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You gave everything to everyone. Now it is time to unapologetically prioritize you.The professional who never stops. The caregiver who puts everyone first. The devoted mother. The woman balancing deadlines, loved ones, and life on sheer willpower while her own health quietly falls to the bottom of the list. She has tried restrictive diets, complicated meal plans, and quick fixes that never lasted. She is exhausted, not just physically, but from feeling that the healthiest version o...

In Pastoring the Whole Person: Psychology for Ministry Practice, professor and research psychologist Erin Smith draws on two decades of work to equip church leaders with tools from human psychology so they can better understand and serve people with the gospel for the whole person. Smith begins with a case for the value of psychological science for Christians, rooted in a theological understanding of human embodiment and creaturely limits. Building on this, she unfolds a series of...

In this concise, lively look at the past, present, and future of voting, a journalist examines the long and continuing fight for voting equality, why so few Americans today vote, and innovative ways to educate and motivate them; included are checklists of what to do before election day to prepare to vote and encourage others.Voting is a prized American right and a topic of debate from the earliest days of the country. Yet in the 2016 presidential election, about 40 ...

**A WALL STREET JOURNAL TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025ALSO NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2025 BY THE NEW YORKER AND THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY"Valley of Forgetting reminds us that scientific progress is measured not only in breakthroughs but also through the sacrifices people make, the trust that is built. It is a tender story of the unshakable will to make meaning in the face of inexorable loss. . . . Smith elegantly captures what it means to love, to belong, to ho...

The friendly Labrador retriever and the smart poodle make up a Labradoodle. Find out why Labradoodles are great pets.

Fiction or nonfiction? Externally, Erin had plenty going on for her. She was pretty and smart enough, but not enough to compel her to fulfill her potential. All she recognized in the mirror were faults and deep-cutting insecurities. Through debatable luck and questionable life choices she almost lost it all. Or did she? Though the bullet slowed her down she never seems to learn the right lesson. Is this cautionary tale founded in truth, or is it a reflection of a lonely girl’s musings? Eit...

The friendly cocker spaniel and the popular poodle make up a Cockapoo. Find out why Cockapoos are great pets.

Tortoises disappear from a Madagascar reserve and reappear in the Bronx Zoo. A dead iguana floats in a jar, awaiting its unveiling in a Florida court. A viper causes mayhem from Ethiopia to Virginia. In Stolen World, Jennie Erin Smith takes the reader on an unforgettable journey, a dark adventure over five decades and six continents.In 1965, Hank Molt, a young cheese salesman from Philadelphia, reinvented himself as a “specialist dealer in rare fauna,” tra...

The Action Bible: The Gospels presents 56 fast-paced episodes in chronological order, making it easy to follow the Bible's historical flow of the life, ministry, death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.Every episode sparks excitement to explore God's Word and know Him personally. Listeners will witness God's active presence in the world through stories from the life of Jesus and great heroes of the faith.Let this blend of p...

Since the late nineteenth century, religiously themed books in America have been commercially popular yet scorned by critics. Working at the intersection of literary history, lived religion, and consumer culture, Erin A. Smith considers the largely unexplored world of popular religious books, examining the apparent tension between economic and religious imperatives for authors, publishers, and readers. Smith argues that this literature served as a form of extra-ecclesiastical ministry and ...

**A WALL STREET JOURNAL TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025ALSO NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2025 BY THE NEW YORKER AND THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY"Valley of Forgetting reminds us that scientific progress is measured not only in breakthroughs but also through the sacrifices people make, the trust that is built. It is a tender story of the unshakable will to make meaning in the face of inexorable loss. . . . Smith elegantly captures what it means to love, to belong, to ho...

"Having a Good Cry is part of a series called 'The Theory and Interpretation of Narrative' from Ohio State University Press, and Warhol is correct to characterize her project as (in part) bringing a feminist narratology" to cultural studies (24). This is the source of both the project's strengths and weaknesses."