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Living Prayer

A Book of Hours for Renewing Creation

By: Alison Mearns Benders,Lisa Fullam,Gina Hens-Piazza

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Living Prayer

A Book of Hours for Renewing Creation

By: Alison Mearns Benders,Lisa Fullam,Gina Hens-Piazza

Morning and evening prayer for those seeking to respond to Pope Francis’s call for greater care for our common home. “God saw everything that was made, and indeed, it was very good.” Yet human disregard for creation endangers that goodness. In Living Prayer: A Book of Hours for Cultivating Life, authors Alison M. Benders, Lisa Fullam, and Gina Hens-Piazza invite readers to embrace our role as servant-cultivators in the ecology of God, celebrating and sustaining all that is. Following the pattern of the daily prayer of the church, Living Prayer offers a four-week cycle of morning and evening prayer to support a more sustainable lifestyle and embodies an ethic of care for our common home. Created with ecological and social justice-oriented individuals and organizations in mind, Living Prayer supports hands-on work in local communities, empowered by reflection and prayer. The book also includes a variety of green rituals to extend ecological prayer through practices that enlist elements of the reader’s environment to connect to God’s presence in the created world. It is an invitation to live the prayer of our hearts so that the ecology of God flourishes to cultivate the new creation.

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240

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Liturgical Press

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ISBN 13

9798400801389

Just Prayer

A Book of Hours for Peacemakers and Justice Seekers

By: Alison Mearns Benders

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Just Prayer

A Book of Hours for Peacemakers and Justice Seekers

By: Alison Mearns Benders

Four-week cycle of morning and evening prayer.

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224

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Liturgical Press

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0814649661

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9780814649664

30 Rituals and Prayer Services for Catechist and Teacher Meetings

By: Alison J. Berger

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30 Rituals and Prayer Services for Catechist and Teacher Meetings

By: Alison J. Berger

Prayer, especially prayer as a faith community, is essential to any kind of ministry. This is perhaps even more true for catechists and religion teachers, who are called to be ministers of the word. 30 Rituals and Prayer Services for Catechist and Teacher Meetings provides deeply moving and meaningful ways for catechists and teachers to celebrate their ministry. These beautifully prepared rituals and services, rich in Scripture and liturgy, can lead participants into a profound encounter with God and with one another. Themes include liturgical seasons, aspects of the catechetical ministry, the beatitudes, the sacraments, and more. One form of prayer used in these services is lectio divina, an ancient method for praying the Scriptures. Also unique to this book are rituals based on the rites of the liturgy, including those used in the RCIA process. These services can easily be adapted to the needs of your group. Each service is a complete prayer experience suitable for meetings as well as for days of prayer and reflection. For catechetical leaders, Catholic school principals, catechists, and religion teachers, 30 Rituals and Prayer Services for Catechist and Teacher Meetings is a must-have resource. Book jacket.

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Twenty-Third Publications

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1585952672

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9781585952670

Fistula Politics

Birthing Injuries and the Quest for Continence in Niger

By: Alison Heller

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Fistula Politics

Birthing Injuries and the Quest for Continence in Niger

By: Alison Heller

Part I: Incontinence and inequalities -- Living incontinence -- Laraba's story -- Fistula stigma -- Liminal wives -- Part II: Clinical encounters -- Beds, sixty minutes -- The "worst place to be a mother"--The indeterminable wait -- Part III: The marketplace of victimhood -- Arantut's story -- Superlative sufferers -- Costs and consequences -- The threshold of continence

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271

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Rutgers University Press

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1978800363

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9781978800366

Season of Renewal

A Lent Cours

By: Alison Morgan,Bill Goodman

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Season of Renewal

A Lent Cours

By: Alison Morgan,Bill Goodman

Season of Renewal is a tried and tested Lent course now on its fourth edition. Combining traditional elements with a fresh approach, it is ideal for groups and churches who want something a little different which will act as a stimulus for future growth. The course material is contained in a Leader’s Manual, with an accompanying Member’s Coursebook containing brief notes and a pattern of spiritual exercises to follow during the week between meetings. Available from The Mathetes Trust

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1906363137

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9781906363130

Gone to the Crazies

A Memoir

By: Alison Weaver

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Gone to the Crazies

A Memoir

By: Alison Weaver

As a child, Alison Weaver's life shone with surface-level perfection—full of nannies, private schools, and ballet lessons. She had all the luxuries of a wealthy Manhattan upbringing, and all the makings of a perfect Upper East Side miss. But her childhood memories were laced with darker undertones: Her father was emotionally absent, unable to engage in problems that couldn't be solved with clean lines and simple plans, and her mother was a beautiful, aloof alcoholic. Neither parent approved of their daughter's outbursts and emotions—and in the midst of her parents' own flaws, Weaver was constantly reminded that she was a mess that needed fixing. By the time she was a teenager, Weaver had found escape in alcohol, marijuana, and late-night abandon. But when her exasperated parents had her shipped away—in handcuffs—to the cultish Cascade School, everything changed. Within the surreal isolation of the school's mountain campus, she left her old self behind, warping into a brainwashed model of Cascade's mottos and ideals. Graduation two years later left her unprepared for the harshness of the real world—and she soon fell back into a mind-numbing wash of drugs. Stum-bling into freefall in New York's East Village in the 1990s, Weaver's life began a downward spiral marked by needles and late-night parties, mingled with fears of HIV and death. Ultimately, faced with the reality of her rapidly escalating self-destruction, Weaver was forced to face her inner darkness head on. Gone to the Crazies proves the age-old adage: You can't come clean until you've hit rock bottom. By turns wry, heartbreaking, and emotionally intense, Alison Weaver's mesmerizing debut fascinates with its vivid depiction of the bonds between family and friends, and the thoughtful exploration of what it means to fight for identity and equilibrium.

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260

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Harper Collins

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ISBN 10

0061983179

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9780061983177

Bible Bytes for Teens

A Study-devotional for Logging in to God's Word

By: Alison J. Hutchins

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Bible Bytes for Teens

A Study-devotional for Logging in to God's Word

By: Alison J. Hutchins

Teens can exit off the information superhighway with a bit of the Bible-before, after, or during their busy day.

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292

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1892016494

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9781892016492

Night Game

A Kate Henry Mystery

By: Alison Gordon

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Night Game

A Kate Henry Mystery

By: Alison Gordon

Spring training takes a grim turn when sports journalist Kate Henry and a fellow reporter find a local freelancer, Lucy Cartwright, dead on the beach. And when one of the Toronto Titans, Domingo Avila, is arrested and charged with the murder, Kate is pulled into yet another police investigation. Believing that Avila was framed, Kate sets out to prove his innocence. And with her police-detective boyfriend, Andy Munro, at home in Toronto, enlists the help of a local newspaper editor and a criminal defence attorney to expose the real killer. Set in 1990’s Florida, Night Game is the third title in the Kate Henry mystery series.

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244

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HarperCollins Canada

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1443442461

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9781443442466

The Passionate Tudor

A Novel of Queen Mary I

By: Alison Weir

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The Passionate Tudor

A Novel of Queen Mary I

By: Alison Weir

The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the dramatic and poignant life of King Henry VIII’s daughter—infamously known as Bloody Mary—who ruled England for five violent years. Born from young King Henry’s first marriage, his elder daughter, Princess Mary, is raised to be queen once it becomes clear that her mother, Katherine of Aragon, will bear no more children. However, Henry’s passion for Anne Boleyn has a devastating influence on the young princess’s future when, determined to sire a male heir, he marries Anne, has his marriage to Katherine declared unlawful, brands Mary illegitimate, and banishes them both from the royal court. But when Anne too fails to produce a son, she is beheaded and Mary is allowed to return to court as the default heir. At age twenty, she waits in vain for her own marriage and children, but who will marry her, bastard that she is? Yet Mary eventually triumphs and becomes queen, after first deposing a seventeen-year-old usurper, Lady Jane Grey, and ordering her beheading. Any hopes that Mary, as the first female queen regent of England, will show religious toleration are dashed when she embarks on a ruthless campaign to force Catholicism on the English by burning hundreds of Protestants at the stake. But while her brutality will forever earn her the name Bloody Mary, at heart she is an insecure and vulnerable woman, her character forged by the unhappiness of her early years. In Alison Weir’s masterful novel, the drama of Mary I’s life and five-year reign—from her abusive childhood, marriage, and mysterious pregnancies to the cruelty that marks her legacy—comes to vivid life.

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Ballantine Books

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0593355113

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9780593355114

Worlds Collide

By: Alison Strobel

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Worlds Collide

By: Alison Strobel

When celebrity biographer Jada Eastman uncovers painful secrets and a deep spiritual chasm while interviewing Hollywood heartthrob Jack Harrington and his wife Grace Winslow, the proverbial "girl next door," their marriage is quickly in jeopardy as these discoveries threaten their future together. Original.

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Waterbrook Press

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1578567939

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9781578567935

Violette Between

By: Alison Strobel

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Violette Between

By: Alison Strobel

A beautifully wrought tale full of characters that live and breathe. This surprising story from Strobel, a bold and engaging storyteller, left me sighing with pleasure and wanting more. She's not to be missed." --CLAUDIA MAIR BURNEY, author of Murder, Mayhem, and a Fine Man Between here and the past, there lies a place--a place of longing for what has been rather than hoping for what could be. A true artist, Violette is passionate and emotional. Climbing back into life after suffering a loss, she teeters on the precipice of a new relationship with Christian, a psychologist who not only understands her struggles but offers safety and his heart. As Violette and Christian begin to feel something they both thought impossible, tragedy strikes again. Violette becomes trapped in a place of past memories--and she finds that she may not want to come back. What would it be like to choose a place between the past and the present?

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Waterbrook Press

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1578567947

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9781578567942

Wedding Readings & Musical Ideas

By: John Wynburne,Alison Gibbs

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Wedding Readings & Musical Ideas

By: John Wynburne,Alison Gibbs

An anthology of readings suitable for use in weddings plus a list of appropriate musical selections for civil and religious ceremonies.

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057202861X

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9780572028619

Book's by Alison Pray

Living Prayer

Living Prayer

Just Prayer

Just Prayer

30 Rituals and Prayer Services for Catechist and Teacher Meetings

30 Rituals and Prayer Services for Catechist and Teacher Meetings

Fistula Politics

Fistula Politics

Season of Renewal

Season of Renewal

Gone to the Crazies

Gone to the Crazies

Bible Bytes for Teens

Bible Bytes for Teens

Night Game

Night Game

The Passionate Tudor

The Passionate Tudor

Worlds Collide

Worlds Collide

Violette Between

Violette Between

Wedding Readings & Musical Ideas

Wedding Readings & Musical Ideas

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