Love yourself by telling your story.Our stories anchor us as we experience the vicissitudes of life. They strengthen us, inspire us, and encourage us as we grow older. This book offers Jesus’ story as a real-life mirror to our own stories, ultimately making God’s story, our story, and our story, God's story. From Begotten, to Suffering Death, to Glory, and the Life of the World to Come, the author uses spiritual reflections, poetry, and the Nicene Creed to give new...

Her happily-ever-after just fell apart. Can she find the courage to write a new one?After discovering her fiancé tutoring his college student in bed, Marin Beckett is done with love. The only problem? She’s a romance author, and her next novel is way overdue. When her estranged parents come together to offer her an escape to tiny Seasalter, England—the setting of her father’s famous memoir and the last place her family was whole—she seizes the chance to un...

HONOUR BOOK: CBCA Book of the Year, Eve Pownell Award for Information Books, 2014Come and spend some time with us at Bawaka. Get a taste of what it is like at different times of the year, and listen to our stories.Laklak Burarrwanga and family invite you to their Country, centred on a beautiful beach in Arnhem Land. Its crystal waters are full of fish, turtle, crab and stingray, to hunt; the land behind has bush fruits, pandanus for weaving, wood for spears, all ki...

DIGNITY is a transformative set of ideas to help individuals and communities identify and address barriers to authenticity.The author was inspired by a question in the Episcopal Baptismal covenant: Will you strive to respect the dignity of every human being? DIGNITY is seven actionable tenets (diversity, identity, growth, nurture, integrity, transparency, and yield) with which we can identify our purpose, articulate our aspirations, and equip ourselves and...

The nerve of the vagus... You heard about it, did you? It's an incredible nerve that links our brain to our body, also known as "The Wanderer" The nerve starts in the medulla oblongata (the part of the brainstem that regulates involuntary processes such as chewing, digestion, and heart rate), branches up into the brain, crosses the digestive tract through the mouth, branches off into the lungs and heart, and goes down to the esophagus, uterus, liver, kidneys, and intestines. I know you are...

Kestrel lives to inspire others, but has her own mysterious past that remains a ghost story. She is the co-founder of Thriving Through Seasons Ministries, an organization that heals the broken and teaches them how to heal other broken souls. With her fellow characters (Andreya, Andra, and Eijaz), she finds peace and love through Jesus Christ, despite their tragic circumstances.Join Kestrel as she experiences suffering, loss, illness, abandonment, tragedies, and deception. Her journ...

Following a relational, Indigenous-led approach grounded in 25 years of collaborative work, this book looks to weather and climate, tracing the embodied, emplaced and affective ways weather co-constitutes people, place and time/s raising critical questions of ethics, politics and becoming.Becoming weather leads the reader through a reflexive engagement with weather, seeking to shed light on pressing issues around climate change and its entanglements: from the body where contours of...

A quiet seaside romance collides with the Hollywood spotlight . . .Author Marin Beckett knows all about crafting the perfect happily-ever-after, but her own love story with rising star Sam Quinn almost feels too good to be true. Between stolen moments in their cozy Chicago home and glamorous occasions on the red carpet, life has become the kind of fairytale she never quite dared to believe in. But when the demands of fame pull Sam further from home, Marin ...

Comfort your little one through separation anxieties big and small. From actress, mother of four, and podcast host Sarah Wright Olsen comes When I Am Not with You, a dreamy, rhyming picture book that shows whether it’s across the room or across the world, you and your little one are always together in your hearts and minds.When I am not with you, where will I be?In your heart, I will warm you. In your head, you’ll see me.

Experience Deep Joy!!God provides a way for us to experience real, deep, meaningful joy despite our circumstances, our past, or our future. In this forty-day guide, Beth-Sarah Wright leads you to reflect on various Scriptures and quotes. As you meditate on these thoughts, God can open up new possibilities of thinking and living! You can find deep joy!

The thing about romance? The ever-after isn’t always happy.Marin Beckett grew up in a real-life storybook romance. Her parents’ marriage inspired millions through the pages of her dad’s famous memoir, but only she was around later to watch it implode. It took her years to trust in lasting love, but her fiancé’s romantic gestures have finally won her over. Between wedding planning and her flourishing writing career, Marin is sure she’s found her own happy e...

This thought-provoking Handbook explores the spatially and socially differentiated nature of climate change vulnerability. Expert authors discuss the ways that climate change vulnerability is materially and discursively produced as well as the agency, capacity and resilience of affected communities.Interdisciplinary in scope, this book features both leading and emerging international academics, offering diverse perspectives. Chapters delve into the conceptual origins and theoretica...