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After Abel and Other Stories: And Other Stories
by Jonathan Kirsch Michal Lemberger"Her knowledge of the Bible is evident and her creativity shines through as she weaves nine thoughtful and layered accounts of distant, complicated times."-Publisher's Weekly"Reminiscent of Anita Diamant's The Red Tent. . . . These beautifully written stories feel like meeting Eve, Lot's wife, and many other compelling characters for the first time." -LAUREL CORONA, author of The Mapmaker's Daughter and The Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi's Venice"Stunning." -MOLLY ANTOPOL, author of The UnAmericans"Gorgeous and captivating." -DARA HORN, author of A Guide for the Perplexed and The World to Come"Marvelous." -MICHELLE HUNEVEN, author of Off Course and Blame"What struck me most about these stories is their clear, assured confidence-as if Michal Lemberger had pulled apart some of the lines in the old story, spied a new story tucked in there way off in a corner, shimmied in a fishhook and pulled it out." -AIMEE BENDER, author of The Color Master and The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake"Lemberger liberates the voices that are trapped beneath the [biblical] text . . . with artistry and erudition." -RABBI DAVID WOLPE, Rabbi of Sinai Temple, Los Angeles and author of Why Faith MattersEve considers motherhood.Miriam tends Moses.Lot's wife looks back.Vividly reimagined with startling contemporary clarity, Michal Lemberger's debut collection of short stories gives voice to silent, oft-marginalized biblical women: their ambitions, their love for their children, their values, their tremendous struggles and challenges. Informed by Lemberger's deep knowledge of the Bible, each of these nine stories story recasts a biblical saga from the perspective of a pivotal woman.Michal Lemberger's nonfiction and journalism have appeared in Slate, Salon, Tablet, and other publications, and her poetry has been published in a number of print and online journals. A story from After Abel, her first collection of fiction, was featured in Lilith Magazine. Lemberger holds an MA and PhD in English from UCLA and a BA in English and religion from Barnard College. She has taught the Hebrew Bible as Literature at UCLA and the American Jewish University. She was born and raised in New York and now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters.
Washing the Dead
by Michelle BrafmanThree generations of women confront family secrets in this exquisitely wrought debut novel that examines the experience of religious community, the perilous emotional path to adulthood, and the power of sacred rituals to repair damaged bonds between mothers and daughters.<P><P> Michelle Brafman’s award-winning short stories and essays have appeared in the Washington Post, Slate, Tablet, Lilith Magazine, Bethesda Magazine and elsewhere. She teaches fiction writing at the Johns Hopkins University MA in Writing Program and lives in Glen Echo, Maryland with her husband and two children.
Bertrand Court
by Michelle BrafmanBertrand Court is a captivating novel told in story form, intertwining seventeen luminous narratives about the secrets of a cast of politicos, filmmakers, and housewives, all tied to a suburban Washington, DC, cul-de-sac. Linked through bloodlines and grocery lines, they respond to life's bruises by grabbing power, sex, or the family silver. As they atone and forgive, they unmask the love and truth that hop white picket fences.Michelle Brafman is the author of the novel Washing the Dead. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in Slate, Tablet, the Washington Post, Lilith, the the minnesota review, and elsewhere. She teaches fiction writing at the Johns Hopkins University MA in Writing Program and lives with her family in Glen Echo, Maryland.
A Narrow Bridge: A Novel
by J. J. GesherShortly after Orthodox Jewish Brooklynite Jacob Fischer puts his young family on a bus to visit relatives, the bus explodes in a stunning act of terrorism. HIs faith shattered, Jacob flees the comforts of his community and disappears. He lands up in a predominantly black town in rural Alabama, where he meets Rosie, the single mother of a young son. Their developing relationship, along with the rekindling of his love of music, precipitate events that will change both their lives. This debut novel is a powerful page-turner that follows a complex man on a journey of salvation after tragedy.
A Field Guide for the Hero's Journey
by Jeff Sandefer Rev Robert A. SiricoDo you feel like something big is missing from your life? Do you feel trapped, bored, stuck in a meaningless routine? It may be you think you’re too ordinary to ever do something special. Perhaps you’re afraid that if you try, you’ll fail. <p><p>The startling truth is this: Just about anyone can do great things, can live a life that’s remarkable, purposeful, excellent, and yes, even heroic. If you want to be a hero, you can be. How?That’s what this book is all about. <p><p>Will you choose to do it? Will you decide to journey heroically, instead of spending your life merely marking time? If so, this is the book for you. Welcome to your heroic journey.
Your Heritage
by J. Otis Ledbetter Jim WeidmannAt last, a chance and a a plan to ensure that the heritage that you pass on to your children is the meaningful, spiritually rich, loving legacy that you want it to be.
Introduction
by Kurt Bruner Jim WeidmannThese ideas and activities have been tried and tested by Christian families like yours. They are designed to make lasting impressions on children of all ages.
Basic Christian Beliefs
by Jim WeidmannThis book contains complete, clear plans for helping kids learn more about basic Christian beliefs.
Christian Character Qualities
by Kurt Bruner Jim WeidmannThis book contains complete and clear plans for helping kids learn more about Christian characters and qualities.
Holidays
by Kurt BrunerThis book contains complete plans for helping kids learn spiritual truths from eight traditional holidays, plus it helps them appreciate the sanctity of Human Life.
My Mother's Chamomile
by Susie FinkbeinerDesperate for the rains of mercy. . . Middle Main, Michigan has one stop light, one bakery, one hair salon. . . and one funeral home. The Eliot Family has assisted the grieving people in their town for over fifty years. After all those years of comforting others, they are the ones in need of mercy. Olga, the matriarch who fixes everything, is unable to cure what ails her precious daughter. She is forced to face her worst fears. How can she possibly trust God with Gretchen's life? A third generation mortician, Evelyn is tired of the isolation that comes with the territory of her unconventional occupation. Just when it seems she's met a man who understands her, she must deal with her mother's heartbreaking news. Always able to calm others and say just the right thing, she is now overwhelmed with helplessness as she watches Gretchen slip away. They are tasting only the drought of tragedy. . . where is the deluge of comfort God promises?
Any-3: Anyone, Anywhere, Any Time: Lead Muslims To Christ Now!
by Mike ShipmanMike Shipman, a Southern Baptist missionary in Asia, took a bold and biblical approach to reaching the millions of Muslims in his country. Drawn from the patterns established by Jesus with the Samaritan woman at the well in John 10, Mike Shipman demonstrates how these same principles are relevant and applicable today. The result is, Any–3: Anyone, Anywhere, Any Time, a highly effective and deeply biblical five-step process that has seen thousands of Muslims say "Yes" to Jesus and enter into new communities of faithful discipleship. Any–3 provides biblical principles and practical steps that have equipped hundreds of Christians to witness confidently and effectively. Over the past decade, thousands of Muslims have been engaged with the gospel. Within the first few years, Any–3 resulted in seven generations of Muslim–background churches planting churches, with more than a thousand baptized believers. Any–3 introduces Christians to a five-step process that helps them to 1) get connected with Muslims, 2) get to a God conversation, 3) get to lostness, 4) get to the gospel, and 5) get to a decision. Hundreds of Christians have learned to walk this path with Muslims, leading thousands to say "Yes" to Jesus and pray to receive him into their lives as Savior and Lord. Any–3 is truly revolutionizing Christian ministry to Muslims. This highly readable new resource will teach you how to share the gospel with Muslims and bring them into new discipleship communities.
A Wind in the House of Islam: How God is Drawing Muslims Around the World to Faith in Jesus Christ
by David GarrisonThere are nine geo–cultural "rooms" in the "House of Islam," and the Wind of God's Spirit is blowing through every one of them. David Garrison spent three years travelling a quarter–million miles through every corner of the Muslim world to investigate reports far and wide of Muslims turning to faith in Jesus Christ. <p><p> In this amazing odyssey, Garrison gathered the stories of more than a thousand Muslim–background believers, asking them the question: "What did God use to bring you to faith in Jesus Christ? Tell me your story." <p><p> The result is a historic and unprecedented insight into the greatest turning of Muslims to Christ in history. Hear the stories of men and women who have sacrificed everything – home, family, even their lives – for the sake of following Jesus. In this book, you will hear from men and women from West Africa to Indonesia and everywhere in between. <p><p> You will see how God is at work through answered prayers; dreams and visions; 21st–century technologies such as Internet, satellite television, video and audio tools; and bold Christian witnesses who have often paid the ultimate price for the sake of reaching Muslims for Jesus Christ. Along the way, you will also gain insights into the fascinating background of each of these nine geo–cultural rooms in the House of Islam. <p><p> Finally, and most importantly, you will learn how you too can be a part of the greatest turning of Muslims to Christ in history, both overseas and in your own community.
Vocations and the Universal Call to Holiness
by James SociasIn Baptism, God calls each of us to holiness on earth and to eternal life with him in heaven. This text examines the universal call to holiness and its importance in the Christian life. It also analyzes the unique plan that God has for every person in the in the vocations to Marriage, Holy Orders, the consecrated life, or the committed single life. Finally, it explains how each person can prayerfully discern the will of God in his or her own life. <p><p>This book, Vocations and the Universal Call to Holiness, corresponds to Elective D: Responding to the Call of Jesus Christ in the curriculum framework. This textbook is published with ecclesiastical approval from the Archdiocese of Chicago, and it has been submitted for review for conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church to the USCCB Subcommittee on the Catechism.
Principles and Choices Book 1: Identity and Values
by Robert Spitzer Camille PauleyBook 1 materials teach the four levels of happiness, and how they relate to success, quality of life, and love. Students learn six key principles that are essential for personal growth, for social justice, and for pro-life values.
The Way of Transformation: Saint Teresa of Avila on the Foundation and Fruit of Prayer
by Mark O'KeefeTeresa, the Spanish 16th century Carmelite mystic, wrote "The Way of Perfection" and "the Interior Castle." The author analyzes chapters from these famous works and in doing so gives us a method of drawing ever closer to God.
Life, A Little Brown Dog and Shite Like That: Book 1 (Little Brown Dog Ser. #1)
by Michael RiddellThe view from his daughter's couch was nothing short of humbling. The couch was his bed, his shortcomings, his failure. At the age of forty-five, Michael Riddell found himself bereft of career, marriage, money, and wondering why. He had always done as expected: growing up in middle Australia, he married his college sweetheart, joined the family business, and chased his career with everything he had. Surrendering and sacrificing his home life, every step he took was in the name of success. But now, wallowing in a depression full of remorse, self-pity, and guilt, a chance visit to Melinda's Out There Shop starts Michael on the road to redemption---his soul's path to renewal. Michael Riddell suffered more than a mid-life crisis. Call it a complete life revision.
Same Dog, Different Shite: Book 2 In A Little Brown Dog Series (A Little Brown Dog #2)
by Michael RiddellMichael Riddell suffered more than a mid-life crisis. Call it a complete life revision! At the age of forty-five, after changing his mind about life, career, and magic crystals, he embarked on a path he never knew was there. It brought him to Melinda, his soulmate and spiritual anchor, and let him gather his life back after almost losing it all. Turns out it was just the beginning. In his follow-up to Life, A Little Brown Dog, and Shite Like That, Michael learns that sometimes you have to face some tough truths, including those about yourself, and perhaps travel through darkness before reaching the light. That redemption can be fraught with danger, and may come at a hefty price.
Daddy, I Want to Know God (Families Growing In Faith Ser. #2)
by Vanessa Fortenberry Sharon Grey"Daddy, how well does God know me? Does He love me all the time? Will God ever leave me?" In this rhyming story, children's probing questions show their desire to learn more about God and His love for them. Compassionate and loving responses from their dads help to lead the children in growing a strong Godly faith. This story depicts the spiritual leadership of fathers as they teach their children about a caring, unfailing, and capable God.
Daddy, I Want to Know God (Families Growing In Faith #2)
by Vanessa Fortenberry"Daddy, how well does God know me? Does He love me all the time? Will God ever leave me?" In this rhyming story, children's probing questions show their desire to learn more about God and His love for them. Compassionate and loving responses from their dads help to lead the children in growing a strong Godly faith. This story depicts the spiritual leadership of fathers as they teach their children about a caring, unfailing, and capable God.
The Children's Train: Escape On The Kindertransport
by Jana ZinserIn November 1938 on The Night of the Broken Glass, the Jewish people of Germany are terrified as Hitler's men shatter their store windows, steal and destroy their belongings, and arrest many Jewish fathers and brothers. Parents fear for their own lives but their focus is on protecting their children. When England arranges to take the children out of Germany by train, the Kindertransport is organized and parents scramble to get places on the trains for their young family members, worried about what the future will hold. Soon, trains filled with Jewish children escaping the Nazis chug over the border into Holland, where they are ferried across the English Channel to England and to freedom. But for Peter, the shy violin player, his sister Becca, and his friends Stephen and Hans, life in England holds challenges as well. Peter's friend Eva, who did not get a seat on the Kindertransport, is left to the evil plans of Hitler. Peter, working his musician's hands raw at a farm in Coventry, wonders if they should have stayed and fought back instead of escaping. When the Coventry farm is bombed and Nazis have reached England, Peter feels he has nothing left. He decides it's time to stand and fight Hitler. Peter returns to Germany to join the Jewish underground resistance, search for the mother and sister he left behind in Berlin, and rescue his childhood friend Eva.
Risking Grace: Loving Our Gay Family and Friends Like Jesus
by Dave JacksonAs someone who helped write a book advocating reparative therapy for gay people back in 1987, it was with gut-wrenching love that my wife and I did not let our daughter go when she came out 16 years ago. We first prayed that God would change her, then that he would work out his purpose in her life, and finally, "Lord, what are you trying to teach us?" God answered with insights that led me to write RISKING GRACE, Loving Our Gay Family and Friends Like Jesus. It's a father's story about my agonizing personal journey of coming to realize that we evangelicals have lost our way when it comes to gay people by substituting a works/righteousness requirement for the clear Gospel message that salvation comes by grace through faith alone. I explore alternative interpretations to the "prohibitive texts," but the main foundation for my change of heart is the life and ministry of Jesus, how he embraced marginalized people, and the way he and the early church dealt with difficult issues. I share our story with you, our church family, because many of us have family members or friends who are gay, and we all need help learning how to love like Jesus. I've written with as much transparent vulnerability as I can, wrestling with the questions and presuppositions of the average straight dad (or mom)... who loves his daughter and his church but discovers that we have been driving gay people away from Jesus.
100 Years From Now
by Steve MurrellOver the next century, the world will see changes we can't even imagine. Advances in technology, shifts in demographics, and developments in global politics will all play a part in dramatically transforming our future. But this book is not about predicting the future-it's about understanding the principles that will shape it. Scores of youth-oriented church-planting movements have come and gone quickly over the last century, many of them with the potential to literally change the world for Christ. Unfortunately, most didn't survive because they were unable to maintain what made them so effective in their first twenty years. The same mission, values, and culture that inspire movements must also sustain them. Simple to say. Not so easy to do. 100 Years From Now explores the importance of understanding mission, values, and culture in order to grow and sustain a movement for generations. "100 Years from Now invites a truly global conversation on what the Spirit is saying to the churches about God's mission for every nation. " -Dr. Timoteo Gener, President and Professor of Theology, Asian Theological Seminary
Chasing Zeus: A Journey Through Greece in the Footsteps of a God
by Tom StoneIn CHASING ZEUS, Tom Stone and his wife follow the god of gods and his trail of myths across the length and breadth of Greece. Among the places they visit are the island of Santorini, site of the massive volcanic eruption that heralded Zeus' coming; Crete and the mountaintop cave where the infant Zeus was said to have been born, murdered, and resurrected; Dodona and Delphi, the remote sanctuaries to which kings and politicians trekked to hear oracles utter the Great Thunderer's cryptic pronouncements; and lightning-browed Olympus, Greece's tallest mountain, abode of the gods and, locals still say, a landing strip for visitors from outer space.Along the way, Stone entertains the reader with a feast of myths and legends, famous and infamous, all born out of Zeus's tempestuous wanderings. At the same time, set as they are against the human history behind the god's 4,000-year reign--from his beginnings as an amorphous sky god on the Russian steppes to his ultimate assumption into the Christian firmament as the model for Byzantium's Christ Pantocrator, Lord of the Universe--the stages of the journey offer a wondrous excursion deep into the heart and soul of the Greek people.A perfect blend of myth, memoir, and travel, CHASING ZEUS: A Journey Through Greece in the Footsteps of a God will appeal to fans of Walking the Bible.A graduate of Yale and life-long enthusiast of mythology, Tom Stone is the author of The Summer of My Greek Tavérna, a memoir of his time on Patmos, which was selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club and Quality Paperback Club. His most recent effort, The Curse of the Minotaur: An Annotated Tale of Ancient Greece, is available as an ebook.Praise for ZEUS:"The supreme deity of Greek mythology has his lusty, tempestuous story recast in engaging fashion by Stone...As a guide, Stone is informed, enthusiastic, and entertaining, the very qualities needed to ignite interest in the timelessness of Greek mythology."--Booklist"[Stone is] a genial, self-deprecating and often felicitous docent...he intercuts his complex narratives of theogony, theology, history and hysteria with descriptions of his recent travels to many of the sites long associated with Zeus...A lucid and lucent retelling of those most marvelous tales."--Kirkus