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Hampton Roads Publishing Co Meditations from Conversations with God, Book 2:
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£8.99
Hampton Roads Publishing Co The Gifts of Near-Death Experience: You Don't
Book SynopsisNear-death experiences (NDEs) are common, well-documented and similar across cultures throughout the world. Current estimates are that between 4 and 15 percent of the world''s population have had an NDE. Therefore, almost everyone has either had one or knows someone else who has had one.Some of the fascination with NDEs comes from the fact that they often result in great leaps in personal growth. These leaps are characterised by the loss of the fear of death, the healing of deep hurts, an increase in self-esteem and compassion for others, a sense of union with all things and a clearer sense of how to fulfil one''s purpose in life.This is a book that teaches readers how to reap the benefits of NDEs without having to experience trauma. In the course of their many workshops around the world, the authors have discovered that when one immerses oneself in accounts of NDEs, one can experience love, hope, healing and a sense of purpose.This is the only book that systematically encourages the reader to create a spiritual and psychological healing practice based on NDEs. Each chapter includes an account of a fascinating NDE, followed by a series of questions, meditations, exercises and video links. The reader is encouraged to contemplate these stories and their own lives. It is truly a profound guide to both living and dying.
£12.34
Hampton Roads Publishing Company Pope Francis' Little Book of Compassion: The
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£14.20
Hampton Roads Publishing Co C. S. Lewis' Little Book of Wisdom: Meditations
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£17.06
Penguin Putnam Inc Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers
Book Synopsis"[Thich Nhat Hanh] shows us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth." --His Holiness The Dalai LamaNominated by Martin Luther King, Jr. for a Nobel Peace Prize, Thich Nhat Hanh is one of today’s leading sources of wisdom, peace, compassion and comfort.Exiled from Vietnam over thirty years ago, Thich Nhat Hanh has become known as a healer of the heart, a monk who shows us how the everyday world can both enrich and endanger our spiritual lives.In this book, Jesus and Buddha share a conversation about prayer and ritual and renewal, and about where such concepts as resurrection and the practice of mindfulness converge. In this unique way, Thich Nhat Hanh shows the brotherhood between Jesus and Buddha-- and in the process shows how we can take their wisdom into the world with us, to "practice in such a way that Buddha is born every moment of our daily life, that Jesus Christ is born every moment of our daily life."
£14.45
Harrison House Complete Financial Breakthrough: Your 10-Day
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£22.46
Multnomah Press Finishing Strong: Going the Distance for your
Book SynopsisBestselling author Steve Farrar has good news for the average man: it doesn''t matter if you''ve had a great start in the Christian life, or a rough one. It doesn''t matter if you''ve stumbled time and again, or even fallen flat on your face. What matters most in this all-important race of life is how you finish. According to Farrar, the man who hangs in there for the long haul with his wife, his kids, and his Lord is an exception these days. Finishing Strong, now in trade paperback, offers lively use of Scripture, contemporary illustrations, and study questions to equip every reader to be that exception. For the man who wants to climb the character ladder more than the corporate one, this is an essential tool.
£14.24
NavPress The Pray! Prayer Journal
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£13.29
NavPress Discipleship Journal Bible Reading Plan (pack of
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£11.09
Harrison House Prayers That Avail Much: Three Bestselling
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£23.87
Rowman & Littlefield Epiphanies & Elegies: Very Short Stories
Book SynopsisEpiphanies & Elegies is a collection of delightful, accessible poems shot through with wonder, humor, faith, and Irish Catholic heritage. Brian Doyle has injected each piece with perception, insight, and compassion. These spiritual works contain the voice of a father, a husband, a man openly in love with his family, and proud of his heritage. Doyle illuminates seemingly ordinary, everyday events in poems that will immediately touch with the reader with their truth. These warm and insightful pieces are sometimes funny, sometimes poignant takes on the small wonders and inevitable tragedies of life. This book is a delightful addition to the world of spiritual and inspirational writing.Trade ReviewBrian Doyle's writing is driven by his passion for the human, touchable, daily life, and equally for the untouchable mystery of all else. His poems, beautifully, cross and re-cross this difference, and his gratitude, his sweet lyrical reaching, is a gift to us all. -- Mary OliverBrian Doyle's poems are truly wonderful: wise, playful, funny, acute, and sometimes poignant observations dealing with family, friends, nature, history, and language itself. But what is most remarkable about them is the good feeling that follows from having read them, as if you yourself have been seen by this fine poet, and been absolved. -- Ron Hansen, author of ExilesThe subtitle is somewhat misleading, as this is a collection of delightfully evocative prose poems, some of which do read like stories, often written in a stream-of-consciousness manner. * The Christian Century *Table of ContentsChapter 1 I: Poems in Praise of Wild Holy Animals Chapter 2 II: Poems in Praise of Wild Holy Children Chapter 3 III: War Poems Chapter 4 IV: Irish Poems Chapter 5 V: Prayer Poems Chapter 6 VI: Elegies & Eulogies
£13.29
Ignatius Press Engagement with God: The Drama of Christian
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£14.20
Ignatius Press Charity in Truth: Caritas in Veritate
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£14.20
Ignatius Press In Defense of Sanity: The Best Essays of G.K.
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£999.99
St Augustine's Press Soul–Wrestling – Meditations in Monochrome
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£999.99
St. Augustine's Press Voices of the New Springtime
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£999.99
Baker Publishing Group A Beautiful Disaster – Finding Hope in the Midst
Book SynopsisInterweaving biblical insights and personal narratives, this eloquently written book shows how God often uses suffering and desert experiences to form us into Christ's image. Marlena Graves shares her experiences of growing up poor in a house plagued by mental illness as a means to explore the forces God uses to shape us into beautiful people in the midst of brokenness. This book offers a window into suffering through the motif of desert spirituality, revealing how God can use our painful experiences to show himself faithful. While no one welcomes suffering, God often uses desert experiences--those we initially despise and wouldn't wish on anyone--to transform us into beautiful souls who better resemble Jesus. Graves shows how God can bring life out of circumstances reeking of death and destruction, whether those circumstances are crises or daily doses of quiet desperation. Readers who have experienced suffering and question God's purpose for it will benefit from this book, as will counselors, pastors, professors, and mentors. It includes a foreword by John Ortberg and Laura Ortberg Turner.Table of ContentsContentsPart 1: This Wilderness Life1. The Way of the Desert and Beautiful Souls2. Who Am I?3. To Your Cell for Goodness's Sake4. Loved into Resurrection5. Testing and Temptation6. Careless in the Care of God7. Waiting around for God8. The Death of a Dream9. The God Who Sees MePart 2: Wilderness Gifts10. Weak and Wise Athletes of God11. Trembling in Fear and Adoration12. Children in the Kingdom of God13. A Human Being Fully Alive
£23.50
Brazos Press Prayers Inspired by the Psalms Boxed Set
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£35.99
Paulist Press International,U.S. Becoming Who You Are: Insights on the True Self
Book SynopsisThis engaging book will help readers along to the path to discovering who they are meant to be—what Trappist writer and spiritual master Thomas Merton called "your true self." By meditating on personal examples from the author's life, as well as reflecting on Merton's inspirational life and writings, as well as stories from the Gospels, and the lives of other holy men and women (among them, Henri Nouwen, Therese of Lisieux and Pope John XXIII) the reader will see how becoming who you are—the person that God created—is a simple path to happiness, peace of mind, and even sanctity. As Merton put it, "For me to be a saint means to be myself." Written in an accessible and engaging style by a distinguished author, Becoming Who You Are is very much a "how-to" book that will give the reader a grounded way to self-discovery within a Christian context. The text turns on James Martin's personal experiences of realizing that "all God wants me to be is who I am." The author tells of a period, early in his Jesuit novitiate, when he "tried to be like the other Jesuit novices who I knew.… Finally, my spiritual director gave me some good advice: 'Compare and despair'.'' In other words, don't worry about being anyone other than who you are." Becoming Who You Are will appeal to seekers from all sorts of backgrounds, even those who may not know much about the saints, including Catholic readers; people interested in saints; and those interested in spirituality, prayer and personal growth. This book would be perfect for Catholic high school and university students, not only because it addresses the central issue of adolescence (Who am I meant to be? What am I supposed to do with my life?), but also because it is firmly grounded in Catholic thought, is written in a popular style, and provides the reader with an introduction to some of the great Catholics of our time. †
£12.74
Paulist Press International,U.S. The Gratitude Factor: Enhancing Your Life through Grateful Living
Book SynopsisNeither an exposition of scholarly research nor a feel-good self-help book, The Gratitude Factor is a groundbreaking guide to gratitude that helps readers to reflect on the role of gratitude in their lives and to cultivate this virtue for their own benefit. The first author to offer a critique of gratitude and an explanation of various types of gratitude, Charles Shelton uses his skills as a clinical psychologist to present insights into the human experience of gratitude based on his own research. The exercises, strategies, and reflection questions threaded throughout the book give it a unique practical dimension that facilitates the reader’s growth in gratitude. Shelton's highly original reflection on Jesus as a grateful person lends a valuable spiritual dimension to his work. The Gratitude Factor will benefit individual readers as well as serve as a resource for spiritual direction workshops, spiritual formation and religious education courses, or ministry formation programs. †
£15.99
Tyndale House Publishers Into the Deep
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£14.73
Tyndale House Publishers Amazing Grace
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£27.11
Tyndale House Publishers Kingdom Focus
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£21.15
Red Wheel/Weiser Twenty-Five Words: How the Serenity Prayer Can
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£11.39
Shambhala Publications Inc Meister Eckhart, from Whom God Hid Nothing:
Book SynopsisA compact treasury of sermons, essays, and wisdoms gathers writings by the fourteenth-century Catholic spiritual thinker, theologian, preacher, and mystic. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
£14.44
Shambhala Publications Inc Grandmothers Counsel the World: Women Elders
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£19.96
New Seeds Where God Happens: Discovering Christ in One
Book SynopsisThe place 'where God happens,' according to Rowan Williams's striking new reading of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, is between each other. It's a truth that we of the twenty-first century most urgently need to learn in order to heal the experience of alienation that has become endemic to our age, and these odd and appealing ancient figures, surprisingly, hold keys to this healing. The fourth-century Christian hermits of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine understood the truth of Christian community profoundly, and their lives demonstrate it vividly—even though they often lived in solitude and isolation. The author breaks through our preconceived ideas of the Desert Fathers to reveal them in a new light: as true and worthy role models—even for us in our modern lives—who have much to teach us about dealing with the anxieties, uncertainties, and sense of isolation that have become hallmarks of modern life. They especially embody valuable insights about community, about how to live together in an intimate and meaningful way. Williams makes these radical figures, who clearly have a special place in his heart, come to life in a new way for everyone. The book includes an appendix of selections from the teachings of the Desert Fathers.
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Multnomah Press Lessons I Learned in the Dark: Walking by Faith
Book SynopsisAt the age of fifteen, Jennifer Rothschild confronted two unshakable realities: Blindness is inevitable ... and God is enough. Now this popular author, speaker, and recording artist offers poignant lessons that illuminate a path to freedom and fulfillment. With warmth, humor, and insight,Jennifer shares the guiding principles she walks by -- and shows you how to walk forward by faith into God''s marvelous light.
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Multnomah Press Mommy, Please Don't Cry...: Because There are No
Book SynopsisMommy, Please Don''t Cry is a book of love and comfort for mothers who have experienced the deep sorrow of losing a child. Serene illustrations frame gentle words that describe heaven from a child''s perspective. With room for the reader''s personal reflections at the end of the book, every page is a poignant gift of hope and healing. "Our stories are all different, but our pain is the same," writes Linda. "We are mothers who will forever grieve the loss of our children. And yet, there is hope for our troubled souls."
£12.34
Multnomah Press Pierced by the Word: 31 Meditations for your Soul
Book SynopsisPierced by the Word takes up thirty-one subjects as unique as How to Be a Refuge for Your Children, How to Drink Orange Juice to the Glory of God, and Embracing the Pain of Shame. Some are longer, some shorter, like the real-world conversations they so closely resemble, and each comes from the fertile mind of John Piper and is written in his own inimitable style. Together, the readings will lead to a deeper understanding of God and a cleaner, clearer relationship with Him. Most of all, Piper's approach shows how meditating on God's powerful Word can affect every aspect of our lives.Whether you’re steeped in the Word of God or newly acquainted with it, these thirty-one meditations will penetrate to the deepest reaches of your soul. With a contagious passion, John Piper awakens us to violent prayer, piercing pleasure, and fearless faith.
£14.24
Multnomah Press How Good is Good Enough? (6 Pack): Packet of 6
Book Synopsis Special 6-pack, ideal for church giveaways, welcome packets or small group distribution.Surely there''s more than one way to get to heaven? Bestselling author Andy Stanley addresses this popular belief held even among Christians. But believing that all good people go to heaven raises major problems, Stanley reveals. Is goodness not rewarded, then? Is Christianity not fair? Maybe not, he says. Readers will find out why Jesus taught that goodness is not even a requirement to enter heaven - and why Christianity is beyond fair. Andy Stanley leads believers and skeptics alike to a grateful awareness of God''s enormous grace and mercy. 6 pack of Paperback books.
£15.29
Lantern Books,US The Way of the Prisoner: Breaking the Chains of
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£16.14
Word Among Us Press The Divine Encounter: Meeting Jesus in
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£11.77
Word Among Us Press Free to Be Holy
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£16.10
Word Among Us Press Unshakeable Hope in the Midst of the Storm
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£11.79
Peter Pauper Press Inc,US Wisdom: World According to Mr. Rogers
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£8.49
Cengage Learning, Inc Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding
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£16.36
Ave Maria Press May I Walk You Home?: Courage and Comfort for
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£15.36
Ave Maria Press May You Rejoice: A Blessing for Your Birthday
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£7.51
Ave Maria Press Forgiveness Makes You Free: A Dramatic Story of
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£16.10
Rose Publishing Attributes of God
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£6.85
Rose Publishing God's Hand in Our Hardship
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£6.52
Rose Publishing Speaking God's Language
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£6.95
Rose Publishing Where's My Miracle?
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£6.99
Rose Publishing Anger
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Rose Publishing When Is It Right to Die?
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Rose Publishing Decision Making
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£7.19
Rose Publishing Manipulation
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£7.19
