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Comience a disfrutar su vida: Más allá de las luchas cotidianas

by Marilyn Hickey

Marilyn Hickey, autora de éxitos de librería y respetada maestra de la Biblia, contesta una de las grandes preguntas que la gente hace: "¿Puedo disfrutar de nuevo mi vida?" Marilyn revela en su estilo cálido y humorístico lo que Salomón descubrió en su búsqueda por el significado de la vida. Utilizando sus propias experiencias y la Biblia, este libro muestra cómo los cristianos pueden divertirse, dejar de luchar y encontrar contentamiento.

Comienza con la oración: 250 Oraciones de esperanza y fortaleza

by Max Lucado

¿Te resulta difícil recurrir a la oración cuando más la necesitas? ¿Te cuesta encontrar las palabras para expresar exactamente lo que sientes? Comienza con la oración, del pastor y autor best seller del New York Times Max Lucado, te dará las herramientas que necesitas para sentirte más cómodo cuando te comuniques con Dios.Cuando las luchas y las ansiedades surgen en nuestras vidas, invitamos a Dios a nuestro mundo y vemos cómo afloran nuestros miedos y luego se van. Pero ¿cómo podemos ayudar a que la oración se convierta en una práctica probada en nuestra vida diaria? Encontrar las palabras adecuadas para orar puede ser un reto, pero Max está aquí para ayudarte.Tanto si estás aprendiendo a orar por primera vez como si esperas revitalizar tu vida de oración, este libro cambiará tu forma de pensar sobre tu relación con Dios. Emparejando escrituras intemporales con oraciones reflexivas, Comienza con la oración es una colección especial de 250 oraciones que te ayudarán a desarrollar la fuerza y la esperanza que necesitas para acudir a la oración en primer lugar en cualquier situación que enfrentes. Divididas en categorías diseñadas para inspirar oraciones que tengan un impacto en todos los aspectos de la vida, las oraciones se centran enClaridad y creatividadSanidad y seguridadInspiración y ánimoPreservación y resistenciaSabiduría y liderazgoComienza con la oración es un recurso de confianza al que puedes acudir sea cual sea la estación de la vida en la que te encuentres en este momento, recordándote que comenzar con la oración es siempre la respuesta correcta.Start With PrayerDo you find it difficult to turn to prayer when you need it most? Do you have trouble finding the words to capture exactly how you&’re feeling? Start with Prayer, by pastor and New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado, will give you the tools you need to feel more comfortable when you communicate with God.When struggles and anxieties come up in our lives, we invite God into our world, watching our fears surface and then depart. But how do we help prayer become a tried-and-true practice in our daily lives? Finding the right words to pray can be challenging, but Max is here to help.Whether you&’re learning to pray for the first time or hoping to reinvigorate your prayer life, this book will change the way you think about your relationship with God. Pairing timeless scripture with thoughtful prayers, Start with Prayer is a special collection of 250 prayers that will help you develop the strength and hope you need to turn to prayer first in any situation you're facing. Divided into categories designed to foster prayers that impact every aspect of life, prayers are centered around:Clarity and creativityHealing and safetyInspiration and encouragementPreservation and enduranceWisdom and leadershipStart with Prayer is a trustworthy resource that you can turn to no matter what season of life you&’re in right now—reminding you that starting with prayer is always the right answer.

Coming Alive: Daily Meditations for Spiritual Renewal

by Steve Harper

A spiritual practice for serious-minded (but busy) people.Everyone needs renewal, even the most committed among us. The spiritual life requires regular practice and a bit of time. Coming Alive: Daily Meditations for Spiritual Renewal offers five brief meditations each week for focused reading, reflection, and prayer. Each entry centers on a passage of scripture or spiritual writing. The meditations are deep, insightful, and beautifully simple, as readers have come to expect from Steve Harper’s writing. This timeless book offers a gently challenging daily habit, which leads to renewal of spirit and mind. Coming Alive features- Brief readings, about 10 minutes per day- Undated readings, so readers can determine their own pattern of practice- Spiritual depth and wisdom from ancient and contemporary sources- Foreword by Brian McLarenFrom the Foreword:“Steve Harper's new book beautifully focuses in on the real core of the spiritual life: Not dogma, not rules and regulations, not duties or guilt, not pressure or obligation ... but life, life to the full, what I like to call aliveness.”--Brian McLaren

Coming Attractions

by Robin Jones Gunn

Are you serious? And when Katie asks the question, will she believe the answer? Katie Weldon has only one more semester before she becomes a college graduate. The future is on her doorstep, and she’s eager for answers to what’s next. Rick is at the top of her list. She’s ready for the future of their relationship to be finalized—or so she thinks. Is she really ready to make a serious commitment? Could it be that God is asking her the same question about her relationship with him? The third book in the Katie Weldon Series reunites the Christy Miller gang as Katie learns about relationships, change, and moving on in life.

Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity

by Chris Fabry Drew Brees

When a potentially career-ending shoulder injury left quarterback Drew Brees without a team and faced with the daunting task of having to learn to throw a football all over again, coaches around the NFL wondered, would he ever come back? After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, leaving 85% of the city under water, many wondered, would the city ever come back? And with their stadium transformed into a makeshift refugee camp, forcing the Saints to play their entire 2005 season on the road, people questioned, would the Saints ever come back? It takes a special person to turn adversity into success and despair into hope-yet that is exactly what Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees has done, and with the weight of an entire city on his shoulders. Coming Back Stronger is the ultimate comeback story, not only of one of the NFL's top quarterbacks, but also of a city and a team that many had all but given up on. Brees' inspiring message of hope and encouragement proves that with enough faith, determination, and heart, you can overcome any obstacle life throws your way and not only come back, but come back stronger.

Coming Back: A Psychiatrist Explores Past Life Journeys

by Paul Perry Raymond A. Moody Jr.

Have we lived before? Will we live again? Dr Raymond Moody, whose pioneering research of near-death experience in Life Afterlife and The Light Beyond has changed the way we perceive dying, now investigates the new science of regression hypnosis to discover if we can indeed recall past lives -and what such memories tell us about the possibility that death is not the end

Coming Clean

by Jorge Valdés Ken Abraham

This is the autobiography of a man who went to prison and found Christ. This changed his life.

Coming Clean: A Story of Faith

by Shauna Niequist Seth Haines

“I suppose we’re all drunk on something.”Seth Haines was in the hospital with his wife, planning funeral songs for their not-yet two-year-old, when he made a very conscious decision: this was the last day he ever wanted to feel. So he asked his sister to smuggle in some gin, and his addiction began.But whether or not you’ve ever had a drop to drink in your life, we’re all looking for ways to stop the pain. Like Seth, we’re all seeking balms for the anxiety of what we believe is an absent God—whether it’s through people-pleasing, shopping, the internet, food, career highs, or even good works and elite theology. We attempt to anesthetize our anxiety through addiction—any old addiction. But it often leaves us feeling even more empty than before.In Coming Clean, Seth Haines writes rawly through the first 90 days of a work of sobriety, illuminating how to face the pain we’d rather run from, and even more importantly, how Jesus meets us there. Because it is only when we face our anxieties with the tenacity and tenderness of Christ’s passion that we truly discover that we are indeed clean, surrendered, and whole.

Coming Full Circle: Spirituality and Wellness among Native Communities in the Pacific Northwest

by Suzanne Crawford O'Brien

Coming Full Circle is an interdisciplinary exploration of the relationships between spirituality and health in several contemporary Coast Salish and Chinook communities in western Washington from 1805 to 2005. Suzanne Crawford O&’Brien examines how these communities define what it means to be healthy, and how recent tribal community–based health programs have applied this understanding to their missions and activities. She also explores how contemporary definitions, goals, and activities relating to health and healing are informed by Coast Salish history and also by indigenous spiritual views of the body, which are based on an understanding of the relationship between self, ecology, and community. Coming Full Circle draws on a historical framework in reflecting on contemporary tribal health-care efforts and the ways in which they engage indigenous healing traditions alongside twenty-first-century biomedicine. The book makes a strong case for the current shift toward tribally controlled care, arguing that local, culturally distinct ways of healing and understanding illness must be a part of contemporary Native healthcare. Combining in-depth archival research, extensive ethnographic participant-based field work, and skillful scholarship on theories of religion and embodiment, Crawford O&’Brien offers an original and masterful analysis of contemporary Native Americans and their worldviews.

Coming Home

by Barbara Jean Hicks

After the revelation of a family secret shook his faith to the core, Keith Castle tried to run away from his pain. But time, work, and distance have not healed his emotional and spiritual wounds. Lonely and bitter, he returns home to Oregon, where his childhood friend Katie Brannigan has spent years trying to heal from the hurt of his abandonment. When Keith suddenly reappears, Katie finds herself struggling with strong feelings for him. . . and a deep fear that he will leave her again. Together, Keith and Katie could find healing and learn that in his own timing, God works all things to good. But can Katie bring herself to give love one more chance?

Coming Home

by David Lewis

Back Cover: "WHAT IF HER CHILDHOOD WASN'T THE WAY SHE REMEMBERED IT? Growing up in Palmer Lake, Colorado, Jessica Lehman and Andy McCormick were practically inseparable. But when tragedy struck, their childhood friendship was torn apart. Now, more than a decade later, Jessie's search for the truth about her family has brought the two again. With Andy's support, Jessie must summon the courage to face the specter that has haunted her dreams and tormented her waking hours. Yet she fears what her quest might uncover. Andy, however, fears something far different. As his feelings for Jessie begin to grow beyond friendship, how will he ever manage to protect her--not from her past... but from her future?"

Coming Home to Texas (Blue Thorn Ranch #2)

by Allie Pleiter

Ellie and the Lawman Leaving behind her big city life, Ellie Buckton can't wait to return to Blue Thorn Ranch-the place she's always considered home, and the perfect place to mend her wounded heart. But she's unprepared for the instant sparks she feels with the town's new lawman, Nash Larson. Strong and steady Nash doesn't want any attachments in his temporary posting. Not with the troubled teens he and Ellie are drafted to work with. And especially not with Ellie or the undeniable feelings she inspires within him. Nash likes to play by the book. But law and order can't always rule when love is concerned...

Coming Home to Tibet: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Belonging

by Tsering Wangmo Dhompa

In this beautifully written memoir, a daughter travels to her mother's Tibetan homeland and finds both her own deep connections to her heritage and a people trying to maintain its cultural integrity despite Chinese occupation.After her mother dies in a car accident in India, Tsering Wangmo Dhompa decides to take a handful of her ashes back to her homeland in Tibet. Her mother left Tibet in her youth as a refugee and lived in exile the rest of her life, always yearning to return home. When the author arrives at the foothills of her mother's ancestral home in a nomadic village in East Tibet, she realizes that she had been preparing for this homecoming her whole life. Coming Home to Tibet is Dhompa's evocative tribute to her mother and a homeland that she knew little about.Dhompa's story is interlaced with poetic prose describing the land, people, and spirit of the country as experienced by a refugee seeing her country for the first time. It's an intriguing memoir and also an unusual inside view of life in contemporary Tibet, among ordinary people trying to negotiate the changes enforced on it by Chinese rule and modern society.

Coming Home to Yourself: A Meditator's Guide to Blissful Living

by Osho

A beautifully illustrated collection of mindfulness exercises for grounding, relaxation, and finding inner peace, from legendary spiritual guru OshoAll of us have experienced moments of "coming home"--feeling relaxed, grounded, free of the restlessness that characterizes so much of our everyday lives. These moments can arise in nature or in the depths of an activity we enjoy, alone or together with people we love. They show us that we are exactly where we are supposed to be.The meditations in Coming Home to Yourself were selected from Osho's hundreds of public talks and intimate conversations. These passages are designed to be a companion on the journey toward transforming our rare moments of "at-home-ness" into an undercurrent that permeates all aspects of our lives. They offer guidance about meditation and specific techniques to try, insights into the habits that keep us tense and conflicted, and what life might look like if we recognize those habits and let them go. Exercises include activating your awareness, opening the heart, learning to relax and concentrate in order to reap the benefits of meditation, and freeing the brain from mental blocks. Featuring whimsical full color illustrations throughout, Coming Home to Yourself invites the reader to dip into the meditations at any point or read the book in sequence for a true homecoming experience.

Coming Home: A Novel

by Stacy Hawkins Adams

If forgiving your ex-husband was easy, everybody would do it. Brent had cheated on Dayna and coldly said goodbye to her seven long years ago—dashing her hopes of having children or growing old with the love of her life. Working hard to make herself successful as a hospital executive, Dayna has moved on, finding comfort in a new dating relationship with a faith-filled colleague, Warren. But when Brent resurfaces on her doorstep at just the wrong time, Dayna’s heart threatens to come unglued. Why is Brent asking for forgiveness now? And why are he and his new wife, Tamara, interested in reconciliation with Dayna? The unbelievable answers begin to surface in the ebook download of Coming Home as Brent boldly asks Dayna to support him at the most crucial time of his life. While Tamara’s heart brims with guilt, both women will discover what it means to reach beyond pain and baggage to love unconditionally, leaving the consequences to God.

Coming Home: A Story of Undying Hope (The Baxters)

by Karen Kingsbury

The emotional and touching conclusion to the Baxter family series!The Baxters make plans to come together for a summer lakeside reunion, a celebration like they haven&’t had in years. But before the big day, the unthinkable happens. As the Baxter family rallies together, memories come to light in the grief-stricken hours of waiting and praying, memories that bring healing and hope during a time when otherwise darkness might have the final word.In a season that changes all of them, the brilliance of family love overshadows even the valley of heartache as the Baxters draw closer to God and each other. Along the way, secrets are revealed and the truth about the family&’s history is finally made known. Ultimately, in this portrait of family love, the Baxters cling to each other and to God&’s promise of forever.From #1 NYT bestseller Karen Kingsbury comes a story of faith and a forever kind of love that will stay with you long after the last page.Concludes the original Baxters series from New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury that begins with Redemption, Remember, Return, and Rejoice, now streaming on Amazon PrimeInspirational women&’s fiction with plenty of heart and a thread of sweet romanceIncludes discussion questions for book clubs

Coming Home: A Story of Unending Love and Eternal Promise

by Karen Kingsbury

Coming Home is a novel about tremendous victory and unprecedented loss, a story of faith and a forever kind of love, love that will stay with you long after the last page. This stand-alone novel will serve as either a grand introduction or a beautiful conclusion in the saga of the Baxter Family. The Baxters make plans to come together for a summer lakeside reunion, a celebration like they haven't had in years. But before the big day, the unthinkable happens. As the Baxter Family rallies together, memories come to light in the grief-stricken hours of waiting and praying, memories that bring healing and hope during a time when otherwise darkness might have the final word. In a season that changes all of them, the brilliance of family love overshadows even the valley of heartache as the Baxters draw closer to God and each other. Along the way, secrets are revealed and the truth about the Baxter Family history is finally made known. Ultimately, in this portrait of family love, the Baxters cling to each other and to God's promise of forever.

Coming Home: To The Father Who Loves You

by Robert Jeffress

Are you as close to God as you would like to be? Few Christians would claim to have fallen into overt sin, but many of us have allowed busyness, materialism, and the pursuit of pleasure to erode our spiritual lives. If you have been sidetracked from your journey with God, there is a pathway that leads home. Coming Homeoffers step-by-step guidance and encouragement to lead you back to your waiting Father. “Spiritual rain for your heart’s desert. Robert Jeffress is a world-class storyteller. Offers an easy to read, conscience-pricking pathway back to the heavenly Father who loves us. ” --Bobb Biehl, President, Masterplanning Group International “For those who have strayed…Coming Homeis worthy of your reading. ” --Adrian Rogers, Host, “Love Worth Finding” “Robert Jeffress is right: living a God-honoring life is ‘no game for sissies. ’ Both the culture in which we live and our own natural bent toward sin pull us away from the God we mean to follow. Coming Homepoints wandering believers back to a Father who not only waits, but welcomes us home again with open arms. ” --Ed Young, Pastor, Second Baptist Church, Houston

Coming Out Atheist: How to Do It, How to Help Each Other, and Why

by Greta Christina

Coming out as an atheist is a powerful, liberating act. It makes life better for you, for other atheists, and for the world. But telling people you're an atheist can be risky. What are the best ways to do it? And how can we help each other take this step? In this compassionate, friendly, down-to-earth how-to guide, author Greta Christina offers concrete strategies and guiding philosophies for coming out as an atheist. Based on hundreds of coming-out stories, the book offers a map of the territory atheists are likely to encounter and ideas on how to pick the path that's best for you. This accessible, empathetic guide reflects a wide range of coming-out experiences, and for atheists who are already out, it gives practical ideas on how to help others join you in the sunlight. For atheists who are on the fence, it offers guidance on making that decision--and gentle encouragement to take that step. Inspiring and realistic, kind and powerful, Coming Out Atheist is the much-needed guidebook atheists have been waiting for.

Coming Out Within: Stages of Spiritual Awakening for Lesbians and Gay Men

by Craig O'Neill Kathleen Ritter

(From the Book Jacket:) Coming Out Within explores loss-feeling unacceptable to family, church, or workplace; losing loved ones to AIDS; being despised by segments of society- as a catalyst for growth. Using an eight-stage model illustrated with real-life stories, Ritter and O'Neill chart the process by which even the most poignant loss can facilitate personal and spiritual transformation.

Coming Together Around What Matters Most: A Six-Week Devotional Journey (What Are We Fighting For?)

by Thomas J. Bickerton

With all the issues facing The United Methodist Church today, there are plenty of theories and opinions about what we should do. Frankly, many of us are weary of the relentless bickering associated with all the rhetoric. What are we fighting for? This question not only points us to the futility of our disunity but also compels us to consider what we are fighting for—what deserves our greatest intensity and effort as we seek to be faithful followers of Jesus Christ.Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton offers a way to move beyond all the discord to a hope-filled future by exploring how we can come together around what matters most so that the gospel of Jesus Christ becomes a vibrant part of our lives and witness. He says that fights, feuds, and uncertainties can distract us, leaving us ineffective and mired in mediocrity and decline; but focusing on what matters most causes our ministries to flourish and the church to become a relevant and vital presence in the community and world. With a warm and practical approach, he leads us on a journey of discernment, inviting us to explore: the spiritual problem at the heart of the issues we’re facing, three foundational reminders guidelines for determining the essentials necessary to make disciples, a motto for working together in the midst of disagreement, and thoughts about the ultimate essential, love.This companion volume to What Are We Fighting For? functions beautifully on its own or as part of a group study. It offers six weeks of devotions on what matters most as we seek to be faithful followers of Jesus Christ. Includes Scriptures, reflections, personal stories and insights, daily challenges, and prayers.

Coming Together/Coming Apart: Religion, Community and Modernity

by Elizabeth Bounds

The idea of "community" is increasingly vital to our individual and social well-being. Yet at the same time, our ordinary communal relations are being eroded by increased social and geographical mobility, lost traditions, and the growing pluralism of society. Examining this renewed desire for community, Coming Together/Coming Apart locates the current problems of society in the conditions of modern capitalism. Arising out of a common matrix of a world in crisis, contemporary religious, social and feminist discussions of community compose an ideological struggle over the reformation of society.

Coming Unglued (Sisters, Ink #2)

by Rebeca Seitz

Ten years after their mother Marilyn’s death, her adopted multi-racial daughters--Meg, Kendra, Tandy and Joy Sinclair--still return to her attic scrapbooking studio to encourage each other through life’s highs and lows. They’ve even started a new scrap-booking business called Sisters, Ink. In Coming Unglued, painter and musician Kendra struggles with her sense of self-worth when she realizes her “friendship” with a guy at a jazz club is actually an emotional affair. With her sisters’ help, Kendra strives to do what’s right. Check under the author's name for 3 more books in this series, Books 1, 3 and 4.

Coming of Age in Jewish America: Bar and Bat Mitzvah Reinterpreted

by Patricia Keer Munro

The Jewish practice of bar mitzvah dates back to the twelfth century, but this ancient cultural ritual has changed radically since then, evolving with the times and adapting to local conditions. For many Jewish-American families, a child's bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah is both a major social event and a symbolic means of asserting the family's ongoing connection to the core values of Judaism. Coming of Age in Jewish America takes an inside look at bar and bat mitzvahs in the twenty-first century, examining how the practices have continued to morph and exploring how they serve as a sometimes shaky bridge between the values of contemporary American culture and Judaic tradition. Interviewing over 200 individuals involved in bar and bat mitzvah ceremonies, from family members to religious educators to rabbis, Patricia Keer Munro presents a candid portrait of the conflicts that often emerge and the negotiations that ensue. In the course of her study, she charts how this ritual is rife with contradictions; it is a private family event and a public community activity, and for the child, it is both an educational process and a high-stakes performance. Through detailed observations of Conservative, Orthodox, Reform, and independent congregations in the San Francisco Bay Area, Munro draws intriguing, broad-reaching conclusions about both the current state and likely future of American Judaism. In the process, she shows not only how American Jews have forged a unique set of bar and bat mitzvah practices, but also how these rituals continue to shape a distinctive Jewish-American identity.

Coming of Age in Medieval Egypt: Female Adolescence, Jewish Law, and Ordinary Culture

by Eve Krakowski

Much of what we know about life in the medieval Islamic Middle East comes from texts written to impart religious ideals or to chronicle the movements of great men. How did women participate in the societies these texts describe? What about non-Muslims, whose own religious traditions descended partly from pre-Islamic late antiquity?Coming of Age in Medieval Egypt approaches these questions through Jewish women’s adolescence in Fatimid and Ayyubid Egypt and Syria (c. 969–1250). Using hundreds of everyday papers preserved in the Cairo Geniza, Eve Krakowski follows the lives of girls from different social classes—rich and poor, secluded and physically mobile—as they prepared to marry and become social adults. She argues that the families on whom these girls depended were more varied, fragmented, and fluid than has been thought. Krakowski also suggests a new approach to religious identity in premodern Islamic societies—and to the history of rabbinic Judaism. Through the lens of women’s coming-of-age, she demonstrates that even Jews who faithfully observed rabbinic law did not always understand the world in rabbinic terms. By tracing the fault lines between rabbinic legal practice and its practitioners’ lives, Krakowski explains how rabbinic Judaism adapted to the Islamic Middle Ages.Coming of Age in Medieval Egypt offers a new way to understand how women took part in premodern Middle Eastern societies, and how families and religious law worked in the medieval Islamic world.

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