Series in Self Help
Books in Self Help
A Love Worth Giving
Low on Love? Finding it hard to love? Someone in your world is hard to forgive? Is patience an endangered species? Kindness a forgotten virtue? If so, you may have forgotten a step -- an essential first step. Living loved. God loves you. Personally. Powerfully. Passionately. Others have promised and failed. But God has promised and succeeded. He loves you with an unfailing love. And his love -- if you let it -- can fill you and leave you with a love worth giving.
Almost Everything
From Anne Lamott, the New York Times -bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow, comes the book we need from her now: How to bring hope back into our lives "I am stockpiling antibiotics for the Apocalypse, even as I await the blossoming of paperwhites on the windowsill in the kitchen," Anne Lamott admits at the beginning of Almost Everything . Despair and uncertainty surround us: in the news, in our families, and in ourselves. But even when life is at its bleakest--when we are, as she puts it, "doomed, stunned, exhausted, and over-caffeinated"--the seeds of rejuvenation are at hand. "All truth is paradox," Lamott writes, "and this turns out to be a reason for hope. If you arrive at a place in life that is miserable, it will change." That is the time when we must pledge not to give up but "to do what Wendell Berry wrote: 'Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts.'" In this profound and funny book, Lamott calls for each of us to rediscover the nuggets of hope and wisdom that are buried within us that can make life sweeter than we ever imagined. Divided into short chapters that explore life's essential truths, Almost Everything pinpoints these moments of insight as it shines an encouraging light forward. Candid and caring, insightful and sometimes hilarious, Almost Everything is the book we need and that only Anne Lamott can write.
Babes with a Beatitude: Devotions for Smart, Savvy Women of Faith(With: Dannelle Woody)
366 short one-page devotional messages for the busy woman-on-the-go! Daily Inspirations for the Blessed Life “The blessed life”...that’s what the word beatitude actually means...and that’s the life God created you to live. The 366 devotions (yes, there’s an extra one for leap year!) were written with today’s busy woman in mind. Each message is short, but more than sweet, as it delivers powerful words of hope, purpose, direction, and encouragement. For every day of the year, you’ll find an uplifting scripture, a straight-to-your-heart message, and a “Beatitude Check” that gets your outlook on straight for the day ahead. God is calling you to more… He wants for you a blessed life.
Cure for the Common Life
"Sweet spot." Golfers understand the term. So do tennis players. Ever swung a baseball bat or paddled a Ping-Pong ball? If so, you know the oh-so-nice feel of the sweet spot. Life in the sweet spot rolls like the downhill side of a downwind bike ride. But you don't have to swing a bat or a club to know this. What engineers give sports equipment, God gave you. A zone, a region, a life precinct in which you were made to dwell . He tailored the curves of your life to fit an empty space in his jigsaw puzzle. And life makes sweet sense when you find your spot. But if you're like 87 percent of workers, you haven't found it. You don't find meaning in your work--or you're one of the 80 percent who don't believe their talents are used. What can you do? You're suffering from the common life, and you desperately need a cure. Best-selling author Max Lucado has found it. In Cure for the Common Life he offers practical tools for exploring and identifying your own uniqueness, motivation to put your strengths to work, and the perfect prescription for finding and living in your sweet spot for the rest of your life.
Discoveries: Made from Living My New Life
Originally Published in 1953, Discoveries is Eugenia Price’s honest account of her quest to find out what Jesus Christ means to her, and how her newfound belief in Him has changed her life. Eugenia Price wrote Discoveries –her first book–two years after her conversion to Christianity at the age of thirty-three. It is an authentic journal of her spiritual journey from nonbeliever to believer. Discoveries is filled with the vitality and excitement of a new disciple–and yet, as the author states, it is “still startlingly central to what I believe today.” Updated with a new Preface, this book is essential reading for all believers–new and old alike–who are eager to re-examine their own commitments to Jesus Christ, as Ms. Price has done in these pages.
Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage
“ Anne Lamott is my Oprah. ” - Chicago Tribune From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow comes an inspiring guide to restoring hope and joy in our lives. In Dusk, Night, Dawn , Anne Lamott explores the tough questions that many of us grapple with. How can we recapture the confidence we once had as we stumble through the dark times that seem increasingly bleak? As bad newspiles up—from climate crises to daily assaults on civility—how can we cope? Where, she asks, “do we start to get our world and joy and hope and our faith in life itself back . . . with our sore feet, hearing loss, stiff fingers, poor digestion, stunned minds, broken hearts?” We begin, Lamott says, by accepting our flaws and embracing our humanity. Drawing from her own experiences, Lamott shows us the intimate and human ways we can adopt to move through life’s dark places and toward the light of hope that still burns ahead for all of us. As she does in Help, Thanks, Wow and her other bestselling books, Lamott explores the thorny issues of life and faith by breaking them down into manageable, human-sized questions for readers to ponder, in the process showing us how we can amplify life's small moments of joy by staying open to love and connection. As Lamott notes in Dusk, Night, Dawn , “I got Medicare three days before I got hitched, which sounds like something an old person might do, which does not describe adorably ageless me.” Marrying for the first time with a grown son and a grandson, Lamott explains that finding happiness with a partner isn't a function of age or beauty but of outlook and perspective. Full of the honesty, humor, and humanity that have made Lamott beloved by millions of readers, Dusk, Night, Dawn is classic Anne Lamott—thoughtful and comic, warm and wise—and further proof that Lamott truly speaks to the better angels in all of us.
Every Day Deserves a Chance
Doesn't every day deserve a chance to be a good day? An opportunity? A shot? A tryout? An audition? A swing at the plate? After all: "This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it." But what of those days when traffic snarls, airports close, friends forget, and spouses complain? Or divorce days, final exam days, surgery days, tax days, or even days when the cemetery dirt is still fresh? "Yes, every day," says best-selling author Max Lucado. In Every Day Deserves a Chance he unpacks Jesus' delightful formula for upgrading each of your days to blue ribbon status: saturate your day in Jesus' grace; entrust your day to His oversight; accept His direction. Grace. Oversight. Direction. G-O-D. The perfect prescription for filling your day with divine power and giving every day a chance.
Everyday Catholicism
We all experience moments of Divine Grace from time to time, and the more we are focused on the Divine Creator, the more we will notice them. These true personal stories will amaze, inspire and comfort you with the certainty that there is a loving, personal God at work in our lives. The stories tell of healings, divine interventions and answered prayers. They show that God is alive and active in our world today, that we can access His power, and that we can therefore live with hope and confidence. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Everyday Catholicism books will encourage, uplift and recharge the faith of Catholics, and all readers, no matter where you are in your faith journey. The stories in this book were previously printed in "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books "Living Catholic Faith, Answered Prayers" and "A Book of Miracles."
Everyday Catholicism
We all experience moments of Divine Grace from time to time, and the more we are focused on the Divine Creator, the more we will notice them. These true personal stories will amaze, inspire and comfort you with the certainty that there is a loving, personal God at work in our lives. The stories tell of healings, divine interventions and answered prayers. They show that God is alive and active in our world today, that we can access His power, and that we can therefore live with hope and confidence. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Everyday Catholicism books will encourage, uplift and recharge the faith of Catholics, and all readers, no matter where you are in your faith journey. The stories in this book were previously printed in "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books "Living Catholic Faith, Answered Prayers" and "A Book of Miracles."
Everyday Catholicism
We all experience moments of Divine Grace from time to time, and the more we are focused on the Divine Creator, the more we will notice them. These true personal stories will amaze, inspire and comfort you with the certainty that there is a loving, personal God at work in our lives. The stories tell of healings, divine interventions and answered prayers. They show that God is alive and active in our world today, that we can access His power, and that we can therefore live with hope and confidence. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Everyday Catholicism books will encourage, uplift and recharge the faith of Catholics, and all readers, no matter where you are in your faith journey. The stories in this book were previously printed in "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books "Living Catholic Faith, Answered Prayers" and "A Book of Miracles."
Facing Your Giants
You know your Goliath. You recognize his walk, the thunder of his voice. He taunts you with bills you can't pay, people you can't please, habits you can't break, failures you can't forget, and a future you can't face. But just like David, you can face your giant, even if you aren't the strongest, the smartest, the best equipped, of the holiest. David. You could read his story and wonder what God saw in him. His life has little to offer the unstained, straight-A saint. He fell as often as he stood, stumbled as often as he conquered. But for those who know the sound of Goliath, David gives this reminder: Focus on giants -- you stumble; focus on God -- your giants tumble. If you're ready to face your giants, let his story inspire you. The same God who helped him will help you.
Forever Young
Every graduate wants success in their life’s work and achievements. Often, they worry that their future will mean letting go of youth—not so! Pat Williams and best-selling author Karen Kingsbury team up for an inspiring book that will help the graduate aim high, while gaining insight into living a life full of passion, hope and faith. Some of the tips in Forever Young encourage and remind graduates of Christian values and an understanding of faith that will lead them in future adventures and happiness. Some of there advice includes: Laugh Long and Loud Weed Out Worry Live Healthy Max Out Today Keep It Happy Overcoming disappointments, setbacks, difficult times, heartache and learning lessons as one grows, are all part of the wonderful road of life. Forever Young teaches us to enjoy life and get the most out of it with teachings drawn from scriptural references, illustrations, and tips on how to carry out the lessons learned in your life. Forever Young is the perfect gift book for new graduates as they seek success, happiness and remain true to their faith.