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Finding Calm In The Chaos
$24.00Add to cartBest-selling author Kathy Bostrom offers this book of devotions to help women create calm in the chaos of their busy lives. The book comprises twenty-eight days of devotions for each month of the year, so that readers can begin using the book during any month. Each week’s devotions, prayers, quotations, and “Spirit Boosters” focus on one Bible passage, which is read each day of that week. Each week ends with a “Sabbath Celebration,” a time for quiet prayer, reflection, and renewal. The “Spirit Boosters” for each week are divided into “Reaching In” and “Reaching Out” sections. They offer suggestions for ways to be kind to yourself and to others while nurturing your own faith. This book is ideal for women’s prayer groups, to give as a gift, or to give to yourself.
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Lady In Waiting (Expanded)
$16.99Add to cartWith humor, honesty, and biblical truths, the authors help point women to being the right woman and not just finding the right man. By studying the biblical character Ruth, women learn the characteristics that every woman of God should develop. This expanded edition of the original best-seller includes a personal journal and study guide.
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Every Woman Every Day
$22.00Add to cartDaily Encouragement for Every Woman’s Heart
Each new day brings fresh opportunities for spiritual growth-along with challenges to your commitment to integrity. Subtle temptations to compromise often tiptoe their way into your thoughts. As you talk with misguided friends and experience the pressures of our sex-obsessed culture, you may begin to feel alone in your struggle for wholehearted purity.
Like a faithful friend and accountability partner, Every Woman, Every Day provides the daily encouragement you need to withstand the pressures of temptation and pursue God’s best in every area of your life. Adapted from the best-selling Every Woman series, each one-page devotional reinforces key principles of sexual, emotional, and spiritual integrity. In addition, you’ll find practical advice and insights geared to your unique needs and struggles as a woman.
With 365 days of inspiration and wisdom, Every Woman, Every Day equips you to guard your heart against compromise-and to experience true and lasting fulfillment.
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Woman Of Purpose
$12.99Add to cartGod Created YOU to be A Woman of Purpose!
When you look at the Bible stories of women, many of them occur only in the Gospel of luke. In this 12-lesson study, renowned teacher and bestselling author Dee Brestin reveals a primary source for Luke-the women who traveled alongside, and who ministered to Jesus (Luke 8:1-3). Jesus exhorted women and validated their purpose in His Kingdom. You are precious and valuable in God’s sight-come discover His purpose for you.
In A Woman of Purpose, you will:
See how God used Elizabeth to prepare Mary for Jesus’ birth.
Witness mary of Bethany as she “hung on His every word.”
Smile and understand as you read the account of Easter morning when the men said the “women’s words seem like nonsense.” -
Living On The Boundaries
$30.99Add to cartIVP Print On Demand Title
What happens when evangelicalism meets feminism? In this book the authors share their stories and explore what it was like for evangelical women who have pursued doctorates in biblical and theological studies. This well-informed, sensitive narrative of women’s experience will be illuminating for anyone involved in the academic theological world.
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Whispering The Word
$31.00Add to cartIn the past twenty-five years there has been an explosion of work focusing on women in the Old Testament. However, because much of this work has reflected a perspective that is either uninterested in or hostile to theological implications of the text, many Christian feminists wonder if they can simultaneously maintain their commitment to principles of gender equality and their faith in the Scriptures, particularly the Old Testament.
Writing in response to feminist biblical scholars who approach the Old Testament with a hermeneutic of suspicion, Princeton theologian Jacqueline Lapsley offers Christian feminists strategies to hear the subtle ideas and voices of the less powerful within the Old Testament texts. Reading and interpreting a number of Old Testament narratives in which women are prominent, Lapsley considers how these stories may reflect God’s word for us. In doing so, she demonstrates how the narrative often attempts to shape the moral response of the reader by revealing the intricacy and complexity of the moral world evoked. In this gentle shaping of the reader’s ethical sensibilities, she argues, is where God may be whispering a word for us.
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Secret Of The Lord
$18.99Add to cartHalf of all Christian women are still trying to find a few close friends in church. They report feeling discouraged, lonely, and depressed. And 66 percent of them say that the church isn’t helping. They approach Sunday armed with a Bible and a mask of happy perfection. They find themselves asking, How can I help others be transformed when I don’t feel the transforming power of God myself? In The Secret of the Lord, Dannah Gresh tells readers it doesn’t have to be that way. There is a verse in the Bible-Psalm 25:14- that writes a prescription for the powerlessness women are experiencing. They will enjoy the adventure of a lifetime as they journey with Dannah around the world to find a place where believers experience “the Secret of the Lord”-a place where the lonely find intimacy, the distressed find joy, the lame walk, the blind receive their sight, and God’s power transforms entire communities. This message will unleash the power of God in the lives of women everywhere. Once they know the power of the Secret of the Lord, they will never look at church the same way again!
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Calorie Queens : Living Thin In A Fat World
$21.99Add to cartJackie Scott and her daughter Diane had tried just about every diet under the sun, from low-carb to low-fat, sometimes losing weight but always gaining it back. Frustrated, they decided to figure out why popular diets failed them and came up with Eucalorics – a practical eating plan based on taking in the number of calories needed to maintain a healthy weight. This is not a starvation diet, nor is it a fad. In fact, it’s not really a diet at all. It’s about learning how to eat well for a lifetime from two real women who have been there and are making it work.
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Where You Go I Shall
$14.95Add to cartWhere You Go, I Shall is a book that was born of experience and need. The authors, two of whom are widows and the third an Episcopal priest, were participants in a monthly support group for widows and discovered that many of the Bible’s remarkable women-Mary, Ruth, Naomi, Abigail, Anna, Tamar, Judith, and some who are unnamed-are widows. In this book, they tell and reflect upon the biblical stories, offering background for greater understanding, and the two authors who are themselves widows also reflect upon aspects of their own widowhood that relate to the biblical story. The result is a book that will provide understanding and comfort not only for widows but for all who love, care for, and minister to individuals who have been widowed.
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Womans Place : House Churches In Earliest Christianity
$31.00Add to cartAcknowledgments
1.Introduction
2.Dutiful And Less Than Dutiful Wives Giving Birth: Labor, Nursing, And Care Of Infants In House-Church Communities
3.Growing Up In House-Church Communities
4.Female Slaves: Twice Vulnerable
5.Ephesians 5 And The Politics Of Marriage
6.Women Leaders Of Households And Christian Assemblies
7.Women Leaders In Family Funerary Banquets By Janet H. Tulloch
8.Women Patrons In The Life Of House Churches
9.Women As Agents Of Expansion
10.Conclusion: Discovering A Woman’s PlaceAbbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index Of Ancient Sources
Index Of Modern Authors
Index Of SubjectsAdditional Info
This focused look at women in the household context discusses the importance of issues of space and visibility in shaping the lives of early Christian women. Several aspects of women’s everyday existence are investigated, including the lives of wives, widows, women with children, female slaves, women as patrons, household leaders, and teachers. In addition, several key themes emerge: hospitality, dining practices, and the extent of female segregation. -
Strong Women Soft Hearts
$18.99Add to cartHas the day-to-day business of living robbed you of passion and vitality? Do you sometimes find yourself wanting more – then feeling a little guilty because life isn’t supposed to be just about what you want?
If so, this book offers you hope and help. Paula Rinehart writes as both a kindred spirit and a compassionate counselor, using true-stories, professional insights, and her own heart-felt wisdom – plus an assortment of practical exercises and study questions – to help you:reconnect with long-lost dreams and refocus misplaced passion
loosen the subtle stranglehold of your own expectations
uncover the heart issues – and the healing possibilities – of your sexuality
discover when, how and Whom to trust
develop a vision for the ‘big picture’ of your life
Rinehart’s convincing message is that God is calling you – in your heart of hearts – to follow Him on the unpredictable, but exhilarating journey of life. This book will help you listen and say yes to that call to become the strong, wise, loving, and fulfilled woman you were always meant to be. -
Ruth : Romance To Redemption
$18.99Add to cartFriendship, childlessness, poverty, faith, love—the issues women face today are the same concerns the biblical Ruth dealt with centuries ago. This 13-week interactive study explores the promise of God’s saving grace for you—and all of humanity—in the struggle to find answers to our emptiness and estrangement from our kinsman redeemer.
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Just Get A Ham
$16.49Add to cartLife As A Preacher’s Wife Offers a rare opportunity for insight into the unique problems preachers’ wives face! Read their revealing answers to 23 important questions! Just Get a Ham is a book of practical advice and personal experiences for the preacher’s wife – and others! The author relates her story and uses it as the backdrop for much of the book. Preachers’ wives, representing almost 1500 years of experience, answer questions on a variety of subjects pertinent to their roles.
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Junia : The First Woman Apostle
$24.00Add to cartThe name “Junia” appears in Romans 16:7, and Paul identifies her (along with Andronicus) as “prominent among the apostles.” In this important work, Epp investigates the mysterious disappearance of Junia from the traditions of the church. Because later theologians and scribes could not believe (or wanted to suppress) that Paul had numbered a woman among the earliest churches’ apostles, Junia’s name was changed in Romans to a masculine form. Despite the fact that the earliest churches met in homes and that other women were clearly leaders in the churches (e.g., Prisca and Lydia), calling Junia an apostle seemed too much for the tradition. Epp tracks how this happened in New Testament manuscripts, scribal traditions, and translations of the Bible. In this thoroughgoing study, Epp restores Junia to her rightful place.
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15 Minutes With God For Grandma
$16.99Add to cartBeloved author Emilie Barnes has a brand-new book on a topic close to her heart! 15 Minutes Alone with God for Grandmothers has the same timeless wisdom and sweet encouragement Emilie is famous for. Grandmothers will discover…
*Daily devotions that include Scripture, a brief message, an action step, and a prayer.
*”From Grammy’s Kitchen” sections that feature easy-to-make recipes that will delight tummies as grandmas and grandchildren create and eat delicious treats together.
*”Spirit Lifters” that offer fun activities grandparents can do to enrich their minds and stretch their muscles.Drawing on biblical knowledge and her own experiences, Emilie helps readers become more relaxed while they actively take part in the lives of their children and grandchildren.
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2 Views On Women In Ministy (Revised)
$22.99Add to cartThis revised and strengthened edition presents two essays representing the egalitarian and the complementarian/hierarchical views of women and ministry.
From the Back Cover
What does the Bible say about the role of women in the church? With pros and cons on either side of a heated, ongoing debate, no definitive conclusions have emerged. The purpose of this book is to furnish concerned readers with a clear and thorough presentation of the two primary views on women in the ministry so they can better understand each one’s strengths, weaknesses, and complexities. This revised and strengthened edition presents two essays representing the “egalitarian” and the “complementarian/hierarchical” views of women in ministry. Each contributor offers thoroughly qualified insights based on careful biblical scholarship and personal experience. At the end of each of the four essays, a brief question-and-answer section provides further clarification. The general editor adds a commentary at the conclusion of both the hierarchical and egalitarian sections. Contributors Include: * Linda L. Belleville (Egalitarian View) * Craig L. Blomberg (Complementarian View) * Craig S. Keener (Egalitarian View) * Thomas R. Schreiner (Complementarian View) -
Every Single Womans Battle (Workbook)
$13.99Add to cartPowerful Tools for Guarding Your Body, Mind, and Heart
Remaining pure while single isn’t easy in a culture that encourages women to use their bodies to gain power and personal fulfillment. The longing for emotional and physical connection can gradually and subtly lead you into compromises you never intended to make. But you can resist the pressures or reclaim your purity by building a strong foundation of integrity.
This companion workbook for Every Woman’s Battle designed specifically for single women will give you the tools you need to resist temptation and help you discover true fulfillment. Through practical and biblical lessons you’ll be equipped to:
*understand the unique components of female sexuality
*discern your personal areas of vulnerability
*design a defense plan to protect your heart and mind, as well as your body
*allow God to satisfy the desires he placed within youEach weekly study section perfect for use by both individuals and small groups in either 8-week or 12-week tracks guides you deeper into God’s Word, then helps you personalize and apply the principles that will help you win the war for sexual and emotional purity.
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Becoming A Woman Of Prayer (Revised)
$11.99Add to cartPRAYER IS OUR RESPONSE TO GOD’S INVITATION.
So often we think of prayer as something we do to break through to God-to get His attention and to get Him to listen to us. But intimacy with God is His idea. He has taken the initiative and prayer is His gift to us. It is an opportunity for us to respond to His invitation to intimacy by calling, crying, and singing to Him. Prayer is our response to the One who has called out to us and desires to be in a relationship with us.In Becoming a Woman of Prayer, Cynthia Heald will lead you through an examination of what the Bible teaches about prayer. In addition to a thought-provoking Bible study, each lesson features classic quotes from some of the great devotional writers throughout history, a reflection from Cynthia, and a suggested memory verse.
Becoming a Woman of Prayer will encourage you to respond to God’s invitation to deeper intimacy with Him.–This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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I Love You More Workbook For Women (Workbook)
$12.99Add to cartRelationship experts and award-winning authors Les and Leslie Parrott believe the same forces that can tear down a marriage can become the catalyst for new relational depth and richness–provided you learn the secrets to using everyday problems to strengthen your marriage. In this workbook companion for the book, they help women explore how a marriage survives and thrives when a couple learns to use problems to boost their love life, to literally lover each other more.
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Lifes Too Short To Look For Missing Socks
$10.95Add to cartA mom’s life can go from busy to frazzled in seconds flat. And sometimes she just has to choose to let certain things go and delight in the children who call her “Mom!” The perfect gift for any busy mom you know-and what mom isn’t busy, including you!
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Gods Survival Guide For Women
$14.99Add to cartGod’s Survival Guide for Women touches on forty-five crisis times in a woman’s life and shares what the Bible says about each of them. Themes include Self Image, Relationships, Health, Parenting, and Dealing With Change, just to name a few. Each theme has encouraging commentary and selected verses that women will be able to relate to. Creatively packaged and competitively priced, this book is a must-have for all women.
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Showing Mary : How Women Can Share Prayers Wisdom And The Blessings Of God
$19.99Add to cartThe story of a young pregnant Virgin Mary visiting her older pregnant cousin Elizabeth, told in Luke 1:39-56, is one of the most profound examples in the Bible of an empowered mentoring relationship between women. Drawing upon the Hail Mary and The Magnificat prayers, SHOWING MARY retells this touching story, revealing how both mentor and protege use their respective gifts and energies to support each other. This relationship is then applied to modern life, emphasizing the importance of women mentoring women, nurturing each other’s dreams, sharing wisdom and experiences, and building networks of mutually rewarding friendships between older and younger women.
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Gods Bold Call To Women
$13.00Add to cartOver the years, there has been a rising call to women to step forward and embrace the great destiny that God has in store for each of them. In recognition of this, Barbara Yoder has come together with a handful of others, both men and women, who sense the growing importance to release women into their God-given purpose. While some women may feel unworthy of their dreams because of past sins, God tells them to let go and look forward. When she is bathed in His glory, there is no obstacle that can stand in such a woman’s way, and there is nothing that will keep her from the magnificent fulfillment of God’s plan.
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Radical Wisdom : A Feminist Mystical Theology
$29.00Add to cartAcknowledgments
Prologue: Low Places Where Grace Flows InPart One: Theory And Historical Background
1.Via Feminina And The Un-saying Of “Woman”
2.Feminism And Mysticism: Foundations
3.Goddesses, Mother Jesus, And The Feminine Divine
4.Contemplative Feminism: Transforming The Spiritual JourneyPart Two: Women Mystics Of Medieval Europe
5.Women Mystics And A Feminism Of The Inner Way
6.Julian And Teresa As Cartographers Of The Soul
7.The Soul Of Woman And The Dark Night Of The Feminine
8.Subversion In Contemplation: Resistance, Resilency, And DignificationPart Three: Embodied And Engaged Contemplation
9.Women’s Body As Mystical Text
10.Seeing Through God’s Eyes: Women’s Spiritual Rights
11.Love Of The World: An Ethic Of Ultimate ConcernEpilogue: Hymn To Hagia Sophia
Notes
Bibliography
IndexAdditional Info
Lanzetta illuminates the transformative potential of the classical tradition of women mystics, especially in light of contemporary violence against women around the world.Focusing on the contemplative process as women’s journey from oppression to liberation, Lanzetta draws especially on the mysticism of Julian of Norwich and Teresa of Avila. She lays out the contemplative techniques used by mystics to achieve their highest spiritual potential and also investigates how unjust social and political conditions afflict women’s souls.
Lanzetta identifies a specific historical female mystical path (the via feminina) and draws contemporary conclusions for how women might understand their bodies, their rights, and their ethics.
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Wanting To Be Her
$16.99Add to cartHow do you feel when you look at a magazine cover?
Do you ever look at the models and wish you looked like them?
Most women have had that experience. When you go to the health club, you notice how buff the woman to the left is and how skinny the woman to the right is. And when you go out, you see the guys flocking to talk with certain women and wonder if your looks stack up to theirs.
When you get dressed in the morning, do you worry about whether your jeans are flattering? Do you think about who you are going to see when you decide how to do your hair? When you eat a meal, do you think about those magazine models again?
Most women do. And they are buying into a lie.
In this book Michelle Graham reveals how easy it is to fall into the trap of viewing your body through the lens of culture rather than through the eyes of God. She helps you understand that these are not the things that God wants you to dwell on. And these are not the true qualities of beauty.
As you read this book you will discover that beauty comes in all shapes, sizes and colors, and it cannot be airbrushed or faked. In these pages you will discover the true secrets of a positive body image.
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Extraordinary Faith Study Guide
$14.99Add to cartWomen of Faith(R) and Nelson Reference present the Women of Faith(R) Annual Workbook Series. The second in this series is Faith: Living a Life of Assurance.
With a larger format and more intense study material, this series offers more to women in their personal or group study.Throughout the course of this study, women are invited to participate in a six-week exploration of biblical faith. Written in the now familiar, friendly style of the best-selling Women of Faith(R) study guides, Faith includes engaging stories, enlightening paraphrases that make the Word of God accessible to women in every walk of life.
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Mujer Invisible Cuando Solo Di – (Spanish)
$12.99Add to cartInvisibility is inflicted upon mothers. By the nature of the job their faces disappear and their work is anonymous. They become hands, building and shaping, fashioning and carving. But what if mothers saw their role like a builder working on one of the great cathedrals?
One day a man showed up on the construction site of one of the great cathedrals and saw a builder carving a tiny bird into a beam that would eventually be covered over by the roof. Puzzled, the man asked the worker, “Why are you putting so much time and effort into something no one will ever see?” It is reported that the builder replied, “Because God sees.”
La mujer invisible is a moving story that affirms women in their often unseen daily chores for their families. It includes a dedication page with the inscription: With admiration for the greatness of what you are building, when only God sees. It is sure to become a treasured gift by mothers and grandmothers everywhere.
La invisibilidad se encuentra infligida en las madres. Debido a la clase de trabajo que hacen, sus rostros desaparecen y su labor es anonima. Ellas se convierten en manos que construyen, forman y moldean. Pero, Que sucederia si las madres pudieran ver su funcion tan claramente como cuando se le observa a un constructor trabajar en una de las grandes catedrales?
Un dia un hombre llego a una construccion de una de las catedrales mas grandes que existian y vio a un constructor esculpiendo un pajarito en una de las vigas que eventualmente iba a ser cubierta por el techo. Confundido, el hombre le pregunto al trabajador, Por que haces tanto esfuerzo en algo que nadie nunca va a ver? Se dice que el constructor le respondio: Porque Dios si lo vera.
La mujer invisible es una historia conmovedora que se afirma a las mujeres por el trabajo casi nunca observado en su diario quehacer para sus familias. El libro incluye una dedicatoria con la inscripcion: Con admiracion por la grandeza de lo que estas edificando, cuando solamente Dios lo ve. Con seguridad, este libro se convertira en un regalo atesorado para madres y abuelas en todo el mundo.
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Feminist Introduction To Paul
$21.99Add to cartSandra Hack Polaski introduces readers to the letters and world of Paul, encouraging a critical appreciation of Paul and his writings that does not require a choice between commitment to the scriptures and integrity as a modern feminist. In conversation with the leading interpreters of Paul and considering possible responses to Paul-conformist, resistant, rejectionist, and transformational-Polaski forges her own theory of how to interpret Paul. She reads, emphasizes, and reinterprets overlooked, neglected, misintegrated, or differently interpreted Pauline texts, making visible the invisible and challenging the accepted readings. Polaski uncovers both the ideologies behind the text and the ideologies the text seeks to suppress. She traces the trajectories toward which the texts point even if Paul did not fully follow the trajectories to their logical end. Such a program leads Polaski to find God’s New Creation as the operative center of Pauline thought.
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Do You Think Im Beautiful
$18.99Add to cartThe question is uniquely feminine, and it resides in every woman’s heart, in spite of her best efforts to ignore it. Although she aches to be adored and desired, she decides that it is good enough to be loyal, hard-working, strong, or steady.
But there is Someone who finds her beautiful, who adores her and seeks to woo her to Himself-and best-selling writer and popular speaker Angela Thomas explores the deep and life-changing implications for women who come to realize that. Practical Bible teaching and real-world advice help readers bridge the gap between the life a woman longs for, and the life she actually has.
Filled with warm, personal anecdotes, and written in an intimate, affable style that reaches out to readers, Do You Think I’m Beautiful? invites women to awaken passion, and to meet the embrace of the One who calls them beautiful.
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This Is My Story
$28.00Add to cartAfrican American women continue to confess their call to ministry even when they know such a confession may cause them to face criticism and even ostracism from many of the same men and women who nurtured them in the faith. In This Is My Story, thirteen successful African American women clergy tell the powerful, inspirational, and sometimes heartbreaking stories of their calls and ministerial journeys, which they experienced in the midst of anguish, uncertainty, and in many cases unfriendly leadership environments. Each of the women includes a sermon of particular importance to her.
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Stories For A Womans Heart
$16.99Add to cartIn the same tender, uplifting, and heart-warming style of Stories For The Heart is this wonderful collection of stories selected for a woman’s heart. These inspirational stories by communicators like Ruth Graham, Gigi Tchividjian, Kay James, and Luci Swindoll instill Christian values and virtues. They motivate, encourage, and honor women. These are timeless treasures selected to inspire your thoughts and stir your soul. Revel in laughter and friendship. Cherish special moments that reach across generations. And be encouraged by tender stories of compassion that are sure to tug at your heart.
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Addicted To Shopping
$17.99Add to cartHarvest House Print On Demand Title
Born to shop. A woman’s place is in the mall. We laugh at the stereotype of woman shoppers, but the reality is that millions of women struggle with handling money. With compassion and understanding, Karen O’Connor helps women evaluate their spending habits through questions that include: Does spending money make you feel better?; Do you shop when you’re under stress?; Do you dread having your money-handling habits exposed? From excessive shopping to penny-pinching, from splurging to refusing to buy necessities, Karen explores the reasons behind the misuse of money. Then, drawing on her experiences and biblical insights, she reveals practical strategies readers can use to develop a healthy view of money and regain control of their spending.
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Kings Daughter Workbook (Workbook)
$17.99Add to cartThis 13 week, interactive study looks at issues many women face today and reminds them of their inherent value as daughters of the one true King.
Mordecai’s challenge to Esther, “Were you not born for such a time as this?” is repeated for all women throughout the ages, says Diana Hagee. Every woman has a divine destiny. But women cannot fulfill that goal unless they understand His biblical guidelines.
In this interactive workbook, Diana leads women through a self-examination of their lives and their goals from God’s perspective, not the secular society’s. Topics such as self-esteem, diligence, attitude, goal setting and stewardship encourage women to establish a strong foundation for growth while learning to see themselves in a new light.
Through scripture, thought-provoking questions and answers, prayers, practical advice and devotional ideas, women learn how valuable they are to God and how they can have an intimate relationship with Him while evaluating the standards that make them a daughter of the King.
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Leading Lessons : Insights On Leadership From Women Of The Bible
$12.99Add to cartAcknowledgments
Seeing Yourself As A Leader: Preparing For Your Insights On Leadership
LESSON 1
Created To Lead: Insights From Eve On Unlocking Your Leadership Potential
(Study Text: Genesis 1:26-28)LESSON 2
There Is A Balm In Gilead:
Insights From The Daughters Of Jerusalem On Being A Healthy Potential
(Study Text: Jeremiah 8:18-22)LESSON 3
From Waterpots To Worship:
Insights From The Woman Of Samaria On Empowerment
(Study Text: John 4:5-42)LESSON 4
Putting Away The Idols: Insights From Rachel On Discovering Value Within
(Study Text: Genesis 29:1-35, 30:1-24, 31:1-21, 35:1-4)LESSON 5
Recovering The Queen Within:
Insights From Esther On Leadership Formation
(Study Text: Esther 2:1-18, 4:1-17, 5:1-3, 8:3-8)LESSON 6
Standing Before Moses:
Insights From The Daughters Of Zelophehad On Leading Change
(Study Text: Numbers 26:1-2, 28-34, 27:1-11, 36:1-13)LESSON 7
Paving The Way For Ministry:
Insights From Lydia On Pioneering Leadership
(Study Text: Acts 16:6-15, 40)LESSON 8
Working Together:
Insights From Priscilla And Aquila On Partnering In Leadership
(Study Text: Acts 18:1-3, 18-19, 24-28)Notes:
References
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A sequel to Porter’s first book, Leading Ladies, which explored how the Bible supports women in leadership, this volume delves deeper, providing insights into growing into leadership, leading through adversity, challenging the status quo, and seeing leadership potential in unexpected people.Nine scripturally based studies examine lessons of leadership from specific women of the Bible. From Eve, we discover how to unlock our leadership potential; from Esther, we learn about leadership formation from within. Each chapter includes a summary page of empowerment principles, as well as a series of questions for personal reflection or group discussion.
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Grace For Each Hour
$21.00Add to cartThe God who made you will never fail you. On August 18, 1999, Mary J. Nelson’s life changed forever. That day the Lord reached out His hand and gave her two choices. She could face breast cancer on her own. Or, she could trust God. “I took His hand and held on for dear life…And then He sent me to tell you–you are not alone.”
Wherever you are in your breast cancer journey, these meditations will speak to your heart. The short readings will encourage, support, and strengthen you as they point you toward God, His Word, and the healing He offers. Come, experience God’s grace and let His peace bring comfort to your soul
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Deeper Joy : Lay Women And Vocation In The 20th Century Episcopal Church
$35.95Add to cart“An ambitious and much-needed effort to gather the key episodes and stories that highlight the important roles and vocations of lay women in both the 20th century church and the larger society. “Deeper Joy” not only chronicles the often unappreicated and undervalued past, but also points to the future of vital leadership and service.” – The Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris
Throughout the 20th century lay women in the Episcopal Church, often acting in isolation and without institutional support, offered a powerful witness of leadership, vocation, and theological resilience. Deeper Joy studies groups of women with similar callings yet located in diverse settings throughout church and society such as schools, hospitals, and other civic institutions. The topics presented here reflect new historical perspectives and unexplored primary materials, including interviews that bear on all women’s ministries, hence addressing neglected and important aspects of life in the American church.
After an introductory chapter on women and vocation, five major sections will explore lay women’s vocations through the lenses of community life, education, mission, civic life, and working for change from within the Episcopal Church. Topics include Anglican sisterhoods, the Companions of the Holy Cross, the deaconess movement, women of the New Deal, women in foreign missions, the settlement house movement, and women in education. The views of African-American, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American women are all represented. A concluding chapter addresses future directions for leadership and service.
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In Search Of Calm
$16.49Add to cartIn Search of Calm: Renewal for a Mother’s Heart is the ultimate book for moms who are real-moms who don’t put up faades and pretend they have their act together … moms who are searching for some peace and hope … moms searching for rest and a reminder that they are fully loved. “Elisabeth has a knack for pointing frazzled mothers to the true Source of parenting peace. In Search of Calm continues Elisabeth’s tender ministry for moms and should be welcomed into every home.” Cheryl Gochnauer, Author, Stay-at-Home Handbook “Grab a few moments of calm in the midst of your own chaos to read this book! Elisabeth’s honesty makes readers feel as if she is a trusted friend on this motherhood journey, and her personal faith leaves them encouraged in their own walks with God.” Beth Jusino, former Managing Editor, MomSense Magazine, MOPS International
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Pregnancy 40 Weeks Of Preparation
$22.99Add to cartIt is shown throughout the Bible that the number 40 provides for an optimal opportunity to conquer trials and challenges and ultimately become more like God. So why should pregnancy be any different? Pregnancy presents times of trial and challenge. it allows for growth and adjustment. Pregnancy equals 40 weeks of preparation and one of the keys to success as a mother.
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Pregnancy 40 Weeks Of Preparation
$14.99Add to cartIt is shown throughout the Bible that the number 40 provides for an optimal opportunity to conquer trials and challenges and ultimately become more like God. So why should pregnancy be any different? Pregnancy presents times of trial and challenge. it allows for growth and adjustment. Pregnancy equals 40 weeks of preparation and one of the keys to success as a mother.
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Warm Wonderful World Of Hospitality
$16.49Add to cartBe part of the hospitality revival that God is starting in America. Author Robin Mercer shares twenty-five years of experience, showing you how to host dinners and parties with confidence and how to accommodate guests and visitors with grace and ease. She also helps you discover how you can house boarders with preparedness and joy. Whether you are just starting in the ministry of hospitality or are an “old pro,” The Warm Wonderful World of Hospitality will inspire you to fill your house with friends, food, and fun. Time flies fast enough as it is. Don’t let another week go by without expressing Christ’s love through hospitality to someone!
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Humor For A Friends Heart
$14.99Add to cart1. Friends Come In All Shapes And Sizes
2. The Best Kind Of Friend
3. Of Friends And Kids
4. Friends Through It All
5. Real Men Do Have Friends
6. Friends: Can’t Live Without “Em!Additional Info
Rejoice in the treasure of friendship. Take a deep breath…Inhale the joy…Soak up the merriment! If a cheerful heart is good medicine, then this humorous collection of stories is a heart-friendly dose of delight.Stories for friends about friends will have you and your friends giggling with glee. You’ll reminisce about joyous times you’ve shared and vow to make more hilarious memories together.
Authors and speakers, such as Patsy Clairmont, Barbara Johnson, Brennan Manning, Luci Swindoll, Martha Bolton, and many more, bring you forty-plus joy-filled moments that will give your heart a healthy infusion of optimism and hope. As you read, laugh, and relax, this merry little book will make your heart lighter, your day brighter, and your soul hilariously refreshed.
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Ordinary Mom Extraordinary God
$14.99Add to cartHarvest House Print On Demand Title
Busy moms need a touch from Jesus. They need a resource that will help them have a closer relationship with Him. This book is a devotional aimed at the deeper issues of the heart and one that will provide a soothing respite amid chaos. Think of it as Oswald Chambers meets Busy Housewife. Writer, speaker, and stay-at-home mom Mary Demuth creatively focuses on the gift of motherhood as she considers: resting quietly in the Lord, even on crazy-busy days; being thankful for the duties as well as the joys of being a mom; offering God a heart to prune so that it can continue to bear good fruit. Personal stories integrated with scriptural truth and probing prayers will help everyday stay-at-home moms remain connected to the most amazing and extraordinary Parent of all parents.
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Breaking Eves Curse
$15.49Add to cartIn Breaking Eve’s Curse, Dr. Frank Hultgren presents a biblical perspective of healing, particularly in the area of women’s illnesses. The book addresses healing for the mental, physical, and emotional illnesses that women encounter. Dr. Hultgren identifies techniques for overcoming problems in women’s cycles and childbirth. Using the Genesis account of the creation, the fall, and the curse, he provides a unique perspective on the role of women in following biblical teaching to break free from a perceived curse on them for generations. The book traces the traditional teaching of the curse through the Old and New Testaments, and it presents a fresh understanding of the abilities of men and women to break the strongholds off of their lives through a belief in Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit.
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When A Woman Discovers Her Dream
$13.99Add to cartHarvest House Print On Demand Title
It’s never impossible or too late for Christian women to discover and live out their dreams in life. But how can they overcome the hurdles of always-hectic schedules or difficult circumstances–hurdles that cause them to give up and say, “It’s too late…it’s too for out of reach…it’s too grand of a possibility for someone like me”? But there are ways for women to pursue their dreams and make them happen–with God’s help. This book will enable women to: explore God’s purpose for their life; make greater use of their uniqueness and special gifts; take practical steps to turn their dream into reality; become they very best God wants them to be. Women can live out the dreams God has placed on their hearts to matter what their stage or place in life. It just takes direction and encouragement–both of which are plentiful in Cindi McMenamin’s newest book!
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Tight Squeeze
$18.95Add to cartBecca Joy is up to her neck in hot water-literally. If soaking in a hot tub could get her out of the tight spot she’s in, Becca could slip through with ease. But when an u unexpected pregnancy brings her child count to an over-whelming five, life begins squeezing the bliss out of Becca Joy.
Becca needs some breathing room. So when her best friend Allie comes to two for a weekend visit, the two soul mates decide to escape for a pampered rest in luxurious Palm Springs, California. But what they thought would be merely a time of rejuvenation turns into so much more.
Mom-lit at its best, this brief escape from reality takes you on a journey of the heart. With humor and honesty, it lifts you out of the daily shuffle and then gently brings you back home again-happy to be there.
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She Who Prays
$32.95Add to cartShe Who Prays: A Woman’s Interfaith Prayer Book offers women a new way to pray. Drawing on feminine images of God – and on the language and experience of women – it helps women tap into their own rich and unique spirituality. Readers will find a wealth of prayers from a variety of traditions – early Christian, Native American, and others. With a liturgical calendar honoring the lives of women of all faiths, along with rituals for group celebrations such as weddings and the welcoming of a child, She Who Prays will help women speak to God in their own voices.
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Todas Las Mujeres De La Biblia – (Spanish)
$19.99Add to cartDr. Herbert Lockyer provides a convenient commentary on all the named-and unnamed-women of the Bible. You’ll discover how the lives and character of different biblical women mirror the situations of women today. More than 400,000 concise, fact-filled entries provide fascinating and thought-provoking insights, whether you’re conducting a Bible study group, speaking in public, or simply deepening your personal understanding of God’s Word.
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Justice In The Making
$50.00Add to cartBeverly Harrison has long fought for women and others at the margins, challenging the subjugating ways in which women’s intellectual contributions, their gifts of ministerial leadership, and their reproductive capacity and sexual identity have been defined. This collection of essays and lectures, presented over the course of her career, demonstrates the progression of Harrison’s contribution to the field of Christian ethics and the evolution of her thought in response to changing social realities.
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Kissed The Girls And Made Them Cry Workbook (Workbook)
$18.99Add to cartWomen are admitting promiscuity isn’t really getting them what they wanted after all–because as women we always stand to lose so much more than men when we give in. Men love adventure and intrigue, while women crave intimacy, romance, and passion. We were created for so much more than a sexual outlet for men, and as women, we want and deserve more than just sexual release for ourselves. In this fun and interactive companion to Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry, Lisa Bevere helps women of all ages–youth and adult–to look at abstinence from a healthy, life-giving, exciting point of view. Through letters, prayers, questions to answer, and even movies, readers will discover they can gain the freedom to reclaim the dreams they have lost. God wants us to walk in purity–to realize and live the dreams He has for us, and we have for ourselves.
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Time Out : A Quiet Time Devotional For Busy Moms
$16.99Add to cartWhat Time Out readers are saying: “Time Out is much needed for all moms! The author is a very real mom who reaches the hearts of other moms with her often humorous outtakes of daily life and yet leads you right to God and his love for us. It made me laugh, it made me cry, and it always made me pray…” Kirsten, ALBUQUERQUE, NM “A must for all moms…it gives that little uplifting that’s needed every day to help keep on track…” D.B., DAVISON, MI “…If you need a devotional book from someone who’s living the ‘busy mom’ thing, this is a great one.” D.D., INTERNET Take a quick Time Out and walk with author Leigh Ann Thomas through the wonderful, zany, crazy, upside-down world of momhood, always looking to the Heavenly Father who loves, guides, supports, and sustains!
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Woman And Her God
$16.99Add to cartMost women today feel anything but extraordinary. Trying to meet the ever-pressing demands of career, church and family leaves us stressed, overwhelmed and frazzled. At our best, we feel average. At our worst, we feel like we’ll never measure up to people’s expectations. Yet God says that we are extraordinary. And He invites us to a closer relationship with Him through these three books. In them, some of today’s most beloved Christian communicators share insights that will help readers grow closer to their heavenly Father, face adversity with a deeper faith and make their marriages rock-solid.
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Measure Of A Woman (Reprinted)
$17.00Add to cartThe Measure of a Woman helps women discover their strengths and learn from their weaknesses so that they can truly live in accordance with Gods Word. The world tells us one thing about beauty, but God’s Word relates that beauty is something much deeper. When women learn how to be beautiful from the inside out, they gain respect and serve as examples to other women. Gene and Elaine Getz share these time-tested and proven guidelines that have led countless women to become living proof of God’s love and grace. Here is a chance for even more women to discover the secret to biblical femininity.
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Unveiling Mary Magdalene Workbook (Workbook)
$19.00Add to cartWhether readers have already enjoyed Unveiling Mary Magdalene or are about to dive in for the first time individually or in a group setting this 6-week companion workbook provides a practical, meaningful resource for spiritual growth and a deeper understanding of God’s Word.
The questions at the end of each chapter of Unveiling Mary Magdalene are included and expanded in the Unveiling Mary Magdalene Workbook, with more in-depth biblical material and plenty of space for jotting down individual answers and observations. Sized to match the original book, the Unveiling Mary Magdalene Workbook enhances the message of Liz Curtis Higgs’s third book in the Bad Girls series, a best-selling combination of solid Bible teaching and Liz’s unique style of girlfriend theology.
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Women Of Worth (Reprinted)
$10.00Add to cartThe first book in the Focus on the Family Women’s Bible Study Series, Women of Worth, will help women discover their true identifies in Christ and develop a closer relationship with their Savior. The Focus on the Family Women’s Ministry series provides the opportunity for women to reconnect with their Savior and one another through Bible study, prayer, fellowship, and activities.
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Humor For A Teachers Heart
$13.99Add to cartSharing Love. . .Making a Difference!
Teachers answer one of the most important callings on earth – the call to shape the hearts and minds of our children. Teachers know that the long-term results of their hard work are not always evident in their everyday experience. But they show up every day, and they give their all to each of their students.
And in the process of all that teachers do, they find that there’s a lot to laugh about. And they know that laughter is sometimes the best barrier between despair and delight.
The humorous stories in this book are all about the life of a teacher – the frustrations and the joys, the challenges and the rewards. Short stories from popular authors – including Martha Bolton, Bob Welch, Teresa Bell Kindred, Linda Gilden, and many more – are sure to bring much needed refreshment and reminders of how valuable a teacher’s work really is.
Whether for yourself or a teacher you know, this sweet infusion of humor is sure to lift hearts to new heights, heal the hurts of a bad day, and instill weary souls with inspiration.
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Back To The Well
$27.00Add to cartExploring six Gospel texts in which women encounter Jesus, Frances Taylor Gench encourages us to view these stories anew through the eyes of contemporary biblical scholarship. Summarizing and making accessible the work of a diversity of feminist scholars while also engaging many of the more traditional voices of the past, she examines each story’s language, structure, and literary and socio-cultural context, and recounts many traditional and contemporary interpretations. In the process, she opens up new possibilities for reading these texts. Includes helpful questions for discussion.
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Women Risktakers : Its Your Destiny Reach Higher Stand Stronger Go Further
$17.99Add to cartChallenges women to change their world by studying the lives of great women of the Bible and showing them that the common denominator for accomplishing something great is simply the willingness to be a risktaker for God.
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Refuge From Abuse
$24.99Add to cartNancy Nason-Clark and Catherine Clark Kroeger know the pain of women who have been abused, especially the unique pain of Christian women who thought it couldn’t happen to them. In this straightforward, practical book they supply the answer to the questions you face. Their advice is solid, backed up by Nason-Clark’s professional expertise as a sociologist and Kroeger’s as a biblical scholar. Together they supply both here-and-now, step-by-step advice you need to start the healing journey and biblical insights to nourish your soul and sustain you on the path to wholeness.
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When The Fairy Dust Settles
$19.99Add to cartAs young girls we all believed in fairy tales. We dreamed of happily-ever-afters, sure that our futures were blessed. And then we grew up. And had to deal with the real world and what happens-.When the Fairy Dust Settles
If you’ve ever struggled to reconcile childhood dreams with reality, you’re not alone. Now national radio talk show host Janet Parshall and her daughter take on the myths of youth and place them squarely against the concerns every woman faces. With candid insights-whether agreeing or respectfully disagreeing-mother and daughter set their sights on issues both lighthearted and serious. Discover why real life often is the best story as Janet and Sarah answer your questions on:
*Beauty-What the world considers beautiful is very different from God’s vision of our self-worth. Where do short skirts and plastic surgery fit in?
*Perfectionism-The fairy-tale view of life leads to sure frustration. Can we compare “the perfect life” with the true contentment God wants for us?
*Relationships-Family life is fulfilling and stressful. Must we give up part of ourselves in order to be “good” wives and mothers?
*Sex-The S word is part of our lives. But in what ways does our world differ drastically from the one God envisions for us?Entertaining, engaging, and always thought-provoking, WHEN THE FAIRY DUST SETTLES is an enlightening look at what it really means to live a Christian life in an often complicated world.
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Leading Ladies : Transformative Biblical Images For Womens Leadership
$16.00Add to cartDrawing on stories of biblical women, Leading Ladies presents four models of “transformational leadership” that recognize the leadership styles of women in all walks of life: Intercessor, Midwife, Choreographer, and Weaver. Includes reflective questions for journaling or group discussion.
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Spiritual Lemons : Biblical Women Irreverent Laughter And Righteous Rage
$13.99Add to cartPutting body and bones to the biblical stories, Brakeman explores the passions of biblical women, such as Sarah’s laughter, Jephthah’s daughter’s anger, and Martha’s envy. Each of the eight chapters probes what these women might have felt and encourages women to name and claim their feelings. Includes suggestions for personal prayer and meditation, and ideas for group exercises.
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Mommy Moments : Encouraging Mothers On Their Mission Of Motherhood
$13.49Add to cartMommy Moments is a refreshing, intimate look into the heart of a stay-at-home mom as she nurtures and manages her family. This devotional book is easy to read, and each story tells a “real personal” story of mothering. After each story, Charlotte has included words of encouragement and a short intimate prayer. She has struggled with a strong-willed child, a colicky baby, and many life-changing lessons that only a child could teach a mother. If you find yourself growing weary, feeling alone, or wondering if other mothers are struggling like you, this devotional book will make you laugh and cry at the same time. You’ll find yourself identifying with each real story and in the end developing a closer walk with Jesus Christ.
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8 Choices That Will Change A Womans Life
$16.00Add to cart1. Resist Pain Or Use It
2. Pursue Wealth Or Grace
3. Speak Wisely Or Foolishly
4. Value Your Time Or Fritter It Away
5. Live For Self Or The Spirit
6. Develop Gods Gifts Or Waste Them
7. Persevere Under Trials Or Protest Your Life
8. Stand For Truth Or Abandon ItAdditional Info
You can choose to have a life that is happy, blessed, and pleasing to God. These qualities are within your grasp, but you will have choices to make. It’s up to you. This insightful book will give you the tools you need to make choices that will change your life – for good! Based on the wisdom of the book of James, this book offers simple guidelines for life’s complex choices. -
When Women Long For Rest
$14.99Add to cartHarvest House Print On Demand Title
Women today are tired of feeling overwhelmed by all the demands on their lives and are longing for rest. They want to do more than just simplify or reorganize their lives; theyre looking for a rest that will help them to*avoid spiritual burnout*sense a gr
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Stick A Geranium In Your Hat And Be Happy
$18.99Add to cart“Pain in inevitable but misery is optional,” says Barbara Johnson, and she should know. The survivor of four devastating experiences, Barbara, with the wit of Erma Bombeck, teaches how to find joy in the midst of it all. Her “credentials” open doors and provide the insight to all those who suffer from the difficulties of life.
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Jewel In His Crown Journal
$15.99Add to cartThis new journal is the perfect companion product to help women apply what they’ve learned about becoming women of excellence. This journal focuses heavily on leading women to Scripture for reflection and meditation. The content in each chapter of the journal corresponds with the contents of the book.
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Mystics Visionaries And The Prophets
$39.00Add to cartUnique in its range and depth, this lavish anthology for the first time captures in a single volume the most notable spiritual writings of leading women from all periods of Christian history.
Because spirituality involves more than simply prayer and piety, Madigan has selected women whose quests for intimacy with God also involve some visionary experience or social witness. Ranging form Perpetua in the third century to Mother Teresa and Edwina Gately in this century, her magnificent volume includes writings from both European women and, in the modern period, Asian, American, and African American women. Apart from redressing the heavy gender imbalance of most histories of Christianity, this volume also provides strong historical introductions to and bibliographies of the twenty-six women whose writings are generously excerpted.Women included in this volume are: Perpetua the Martyr, Pelagia the Actress, Birgit of Ireland, Balthild the Queen of Neustria, Dhuoda of Septimania, Hildegard of Bingen, Heloise, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Gertrude the Great, Hadewijch, Julian of Norwich, Cathering of Siena, Margery Kempe, Teresa of Avila, Jane Grances de Chantal, Sojourner Truth, Maria Stewart, Gabrielle Bossis, Dorothy Day, Caryll Houselander, Pauli Murray, Laura Lopez and Silvia Maridel Arriola, Mother Teresa, Cho Wha Soon, Mercy Amba Oduyoye, and Edwina Gately.
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Longing For Daddy
$18.00Add to cartWhere Was Daddy When You Needed Him?
The absence of fathers is an epidemic plaguing our society, affecting families from every corner of our world and from all walks of life. Whether our fathers left us entirely during our childhood or were physically present but emotionally distant, those who missed out on an affirming, intimate father-love continue to experience the devastating consequences of that loss.
Are you angry at the world and don’t know why?
Do you inadvertently sabotage relationships or smother those closest to you?
Do you rarely take risks or step out on faith?
Is there an undercurrent of anxiety in most tasks you perform?
Do you struggle to connect with God?
Do you have little or no self-confidence or minimal self-worth?For women who answer yes to these questions, the common denominator is often an absent father. Far too many daughters have been stripped of a healthy relationship with their earthly dad. But real healing is within your reach.
Discover how the absence of your father has impacted your entire life your attitude, your actions, your beliefs, your decisions, and your identity and learn how you can stop resulting negative behaviors, beak free, and experience a confidence-building, empowering love that will heal your hurts and fulfill your deepest longings.
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Simplify Your Life
$18.99Add to cartKnowing every woman desires to reduce the mess and stress in her life, Marcia Ramsland offers a grace-oriented approach to organizing a home and life. Filled with specific ideas that have been proven true, charts, diagrams, and real life examples, Marcia unveils her trademark PuSH philosophy. PuSH stands for Projects, user-friendly Systems, and Habits and is a sequence of doing things that will help women get and stay organized. Things the reader will discover: The “two minute pickup” for cleaning any room How to spot red flags of disorganization The get-it-done paper system Five steps to clean any room How to create a Personal Organizing Center The “PuSH” Sequence” secret to staying organized Simplify Your Life encourages and motivates women to be a better manager in three major areas: her time, her home, and her life. A prayer at the end of each chapter is a fresh reminder that how we live our lives is important to God. So does God care if your bathroom is clean or your desk is tidy? Of course not but He knows it does give you peace of mind and less stress. His Word is filled with principles to help us live more organized and less stress-filled lives. Join Marcia as she incorporates those principles into practical tips to organize and simply your life!
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Simple Secrets To A Beautiful Home
$13.99Add to cartHarvest House Print on Demand Title
The good news is that a beautiful home doesnt require too much money, too much energy, or too much time. Bestselling author and home-management expert Emilie Barnes shows readers how they can easily weave beauty and happiness into the fabric of their dailly lives. With just a touch of inspiration, readers can
turn their homes into havens of welcome and blessing
build a lifestyle that beautifully reflects their unique personalities
enrich their spirits with growing things (even if their thumbs are several shades shy of green)
make mealtimes feasts of thanksgiving and kitchen duty fun
establish traditions of celebration that allow joy to filter through to everyday lifeFormerly titled The Spirit of Loveliness.
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Secrets Of Eve
$19.99Add to cartBased on research of over 2,000 Christian women, this ground-breaking book unlocks the secrets of female sexuality, candidly addressing important sexual issues and ways to resolve them. The Secrets of Eve shows women how to celebrate God’s design for sexuality and through understanding, bridge the gap between the sexes.
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Every Womans Hope
$14.99Add to cart(When placing your order, please mention that this is a Lightining Source book.)
For what does a woman’s heart yearn? What drives her and feeds her true passions? What is every woman’s hope? Lisa Harper uses humor, biblical insight, and real-life experiences to connect with women everywhere as she reveals three of our most basic soul-needs–the yearning to satisfy our desperate need for mercy, the desire to know that our lives are defined by God’s grace, and the need to believe, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that we are beloved by God. Harper fortifies readers with the power of God’s promises and then points the way to the hidden potential in the heart of every woman. As you step through these pages, you will search your own hungers and desires and discover that a woman’s greatest hopes cannot be fulfilled by the ragged offerings of this world; rather, they are pinned to a sacred cross, fulfilled by unbounded mercy, and made sure by the unconditional love of God.
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Its Not About You Its About God
$25.99Add to cartMaybe you have relied on your own strength for far too long. You haven’t been able to count on other people, so you just do your own thing. But God has bigger plans for you. God wants to use you to change the world. Rebecca Osaigbovo, conference speaker and author of Chosen Vessels, shows how black women can stand up to Satan’s lies and face tough problems, not in your own strength but by finding God’s strength in the midst of your weaknesses. She says this to women who want to be the keys to change in their homes, churches and communities: “If you want things to be different, then stop going your own way and follow God’s lead. Lean not on your own understanding, and he’ll make your paths straight.”
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Big Girls Dont Whine
$18.99Add to cartNo one wants to be labeled a whiner, but many of us go through life with a “poor me,” victim mentality that sounds a whole lot like whining. God never intended for us to act like “little girls,” says Jan Silvious. His goal is for each of us to live as “big girls”_mature Christian women_who are capable of enjoying the richness of life He has planned. In Big Girls Don’t Whine, Jan helps women: Move beyond the past and on to healthy relationships, Choose to be proactive rather than let life just “happen,” Discover their full potential, And become everything He made them to be. So how can we tell if we’re living life as an immature ‘little girl” or a confident “big girl?” A little girl Is insecure Becomes the victim of circumstances Says “I can’t” Manipulates A big girl Is secure Rests in God’s sovereignty Says, “I can” Communicates In Big Girls Don’t Whine, Jan Silvious calls us to be real women in a real world, free to experience a life of full of potential and vision. This book is the how-to manual for making it happen.
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Feminism And Theology
$78.00Add to cartChristianity and Judaism have produced reflective theology of thousands of years–until recently, relatively little of it was by women. This volume brings together the best essays in the field to give some idea of the riches of feminist writings in theology, now a global phenomenon and one that touches all the standard subdisciplines of theology, including scriptural studies, philosophy of religion and ethics, and historical theology. Topics include text and interpretation, the human person, the person of Jesus, embodiment, spirituality and sexuality, ecofeminism, and motherhood.
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Living In Love With Jesus
$18.99Add to cartFollowing the success of the highly acclaimed Falling in Love with Jesus, Dee Brestin and Kathy Troccoli give women the encouragement needed to become radiant women of Christ. Living in Love with Jesus will help women go deeper with Jesus by applying the secrets from John’s first letter, learning to clothe themselves in Christ’s love. Instead of being a washed-out beige, living mediocre lives, they can become radiant with the colors of love. Using art as a literary theme throughout the book, facets of God’s love are paralleled with colors, giving women vivid pictures of how the imprint of God’s love can change their lives. This art theme will be carried out visually in classic masterpieces that illustrate biblical stories of God’s transforming love such as Esther, Doubting Thomas, and the Good Samaritan.
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Do You Think Im Beautiful Bible Study And Journal
$17.99Add to cartSo many women today grapple with body image. Teenage girls starve themselves because they think they are fat. Older women explore the world of plastic surgery, desperately trying to turn back the clock. But more unfortunate is the woman suffering from poor soul image_the woman who can’t see herself as beautiful even on the inside. “Do you think I’m beautiful?” is an emotionally and spiritually charged question. But it is one that Angela Thomas believes is universal to all women_whether they adamantly deny it or announce it each time they enter a room. Until a woman gives herself permission to ask this question, and until she asks the only One who can ultimately answer it, fulfillment will be elusive. This workbook allows readers to apply the lessons Angela has learned on her own feminine journey, as she asked this question, searching for an answer in all the wrong places. Excerpts from the book are paired with in-depth Bible study questions and ample space for recording thoughts and responses.
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Reading Womens Stories
$29.00Add to cartLiterary criticism has developed as one of the most important and evocative methods for interpreting biblical narratives. John Petersen delves deeply into three stories of women in the Hebrew Bible (Hannah, Deborah, and Tamar) and explores issues of reading character, plot, and point of view.
By addressing these concepts in depth and with subtlety, he is able to show how human experience is depicted using a variety of structuring, focusing, and interpretive devices. Beyond analyzing these narratives, he teaches readers how to get more out of every biblical story they read. -
From Preachers To Suffragists
$47.00Add to cartThe women’s rights movement in nineteenth-century America has primarily been interpreted as a secular movement. However, in From Preachers to Suffragists, Beverly Zink-Sawyer examines the lives of three nineteenth-century clergywomen–Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Olympia Brown, and Anna Howard Shaw–who, seeing their calling to the suffrage movement as an extension of their call to ministry, left the parish to join and become leaders in the movement. Zink-Sawyer tells the stories of their courageous lives, quoting their sermons and writings and tracing their struggles before and after ordination. In doing so, she persuasively demonstrates the vital importance of these leaders–of their religious rhetoric and their theological leadership–in shaping the movement as a whole, reclaiming its religious roots and making a major, even corrective, contribution to American history.
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Baby Hunger : Biblical Encouragement For Those Struggling With Infertility
$13.49Add to cartThe silence of infertility is deafening! It has been estimated that one of six American couples will face difficulty getting pregnant, yet their cries go unheard. The ungranted desire for a child can be all-consuming. New babies and pregnant women are constant reminders of what you cannot have, but have longed for all your life. The hurt is constant. The struggle is hard. The answers are unclear. What is clear is that we have a Heavenly Father who loves us and understands our pain. Throughout Scripture we see people just like you and me who have, on bended knee, begged God for a child. There is so much we can glean from these precious, sacred words to heal the hurt and give encouragement that the world simply cannot give. Baby Hunger is an invaluable tool for those struggling with infertility and for loved ones touched by their pain.
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Fatal Distractions : Uncover The Roadblocks That Keep You From Fulfilling Y
$13.99Add to cartLord, deliver us from distractions, especially the fatal ones! Woman of God, the devil wants to discourage you and keep you ineffective in all areas of your life. Learn why you are such a threat to him and how you can experience major breakthroughs.
Using biblical characters and principles, evangelist Joyce Rodgers explains the importance of becoming a proactive, solution-seeking woman of the twenty-first century. You must develop a positive, confident attitude and sidestep the fatal distractions that lurk around the next corner.
Lord, enable us to triumph over our adversary! You do not have to be distracted by the enemy for one more minute of one more day. You are a woman of destiny. The victory is yours; step into it!
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Women In Christ
$39.50Add to cartThe challenge of promoting the “new feminism” has barely been addressed since it was first launched by Pope John Paul II in his 1995 encyclical “Evangelium vitae.” The thirteen contributors in this book, all outstanding international scholars, take up this task, together laying the necessary theoretical foundation for the new feminism. These chapters articulate an integral philosophical and theological understanding of persons that moves beyond patriarchy on the one hand and traditional feminism on the other. Central to the new perspective offered here is the biblical revelation of the human person man and woman in Christ, a vision that directs women beyond the “male” standard against which they have too often been measured. Far from constraining women to an “eternal essence,” the dynamic view presented here encourages each woman to realize herself in perfect Christian freedom.
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Poor Banished Children Of Eve
$32.00Add to cartThis is an investigation of the problem of the symbolization of woman as the incarnation of moral evil, sin, devastation, and death in the Hebrew Bible, and how this symbolization of a particular gender interconnects with the issues of race/ethnicity, class, and colonialism during the times of its production.
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Maria Mitchell : The Soul Of An Astronomer
$24.50Add to cartIn the mid-1800s, a turbulent time when women were often thought to be unworthy of higher education, Maria Mitchell rose above the prejudices of the day to become America’s first professional woman astronomer. This exciting biography tells the story of Maria Mitchell’s life, her amazing achievements, and her faith that saw God’s handiwork in the heavens.
“Gormley successfully paints a picture of a world that failed to mold Mitchell to its standards, focusing on the telling details that bring the story to life. Inspiring and incisive.” – Kirkus Reviews
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Jewish Pregnancy Book
$16.95Add to cartA first-of-its-kind guide to nourishing your pregnancy
with wisdom from Jewish tradition.
B’sha-ah Tovah! You’re pregnant! With all the changes happening to your body right now, it would be easy to focus only on the physical aspects of this life-changing event. But pregnancy is also a spiritually meaningful period in life, a time to reflect and comfort the soul.
The Jewish Pregnancy Book is the first resource to nurture the body, mind and soul of the pregnant woman by combining up-to-date medical information with spiritual nourishment from Jewish tradition.
* For the soul-Ancient and modern prayers and rituals for each stage of pregnancy, as well as traditional Jewish wisdom on pregnancy.
* For the body-Pre-natal Aleph-Bet yoga, a unique blend of yoga and spirituality inspired by the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
* For the mind-Medical information on topics such as fetal development, pre-natal testing, and potential pregnancy problems, as well as discussions from a contemporary Jewish perspective on ethical issues such as selective reduction and home birth.
In clear, easy-to-follow, accessible language, this groundbreaking handbook guides you through the miraculous and challenging process of creation, engaging your whole being in a uniquely Jewish way. -
When Did I Stop Being Barbie And Become Mrs Potato Head
$18.99Add to cartA humorous yet comforting look at the unavoidable process of aging This hilarious collection of real-life “adventures in growing older” is designed to make women laugh while it encourages them with the assurance that they are not alone. Even though they are getting older, they can find great encouragement in remembering God’s unchanging, ageless love. Combining cozy comfort with a sardonic twist, the author opens the reader to God’s poignant touch through laughter and, sometimes, through tears. The book explores growing older, emptying the nest, and changing roles. It offers the reader the encouragement of knowing that she is not alone in living with these changes and gives her a glimpse of God’s perspective. Designed for quick reading, this book is perfect for today’s woman on the go.
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Power Of A Positive Wife
$18.99Add to cartAs a woman, your influence in the lives of those you love is beyond measure. In no relationship is this more true than your relationship with your husband. But the incredible thing is-the power of your influence has nothing to do with your husband and everything to do with you and who you are in God.
In this positively powerful book, you’ll learn seven practical principles that any woman can bring into her marriage. You’ll learn how to dispel deadly marriage myths, how to fill your home with forgiveness, techniques for positive disagreement, the right way to respond when he’s wrong, secrets to discovering your inner beauty, and much more.
This you-can-do-it book will bring new life and vitality to any marriage and will nourish your own spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional growth. Now you can build a positively wonderful marriage!
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Theres Enough Woman Left To Be Your Lady
$17.99Add to cartUsing biblical characters such as the woman with an issue of blood, Junious Epps Jr. shows how women are bleeding with issues that keep them bent over until they reach out to touch the hem of Jesus’ garment. Life knocks us all off balance, sometimes making it hard to get back on our feet. Hot rays of testing can turn a woman’s mind, home, job, and even church life into a wilderness of relentless turmoil. Having felt disconnected, isolated, and not able to make sense of blatant hypocrisy, women realize that the only answer to their survival is to tread the “wilderness” of rejection, which ultimately strengthens them to totally submit to God’s Spirit. Dr. Epps reminds women that in moments of indecision, God offers them a breakthrough revelation that they need to confront their trials and overcome their obstacles. Only in the wilderness can they discover their true path in life, ministry, fellowship, and anointing. There’s Enough Woman Left to Be Your Lady is a companion for every woman who wants to walk through even the most difficult days side by side with her Lord.
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Teaching The Art Of Cosmetics
$14.99Add to cartThis is not just a how-to book to change the outside appearance but also to help change the inside. In everything we do, we should in some way correlate God’s Word. He needs to be everything in life before life can be everything it can be. I have found that even women who confess to have a relationship with God are still trying to impress the people of the world with the way they look on the outside but forget about changing the inside. Looking your best is important but not the most important. When we fix our eyes on Jesus first, the transformation both inside and outside will be remarkable. This is a book on training in skin care and makeup but more importantly on how to keep the training of God’s Word in all we do.
