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First Steps out of Depression

Being depressed can leave you feeling completely paralyzed. Getting out of bed seems impossible--much less getting out of the depression. If you are struggling with...

9781506458236

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 God of Intimacy and Action: Reconnecting Ancient Spiritual Practices, Evangelism, and Justice

Acclaimed evangelical speaker and writer Tony Campolo teams up with spiritual director and teacher Mary Albert Darling to reveal some gems from the liturgical Christian...

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Good Grief: The Complete Set

This three-book collection, Good Grief: The Complete Set, offers Good Grief, a foundation for understanding grief; The Good Grief Devotional, a collection of valuable insights...

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Good Grief: The Guide and Journal

Good Grief: The Guide and Journal, a two-book pack, offers Good Grief, a foundation for understanding the natural process of grieving, along with The Good Grief Journal, a pathway for expressing, exploring, and growing from a significant loss.

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Good Grief: The Guide and Devotional

This two-book pack, Good Grief: The Guide and Devotional, offers Good Grief, a foundation for understanding the natural process of grieving, along with The Good Grief Devotional, which provides valuable insights and wise companionship for reflecting on the experience.

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Good Grief: A Companion for Every Loss

For more than fifty years Good Grief has helped millions of readers find comfort and rediscover hope after loss.

Good Grief identifies ten stages of grief but, recognizing that grief is complex and deeply personal, defines no "right" way to grieve.

Whether mourning the death of a loved one, the end of a marriage, the loss of a job, or other difficult life changes, Good Grief is a proven steady companion in times of loss.

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The Good Grief Journal: A Journey toward Healing

Every loss “deserves a fitting grief,” Jill Alexander Essbaum assures journalers in The Good Grief Journal, a path toward healing for those who grieve. Each...

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Jesus Wept: When Faith and Depression Meet

Jesus Wept, Barbara C. Crafton?s best-selling and brilliant reflection on faith and depression, is now released in its tenth-anniversary edition. Religious belief can make depression...

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Mansions of the Heart: Exploring Seven Stages of Spiritual Growth

In Mansions of the Heart, author R. Thomas Ashbrook tells of discovering a new path of spiritual transformation and offers seekers a way to move forward on their own spiritual paths. Mansions of the Heart offers a step-by-step guide based on Teresa of Avila's seven mansions.

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Hearing with the Heart: A Gentle Guide to Discerning God's Will for Your Life

In Hearing with the Heart, popular writer and retreat leader Debra K. Farrington leads you through a gentle process for discovering how to invite God's...

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Fat and Faithful: Learning to Love Our Bodies, Our Neighbors, and Ourselves

J. Nicole Morgan grew up fat and loving Jesus. But she was forever burdened by what she saw as her biggest spiritual flaw: her weight. In Fat and Faithful, she shares her journey from body shame to fat acceptance and shows us how to care for the image of God found in every body--including our own. When the world tells us that our bodies are too much, J. Nicole Morgan reminds us that all people--no matter their size or ability--are beloved of God.

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Bipolar Faith: A Black Woman's Journey with Depression and Faith

Bipolar Faith is both spiritual autobiography and a memoir of mental illness. In this powerful book, Monica A. Coleman shares her life-long dance with trauma, depression, and the threat of death. Coleman offers a rare account of how the modulated highs of bipolar II can lead to professional success, while hiding a depression that even her doctors rarely believed. Only as she was able to face her illness was she able to live faithfully with bipolar. And in the process, she discovered a new and liberating vision of God.

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Thinking About Death and Immortality

Many think that belief in life after death flies in the face of what science has discovered. Paul Badham explores the grounds on which the hope of immortality, central for Christian doctrine, can be revitalized today. 

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Thinking About Sex

"Very many people, including not a few Christians, do not find the Christian tradition very helpful for making sense of sex. It is not that people willfully forsake a demanding sexual ethic for a more easygoing worldly one. It is that they often cannot see the point of its 'demandingness.'" Thus begins author Adrian Thatcher's ...

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Many Forms of Madness: A Family's Struggle with Mental Illness and the Mental Health System

Watch Rosemary Radford Ruether discuss her new book, Many Forms of Madness. In telling the story of...

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Becoming Your Best: A Self-Help Guide for Thinking People

What makes for a good relationship? Author Ronald W. Richardson says that "good people make good relationships." Jane Austen would agree with him....

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I Will to You: Leaving a Legacy for Those You Love

Almost everyone has a Last Will and Testament that tells their family and friends what is to become of their property, but few people have thought about the...

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The Friendship Factor: Revised, 25th Anniversary Edition

At the heart of each relationship, says McGinnis, is the friendship factor?the essential ingredient of warmth and caring. With captivating case histories...

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Grieving the Death of a Mother

A mother's death can make a shambles of schedules, priorities, agendas, commitments, and, sometimes, even our most important relationships. A mother's last...

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