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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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Parable of the Brown Girl: The Sacred Lives of Girls of Color

The stories of girls of color are often overlooked and ignored rather than valued and heard. Instead of relegating these young women to the margins, minister and youth advocate Khristi Lauren Adams brings their stories front and center where they belong. Thought-provoking and inspirational, Parable of the Brown Girl is a powerful example of how God uses the narratives we most often ignore to teach us the most important lessons in life.

The Mindful Christian: Cultivating a Life of Intentionality, Openness, and Faith

The Mindful Christian provides readers with an overview of mindfulness practice through the lens of faith, showing how the ancient healing practice of mindfulness can help them live more joyfully and wholeheartedly. This book teaches principles of mindfulness as well as easy-to-do practices, leaving readers more compassionate, joyful, content, and at peace with themselves--and with God.

Ordinary Blessings: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Everyday Life

The ordinary moments of life can be sacred, if we simply take a moment to notice. From gifted poet and empathetic pastor Meta Herrick Carlson, Ordinary Blessings is a collection of prayers, poems, and meditations offering a brief respite from the hectic, harried pace of our days. Pause, take a deep breath, and open these pages to find that you've been standing on holy ground all along.

Little Mole Finds Hope

The endearing tale of Little Mole and his mother, who embark on a journey to find hope—and discover it hiding even in the darkest place.

Our Father in Heaven: A Lord's Prayer Pop-Up Book

The prayer that Jesus taught to his disciples is one of the most famous sacred texts in the world, and is now in pop-up form.

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You Can Change: Stories from Angola Prison and the Psychology of Personal Transformation

Can people make positive changes in their lives that really last? To answer this question, Dr. Mark W. Baker wound up interviewing inmates in the largest maximum-security prison in the United States, located in Angola, Louisiana. Baker uses stories from inside Angola, along with his decades of experience as a clinical psychologist, to show all of us how to change our lives for the better--no matter who we are or what we've done.

The Memory Book: A Grief Journal for Children and Families

The Memory Book helps grieving families process their emotions together by remembering their lost loved one and creating their own memory album full of photos and keepsakes of the person they lost. With gentle prompts and ideas for journaling, drawing, and talking through grief, this journal will bring comfort in the midst of loss and be a treasured keepsake for families.

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The Family Time Bible

A story Bible with devotional content at the end of every story--perfect for families to read together any time.

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Inspired Imperfection: How the Bible's Problems Enhance Its Divine Authority

In Inspired Imperfection, Gregory A. Boyd adds another counterintuitive and provocative thesis to his corpus. While conservative scholars and pastors have struggled for years to show that the Bible is without errors, Boyd considers this a fool's errand. Instead, he says, we should embrace the mistakes and contradictions in Scripture, for they show that God chose to use fallible humans to communicate timeless truths.

Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms

We all carry sexual shame. Whether we grew up in the repressive purity culture of American evangelical Christianity or not, we've all been taught in subtle and not-so-subtle ways that sex (outside of very specific contexts) is taboo. Psychotherapist Matthias Roberts helps readers overcome their shame and determine their own definition of healthy sex. Define your sexual values on your own terms, overcome your shame, and start having great, healthy sex.

Rufus and the Very Special Baby: A Frolic Christmas Story

A very special baby has arrived and the Frolic friends are gathering their gifts to welcome him. Ava, Jo, Hal, and Uri all find something incredible to give, but Rufus wonders what he could possibly offer such a special child. Rufus is discouraged as he watches his friends give their presents to the baby, but after saying a prayer, he learns that he has had the perfect gift for the baby all along.

Frolic picture books help young children solve common childhood challenges with biblical solutions, and won a 2016 Moonbeam Children's Book Award for Best Picture Book Series.

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God Made Feelings: A Book about Emotions

God made us with all sorts of emotions. Joy, boredom, shyness, anger, happiness: what do these feel like? How can we handle them?

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God's Wonderful World: A Book about the Five Senses

God's world is full of amazing things. Good thing God gave use five senses to experience it with!

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God Made Us All: A Book about Big and Little

Some animals are little, others are big - but big or small, God made us all!

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The Life of Martin Luther: A Pop-Up Book

The story of Martin Luther and his role in sparking the Protestant Reformation is given an interactive retelling in this beautiful and sturdy pop-up book. From Luther's decision to become a monk to his 95 theses, history jumps off the page through the vibrant, colorful illustrations of renowned artist and paper engineer Agostino Traini. Full of surprising details, this book will have kids coming back again and again to learn about this fascinating chapter in the history of the Christian faith. Published in time for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, The Life of Martin Luther is also an excellent gift for anyone with an interest in the history of the Christian church.

Scholars disagree on some aspects of Martin Luther's biography. In this book for children, we've chosen to tell the popular version of Luther's life story, while also drawing on the expertise of historians.

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Clap, Sing, Dance!: A Book about Praising God

God made our bodies to do many things. Clap, Sing, Dance! is a toddler action book that helps kids learn ways to show joy and praise with their bodies.

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I Can Help: A Book about Helping Others

The Frolic friends are big helpers! Rufus, Ava, Jo, Uri, and Hal discover different ways they can show love and care for others by helping.

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We're Better Together: A Book about Differences

We can help each other, and we're better when we work together!

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Thank You, God: A Book about Thankfulness

The Frolic animals thank God for the gifts of sunshine, playtime, friends, and love.

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