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  • Courage for Caregivers: Sustenance for the Journey in Company with Henri J. M. Nouwen, By Marjorie J. Thompson
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    Courage for Caregivers

    Sustenance for the Journey in Company with Henri J. M. Nouwen

    by Marjorie J. Thompson

    Drawing on the writings and wisdom of Henri J. M. Nouwen's themes of caregiving, Marjorie J. Thompson offers a vulnerable exploration of caregiving intertwined with both her own many years of intimate caregiving of family members and collected stories of caregivers in varied settings and stages of life. While not shying away from the demanding physical, emotional, and spiritual ...

  • When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough: A Shooting Survivor's Journey into the Realities of Gun Violence, By Taylor S. Schumann
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    When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough

    A Shooting Survivor's Journey into the Realities of Gun Violence

    by Taylor S. Schumann

    Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist

    ECPA Top Shelf Award Winner

    Taylor Schumann never thought she'd be a victim of gun violence. But one spring day a man with a shotgun walked into her workplace and opened fire on her. While she survived, she was left with permanent wounds, both visible and invisible.

    In When ...

  • Pilgrimage of a Soul: Contemplative Spirituality for the Active Life, By Phileena Heuertz
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    Pilgrimage of a Soul

    Contemplative Spirituality for the Active Life

    by Phileena Heuertz
    Foreword by Shauna Niequist

    You can only go so far for so long before you find the limits of yourself. For Phileena Heuertz that moment arrived, mercifully, around the same time as a sabbatical to mark her twelfth year of service with an international organization working with some of the most vulnerable people in the world. Activists often see contemplation as a luxury, the sort of thing necessarily set aside in the quest ...

  • Becoming an Ordinary Mystic: Spirituality for the Rest of Us, By Albert Haase OFM
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    Becoming an Ordinary Mystic

    Spirituality for the Rest of Us

    by Albert Haase OFM

    I should be further along on the spiritual journey. Why don't I see any progress? What am I doing wrong? Do you ever feel like you are walking in spiritual circles? While we might think it would be different for a Franciscan priest, Father Albert Haase shares the same struggles. And yet he also affirms that we are all called to be ordinary mystics, who, in the words ...

  • The Accountable Man: Pursuing Integrity Through Trust and Friendship, By Tom Eisenman
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    The Accountable Man

    Pursuing Integrity Through Trust and Friendship

    by Tom Eisenman

    Good men--husbands, fathers, church leaders, pastors--sometimes make bad choices. And for far too many men, bad choices have led to the crumbling of marriages and ministries. Tom Eisenman knows it doesn't have to be this way. He also knows that in order for men to develop authenticity, vulnerability, honesty, trust--the character traits of spiritual maturity--they must cultivate healthy relationships ...

  • Confessions of a Beginning Theologian, By Elouise Renich Fraser
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    Confessions of a Beginning Theologian

    by Elouise Renich Fraser

    I hate looking and sounding like a beginner. Making mistakes and asking questions. Not sure yet where I'm going, much less how I'm going to get from here to there. Afraid of what might happen along the way. But God loves beginners.Becoming a theologian is about becoming a beginner. It isn't about whether you're old enough, young enough, smart enough or good enough. . . .It ...

  • Parents of Missionaries: How to Thrive and Stay Connected When Your Children and Grandchildren Serve Cross-Culturally, By Cheryl Savageau and Diane Stortz
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    Parents of Missionaries

    How to Thrive and Stay Connected When Your Children and Grandchildren Serve Cross-Culturally

    by Cheryl Savageau and Diane Stortz

    As a parent of a missionary you may feel that missing your child and your grandchildren signals a lack of faith. But proclaiming the gospel and making disciples was not meant to eclipse the loving family bonds God ordained. Whether you're the parent of a missionary recruit or a parent of an experienced missionary, you'll benefit from the authors' research and personal experience as they present ...

  • Refuge from Abuse: Healing and Hope for Abused Christian Women, By Nancy Nason-Clark and Catherine Clark Kroeger
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    Refuge from Abuse

    Healing and Hope for Abused Christian Women

    by Nancy Nason-Clark and Catherine Clark Kroeger

    Abuse is ugly. It is always wrong. It is never part of God?s design for healthy family living. It distorts relationships and shatters dreams. It creates pain and despair. It never produces hope.You know this all too well--that's why you've picked up this book. Nancy Nason-Clark and Catherine Clark Kroeger know the pain of women who have been abused, especially the unique pain ...

  • Conversations with C. S. Lewis: Imaginative Discussions About Life, Christianity and God, By Robert Velarde
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    Conversations with C. S. Lewis

    Imaginative Discussions About Life, Christianity and God

    by Robert Velarde

    "C. S. Lewis died in 1963, but I met him last week." Robert Velarde tells of an imaginative journey in which the literature professor mysteriously appears in Thomas Clerk's hospital room. "Call me Jack," the writer says as he invites Clerk to step into a wardrobe. From there the two embark on a remarkable journey through Lewis's life. They experience pivotal events from Lewis's childhood and ...