Call Me Blessed is a 7 x 10 softbound, matte cover Scripture study journal that is thoughtfully written and beautifully designed. Every day of this four-week study provides Scripture to get you started, an excerpt from Mulieris Dignitatem (On the Dignity and Vocation of Women), and notes for further Bible reading. You will find a daily devotion, some thoughts to consider as you reflect, and a prayer prompt to dovetail with your reading. There are thoughtfully-crafted, generous pages for writing and art journaling. Step by step, day by day, biblical reading and inspiring essays introduce you to nineteen women of the Bible whose stories bring to life the dignity and vocation of women of God throughout the ages. Together with several contemporary women authors, consider the stories of these biblical women in the light of gospel and see how their truths beckon you to also grow as a woman of God.
Danielle Bean, editor of Catholic Digest, and Elizabeth Foss, an award-winning blogger, team up to offer daily doses of inspiration, wisdom, and hope for Catholic moms. Now back in print in response to high demand, Small Steps for Catholic Moms gives busy mothers a year's worth of sustenance: brief daily challenges about which to think, pray, and act. Small Steps for Catholic Moms offers daily prompts and suggestions—small steps—for every day of the year to encourage Catholic moms to attain that elusive balance between action and contemplation in everyday life. Each day’s entry includes a short prayer from a saint, a personal prayer composed from the hearts of two mothers, and a small call to action, making this the perfect prayer companion for the busy mom looking for bite-sized spiritual nourishment.
Searching the Internet and the ability to competently use search engines are increasingly becoming an important part of children’s daily lives. Whether mobile or at home, children use search interfaces to explore personal interests, complete academic assignments, and have social interaction. However, engaging with search also means engaging with an ever-changing and evolving search landscape. There are continual software updates, multiple devices used to search (e.g., phones, tablets), an increasing use of social media, and constantly updated Internet content. For young searchers, this can require infinite adaptability or mean being hopelessly confused. This book offers a perspective centered on children’s search experiences as a whole instead of thinking of search as a process with separate and potentially problematic steps. Reading the prior literature with a child-centered view of search reveals that children have been remarkably consistent over time as searchers, displaying the same search strategies regardless of the landscape of search. However, no research has synthesized these consistent patterns in children’s search across the literature, and only recently have these patterns been uncovered as distinct search roles, or searcher types. Based on a four-year longitudinal study on children’s search experiences, this book weaves together the disparate evidence in the literature through the use of 9 search roles for children ages 7-15. The search role framework has a distinct advantage because it encourages adult stakeholders to design children’s search tools to support and educate children at their existing levels of search strength and deficit, rather than expecting children to adapt to a transient search landscape.
Women are created to live in community. So often though, we think we don't have community. Or we think that we don't need community. Or we think that the community we know and love is all he wants for us. But God actually has a lot to say about women gathering together in friendship, and it will take us a lifetime to live out his vision for us. A daily Scripture study with room to journal and a plethora of helpful tips and tools, this beautifully designed book explores God's plan for his people together. There are inspiring reflections on the many facets of authentic Christian community, opportunities to apply lessons to your own life, and tangible tools for extending gracious hospitality that opens the door to meaningful relationships. This is a journal that asks you to thoughtfully consider your own world and to see how he might be calling you to be his hands and feet in it. It is an invitation to live a life of abundance that is better for being together.
What if, here and now, as summer comes to a close and we look ahead to a new academic year and the briskness of autumn's quickened pace, we take some time to consider what is truly essential? What if we intentionally set about to craft a life that is mindful of the one thing that is important? What if we did everything, from this moment forward, for God's glory?This book begins with those questions and then explores every aspect of a woman's life, underling what is essential to holiness so that, arriving at the book's end, she will have prayerfully discerned God's call on her life and established good habits that equip her to answer the call with joy.
Hosanna is a Lenten devotional journal that is a deep and wide study of the Gospel of Matthew. The team at Take Up and Read delivers another gorgeous book that includes scripture, devotional essays, room to journal, and stunning art. Each weekday, readers will find a simple prompt for journaling tuned to the heart of the ancient prayer form of Lectio Divina. Weekends are reserved for rest and for hiding His word in the hearts of those who love Him. Hosanna is designed to help you reflect on all aspects of your life in light of Jesus' call to live for the Kingdom of Heaven. It's at once gentle and challenging--a journey with one of Jesus' closest followers that will bring you into the presence of our Lord, from His birth to His resurrection.
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, numerous Jewish communities were established in small towns across the United States, including the American West. This period is known as the classic era of small town Judaism due to the great number of these small, triple-digit communities formed in the country. This thesis looks to Helena, Montana, as a guide to illustrate trends within the formation of small Jewish communities, with special attention to the way these Jewish individuals organized to express and reaffirm their religious identity. Jewish settlers of Helena changed what was most important to religious identity from the years a community was established to the increased cohesion of that community in the classic era of small town Judaism. Chapter one looks to the historiographical trends concerning work on immigration and Jewish religious identity that shape this work. This chapter also broaches the mythic perception of the West, which shaped the identities of those who settled in it. The next chapters explore the Jewish community in Helena itself; chapter two deals with the expression of religious order through burial practices, while chapter three examines the established leadership of Congregation Emanu-El as they built Temple Emanu-El. Finally, Chapter four looks to the various Jewish organizations in Helena, showing what individuals in these organizations prioritized concerning religious identity and how these organizations interacted with each other. In all, this thesis argues that the Helena Jewish community subtly changed their modes of religious expression and organization in the classic era of small town Judaism.
Paksenarrion--Paks, for short--refuses her father's orders to marry the pig farmer down the road and is off to join the army. And so her adventure begins--the adventure that transforms her into a hero remembered in songs, chosen by the gods to restore a lost ruler to his throne.
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