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Your Brightest Life
$19.99Add to cartToday more than ever, as a young woman you can use an extra dose of optimism to tackle the challenges and complicated situations in your life. Inside Your Brightest Life, Jessie Minassian draws on over twenty years of questions and feedback from teen- and college-aged girls to dive into the topics you care about, presenting honest truths and tested tips from a Christian perspective that help you live a life of purpose, joy, and faith.
Maybe you’ve heard it all–God loves you, made you perfectly, and has wonderful plans for your life. But when it comes to nervousness about your future, wondering whether that guy likes you, or dealing with the mean girl in your head, sometimes what you know gets lost. The good news is, you don’t have to tackle everything alone. Your Brightest Life pairs humorous yet wise stories with practical tips to help you navigate the most important questions and challenges you face. And with short, easy-to-read chapters made to fit into your busy schedule, it’s the perfect way to start a journey toward a brighter future, filled with deeper wonder, faith, confidence, and a sense of purpose.
Your Brightest Life helps you take control of your life and make the most of every opportunity with:
*inspiration to live life with courage and determination
*real-world advice about everything from relationships to personal growth, time management, exercise, and staying healthy mentally and physically
*tips that address the challenges you face–like loneliness and uncertainty about what comes next–in new and relatable ways
The 70 stories in the book are organized by categories that include:
*boys
*friends and family
*health and beauty
*faith
*mindset
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Defiant Hope : Essays On Life, Faith, And Freedom
$28.99Add to cartThe best writings from George W. Bush’s speechwriter Michael Gerson, a pioneer of the compassionate conservative movement, a champion of Christian engagement, and an eloquent defender of the poor and the marginalized.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Michael Gerson possessed one of the most important consciences of his generation. As the chief speech writer for George W. Bush, he wrote the words that rallied and ennobled the nation after September 11th. He helped design and champion Bush’s PEPFAR program, which saved upwards of 20 million lives as HIV ravaged Africa. His famous line defending public education was to say that failure would amount to “a soft bigotry of low expectations.” He became one of the nation’s most eloquent columnists, who was never content to do political horse race punditry but devoted himself to the most essential causes of the time, pushing back on the authoritarianism of Donald Trump and pushing for the kind of compassionate conservatism that he dedicated his life to designing.
Defiant Hope is his writings about the things he loved–humanity, God, his dog, and his boys. Essays feature the immensely complicated sadness when you drop your children off at college for the first time. Another is about his public battle of depression. He also includes chapters about men and women who formed this great procession of Christian Reformers–John Wesley, Jonathan Edwards, William Wilberforce, and Olaudah Equiano–and the great causes to which they were devoted, from abolitionism to civil rights.
What lingers is his gracious voice across all the roles that he played, as David Brooks writes in the introduction. What you hear is “a prophet lamenting iniquity, a father and a friend capable of great bursts of gratitude and appreciation, a Christian who is sometimes buried under sadness and close to despair, but who never loses sight of that distant illuminating beacon of hope.”
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Finding Baby Holly
$18.99Add to cartHolly Marie was forty-two years old the day she found out she was missing.
At ten months old, Holly Marie was brought to the door of a church by three barefoot women in white robes and head coverings. Adopted by the pastor and raised in a loving Christian home, Holly nevertheless struggled with the ache of not knowing what had happened to her biological parents. She still felt their absence even as she married and started a family of her own.
When two detectives showed up at the restaurant where she worked and informed her that she had a large family in Florida who had been searching for her for over 40 years, Holly’s past became the reality of her present, and she began the sometimes painful journey of discovering the truth about her origins: Her parents had been brutally murdered, their case still unsolved.
With the help of law enforcement across four states, forensic genealogists, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and her newly discovered family members, the missing pieces began to come together. Except these-why had her parents been murdered? And who had murdered them? She soon found out that the truth leads not always to answers but sometimes to more questions, that it also brings healing and restoration, and that we must surrender our unknowns to God until, in His perfect timing, all truths are revealed.
Finding Baby Holly is the true, inspiring story of a wife and mother who was “missing” for over forty years after her parents’ murders, the persistent detectives who never stopped investigating, and the birth family who never lost hope in finding her.
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Wake Up To Love
$28.99Add to cartJoyful meditations to start your day intentionally and wake each morning to your soul with chart-topping GoOD Mornings podcast host Nikki Walton.
Imbued with spirit, warmth, and unconditional love, Wake Up to Love draws inspiration from many traditions and experiences, opening our awareness to the moment and deepening our connection to spirit.
Unexpected success created a spiritual crisis for Nikki Walton, which ultimately lead her to search her soul, scour religious texts, and come into closer connection with the divine in her daily life. This inspired GoOD Mornings, 5-minute meditations centering love and spirit to start the day, a popular podcast which has established her as a spiritual leader. She also offers prompts and insight into how this practice has opened her heart to expansiveness and freed her of fear.
Wake Up to Love gathers the 52 best episodes Nikki has recorded so far, crystalized and accompanied by prompts for further reflection, organized around the principles of:
*Finding Love
*Sustaining Love
*Being Love
*Spreading LoveInviting spirit to enter and casting the glow of God’s love upon us all, Wake Up to Love puts us into the moment in all its radiant joy.
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Which Seeds Will Grow
$21.00Add to cartA new collection of poems by Palestinian-American Catholic poet Andrew Calis, Which Seeds Will Grow? ?finds hope in the Holy Land.
Grappling with his identity as a Christian Palestinian American, Andrew Calis recalls his father who saw Israeli jets swoop over his house in Jerusalem and a military helicopter fire bullets into his front yard. The same father who wouldn’t teach his children Arabic, for fear that they would have accented English, who kept his past close to his chest–unknown to his son. He recounts the death of his grandfather, a grandfather who would beat his father, and for whom he could not fully mourn because Arab men don’t cry.
Andrew Calis digs through the pain of his family and of his homeland to find the fragile seed of contained life and delicate hope for the Holy Land–and reflects on how tenderly that seed must be nurtured.
Steeped in wonder, Which Seeds Will Grow? explores the past and the present, from ancient Jerusalem to Baltimore’s gardens and alleys through the lens of a Palestinian American. The poems are patient, waiting for seasons to end, waiting for space to expand outward, and waiting for light to touch the earth. Despite the difficulty of waiting, readers will find hope in hopelessness and comfort in the contemplation of the world and its sacred mysteries.
From Which Seeds Will Grow?
Planting a Garden
Stealing clippings from neighbors’ yards
And smiling as they grew their own blooms
In the safe and hidden rooms where we
Keep watch on them like they are our children.
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Nothing grew. We knew this was
A possibility, had read
It sometimes takes two years,
And we hoped in spite of only dirt
For the green that could be anything.Perhaps we dug too shallow or too close
To the shade, or stepped where we had already planted,
Either crushing roots or breaking their curled
First shoots before they broke the surface.
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So when one survived, wove a green line
Of its own, thinly sprouting something unknowable, I ran
Inside and for a moment felt
What John must have felt
Leaving Peter, old and unsteadily running,
And running breathlessly
To tell everyone —
Everyone
What had happened
And how you wouldn’t believe your eyes. -
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Gods Strength For Hard Times
Original price was: $17.99.$10.97Current price is: $10.97.Add to cartTake hold of God’s strength to carry you through the hard seasons and storms of life.
“Life has its share of joys and laughter-but we also know life’s road is often very rough. Temptations assail us; people disappoint us; illness and age weaken us; tragedies and sorrows ambush us; evil and injustice overpower us. As long as we look only at circumstances, life will be very hard, but when we depend upon His strength and guidance, God will bring peace in the midst of the storms.” -Billy Graham
When you feel weak or discouraged, you don’t have to face your problems alone! There is infinite power and support awaiting you in Jesus. In this beautiful book filled with inspiring photography, God’s Strength for Hard Times draws on the words of Billy Graham and the Bible to offer you comfort and hope.
This book is perfect for you or someone you love who is:
*Going through a difficult season
*Dealing with grief, loneliness, or loss
*Looking for a stronger faith, a more-focused purpose, or contentment
*Needing encouragement as they face the unknownNo matter what challenges or uncertainties you’re experiencing, God’s strength is available to you. With these encouraging reminders from beloved evangelist and author Billy Graham, and with a foreword from his son, Franklin Graham, God’s Strength for Hard Times will comfort your spirit and lead you to a hopeful future.
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George Muller : A Life Of Prayer And Compassion
$9.99Add to cartIt began with George Muller–rebellious, absorbed in the world and its pleasures.
It became George Muller–miraculously transformed by the power of Christ, daring to dream a dream and to trust God to bring it to pass.
In jail by age sixteen, few people would have believed that George Muller would become a great hero of the faith. He and his wife cared for over 10,000 orphans. Discover the incredible true story of the man of faith whose missionary work was built on prayer and who still inspires us today. Taking his biographical details and putting them in an exciting novel form, this short book will stir your heart, move you to greater faith, and lead you to worship the God who answers prayer.
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Tap Code : The Epic Survival Tale Of A Vietnam POW And The Secret Code That
$19.99Add to cartDiscover never-before-told details of POW underground operations during the Vietnam War told through one airman’s inspiring story of true love, honor, and courage.
Air Force pilot Captain Carlyle “Smitty” Harris was shot down over Vietnam on April 4, 1965 and taken to the infamous Hoa Lo prison–nicknamed the “Hanoi Hilton.” For the next eight years, Smitty and hundreds of other American POWs–including John McCain and George “Bud” Day–suffered torture, solitary confinement, and unimaginable abuse.
It was there that Smitty covertly taught many other POWs the Tap Code–an old, long-unused method of communication from World War II. Using the code, they could softly tap messages of encouragement to lonely neighbors and pass along resistance policies from their leaders. The code quickly became a lifeline during their internment. It helped the prisoners boost morale, stay unified, communicate the chain of command, and prevail over a brutal enemy.
Meanwhile, back home in the United States, Harris’s wife, Louise, raised their three children alone, unsure of her husband’s fate for seven long years. One of the first POW wives of the Vietnam War, she became a role model for other military wives by advocating for herself and her children in her husband’s absence.
Told through both Smitty’s and Louise’s voices, Tap Code shares the riveting true story of:
*Ingenuity under pressure
*Strength and dignity in the face of a frightening enemy
*The hope, faith, and resolve necessary to endure even the darkest circumstances -
Poder De Las Preguntas Correct – (Spanish)
$6.99Add to cartCon su caracteristica energia positiva contagiosa, John Mason ofrece un mensaje sencillo y a la vez poderoso de animo y esperanza: puedes apoderarte del presente y descubrir un maana mas brillante. A cualquiera que se sienta atascado, que anhele un cambio pero no esta seguro de como perseguirlo, John le muestra que la herramienta mas poderosa que tenemos es hacernos a nosotros mismos las preguntas adecuadas para obtener las respuestas correctas. Estas lecturas breves son perfectas para profesionales muy ocupados, mamas saturadas de trabajo, emprendedores, y cualquiera que busque un estimulo inspirador.
Te sientes atascado? Anhelas un cambio? No estas seguro de como perseguirlo?
La herramienta mas poderosa que tenemos para colocar nuestra vida en una direccion nueva y mejor es hacernos a nosotros mismos las preguntas adecuadas para obtener las respuestas correctas. Preguntas como:*Que mentiras estas creyendo hoy?
*Que harias si no hubiera un maana?
*Que has iniciado que necesitas terminar?
*Que lamento no quieres tener?
*Que se te da extraordinariamente bien?With his signature infectious positive energy, John Mason offers you a simple yet powerful message of encouragement and hope–you can seize today and uncover a brighter tomorrow. For anyone who feels stuck, who yearns for a change but isn’t sure just how to pursue it, John shows that the most powerful tool we have is asking ourselves the right questions to get the right answers. These bite-sized readings are perfect for busy professionals, overworked moms, entrepreneurs, and anyone looking for an uplifting boost.
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Me Estalla La Cabeza – (Spanish)
$15.99Add to cartCuando las mujeres tienen encima la exigencia de ser las buenas de la pelicula, de decir a todo que si, de ceder antes las exigencias y deseos de los demas, de sentirse las cuidadoras eternas y las mamas de todo el mundo… cuando eso lo cumplen a rajatabla porque creen que es su tarea como mujeres, terminan con el sindrome de “la cabeza estallada”.
De manera simple y acertada, Alejandra Stamateas describe algunas situaciones que muchas mujeres viven, como:
*Un estado de permanente resignacion
*No tienen tiempo para ellas mismas.
*Creen que “todo esta bajo control” si ellas actuan siempre de la misma manera.
*No saben por donde empezar el cambio, aunque la situacion en la que viven las enferma y agota.Todo esto tiene un punto de coincidencia: vivir cediendo ante las exigencias de los demas, y aun a las exigencias propias. Cada capitulo de este libro explora situaciones concretas en la vida de la mujer, que la llevara de una cabeza estallada, a una vida mas relajada. !Paz interior y tranquilidad estan disponibles para ti!
When women are burdened with the expectation of being the heroines in a movie, of saying yes to everything, of yielding to the demands and desires of others, of feeling like eternal caregivers and mothers to everyone… when they adhere strictly to these expectations because they believe it’s their duty as women, they end up with the syndrome of “the burnout mind.” In a simple and accurate manner, Alejandra Stamateas describes some situations that many women experience, such as:
*A state of permanent resignation
*They have no time for themselves.
*They believe that “everything is under control” if they always act the same way.
*They don’t know where to start the change, even though the situation they’re living in makes them sick and exhausted.All of this has a common point: living by yielding to the demands of others, and even to one’s own demands. Each chapter of this book explores specific situations in a woman’s life that will take her from feeling like her head is exploding to a more relaxed life. Inner peace and tranquility are available to you!
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Cherished Belonging : The Healing Power Of Love In Divided Times
$30.00Add to cartOver the past thirty years, Gregory Boyle has transformed thousands of lives through his work as the founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang-intervention program in the world. The program runs on two unwavering principles: (1) Everyone is unshakably good (no exceptions) and (2) we belong to each other (no exceptions).
Boyle believes that these two ideas allow all of us to cultivate a new way of seeing. Every community wants to be a safe place, where people are seen, and then are cherished. By remembering that we belong to each other, we find our way out of chaos and its dispiriting tribalism. Pooka, a former gang member who now oversees the program’s housing division, puts it plainly: “Here, love is our lens. It’s how we see things.”
In Cherished Belonging, Boyle calls back to Christianity’s origins as a subversive spiritual movement of equality, emancipation, and peace. Early Christianity was a way of life–not a set of beliefs. Boyle’s vision of community isn’t just a space for an individual to heal, but for people to join together and heal each other in a new collective living, a world dedicated to kindness as a constant and radical act of defiance. “The answer to every question is, indeed, compassion,” Boyle exhorts. He calls us to cherish and nurture the connections that are all around us and live with radical kindness.
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Bible Word Scrambles
$9.99Add to cartIf you enjoy Bible word games, you’ll love these scrambles!
Here are 202 drawn from the breadth and depth of the King James Version. These puzzles resemble newspaper “Jumble” games–each calling you to unscramble key words from a passage, then use highlighted letters to answer a Bible-based question.
Covering the people, places, things, and ideas of scripture, Bible Word Scrambles will entertain and educate you with important Bible truths in an enjoyable puzzle package.
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Step Into Prison Step Out In Faith
$16.99Add to cartWhere we start isn’t always where we end up.
Katie Scheller hit rock bottom when her extramarital workplace affair landed her behind bars as federal inmate 09902089. On the other side of her pain and heartache, however, waited God’s redemptive plan and ultimate purpose for her life.
Step into Prison, Step Out in Faith tells the captivating story of a woman transformed by God’s grace, love, and mercy. Charting his presence at every turn in her life, Katie powerfully combines hard-earned lessons with biblical teachings in a raw, soul-stirring testimony that proves God truly works all things for good.
When you surrender to God’s perfect plans and let the Holy Spirit guide your steps, you become a witness to the overwhelming power of his hand in your life. Follow Katie’s venture from hopeless defeat to spiritual freedom and allow her story to spark real hope in your faith journey.
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Born To Be Brave
$28.99Add to cartWhat if the present cultural setback is really a divine setup for a spiritual comeback?
Ungodly forces have devastated American culture. The family of faith is feeling intimidated and fearful. Worse, many of us think that nothing can be done about it–that society will inevitably get worse.
Actor, producer, and conservative activist Kirk Cameron says this hopelessness is completely misplaced. God has given His faithful followers a birthright of courage. If we choose to live in this bravery, we will realign the nation with Christian values.
With biblical insights and true stories of individuals who acted bravely out of love for God and others, Born to Be Brave equips us to:
*stop thinking our opponents are too big for us to overcome and start seeing our culture as something we are called to mold.
*recognize the Christian backstory of America and see how this gives us direction for the future.
*understand that politics needs the gospel, because real change requires heart transformation.
*hold on to our God-given compassion for others, even when we face backlash and opposition.
*boldly engage friends, family, and the community with gospel truths that affect all of society.
If we’re going to change the nation and the world, we need to move beyond paralyzed outrage and start acting with courage and confidence. God is already on the move, and we can be a part of the big things He is doing. Because we were born to be brave.
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Gift Of Rejection
$29.99Add to cartGreatness and mediocrity are separated by one thing–how you respond to rejection.
People who crumble beneath the weight of rejection never realize their full potential, but people who learn to use rejection as a catalyst experience fulfillment in their lives.
Nona Jones has experienced her fair share of rejection. Some of her earliest memories are of her mother’s rejection, and those feelings persisted throughout her schooling, her career, and her infertility journey. Things that seemed to come easily to others seemed unavailable to Nona–but what could have taken her down the path of failure actually brought her to her greatest achievements.
The secret? Seeing rejection as the gift that it is.
The perfect follow-up to her previous book, Killing Comparison, The Gift of Rejection is a practical guide offering a new, unconventional framework for rejection; instead of being a pain to heal, it becomes a teacher to learn from. Nona shares insightful research, practical steps, and powerful stories from her own life as well as the lives of Bible characters and modern-day trailblazers to help you:
*Identify the root of rejection and how it’s manifesting in your life
*Pinpoint when the pain of rejection is triggering you and counter it with truth
*Respond to rejection with resilience and resolve rather than fear and defeat
*Anchor your identity in who God is calling you to beRejection is a gift that can help you build resilience, character, and success. The Gift of Rejection will teach you how.
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Face Forward : Reclaiming Hope When Everything Falls Apart
$24.99Add to cartPrepare to embark on an extraordinary journey with author Bethny Ricks as she intricately weaves the tapestry of her own life experiences with the wisdom she’s learned. This book offers a beacon of hope, revealing a transformative way of leadership grounded in the power of resilience and faith.
Bethny empowers individuals from all walks of life–from CEOs navigating boardrooms to young adults seeking their place in the world–and gives you permission to re-engineer your life with practical ways of cultivating a resilient mindset. Reflecting on her own life experience, she reimagines conventional narratives, proving that faith, even in the face of life’s most daunting challenges–the sting of pain, the weight of ego, and the shadow of failure–can serve as the North Star guiding you back to your purpose and the embrace of Jesus.
What do you do when God’s timing feels questionable and you feel uncertain about what’s next? What happens when your confidence is waning, and you don’t know how to solve the problems facing you? Through honest stories of her own professional failures, struggles with parenting, and frustrations with God, readers will learn:
*How to know who you are and overcome the hurdle of self-doubt
*How to prepare for your purpose and not get distracted by things God does not intend for you
*How to set boundaries at work and in your relationships
*How to deal with disappointment, and how to embrace the “power of pausing.”
*How to reset your direction when you’ve lost sight of your vision
*How to find your voice, show up authentically, remain strong under pressure, and uphold your personal convictions
*How to say no to juggling many things and say yes to “Don’t pick it up in the first place.”
Even when we feel lost, we can know that God’s light is shining, there from the very beginning, providing answers, redemption, healing, and stepping stones to help us face whatever lies ahead.
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Cozy Moments To Calm Your Heart
$16.99Add to cartSome days can feel fruitless and rocky with turmoil-especially the dark days of winter. This third book in DaySpring’s popular Devotional Coloring Book series you will find a moment to pause and reflect on the joy of the winter season. An excellent way to take a deep breath as you take a mental break from the restlessness of life’s daily demands. As you color the beautifully illustrated pages, read encouraging devotions, Scriptures and reflect on the comforting messages that make the empty days of winter feel less gloomy. You’ll feel restored, at peace page after page as you express your creativity and get inspired by selections from God’s Word. This spiral-bound devotional coloring book lays flat and provides the perfect space for coloring, reflection on God’s word, and relaxation. A perfect gift for the holiday season or family Christmas activity.
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Think On These Things
$19.99Add to cartRELAX. REFRESH. RENEW.
Life is full of demands. Appointments, deadlines, obligations, and constant digital chatter occupy every moment and build a mountain of unhealthy stress and tension. Coloring is an effective stress reducer, but true rest and peace are found in God.
Think on These Things perfectly combines encouraging devotions and inspiring illustrations in one beautiful book. Spend time reflecting on the truth of God’s Word and be filled with his joy and peace. Express your creativity freely as you fill the intricate images with the beauty of color.
Take a break from your busy schedule and the stress that accompanies it. The worries of life can wait.
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Only Love Today
$19.99Add to cartMORE THAN 100,000 COPIES SOLD!
New York Times bestselling author Rachel Macy Stafford shares simple words of daily inspiration in this unique, seasonal devotional to help you find new and more connected ways to live undistracted, heart-led, and hands-free every day.
Rachel Macy Stafford, known to millions as the Hands Free Mama, equips readers to breathe life into what really matters: the ordinary moments in our routine lives and the people in them.
Her inspiring words fill this beautiful book of short pieces constructed around the seasons of life. From finding daily surrender in the autumn and daily hope in the winter to finding daily bloom and daily spark in the spring and summer, you will always find fresh, beautiful words for your day.
With a flexible, non-dated devotional structure, Only Love Today offers life-giving words that remind you of the tools you already possess and insights you already have as you seek to find:
*Clarity when you’re conflicted
*Unity when you’re divided
*Faith when you’re uncertain
*Rest when your soul is weary
*Meaning in the meaningless
*A reset button directing you back to what matters mostRegardless of what you’re experiencing or what season you’re in, in these pages, you’ll find wisdom, encouragement, strength, vision, and clarity to live for what really matters.
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Bible Word Oh
$9.99Add to cartBible crosswords and word searches just got a new member of the family. . .
say hello to Bible Word-Oh!If you love Bible word games, this brand-new puzzle will challenge and delight.
Your goal is to determine the five-letter mystery word in each puzzle based on 3-5 previous guesses provided–each earlier guess shows letters that either appear or don’t appear in the mystery word, and whether the guessed letters are in the right locations. By considering those letters (and the provided Bible trivia clues and references if necessary), you’ll try to fill out the last line of Word-Oh! to solve the puzzle.Featuring elements of classic table games and online competitions, Bible Word-Oh! offers 500 puzzles to engage your mind and spirit.
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Even After Everything
$26.00Add to cartExquisitely told and urgently resonant, Even After Everything is a love letter to anyone who has opened their heart only to be hurt. Stephanie Duncan Smith proposes that it’s not through grit or forced resilience that you will find a way forward, but through receiving the full spectrum of our lives, just as we receive the empathy of God-with-us in every moment.
Duncan Smith’s disorientation began when she lost her first pregnancy on the winter solstice, just as the world readied to celebrate its most historic birth on Christmas. Then a new yet uncertain pregnancy unfolded parallel to the pandemic, until nearly one year to the day of her loss, she gave birth to her daughter at the peak of mortality in their city. These contradictions compelled Duncan Smith into a desperate search for steadiness, which she found in the liturgical year as a grounding force and the promise that we are seen by God in every season.
In Even After Everything, Duncan Smith traverses the church’s circle of time and reorients herself and us in the sacred story told through Advent, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, and Ordinary Time. She reveals the sacred year–through its endless interplay of love, loss, risk, and resurrection–as a mirror to the human experience, an anchor for turbulent times, and a womb strong enough to encompass every human care. At its heart lives the promise of God-with-us, inviting us into the spiritual practice of taking courage in the trust that we are accompanied in everything, and love will always have the last word.
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Confidence Is An Inside Job
$24.00Add to cartDiscover a deep, one-of-a-kind confidence that’s rooted in your relationship with Jesus through inspirational stories, insights, and strategies from podcaster and confidence coach Ashley Henriott.
“Conquer self-doubt and embrace God’s view of YOU.”-Rebecca George, author of Do the Thing and host of the podcast Radical Radiance
Has a voice in your head ever told you that you’re not enough? Maybe it’s said the opposite: that you’re too much. Or perhaps you’ve heard both messages at different times in your life. Either way, in those moments you probably felt like something was wrong with you.
And why wouldn’t you? Media and cultural messages constantly tell women that we must be different than we are to be considered valuable or even acceptable: more of this and less of that. But here’s great news: All of that is a lie, and you are not alone in your struggles.
Confidence coach Ashley Henriott knows what it’s like to be identified by the opinions of others and to live a life dictated by what they thought of her. However, her determination to break free from those shackles led her to a profound realization: True confidence is an inside job that begins with a woman embracing her own uniqueness and worthiness.
Through inspirational stories and her trademark humor, Ashley Henriott teaches about three confidence killers-fear, inaction, and comparison-that keep women from stepping into their true potential. Better still, she presents simple and practical strategies you can use to defeat these negative forces, embrace the beauty of who you are today, and live the fulfilling and confident life you desire.
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Thing That Would Make Everything Okay Forever
$18.99Add to cartFor years, psychedelics were my religion.
All I ever wanted was The Thing That Would Make Everything Okay Forever, the panacea, the cure for what plagued me. From those first moments when I tasted the earthy pulp of a psilocybin mushroom, it was love. Psychedelics were my sacrament. They shot me into cathedral vaults. The promise of eternal life through chemicals glittered seductively, but hid a yawning abyss.
The Thing That Would Make Everything Okay Forever tells my story of psychedelic devastation and spiritual rescue. It chronicles my trajectory from acid enthusiast to soul-weary druggie to psychedelic refugee. I finally found The Thing That Would Make Everything Okay Forever–in the last place I thought to look.
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Day That Turns Your Life Around
$17.95Add to cartIn The Day That Turns Your Life Around, Jim Rohn, renowned business philosopher and motivational speaker, presents a profound exploration of the power of decision-making in transforming lives. Inspired by his own pivotal encounter with mentor Earl Shoaff at 25, Rohn shares the wisdom that catalyzed his journey from mediocrity to extraordinary success.
This book revolves around a central, life-altering moment: the day one decides to take control of their life. It’s about the day when the fog of unfulfilled dreams clears, and the path to a life of purpose, health, and prosperity becomes visible. Rohn vividly describes this transformative experience, comparing it to releasing a helium balloon that, once gone, cannot be retrieved.
It’s a call to seize each moment and make it count.
Rohn delves into his own transformative experiences, recounting how he shifted from a life of broken dreams and financial struggles to achieving remarkable wealth and success.
The book is filled with Rohn’s classic wisdom, uniquely presented and deeply personal, guiding readers through the process of initiating and sustaining life changes.
Rohn emphasizes the significance of the internal battle that accompanies decision-making, illustrating how crucial victories are won in the mind first.
Moving beyond just the concept of faith, Rohn offers practical advice on how to actively change any life aspect, focusing on the importance of starting, no matter how small the first step might be.
The Day That Turns Your Life Around is a blueprint for personal transformation. Rohn’s storytelling, infused with wisdom and warmth, acts as a catalyst for readers to recognize their own ‘life-changing day’ and harness its power. This book is a must-read for anyone ready to reshape their destiny and embark on a journey toward a life filled with success, fulfillment, and a profound sense of purpose.
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Adventure Awaits : Following God’s Direction To Discover Your Dreams
$24.99Add to cartWomen seeking to fulfill their dreams will discover new tools and strategies for decision making, practical action steps for today, plus plenty of encouragement and inspiration to pursue the passions God has placed on their hearts.
Do you have dreams you’d love to pursue, but feel held back by the demands of your busy schedule?
Are you entering a new season in your life and unsure of what to do next?
Have you been longing for more connection or direction?Drawing from her own experience in creating her popular decorating blog and lifestyle brand, Kristin Lenz offers a roadmap for finding the things that truly energize and enrich you.You’ll encounter advice on how to identify your passions, how to make those dreams a reality, and how to connect with others in meaningful and fulfilling ways.
Breathtaking photography of the Minocqua Northwoods creates a peaceful and compelling invitation to rest, rejuvenate, and give room for dreams to grow.
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Bright Shining : How Grace Changes Everything
$27.99Add to cartGrace is hard to define. It can be found when we create ways to find meaning and dignity in connection with each other, building on our shared humanity, being kinder, bigger, better with each other. If, in its crudest interpretation, karma is getting what you deserve, then grace is the opposite: forgiving the unforgivable, favoring the undeserving, loving the unlovable.
Sadly, we live in an era when grace is increasingly rare. Our growing distrust of the media, politicians, and each other has choked our ability to trust, to accept, to allow for mistakes, to forgive.
What does grace look like in today’s world, and how do we recognize it, nurture it in ourselves and express it, even in the darkest of times? In this luminously beautiful, deeply insightful, and timely book, Baird explores the meaning of grace and how we can cut through negativity to find it today.
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Superhumano – (Spanish)
$14.99Add to cartAlguna vez te has preguntado si dentro de ti yace un potencial inexplorado? En un mundo donde los avances extraordinarios son testimonio de la creatividad humana, existe algo aun mas poderoso, un motor oculto que impulsa nuestras capacidades hacia nuevas alturas: lo divino.
Descubre como transformarte en lo que el autor denomina “el super humano”, una existencia donde lo humano se funde con lo divino, revelando un misterio inscrito en la creacion misma. Imagina ser capaz de reflejar la imagen y semejanza de nuestro Creador y ser la version mas elevada de ti.
A traves de las paginas de este libro, se revelaran ocho principios divinos, verdaderos “super poderes” como la fe, que es el ingrediente que nos impulsa a creer, y permite que todo empiece a suceder; el conocimiento, que perfeccionara la practica de tu talento; y el dominio propio, que te dara balance y control ante el exito alcanzado. Estos son solo algunos de los elementos que impulsaran tu transformacion.
Dentro de nosotros existe grandeza, y necesita ser explorada. Encuentrala, desarrollala, esto te convertira en la mejor version de ti, !en el super humano en el que te vas a convertir!
Have you ever wondered if there’s untapped potential within you? In a world where extraordinary advancements are a testament to human creativity, there exists something even more powerful, a hidden engine that propels our abilities to new heights: the divine.
Discover how to transform into what the author calls “the superhuman,” an existence where the human merges with the divine, revealing a mystery inscribed in creation itself. Imagine being able to reflect the image and likeness of our Creator and being the highest version of yourself.
Through the pages of this book, eight divine principles will be revealed, true “superpowers” like faith, which is the ingredient that drives us to believe and allows everything to start happening; knowledge, which will perfect the practice of your talent; and self-control, which will give you balance and control in the face of success achieved. These are just some of the elements that will drive your transformation.
There is greatness within us, and it needs to be explored. Find it and develop it. This will turn you into the best version of you, into the superhuman you are going to become!
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Flower Of Grace Journal
$19.99Add to cartThe Flowers of Grace Journal. This journal would be an anthophile’s dream! What better way to meditate on and write about God’s promises than by using the Flowers of Grace Journal. Pages throughout this journal are decoratively designed with different flowers along with fifty Bible verses detailing the promise of God from the King James Version Easy Read edition. You shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not (Isaiah 58:11 KJVER). Bring this journal to the botanical gardens, nursery, or the nature preserve to take better hold of God’s promises and the beauty of his creation.
The promises of God are a highlight of the journal focusing on themes of promises of blessings, promises from God when we feel the negative forces and trials of life, as well as promises of God for those that love, believe, and trust in Him.
This journal will be a lasting encouragement for anyone that uses it, not to mention another way to document God’s goodness and mercy, and chance to practice for becoming a stronger writer.
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Coastal Infinity Seashell Journal
$19.99Add to cartThe Coastal Infinity Seashell Journal. Imagine being on a beach vacation: the inspiration, awe, and reverence you would receive from listening to waves crashing against the sand. Wouldn’t it be great to look back on your thoughts, prayers, and memories captured within your own Coastal Infinity Seashell Journal? This journal is the perfect companion to capturing thoughts, notes, and sayings during weekly bible studies, daily devotional times, or while on a very needed vacation. This journal would complement any thalassophile’s collection. Decorative seashells are thoughtfully placed throughout the journal, along with fifty Bible verses detailing the promises of God from the King James Version Easy Read edition. This journal is decoratively wrapped and adorned with the selected verse, “You rule the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, You still them” (Psalm 89:9 KJVER).
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Tree Of Life Journal
$19.99Add to cartThe Tree of Life Journal. A perfect gift for sprouting bible scholars, writers seeking to branch out with new ideas, or someone looking to document God’s handiwork while walking through the forest. This journal is decoratively wrapped and adorned with the selected verse, “And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food” (Genesis 2:9 KJVER). The inside spine of the journal contains artistic renderings of trees, along with fifty Bible verses spread throughout the journal focusing on the promises of God from the King James Version Easy Read edition.
The promises of God are a highlight of the journal focusing on themes of promises of blessings, promises from God when we feel the negative forces and trials of life, as well as promises of God for those that love, believe, and trust in Him.
This journal will be a lasting encouragement for anyone that uses it, not to mention another way to document God’s goodness and mercy, and chance to practice for becoming a stronger writer.
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Eso Suena Divertido – (Spanish)
$16.99Add to cartSabemos que hay ciertas cosas que debemos tener para sobrevivir: comida, un techo y seguridad, solo por mencionar algunas de ellas. Sin embargo, tambien hay aspectos de la vida que verdaderamente nos permiten sentirnos alegres y realizados. Para la popular autora de exitos de ventas y podcaster Annie F. Downs, la diversion esta cerca de lo mas alto de esa lista. Pocos discutirian que la diversion no enriquece nuestras vidas, pero se interponen muchas cosas en el camino de llegar a darle prioridad. Dias dificiles, estar ocupados, y sentimientos de los que resulta complicado conversar nos alejan de la diversion que esta ahi esperando a que la encontremos.
Con Eso suena divertido, Annie nos ofrece una invitacion irresistible a comprender el significado de la diversion, aceptarla y perseguirla, averiguar exactamente que nos parece divertido a nosotros, !y despues hacerlo! Al examinar algunas investigaciones y compartir algunas ideas que estan detras del porque la diversion es importante, nos muestra como encontrar, experimentar y multiplicar la diversion. Con su caracteristico estilo narrativo y su alegre vulnerabilidad, Annie es la amiga que todos necesitamos para llevarnos a ser fieles a nosotros mismos y encontrar la diversion que necesitamos.
We know there are certain things we must have to survive–food, shelter, and safety to name a few. But there are also aspects of life that truly allow us to be joyful and fulfilled. For popular podcaster and bestselling author Annie F. Downs, fun is close to the top of that list. Few would argue that having fun doesn’t enrich our lives, but so much gets in the way of prioritizing it. Tough days, busyness, and feelings that are hard to talk about keep us from the fun that’s out there waiting to be found.
With That Sounds Fun, Annie offers an irresistible invitation to understand the meaning of fun, to embrace it and chase it, and to figure out what, exactly, sounds fun to you–then do it! Exploring some research and sharing some thoughts behind why fun matters, she shows you how to find, experience, and multiply your fun. With her signature storytelling style and whimsical vulnerability, Annie is the friend we all need to guide us back to staying true to ourselves and finding the fun we need.
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God Hears Her Undated Weekly Planner
$16.99Add to cartOrganize your meetings, appointments, brunches, and more with this God Hears Her planner. Each undated weekly calendar includes a page with blank lines for you to write Bible study notes, grocery lists, or everyday thoughts. With the planner’s clean and simple design and encouraging Bible verses, you’ll be able to prioritize what matters, track goals, and remember God’s persistent power and presence in your life.
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While I Have Your Attention
$19.99Add to cartFind hope when you see that it is never too late for a new beginning.
This book is for…
Every person who has experienced struggle and hardship
Every person who knew there was more out there than their own surroundings
Every person who dreamed and wanted more
Every person who hoped to inspire others
When Dr. Lucille O’Neal became a mom as a teenager, she knew one thing was true: She would always love her children. That love, as well as a fierce determination to overcome every setback and stereotype along the way, carried her through difficult years of parenthood, the grip of addiction, and the pain of divorce.
In While I Have Your Attention, an updated memoir, Lucille shares her struggles, disappointments, memories, and proudest accomplishments. Lucille’s remarkable life is the story of a woman who prevailed despite enduring a host of obstacles and trials. And as she shares her incredible story of stepping from poverty and loss into hope and a renewed faith, she will inspire you to keep moving forward even when you come up against seemingly insurmountable challenges in life.
Along the way, Lucille shares some of her most joyful memories and painful experiences, including:
*Childhood
*Teenage pregnancy
*Marriage
*Parenthood
*Divorce
*Education
*Becoming a grandparent
*Helping others get more out of lifeDrawing upon her own trials, victories, and second chances, Lucille is passionate about speaking words of encouragement to people of all ages. Whether you want to cultivate a deeper self-love, live with greater confidence, or embrace your purpose more fully, While I Have Your Attention will inspire you to remember that it’s never too late for a new beginning.
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Power Of Sharing
$14.99Add to cartSharing our stories has the power to set us free.
In The Power of Sharing, members of the i understand community, an organization dedicated to brain health and suicide prevention, open up about how mental illness has touched their lives. Challenging the stigma around mental health, over a dozen brave authors share their truth in these pages. Readers will find comfort and companionship in their stories of pain, difficult choices, betrayal, grief, and heartache.
In the words of i understand founder Vonnie Woodrick, “Speak up. Speak out. Share your story with a brave and honest face, because when you do, you may never know the difference it can make in someone else’s life–or better yet, your own.”
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Grace By Night (DVD)
$18.99Add to cartAfter a personal tragedy, Jon Aames spirals into a crisis of faith and questions life’s purpose. Seeking solace and a way to cope with his loss, Jon volunteers as a 24/7 crisis hotline responder. As Jon is called to the toughest of situations, he attempts to bring hope to those who need it most. The tables turn as Jon discovers that those calling for help on the crisis line are actually helping him. Still overcome with grief, Jon is unable to move on until he meets Calvin, a neglected teenager with problems of his own. Through their chance encounter, Jon begins to see how the most unexpected experiences can strengthen his faith. Agreeing to train Calvin to help him make the high school wrestling team, the two embark on a transformative spiritual journey as they seek answers to life’s most difficult questions. While pursuing the dream of a state championship, an unlikely friendship grows between them as they discover that the greatest work is sometimes accomplished through the broken.
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Prayers And Promises For Men
$16.99Add to cartIt is a wonderful blessing to be a son of God! You can take great joy in knowing that he made you for a purpose and he desires a close relationship with you.
Flip through pages of encouragement every day of the year with this inspirational perpetual calendar. Themed Scriptures and heartfelt prayers help you start your day the right way–filled with wisdom and peace!
Be strengthened as you dwell on the goodness and faithfulness of God.
Features:
*High-grade faux leather exterior provides durability and exquisite tactile appeal.
*Heat debossing gives a two-tone appearance and creates indentation, showing off the intricate design and varied texture.
*Foil finishing touches enhance features, capturing attention and adding class.
*Built-in stand creates its own display, causing the product to sit nicely on all flat surfaces–work desk, table, or nightstand!
*Durable, complementing coated metal coil offers long-lasting use.
*Perpetual style calendar means it can be used year after year.
*Beautifully designed full-color interior creates an appealing addition to surrounding decor.
*Uncoated, wood-free paper of premium quality and thickness lends itself to long-lasting vivid coloration and durability.
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Prayers And Promises For Women
$16.99Add to cartBy staying connected to God, and believing in the promises of his Word, you can live a fulfilling life.
Flip through pages of encouragement every day of the year with this inspirational perpetual calendar. Themed Scriptures and heartfelt prayers help you start your day the right way–filled with joy and peace!
Take delight in God’s love for you as you dwell on his goodness and faithfulness!
Features:
*High-grade faux leather exterior provides durability and exquisite tactile appeal.
*Heat debossing gives a two-tone appearance and creates indentation, showing off the intricate design and varied texture.
*Foil finishing touches enhance features, capturing attention and adding class
*Built-in stand creates its own display, causing the product to sit nicely on all flat surfaces–work desk, table, or nightstand!
*Durable, complementing coated metal coil offers long-lasting use
*Perpetual style calendar means it can be used year after year
*Beautifully designed full-color interior creates an appealing addition to surrounding decor
*Uncoated, wood-free paper of premium quality and thickness lends itself to long-lasting vivid coloration and durability.
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Secret Place : A Journey Through The Heavenly Realm
$21.95Add to cartThe Secret Place is a love story between the Father and His Son and the Son and His Bride. As you read, you will be taken to the most beautiful places – places in another realm that are real, that are alive with His Word, and that are eternal. You will find Jesus there as you have never known Him before. He is kind, and He loves so unconditionally, no matter what we have done or where we are in our walk with Him. Enter this unseen realm to see and hear all that the author was allowed to experience in The Secret Place. The reality of heaven is brought to life of what she saw and heard written through a beautiful love story and breathtaking colorful illustrations. This book will not disappoint!
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Tethered To The Cross
$39.99Add to cartTethered to the Cross unveils the deeply rooted philosophy of the “Price of Preachers Charles H. Spurgeon. For nearly forty years, Spurgeon commanded the pulpit at London’s bustling Metropolitan Tabernacle, where his sermons became legendary. But what made his scriptural insights so transformational? The renowned theologian and historian Thomas Breimaier takes us on an enlightening exploration of Spurgeon’s profound interpretative technique. Breimaier reveals how Spurgeon, with unwavering focus, read every passage of Scripture through the lens of the cross of Christ. This cross-centered approach was not merely a method but a mission-a passionate crusade to convert unbelievers through the power of the gospel. With Breimaier as our insightful guide, we are invited to experience the enduring impact of Spurgeon’s teachings, learning how to anchor our own understanding of Scripture in the life-changing power of the cross.
Spurgeon’s commitment to preaching Christ and Him crucified extended beyond the walls of his church making his life a testament to the enduring strength and relevance of Christianity’s central message. Through Tethered to the Cross, we are inspired to pursue a similar depth of conviction, influencing your community with the same passion and purpose that characterized Spurgeon’s ministry.
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What Jewish Looks Like
$19.99Add to cartCompiled by educator and author Liz Kleinrock and author Caroline Kusin Pritchard, this powerful intersectional anthology celebrates thirty-six Jewish heroes–from Tracee Ellis Ross, to Ezra Frech, to Doa Gracia Nasi. A first-ever collection that disrupts the narrative of how a Jewish person is perceived, What Jewish Looks Like includes accessible primers on important Jewish history, a map, quotes, and much more!
Too many Jews have been told: “You don’t look Jewish!” It begs the question, “What does Jewish look like?” Well, there are over fifteen million Jews in the world, which means there are more than fifteen million ways to look and be Jewish. It can look like setting out menorahs on tribal land, adding kimchi to the seder plate, organizing for change, and living out loud.
Shining a light on Paralympians and chefs, anthropologists and activists, dancers and dreamers, the individuals in these pages represent a range of identities. But they are threaded together by one unmistakable truth: Their lives, work, and commitment to Jewish values have changed our world for the better. These bold profiles and inspiring everyday stories come together to create a tapestry that beautifully reflects the multifaceted essence of the Jewish people.
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Miracles And The Holy Spirit
$28.99Add to cartWhen William Brasher heard the Holy Spirit’s familiar voice say to him, “Write down everything about miracles,” he at first could only remember a few instances. As he began praying to remember all the miracles God had done in his life, the memories came.
He recalled being miraculously saved from dying in his childhood after a severe injury caused by broken glass. Other traumatic accidents in his active boyhood came to mind. As he entered adulthood, unexplainable near misses on the road and the job site occurred. A highly dramatic incident took place when the voice of the Holy Spirit gave him direction and a kidnapping was foiled.
From times when the Holy Spirit gave him words to say to others in need to leading his father to the Lord as he was dying to a miraculous vision that brought comfort when his son died, Bill recounts God’s supernatural intervention in his life and the lives of his family.
Bill Brasher encourages others to take note of God’s work in their own lives. He says:
I am a firm believer in miracles. Should you have something happen to you that you would consider unbelievable, don’t just write it off thinking how lucky you were. You may have just received a miracle from the Holy Spirit!
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Slow Living : Cultivating A Life Of Purpose In A Hustle-Driven World
$19.95Add to cartIn Slow Living, New York Times bestselling author Stephanie O’Dea takes her famous slow cooking tips from the crockpot to everyday life to help readers reject hustle culture and develop the practical skills to slow down.
In today’s world of social media and overconsumption, we are constantly being told that what we have isn’t good enough and that we should continue to hustle for something bigger, better, or more expensive. But what if the key to living a more satisfied life was to simply slow down and listen to your intuition?
Slow Living: Cultivating a Life of Purpose in a Hustle-Driven World is a how-to guide on creating the life you’ve always dreamt about–one filled with purpose, abundance, and a sense of inner peace. Combining stories from her own life and childhood, along with real client testimonials and transformations from her work as a life coach, O’Dea gives readers actionable steps to envision their future and create long-term, sustainable success in their everyday lives.
In Slow Living, Stephanie O’Dea provides readers with the tools to:
*understand slow living and its many benefits.
*identify their purpose in life.
*dream big and visualize their future.
*build a solid foundation for success.
*stay consistent through the ups and downs of life.
*find inner peace in a fast-paced world.
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Through simple, actionable changes, Slow Living will help readers create the life they desire–one that is fulfilling, satisfying, and lived with intention. -
Blessed Donald J Trump And The Spiritual War
$30.00Add to cartOn July 9th, 2020, Bob Unanue, the CEO of Goya Foods, became the target of cancel culture. His crime? He used the word “blessed” to describe the country under President Donald J. Trump. This is the incredible true story of one man’s belief in standing up for America and doing what’s right.
One single word–Blessed.
This was enough to nearly cancel Bob Unanue.
Unanue may be a humble, philanthropic man determined to better the world, but he is no sheep. The normally mild-mannered CEO stared down the hatred, division, and destruction of cancel culture and came out victorious on the other side.
Blessed, Donald J. Trump, and the Spiritual War is about the power of courage and faith, and how they shaped one of the greatest stories of Hispanic success in American history and will lead a lost America back to the godly principles that built it.
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Undivided : The Quest For Racial Solidarity In An American Church
$29.00Add to cartThe inspiring story of evangelicals in Cincinnati struggling to bridge racial divides in their own church, their community, and across the nation
In 2016, even as Ohio helped deliver victory to presidential candidate Donald Trump, Cincinnati voters also passed a ballot initiative for universal preschool. The margin was so large that many who elected Trump must have–paradoxically–also voted for the initiative: how could the same citizens support such philosophically disparate aims? What had convinced residents of this Midwestern, Rust Belt community to raise their own taxes to provide early childhood education focused on the poorest–and mostly Black–communities?
When political scientist Hahrie Han set out to answer that question, her investigations led straight to an unlikely origin: the white-dominant evangelical megachurch Crossroads, where Pastor Chuck Mingo had delivered a sermon the prior year that set in motion a chain of surprising events. Raised in the Black church, Mingo felt called by God, he told Crossroads parishioners, to combat racial injustice, and to do it through the very church in which they were gathered.
The result was Undivided, a faith-based program designed to foster antiracism and systemic change. The creators of Undivided recognized that any effort to combat racial injustice must move beyond recognizing and overcoming individual prejudices. Real change would have to be radical–from the very roots.
In Undivided, Han chronicles the story of four participants–two men, one Black and one white, and two women, one Black and one white–whose lives were fundamentally altered by the program. As each of their journeys unfolded, in unpredictable and sometimes painful ways, they came to better understand one another, and to believe in the transformative possibilities for racial solidarity in a moment of deep divisiveness in America. The lessons they learned have the power to teach us all what an undivided society might look like–and how we can help achieve it.
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New Every Morning 2025 Planner
$24.99Add to cartHaving trouble fitting everything into your day?
This 12-month weekly planner makes getting organized simple and inspiring.
Be encouraged as you plan your days and spend moments with God.
Features:
*Pearlescent hardcover with special debossing and elegant foil touches
*Spiral bound planner creates durability and allows pages to lay flat when open
*Beautifully designed full-color interior with tabs for quick reference
*Multiple pockets for storing important notes
*High quality paper
*Year-at-a-glance calendar for 2025
*Month-at-a-glance calendars
*Weekly spreads for scheduling tasks
*Designated sections for goal setting, notes, lists, and space to express your creativity
*Encouraging weekly Scriptures
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Hey Jesus Its Me
$27.00Add to cartInstagram star and comedian Ellen Skrmetti shares stories behind her wildly popular “Hey Jesus, It’s Me” sketches of a middle-aged, southern-woman’s opinions on mamas, menopause, and menus–and on giving the Lord a bit of advice about those unspoken prayer requests.
As a young girl, Ellen Skrmetti loved performing. She starred in plays, sang in the church choir, and even compete in the Miss Mississippi pageant. But backstage at the pageant, she was gripped by severe stage fright and made a deal with God: If you help me get through this, I will never, ever get onstage again. After successfully hitting the high note in “Adelaide’s Lament” from the musical Guys and Dolls, she packed up her drama clothes for good–or so she thought.
When the pandemic hit, Ellen longed to bring a little joy to the dark struggles the world was facing. She thought about all of times she’d asked Jesus to walk with her through pain and heartache–and how often He’d laughed with or comforted her, even during her blazing hot flashes. So she decided to share that message with others, in 30-second videos on Instagram that quickly went viral.
Holding a remote control in her hand, Ellen “calls” Jesus with comments and questions, including asking Him not to make her an advance maternal age mama (again) and if He could bless the nourishment of her food to someone else’s body. She also asks for advice when her best friend’s ex-husband’s new wife shows up in the next pew, or what nursing home plans to make when she’s eight years past your first geriatric pregnancy.
From a pageant queen with stage fright, to viral videos, to her growing popularity as a stand-up comedian with sold-out performances, Ellen’s humor is rooted in southern charm and culture. Her relatable stories in Hey Jesus, It’s Me will bring levity to our lives, or at least some validation that we’re not the only ones asking if we can ghost our relatives in heaven.
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When The Fudge Trees Bloom
$18.00Add to cart“My mother’s land has a million fudge trees on it,” my husband told me. I giggled and pointed out his mistake, but he brushed it aside. His English was good, but delightfully imperfect. How could he mix up fudge with figs?
“The figs are sweeter than any candy. I will show you.”
As the plane made its final approach into Beirut, I remembered his proclamation, spoken in accented English. He looked so like Omar Sharif, in spite of his broken nose, as he swept the air with one hand. He was good at proclamations. When he gave me the engagement ring, I’d agreed to go to Lebanon, his homeland, with him, but confessed my misgivings. “I’ll never ask you to stay in a place where you’re not happy,” he’d said. I’d believed him. I hastily brushed away the memories, as well as the unbidden tears. It had been twenty-two years since I was last here. I was not the girl I had been when I first arrived in this ancient city, nor the young, scared mother I had been when I last left, fleeing the bombs. I thought fondly of that girl and mother. I shook my head. Could that have been me? Could only eight years define a life?
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My Heart Overflows
$21.99Add to cartContemplate, give thanks, and rehearse gratitude for abundant blessings with this elegant keepsake volume of stories, poems, prayers, and art from beloved writers and artists through the centuries.
My Heart Overflows beautifully presents this artistically designed gift book, weaving together some of the most cherished literature, scriptures, poems, and songs celebrating the season of Thanksgiving. With its diverse repertoire of classical and contemporary voices — from the immortal words of Hopkins, Chesterton, Dickinson, and Alcott, to the more recent contributions of Mother Teresa, Angelou, and Sandburg — this inspiring compilation of beloved works of art and texts appeals to every generation.
Artistic expression, in both word and image, gives an authentic, vulnerable glimpse into the human experience, and infuses gratitude and thanksgiving for the Creator.
Featuring stunning works by artists throughout the centuries, this collection enhances the text and provides for meditative reflection. Artists represented include Giotto, Monet, Matisse and Homer, along with lesser-known artists from around the world.
The anthology contains three sections, each with its own poignant and profound reflections on the practice of gratitude.
*Gratitude for the Little Blessings: the beauty of life’s simple joys and everyday miracles
*Gratitude for the Saints Among Us: gratitude for “the gardeners who make our souls blossom”
*Giving Thanks to God: prayers and meditations expressing gratitude for the abundant blessings bestowed upon us by the Creator.
This timeless collection of cherished writings and inspired art kindles the heart with GRATITUDE and draws the soul towards LOVE.
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Calming Bible Word Searches
$9.99Add to cartIn a stressful world, here’s the perfect way to unwind!
Calming Bible Word Searches is a delightful collection featuring smaller, 12 x 12 puzzle grids and upbeat, positive words from scripture.
The 99 puzzles include search words drawn from full passages of the beloved King James Version, reproduced right on the page.
The larger type and puzzle grids are easy on the eyes, and the encouraging scriptures are good for your spirit!
Easier to complete and focused entirely on God’s Word, these puzzles promise relaxing fun for players of all ages and backgrounds.
Unwind a bit with Calming Bible Word Searches!
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Saving Sam : The True Story Of An American’s Disappearance In Syria And His
$30.00Add to cartA gripping testament of resilience, family, and faith, this is the incredible and true story of an American traveler who was captured and wrongfully imprisoned in Syria while on a journey to experience every country in the world.
What would you do if your son suddenly disappeared in Syria, and you had no idea what had happened to him? Would you contact the FBI? The State Department? Pray? Would you Google “What to do if your son disappears in Syria”?
When the unthinkable happened, the answer, in the case of Ann Goodwin and her husband Tag, was: all of the above. Their 30-year-old son Sam, who was attempting to become one of the few people in history to travel to every single country on the planet, vanished in a supposed safe-zone run by the Kurds on the Turkish border. At first, they didn’t even realize he had been abducted: maybe the phone reception had gone down, they told themselves, as had happened plenty of times before when Sam was in an off-the-beaten-path place. Just wait, he’ll call back soon.
But Sam never did call back, and over the coming days, the horror of their situation quickly bore down on the Goodwins, a devout Catholic family of seven living a middle-class suburban lifestyle in St. Louis, Missouri. Frustrated and increasingly terrified, the Goodwin’s came to realize that they couldn’t rely on their government to save Sam. They were going to have to do it themselves.
This is the extraordinary story of Sam’s abduction by the Syrian regime, who threatened to hand him over to ISIS for beheading if he did not confess to being a CIA spy. It’s also the story of a Midwestern American family who transformed themselves into their own detective agency, building up a network of journalists, hostage negotiators, Middle East experts, Russian diplomats, Vatican envoys, and shady mercenaries, until eventually – by nothing short of a miracle – they found a secret backdoor into the heart of the Syrian intelligence service itself.
Through multiple first-person narrators, Saving Sam recounts an inspiring and unforgettable saga that includes a travel journey to every country in the world, famous celebrities, heads of state, high-stakes diplomacy and critical life lessons around curiosity, uncertainty, prayer and what it ultimately means to be free. In a genuine, straightforward and sometimes humorous style, Sam draws on his experience as a hostage to demonstrate how we can all turn our own adversities into assets, whether it be in our persona