The prophet Jeremiah, mourning his people in the city of Zion, spoke of the balm that could heal them. He foresaw the physician and he asked, "Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?" The message of Jesus has been in North America for centuries, yet past history with the first nations of the land has left many native people thinking they have to choose either to be an Indian or to believe in Jesus. Jeremiah said, "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved." How, then, do we bring the balm of Gilead to the most oppressed group on the continent where women and children are suffering the highest rates of violence? When Jesus forgave a prostitute, when he offered living waters to the woman at the well who had six failed relationships, and when he healed a crippled woman, he showed us how he would build his church from the brokenhearted among all people. Journey to the Edge of the Woods visits women sharing concern over the degradation of our daughters, sisters, mothers, and friends in a world of intensifying confusion of the creation of male and female identities.
We all have an UN story to tell... UNLoved UNDeserving UNWorthy UNLikeable UNQualified UNAcceptable These are the words that described how Author Christine Cristina felt about herself for the majority of her life. Have you ever felt that way too? Do these words describe the lies you have accepted about yourself because of life experiences, or perhaps you have heard people say negative, hurtful things about you and it caused you to feel this way. Words are powerful. They can build you up or tear you down. It might be something someone has said about you or how you were treated, but oftentimes, we are too quick to accept the negative words spoken over us and we accept them as truth instead of dismissing them for the lies they really are. How can we put an end to it and see ourselves the way that God sees us? In this compelling new book, Author Christine Cristina shares her personal and sometimes painful journey of how her life UNRaveled in order for her to see herself the way God intended. As Christine turned to God and His Word, she began to get a glimpse of who she really is. UNStoppable UNSinkable UNLimited UNCommon UN Forgettable UN Shakable
Named one of the best spiritual books of 2022 by Spirituality & Practice. Awarded third place in contemporary spirituality by the Catholic Media Association and third place in inspirational books by the Association of Catholic Publishers. Do you long to feel more alive, to see the vibrancy in your daily life? Do you feel the seeds of a new calling tugging at you? Look to the Blessed Mother for help. In Birthing the Holy, Christine Valters Paintner—abbess of the online Abbey of the Arts—invites you to better know Mary and her heart through thirty-one of her titles, and, along the way, you’ll nurture the new growth in your life. The Blessed Mother is known by many beautiful titles, some of which are familiar—Virgin, Queen of Peace, and Star of the Sea—and some we may not be aware of—Vessel of Grace, Greenest Branch, and Our Lady of Silence. Paintner offers a flexible format to reflect on Mary’s titles through a thirty-one-day personal retreat, a series of novenas, or with visio divina exercises using striking images by printmaker Kreg Yingst. As you reflect on Mary in her role as Mother of Good Counsel, Woman Clothed with the Sun, Mystical Rose, Mother of Sorrows, Queen of the Angels, and other titles, Paintner invites you to hear what God calls you to develop in your life, help that dream or vision grow, and then nourish it in the world. Whether you’re meeting Mary for the first time in these magnificent titles or revisiting her as a beloved companion, Birthing the Holy invites you to see the exploration of Mary and your life as a spiritual and creative act, one that can help deepen your faith even as it sparks new growth within you.
Known worldwide through her EWTN network, MOther Angelica presents a book of timeless wisdom and practical insights drawn from her deep faith and personal suffering and experience. Her answers to life's dilemmas, large and small, are a sure source of inspiration for all.
Apostle Christine Morris writes her life story in this revealing book of how it all started: her travailing episodes of almost not getting to this point; how she had to be led by Holy Spirit even in the midst of her rebellion; and to step in to a pair of shoes that were bigger than her shoes, Bishop Morris'; from there passing the baton to someone who had already been trained. Apostle Morris was called to do this and her purpose is to assist others in their growth, expansion and widen territories with the things of God. The Lord is still keeping her and brought her this far so that she could tell her story of how Jesus Christ did it, bringing Jeremiah 29:11 into effect in her lifestyle: "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
This is a much-needed study of a remarkable life. Elizabeth Goudge was not only a sensitive and acute artist in fiction, but a profoundly insightful commentator on the processes of growing up spiritually and morally. She fully deserves the kind of sympathetic and appreciative exploration provided by this book. Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury Elizabeth Goudge once said she had done no exciting things - none of the wonderful things that some people do. Yet her achievement was wonderful. From the stuff of her own life even the hard things like depression and nervous breakdown, even the Christian faith that upheld her throughout she created best-selling books that were read, worldwide, throughout the forty years of her career and are still being read today. J.K. Rowling has said that her favourite childhood book was The Little White Horse - recently filmed as The Secret of Moonacre. Beyond the Snow is an appreciation of Miss Goudges life and work that attempts to look beyond her memoires, by linking them to her books and letters and the recollections of family and friends. It examines in particular her Christian faith and its illuminating influence on everything she did, and was. As Alan Walton said, reviewing The Joy of the Snow there is nobody like her.
This book is devoted to you. To every woman--every mother, wife, sister, or friend--who would value being reminded that in the busyness of life that's common to all your life is anything but common to God. Crowned is a daily reminder that you're a daughter of the King, crowned with his love and compassion because of his endless, unfailing devotion to you.
Author Christine Marketos-Cuomo is a 30 year career employee of the federal government. She retired in 2008 from the Bureau of Alchohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Tampa, Florida. She was producer/director of her own public access television program called "Follow The Sun" for Cox Communications, Pawtucket, Rhode Island and Access Pinellas in Clearwater, Florida where she transferred to in 2001. Christine is the mother of three children, Rosemaria, Peter and George. She is also a very proud grandmother of Alexa, George Jr., and Evangelia (her son George's three children). She has two daughter-in-laws Taryn and Amy and a son-in-law Thomas that she is also very proud of. Christine earned an Associate in Science Degree in Paralegal Studies in 1995, and then went on to earn a second Associate in Science Degree in Criminal Justice in 2001 from Fisher College in Boston, Massachusetts. She pursued her goal to obtain these degrees in order to set an example for her children. Today, all of her children are successful professionals in their career choices and they all graduated with honors from Universities in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Florida. Christine decided to write this book at the time her Uncle, Archbishop Dionysios was alive. It began with a thought that a cook-book of the monk's diet would benefit today's health conscious society. The Archbishop provided the recipes that were prepared in the Monastery of Iviron, Greece where he began his monastic life. Prior to finalizing the book, the Archbishop reposed on December 28, 2005. The book was put on hold and Christine decided to write a book about the Archbishop's life to include the cook-book. Enjoy the book and I promise that you will be inspired by it's contents.
When a Christian fundamentalist-turned-scoffer becomes the senior religion reporter for one of the nation's top newspapers, she and God find themselves on a collision course. As her journey begins, Christine Wicker knows God primarily as "the source you never get to interview." Despite this, she pursues Him anyway and begins to glimpse a God she hasn't dared hope might exist. She finds Him in unlikely places--the ceremony of a Wiccan coven, an East German shop window, a Northern Ireland breakfast table. To her grumpy amazement, she also finds Him in a place she swore she would never again look--the confines of a Southern Baptist church. It's a hard trip with surprising turns, but in the end Wicker finds a faith that answers the soul's call without ignoring the world's realities.
This book is not a prescription for spiritual success. I have only tried to describe what Jesus has done for me using Scripture to illuminate my journey. Through this, God's Word has become very meaningful and beautiful to me. I now understand that it is only His Word that can truly change us. My story is an attempt to share how He changed me through His Word. Telling my story is intended to give hope to those who feel having God work in their lives requires something they don't have. Chris Hansen was born in a small farming town in Central California and attended Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo. Except for a life changing interlude living in Venezuela, she has lived in the West all her life, finally settling in Arizona. Although attracted to travel and the exotic, her main desire and satisfaction in life has been to be a wife and mother. Here's what readers are saying about "Confessions of a Christian Woman" "The fortitude and inner thoughts you have expressed are so deeply put. If others can read the book and experience the same faith you have showed, it's a keeper." M. M. " Raw transparency that will be an encouragement to many who feel hopeless." J. D. " A great intimacy well written. Kudos! " L.Q. "Just finished reading chapter two. I love it!" J.S. "A towering achievement. I looked forward to reading each chapter." M.H. "I'm so enjoying, I see myself also as I read her story..." V. M. For a reduced price on orders of five or more 'Confessions' for friends or Bible studies please contact: CONFESSIONSOFACHRISTIANWOMAN@OUTLOOK.COM
The Reverend Christine “Chris” Low has spoken on many occasions about the testimony of her healing from multiple sclerosis and has frequently been asked to put it in writing. Now she sets out to tell her story with the hope of encouraging others to step out in faith and trust to God’s enabling to fulfill their God-given potential. Shattering Glass Ceilings presents a story of the frustrations and restrictions of gender-shaped glass ceilings and how Chris saw those ceilings come crashing down one by one. By God’s grace, she was healed of multiple sclerosis and enabled to follow his call to ordination. The road was far from easy, but through God’s Holy Spirit and the support of many good people, it became possible. Along the way she learned many lessons—most of all, coming to trust to God’s empowering and to refuse to allow the prejudices of others to determine who she was and what she could become. Inspirational and biblically based, this personal narrative tells one woman’s story of healing and empowerment as God’s grace and hand in her life made possible many great things.
My name is Christine I am 46 years of age. I was a Pastors wife. Something I can say I never desired to be, actually just the opposite. When I was a little girl I would sit and dream about what it would be like to be married and just live a normal life. Husband goes to work then he comes home. You love and take care of your children raise them to love Jesus and you live happily ever after. However, in my case this did not happen. When I met my husband he declared to me that he wanted to be a Pastor. For quite sometime I pondered in my mind if I wanted to be a Pastor's wife. I thought I knew the cost of Ministry. You see since I was ten years of age I traveled with my Mother and Father, brother and sisters as evangelist. As a young girl I keep hearing the call on my life, but resisted; because I just wanted to be normal. As time went on I traveled extensively as an evangelist holding revival services, preaching and singing the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. And now I realize that the call of God on my life is something I can never run from. So I have chosen to embrace it. My passion is to see Revival come to the church. I believe it is the mission of the church to reach out to not only the lost but those who are hopeless. I have asked myself many times how can I reach the lost and the hopeless and then it dawned on me. Revival will not come through a program but through a true passion to be a part of the change that needs to come to the church. It is with this passion that I have written this book.
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