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Challenging the idolatrous underpinnings of worry, former Christianity Today executive Amy Simpson encourages us to root our faith in who God is, not in our own will power. We don't often give much thought to why worry offends God, but indulging anxiety binds us to mere possibilities and blinds us to the truth. Correctly understanding the theology of worry is critical to true transformation.

Challenging surprises often lead to unexpected joy. Amy Julia opens eyes and softens hearts as she brings listeners into her own story of disappointment turned to blessing. This is a journey of discovering strength through weakness, and the author learns to embrace the face that we are all dependent on God and one another. This books will inspire listeners who appreciate beautiful writing coupled with deep insights about life and faith.

This audiobook serves as a companion as we find ourselves, our sense of community, and our identity in God. Designed to take you deeper with God on your own or with a group of sisters, journey alongside experienced ministers Adele Ahlberg Calhoun and Tracey Bianchi into some of the places where women struggle - no matter what their age or life-stage. Personal resources like journaling questions and a small group guide help women support each other on the way.

Even though he seemed to have achieved it all, including landing his dream job at a Fortune 500 company, throughout his twenties Paul Sohn struggled with feelings of inadequacy, emptiness, and disillusionment. Something was very wrong. Finally at 28, after much contemplation and a life-changing encounter with his mentor, Paul traded in his high-paying job and sought a more meaningful life.

It is one thing to live with the consequences of your own choices, but what happens when your life is changed because of someone else's? This insightful and uplifting guide will comfort, support and encourage you through whatever situation you must face. Cynthia Ruchti, who has walked this road herself, assures readers that God is ever present, and his love never wavers. There is hope, grace, and a future in every situation, especially those we did not cause.

Whether you've been naughty or nice, Santa has a treat just for you. Replete with visions of sugar plums, big juicy candy canes, and stockings eager to be filled, The Merry XXXmas Book of Erotica is a campy, blazing-hot feast of holiday erotica that will have you wishing the season of giving lasted all year long. Among these stories, Lynne Jamneck’s "What I Really Want for Christmas” is a tale of friendship igniting to passion with the help of an interfering family, good whiskey, and a Santa suit.

Estamos tan habituados a la claridad del sol que desconocemos la riqueza de una noche estrellada. Hace falta, entonces, una de esas noches que se prolongan más de lo normal, que nos sorprenden a destiempo o que se ciernen sobre nosotros en momentos inesperados, para que podamos ser abrazados por un anochecer que en inicio parece amenazante y al final resulta admirable. A veces es necesario que el radiante y amigable sol se haga a un lado, entonces descubrimos que la noche está inundada de luz.

Algo se mueve dentro de ti pero ha sido acallado, gravemente socavado y malentendido. Tienes que creer que Dios no te ha olvidado. El no te ha dejado fuera. No estás loco, Profeta, ¡levántate! Sal de tu cueva y anímate a hablar la palabra del Señor. Dios te está llamando a ser su trompeta y a sonar la alarma. El Cuerpo de Cristo tiene una gran necesidad de que los profetas se despierten y salgan adelante. Ya sea que nunca hayas pronunciado una palabra profética o que uses tu don de manera activa, el popular autor John Eckhardt te ofrece una enseñanza inspiradora sin igual.

Las impulsoras del ministerio Aviva nuestros corazones y el movimiento Mujer verdadera han trabajado en equipo para desarrollar "el libro que debe leer/escuchar toda mujer cristiana," Bajo la orientación y la dirección editorial de Laura González y Nancy Leigh Demoss, las colaboradoras han procurado abordar las cuestiones esenciales de cada etapa en la vida de una mujer, para ayudarla a vivir de manera consagrada y llegar a ser una mujer verdadera independientemente de sus actuales circunstancias.

Todos hemos tenido que esperar en la vida por algo o por alguien y entrar a la sala llamada "espera", no es fácil. Es allí donde pueden surgir muchos temores, dudas, inseguridades, y las emociones se pueden alterar con facilidad. Sin embargo, cuando a la fórmula le agregamosque Dios nos ama, está con nosotros y que tiene un plan, es más fácil poder creer que todo ayuda para bien.

Barbara Mahany writes, "Mothering was my crash course in love. Love of the sort I call Divine. Love in the way we yearn to be loved: Without end. Without question. Without giving in to exhaustion. Love with a big and boundless heart. Love with eyes and ears - and soul - wide open. Love even when it's not so easy."

For more than 30 years as a roving reporter, AP special correspondent (and legendary storyteller) Hugh Mulligan wrote witty, quirky, and sometimes poignant Christmas columns from many distant datelines. Whether he was writing from London or Austria, Israel or Vietnam, or the snows of Greenland and the Canadian Arctic, Mulligan managed to capture the essence of the holiday spirit for all to enjoy.

On July 6, 2002, 16-year-old Alisa Kaplan woke, sick and disoriented, in the passenger seat of her car. She'd been at a party the night before, but there was a big blank hole where her own memories of the night should have been. So what happened at that party? Why couldn't she remember anything about the night before? As the appalling, terrifying details of that night began to surface, it ignited a media frenzy and a storm of controversy with Alisa trapped at the center.

On August 14, 2014, five days after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown ignited race riots throughout the city of Ferguson, Missouri, the nation found an unlikely hero in Captain Ron Johnson of the Missouri Highway Patrol. Charged with the Herculean task of restoring peace between a hostile African American community and the local police, Johnson, a 30-year law enforcement veteran and an African American, did the unthinkable: He took off his bulletproof vest and joined the protesters.

Mucho se ha escrito y se seguirá escribiendo sobre el Papa Francisco. Sin duda se ha ganado la admiración y la credibilidad de todos, especialmente de aquellas personas alejadas de la Iglesia y críticas con ella. Su cercanía a los más necesitados - pobres, enfermos, personas en prisión...- ha calado en la gente que le escucha. Con frecuencia, lleva a la práctica lo que aconseja.

Ron Archer’s story will inspire you to trust God with the impediments facing you, whether big or small. Born to a biracial teenage mother forced by poverty to become a call girl, he survived an abortion his mother’s pimp forced her to have. Abused by some, bullied by others, and rejected by a stepfather, Ron was a stutterer and a bed-wetter. At age 10, he decided to take his own life. The gun did not fire. Afterward, a schoolteacher and a widowed neighbor stepped in and shared the love of God with him - forever changing his life.

Cuando nuestro señor jesús ascendió al cielo, dejó entre nosotros la promesa de que enviaría su Espíritu para consolarnos y guiarnos en esto tan complicado que llamamos vida. Sin embargo, con el pasar de los años, da la impresión que algunos en el Cuerpo de Cristo han olvidado el privilegio de tener al Espíritu Santo habitando entre nosotros y subestiman la capacidad para la cual fue enviado.

As someone who has a foot in both the Western and Arabic worlds, Amal set out to explore the lives of Arab women both in Australia and the Middle East, travelling to the region and interviewing more than 60 women about feminism, intimacy, love, sex and shame, trauma, war, religion and culture. Beyond Veiled Cliches explores the similarities and differences experienced by these women in their daily lives - work, relationships, home and family life, friendships, the communities they live in and more.

Cada fin de año, en México nos da por pensar en el pasado y en el futuro, en lo que hicimos mal y en lo que podemos mejorar “si Dios y la Virgen quieren”. Esta emoción de abrir y cerrar ciclos viene con una fuerte carga cultural y simbólica relacionada con nuestros ritos y supersticiones: barrer la casa, pasear con maletas, comer doce uvas…

Bill Johnson es el pastor de una iglesia donde los encuentros sobrenaturales con Dios son la orden del día, los milagros son comunes y la congregación tiene una contagiosa pasión por el crecimiento espiritual. ¿Cómo lo hace? Es sencillo: El hace que el experimentar una profunda e íntima relación con Dios sea una prioridad tanto para sí mismo como para el resto de su congregación.