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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
©1999
Physical Desc
543 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Spiritual biographies of Kathleen Norris, Thomas Merton, Christina Rossetti, David the palmist, Saint Augustine, Emily Dickinson, Moses, Martin Luther, Rabbi Leon Modena, John Bunyan, Annie Dillard, T.S. Eliot, C.S. Lewis, Simone Weil, Rabi'a al-Adawiya, Dante Alighieri, Julian of Norwich, John Donne, Socrates, and Blaise Pascal.
2) I guess I haven't learned that yet: discovering new ways of living when the old ways stop working
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist writes about unexpected loss, change, faith, midlife, and a move to New York City with her signature depth and vulnerability. In this book, she invites us to practice curiosity and self-compassion, to become beginners again, and to rediscover resilience and courage in our own seasons of change"--
Author
Publisher
Convergent Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 244 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In the strange, us-versus-them Christian subculture of the 1990s, a person's faith was measured by how many WWJD bracelets she wore and whether he had kissed dating goodbye. Zierman led two Bible studies and listened exclusively to Christian music. She was on fire for God and unaware that the flame was dwindling-- until it burned out. She chronicles her journey through church culture and first love, looking for what lasts when nothing else seems worth...
Author
Publisher
InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
215 pages; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Saints are people too. The word saint conjures up images of superstar Christians revered for their spectacular acts and otherworldly piety. But when we take a closer look at the lives of these spiritual heavyweights, we learn that they also experienced struggle, doubt, and heartache. In fact, we learn that in many ways they're not all that different from you and me. Narrating her own winding pilgrimage through faith, Karen Marsh reveals surprising...
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
280 p., [4] leaves of plates ; col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When two childhood friends die of cancer six weeks apart, the shared experience of loss brings their grieving spouses together. After months of late-night phone calls, family dinners, and countless dreams and tears, this unlikely pair builds a trust, a love, and a shared life. They discover that God can restore the darkest circumstances-- and even from death, He can bring new life.
Author
Language
English
Description
"In Anne Lamott's new book, she confronts the harsh truth that many of us grapple with every day: How can we recapture the confidence we once had in the world and in the future as we stumble through the dark times that seem increasingly bleak? As bad news piles up every day -- from climate crises to threats to democracy to daily assaults on civility -- how can we mere mortals cope? Where, Lamott asks, "do we start to get our joy and hope and our faith...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The ten Booms, who had recently celebrated the one-hundred-year anniversary of their Haarlem watch shop, lived a quiet life. That change in 1940 when the Nazis occupied the Netherlands and Jewish citizens began to disappear. Corrie and her family, devout Christians, joined the Dutch Resistance and built a secret room in their house to hide Jews and refugees. The Gestapo applied unrelenting pressure on Haarlem, continually raiding homes to snatch Jews...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
I've told my kids for years that God doesn't make mistakes," writes Mary Beth Chapman, wife of Grammy award winning recording artist Steven Curtis Chapman. "Would I believe it now, when my whole world as I knew it came to an end?" Covering her courtship and marriage to Steven Curtis Chapman, struggles for emotional balance, and living with grief, Mary Beth's story is our story--wondering where God is when the worst happens. In Choosing to SEE, she...
Author
Publisher
Defender
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
x, 212 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sometimes heartbreaking, often hilarious, Nita Horn's exquisitely told and inspiring memoir of a poor little girl's dreams of horses and where that love could lead is a triumph of loss and survival, sacrifice, devotion, acceptance, forgiveness, and finally, success. As a child, Nita escaped the demands of the day by sitting on her "flying carpet" with a small bag of cheap plastic animal toys and her sister, Althia, while they imagined themselves...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
FIRST EDITION.
Physical Desc
xii, 241 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"On the occasion of his 70th birthday ... 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 matters most"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Chasing Slow models HGTV star Erin Loechner's journey to help you break out of the faster-better-stronger trap and make small changes to refresh your perspective, renew your priorities, and shift your focus to what matters most.
You're here, but you want to be there. So you spend your life narrowing this divide, and you call this your race, your journey, your path. You live your days tightening your boot straps, wiping the sweat from your brow,...
15) Untamed
Author
Language
English
Description
"There is a voice of longing inside every woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good mothers, daughters, partners, employees, citizens, and friends. We believe all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. We look at our lives, relationships, and world, and wonder: Wasn't it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to...
Author
Publisher
Paraclete Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xiii, 192 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the midst of beauty and mess, chaos and monotony, celebrations and mourning, Jerusalem Greer tells her story of finding redemption in what is rather than what could be, by practicing the presence of God through rediscovering ancient contemplative teachings and practices (solitude, study, work, prayer, and service) and pairing them with domestic arts (baking, gardening, sewing)"--
Author
Publisher
Hidden Hollows Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
160 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mary-Keith Piasecki is a mom of two who always knew she was meant to be a mother. It was on the forefront of her mind her entire life. She daydreamed and planned and perfected her future life. Until she actually became a mom and realized nothing is as easy as it seems. Her constructed ideal of motherhood is comically far off from what unraveled in her actual life, but she tried to use each experience to fuel her...until the next colossal shift requiring...
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 201 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The cinematic innovator behind Tyler Perry Studios traces his youth in New Orleans through his successful career, in an uplifting account of his spiritual awakening that explains how his faith has enriched his life and sustained him in hard times.
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