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Organizing Church: Grassroots Practices for Embodying Change in Your Congregation, Your Community, and Our World

TIM CONDER · CHALICE PRESS
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

The 21st century is the age of community organizing, from rallies in the streets to online movements for change. What if congregations embraced community organizing? Organizing Church offers a unique perspective that blends proven principles of community organizing and research on socially...
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The Turquoise Table: Finding Community and Connection in Your Own Front Yard

KRISTIN SCHELL · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A simple way to connect your neighborhood, your community and build friendships. Are you consumed with a busy life but unsure how to slow down? Do you desire connection within your community and think, "Absolutely, but I don't have time for that" or "I can't create that"?...
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The Road to Freedom: Healing from Your Hurts, Hang-ups, and Habits

JOHNNY BAKER · Zondervan
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Each one of us has hurts, hang-ups, and habits that need healing. The Road to Freedom is the path to hope for all of us who are in pain or simply stuck. With practical application and inspiration, Johnny Baker shares his story of recovering from alcoholism and offers the truths he has learned...
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Susie: The Life and Legacy of Susannah Spurgeon, wife of Charles H. Spurgeon

Ray Rhodes Jr.

The definitive biography of Susannah Spurgeon.While many Christians recognize the name of Charles H. Spurgeon, the beloved preacher and writer, few are familiar with the life and legacy of his wife, Susie. Yet Susannah Spurgeon was an accomplished and devout woma
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Golf's Sacred Journey, the Sequel: 7 More Days in Utopia

David Lamar Cook · Zondervan
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Golf is more than a game. Behind every stroke and ace, there are hours of practice. Before every trophy, there is sacrifice. At every driving range, there are successes and failures. And inside every golfer, there is a story. In Golf's Sacred Journey, the Sequel, the book that follows bestselling...
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Grace for the Afflicted: A Clinical and Biblical Perspective on Mental Illness

Matthew S Stanford · IVP Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Why has the church struggled in ministering to those with mental illnesses? Each day men and women diagnosed with mental disorders are told they need to pray more and turn from their sin. Mental illness is equated with demonic possession, weak faith, and generational sin. As both a church...
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The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation

Rod Dreher · Penguin Publishing Group
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

In a radical new vision for the future of Christianity, NYT bestselling author and conservative columnist Rod Dreher calls on American Christians to prepare for the coming Dark Age by embracing an ancient Christian way of life. The light of the Christian faith is flickering out all over...
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Preparing, Adjusting, and Loving the Empty Nest

MICHELE HOWE · Hendrickson Pub
Pages: 140
Format: Paperback

After Empty Nest, What's Next? Parenting Adult Children without Losing Your Mind, readers asked author Michele Howe for more--covering topics not discussed in the rst book, along with questions at the end of each chapter for personal or group discussions. With Preparing, Adjusting,...
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No Innocent Bystanders: Becoming an Ally in the Struggle for Justice

Shannon Nichole Craigo-Snell · Westminster John Knox Press
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

The struggle for justice is ongoing. In answering the biblical call to act justly and love mercifully, can Christians cross lines of privilege to walk humbly not only with God but with their marginalized neighbors as well? No Innocent Bystanders looks at the role of allies in social justice...
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Made Like Martha: Good News for the Woman Who Gets Things Done

Katie Reid · WaterBrook
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

An invitation for overachievers to discover what it means to rest as God's daughters without compromising their God-given design as doers.Though she didn't sit at Jesus's feet like her sister Mary, biblical Martha was loved just as she was--and you are too. This practical resource...
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Unafraid Leader Guide: Living with Courage and Hope in Uncertain Times

Adam Hamilton · Abingdon Press
Pages: 64
Format: Paperback

Americans are anxious people. A recent study found that one in five of us has an anxiety disorder and we spend over $2 billion a year on anti-anxiety medications. Often our life events play a significant role in our worries and fears. In this study based on his book Unafraid, Adam Hamilton...
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A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 484
Format: Print book

From the author of A Midwife's Tale, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize for History, and The Age of Homespun--a revelatory, nuanced, and deeply intimate look at the world of early Mormon women whose seemingly ordinary lives belied an astonishingly revolutionary spirit,...
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Talking with God: What to Say When You Don't Know How to Pray

Adam Weber · WaterBrook
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Life is crazy. Prayer is simple. Prayer seems like it should be so simple. Yet when it comes to actually praying, it often feels awkward and complicated. I mean, what should you actually pray about? What do you say? Is there anything you should or shouldn't say? Do you have to speak...
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Hauntings, Possessions, and Exorcisms

Adam C Blai · Emmaus Road Publishing
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

How do you fight an enemy you can't see? In this field guide to defense against the demonic, Adam Blai, an expert in religious demonology and exorcism for the diocese of Pittsburgh, shares information and advice gained over years of extensive experience with the paranormal. Review the scriptural...
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Mrs. Oswald Chambers: The Woman behind the World's Bestselling Devotional

Michelle Duval Ule · Baker Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Among Christian devotional works, My Utmost for His Highest stands head and shoulders above the rest, with more than 13 million copies sold. But most readers have no idea that Oswald Chambers's most famous work was not published until ten years after his death. The remarkable person...
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