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Publisher
Zondervan
Language
English
Formats
Description
Is my ordinary, everyday life actually significant? Is it okay to be fulfilled by the simple acts of raising kids, working in an office, and cooking chicken for dinner?
It's been said, "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away." The pressure of that can be staggering as we spend our days looking for that big thing that promises to take our breath away. Meanwhile, we lose
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Publisher
Tyndale Momentum
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A true story about making the most of your one incredible life. With an overwhelming mix of pride, excitement, and terror, Stacey and her children held hands and watched the rocket ignite and lift off for a nine-month mission to the International Space Station. This is the story of the astronaut's wife -- a journey full of unexpected twists and turns. While her husband orbited the Earth, Stacey was about to embark on a knock-your-socks-off adventure...
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In this particular cultural moment, where the momentum of #MeToo meets raised voices over injustice in wage equality and minority representation, popular speaker and podcaster Jo Saxton wants to move women beyond disempowerment. Instead, she draws women together to grow their grit and to establish new partnerships that will have a powerful chain effect"--
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Darrow draws on her experience on America's Next Top Model to expose the lies we are told about our worth being tied to our appearance. She shows how we can reclaim true and lasting beauty-- the kind that doesn't depend on self-doubt, exploitation, or comparison. Only when we learn to see ourselves as God does can we leave behind our culture's definitions and demands and find joy.
Author
Publisher
Paraclete Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Most of the stories in the Bible are about boys and men, but this book offers the personal accounts of ten remarkable, faith-filled women. Sometimes, we don't even know their names. But we know how their lives were changed by their faith.
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Would you like to be happier? No matter who you are or how you feel, chances are you would answer yes. And Jennifer Dukes Lee was no different. For years, she wrestled with a constant nagging sense that she wasn{u2019}t as happy as she could be. At the same time, she felt guilty for wanting something so "shallow." After all, doesn{u2019}t God only care that we find joy in our circumstances? Or is it possible that God really does want us to be happy?...
Author
Publisher
Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author and speaker invites women to experience the incredible power of prayer through ongoing conversation with God, inspiring them to develop a lifestyle of prayer that will change their hearts--and the world"--
Author
Publisher
Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
From daily frustrations that can feel like overwhelming obstacles to hard challenges that turn into rock-bottom crises, women need to find the means to equip themselves for standing strong with God. Walsh reveals the hardened defenses that kept her from allowing God into her deepest hurts, and shares how entering into a safe place with God and practicing this daily connection with him have saved her from the devil's prowling attacks. She shows how...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
The author spends a year exploring traditional Biblical roles for women, including such activities as interviewing a polygamist's wife, visiting an Amish school, abstaining from gossip, and corresponding with an Orthodox Jewish woman.
78) You're going to be okay: encouraging truth your heart needs to hear, especially on the hard days
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
You really are going to be okay. And it truly is possible to live with joy, resilience, and strength no matter what life brings. Yes, there will be hurt and hard times. But God wants to help you find ways to survive, grow stronger, and even thrive--no matter what happens. For every woman who has been disappointed, who has watched a dream disappear, whose life isn't what she imagined it would be, bestselling author Holley Gerth has a heartfelt message...
Publisher
Convergent
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"An antidote for our age of anxiety--thoughtful, moving prayers from Barbara Brown Taylor, Amena Brown, Nadia Bolz-Weber, and other artists, creatives, and thinkers, curated by the author Glennon Doyle calls "my favorite faith writer." It's no secret that we are overworked, overpressured, and edging burnout. Unsurprisingly, this fact is as old as time--and that's why we see so many prayer circles within a multitude of church traditions. These gatherings...
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