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Praying through Grief: Poems and Meditations for Healing

"They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies." William Penn With classic texts from the Bible...

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The Augsburg Handbook of Christian Belief

The Augsburg Handbook of Christian Belief brings together six essays from expert contributors, covering the topics of faith, God, Jesus, salvation, the church, and Christian...

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Instant Expert: World Religions

Religion plays a major role in nearly every community around the world, impacting people's beliefs, actions, politics, and ways of life perhaps more than any...

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The Essential Guide to Burnout: Overcoming Excess Stress

Increasing numbers of people are enduring huge levels of stress: economic pressures, family concerns, worries about jobs and health--the list goes on and on. For...

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Stay Through the Storm

A moving meditation on the power of friendship to carry us through dark times.

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First Steps through Separation & Divorce

If your marriage is ending and you find yourself staring at the future not knowing how to tackle the legal side, the emotional side, the...

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Saints

From Polycarp to St. Francis, Benedict to Aidan, Brigid to Clare--and many others in between--Saints shares the stories of heroism, adventure, servanthood, and humility that...

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Chosen: A Journey of Faith

Michele Guinness was brought up to love and live out her family's Jewish heritage. However, in her teens, she felt something lacking. Searching for answers...

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The Heavenly Party: Recover the Fun, Life-Changing Celebrations for Home and Community

The Heavenly Party is the ideal resource for Christians looking to reintroduce fun, joy, and playfulness into their spiritual lives. Drawing upon her rich Jewish...

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The Essential Guide to Children and Separation: Surviving Divorce & Family Break-Up

Do you know a child affected by divorce? It could be your own child or grandchild, your niece, nephew, or even one of your students....

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First Steps through Bereavement

Bereavement affects everyone differently. You may feel angry, sad, nostalgic, confused, or a paralyzing combination all of the above. However bereavement affects you, it will...

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One Coin Found: How God's Love Stretches to the Margins

Emmy Kegler has a complicated relationship with the Bible. As a queer woman who grew up in the church, she knows too well how Scripture...

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Holy Grounds: The Surprising Connection between Coffee and Faith—From Dancing Goats to Satan’s Drink

From the coffee bean's discovery by ninth-century Ethiopian Muslims to being condemned as "Satan's drink" by medieval Christians, to becoming an integral part of Passover...

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Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do About It

We have a universal yearning, writes David Zahl, not to be happy or respected so much as enough--what religions call "righteous." Today, we look to all sorts of everyday activities--from eating and parenting to dating and voting--for the meaning once provided on Sunday morning. Seculosity takes a thoughtful yet entertaining tour of American "performancism." Ultimately, Zahl brings us to a fresh appreciation for the grace of God in all its countercultural wonder.

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30-Day Journey with Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Enrich each day with wisdom from our greatest spiritual thinkers.
Through brief daily readings and reflections, the 30-Day Journey series invites readers to be inspired and transformed.

Known for his courageous resistance against Hitler, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's now-classic writings provide a powerful example of spiritual conviction. Whether you are familiar with Bonhoeffer or are encountering him for the first time, this journey provides the perfect way to engage with the thought of a pivotal Christian figure.

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30-Day Journey with St. Hildegard of Bingen

Enrich each day with wisdom from our greatest spiritual thinkers. Through brief daily readings and reflections, the 30-Day Journey series invites readers to be inspired and transformed.

St. Hildegard of Bingen was a visionary mystic, a spiritual leader, and a woman ahead of her time. Whether you love St. Hildegard or are encountering her for the first time, this journey provides the perfect way to engage the thought of a compelling twelfth-century saint.

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Sexuality and Holy Longing, 2nd Edition: Embracing Intimacy in a Beautiful, Broken World

In this newly revised edition of Sexuality and Holy Longing, author Lisa Graham McMinn beautifully describes how people are created by God for relationship, and our sexuality guarantees that we will long for and be drawn toward others. McMinn provides a blueprint for understanding sexuality--and our longing to be loved--at all stages of life (childhood, teen years, early adulthood, midlife, and old age).

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The Words of Jesus: A Gospel of the Sayings of Our Lord

What if you could encounter the words of Jesus on their own, lifted up from the surrounding narratives and presented in their full power and...

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The Last Word and the Word After That: A Tale of Faith, Doubt, and a New Kind of Christianity

Book Three in The New Kind of Christian Trilogy In the final installment of The New Kind of Christian Trilogy, Pastor Dan Poole and his...

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The Story We Find Ourselves In: Further Adventures of a New Kind of Christian

Book Two in The New Kind of Christian Trilogy The Story We Find Ourselves In is the sequel to Brian McLaren?s award-winning book A New Kind of...

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