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A Good Kiss
by Marshall Stewart Ball"Each day has a purpose. We make that purpose. "-- Marshall Stewart BallMarshall Ball believes the key to happiness lies in opening our hearts to good God. This simple but profound message comes from a singularly extraordinary messenger: Fourteen-year-old Marshall has spent his life confined to a wheelchair. He cannot speak, write, or walk, and he does not have the strength to use a computer without assistance. Yet he has transcended the limits of his body by communicating through a painstaking transcription process -- a process that since childhood has been his means of sharing his amazingly sophisticated and perceptive expressions on the topics of God, love, kindness, and freedom. These powerful writings have not only astonished and moved those closest to Marshall, but touched millions in his bestseller,Kiss of God. In this powerful new collection of his poems, letters, and affirmations, Marshall also includes answers to questions people have asked him. With startling beauty and disarming simplicity, he teaches us to appreciate our roles in life, no matter how difficult they may be, and to love and respect knowledge, others, and God. Marshall's message of hope -- that true joy comes from accepting God's love -- is a gift to savor and share with our loved ones time and time again.
The Good Land: Grow and Flourish in God's Presence
by John EckhardtGod&’s country isn&’t found on a map. It&’s found in His presence.From Best-Selling Author John Eckhardt...When God delivered the people of Israel, He brought them into a good land, flowing with milk and honey. The good land is a picture of kingdom living. As the people of God, we enter the good land through Jesus Christ and possess it by faith.The good land is a place of blessing, redemption, and restoration. It is a land of goodness, abundance, prosperity, excellence, refreshing, beauty, nourishment, blessing, satisfaction, plenty, and glory. In it, we inherit and enjoy the promises of God. The good land is God&’s country. The good land is the kingdom.Using biblical and prophetic teaching, this book will give you a revelation of the peace, joy, and righteousness you can dwell in when you understand that you dwell in the good land.God promised the land to Abraham and his seed, and now through Christ, everyone can dwell in the land God has given—the land where all of the promises of God are yes and amen (2 Cor. 1:20).The good land is God&’s country. The good land is the kingdom. Get the revelation of what it means to dwell in the land God has ordained for your life, and endless peace, joy, goodness, refreshing, and satisfaction will be yours for the rest of your days.
The Good Life
by Charles ColsonDo you wonder if you can figure out the world and your place in it? Do you question how your life can be truly significant? Reflecting on his own story and the stories of others, Chuck Colson examines the beliefs and assumptions that form the fabric of our lives. You'll read about: The king of corporate scandals The woman the Chinese Cultural Revolution couldn't break The most tragic figure from Watergate A man recovering from same-sex attraction The film characters who say the most about what's happening in culture now The Good Life searches for answers to the questions we all ask: Who am I? Why am I here? How can I find significance in my life? How can I make my life count? These are the core questions and the central passions of this book. Your answers to these questions will determine how your life story is written. Here's the thing. The worldview you live by has everything to do with what you will become. UNDERSTANDING THIS WILL UTTERLY CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
A Good Life
by Pope FrancisYou are important. You are unique. You are a wonder of creation!This is Pope Francis' message to you today. It is the departure point for your birth or rebirth, whatever form that may take; it is the glowing centre that sustains life, whatever your age. You are a wonder of creation!Even when your face is lined with worries or fatigue, remember that you are always a light that shines through the night. This is the greatest gift you've ever received, and no one can take it away from you. Dream on! Never stop dreaming. Believe! Believe in even greater and more beautiful truths. Let yourself be surprised by love. This is what it means to Live Well. This is the greatest and most beautiful wish we can extend to each other. Always.Joy - the wholesome and concrete kind, the joy we have all been searching for since birth - will be the natural outcome. It won't be an easy path; life's difficulties and the pervasive pessimism and cynicism of our era will periodically make it difficult to recognize and welcome grace into our life. But the Pope guarantees us that is precisely when we open our hearts to providence and allow tenderness and mercy to enter that life becomes beautiful. It's comforting to know that we can always begin again, that God can rebuild a story within us from the fragments. By letting ourselves be inspired by Pope Francis' 15 Rules for a Good Life, we can revel in the wondrous creations that we are, and savour the experience of what it means to live authentically. And so, joy will spread, bringing goodness to all those who welcome and share its gift.
A Good Life
by Pope FrancisYou are important. You are unique. You are a wonder of creation!This is Pope Francis' message to you today. It is the departure point for your birth or rebirth, whatever form that may take; it is the glowing centre that sustains life, whatever your age. You are a wonder of creation!Even when your face is lined with worries or fatigue, remember that you are always a light that shines through the night. This is the greatest gift you've ever received, and no one can take it away from you. Dream on! Never stop dreaming. Believe! Believe in even greater and more beautiful truths. Let yourself be surprised by love. This is what it means to Live Well. This is the greatest and most beautiful wish we can extend to each other. Always.Joy - the wholesome and concrete kind, the joy we have all been searching for since birth - will be the natural outcome. It won't be an easy path; life's difficulties and the pervasive pessimism and cynicism of our era will periodically make it difficult to recognize and welcome grace into our life. But the Pope guarantees us that is precisely when we open our hearts to providence and allow tenderness and mercy to enter that life becomes beautiful. It's comforting to know that we can always begin again, that God can rebuild a story within us from the fragments. By letting ourselves be inspired by Pope Francis' 15 Rules for a Good Life, we can revel in the wondrous creations that we are, and savour the experience of what it means to live authentically. And so, joy will spread, bringing goodness to all those who welcome and share its gift.
A Good Life: 15 Essential Habits for Living with Hope and Joy
by Pope FrancisIn this internationally bestselling book, Pope Francis shares fifteen rules for how to live a happy and fulfilling life. Life can be hard, but no matter what challenges you are facing, Pope Francis wants you to know you were created by God for this moment. There is always a way to find joy and to celebrate the wonder of the life we have been given. In this brand-new book, Pope Francis offers fifteen mindsets that allow readers to find hope and meaning in every circumstance. He encourages us to defend and protect the light that shines in us, to believe in the beautiful, to find meaning in the struggles, to work for peace, and to build something wherever we are. He also reminds us of the importance of gratitude, warns Christians against complacency, and encourages real, face-to-face connection over conversations merely on screens. He points us toward the light, and also opens up with powerful vulnerability about times he has faced the darkness himself, calling us all to meaningful prayer. None of us knows how many days are left before us. The wisdom in this heartfelt collection will encourage, inspire, equip, and ultimately help you to live a beautiful and meaningful life.
The Good Life: Truths That Last in Times of Need
by Peter J. Gomes"What do I need to be good? How can I truly be happy? To whom or to what dare I give my ultimate loyalty, my deepest love, my full and total service? Out of all this moral discourse and analysis, what can I find and use to make a life, and not just a living? More than thirty years as minister at Harvard University, Peter J. Gomes has given his share of advice to the "best and the brightest as they set sail into the world. Yet he has found that even these highly privileged students often run aground on the harsh realities of a life based in values that lead to ruin. "The Good Life is his distillation of years of observation and insight into what is wrong and how we can all set our minds and hearts on higher things. Gomes begins with the contemporary crisis of moral education in higher learning and subverts the prevalent assertion that the youth of today's colleges and universities are spoiled and lacking in the capacity and desire to become good people and good citizens. Impressed by the sharp moral curiosity of young people today, as well as their strong desire to know, to be, and to do good, Gomes sets out to reclaim the tradition of virtue he believes can make this "the greatest generation. In this search for a new nobility, he distinguishes between "the plausible lies that our culture tells us about the good life and "the fantastic truths that alone can bring true and abiding happiness.
The Good Life: Truths That Last in Times of Need
by Peter J. GomesThe author of the New York Times bestseller The Good Book champions the recovery of the Western moral tradition.
The Good Life
by Trip LeeNicer car, bigger house, whatever your heart desires. Everybody wants to live The Good Life. But what happens when dreams become nightmares and the promise of freedom leads to a life of imprisonment? What happens when you discover that all that&’s gold loses its glitter? Maybe the rich and famous aren&’t living The Good Life. Maybe our dreams are rooted in lies. And maybe, just maybe those who have less really have more. What is The Good Life…really?In this book, titled after his acclaimed fourth album, The Good Life, Christian rap artist and author, Trip Lee, unveils what the world, the flesh and the devil promote as the ultimate and most satisfying life. He then explains what The Good Life really is: a life within our reach and yet beyond anything this world has to offer. Imagine: The Good Life.
The Good Life
by Trip LeeNicer car, bigger house, whatever your heart desires. Everybody wants to live The Good Life. But what happens when dreams become nightmares and the promise of freedom leads to a life of imprisonment? What happens when you discover that all that&’s gold loses its glitter? Maybe the rich and famous aren&’t living The Good Life. Maybe our dreams are rooted in lies. And maybe, just maybe those who have less really have more. What is The Good Life…really?In this book, titled after his acclaimed fourth album, The Good Life, Christian rap artist and author, Trip Lee, unveils what the world, the flesh and the devil promote as the ultimate and most satisfying life. He then explains what The Good Life really is: a life within our reach and yet beyond anything this world has to offer. Imagine: The Good Life.
Good Life, Good Death
by Rimpoche Nawang Gehlek Dalai LamaWho are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? How do we get there? Many have asked these questions, and many have attempted to answer them. But there is another question Good Life, Good Death asks us to contemplate: how does the idea of life after death affect how we live our lives? Gelek Rimpoche tells stories of the mystical Tibet he lived in, as well as the contemporary America he is now a citizen of, and shares the wisdom of the great masters. He asks us to open our minds and see if we can entertain a bigger picture of life after life, even for a moment. He makes the connection between powerful emotions such as anger, obsession, jealousy and pride, and our past as well as our future.
The Good Life Method: Reasoning Through the Big Questions of Happiness, Faith, and Meaning
by Meghan Sullivan Paul BlaschkoTwo Philosophers Ask and Answer the Big Questions About the Search for Faith and HappinessFor seekers of all stripes, philosophy is timeless self-care. Notre Dame philosophy professors Meghan Sullivan and Paul Blaschko have reinvigorated this tradition in their wildly popular and influential undergraduate course &“God and the Good Life,&” in which they wrestle with the big questions about how to live and what makes life meaningful. Now they invite us into the classroom to work through issues like what justifies our beliefs, whether we should practice a religion and what sacrifices we should make for others—as well as to investigate what figures such as Aristotle, Plato, Marcus Aurelius, Iris Murdoch, and W. E. B. Du Bois have to say about how to live well. Sullivan and Blaschko do the timeless work of philosophy using real-world case studies that explore love, finance, truth, and more. In so doing, they push us to escape our own caves, ask stronger questions, explain our deepest goals, and wrestle with suffering, the nature of death, and the existence of God.Philosophers know that our &“good life plan&” is one that we as individuals need to be constantly and actively writing to achieve some meaningful control and sense of purpose even if the world keeps throwing surprises our way. For at least the past 2,500 years, philosophers have taught that goal-seeking is an essential part of what it is to be human—and crucially that we could find our own good life by asking better questions of ourselves and of one another. This virtue ethics approach resonates profoundly in our own moment.The Good Life Method is a winning guide to tackling the big questions of being human with the wisdom of the ages.
A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver
by Mark K. ShriverIn this intimate portrait of an extraordinary father-son relationship, Mark K. Shriver discovers the moral principles that guided his legendary father and applies them to his own lifeWhen Sargent "Sarge" Shriver—founder of the Peace Corps and architect of President Johnson's War on Poverty—died in 2011 after a valiant fight with Alzheimer's, thousands of tributes poured in from friends and strangers worldwide. These tributes, which extolled the daily kindness and humanity of "a good man," moved his son Mark far more than those who lauded Sarge for his big-stage, headline-making accomplishments. After a lifetime searching for the path to his father's success in the public arena, Mark instead turns to a search for the secret of his father's joy, his devotion to others, and his sense of purpose. Mark discovers notes and letters from Sarge; hears personal stories from friends and family that zero in on the three guiding principles of Sarge's life—faith, hope, and love—and recounts moments with Sarge that now take on new value and poignancy. In the process, Mark discovers much about himself, as a father, as a husband, and as a social justice advocate. A Good Man is an inspirational and deeply personal story about a son discovering the true meaning of his father's legacy.
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ (Canons #27)
by Philip PullmanUpon its hardcover publication, renowned author Philip Pullman's The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ provoked heated debates and stirred a frenzy of controversy throughout the clerical and literary worlds alike with its bold retelling of the life of Jesus Christ. In this remarkable piece of fiction, famously atheistic author Philip Pullman challenges the events of the Gospels and puts forward his own compelling and plausible version of the life of Jesus. Written with unstinting authority, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ is a pithy, erudite, subtle, and powerful book by a beloved author, a text to be read and reread, studied and unpacked, much like the Good Book itself.
Good Mews
by Kitty ChappellMove over dog lovers, "man" is getting inspurrrration from a new best friend-cats! God placed cats on earth with a special mission-to provide unconditional God-like love and support to their owners. In Good Mews, Kitty Chappell captures the playful and inquisitive characteristics we all love about the feline species, and she turns everyday occurrences into a practical life application. Her uplifting stories parallel real life circumstances in the overall scheme of God's view, ending with a scripture tie-in. It's a simple and fun approach to understanding ourselves and God a little better, and maybe even our cats, too! Foreword by Martha Bolton, who's written comedy for performers such as Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, and Mark Lowry. A great book for devotions! There are 35 million cat owners in the United States. Millions of these cat owners love their special pets enough to celebrate special days with them. More than 13 million cats receive birthday celebrations, and more than 37 million cats get Christmas gifts!
Good Morning, God
by David C CookBeginning your day with God can really make the day rich and meaningful, not to mention successful in ways you never dreamed possible. The time you sow in the morning is a precious seed that brings forth a beautiful day filled with strength, joy, and a love made sweeter because it begins with the One who loves you best.Good Morning, God is a wonderful morning devotional filled with inspiring scriptures, true-to-life stories, and encouraging reflections to help you fulfill the promise of each new day that your loving heavenly Father has given you to enjoy.
Good Morning...God
by Pamela Steinke"Good Morning... God!" is a daily devotional encounter with Christ. A book to be read again and again, dog-eared, under-lined, and treasured. It speaks to the deepest needs of the heart ofmankind in a refreshingly unique manner. This collection of treasures from the heart of God, was recorded by an ordinary person who cared to "listen". These daily messages lifted her from fear to trust, from depression to joy, from anxiety to peace. They can do the same for you. "Good Morning... God!" is not just a book - it is an experience! "Taste and see that the Lord IS good!"
Good Morning, Holy Spirit: Learn to Recognize the Voice of the Spirit
by Benny Hinn20th anniversary of this classic with more than one million copies sold. Revised and updated with bonus study guide included. One cold winter night in Toronto, the Holy Spirit entered Benny Hinn's life in such a dramatic way that he was changed forever. The same thing can happen to you. Join the millions of others who have read Good Morning Holy Spirit and discover if you are ready to meet the Holy Spirit intimately and personally, willing to listen to His voice, and prepared to know Him as a person.In this revised and expanded edition of Good Morning, Holy Spirit, Benny Hinn shares the insights and the truths that God has taught him through the years. Good Morning, Holy Spirit provides the principles needed to gain a better understanding of the Godhead while you discoverhow to recognize the voice of the Spiritseven steps to a more effective prayer lifethe source and purpose of God's anointingfreedom from fear of the "unpardonable" sinGod's master plan for youGood Morning, Holy Spirit also is available in Spanish, Buenos Días, Espiritu Santo
Good Morning, Little One: New Mercies and Prayers to Carry You Through the Day
by Amy KavelarisReassure kids that God is carrying them throughout the day with these morning affirmations and whimsical illustrations from beloved author Amy Kavelaris. Adorable animals with gorgeous floral art and words of hope remind little ones of God's love, security, and peace for the day ahead.Through a child&’s eyes, the world can be beautiful, wonder-filled, and a bit fear-filled all at the same time. Remind your little one that God is always near with this unique book of blessings. A beautiful companion to Amy Kavelaris&’s popular Good Night, My Darling Dear, this inspirational picture bookreassures children ages 4 to 8 that God carries them through good days, hard days, and anxious daysshares biblical promises of God's love, purpose, and protectionfeatures the whimsical imagery of nature and animals that has made Kavelaris&’s art belovedencourages kids to discover God each day and joyfully live out who He created them to begives children confidence to be brave in scary and unexpected situationsThis unique book of blessings and prayers will remind your little one of God&’s loving promises revealed in nature: that He protects us from the rain, He covers us with His wings, He shines His light into the darkness, and most of all, He&’ll always be with us. Good Morning, Little One by artist Amy Kavelarisincludes a stunning cover with a jacket over hardcovermakes a touching keepsake gift book for a child's Easter basket, baby showers, and other new beginnings such as adoption, a new sibling, or the first day of schoolis an enchanting piece of art for a botanical nursery or child's bedroomis ideal for any parent, grandparent, or family who wants to establish a tradition of blessing their child in the morningThere's no better way to start the day than praying over your children with this sweet, Scripture-based book about trusting God to carry each of you in His gentle arms.
Good Morning, Lord: I Don't Know Where You're Going Today, But I'm Going With You
by Sheila WalshDelight in each day as an adventure in trusting a faithful God. Whether facing day-to-day frustrations or long-term struggles with fear, insecurity, or the weight of a painful past, Sheila Walsh takes women by the hand and helps build unbridled trust in The One who gives hope, healing, peace, and redemption. Each ‘day’ starts with a devotion geared toward real life situations that women often face, and ends with questions for thought and space for journaling personal reflections. The invitation is to journey through lessons that women can use immediately to establish a deep, life-altering trust in the Father.
Good Mourning: Moving Through Everyday Losses with Wisdom from the Other Side
by Theresa CaputoTheresa Caputo, TLC’s Long Island Medium and the three-time New York Times bestselling author, teaches us how to ritualize and recover from the daily losses in our lives.Life on earth comes with losses that often go unrecognized, unacknowledged, and un-mourned. This invisible pain causes deeper emotional damage— devastation that Theresa Caputo has witnessed in many of her clients. Though they are suffering, they rarely understand where the anguish is coming from—or how to deal with it. Theresa’s clients often confuse their emotional distress with depression or anxiety. But it’s more than that. It’s grief, deep and profound, and it consumes the soul. The only relief, according to Theresa’s special gift she calls Spirit, is to pay more attention to how we experience, ritualize, and recover from the hurt in our lives.Once we name these feelings of grief, recognize the losses for what they are, and create mourning rituals around them, we can move through the pain and begin to heal. It isn’t just a good idea to mourn these types of upsets; it’s essential, so that we can then enjoy a fresh beginning.
Good Mourning \ ¡Buen duelo! (Spanish edition): Cómo sobrellevar las pérdidas diarias con la ayuda del Más Allá
by Theresa Caputo«Llevo toda una vida comunicándome con las almas del Más Allá. Empecé a comunicarme con mis seres queridos y los de otras personas ya fallecidas gracias a una clase de concienciación espiritual. Fue entonces cuando pude experimentar lo mucho que cuesta sanar en este lado del plano espiritual. Y así fue como empecé a usar mi don para asistir a otras personas».Al igual que ocurre con la muerte, cada uno de nosotros también procesa las pérdidas a su ritmo. Todos sentimos nuestras pérdidas en lo más profundo de nuestro ser, sean cuales sean, y por eso todas son igual de importantes. Theresa Caputo, la reconocida médium del programa Long Island Medium y autora bestseller del New York Times, se adentra en las enseñanzas que los Espíritus le comunican directa y cotidianamente, entre ellas cómo enfrentarnos al duelo de no sólo nuestros seres queridos, sino de nuestras pérdidas diarias, ya sea de un objeto, una casa, un amigo, una pareja, la juventud, la identidad, entre otras.Caputo explora con sabiduría, humor y empatía uno de los temas más difíciles de transitar, ofreciéndonos las herramientas necesarias para nombrar y sanar de la pena y el dolor a través de anécdotas personales, mantras y ejercicios que nos invitan a emprender un viaje de comprensión y sanación profundas de la mano de nuestros guías del Más Allá. Las pérdidas van y vienen, pero depende de nosotros procesarlas y ser felices. ¡Aprovechemos los consejos que nos brindan los Espíritus! THERESA CAPUTO alcanzó la fama como la psíquica y protagonista del reality Long Island Medium. Ha sido médium profesional durante más de diez años e invitada en Good Morning America, The View, The Dr. Oz Show y Ellen. Nació y se crió en Long Island, donde vive con sus dos hijos.
The Good Muslim
by Mona SiddiquiIn this unusual, thought-provoking and beautifully written book, Mona Siddiqui reflects upon key themes in Islamic law or theology. She has selected these topics, which range through discussions about friendship, divorce, drunkenness, love, slavery, and ritual slaughter, in part because they are of particular interest to her, and in part because they reveal fascinating insights into Islamic ethics, and the way in which arguments developed in medieval juristic discourse. These pre-modern religious works contained a richness of thought, hesitation and speculation on a wide range of topics, which were socially relevant but also presented intellectual challenges to the scholars for whom God's revelation could be understood in diverse ways. These subjects of course remain very relevant today, both for practicing Muslims and for scholars of Islamic law and religious studies, and the book shows just how these debates resonate in contemporary Islamic thought. Mona Siddiqui is an astute and articulate interpreter who relays complex ideas about the Islamic tradition with great clarity. These are important attributes for a book which, as the author acknowledges, charts her own journey through the classical texts, and reflects upon how the principles expounded there have guided her own thinking and impacted on her teaching and research.
Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror
by Mahmood MamdaniIn this brilliant look at the rise of political Islam, the distinguished political scientist and anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani brings his expertise and insight to bear on a question many Americans have been asking since 9/11: how did this happen? Mamdani dispels the idea of “good” (secular, westernized) and “bad” (premodern, fanatical) Muslims, pointing out that these judgments refer to political rather than cultural or religious identities. The presumption that there are “good” Muslims readily available to be split off from “bad” Muslims masks a failure to make a political analysis of our times. This book argues that political Islam emerged as the result of a modern encounter with Western power, and that the terrorist movement at the center of Islamist politics is an even more recent phenomenon, one that followed America’s embrace of proxy war after its defeat in Vietnam. Mamdani writes with great insight about the Reagan years, showing America’s embrace of the highly ideological politics of “good” against “evil. ” Identifying militant nationalist governments as Soviet proxies in countries such as Nicaragua and Afghanistan, the Reagan administration readily backed terrorist movements, hailing them as the “moral equivalents” of America’s Founding Fathers. The era of proxy wars has come to an end with the invasion of Iraq. And there, as in Vietnam, America will need to recognize that it is not fighting terrorism but nationalism, a battle that cannot be won by occupation. Good Muslim, Bad Muslimis a provocative and important book that will profoundly change our understanding both of Islamist politics and the way America is perceived in the world today.
The Good Neighbor
by Sharon MignereyDetective Wade Prescott knows he has his prime suspect: Megan Burke. He found her in the yard beside the body of her neighbor's grandson. With a victim and a motive, it should be simple to connect the dots. Yet Megan's sweet demeanor has Wade believing in her innocence. And if she is innocent, a murderer is still at large. Wade vows to protect Megan, but can he shield her from a killer's crosshairs?