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Mudhouse Sabbath

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Winner’s original Mudhouse Sabbath has sold 45,000 copies, been translated into three languages, and spawned a successful video study series. After her conversion from Orthodox Judaism to Christianity, Winner found that her life was indelibly marked by the rich traditions and spiritual practices of Judaism. She here presents eleven Jewish practices that can transform the way Christians view the world and God, including attentive eating, mourning, candle-lighting, and Sabbath-keeping. Since first...

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How to Pray with the Bible

Page McKean Zyromski

How to Pray with the Bible

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Learn to pray with (every part of) the Bible. Do you already read the Bible and apply its teachings in your everyday life? Well, there's much more to how you might understand the words of the Old and New Testaments, according to popular educator Page Zyromski. Now—it's time to pray with the Bible, too! With lively reflections and experiential exercises, Zyromski takes you step-by-step through a variety of approaches to praying with Scripture. She encourages attentive listening...

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Page McKean Zyromski

Hildegard of Bingen

Carmen Acevedo Butcher

Hildegard of Bingen

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“Humanity, take a good look at yourself. Inside, you’ve got heaven and earth, and all of creation. You’re a world – everything is hidden in you.” –Hildegard of Bingen She was a Benedictine abbess, artist, composer, dietician, naturalist, poet, travelling preacher, mystic, and political consultant. She was a self-doubter with acute certainty in a merciful and mysterious God; a gifted healer who suffered from illness her whole life. Meet the incomparable Hildegard of Bingen. Nourishing,...

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Carmen Acevedo Butcher

He Ascended into Heaven

Tim Perry

He Ascended into Heaven

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Why do you stand looking up toward heaven? That's what the angels said to the baffled disciples who had just experienced the Ascension of Jesus Christ. Peter, James, John, and the others stood there, squinty into the sky, trying to make sense of it all. Tim and Aaron Perry confess to being baffled, too. For centuries, Christians have confessed «He ascended into heaven» in their creeds – but what do these words actually mean? The Perrys offer a probing look at this unfamiliar doctrine,...

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Tim Perry

Fidelity of Betrayal

Fidelity of Betrayal

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"About 30 years ago, I came across the evocative phrase 'religionless Christianity' in Dietrich Bonhoeffer's later writings, and it has stayed with me ever since. In his new book The Fidelity of Betrayal, Peter Rollins has teased out – as Bonhoeffer never had the chance to do – profound possibilities hidden in the phrase. As a huge fan of Peter's first book, I find his second no less thoughtful, stimulating, and at times unsettling – always in a most (de)constructive...

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Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

First Fruits of Prayer

Frederica Mathewes-Green

First Fruits of Prayer

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Join Frederica Mathewes-Green on a guided retreat through an ancient Orthodox text. Regardless of your denominational background, First Fruits of Prayer will bring to life the prayer experience of first millennium Christianity through immersion in this poetic hymn, an extraordinarily beautiful work that is still chanted by Christians around the world each Lent. It weaves together Old and New Testament Scriptures with prayers of hope and repentance and offers ancient ways of seeing Christ that...

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Frederica Mathewes-Green

The Confessions of St. Augustine

Therese Lisieux

The Confessions of St. Augustine

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A complete and engaging one-volume introduction to the saint known as the «Little Flower». Following a thorough introduction to the saint's life, The Complete Therese presents her classic, The Story of a Soul, in complete and unabridged form. Then, unique to this edition is a portion of the original edition rarely seen, describing the saint's final days as seen through the eyes of the Sisters of the Lisieux Carmel; plus a poignant collection of over seventy firsthand anecdotes about...

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Therese Lisieux

Your Whole Life

Carol Showalter

Your Whole Life

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Don't think thin, think whole. Your Whole Life is the book you need if . . . • You have trouble coping with the demands on your life • You're tired of being obsessed with your weight • You're not interested in another diet program – you're interested in eating right • You know exercise is important to your health, but you don't know how or when to do it • You wish you could enjoy your life and the beauty around you • You desire the freedom that comes from...

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Carol Showalter

The Wisdom of Stability

The Wisdom of Stability

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Voted Best Book of 2010 by Englewood Review of Books "In whatever place you live, do not easily leave it." –Abba Anthony In an age where we might email a friend in Africa, skype a co-worker in Brazil, and teleconference with people in different time zones–all in one day–the sheer speed of life can be dizzying. Like children stumbling off a merry-go-round, says Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, we are grasping for something to anchor our lives in a sea of constant change. In The Wisdom of...

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Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

Will I See My Dog in Heaven?

Jack Wintz

Will I See My Dog in Heaven?

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A Universal Question, thoughtfully answered! What do you think: Will we see our dogs and cats in the hereafter? Does God's plan for eternity include the created nonhuman world? Franciscan friar and popular writer Father Jack Wintz brings a love for all creation and infectious enthusiasm to the serious task of exploring answers to these long-asked questions, In Will I See My Dog in Heaven? Father Jack admits that no one really knows what God has in mind for us in the next life. But in...

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Jack Wintz

Wisdom of the Desert Fathers and Mo...

Wisdom of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

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Foreword by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove In the fourth century, thousands of men and women fled into the Egyptian desert seeking to recapture the passion of the earliest Christians through lives of prayer and solitude. As records of the wisdom and purity of these «Desert Fathers and Mothers» spread through the Roman Empire, Christians streamed to their caves seeking counsel on the interior life. The hermits' ascetic practices and sagacious words were a shining witness to a living faith...

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Little Daily Wisdom

Joel Fotinos

Little Daily Wisdom

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365 inspiring Bible verses, designed to bring a life of faith and hope, to live a life confident in God's love. Not only do these daily verses give us strength in the moment, they are designed to be «bite-sized,» so that they can be memorized easily. Once we memorize Bible verses, they are like «spiritual vitamins» – nourishment for our lives when we need them the most. FEATURES: –365 verses to inspire and live by –How to Use This Book – showing you how to use it effectively ...

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Joel Fotinos

The Lion, the Mouse, and the Dawn T...

Carl McColman

The Lion, the Mouse, and the Dawn Treader

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From the author of the new BIG BOOK OF CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM comes an engaging look at how the principles and practices of Christian mysticism are illustrated in C. S. Lewis's Narnia series. The Lion, The Mouse and The Dawn Treader shows the reader how C. S. Lewis was guided by two «templates» in writing Dawn Treader: first, an ancient Celtic folktale known as the immram, or wondrous sea-voyage, in which great saints like Brendan the Navigator sought to reach paradise itself. But on...

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Carl McColman

The Road to Siena

Gardner Edmund G.

The Road to Siena

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Meet the 14th century woman who fed the poor, challenged bishops and kings, and perhaps even saved the papacy. Catherine of Siena's influence was felt throughout the kingdoms of Europe. She enjoyed the confidence of popes, royalty, and most of all, the common people of Italy. A complicated woman, she was able to speak bluntly to a queen: «Instead of a woman, you have become the servant and slave of nothingness, making yourself the subject of lies and of the demon who is their father»;...

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Gardner Edmund G.

Christmas Countdown

Margie Harding

Christmas Countdown

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Prepare your heart and home for a meaningful Christmas – Create new family traditions for Advent! This guide provides easy-to-use devotionals with Scripture, music, food, and fun family activities to prepare your heart and home – and reach out to others – in celebration of Christ's coming. "This book includes activities that will facilitate learning and bring families together during the Christmas season. Margie's warm spirit, personal flair, and strong desire to teach...

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Margie Harding

Ireland's Saint

J. B. Bury

Ireland's Saint

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Explore Patrick's place in history, the spread of Christianity beyond the Roman Empire, how Patrick first came to Ireland, the influence of the earlier Palladius on Patrick's work, political and social conditions at that time, and the spiritual battles with the Druids. This 21st century edition now includes notes from other biographers, mystics, historians, and storytellers of Ireland. The ideal place to begin any exploration of a much-loved but little-known saint. "Bury proves...

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J. B. Bury

Seeds of Faith

Jeremy Langford

Seeds of Faith

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Seeds of Faith by Jeremy Langford covers an astonishing variety of spiritual practices, and does so in such a joy-filled and inviting way that we instantly feel at home. Buy this book. –Richard J. Foster, author of Celebration of Discipline and Life with God Jeremy Langford's multiple talents as a superb writer, a loving father, a dedicated worker, and an ardent believer, combine to make his new book perfect for anyone seeking to lead a faith-filled life in the real world. Through an...

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Jeremy Langford

Mudhouse Sabbath

Mudhouse Sabbath

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The Cloud of Unknowing

The Cloud of Unknowing

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Written in Middle English sometime in the latter half of the 14th century, “The Cloud of Unknowing” is an anonymous work of Christian Mysticism. Surviving to us in only seventeen known manuscripts, “The Cloud of Unknowing” is meant as a spiritual guide of contemplation upon God. The work advises not to seek a better understanding of God through knowledge and intellect, but rather to surrender oneself to the darkness of the realm of the “unknowing”. It is here, where by the abandonment of...

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Anonymous, Anonymous Anonymous

The Cloud of Unknowing

The Cloud of Unknowing

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Foreword by Robert Benson A mystical classic now easier to understand This spiritual classic has been an enigma for centuries. Notoriously difficult to understand, this contemporary English translation ushers you into the way of knowing God that can be dark at times, and luminous at others. It offers an accessible invitation to enter into God's presence through a «cloud of unknowing.» Written by an anonymous fourteenth-century monk, The Cloud of Unknowing has influenced thousands...

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O Christmas Three

Charles Dickens

O Christmas Three

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Four classic tales from three famous authors to enliven and inspire your celebration of Christmas this season… This beautiful gift book contains three heart-warming stories that recall Christmases past: • O.Henry's all-American tale, «The Gift of the Magi,» originally published in 1906. • Leo Tolstoy's Russian folktale, «Where Love Is, There God Is Also» from 1887. • Charles Dickens' little known classic, «The Seven Poor Travellers» and «What Christmas Is As We Grow Older,»...

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Charles Dickens

Orthodox Heretic

Orthodox Heretic

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Rollins has already established himself as a major voice and an astute, generative force within the emergence Christianity. The Orthodox Heretic is his most accessible and engaging work to date." – Phyllis Tickle In this bold new book Peter Rollins presents a vision of faith that has little regard for the institutions of Christendom. His uncompromising critique of religion, while often unsettline, is infused with a deep and abiding love for what it means to genuinely follow Christ. Pete...

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