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Race against time (CBC Massey lectures)
By Stephen Lewis. 2005
Stephen Lewis advances real solutions to help societies across the globe achieve the Millennium Goals, established by the UN in…
2000, a series of 8 goals to lay the foundation for a prosperous future. He shows how dreams such as universal primary education, a successful war against the AIDS pandemic, and environmental sustainability are within the grasp of humanity. 2005. (CBC Massey lectures series)Out of the ordinary: prayers, poems, and reflections for every season
By Joyce Rupp. 2000
Prayer resources for both groups and individuals for a wide variety of needs and times. These prayers, rituals, guided visualizations,…
reflections, and poems can be used to open or close meetings, or as the centerpiece of a prayer session or day of recollection. 2000.Does God have a specific plan for life? Can we really make sense of everything that happens to us? In…
this bonfire of some of the most precious of all evangelical myths, Mark Woods asks whether a truly biblical faith really supports many supposed evangelical 'shibboleths', and thereby points us towards a faith that is deeper, more dangerous and more fitting for adults. 2016.Whatever happened to hell?
By John Blanchard. 1993
Reaction to the paralysing prospect of everlasting punishment varies from those who dismiss the whole idea because they reject the…
authority of Scripture to those who seek to soften its impact by reducing hell to manageable proportions. What does happen after death? What if the traditional pictures of hell are true? And, if so, is there a way in which we can avoid hell or evade it?Say yes to God: Mary and the revealing of the word made flesh
By Martin Warner. 1999
These essays offer reflection on the process of revelation and response. The title essay points not only to Mary's experience,…
but also to our own progress along the pilgrimage of faith, to our aptitude for reception of God's self-disclosure, and the many different levels, ways, and contexts in which we recognise and receive it. (Given by Guild of Church Braillists) 1999.Nearing home: life, faith, and finishing well
By Billy Graham. 2011
Ninety-three-year-old evangelist, whose wife Ruth died in 2007, uses his personal experience of aging to illustrate ways to achieve spiritual…
growth while facing life’s transitions. Discusses retirement, health, and grief and suggests viewing one’s latter years from God’s perspective. Bestseller. 2011.Joshua: the power of God's promises
By Donald Baker. 1988
These twelve lessons from the Book of Joshua are part of LifeGuide, a popular line of Bible study guides which…
provide solid biblical content and raise thought-provoking issues in an easy-to-lead format. 1988.A guide to the sacraments
By John Macquarrie. 1997
The sacraments form an important part of the Christian heritage, but are often poorly understood and have unfortunately been the…
subject of much controversy in the past. In this new book, John Macquarrie aims to maintain their genuine mystery whilst shaking off all the magical and mystical ideas about them. There is also an ecumenical aim in his insistence that word and sacrament are inseparable, or certainly ought to be.Between the world and me
By Ta-Nehisi Coates. 2015
Americans have built an empire on the idea of "race", a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily…
on the bodies of black women and men--bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? In a letter to his adolescent son, the author shares the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Bestseller. Winner of the National Book Award. 2015.Life is tough but God is faithful: How To See God's Love In Difficult Times
By Sheila Walsh. 1999
When life is cruel and it seems that everything's against us, our natural inclination is to ask, "Where is God?…
Will He protect me? Is He trustworthy? Can I believe His promises?" Sheila Walsh answers these questions with a resounding `Yes!' She offers insights from the book of Job to identify eight crucial choices we must make to overcome hardship. Then illustrates these with real-life examples from her own experience and the lives of many others who have discovered God's faithfulness in the midst of their troubles and sorrows. Transcribed by: Hudson, R.Too fat, too slutty, too loud: the rise and reign of the unruly woman
By Anne Helen Petersen. 2017
A popular BuzzFeed columnist examines the phenomenon of popular provocative womanhood to discuss the rise of such counterculture stars as…
Amy Schumer, Nicki Minaj, and Caitlyn Jenner, exploring why they are popular in spite of nonconforming behaviors. 2017.One day we'll all be dead and none of this will matter: essays
By Scaachi Koul. 2017
In suburban Calgary, at a young and impressionable age, Scaachi Koul learned what made her miserable. Not just uncomfortable, not…
just mild irritants, not just the long commute you have in the morning: things that make you doubt your humanity. And it turns out, everything did. Scaachi shares her observations, fears and experiences as a woman of colour growing up in Canada. These are stories ranging from shaving her knuckles in grade school, to a shopping trip gone horribly awry, to internet garbage, to parsing the trajectory of fears and anxieties that pressed upon her immigrated parents and bled down a generation. Stories of returning to India where her parents grew up, and ultimately about trying to find her place in the world. 2017.Smoking (H wise guides)
By Matthew Whyman. 2000
Drawing on real teenagers' experiences and statistics, this guide discusses smoking. It includes advice on coping with peer pressure and…
resisting temptation. It also provides practical strategies for giving up smoking and hard-hitting information on its effects.Things no longer there: a memoir of losing sight and finding vision
By Susan Krieger. 2005
Krieger, a sociologist and writer who is also losing her vision to a rare eye disease, goes bird watching in…
New Mexico, learns to use a white cane, revisits an old love, and returns to the summer camp of her youth, while reflecting on the nature of blindness and sight. She explains that that while outer landscapes may change, the inner visions persist, giving meaning and jarring the senses with a very different picture from what appears before the eyes. Some descriptions of sex. 2005.Lenten adventure: daily reflections from Ash Wednesday to Easter Day
By David Rhodes. 2000
A collection of daily meditations for Lent, Holy Week and Easter. The author draws on the social justice aspect of…
Christ's teaching, relating the gospel to everyday life. Each Sunday's meditation is based on a phrase from the Lord's Prayer; this phrase is echoed in the following week's meditations. 2000.Daysprings: daily readings for a life with God
By Margaret Silf. 1999
'Daysprings' offers a fragment of the living Word for every day, together with a short reflection connecting the words of…
Scripture to simple events, thoughts, or encounters in our daily lives. These fragments are small enough to carry through a busy life, yet big enough to nourish hungry hearts. (Given by Guild of Church Braillists) 1999.Poverty and joy: the franciscan tradition (Traditions of Christian spirituality series)
By Philip Sheldrake, William J Short. 1999
The author examines the roots of the Franciscan order and then explores persistent themes such as incarnation, suffering, poverty, peace…
and creation. Through his insights we see the relevance of their spirituality for our lives today. 1999.The weather in Japan (Cape Poetry Ser.)
By Michael Longley. 2000
This book of poetry leads the reader through the various hells we made last century. The author takes us from…
the fields of Flanders, through Terezin and Auschwitz to the troubles of Northern Ireland.The puzzle of sex
By Peter Vardy. 1997
Exploring where sex, God and religion meet, this book asks whether there is a clear teaching in the Church and…
the Bible about how we should behave sexually. It also considers whether these are matters over which the modern church is out of touch and has no business ruling on.Power and peril: the Catholic Church at the crossroads
By Michael W Higgins, Douglas Richard Letson. 2002
The Catholic Church has been in existence for two thousand years, reaches around the globe with 1 billion followers, and…
is considered meaningful and vital even in modern times. However, the Church's role in modern life is greatly debated around the world. Recently, there has been little immunity from calls for change, and its response will reveal whether it is inclusive or withdrawn. 2002.