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Giving Up Whiteness: One Man's Journey

Jeff James thought he was one of the good white guys. But when he asked an African American friend how he could help fight racism, he had to think again. "Simple," she shot back, "get rid of whiteness." In Giving Up Whiteness, James examines what it means to be white in twenty-first-century America. Ultimately, James writes, well-meaning white people have a lot of work to do, and it's past time to get started.

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Prayers for Faithful Families: Everyday Prayers for Everyday Life

A prayer book designed to help parents create meaningful faith connections during everyday family moments, important childhood milestones, and challenging situations.

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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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In the Midst of Chaos: Caring for Children as Spiritual Practice

In the Midst of Chaos, by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, explores parenting as spiritual practice.

Both honest about the difficulties and attentive to the blessings present in everyday life, it explores how parents might use seven daily practices, such as play, reading, chores, and saying goodbye or goodnight, as rich opportunities to shape both parent and child morally and spiritually.

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Lift the Flap Bible Stories for Young Children

With 30 lift-the-flaps, simple text and colorful art, this Bible storybook is the perfect gift for toddlers. Mixing learning concepts with Old and New Testament stories and inclusive skin tones, this sturdy board book offers an interactive story time. Stories range from Creation to Easter.

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The Memory Box: A Book About Grief

Grief and loss are difficult for children and their parents. The Memory Box can help.

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God Loves You!

Pictures of babies making lots of different faces celebrate the fact that God loves babies no matter how grumpy or messy or silly they are. And families do too!

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Let the Children Come: Reimagining Childhood from a Christian Perspective

In Let the Children Come, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore explores the question, What does faithful parenting look like today? As she addresses this query, she updates outmoded and distorted assumptions about and conceptions of children in popular US culture. She also shows important insights and contributions religious traditions and communities, Christianity in particular, make as we examine how to regard and treat children well.

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God Made the Animals

This charming board book helps toddlers become roly poly hedgehogs, silly monkeys, hooting owls, and mysterious bats. As they read, children learn about God's creativity and care for the animals.

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I Can Praise God

I Can Praise God helps young children learn to make a joyful noise unto the Lord - loud or reverent, active or calm, there are many ways to praise God.

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Maybe I Can Love My Neighbor Too

A book about loving your neighbor with kindness and creativity from the author of the award-winning Maybe God Is Like That Too.

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Who's Who of the Bible: Everything You Need to Know about Everyone Named in the Bible

The Bible contains more than three thousand names, all of which are included in this exhaustive Who's Who of the Bible. Every single individual whose...

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Spark Story Bible Psalm Book: Prayers and Poems for Kids

In The Spark Story Bible Psalm Book, fifty beloved psalms are rewritten in child-friendly language, accompanied by the classic artwork of Peter Grosshauser, illustrator of The Spark Story Bible.

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The Star in the Christmas Play

Raffi's too tall to get a leading role in the Christmas Play, but he realizes he's just the right size to play the most important part.

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The Birth of Jesus: A Christmas Pop-Up Book

The Christmas story told through incredible artwork and intricate pop-ups from world-renowned illustrator and paper engineer Agostino Traini. The perfect keepsake for young children or the young at heart.

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Lift the Flap Christmas Stories for Young Children

With surprises to uncover and reveal on every page, this collection of Christmas stories features the angel Gabriel's visit to Mary, Mary's journey to her cousin Elizabeth, and the birth of Jesus. Full of colorful and bright scenes, this lift-the-flap book invites the youngest children to celebrate the birth of God's Son.

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Little Prayers for Everyday Life

An illustrated prayer book with prayers for the ordinary and extraordinary moments in a child's life.

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The Girl with Big, Big Questions

In a world that doesn't always welcome big questions, a persistent and inquisitive girl keeps asking them anyway--because asking questions is how we learn and grow.

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The Boy with Big, Big Feelings

Meet a boy with feelings so big that they glow from his cheeks, spill out of his eyes, and jump up and down on his chest.

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Thanksgiving in the Woods

Cheerful, colorful illustrations celebrate a real-life family's Thanksgiving in the woods.

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