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Overcome the twin giants of cynicism and despair that threaten to
derail your emotional and physical health and find hope for life by
witnessing the power of God's redemptive healing. Part guidebook
and part storytelling, The Other Side of Hope is a uniquely
designed flip-book with two entry points to the message of finding
hope in a desperately harsh world. One part of the book focuses on
theory and biblical philosophy, including insights into fighting
cynicism, the architect of despair; embracing true humility and
love; and shifting to a new mindset together as a community. Flip
the book over to the other part and read a collection of stories
about people from around the world who overcame impossible
situations, showing that nothing is impossible through Christ. In
this start-where-you-want flip-book, you not only learn what the
Bible says about hope but also witness God's redemptive power at
work in the lives of people in the real world.
In short chapters full of memorable personal stories Danielle
Strickland challenges us to take seriously our reading of the
Gospels and the consequences of that reading. Strickland exposes
the lie that debates regarding women's positions in the church and
in life are academic exercises conducted by theologians with no
impact on the day-to-day lives of women and the lie that the debate
is even about gender.
Strickland starts with stories of women in subjugation--women
who are considered property, or have been told to remain in abusive
relationships, or face extensive cultural restrictions.These are
women she has met as she serves around the world for the Salvation
Amy. She calls us to know each woman as she meets Jesus and by her
spiritual gifts--not by a culturally defined category.
After tackling overt cases of oppression of women, Strickland
confronts the subtleties of gender inequality in the Western world.
Laying open the Bible and inviting all to come, she thoughtfully
outlines the positions regarding gender equality and reviews
related passages of Scripture. Using her gift as an evangelist
along with the guiding of Scripture, reason, tradition, and
experience, she makes her case that the more women are empowered to
be true equals to men, the closer we bring the Kingdom of God.
Can you imagine a future where women and men are better together?
We are at a strategic cultural intersection where relationships
between women and men are eroding. While it is good for women to
expose their pain, abuse, and experiences of gender inequality and
oppression, what often follows is a never-ending cycle of blame,
accusations, denial, avoidance, and ultimately devastation for
everyone involved. Better Together, a six-session video-based Bible
study (DVD/digital downloads sold separately), is a beacon of hope
in this challenging storm. Danielle Strickland helps us understand
how oppression works-whether it relates to gender, race,
socioeconomic status, or religion-and how to overcome it. Let
Danielle inspire you to believe that change is possible and equip
you with ideas and strategies that will compel you to action. The
Better Together Study Guide includes six guided Group Gatherings
intended to amplify the video teachings as well as between-session
personal time to engage the Bible and study content. Sessions
include: Through Kingdom Lenses Hope for the Future Pulling the
Thread Embracing Difference Replacing Root Beliefs Transition to
Thriving Designed for use with the Better Together Video Study
(9780310110781), sold separately. Streaming video also available.
Diana Oestreich, a combat medic in the Army National Guard,
enlisted like both her parents before her. But when she was
commanded to run over an Iraqi child to keep her convoy rolling and
keep her battle buddies safe, she was confronted with a choice she
never thought she'd have to make.Torn between God's call to love
her enemy and her country's command to be willing to kill, Diana
chose to wage peace in a place of war. For the remainder of her
tour of duty, Diana sought to be a peacemaker--leading to an
unlikely and beautiful friendship with an Iraqi family.A beautiful
and gut-wrenching memoir, Waging Peace exposes the false divide
between loving our country and living out our faith's call to love
our enemies--whether we perceive our enemy as the neighbor with an
opposing political viewpoint, the clerk wearing a head-covering, or
the refugee from a war-torn country. By showing that us-versus-them
is a false choice, this book will inspire each of us to choose love
over fear.
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Better Together (Paperback)
Danielle Strickland; Foreword by Bob Goff
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How Women and Men Can Heal the Divide and Work Together to Transform
the Future
We are currently at a strategic cultural intersection with
relationships between women and men eroding. And it seems no one knows
what to do. While it is good for women to expose their pain, what often
happens is that they immediately blame the person at the other end of
it, which sets up a never-ending cycle of accusations, denial,
avoidance, and ultimately devastation for everyone involved.
This moment of discovery should not signal the end but instead become
an opportunity to create a different world where men and women are
better together.
Better Together is a beacon of hope in a challenging storm. It's where
thoughts can be rechanneled, and hope rekindled as author Danielle
Strickland offers steps toward a real and workable solution. Her
premise is that two things are needed for change:
- imagine a better world, and
- understand oppression.
The Exodus is for everyone. An epic story that begins in tragedy,
slavery, and oppression leads ultimately to hope, kindness, and new
life. While each of us carries a story of oppression, we were
created by God to be free and to change the world. Our journeys
begin when we agree with God about who we are. Danielle Strickland
interweaves scriptural truth with powerful stories of
transformation that will free you from the things that enslave you
- and free you for the life God has planned for you. It's time to
embark on your own exodus and experience freedom as you have never
known it before.
This profound little book encourages us to set aside our limited
expectations, and to fall in line with God's. Human beings like
organization, structures, plans; God grows people. We ask for a
budget; God offers us love. If you are aiming at relationship
rather than performance, how do you measure effectiveness? How do
you write a mission statement, yet allow God space to act out His
plan rather than yours? What does Divine Order look like? Faith in
God involves risk, and the possibility that God will do something
entirely new. Starting with the seven days of creation, Danielle
considers how God's world resembles A Beautiful Mess - vibrant,
full of colour and pulsating with life, but not about propositions.
The Christian life is organic, not prescribed. We were not created
to work, but to be fruitful. We need to be willing to put ourselves
in a position where only God can do what needs to be done, and to
have the humility to let God show us what that is.
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