters

Scott G Bruce · Penguin Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

The dead live again in this haunting compendium of ghostly visitations through the ages, exploring the history of our fascination with zombies and other restless souls. Since ancient times, accounts of supernatural activity have mystified us. Ghost stories as we know them did not develop...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Forever Mom: What to Expect When You're Adopting

Mary Ostyn · Thomas Nelson
Format: Book

What to do when youve been called to adopt and practical advice to make it work Mary Ostyn married her sweetheart at nineteen, and the pair had four kids by their eighth anniversary. When their youngest was three, God opened their eyes to the needs of orphans all over the world--and answered...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Christianity in a Nutshell

Leonardo Boff · Orbis Books
Format: Paperback

For over fifty years and in more than sixty books, Leonardo Boff has explored the mysteries of the Christian message. In this short work he sets out to describe the essence of Christianity in language that is accessible and meaningful within the contemporary worldview, including the scientific...
Read More check catalog
 
 
A Monk in the Bee Hive: A Short Discourse on Bees, Monks and Sacred Geometry

Skye ann louise Taylor · Logosophia, LLC
Format: Print book

Literary Nonfiction. A MONK IN THE BEEHIVE introduces and carries the reader to a higher octave of beekeeping. It has been called forth by the need for a recognition of the forces informing all of life itself. Drawing on her experiences as a Buddhist monk, Skye ann louise Taylor is adroit...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Have a Happy Family by Friday: How to Improve Communication, Respect & Teamwork in 5 Days

Dr. Kevin Leman · Revell
Format: Hardcover

Every member of a family plays a vital role in the health and happiness of the household. Everyone is important, deserves to be treated with love and respect, and needs to know that when they make mistakes they will still be loved unconditionally. And when every member of the family is pulling...
Read More check catalog