If what you've been taught to believe about God, the Bible, and the Christian life feels uninspiring or restrictive, *Tiny Windows* invites you to trade that limited view for an exhilarating and often surprising vision of what it really means to follow Jesus.**At some point in their spiritual journey, most Christians find themselves wondering why their faith no longer seems to work the way they've been told it should. Whether disillusioned by superficial Christian ...

Are our plans taking us down the right path, or does God’s plan provide a better life? This short novella reviews the timely topics of today from a human perspective and what God’s word says about each subject. Topics include relationships, wealth, career, and even creation versus evolution. At the end of each chapter are questions to encourage discussion and evaluation of both worlds. Man’s World Versus. God’s World is a thought-provoking examination of some of the most divisive issues of...

Jesus talks about having a child-like faith. The phrase always confused me until I spent eight summers working with children at summer camp in northern Illinois. After all that time of trying to teach them about Jesus, I have come to one conclusion: they had more to teach me. I hope they teach you something as well.

If what you've been taught to believe about God, the Bible, and the Christian life feels uninspiring or restrictive, Tiny Windows invites you to trade that limited view for an exhilarating and often surprising vision of what it really means to follow Jesus.At some point in their spiritual journey, most Christians find themselves wondering why their faith no longer seems to work the way they've been told it should. Whether disillusioned by superficial Chris...

Don't let your past keep you from a full future.Like every girl, Sarah Jakes dreamed of a life full of love, laughter, and happy endings. But her dreams changed dramatically when she became pregnant at age thirteen, a reality only compounded by the fact that her father, Bishop T.D. Jakes, was one of the most influential megachurch pastors in the nation. As a teen mom and a high-profile preacher's kid, her road was lonely. She was shunned at school, gossiped about a...

An Unforgettable Story of Life After Death"The cold voice of the anesthesiologist recited the typical 'count backward from 10' cadence. Darkness closed around me before he got to 7. That's when I found out what it's like to die--and to come back from the dead."It was a beautiful winter's day, showing no signs of what was to come. Steve Sjogren, pastor of one of America's fastest growing churches, went into the hospital for routine gall bladder surgery and d...

Regina Brett, author of the New York Times bestselling God Never Blinks: 50 Lessons for Life's Little Detours offers inspiring stories about the decisions we make and how our choices can make the impossible possible.Want to live your dreams--or even surpass them? Want the world to change for the better? Want to see a miracle? What are we waiting for? Why not be the miracle?That's the challenge Regina Brett sets forth in Be the Miracle.To be...

1001 Conversation Starters for Any OccasionMost of us realize that raising questions is a powerful way to get interesting dialogue. But asking good ones can be another matter—they’re not always that easy to think up! That’s where The Complete Book of Questions comes in. This book is one big compilation of questions—1001 of them you can use to launch great conversations in almost any context. And many of these questions are likely to trigger other questions you may also wish to discuss. Thi...

Whenever Christa Black looked in the mirror, she was waging a war with herself. Her hatred of her face and body drove her, as a young woman, into frantic overachievement, addiction, and an eating disorder that landed her in rehab. A preacher's kid, she'd grown up imagining God as a "thou shalt not" tyrant. It was only when she miraculously discovered God's unconditional love for her--physical imperfections, moral failings, and all--that she finally began to accept herself. As she tells her...

From the hugely popular editor of *Real Simplemagazine* comes a charming, hilariously honest look at the chaos of working motherhood that has generated tremendous buzz with reviewers, bloggers, and readers alike.**Kristin van Ogtrop knows she's lucky-fulfilling career, great husband, three healthy kids, and, depending on the hamster count, an impressive roster of pets. You could also say she's half-insane, but name one working mom who isn't.Using stories an...

Discover the secret to loving and honoring your life—even when it has become rough and messy."...Rediscover your lost dreams and uncover a renewed passion for moving forward." —Lysa TerKeurst, New York Times bestselling author and president of Proverbs 31 MinistriesDo you feel lost in the middle of your life? Have you somehow drifted far from where you thought you'd be? Chrystal Evans Hurst shares raw and vulnerable storie...

This good-humored, Generation-X inspired, illustrated "love dictionary" contains tongue-in-cheek slang terms for the different stages of love and dating, for body parts and common sexual experiences, ways of making up and breaking up, and the basic rules of play that every woman should know. 50 two-color illustrations.