According to the Centers for Disease Control, 40 percent of Americans are trying to lose weight at any given time. Studies increasingly show what dieters have learned from difficult experience—losing weight is hard work.This book will offer an easy, practical guide to prayer that addresses the real needs and concerns of dieters and helps them lead a healthy, grounded, and spiritually fulfilling life as they go through the challenges of dieting.

Barbara Bartocci returns with another practical, imaginative installment in the popular Grace on the Go series, which is designed to present simple connections and time for prayer in the ordinary moments of our busy, hectic lives. This new guide is particularly timely and addresses the challenges of dealing with money worries in an uncertain economy. In a handy 4 x 6 format that readers can carry in purse or pocket and with a price that’s easy on the wallet, this volume offers the encourag...

As our population ages, the number of caregivers is rapidly increasing. Today, 1 in 12 Americans cares for a family member who is ill, disabled, or dying. Studies show that nearly two-thirds of caregivers rely on prayer to help them cope. This easy, practical guide to prayer addresses the needs and concerns of caregivers.

Contains prayers and reflections for moms and dads during the early years of parenting. Includes on-minute prayers appropriate for parents, and reflections and prayers based on conversations with new moms and dads about their greatest concerns today.

What if every promise of Jesus came true in your life?Jesus made many astonishing promises to his followers. He promised to love us, to fill us with joy, to strengthen us, to give us peace and rest, and to prepare an eternal home for us.Would you like your life to be molded and shaped by these promises rather than by the broken promises of this world? If so, join Rick Stedman as he reveals how your life—and the lives of those you love—will be transformed as...

A special occasion merits a memorable gift, and this prayer book is just right for marking such an event. The Deluxe Gift Edition's bindings combine two types of soft-to-the-touch Vivella: one pattern wraps around the book's spine and back cover, while a contrasting pattern is on the front. The result is a stylish package that is sure to be treasured by its recipient. Includes a ribbon marker, Family Record section and attractive gift box.

The very title, "The ROSARY: Prayer for Thinking Christians" (Nihil Obstat: Diocese of Springfield, MA) directly challenges skeptics by contending that the Rosary with its repetitive prayer is for "thinking Christians." It begins with an eyebrow-raising report of a message spoken to a lone highway driver and then miraculously confirmed. The startling report does pass the "credibility test" of the Nihil Obstat censor and well-educated cover endorsers (Bud Macfarlane, Jr., MI, founder of the...

Striking photographs and powerful prayers drawn from the collections of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture span the broad spectrum of black religious traditions through the ages.From the darkest days on slave ships to the defiant times of the Civil Rights Movement, prayer has embodied the most intense expression of African and African-American spirituality. As Mrs. Coretta Scott King writes in her foreword to Standing in the Need of Prayer,...

A new edition of the classic that helped launch the Centering Prayer movement.Centering Prayer is a precious part of the ancient spiritual traditions of the West. When Finding Grace at the Center was first published in 1978, people all over the world welcomed this practical guide to a simple and beautiful form of meditative prayer. Reflections and advice on Centering Prayer’s possibilities—and its pitfalls—are presented with clarity and simplicity, with a ...

Experience the power of prayer in a whole new way as you learn to pray with confidence and assurance.Join New York Times bestselling author John Eldredge as he offers you a step-by-step guide to effective Christian prayer.Everyone has a reason to pray. We long to see God come through for us and those we love. But sometimes he doesn't, and where does that leave us? Are we doing something wrong? Does he not hear? How come some people...

Discover the timeless spiritual counsel of St. Teresa of Avila, first woman Doctor of the Church, in an easily accessible format. In Let Nothing Disturb You, selections from Teresa's writings have been carefully chosen and arranged for morning and evening meditation.Each book in the Great Spiritual Teachers series provides a month of daily readings from one of Christianity's most beloved spiritual guides. For each day there is a brief and accessible morning meditation draw...

Discover the timeless wisdom of Thomas Merton, one of the most influential contemplative voices of the twentieth century, in A Book of Hours. This beautifully curated collection draws from Merton’s most lyrical and prayerful writings, offering a rich resource for daily prayer and contemplation that embraces the ancient monastic tradition of “praying the hours.”Editor Kathleen Deignan has carefully selected and arranged passages from Merton’s vast works into a rhythm of pra...