Brian Doyle was a one-of-a-kind author who wrote one-of-a-kind prayers about everyday subjects that help readers change the way they see the world.Prayers for cashiers and good shoes; for shorter sermons and better senators; prayers for the bruised, foolish, glorious, stumbling, brilliant Church; for chaplains and mathematicians; for idiot authors and muddy dogs: These are the most heartfelt and headlong prayers you will ever read and share—the grinning, snarling prayers we mouth q...

Put the kettle on and discover an utterly charming new cozy murder mystery set in a sleepy English seaside town.Fiona, Sue, and Daisy, three retired ladies who volunteer at the local charity shop, Dogs Need Nice Homes, can't believe their favorite customer is dead.Eighty-six-year-old Sarah Brown was found murdered in her hallway by her delivery man, a domino clutched in her hand—with a name scratched on it.When another person is found dead with a do...

One sleepy seaside town. Three old friends who love a natter and a cuppa. A killer who's anything but vanilla.It's the end of a long day at the Dogs Need Nice Homes charity shop. Fiona, Daisy, and Partial Sue, the three retired ladies who volunteer there, are ready to lock up for the night.The chippie is beckoning. But supper will have to wait.The ladies watch aghast as a clapped-out ice-cream van lurches up to their door—with Daisy's daughter Bella...

It's the day of the Christchurch Dog Show.The whole town is aquiver with excitement. The ladies of the Charity Shop Detective Agency are hoping to make lots of new furry friends.After a very dramatic Best Biscuit Catcher competition, Fiona, Sue, and Daisy from the Dogs Need Nice Homes charity shop come across a shocking scene.The dog show's vet is performing CPR on a woman. The ladies rush over, but it's too late.Back at the shop, the ladies...

It's almost summer in Southbourne, and the ladies of the Charity Shop Detective Agency are ready for another season of sun, sea, and... murder.Amongst the rows of charming, brightly painted cabins, an elderly man's beach hut is set on fire in the middle of the night—while he sleeps inside.By day, Fiona, Sue, and Daisy volunteer at the Dogs Need Nice Homes charity shop. By night, they investigate crimes. And they're determined to get to the bottom of this mu...

Still waters run deep in this baffling new case for the Charity Shop Detective Agency!Wild swimming in February? No, thank you. It sounds like torture to Fiona, Daisy, and Partial Sue, the retired ladies behind the counter at Dogs Need Nice Homes charity shop.Still, no one ever died of plunging into the icy waters around the sleepy little English town of Southbourne. Until now.The body of Colin Barclay, retired PE master and wild-swimming fanatic, w...

Experience a deeper prayer life through this fresh take on ancient liturgy for believers today.Designed to help individuals, families, and congregations pray together across denominations, this book of common prayer will help you and your community join together each day with the same songs, scriptures, and prayers. Composed under an advisory team of liturgy experts, these three influential and inspiring authors have created *Common Prayer--*a tapestry of prayer th...

Stop worrying about how to pray, and just start praying!This book reveals one simple truth: That you already know how to pray!Once you discover that you know how to pray as revealed in this book, you will also discover that you already know what to pray for and how to see more answers to your prayers.Read this book and find the freedom and power in your prayer life you have always longed for.This book is Volume #1 in the Christian Questions ...

The most important journey in life is the journey inwards, to the depths of our own being. It is a journey we are all invited to make. It takes us beyond words and images into silence. The silence allows the restless mind to become still and in the stillness we enter a new world. We return to our hearts. Here we find our true selves. We discover an ancient way of finding God that has almost become lost. Slowly, we realise that we are in union with the source of life and love itself. Our wh...

Prayers from Michel Quoist, the multi-million bestselling publishing phenomenon, available for the first time as an ebook The prayers of Michel Quoist are not prayers in the usual sense, but meditations on life. Beginning with seemingly ordinary events, suddenly the light of faith is thrown on some part of our ordinary, everyday existence. Set against the roads, offices and high-rise buildings that frame our modern world, this collection of practical prayers and meditations penetrates the ...

Do you wish you could escape the chaos of the world? The Prayer of Quiet is a spiritual practice that can be used every single day to help you do just that. Communing with God in utter stillness is a method of devotion that is deeply rooted in the Christian tradition and has life-changing potential.Prayer of Quiet is a short, simple instruction book offered as a means to open our eyes and our hearts so we might become more aware of God. It might be time to...

Movin’ on up!Do you approach prayer with the same attitude and same requests—now you can flow into a new realm.Prayer Changes Things shows you how to pray the Jesus way—responding to His Father with “yes” as a matter of habit. You, too, can learn to trust Him with that same response in your everyday life.Prayer Changes Things includes excerpts from the following books and authors:Let Your Yes be Yes by Do...