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paperbackHurting Yet Whole
Reconciling Body and Spirit in Chronic Pain and Illness
by Liuan Huska
What if the things we most fear about our bodies—our vulnerability to illness and pain—are exactly the places where God meets us most fully?
As Liuan Huska went through years of chronic pain, she wondered why God seemed absent and questioned some of the common assumptions about healing. What do we do when our bodies don't work the way they should? What is healing, when one ...
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hardcoverAll Will Be Well
Learning to Trust God's Love
by Lacy Finn Borgo
Illustrated by Rebecca Evans"Then when you don't see me anymore, I will be where God is," said Mima, "because God loves you and God loves me, 'All will be well, all will be well, everything will be well.'"
Mima is very sick, and just thinking about it makes Julian very sad and very angry. Julian is worried about Mima and wonders if God can hear her or if God cares. So Mima explains to Julian ...
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hardcoverThe IVP Women's Bible Commentary
Edited by Catherine Clark Kroeger and Mary J. Evans
What does the Bible say to a young mother at home nursing her baby? What role models for intelligent, talented women can we find in Scripture? What was everyday life like for women in biblical times? What does Scripture say to women who have been abused or raped? What can men learn from women by viewing Scripture through their concerns and insights? This surprising commentary searches Scripture ...
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paperbackMade to Flourish
Beyond Quick Fixes to a Thriving Organization
by Shelley G. Trebesch
Every organization is made to flourish. But when problems arise, quick fixes and poor leadership training can drag it down. The key to a thriving team is to look below the surface at the hidden dynamics that can cause it to lose focus, turn inward or even cease to exist. Budget problems, personality conflicts, mission drift, government regulations—all these and more can tempt us to respond rapidly ...
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paperbackDisruptive Discipleship
The Power of Breaking Routine to Kickstart Your Faith
by Sam Van Eman
Sometimes in the Christian life we get stuck. Something seems off, and we don't know why. We may not even notice it at first. But we feel like God is far from our daily lives, or we lose hope for the future, or we don't treat others in loving ways. What can we do? Sam Van Eman has found that our spiritual lives need disruptive experiences, which can jolt and reorient us for greater spiritual maturity. ...
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paperbackHealing Conversations on Race
Four Key Practices from Scripture and Psychology
by Veola Vazquez, Joshua Knabb, Charles Lee-Johnson, and Krystal Hays
Race complicates our relationships, even when we reject racism and seek to walk a better path together. How can we get our thinking—and our conversations—unstuck from entrenched patterns? In this book, four experts in psychology and social work present a model for how to build and deepen the cross-race relationships we want.
The starting place, they testify, must be a biblical ...
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paperbackMore Than Enchanting
Breaking Through Barriers to Influence Your World
Forge Partnership Books
by Jo Saxton
Foreword by Jenni CatronWomen have always been central to the life of the church. From the early hours of the first Easter, when women were charged to announce the resurrection of Jesus, to the state of the contemporary church, where women outnumber men in pews and positions of service.
But as central as women have been, they've also found themselves regularly marginalized--and not only in the church but in the neighborhoods, ...
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paperbackBecoming Curious
A Spiritual Practice of Asking Questions
by Casey Tygrett
Foreword by James Bryan SmithCuriosity is essential to growth. A little curiosity moves us deeper into the lives of the people around us. A little curiosity leads to opportunities we never knew existed. A little curiosity helps us understand our own strange emotions. A little curiosity, if focused on Jesus, will make us more like him. Pastor and spiritual director Casey Tygrett loves to ask questions. ...
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paperbackThe Unhiding of Elijah Campbell
A Novel
by Kelly Flanagan
Illumination Book Award
Nautilus Book Award
Elijah Campbell is on the verge of losing his writing career, his faith, and his marriage when a recurring childhood nightmare drives him back to his hometown, Bradford's Ferry. There, his encounters with loved ones both past and present shed light on the reason his wife left him—and the meaning ...
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hardcoverLiberation Is Here
Women Uncovering Hope in a Broken World
by Nikole Lim
As a freelance filmmaker, Nikole Lim's career allowed her to step in and out of the lives of marginalized people around the world. But when confronted with the prevalence of sexual violence in Kenyan and Zambian communities, she commits to advocating alongside the courageous survivors whose lives have intersected with hers.
These women's powerful stories inspire her to embark ...
