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Radiant : Fifty Remarkable Women In Church History
$18.00Add to cartRadiant records the triumph of the gospel as Christian women faced kings and governors, soldiers and wild beasts, Japanese guards and Muslim raiders, fire, exile, the chopping block, Nazis, cannibals, riots and more. “Look to heaven and forsake the world” has been their cry for two thousand years, but being “spiritually minded” in this way hasn’t made these women ethereal — it’s made them invincible.
From South America to Europe, from China to Africa to the Wild West, in prisons and in throne rooms, the Christian heroines of Radiant have left a stunning legacy. These short and moving biographies for young people introduce fifty often unfamiliar champions of the faith: women like Ida Kahn, who opened the first clinic in a Chinese city of 300,000 people; Lady Anne Hamilton, who rode with the Covenanter cavalry at the decisive Battle of Berwick; and Anngrace Taban, who was forced to type secret battle plans for the Sudan People’s Liberation Army.
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Between Tampax And Depends
$9.95Add to cartSelf-help for the mature woman. A collection of personal experiences mixing humor with poignant inspirational insights, designed to bless and entertain. “I’m between Tampax and Depends; a mature older gal past fifty. I refuse to grow old graciously. I’m fighting it every inch of the way…”
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Heart Sisters : Be The Friend You Want To Have
$17.99Add to cartBe the friend you want to have
Friendships with other women are as important to our mental, physical, and spiritual health as rest, exercise, and prayer. We don’t just want friends-we need friends. Yet sometimes they can be as difficult as singing a song without the lyrics.
If you’ve ever been hurt by a friend, struggled to balance friendship with everyday life, or seen a friendship end too early, Heart Sisters will help you:
– Overcome your fear of being hurt by other women,
– Practically examine issues so you can work your way through conflicts,
– Recognize when it’s time to establish healthy-and holy-boundaries,
– Get right with God so you can get right with others, and
– Discover the secret to authentic friendships.With discussion questions and real-life examples, Heart Sisters will help you be the friend you want to have.
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Power Of A Positive Mom
$16.99Add to cartRevised and updated with the tech-savvy mom in mind, The Power of a Positive Mom by bestselling author Karol Ladd offers seven principles that will help you and your child face the complicated issues confronting parents today including bullying, social media, single parenting, and more.
Every mother feels a profound sense of responsibility when it comes to parenting. The effects of parenting decisions have long-lasting implications on our children, but making those important decisions can be challenging. The Power of a Positive Mom offers seven time-tested principles that will help guide you in making the right choices when it comes to raising your child:
1. The power of encouragement
2.The power of prayer
3. The power of a good attitude
4. The power of strong relationships
5. The power of your example
6. The power of strong moral standards
7. The power of love and forgivenessWith a new chapter for single moms, sections on kids and technology, e-mom references, links to author videos, and more, both stay-at-home and working mothers will find practical and spiritual guidance and encouragement to help you become the mother you’ve always wanted to be.
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Widows Journey : Reflections On Walking Alone
$12.99Add to cartHave you recently lost your husband? Are there days when you feel so terribly alone–and that no one else could possibly understand? Author Gayle Roper understands. As a recent widow herself, Gayle writes: So who am I now that there’s only one place at the table…one pillow with a head dent, one damp towel after a shower. There’s only one toothbrush in the holder. The seat is never left up anymore. I can still write Mrs. in front of my name, but I’m no longer in a marriage relationship. You need two people for a marriage and there’s only me. Is there only you? Then join Gayle as she draws on her emotions during the loss of her beloved husband, Chuck, and offers you a compassionate devotional to encourage you through your darkest days. Gayle knows a widow’s pain is deep. But she also knows God’s love is deeper still. And it’s in His love you’ll find your deepest comfort.
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Women In The Church Revised Updated 2nd Edition
$7.99Add to cartDr. Everett Ferguson has made substantial revisions in this second edition of Women in the Church: Biblical and Historical Perspectives. In chapter one, he writes in detail regarding the New Testament texts concerning women’s roles in the assembly of the church. In chapter two, Dr. Ferguson explores the evidence from early church history concerning these same roles in the assembly. In chapter three, he addresses doctrinal considerations in light of the New Testament texts and the witness of early church history.
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From Good To Grace (Reprinted)
$17.00Add to cartMany women feel as if they do not do enough and are not enough. They’re always trying hard to be good: a good friend, mom, wife, Christian, employee, or ministry leader, hoping for that “atta-girl” from God. With compelling illustrations from her own life, Christine Hoover leads readers to the understanding that they’re living by a lesser gospel, the gospel of goodness, one without Christ’s grace. Relying on Scripture, they can start asking, “What does God want for me?” before asking, “What does God want from me?” Women will breath a sigh of relief at this powerful message of freedom and hope. Rather than serving God out of obligation or duty, they’ll be compelled to love and serve God with great joy.
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Kingdom Woman : Embracing Your Purpose Power And Possibilities
$16.99Add to cartA kingdom woman gives the devil as much reason to fear as a kingdom man. She lives confidently in the knowledge that Christ died and rose for her so that she can experience the significance of the destiny to which she has been called.
In Kingdom Woman, Tony Evans and his daughter, Chrystal Evans Hurst, remind women of their calling from God to be free, delivered, healed, and hopeful. The authors bring insight that encourages women to correct distorted perceptions and understand who they really are in Christ-never settling for less when connected with the One who gives them hope. All believers are covered by God’s covenant with Abraham. Evans and Hurst want women to know these rights and confidently claim and live by them. The new covenant offers more than a life of mediocrity. A kingdom woman is called and empowered to live a life of victory through Christ!
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Heartfelt : A Woman’s Guide To Creating Meaningful Friendships
$19.99Add to cartEvery woman longs for good conversation, a safe place to be vulnerable, and wisdom from women who are ahead of us on the journey. In previous generations, women lived in close-knit communities and encouraged one another in marriage, parenting, and spirituality. In today’s world, we often feel isolated. Yet our God-given craving for connection remains.
In Heartfelt, Dr. Joneal Kirby shows us how to embrace the joy of emotional intimacy with other women. Her practical wisdom and personal experience, combined with dozens of real-life stories, equip us to cultivate meaningful relationships with women in all seasons of life.
You may feel you’ll never move beyond the small talk of church coffee hour. You may wonder if your current friendships will ever reach a new depth. Heartfelt gives you the practical ideas and inspiration you need to change surface-level interactions into deep relationships that can change lives forever.
Includes prayers, questions for discussion and reflection, and a guide to beginning your own intergenerational small group.
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Virtuous : A Study For Ladies Of Every Age
$12.00Add to cartVirtuous walks through fourteen biblical virtues to help women of all ages be actively pursuing fruitfulness in the knowledge of Christ. That is the highest endeavor for Christians, and it doesn’t just happen by accident. From the Scriptures, learn about the Christian woman’s first and highest duty, along with why it’s so imporant for wives to be “women of valor,” what it looks like to be a leading woman in your community, and what it means to pursue virtue when everyone tells you that sort of thing is no longer important.
This encouraging little book includes concise explanations, application questions and assignments that will involve and challenge everyone, and lots of biblical wisdom for individuals and groups.
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Woman After Gods Own Heart (Expanded)
$18.99Add to cartExperience real peace and joy as you follow God in every area of your life–and become a woman after His heart. With warmth and grace, Elizabeth George shares practical, scriptural insights on how you can pursue God’s priorities when it comes to… your husband–foster a deep commitment to serving and honoring him your children–pray faithfully for them and teach them God’s Word your home–create a nurturing atmosphere and a tapestry of beauty your walk with the Lord–grow through love of Scripture and in spiritual maturity your ministry–learn to reach out and be a blessing to others Let God fulfill His greatest desire for you. Allow Him to transform you by embracing His plans for you. And find real purpose in a life of prayer, a life of priorities, a life as A Woman After God’s Own Heart.
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Fringe Hours : Secrets To Making Time For You
$17.00Add to cartEvery woman has had this experience: you get to the end of the day and realize you did nothing for you. And if you go days, weeks, or even months in this cycle, you begin to feel like you have lost a bit of yourself.
While life is busy with a litany of must-dos–work, child-rearing, keeping house, grocery shopping, laundry and on and on–women do not have to push their own needs aside. Yet this is often what happens. There’s just no time, right? Wrong.
In this practical and liberating book, Jessica Turner empowers women to take back pockets of time they already have in their day in order to practice self-care and do the things they love. Turner uses her own experiences and those of women across the country to teach readers how to balance their many responsibilities while still taking time to invest in themselves. She also addresses barriers to this lifestyle, such as comparison and guilt, and demonstrates how eliminating these feelings and making changes to one’s schedule will make the reader a better wife, mother and friend.
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Whos Picking Me Up From The Airport
$15.99Add to cartWhat lifts a single girl’s spirit most-aside from finding a man, of course-is meeting other girls in her same boat. Who’s Picking Me Up From the Airport? opens with Cindy Johnson’s story and she will quickly become your newfound single companion. Her refreshing and comical commentary on adult Christian dating provides readers the much needed opportunity to laugh and celebrate single life for what it is: joyful and complicated.
Beneath the candor and self-deprecation, Who’s Picking Me Up From the Airport? is built on the question, “Does Jesus actually care about dating and singleness? And if so, how does he enter into it?” Have you ever found yourself wary of voicing your concerns for fear of appearing desperate or lacking in faith. Cindy’s choice to put it all out there creates a powerful and much needed safe place for vulnerability and honesty around singleness.
This book addresses head on the difficult reality experienced by singles in the Church. Cindy will push you to seek Jesus first, even when you don’t get the things you want. Each chapter begins with a short letter written by single Christian women to other women from all walks of life. You will be reminded that you are not alone. In authentic pages filled with humor and truth, you will find in Who’s Picking Me Up from the Airport? what you need most-a friend.
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Soul Friends : What Every Woman Needs To Grow In Her Faith
$18.99Add to cartAre you missing out on one of the most transforming means to a deeper and more vibrant faith? In Soul Friends, Dr. Leslie Parrott explores the intimate stages of a woman’s spiritual journey while showing you how soul friendships can deepen and enlarge your faith. God brings us soul-friends to help in our spiritual journey, sometimes in predictable places: small groups, friendships, and mentors. But they’re sometimes found in places we don’t expect-these “hidden guides” are people, past or present, whose role in our life may even be hidden from them, but nevertheless, have a deep impact on our growth and vitality. Whether it’s a hidden guide, a member of a small group, or a friend we’ve had for years, these soul-friends all hold the potential to embody grace that enables us to take a next step in the unfolding journey of our faith. Leslie reveals how every woman traverses four stages of spiritual growth-quest, calling, crisis, and communion – again and again.
And whatever stage you find yourself traveling right now, you need soul friends to help you move forward When we seize the initiative to connect, together we will form a part of the deep communion that is the sisterhood of the traveling saints, journeying together in our desire to know God, serve him, and love him more deeply. Through story, poem, and reflection, Leslie Parrott reminds each of us of the incredibly intimate, intricate, faith-forming work God does in us through the gift of the women he places in our lives.
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Unsung Women Of The Bible
$10.00Add to cartUndoubtedly, women play an important role in the lessons and stories found in the Bible. Sarah, Naomi, Esther, and Ruth are just a few of those who are known for their heroic actions and emulated for their humility and lineage to the Great King Christ Jesus. But, what of the unknown and even unnamed women? What role do they play?
Naomi Elizabeth O. Joseph has pondered these questions and received inspiration from the Holy Spirit to write The Unsung Women of the Bible. In her Scripture-based book, Naomi shares the stories of the daughters, sisters, and wives of kings and leaders who made their mark on Christianity. She challenges her readers to learn from these great women to better themselves and their relationships with God and others, while reminding us all that we are precious in God’s sight and have a role to play in His plan for this world.
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Financially Confident Woman
$18.00Add to cartToo many women feel like they lack the know-how to take control of their financial lives. But it’s not the level of their knowledge that’s the problem, says personal financial expert Mary Hunt; it’s their lack of confidence. Being in debt isn’t a money problem–it’s an attitude problem. And Hunt is here to help women develop a confident, capable attitude toward money so that they can take control of their finances.
Using the lessons she’s learned from her own hard-fought battle with debt, Hunt empowers women to develop nine essential money habits, including giving, saving, investing, rejecting unsecured debt, preparing for emergencies, getting what you pay for, and more. She also includes a six-week action plan to help women get started right away.
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Make It Happen
$18.99Add to cart“You know all those things you’ve always wanted to do? You should go do them!”In the constant chase for perfection women find themselves worried, anxious, and completely overwhelmed. Working women want to take their careers to the next level, but are struggling to “do it all.”
Stay-at-home moms look for relief from burning the candle at both ends. Aspiring entrepreneurs and artists seek the courage to jump into a new venture. Make It Happen is the tool these women need to finally let go of the chase for perfection and take the leap of faith towards God’s perfect plan.
Author Lara Casey was once a burned-out workaholic buried by debt, depression, and a failing marriage. Now thriving as a wife and mother, and running a booming business that fills her with joy, Lara is on a mission to share her experience and help readers find the spark that lives inside them. “I believe in the impossible. I’m living it,” Lara says. “Life is too short to wait to take the leap!
“Written for women who want to do it all and live a life of meaning, Make It Happen rescues them from being overwhelmed by endless to-do lists, paralyzing fears, and other obstacles that stand in the way of cultivating the rich life God desires for them.With seasoned advice, wisdom, and encouragement, Lara helps them pinpoint what isn’t working and how to get there from here so they too can make it happen!
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Nourished : A Search For Health Happiness And A Full Nights Sleep
$15.99Add to cartWith humor, honesty and faith Becky Johnson and her daughter Rachel Randolph determine to tackle the stuff that is stressing them out, once and for all. From interviews with friends and lots of research they came up with The Ten Most Common Stressors That Mess with a Woman’s Mind: daily challenges that routinely steal her sense of peace and joy. Together Becky and Rachel cook up a plan to live a less depleted and more nourished life. Opposites in many ways mom and daughter share their successes and failures as they make peace with their imperfect bodies, create living spaces they love, get wiser in their relationships, tame jam-packed schedules, settle into God’s love, and more. In short, they stumble and journey together toward a life that better nourishes them – body, mind, soul and spirit.
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Keep It Shut Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartFrom Bible times to modern times women have struggled with their words: what to say and how to say it. What not to say. When it is best to remain silent. Or what to do when you’ve said something you wish you could now take back. Beyond just a “How not to gossip” study, Karen will teach what the Bible says about the many ways we are to use our words and the times when we are to remain silent. Using our speech to interact with friends, co-workers, family and strangers will be covered along with the many places we use our words such as in private, in public, online and in prayer. Even the words we say silently to ourselves. Unsolicited opinion-slinging, speaking the truth in love, not saying words just to people-please and dealing with our verbal anger are sub-topics that will also be addressed. Each session will feature a different character from the Bible, using them either as an example of someone to emulate or whose verbal actions we should avoid replicating.
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Keep It Shut
$19.99Add to cartKeep It Shut by Karen Ehman explores how to better control your tongue, knowing what to say and how to say it, and realizing when it is best to say nothing at all. From Bible times to modern times women have struggled with their words. What to say and how to say it. What not to say. When it is best to remain silent. And what to do when you’ve said something you wish you could now take back. In this book a woman whose mouth has gotten her into loads of trouble shares the hows (and how-not-tos) of dealing with the tongue. Beyond just a “how not to gossip” book, this book explores what the Bible says about the many ways we are to use our words and the times when we are to remain silent. Karen will cover using our speech to interact with friends, co-workers, family, and strangers as well as in the many places we use our words in private, in public, online, and in prayer. Even the words we say silently to ourselves. She will address unsolicited opinion-slinging, speaking the truth in love, not saying words just to people-please, and dealing with our verbal anger. Christian women struggle with their mouths. Even though we know that Scripture has much to say about how we are—and are not—to use our words, this is still an immense issue, causing heartache and strain not only in family relationships, but also in friendships, work, and church settings.
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Planned Bullyhood : The Truth Behind The Headlines About The Planned Parent
$19.99Add to cartThe full, up-close story of the battle between Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Planned Parenthood from the woman at the center of the explosive media firestorm of early 2012, Karen Handel, former SVP of Public Policy at Komen.
In 2011, Susan G. Komen for the Cure was growing weary of the “pink” being tarnished by its health grants to Planned Parenthood (PPH), whose many controversies were fueling backlash against Komen. They wanted to remove themselves from the pro-life/abortion debate and made what they thought was a rational, reasonable decision: seek neutral ground in the culture war by severing ties with Planned Parenthood-and in turn, eliminate a major headache while opening a new, robust fund-raising channel.
Karen Handel, the organization’s Senior Vice President of Public Policy, was tasked with identifying options to disengage. In November, the Komen management and board decided to move forward. Komen believed that they and PPH had made a “gentle ladies” pact, agreeing to part ways amicably and acknowledging that a media firestorm was in no one’s best interest. Yet, six weeks later, PPH unleashed a media campaign so viral and so seamlessly executed that it must have been in the works for some time. PPH attacked Komen against the backdrop of the Obama administration’s clash with the Catholic Church over contraception. After just three days, following hysterical cries that “Komen was abandoning women,” Komen capitulated and reversed course. Handel-a lifelong pro-life Republican who was raised Catholic-was immediately made the target. She resigned within days of Komen’s reversal. Liberals called her a right-wing Trojan horse. The pro-life community hailed her as a hero. She insists she is neither.
Why did Planned Parenthood attack? Was Komen simply a pawn in something bigger? In this book, Karen Handel finally speaks.
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For The Love Of God
$14.99Add to cartBeing new is never easy–especially when it comes to finding your faith. But you don’t need a big neon sign to point the way to God. Instead, you need a friend to tell it to you straight, equip you with information, and provide some much-needed encouragement along the way. Indeed, you need guidance from a woman who has already walked a mile in your shoes.
Jenny Lee Sulpizio invites you to silence those doubts, experience God’s grace, and breathe in the unconditional love you were always meant to know. It’s a guide for women unsure of their Creator, in search of answers, and interested in pursuing a genuine relationship with the Lord. Because this walk with God–this journey with Jesus? It’s about to change everything.
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Purity Is Possible
$14.99Add to cartIntroduction
1. Beauty
2. Fantasy
3. Reality
4. Factory
5. Guilty
6. Mercy
7. Purity
8. Liberty
9. IntimacyAdditional Info
One in five Christian women use pornography. One in three visitors to a porn site is a woman. Many, many more women read explicit books like Fifty Shades of Grey. Even more than that write their own pornography – not on paper for publication, but in their heads for their own use.
Helen Thorne knows all this because she’s done it.
But no one talks about it. Our churches are silent on it. There are very few books about it. It is the unspoken struggle of thousands of Christian women – perhaps you, and probably someone you know.
But no more. In this refreshingly honest, resolutely hope-filled and gospel-soaked book, Helen speaks the unspoken. In doing so, she shows how purity is better and more satisfying than fantasy – and that, whoever you are and whatever your struggles, that purity is possible. -
Truth Lies And The Single Woman
$13.99Add to cartSingle women are neither unloved nor forgotten.
Truth, Lies, and the Single Woman: Dispelling 10 Common Myths combats the lies that destroy the joy and confidence of unmarried women.
In her groundbreaking book, Allison K. Flexer dispels the following myths surrounding single women:
1. Because no one has chosen me, I’m not valuable.
2. God has forgotten about me .
3. Sex outside of marriage is okay.
4. My past can’t be forgiven.
5. I’m not beautiful.
6. Getting married will solve all my problems.
7. There is something wrong with me.
8. The church values married people more than me.
9. It’s too late for me, so I should settle.
10. My life is on hold until I find a spouse.Single women will gain practical steps to accept and believe God’s truth. Flexer believes the question “Who am I?” is best answered by asking, “Who is God?” and challenges single women to confidently embrace their value as they gain a better understanding of the character of God.
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Esther Anointing : Becoming A Woman Of Prayer Courage And Influence
$15.99Add to cartBe inspired by Esther, an incredible woman of God. Esther was willing to risk her life for the welfare of her people and the furthering of God’s plan. Strategically positioned by God in a place of influence, Esther is a powerful biblical example of how God can use anyone. She answered God’s call and went through a season of preparation physically and spiritually to get ready.
Just like in biblical times, God is positioning women today and giving them divine opportunities to influence the culture for His glory. The Esther Anointing gives you the keys to Esther’s success, including the qualities that make women great, the power of influence, and the key to finding God’s favor for your assignment.
It doesn’t matter where you came from or what skills and talents you have; if you let Him, God can use your life for His glory!
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Hardest Peace
$15.99Add to cartKara Tippetts knows the ordinary days of mothering four kids, the joy of watching her children grow … and the devestating reality of stage-four cancer. In The Hardest Peace, Kara doesn’t offer answers for when living is hard, but she asks us to join her in moving away from fear and control and toward peace and grace. Most of all, she draws us back to the God who is with us, in the mundane and the suffering, and who shapes even our pain into beauty.
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Storm Sisters : Friends Though All Seasons
$19.99Add to cartWomen treasure the support, loyalty, and laughter found in their friendships–especially when they face the storms of life. Whether purchased as a gift or for oneself, Storm Sisters is a delightful journey on what it means to be a friend in all seasons of life.
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Power Of A Positive Wife Devotional And Journal
$15.99Add to cartFifty-two devotionals to help every wife start her week with an encouraging message straight from God’s Word. Each devotional section increases faith and provides uplifting applications for marriage. The unique weekly format provides eight elements that can be enjoyed in one sitting or spread out over the week.
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Best Yes Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartNew York Times best-selling author Lysa TerKeurst leads small group participants to make wise decisions in the midst of endless demands.
Most of us spend a lot of our lives figuring out when to say yes and how to say no. But we don’t find space for our souls until we learn to step past the yes and no of daily decisions and seek out a third option: The Best Yes.The Best Yes is the choice that shapes all our other choices. It’s what allows us to play our necessary parts in God’s plan, to spend our energy and focus our passion on the assignments that really are ours. Too many of us confuse the command to love with the disease to please.In this six-session video-based Bible study Lysa TerKeurst shares how to make better use of the two most powerful words, yes and no.
Using Biblical teaching and practical insights this study will help you be more equipped to discern the best yes answers for your life.
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Emotionally Healthy Woman
$19.99Add to cartGeri Scazzero knew there was something desperately wrong with her life. She felt like a single parent raising her four young daughters alone. She finally told her husband, “I quit,” and left the thriving church he pastored, beginning a journey that transformed her and her marriage for the better. In The Emotionally Healthy Woman, Geri provides you a way out of an inauthentic, superficial spirituality to genuine freedom in Christ. This book is for every woman who thinks, “I can’t keep pretending everything is fine!” The journey to emotional health begins by quitting. Geri quit being afraid of what others think. She quit lying. She quit denying her anger and sadness. She quit living someone else’s life. When you quit those things that are damaging to your soul or the souls of others, you are freed up to choose other ways of being and relating that are rooted in love and lead to life. When you quit for the right reasons, at the right time, and in the right way, you’re on the path not only to emotional health, but also to the true purpose of your life.
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Best Yes : Making Wise Decisions In The Midst Of Endless Demands
$19.99Add to cartLearn to find and play the role God wants most for you to play, not the ones you feel pressured into playing for the sake of others or even our sense of accomplishment and worth.
Most of us spend a lot of our lives figuring out when to say yes and when to say no. How to manage our time, reduce stress, do our best for our families, find a little space for “me.” But we don’t find space for our souls until we learn to step past the yes and no of daily decisions and seek a third option: the best yes. The best yes is the choice that shapes all our other choices. (And our choices determine the direction of our lives.) It’s what allows us to play our necessary parts in God’s plan, to spend our energy and focus our passion on the assignments that really are ours. It allows us to be there for the moments we shouldn’t miss, pursue the calling our souls pulse to fulfill, give the love we were born to offer. How do we learn to say that best yes? It requires honesty. Imagination. Attention. Trust. Humility. Practice-lots of practice. And wisdom. The best yes is really all about wisdom-learning to make truly wise decisons. And that’s the heart of this book. “I want us to become powerfully effective decision makers,” writes Lysa Terkeurst. “Because then we will live powerfully effective lives. And spend our souls doing powerfully effective work to the glory of God.” With her signature mix of transparency, Scripture-laced insight, and “been there” humor, she suggests usable strategies for choosing wisely and encourages us all to shout and whisper our own best yes to life, day by decision-making day.
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Move On : When Mercy Meets Your Mess
$18.99Add to cartOffers help and healing as we learn to come clean about the mess we are in an effort to move on to become the person God intended us to be.
Life is often messy. God makes provision to help us move beyond our messes but often our first instinct is to hide, deny, ignore, or run from them. Yet it is in the middle of our mess where mercy shows up and offers a safe place to process our struggles, imperfections, doubts, and fears. Then with mercy by our side, we are able to move on and experience the grace and freedom God intended.
In Move On best-selling author Vicki Courtney helps readers come clean with their muddy messes, revealing the deeper issues they must face, including:
*Christian snobbery
*struggles and broken dreams
*the past
*shame
*legalism
*the need for approval
*idols
*fickle faithOnce we face our messes, God, with his sweet mercy, can help us to get real, deal, and truly move on.
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Move On Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$10.99Add to cartMost people will live their entire lives attempting to clean up their messes on their own or will hide their messes under a multitude of modern-day fig leaves. Are you weary of hiding and pretending? If so, it’s time to find the courage to come clean about the mess you are. It’s time to lay your heart and soul bare before the Lord and say, “I’m not okay, and I need your help.”
Say goodbye to that person you’ve been pretending to be and celebrate the person God created you to be: a gloriously imperfect mess who is loved by a perfect and holy God.
This study guide is designed for use with Move On: A DVD Study (sold separately) and provides individual and group activities, between-session personal studies, quotes, and additional material that will enhance your experience of the video sessions.
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Teach Us To Want
$18.00Add to cartThe story of each person is a story of want–desires unmet, hopes dashed, passions pursued and ambitions fulfilled. And yet why we want–and how we can want well– often eludes us. Our individual stories are set against a greater story: a good God creates us and all that is seen and unseen not out of need but according to his good pleasure. That good God enters our reality, standing in the midst of all our hopes and fears, all our sacred longings and secret sins, and redeems us down to our soul for his good pleasure. That same good God calls us into a new reality in which we seek first his kingdom and righteousness, and we discover our disordered desires burned away while our truest longings are happily fulfilled. “Lord, teach us to pray,” we overhear his followers ask. And if we listen closely, we hear our own voices alongside theirs: Lord, teach us to want. Jen Pollock Michel guides us on a journey of understanding who we are when we want, and reintroduces us to a God who would give us the desires of our hearts.
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Appointed : Your Future Starts Now (Reprinted)
$14.00Add to cartChapters Include:
Significance Of You
Significance Of Insignificant Beginnings
Significance Of Intimacy With Christ
Significance Of Correction
Significance Of Prayer
Significance Of Trials
Significance Of Faith
Significance Of The Wait
Significance Of Rejection
Significance Of Tenacity
Significance Of Forgiveness
Significance Of Your FutureAdditional Info
You might think Autumn came from an idyllic life … but you’d be wrong. Using her experience with an abusive relationship as a backdrop, Autumn acknowledges the struggles that so many young women face, struggles which can lead to eating disorders, self-harm, depression and other types of oppression. Through her own story and mentoring of other women, Autumn shows us that our significance is found only in Christ and that no matter what lurks in a young woman’s past or how she feels about herself, significance is obtainable-now. Your destiny awaits. -
Sarahs Choice : Only One Thing Stands In The Way Of Sarah’s Success
$15.99Add to cartOnly one thing stands in the way of Sarah’s success . . . her unborn baby.
Sarah Collins is about to receive a promotion that will give her everything she’s ever wanted: a huge pay increase, a new car, a fabulous apartment, and first-class travel.
But then she discovers she’s pregnant. And while she thinks she loves her boyfriend, Matt, she isn’t sure he’s mature enough to be a responsible father. And the job she’s pursuing is open only because the previous employee is out on maternity leave. She’d never be able to handle the travel as a single mom.
Torn between advice from her coworkers, the adamant insistence of her mother and sister that she keep the baby, her insecurity about her relationship with Matt, and the void where her father should be, Sarah has no idea how to make this decision.
A Christmas card from a mysterious old woman is the catalyst for three visions of her future-and may just be the miracle she needs. But can she trust the visions? Are they the yearnings of a conflicted heart? Or are they true visions from the God she thought had turned his back on her?
For every woman who has made painful decisions, Sarah’s Choice offers comfort, wisdom, and hope.
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No Prissy Shoes
$13.99Add to cartIt is the sorority no woman wants to join-the sisterhood of women with cancer. But every day, 2,200 new members are inducted. If you, a sister, daughter, mother or friend is on that journey, this book of 31-daily devotions will give a potent dose of hope, comfort and encouragement from God’s Word. Linda walks her readers through every step of the cancer journey. She shares experiences, but then brings them back to the awesome, life-changing truths in the Bible.
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Story Of The Philadelphia 11
$37.95Add to cartTo release at the 40th anniversary of the ordinations
* First book to tell the story in first-person interviews
Darlene O’Dell and Carter Heyward tell the story of the historic ordination, introducing us
to the 11 women involved, the paths that brought them together on that day-and what
has changed (or not changed) in the life of the church over the intervening years.AUDIENCE: For ordained women (and those who wish to be) across denominations,
church historians, seminarians, feminists, theologians, and general readers with an
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My Name Is Woman
$12.49Add to cart“…the woman was chosen by Satan as his perfect target
not for being the weak sex between the two, but because
she carried within her the maximum expression of the
creative power of God in His creatures.”
In her book “My name is Woman”, Laura Fernandez approaches a theme as old as the history of the world and updates it with a solid argument; God created the woman with a purpose, where in equality with man and in unity with him, could offer a dignified service to the family, society and the Creator.In her book, the author maintains the difficult balance – so scarce in this subject – between firmness to defend the woman’s value and the respect to man as husband and partner in the same venture.
At this phase in history, when the female’s proportion in the church has grown and it becomes necessary a broader service in God’s cause, the role of today’s Christian woman confronts the challenge, and at the same time the opportunity, to develop her gifts simultaneously with men, overlooking the useless and miserable prejudice that have delayed the advances of the divine plan.
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Spirit Of The Lord Is Upon Me
$23.95Add to cartTo release in anticipation of the 40th anniversary of the ordinations
* Gathers the bulk of Sue Hiatt’s writings, never before published
* Reflections from Sue’s peers and colleagues
As we approach the 40th anniversary of the irregular ordination of the group of women
who became known as the “Philadelphia Eleven,” Carter Heyward and Janine LeHane
gather the writings of Sue Hiatt, considered “bishop to the women” and leader of the
movement that led to that momentous occasion.
Quiet, introspective, passionate, strong-minded, Sue Hiatt’s road to Christian feminism
began as a teenager. These writings, alongside material by Carter Heyward and others
critical to the movement, are a vital source of study, reflection, and inspiration.AUDIENCE: For ordained women (and those who wish to be) across denominations,
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Empowering Memory And Movement
$49.00Add to cartWith Empowering Memory and Movement, Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza completes a three-volume look across her influential work and career. In Transforming Vision (2011), she drew from decades of pioneering scholarship to offer the contours of a critical feminist hermeneutic. The chapters in Changing Horizons (2013) sketched out a theory of liberation. Now, the consequences for a liberating praxis are elaborated in interviews and essays that chart Schussler Fiorenza’s own personal and professional history as these are intertwined with the history of the worldwide movement for emancipation and full equality. Empowering Memory and Movement looks back, but also looks around at challenges and potentialities on the global scene, and looks ahead to an emancipatory future, with a critical and wise engagement with scripture and the interpretive tradition always at the center.
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Cross And Gendercide
$28.99Add to cartAcknowledgments
List Of Abbreviations
1 A Point Of Departure: The Cross And Global Violence Against Women And Girls
2 The Numbers And The Stories: The Extent Of The Violence
3 A Short History: The Social, Religious And Political Roots Of Violence Against Women And Girls
4 The Cross And The Promise: God For Us
5 Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Confession And Resistance: A Model For A Church Response To Gendercide
6 Creative Theological Reflection And Activism: Working To End Gendercide
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Violence against women and girls is a human rights epidemic that affects millions of lives around the world. While many Christians are addressing this crisis through education, advocacy and philanthropic support, there has been a reluctance to name gendercide as a theological and confessional issue, a matter that strikes at the very essence of the Christian faith. In The Cross and Gendercide, Elizabeth Gerhardt draws on Luther’s “theology of the cross” to provide a theological basis for naming and responding to the grave sin of global gendercide. She lifts up the work and witness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer as an especially powerful resource for mobilizing the church today toward political action and social engagement. From the perspective of Christ’s cross, the church must raise a prophetic voice against systemic violence and speak up for the myriad women and girls who are invisible and voiceless in the world today. -
Thresholds And Passages
$16.00Add to cartIn the end, life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away. When was the last time your own life left you breathless with wonder? “Thresholds and Passages” is both an awakening and an invitation to experience the kind of life Jesus came to offer. Discover the pathways that direct you toward purpose, balance, and authenticity; toward reflection, play, and celebration; toward mutual relationships with other women. Whether you are married or single, an employee, a stay-at-home mom, or an executive, you are first of all a woman created in God’s image. God invites you to walk to the edge of your life as you’ve known it, and to cross a threshold into fully authentic womanhood. It is the same place where Moses stood as he listened to the voice from the blazing bush: “Take off your shoes, Moses. This is holy ground.” Honest and deeply personal, “Thresholds and Passages” offers a series of portals that lead you to the possibility of living an outrageous life-the kind of life that will leave you astonished. Each threshold, passageway, or corridor takes you deeper into the heart of God, who not only delights in you but also desires to answer your ache for something more. This is your chance to find the life you were meant to live.
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Lady Thing
$17.49Add to cartA Lady Thing is a book series designed to encourage, inspire and transform the lives of young ladies around the world. It is a unique style of writing that focuses on reaching in depth to the hearts and mind of young ladies, drawing their attention to the SOUL purpose of their existence. The Lady Thing was written to create a safe ground where young ladies can relate and feel a connection as they read; bringing them to the realization that there is something FAR MORE GREATER within. It is about setting the pace to greatness, purpose and a destiny of hope…
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Marriage Is A Vision
$20.49Add to cartA young professional hair stylist (Christian female) living in London is saddened by broken relationships of which none led to marriage. On recounting her experiences she reminded me of similar circumstances that other women faced. There are some insight into areas which will enhance spiritual growth, how to live a victorious life, and enhance personal development.
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Jesus Justice And Gender Roles
$7.99Add to cartAt one point in her life, author and co-founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church Kathy Keller sought pastoral ordination. Yet she came to adopt the view that men and women have different roles in marriage and ministry, and that fulfilling such roles pleases God and leads to greater personal fulfillment. In this unapologetic but nuanced piece, Keller presents a caring and careful case for biblical gender differences and the complementarian view of women in ministry. At the same time, she encourages women to teach and lead in the church in ways that may startle some complementarians. Readers on both sides of this hot-button topic will be challenged by her ministry-tested and thoroughly Scriptural perspective.