As Gail watched loved ones walk perilous journeys, she realized her past relationships with them had followed an intentional plan of detachment. It was as though Gail had erected a sign that said, Keep Out. Fear of involvement in situations that could upset her predictable world excluded them from her personal life. Now the caregiving and encouragement they desperately needed began to overpower her inner resistance. Feelings of inadequacy and fear of rejection surfaced, but she couldn’t deny the looming crises. A single, independent woman all her life, she relinquished her safe place as a spectator. Her new involvement ushered her toward intimacy with those who suffered as well as with their adult children. Surprisingly, the new closeness felt natural, rewarding. Gail takes you with her on a deeply personal journey. You will laugh, cry, and ponder life as you read about those who faced an uncertain future. Compelling stories and active dialog will make you feel kinship with people whose experiences may parallel your own. With honesty and vulnerability, Gail discloses her personal struggles and reflections and shares how God revealed His purpose for her. Because of her discovery of life through loss, she desires to be a beacon. Just like Gail, you can have light and hope in exchange for darkness and isolation. As you begin recognizing the connections God is weaving between you and others as a result of your own loss, you will find the courage to take the next step forward as Gail did. When you do, God will help you discover His purpose and plan for your next season. Life awaits you just around the bend.

Life Through Loss: Facing your pain Finding your purpose

Porter, Gail

Parenting & Relationships

Living Parables, Incorporated

A collection of breathtaking love poems that will stir your body, ignite your passion, awaken your mind, and excite your spirit. And that is exactly how the poems are arranged, according to the Kabbalistic structure of the four worlds: material, emotional, intellectual and spiritual. But deeper than that – each poem relates not only to deep loving relationships in this horizontal plane but also with the Source of Love in the vertical plane.

Beyond Time and Space: Love Poems for the Mind, Body and Soul

Literature & Fiction

León

Poetry

A 10-week study on Relational Transparency for Women, with access to online videos, leaders guide, and prayer cards for small group study.                  If you're tired of walking the halls at church or down the street in your neighborhood nodding in agreement with other women --outwardly expressing that life is just fine, only to get back home where it's not, then you're ready for Loving the ME God Sees. This 10-week journey through the Book of James will bring you to a new level of loving God's word and yourself.Prepare to experience a unique transformation in your life at a spiritually deep and relationally transparent level without fear of being overwhelmed, intimidated, or discouraged in your relationship with God, family, and friends. Are you ready to...Love Yourself and Others More than Ever Before? Embrace Biblical Truths about God's Love and Plan for You? Experience a Deeper Understanding of Who You are in God's Eyes? Remove the Layers of False Narratives You May Believe about Yourself? Accept Transparent Relationships with Your Lord, Loved Ones and Friends? With God's grace and guidance and your willingness to get skinny with the Spirit, Loving the ME God Sees will be the catalyst you use to embrace life with a renewed vigor, breathing in every moment of every day with a redirected outlook powered by The Power Source that never fails... the Holy Spirit. Through this study you will peel back relational onions and focus on His power and possibilities for your life... in the process you will learn to love yourself as He loves you.

Loving the Me God Sees

Religion & Spirituality

Goldfarb, Linda

Christian Books & Bibles

The Financial Rescue Plan for Nonprofits addresses the financial issues facing the nonprofit organization in today’s challenging economy. The book contains background information that will be helpful to every administrator and board member serving nonprofit organizations, and it contains a helpful diagnostic tool so that each organization can evaluate its financial condition. The book provides an inside look at the banking industry in an effort to level the playing field for those nonprofit administrators who manage their company’s banking relationships. Concepts such as the banking industry’s perception of nonprofits, the credit approval process, and the reasons that some nonprofits aren’t considered to be desirable customers for banks are discussed. In addition to a thorough understanding of the banking industry, the reader will learn about alternative financing that is available to many nonprofits at favorable terms. Financial management, strategic planning, banking relationship management, fundraising, management, and marketing management are discussed in an easy to read style that will benefit nonprofit board members and managers alike. Real world examples are provided based on the author’s extensive experience in consulting with nonprofits including churches, Christian schools, ministries, and other nonprofit organizations. A compilation of common pitfalls and a practical financial tool kit are included in addition to a discussion of value growth duration – an investment banking concept that contains helpful guidance for the nonprofit which is looking to improve its financial strength for the future. This concept is a game changer for the nonprofit looking to improve operating results as well as its balance sheet strength. Woven throughout the book are stories of God’s grace and provision. Principled solutions which are consistent with Scripture are included in a “financial tool kit” which equips the nonprofit administrator and board member to run the organization with sound business principles. Best practices among Christian nonprofits are shared, and financial management is discussed in the context of enhancing focus on the mission rather than allowing financial distress to detract from the goals of the organization. The Financial Rescue Plan for Nonprofits is a must read for administrators, board members and senior managers of nonprofits of all types and sizes.

The Financial Rescue Plan for Nonprofits: Christian Organizations in Crisis and Strategies for Survival

Warren, John R.

Business & Money

For Teachers with Love: Helping Educators become Significant is a collection of educational wisdom that reflects the rich career of one of Israel's most beloved educators.  For thirty years, between 1978 and 2008, Dr. Ora Zohar taught in the School of Education at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where she founded and directed the National Center for Staff Development and the Principals' Center.  Dr. Zohar and her staff developed a unique practice for working with teachers, schools, and principals, through which they touched the lives of many thousands of educators and children in Israel and throughout the world.  This book, written with love and humor from the perspective of a lifetime, is both deeply personal and highly professional.  It combines reflective narrative in multiple voices, with a wealth of practical and actionable knowledge.  For Teachers with Love will be a wonderful resource for anyone anywhere who is dedicated to creating nurturing environments in classrooms and schools.  Michael Connelly, Professor Emeritus at York University, Toronto, writes: "I am so glad I have taken the time to read this wonderful book.  It is a wonderful rich narrative... a very inviting read for anyone concerned with professional development.  The spirit and ideas are important, and perhaps as  important, are demonstrably attainable.  Ora's autobiographical chapter is wonderful and subtly locks in the origins of the work.  Well done!"  Dwight Allen, Eminent Scholar Emeritus of Educational Reform, at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, writes: "The account is inspiring.  The history, epic.  The style of  writing is engaging, with purpose and delight.  The impact of Ora's many years of work in Israel and around the world is beyond what any of us can know.  This is a book all educators should read, and I will surely pass it on to my colleagues."  Saul P. Wachs, Professor of Education at Gratz College, writes: "Ora is capping a very distinguished career as an educator's educator and this record of her work is a valuable addition to the professional libraries of academic educators and all reflective practitioners."

For Teachers with Love: Helping Educators Become Significant

Education & Teaching

Zohar, Ora

Schools & Teaching

Have you ever wondered where you’re headed in life? And if there’s anyone out there to guide your journey? With equal parts humor and wisdom, pilot and speaker Gaye Martin compares our lives to an airplane flight—and God to an air traffic controller. Though we can’t see Him, He is always on duty, guiding us each step of the way. The trick, though, for most of us, is learning to hear His voice above the static of life. In her inimitable style, Gaye challenges us to fly high, pray hard, and reminds us that if visibility is zero, trust the One with the whole picture. Whether you’ve been flying with the Heavenly Controller for many years, or are just beginning the journey, this book will equip you to take to the skies and soar. “With sheer honesty and lavishly-laced humor, Gay Martin shares profound life lessons she has learned along the way. It is impossible to read this book and remain the same. Readers will find themselves desiring to fly higher in their own journey with God.” - Millie Farthing, Director, Celebration of Grace Women’s Retreat Ministry “I laughed, I cried, I identified with her as a mother, a wife, and a woman. Gaye is a godly woman who splashes the beauty of God’s love on everyone she meets.” - Dianne Cocktrell, President, national Association of Southern Baptist Secretaries

I Read You Loud and Clear...Say Again?: If You're Flying in Circles--Admit You're Lost

Politics & Social Sciences

Martin, Gaye

Philosophy

Baby Steps of Faith is a unique devotional written to inspire, encourage, and strengthen women dealing with infertility, couples contemplating adoption or in the process, and families adopting in response to a child’s need for a forever home. Allow me to share some personal trials and triumphs penned years ago in my adoption journal, and how God’s Word brought healing, changed my life, and opened my heart. Learn how to overcome discouraging obstacles of infertility and inferiority. Discover spiritual truths that will equip you to stand and believe, in spite of your fears and doubts, that you were called to adoption. Stretch yourself and your faith to believe that God still has a great plan and purpose for you and it includes parenthood. Yes, even if you’re single! Be encouraged as you endure medical nightmares, paperwork trails, social agency requirements, unexpected news, and delays that result in months – even years – of waiting. The challenges can be numerous and varied when you decide to provide love and a home for an orphan. Children are a wonderful gift from the Lord – it’s true – but the miracle is how God brings those children to us. It just takes baby steps of faith to discover God cares about you and the orphans. He has a plan for all of us – to bring hope and a future.

Baby Steps of Faith: Hope for Your Adoption Journey

Kohlbrecher, Brenda Martin

Adoption

This is a story about the differences between the world’s view of retirement and God’s view of retirement. For example, the world says store up your treasures for yourself, but the Bible says be a cheerful giver. The world says just take care of number one, but the Bible asks you to be a caregiver for others. The world says when you retire it’s time for fun and travel, but the Bible asks you to use your extra time in retirement for service to the Lord. I’m sure that when God created Adam and Eve he expected them to live their entire lives in the Garden of Eden. However, they broke the only rule they were asked to follow and were put out into the world to tend the soil and produce children. The Bible tells the story of how God tried to convert future Adams and Eves to live in perfect submission to him, but it didn’t work out the way God hoped it would. The Old Testament is a story of God trying to control disobedience to him, by flood, judges, kings, and prophets. In the New Testament, God introduced a role model for people—Jesus. Revelation explains what will happen if man fails to follow God’s will on earth, but instead follows his own will. The story of the Bible is repeated in the lives of people as they mature. In early childhood they do as Adam and Eve did, rebelling from control with a severe case of self-centeredness. As people mature, parents, colleagues, bosses, family, and culture cause them to accept responsibility for their own life. God never gives up on his people and slowly matures them through their experiences of successes and failures plus the written word of God. As an old song proclaims, God is the potter and we are the clay. During this maturation process people build a foundation which will guide them through retirement. Jesus the great builder tells this story of two builders. One builder uses the world’s blueprint for retirement by taking the easy road and builds his foundation on sinking sand. The other builder uses God’s blueprint to build his foundation on “the rock” which is Jesus, and with that foundation all things become possible. Many retired or soon-to-be-retired Christians search for what they should do during retirement. If as a retired Christian you believe what Jesus said—I am the vine and you are the branches—then the Bible says the sweetest fruit can be on the retirement branches. Trust God and let Jesus lead you through that time in your life that God has set aside for you to do great things.

ReJoicing In Retirement

Perry, Bill & Cindy

Merry Mouse In Our Father’s House is the first in the Merry Mouse series! The books are a way to assist you, the parent or grandparent, as you provide the foundation of your child’s Christian walk. They’ll learn your way of worshiping might be different, just as we are all different. Most importantly, it will teach your children that Jesus loves them and is with them every day of their life.

Merry Mouse in Our Father's House

Children's Books

Galbreath, Patricia

This workbook is designed to use with a Support Partner (order the Marriage 911 First Response Support Partner Handbook). This resource is for couples who feel their marriage needs strengthening, or for those with an unwilling spouse. The workbook is designed to be completed individually with your support partner or in a small same-gender group over a 12-week period rather than with your spouse. This material may be all you need to experience a life-changing miracle personally and relationally, or it may be just the beginning. For further information, including leader's resources, please visit www.Marriage911Godsway.com.

Marriage 911: First Response: Workbook

Williams, Joe

Williams, Michelle

Family Relationships

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