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  • Forty Days on Being an Eight, By Sandra Maria Van Opstal
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    Forty Days on Being an Eight

    Enneagram Daily Reflections

    by Sandra Maria Van Opstal
    Series edited by Suzanne Stabile

    What is it like to be an Enneagram Eight?

    "Fósforito! The explosion happened so quickly there was no stopping it. My mother called me 'tiny match' when she would see this fire exploding from me." This is how Latina pastor, activist, and worship leader, Sandra Maria Van Opstal, describes her experience as an Eight. There came a point in her life when she saw how her ...

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  • It's Not Your Turn: What to Do While You're Waiting for Your Breakthrough, By Heather Thompson Day
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    It's Not Your Turn

    What to Do While You're Waiting for Your Breakthrough

    by Heather Thompson Day
    Foreword by Annie F. Downs

    What do you do when it seems like everybody else is getting their dreams and you're not?

    You don't have to be distressed when Instagram comparison makes you feel like others are more successful than you. Heather Thompson Day shows us what we can do to shape ourselves while waiting, so we are ready when it's our turn. She unpacks instant gratification and peer comparison in ...

  • Wanting to Be Her: Body Image Secrets Victoria Won't Tell You, By Michelle Graham
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    Wanting to Be Her

    Body Image Secrets Victoria Won't Tell You

    by Michelle Graham

    How do you feel when you look at a magazine cover? Do you ever look at the models and wish you looked like them? Most women have had that experience. When you go to the health club, you notice how buff the woman to the left is and how skinny the woman to the right is. And when you go out, you see the guys flocking to talk with certain women and wonder if your looks stack up to theirs. When ...

  • Spiritual Direction and the Care of Souls: A Guide to Christian Approaches and Practices, Edited by Gary W. Moon and David G. Benner
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    Spiritual Direction and the Care of Souls

    A Guide to Christian Approaches and Practices

    Edited by Gary W. Moon and David G. Benner

    In recent years, many Christian clergy, laity and mental health professionals have rediscovered the ancient practices of spiritual direction. Seen as a refreshing alternative to the techniques and limitations of modern psychology, such practices offer new insights for pastoral care. But many remain unclear on what spiritual direction is and whether its methods are applicable to their own clients ...

  • Seeking God Together: An Introduction to Group Spiritual Direction, By Alice Fryling
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    Seeking God Together

    An Introduction to Group Spiritual Direction

    by Alice Fryling

    The Spirit is speaking. Can you hear him? If you're longing to become more attentive to God--to listen to him, know his voice and experience his love, spiritual direction can point the way. In Seeking God Together, experienced spiritual director Alice Fryling offers a unique introduction specifically for group spiritual direction: a place where individuals can experience what it means ...

  • Discovering Lectio Divina: Bringing Scripture into Ordinary Life, By James C. Wilhoit and Evan B. Howard
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    Discovering Lectio Divina

    Bringing Scripture into Ordinary Life

    by James C. Wilhoit and Evan B. Howard

    Saints of the past can't seem to say enough about their ecstatic experiences with the words of Scripture. The writer of Psalm 19, for example, can hardly contain himself as he exclaims that God's words and ways have revived his soul, made him wise, brought joy to his heart, given him clarity and correct perspective on his life, and warned him of danger. Why should our experiences of the Bible today ...

  • Spiritual Mentoring: A Guide for Seeking  Giving Direction, By Keith R. Anderson and Randy D. Reese
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    Spiritual Mentoring

    A Guide for Seeking Giving Direction

    by Keith R. Anderson and Randy D. Reese

    Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens . . . another. (Proverbs 27:17) As we seek God together we come to know him more deeply. That's the idea behind Spiritual Mentoring. Spiritual mentoring is an ages-old practice that Keith Anderson and Randy Reese introduce in a way that fits life as we know it today. Spiritual mentoring is not only for pastors or saints. Mentors are ...

  • Deep-Rooted in Christ: The Way of Transformation, By Joshua Choonmin Kang
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    Deep-Rooted in Christ

    The Way of Transformation

    by Joshua Choonmin Kang
    Foreword by Richard J. Foster

    Come. Accept pastor Joshua Choonmin Kang's invitation to walk slowly, paying attention to God's work in you and around you, to walk intentionally, using spiritual disciplines to develop Christlike character, and to walk purposefully, experiencing deeper grace and vision. In this book you'll encounter fifty-two brief readings, ideal for weekly sabbath reflection or daily ...

  • Sex and Dating: Questions You Wish You Had Answers To, By Mindy Meier
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    Sex and Dating

    Questions You Wish You Had Answers To

    by Mindy Meier

    Just the FAQs! "Are we friends or are we dating? How can I tell?" "I'm addicted to male attention. How can I break free?" "I've been sexually abused. Will that affect my ability to have a good sex life?" "What's so bad about having friends with benefits?" "I've been hurt before. How can I ever trust anyone again?" Real people. Honest questions. In this complicated age of hooking up and uncertain ...