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English
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Like many others, around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned 30, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. Although she had everything an educated, ambitious American woman was supposed to want, including a husband, a home, and a successful career as a magazine writer, she was consumed with panic, grief, and confusion. This is an account of her yearlong worldwide pursuit of pleasure, spiritual devotion, guidance, and what she really wanted...
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Publisher
Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Using the parable of the sower, the seed, and the soil, Mike Novotny explores how God wants to help you organically grow to experience and exhibit joy, peace, love, and more. If you're wondering why your faith isn't working in some aspects of your life, Jesus' words may contain the key you're looking for"--
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Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"How often are we more concerned with our outward image than with our inner qualities? Your reputation is what others think is true about you, but your character is who you are on the inside. And in the end, it's your character that counts. If you long to invest your life in what matters most--the content of your character--join bestselling author James Merritt as he looks at 12 traits that are an essential part of godly living. As you discover from...
Author
Publisher
Zondervan Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A thoughtful book that gives readers a new paradigm for understanding anxiety: as an opportunity for spiritual growth. Chang describes how to "take spiritual advantage of your fears and worries ... [and] learn to encounter Jesus through your anxiety with the help of Scripture, physical practices, nature, prayer, and new self-understandings.""--
"What if instead of battling anxiety, you saw your worries as a doorway to spiritual transformation? Challenging...
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Publisher
Tyndale Momentum, the Tyndale nonfiction imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Join bestselling author Beth Moore in her life-changing quest of vine-chasing-and learn how everything changes when you discover the true meaning of a fruitful, God-pleasing, meaning-filled life. Most of us have times when, if we are honest, we'd admit to feeling like our lives are embarrassingly small and insignificant. Times when it seems like we're going through a whole lot of pain and striving without much to show for it. Like our daily pursuits...
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Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The world is faster and busier than it's ever been, with more noise and distraction unsettling our already restless souls. We are a people out of rhythm. For Christians who are frustrated with churches that only add to the hustle and bustle, there must be an answer in our interior spiritual life. We long for deeper, more meaningful faith. Author and pastor Rich Villodas's The Deeply Formed Life offers an expansive, interconnected vision of spiritual...
8) Lucky
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The spiritual journey of a ninety year old atheist, and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town.
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Publisher
Tyndale Refresh
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Do you sometimes feel as though your body is a problem to solve? Discover how to make it part of the solution instead. It's now known that the emotional and relational pain we've lived through has a profound negative physical effect on our bodies. Alisa Keeton, popular fitness professional, proposes that the reverse is also true: What we do with our bodies can have a dramatic positive effect on our emotions, relationships, and our connection with...
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Publisher
Moody Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"There is no age restriction on spiritual growth. So, why do we act like there is? For the last several decades, Western churches have focused the bulk of their resources on the early stages of discipleship-children's Sunday school, youth group, college ministry. These are all important, but we've neglected spiritual growth in the second half of life. In fact, an outside observer might think that after the growth of the college years, the goal is...
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Publisher
Faith Words
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"The traffic is backed up, the kids are screaming, and the car is making a funny noise again. Any one of these challenges can test our temperament and rob us of joy. Our impulse is to write today off and hope for a better tomorrow. However, this creates a hard pattern to break. One terrible day easily turns into many--and soon we're living a life far from what God has in mind for us. A new, transforming sense of excitement, happiness, and contentment...
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Publisher
Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"A fresh way of thinking about spirituality that grows throughout life. In Falling Upward, Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves of life and to show them that those who have fallen, failed, or "gone down" are the only ones who understand "up." Most of us tend to think of the second half of life as largely about getting old, dealing with health issues, and letting go of life, but the whole thesis of this book...