Beautiful and insightful, With All Your Heart offers girls 90 honest and relatable devotions to strengthen their heart, spirit, and faith. God wants every girl to know she's awesome in his sight. He cares about everything-from boys to bullies, friends to future goals, disappointments to discoveries. In this ninety-day devotional, girls will grow closer to God as they share with him their everyday achievements and dilemmas. Each devotion includes a Scripture verse, an encouraging message, discussion questions, and a short prayer. As they read through the devotions, girls will grow more confident in their faith and the plans God has for them. Page by page, girls will discover the amazing things in store for them when they follow God with all their heart.

Hierdie kleurvolle geillustreerde Bybelstories is spesiaal vir Vreugde! Kleuters geskep. Elke verhaal word vergesel deur ‘n gebed, om kinders te help om met God te praat, asook ‘n Christelike waarde wat die storie versterk. Hierdie boek help kinders om Vreugde! Kleuters te wees. ‘n Vreugde! Kleuter vier die vreugde van Jesus deur ‘n vreugde-vervulde lewe te lei. lees die Bybelstorie en gesels dan oor die storie en Christelike waardes met jou kind, speel die raai-spel en se die gebed saam met jou kind op.

Hierdie kleurvolle geillustreerde Bybelstories is spesiaal vir Vreugde! Kleuters geskep. Elke verhaal word vergesel deur ‘n gebed, om kinders te help om met God te praat, asook ‘n Christelike waarde wat die storie versterk. Hierdie boek help kinders om Vreugde! Kleuters te wees. ‘n Vreugde! Kleuter vier die vreugde van Jesus deur ‘n vreugde-vervulde lewe te lei. lees die Bybelstorie en gesels dan oor die storie en Christelike waardes met jou kind, speel die raai-spel en se die gebed saam met jou kind op.

SELECTIONS: A Journey Toward Spiritual Formation The opening words of the Prologue are as good a beginning toward a description of the book as any: What began as a contemplative practice soon became a time of self-examination, and then an ongoing reading of the New Testament, followed by an aroused intellectual curiosity that led to research into scriptural exegesis, and finally, after years of repetition and reflection, to a satisfying experience of internalization. Somewhere along the way I realized I was working on my own personal spiritual formation. This is how my alternative New Testament Lectionary came into being. My "uncommon lectionary" is an invitation to a spiritual pilgrimage through salient selections of New Testament passages. For those involved in or interested in the Christian Movement there is no better place to dig deeper. The New Testament text is provided so one does not have to fumble around to find one's own copy. After describing the evolution of the process, the book is divided into the seasons of the Christian Year. Each week correlates a Gospel Reading and an Epistle Reading. There is background material for each section, setting the stage for the specific season. The reader is guided through the reading in a lectio divina style, with variations to keep it from becoming too repetitious. Unique to the book are some "gentle challenges" in each week's reading to help the reader press beneath the surface. These vary with each season, ranging from an invitation to record several "I Believe" statements about a particular passage to creating three handwritten, free-flowing "Lenten Pages." During Holy Week one may be asked to practice one hour of "Sacred Silence." Pentecost challenges the reader to compose a Haiku based on the passages for the week. Missiontide presses for an essay of no less than three, no more than five sentences on each passage relative to the question, "What now is expected of me." These "gentle challenges" are designed to lead one to deeper reflection and clearer focus on the lectionary passages for a given week. They help us to activate our soul's contemplative nature. They also encourage us to allow the key words in a passage to be formed into a personal prayer. I believe that serious reflection, focus, contemplation, and prayer can draw us along a path toward spiritual formation. The Seasons of the Christian Year have a mystical correlation to the seasons of our own lives. To my mind, this book has an appeal to that general audience that wants to discover the deeper, more progressive aspects of the Christian Faith. For many in the general audience, SELECTIONS: A Journey Toward Spiritual Formation will be simply a book of daily devotions. I believe, too, that churches will find it helpful and effective in retreats, small groups, and class sessions. Many of my colleagues in ministry have expressed an interest in an alternative lectionary. They, too, would find this book very useful. I have tested it in all these ways with very positive responses.

Two busy builders have been hard at work building their homes, but when the storms come, will their houses stay standing or will they fall into a pile of rubble? The Busy Builders is a fun retelling in rhyme of a classic Bible parable for kids, showing the importance of following Jesus' teachings, from award-winning author Bob Hartman. The story of the Wise and the Foolish Builders is vibrantly retold in this entertaining picture book for 3-5 year olds. With Bob Hartman's beloved entertaining wit, The Busy Builders is the perfect way to introduce this classic Bible story to kids in a way that's accessible and easily understood. Bright, quirky illustrations from Mark Beech bring this Bible story book to life, and kids will love joining in with the fun and memorable rhymes as they read along. The clear, simple text is ideal for young children just starting to read and for adults to read aloud. The Busy Builders is a picture book that children and parents alike will adore and is the perfect follow on from Bob Hartman's Rhyming Bible. It is also a brilliant story time resource for KS1 teachers, Sunday School teachers and those involved in children's ministry. Kids will learn about the parables in a memorable, engaging way, and gain a new understanding of why it is important to follow Jesus' teachings.