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Stumble: Virtue, Vice, and the Space Between

Heather King · Franciscan Media

Our lives are lived in virtue and vice and, most often, in the ordinary space between. We stumble and rise back up, ready to take on another day. King explains that virtue is the right way to deal with what life places in front of us. Stumble will encourage you to look at your challenges...
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A Death on Diamond Mountain: A True Story of Obsession, Madness, and the Path to Enlightenment

Scott Carney · Gotham Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

An investigative reporter explores an infamous case where an obsessive and unorthodox search for enlightenment went terribly wrong. When thirty-eight-year-old Ian Thorson died from dehydration and dysentery on a remote Arizona mountaintop in 2012, The New York Times reported the story under...
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Spiritual Defiance: Building a Beloved Community of Resistance

Robin Meyers · Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

During his thirty-year career as a parish minister and professor, Robin Meyers has focused on renewing the church as an instrument of social change and personal transformation. In this provocative and passionate book, he explores the decline of the church as a community of believers and calls...
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Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace

Patricia Raybon · Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

"Mom, I have something I need to tell you..."They didn't talk. Not for ten years. Not about faith anyway. Instead, a mother and daughter tiptoed with pain around the deepest gulf in their lives - the daughter's choice to leave the church, convert to Islam and become...
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Why Suffering?: Finding Meaning and Comfort When Life Doesn't Make Sense

Ravi Zacharias · FaithWords
Format: Hardcover

Why would a loving and powerful God allow so much pain and suffering? In WHY SUFFERING? Ravi Zacharias and Vince Vitale carefully walk you through a variety of responses that considered together provide a clear, comprehensive, and convincing answer. Responses like Where there is the possibility...
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Convictions: How I Learned What Matters Most

Marcus J. Borg · HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

On the occasion of his 70th birthday, the renowned Marcus J. Borg shares his "convictions" about Christianity and America, contending that they are both at their best when they focus on hope and transformation, and shares his thoughts on how American Christians can return to what...
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Loveology: God.

John Mark Comer · Zondervan

In the beginning, God created Adam. Then he made Eve. And ever since we’ve been picking up the pieces. Loveology is just that—a theology of love. With an autobiographical thread that turns a book into a story, pastor and speaker John Mark Comer shares about what is right...
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Love Without Limits: A Remarkable Story of True Love Conquering All

Nick Vujicic , · WaterBrook Press

It Doesnt Take a Perfect Person to Find a Perfect Love    Even though he was born without arms or legs, Nick Vujicic created a ridiculously good life. But after dating disappointments and a failed relationship, he reached his mid-twenties worried that he would never find a woman to love...
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