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Water Come Down: The Day You Were Baptized

The sun, the cloud, the wind, the rain - all of God's creation - lend their voices to the story of how a child joins the family of God.

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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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Grit and Grace: Heroic Women of the Bible

Experience the grit and grace of seventeen women of the Bible through creative first-person retellings of each person's story. This book connects preteen girls with the women of the Bible, showing them that they are created in the image of God to do mighty things in this world.

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Uri and the Busy Day: A Book about Feeling Overwhelmed

Uri has a fun day ahead and doesn't want to miss anything. Sometimes the fun gets to be too much! Children learn ways to calm down on too-busy days.

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Rufus and the Scary Storm: A Book about Being Brave

A scary storm sends Rufus running for cover. Can a prayer help him overcome his fear?

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Ava and the Big Ouch: A Book about Feeling Better

Ava gets a big ouch while playing with friends. Encouragement and a prayer help her get back up and back to having fun.

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Jo and the Not-So-Little Lie: A Book about Telling the Truth

Jo's friends get upset when he lies to them. Can he find the courage to tell the truth?

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Happy Birthday, Ava!: A Book about Putting Others First

Ava's friends keep coming up with things to do to celebrate her birthday. When Ava gets frustrated, the friends realize they need to think about what Ava likes, too.

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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.

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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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The Story of Easter

Based on the award-winning Spark Story Bible, The Story of Easter uses spirited animation to help children marvel at God's love for the world through the resurrection of Jesus.

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The Creation of the World

From the formation of the stars to the blessing of all living creatures, kids will be delighted with the story of how God spoke the world into existence.

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You Are Revolutionary

This empowering picture book teaches all kids, no matter their age or abilities, that they have what it takes to change the world. They don't need to wait until they grow up, and they don't even need any special skills. They can make a big difference--just as they are.

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Expecting Wonder: The Transformative Experience of Becoming a Mother

Pregnancy isn't just a physical transformation. An emotional and spiritual journey is also taking place: you're becoming a mother.

In Expecting Wonder, Brittany L. Bergman explores this identity transformation with wit and grace, offering a heart-level guidebook for women in the season of pregnancy. By sharing her own journey of fear, change, and hope, Bergman offers readers a picture of the miracle that God is working not just in her body, but in her soul.

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May God Bless You and Keep You

At home, on the playground, at school, with friends--God blesses you and keeps you wherever you are!

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Love Makes Room: And Other Things I Learned When My Daughter Came Out

When Christian singer and speaker Staci Frenes learned her teenage daughter was gay, she found her dreams for the future--along with her lifelong faith--collapsing around her. Coming to terms with a new reality offered an invitation to make room for many things: the inevitability of uncertainty, hope in the midst of loss, awkward and tough conversations, an expanding faith, and a greater understanding of how people are more the same than different.

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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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The Book of Nature: The Astonishing Beauty of God’s First Sacred Text

Before the sacred Scriptures were ever written, there was a much earlier text: The Book of Nature. Barbara Mahany invites us to discover an ancient theology that focuses on the text of God first revealed through creation--nature in all its kaleidoscopic turnings.

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IRL: Finding Realness, Meaning, and Belonging in Our Digital Lives

It's easy to view our online presence as fake, to see the internet as a space we enter when we aren't living our real, offline lives. IRL, Chris Stedman's insightful exploration of authenticity in the digital age, shines a light on how age-old notions of realness can be freshly understood in our online lives. Stedman invites readers to consider how they use the internet to fulfill the essential need to feel real, online and off.

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Coming to God in the Stillness: Discovering the Power of Contemplative Prayer

In a simple style with very practical emphasis, Dutch Catholic spiritual leader Jim Borst outlines twelve stages of contemplative prayer, offering readers an easy-to-follow guide. Through this classic primer, discover the power of meeting God in the silence and stillness of contemplation.

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