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Women are bombarded with ideas of perfection--and tips for how to
achieve it--every day. From her work to her looks to her parenting,
today's modern woman is expected to strive to be picture perfect in
every way. As a result, calls for authenticity and imperfection are
on the rise. Yet, deep down, most of us still want to achieve
perfection. Why? The desire to be perfect, says Kim Hyland, is
actually a God-given urge. After all, we were made for Eden. But
there is a difference between perfection and perfectionism, which
is our attempt to achieve perfection on our own, by our own
strength, and for our own purposes--the original temptation in the
Garden. In this freeing book, Hyland offers women a stirring
manifesto for acknowledging their limitations and embracing the
perfection of God through his grace. This is a book for every woman
who gives 110% and yet feels shame when one little thing goes
wrong.
Share and pass on the faith from A to Z with this guidebook of
all things totally Catholic In this comprehensive resource, adults
and children ages 9-12 are provided with child-appropriate and
theologically-correct language based upon the Catechism of the
Catholic Church. Containing extensive information on what Catholics
believe and how they live, this manual also offers readers ways to
engage in the faith.
A moving story, told in Ken Blanchard's appealing parable style,
of how a local church can be either a blessing or a curse to their
community.
The Most Loving Place in Town is the story of two men, a
disillusioned church elder and a gifted young pastor, who recognize
that their church has lost sight of its number one priority: loving
God and each other. They begin a search, independently at first, to
recapture their lost love and then together lead their fellowship
in a successful discovery of the secret to becoming a beacon of
love in their community. By the end of the story you clearly see
and understand why this secret, so simple yet so profound, is vital
and how to apply it to your own life and the life of your
church.
On Thursday as they ate the Passover meal with Jesus, the disciples
believed that the kingdom was coming and they were on the front end
of a revolution. Then came the tragedy of Friday and, somehow even
worse, the silence of Saturday. They ran. They doubted. They
despaired. Yet, within the grave, God's power was still flowing
like a mighty river beneath the ice of winter. And then there was
Sunday morning. Real, raw, and achingly honest, A Glorious Dark
meets readers in the ambiguity, doubt, and uncertainty we feel when
our beliefs about the world don't match up to reality. Tackling
tough questions like Why is faith so hard? Why do I doubt? Why does
God allow me to suffer? and Is God really with me in the midst of
my pain? A. J. Swoboda puts into sharp focus a faith that is
greater than our personal comfort or fulfilment. He invites readers
to develop a faith that embraces the tension between what we
believe and what we experience, showing that the very tension we
seek to eliminate is where God meets us.
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