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A Midwife in Amish Country: Celebrating God's Gift of Life
By Kim Woodard Osterholzer. 2018
Kim Osterholzer, a midwife who's caught over 500 babies since 1993, ushers readers behind the doors of Amish homes as…
she recounts her lively, entertaining, and life-changing adventures learning the heart and art and craft of midwifery. In A Midwife in Amish Country, Kim chronicles the escapades of her nine-year apprenticeship grappling with the nuance and idiosyncrasies of homebirth as she tagged along after the woman who helped her birth her own babies at home. With drama and insight, she recounts the beauty and painstaking effort of those early years spent catching babies next to crackling woodstoves, by oil lamp and lantern light, and in farmhouses powered by windmills for running water and sporting outhouses for the unmentionables. She found herself catching babies born into leaky wading pools and through howling snow storms: huge babies, tiny babies, breech babies, and twin babies. Some births kept her from home for days on end, others she missed by heart-pounding seconds, yet every birth enthralled her, whether halting hemorrhages, sharing breath with tiny lungs, or bouncing through wild rides in ambulances. Too many times to count, Kim stumbled home feeling overwhelmed and inadequate, yet as she strained against her misgivings, self-doubts, and seemingly insurmountable challenges, those intimate, sacred moments transformed her as time after time she rocked back upon her heels to soak in the spellbinding magic of hearty cries filling the air–the cries of brand-new lives with newly expanding lungs, of hardy men with overflowing hearts, of life-bearing women with the reward of their labors filling their arms–a harmony of cries that mingled with Kim's own and that, together, rose heavenward from rumpled beds speckled and splattered with the sweat, tears, and blood of those births. The very beds of those conceptions became sacred spaces awash with love and joy and gratitude. She persevered, and her experiences became profoundly empowering as she unearthed the foundation and cornerstone of true midwifery–how to use her heart as well as her hands to serve, and to serve in the simplest of womanly ways---stroking, smoothing, wiping, tidying, nourishing, comforting, hearing, encouraging, validating, and witnessing. Slowly, steadily, Kim learned to play her part as midwife to the Amish–her part in a symphony of inimitable women–a single, piping strain among the melodies of those skilled, focused, strong, and harmonious–women unflagging in their passion to welcome new lives earth-side effectively and gently. And at last, tried and tested, Kim took her rightful place among them.Lost Shepherd: How Pope Francis Is Misleading His Flock
By Philip F. Lawler. 2018
Faithful Catholics are beginning to realize it’s not their imagination. Pope Francis has led them on a journey from…
joy to unease to alarm and even a sense of betrayal. They can no longer pretend that he represents merely a change of emphasis in papal teaching. Assessing the confusion sown by this pontificate, Lost Shepherd explains what’s at stake, what’s not at stake, and how loyal believers should respond.The Reformation 500 Years Later: 12 Things You Need to Know
By Benjamin Wiker. 2017
2017 is the 500th year anniversary of Martin Luther’s nailing his Ninety-five Theses to the door of Castle Church in…
Wittenberg, Germany, the event marking the beginning of the Reformation—and the end of unified Christianity. For Catholics, it was an unjustified rebellion by the heterodox. For Protestants, it was the release of true and purified Christianity from centuries-old enslavement to corruption, idolatry, and error. So what is the truth about the Reformation? To mark the 500th anniversary, historian Benjamin Wiker gives us 12 Things You Need to Know About the Reformation, a straight-forward account of the world-changing event that rejects the common distortions of Catholic, Protestant, Marxist, Freudian, or secularist retellings.Advent: A Calendar of Devotions 2017 (Pkg of #10)
By Donald K Mckim. 2017
An annual favorite, this booklet of daily devotions is designed for every family or individual in the congregation to have…
a copy. Advent: A Calendar of Devotions 2017 contains brief readings for each day in Advent, including a passage of Scripture, a short devotion, and a closing prayer. In honor of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, the selections for 2017 reflect the writings of the Protestant reformers. Sold in packages of 10, the booklets are designed to fit in a #10 envelope, enabling churches to include them in their Advent mailings, especially to parishioners unable to attend services, and making it easy to mail to visitors or share as a part of homebound or prison ministry.Ah, Music!
By Aliki. 2002
Surveys the history and components of music, concentrating on Western musical traditions. [This text is listed as an example that…
meets Common Core Standards in English language arts in grades 2-3 at http://www.corestandards.org.]The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism (The Politically Incorrect Guides)
By John Zmirak. 2016
Back by popular demand, the bestselling Politically Incorrect Guides provide an unvarnished, unapologetic overview of controversial topics every American should…
understand. The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism refutes misrepresentations and misconceptions about the Catholic Church and separates rumor from truth when it comes to Catholic traditions, faith, and controversial leaders.Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters Devotional: 52 Devotions Every Father Needs
By Meg Meeker. 2016
From Dr. Meg Meeker, the celebrated author of the bestselling parenting guide Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, comes a new devotional…
for new and still-learning fathers of girls. A strong father figure is the single most important element in a girl's life-he is her spiritual guide and protector from her early childhood to the day he proudly walks her down the aisle. In the lovely and comforting Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters Devotional, Dr. Meeker instills in men the knowledge they need to be the kind of fathers their daughters dearly need.The Quiet Hand of God: Faith Based Activism and the Public Role of Mainline Protestantism
By Robert Wuthnow, John Hyde Evans. 2002
With George Bush's election, there has been a push to redirect government welfare programs through churches, which would then be…
responsible for administering social services to the public. This volume assesses the ability of Protestant organizations to shoulder the responsibility. Does the church have the ability to adequately meet the needs of the public?Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good
By Corey Taylor. 2011
For the first time, Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor speaks directly to his fans and shares his worldview…
about life as a sinner. And Taylor knows how to sin. As a small-town hero in the early ’90s, he threw himself into a hard-drinking, fierce-loving, live-for-the-moment life; when his music exploded, he found himself rich, wanted, and on the road. But soon his extreme lifestyle led him to question what it means to sin and whether it could—or should—be cast in a different light. After all, if sin makes us human how wrong can it be?Now updated with a new Afterword by the author, Seven Deadly Sins is a brutally honest look “at a life that could have gone horribly wrong at any turn,” and the soul-searching and self-discovery it took to set it right.In this rich, imaginative survey of variety musical theater, Gillian M. Rodger masterfully chronicles the social history and class dynamics…
of the robust, nineteenth-century American theatrical phenomenon that gave way to twentieth-century entertainment forms such as vaudeville and comedy on radio and television. Fresh, bawdy, and unabashedly aimed at the working class, variety honed in on its audience's fascinations, emerging in the 1840s as a vehicle to accentuate class divisions and stoke curiosity about gender and sexuality. Cross-dressing acts were a regular feature of these entertainments, and Rodger profiles key male impersonators Annie Hindle and Ella Wesner while examining how both gender and sexuality gave shape to variety. By the last two decades of the nineteenth century, variety theater developed into a platform for ideas about race and whiteness. As some in the working class moved up into the middling classes, they took their affinity for variety with them, transforming and broadening middle-class values. Champagne Charlie and Pretty Jemima places the saloon keepers, managers, male impersonators, minstrels, acrobats, singers, and dancers of the variety era within economic and social contexts by examining the business models of variety shows and their primarily white, working-class urban audiences. Rodger traces the transformation of variety from sexualized entertainment to more family-friendly fare, a domestication that mirrored efforts to regulate the industry, as well as the adoption of aspects of middle-class culture and values by the shows' performers, managers, and consumers.Christianity: A Short Global History
By Frederick Norris. 2002
The Trinity in the Stone-Campbell Movement: Recovering the Heart of Christian Faith
By Kelly D. Carter. 2015
An assessment of Trinitarian thought in the two-hundred-year-old Stone-Campbell Movement including suggestions for ways in which the renewal of…
Trinitarian doctrine can revitalize the church s life and mission Throughout its history the Stone-Campbell Movement has noticeably neglected Trinitarian doctrine prohibiting a biblical understanding of God as Trinity from significantly impacting the movement s churches This book attempts to rectify this weakness in three ways First a focus on the Trinitarian positions of Thomas Campbell Alexander Campbell and Barton W Stone sheds new light on the early shapers of the movement Second the book lays out specific ways in which the movement would benefit by a biblically grounded Trinitarianism and the contributions of contemporary trinitarian theologians And third it presents a plan for the advancement of biblical Trinitarian doctrine among Stone-Campbell churches Significant contributions of this study include the most thorough examination to date of Trinitarian doctrine in Stone-Campbell thought an original presentation of the historical theology that stands behind the Trinitarian positions of Thomas Campbell Alexander Campbell and Barton W Stone and a fresh proposal regarding the roots of Barton Stone s quasi-ArianismThe Key Place: An Ordinary Place to Meet an Extraordinary God
By Gene Shelburne. 2015
Have you found some nook on this planet where God seems to be especially present for you A place…
where he whispers in your ear or tugs at your heart If you have then you will enjoy retreating with Gene Shelburne and eavesdropping on his reflections in such a place When I bought the tiny house my mother grew up in I thought I was preparing a retirement home for my aging parents When a brain tumor robbed me of my mother that dream died Little did I know then how much the Lord would bless me as this isolated getaway became the perfect place for me to retreat from my hectic world During quiet days beside our creek I could read and rest and ponder life and I found that God whispered to me there in a way he seldom did at home The truths that surfaced in that special place found their way onto the pages of this bookWhy I Became an Atheist
By John W. Loftus. 2012
For about two decades John W. Loftus was a devout evangelical Christian, an ordained minister of the Church of Christ,…
and an ardent apologist for Christianity. With three degrees-in philosophy, theology, and philosophy of religion-he was adept at using rational argumentation to defend the faith. But over the years, doubts about the credibility of key Christian tenets began to creep into his thinking. By the late 1990s he experienced a full-blown crisis of faith. In this honest appraisal of his journey from believer to atheist, the author carefully explains the experiences and the reasoning process that led him to reject religious belief. The original edition of this book was published in 2006 and reissued in 2008. Since that time, Loftus has received a good deal of critical feedback from Christians and skeptics alike. In this revised and expanded edition, the author addresses criticisms of the original, adds new argumentation and references, and refines his presentation. For every issue he succinctly summarizes the various points of view and provides references for further reading. In conclusion, he describes the implications of life without belief in God, some liberating, some sobering. This frank critique of Christian belief from a former insider will interest freethinkers as well as anyone with doubts about the claims of religion.The Cruciform Church, Annivesary Edition: Becoming a Cross-Shaped People in a Secular World
By Mike Cope, Raymond Carr, Randy Harris, Richard Beck, Jonathan Storment, John Mark Hicks, Scot McKnight, C. Leonard Allen, Sara Barton, Lee Camp. 2016
What is left of the Gospel if you take away the cross?This central question, asked by C. L. Loos but…
tucked away in a nineteenth-century journal, launched The Cruciform Church twenty-five years ago. Read by a generation of ministers and church leaders, The Cruciform Church began a reimagination of the church in our increasingly, secular age.Now updated, with responses from eight key leaders, this contemporary classic aims to reach a new generation with the critical questions of faith and life.New Responses by:- Sara Barton - Richard Beck - Lee Camp - Raymond Carr - Randy Harris - John Mark Hicks - Scot McKnight - Jonathan StormentPolitics are being transformed by religion, namely in China-within the next thirty years, one-third of this potential superpower could be…
Christian.If this religious transformation occurs, China would be one of the largest Christian nations in the world.David Aikman, former Beijing bureau chief for Time, unveils this spiritual revolution, detailing the impending political-religious conversion of the People's Republic of China and potential overthrow of its Communist Party through Jesus in Beijing: How Christianity is Transforming and Changing the Global Balance of Power.e way a reader views the world. Jesus in Beijing is one of those books.Imagine Jesus from Mary's point-of-view--proud of her son, in awe of his gifts and mission, guided by love for him…
as a person and so much more. Adam Hamilton begins at the end, with Mary at the crucifixion and resurrection; travels back in time as she witnesses his life and ministry; and ends at the beginning, with the Christ child born in a stable, Mary's beautiful baby. This year, experience Advent and Christmas with Mary. This leader guide is designed for group use, along with Adam Hamilton's book and DVD Not a Silent Night: Mary Looks Back to Bethlehem. The leader guide includes everything a group leader needs to facilitate sessions and tailor them to the time and style of each group. The five sessions are based on the book and DVD topics: 1. Beginning with the End 2. The Piercing of Mary's Soul 3. Amazed, Astounded, and Astonished 4. Mary, Full of Grace 5. It Was Not a Silent NightThe Devils of Loudun
By Aldous Huxley. 1952
In this classic nonfiction work by the legendary Aldous Huxley, a remarkable true story of religious and sexual obsession, considered…
a compelling historical event, is clarified and brought to vivid life.In this six week video study, Adam Hamilton explores the key points in his new book, Making Sense of the…
Bible. With the help of this Leader Guide, groups learn from Hamilton as his video presentations lead groups through the book, focusing on the most important questions we ask about the Bible, its origins and meaning.Next Door Savior: Near Enough to Touch, Strong Enough to Trust
By Max Lucado. 2003
We applaud men for doing good things. We enshrine God for doing great things. But what about a man who…
does God things? One thing is certain. We can't ignore him. If these moments are factual, if the claim of Christ is actual, then he was, at once, man and God. The single most significant person who ever lived. Forget MVP. He is the entire league. The head of the parade? Hardly. No one else shares the street. Who comes close? Humanity's best and brightest fade like dime-store rubies next to him. Dismiss him? We can't. Resist him? Equally difficult. Why would we want to? Don't we need a God-man Savior? A just-God Jesus could make us, but not understand us. A just-man Jesus could love us, but never save us. But a God-man Jesus? Near enough to touch. Strong enough to trust. A next door Savior.