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Season of Hope (The Sagebrush Brides #3)
by Carole CoxThe Bradley and Canfield families are ready to tame the historic Southwest territories - but these young settlers are unprepared to be lassoed by love. Rachel Canfield has a farm and a sister to care for alone. When two very different men offer to help her, who can she trust with these precious possessions? Does either man have the right motives to do what he is doing? How can she know they are not after her sister violet since she is the pretty one in the family?
Season of Hope: The Amish Baker Her Last Chance Cowboy Season Of Hope
by Lisa JordanIn this inspirational romance, a divorced couple are brought together again by a land battle—and kept together by a longing for what could have been.Jake Holland’s peaceful dairy farm is a sanctuary—one he wants to share with other worn and weary veterans. He just needs one more piece of land to start his program . . . and it belongs to Tori Lerner, his ex-wife. A collaboration could benefit them both, but with a past full of secrets between them, is there any hope for a reunion between them?
Season of Joy
by Virginia CarmichaelAs the holiday season approaches, wealthy CEO Calista Sheffield wants to give instead of receive. So she volunteers at a downtown Denver shelter, never expecting that her own scarred heart will be filled with hope and healing. The mission's director, handsome Grant Monohan, has devoted his life to helping those in need. But his harrowing past-and what he sees every day-makes him wary of Calista. Unless she shares her painful history, he'll never believe they can have a future. But a future with Grant at the shelter is the only Christmas gift Calista truly wants.
Season of Life: a Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood
by Jeffrey MarxJoe Ehrmann, a former NFL football star and volunteer coach for the high school football team, teaches his players the keys to successful defense: penetrate, pursue, punish, love. Love? A former captain of the Baltimore Colts and now an ordained minister, Ehrmann is serious about the game of football but even more serious about the purpose of life. Season of Life is his inspirational story as told by Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist Jeffrey Marx, who was a ballboy for the Colts when he first met Ehrmann. Ehrmann now devotes his life to teaching young men a whole new meaning of Masculinity. He teaches the boys at Gilman the precepts of his Building Men for Others program: Being a man means emphasizing relationships and having a cause bigger than yourself. It means accepting responsibility and leading courageously. It means that empathy, integrity, and living a life of service to others are more important than points on a Scoreboard. Decades after he first met Ehrmann, Jeffrey Marx renewed their friendship and watched his childhood hero putting his principles into action. While chronicling a season with the Gilman Greyhounds, Marx witnessed the most extraordinary sports program he'd ever seen, where players say "I love you" to each other and coaches profess their love for their players. Off the field Marx sat with Ehrmann and absorbed life lessons that led him to reexamime his own unresolved relationship with his father. Season of Life is a book about what it means to be a man of substance and impact. It is a moving story that will resonate with athletes, coaches, parents--anyone struggling to make the right choices in life.
Season of Love
by Helena GreerAn Entertainment Weekly Best Holiday Romance of 2022A BookPage Best Holiday Romance of 2022A PopSugar Best Holiday Romance of 2022A Smart Bitches, Trashy Books Best Read of 2022 Miriam Blum has no choice but to face the past she thought she&’d left behind when she inherits her great-aunt&’s Christmas tree farm in this witty, glittering, heart-filled romcom with &“all of the warm, queer, Jewish holiday vibes you could possibly want&” (Jen DeLuca, USA Today bestselling author of Well Matched)! Thanks to her thriving art career, Miriam Blum finally has her decoupaged glitter ducks in a row—until devastating news forces her to a very unwanted family reunion. Her beloved great-aunt Cass has passed and left Miriam part-owner of Carrigan&’s, her (ironically) Jewish-run Christmas tree farm. But Miriam&’s plans to sit shiva, avoid her parents, then put Carrigan&’s in her rearview mirror are spoiled when she learns the business is at risk of going under. To have any chance at turning things around, she&’ll need to work with the farm&’s grumpy manager—as long as the attraction sparking between them doesn&’t set all their trees on fire first. Noelle Northwood wants Miriam Blum gone—even if her ingenious ideas and sensitive soul keep showing Noelle there&’s more to Cass&’s niece than meets the eye. But saving Carrigan&’s requires trust, love, and risking it all—for the chance to make their wildest dreams come true.
Season of Redemption
by Jenna MindelA Fresh Start After a night of mistakes and misunderstandings, Ryan Marsh thinks he's back on the road to redemption. All he needs to do is convince the court-appointed counselor that he's just fine. But when counseling intern Kellie Cavanaugh sees the stark pain in Ryan's eyes, she knows that without her help he's headed for disaster. Soon it's Kellie who's in trouble. She can't get personally involved, no matter how drawn to Ryan she might be. When they end up volunteering for the same community project, Kellie can't deny her growing feelings. Will she land exactly where she shouldn't...in love?
Season of Secrets
by Marta PerryThe bestselling author “delivers a strong story of tension, fear and trepidation . . . an excellent mystery that’s certain to keep you in constant suspense” (Romantic Times, Top Pick).As a teenager, Dinah Westlake had witnessed the murder of her pregnant cousin, but a concussion blocked her memories of that night. Now, ten years later, her cousin’s widower, Marc Devlin, had returned to Charleston to give his young son a true Southern Christmas.It was a chance to make amends in a family torn apart by the tragedy—and the suspicion that Marc was responsible for his wife’s demise. But when several dangerous “accidents” occurred amid the colorful holiday celebrations, Dinah’s recollections of that past dark night began to resurface. Would she discover a killer inside the man she’d grown to love?“The characters are real, immersed in true southern charm, and the story is as colorful as the season. I enjoyed reading Season of Secrets and look forward to more from this talented author.” —Laura V. Hilton, author of The Amish Wedding Promise
Season of Valor (Battles of Destiny Series #6)
by Al LacyWriting against the dramatic backdrop of beautiful Brunswick, Maine, and following the story's main characters into the Battle of Gettysburg-a critical turning point in the Civil War-author Al Lacy spins a tale of courage and lost love as heroic Captain Shane Donovan mourns the failing health of the wife he cherishes and is ultimately reunited with the love of his youth in the bittersweet Season of Valor.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Seasoned Speech: Rhetoric in the Life of the Church
by James E. Beitler IIIThe Christian faith depends to a great degree on persuasion. In one of his letters to early Christians, the apostle Paul wrote, "Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone" (Col. 4:6). Yet rhetoric—the art of persuasion—has been largely ignored by most Christians. In this book, James Beitler seeks to renew interest in and hunger for an effective Christian rhetoric by closely considering the work of five beloved Christian communicators: C. S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Desmond Tutu, and Marilynne Robinson. Moreover, he situates these reflections within the Christian liturgical seasons for the essential truths they convey. These writers collectively demonstrate that being a master of rhetoric is not antithetical to authentic Christian witness. Indeed, being a faithful disciple of Christ means practicing a rhetoric that beneficially and persuasively imparts the surprising truth of the gospel. It means having seasoned speech.
Seasoned With Grace
by Nigeria LockleySentenced to probation, thirty-year-old supermodel Grace King must put her plans of transitioning into acting on hold. Desperate to keep a close eye on Grace and his job, Grace's ambitious lawyer, Ethan Summerville has her complete community service in the last place Grace wants to be--his church.Instead of God, Grace finds a "chocolate drop" of a man, Brother Horace Green. Unfortunately, Horace isn't looking for a supermodel. He wants his woman saved and sanctified, but Grace has never met a man who has been able to resist her. Will Horace compromise his faith for a taste of fortune, fame, and Grace?While Grace focuses on the pursuit of passion, Ethan finds one director willing to take a risk and cast Grace in his debut film, but this role fits Grace all too well. Will this film revive Grace's relationship with God and her career, or bring her closer to destruction?
Seasons
by Bonnie HopkinsThis wonderfully-written and compelling book looks at the life of a single woman's seasons, from the raging storms of her life's winters to the sun-drenched days of her summers and how she endures it all with God's love. After graduating from college, Jacetta Winters made the mistake of falling in love with Maxie Jackson, an older married man. But when he discovers that she's pregnant with his child, he promptly dumps her, leaving her alone to raise their child and abandoned by her family and church. When Jaci least expects it, she stumbles upon J.P. Gilmore, a man she has prayed for and who loves God as well as loving her. Now, moments before their marriage, Jaci retraces the mistakes she has made. But even though her life seems to be heading in the direction she has prayed for, Jaci is facing new challenges: Maxie has reappeared and wants to rekindle the relationship they had almost 20 years ago; her fiance is being stalked by his receptionist, Linda, who is in love with him; and Wynola, Linda's sister, wishes Jaci was dead after she lost her job to her. Add an unwanted middle-age pregnancy, and Jaci is praying to God for guidance.
Seasons Under Heaven: Seasons Under Heaven, Showers In Season, Times And Seasons, Season Of Blessing (Seasons Series #1)
by Terri Blackstock Beverly LaHaye“A fine novel of love, redemption, and Christian charity”—first in a moving series of faith and small-town friendships from the bestselling authors (Library Journal).Tory Sullivan is an aspiring writer who wonders whether she’ll ever be able to develop her talent while raising two young children.The spunky single mother of three teenagers, Cathy Flaherty is learning the urgency of instilling sound values in her children as they attend public school.The best part of life seems like nothing but a memory for empty-nester Sylvia Bryan, as she struggles with a gnawing lack of meaning now that her children are gone.Brenda Dodd’s nine-year-old son is getting sicker, and there seems to be nothing they can do. It is every mother’s nightmare—a child who will die unless he receives a heart transplant.As the women of Cedar Circle band together to save a dying child, they learn that each moment is precious in every season under the heaven. Taking the best and worst of human circumstances—the tender moments, the laughter, the tragedies, and the triumphs—Beverly LaHaye and Terri Blackstock weave from them a poignant, warmly human novel. Gently uncovering the inner struggles, stresses, and joys that surface among neighbors living in a quiet cul-de-sac, the authors show us the power of ordinary lives being knit into a strong, many-textured fabric of family and friendships. Seasons Under Heaven depicts the deepest emotions of a woman’s heart, and those circumstances, both thrilling and tragic, that test and strengthen Christian faith.“A tearjerker with strong female characterizations and believable mother-child relationships that is likely to be very popular” —Booklist
Seasons With Mitch: Lessons learned along the way
by Catherine Lockman ZabelThis book is an inspiring collection of devotionals gleaned from nature walks with the author's dog. Through conversations and experiencing truths played out through daily walks with Mitch, the author writes about adventures and misadventures during the four seasons. As nature becomes a backdrop and a blackboard for lessons learned along the way, the changing of the seasons marks the passing of time in dog and master's lives. Whether it is the night of the feared dognapping of her best four-footed friend, or an encounter on the highway with a state trooper in her speed demon red car, God inevitably shows up with a reminder from scripture, or His own special kind of intervention. Sometimes the reader is treated to conversations between master and canine which point to greater truths from a greater Master. Come along and enjoy a walk from your favorite armchair or reading spot. You can read as little or as much as you like without spoiling a single adventure. Miracles, angels, and divine intervention, the author encounters them all as just another blessed day in the journey of a believer.
Seasons in Paradise: The Coming Home Series - Book 2 (The Coming Home Series)
by Barbara CameronSam Stoltzfus left the Amish community and followed his older brother, David, into the Englisch world, walking away from a chance for love. Sam had clashed with his father, but is there more to his leaving the community than what he says?Mary Elizabeth, the woman he was starting to love before he left, is determined to find out the reason and bring him back into the fold in time for Christmas.
Seasons of Celebration: Meditations on the Cycle of Liturgical Feasts
by Thomas MertonThis work, originally inspired by the liturgical renewal brought on by Vatican II, contains Thomas Merton's meditations on the seasons of the liturgical year. He examines the words, songs, ceremonies, signs, and movements that are designed to open our hearts and minds.
Seasons of Grace: A History of the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit (Great Lakes Books Series)
by Leslie Woodcock Tentler Edmund Cardinal SzokaSeasons of Grace is a history of the Catholic Church and community in southern lower Michigan from the 1830s through the 1950s. More than a chronicle of clerical successions and institutional expansion, the book also examines those social and cultural influences that affected the development of the Catholic community. <P><P> To document the course of institutional growth in the diocese, Tentler devotes a portion of the book to tracing the evolution of administrative structures at the Chancery and the founding of parishes, parochial schools, and social welfare organizations. Substantial attention is also given to the social history of the Catholic community, reflected in changes in religious practice, parish life and governance, and the role of women in church organizations and in devotional activities. Tentler also discusses the issue of Catholics in state and local politics and Catholic practice with regard to abortion, contraception, and intermarriage.
Seasons of Our Joy: A Modern Guide to the Jewish Holidays
by Arthur I. Waskow Rose Gertz Hannah Waskow Rose Sue BersteinFrom the book Jacket: Circling the Jewish calendar from Rosh Hashanah to Tisha Bav, this lively, accessible guide leads the reader on a spiritual journey through the year. Seasons of Our Joy explores: the meaning of each holiday in relation to the history of the Jewish people and individual spirituality how the place of each holiday in the cycle of the moon and the changing seasons affects the mood of the day ritual and spiritual ways to prepare for each festival-including recipes, songs, prayers, and suggestions for new approaches to holiday observance "A wonderful blend of information and innovation that will help readers find both traditional and new meaning in the Jewish holidays." -JUDITH PLASKOW, author of Standing Again at Siitai "Arthur Waskow's unique voice, at once eloquent, musical, creative, and passionate, rings throughout Seasons of Our Joy, weaving together strands of Jewish life: the meaning of our ceremonies and celebrations; the spirituality of the individual; the essential fragility and wonder of the world entrusted to us; the mystical chains which bind together the generations; and, permeating all of that, Waskow's powerful Jewish vision of peace and justice." -RABBI DAVID SAPERSTEIN, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism "Seasons of Our Joy brings reverent renewal to ancient practices. And it presents new understandings and approaches which we are invited to sanctify. This book will heighten your awareness of the eternal religious power of the Jewish calendar." -RABBI GORDON TUCKER, Dean, Jewish Theological Seminary
Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God
by Tim ChalliesAn honest look at grief and fears, faith and hope. Combining personal narrative, sound theology, and beautiful writing, this is a book for anyone who has loved and lost.On November 3, 2020, Tim and Aileen Challies received the shocking news that their son Nick had died. A twenty-year-old student at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, he had been participating in a school activity with his fiancée, sister, and friends, when he fell unconscious and collapsed to the ground.Neither students nor a passing doctor nor paramedics were able to revive him. His parents received the news at their home in Toronto and immediately departed for Louisville to be together as a family. While on the plane, Tim, an author and blogger, began to process his loss through writing.In Seasons of Sorrow, Tim shares real-time reflections from the first year of grief—through the seasons from fall to summer—introducing readers to what he describes as the &“ministry of sorrow.&”Seasons of Sorrow will benefit both those that are working through sorrow or those comforting others:See how God is sovereign over loss and that he is good in lossDiscover how you can pass through times of grief while keeping your faithLearn how biblical doctrine can work itself out even in life&’s most difficult situationsUnderstand how it is possible to love God more after loss than you loved him before
Seasons of Tomorrow
by Cindy WoodsmallAs love restores Rhoda, a sudden tragedy is the test of faith she never saw coming.More settled in her heart than ever before, Rhoda Byler feels a newfound confidence living in the Old Order Amish settlement she helped establish in Orchard Bend, Maine. Time has helped to heal the wounds of Rhoda's recent severed relationship, and she finds that even her unusual gift of profound intuition is less of a burden as she continues to seek God's wisdom for her future. She is happy to be working alongside the King family and the love of her life as they tend and nurture the settlement's orchard.Yet when Leah King's involvement with Englischer Landon Olson becomes known outside of the Maine community, her disregard of the Ordnung could threaten all the Orchard Bend Amish are building. In the midst of addressing the discord, a shocking tragedy challenges the young settlement like never before, threatening to uproot Rhoda's peace and the future of everything she holds dear.When several members of Orchard Bend Farms are displaced, the estranged King brother is called upon to return. Can those who founded the new Amish community in Maine unite Or will the lingering pain of past hurts and present struggles result in the end of their dreams?From the Trade Paperback edition.
Seasons of Wicca: The Essential Guide to Rituals and Rites to Enhance Your Spiritual Journey
by Ambrosia HawthornStrengthen your practice, deepen your faith—Wiccan rites and rituals for every seasonRooted in nature, spiritualism, and a reverence for the divine, Wicca is a religious practice focused on the balance and harmony between life and nature. Seasons of Wicca offers practical guidance and empowering rites and rituals that will bring the magic of Wicca into your daily life.Discover the origins of Wicca with an overview covering the importance of working with nature and the deities. Explore in-depth primers on the Wheel of the Year and the crucial purposes of the elements, and embark on your own spiritual path with step-by-steps for Sun Celebrations, Moon Celebrations, and Wiccan Rites.Seasons of Wicca includes:Start of the season—Begin your practice with practical advice on setting up an altar and casting a circle, as well as the tools for magical transformation, like tarot, runes, candles, and crystals.Modern Wicca—Choose the Wicca tradition that's best for you with a look at the practices and deities of popular traditions, such as Gardnerian, Celtic, and Solitary Wicca.Seasonal ceremonies—Find easy-to-follow rituals for Wiccan sabbats and full moon esbats, as well as rites for major changes, like handfasting, a Wiccan wedding ceremony, and handparting to mark the end of a relationship.Celebrate the changing of the seasons, sabbats, and deities with the life-changing rites and rituals in Seasons of Wicca.
Seasons of Witchery: Celebrating the Sabbats with the Garden Witch
by Ellen DuganIn this charming book, award-winning author Ellen Dugan offers an intimate look at her personal practices and magickal life throughout the wheel of the year. Written with humor, warmth, and practicality, Ellen offers a fresh twist on ways to honor each season, along with insightful journal notes about her enchanted gardens. Her magickal lessons and stories about her own coven—how they celebrated, changed, and grew over the course of the year—will inspire you. Enjoy sabbat-themed spells, rituals, herbal magick, and holiday recipes that will motivate you to make your own seasons of witchery more unique and meaningful.Midsummer Faery Garden BlessingButterfly MagickJack-o'-Lantern SpellThe Wild Hunt at YuletideAn Imbolc Spell to Celebrate the Goddess BrigidPerfect Eggs for OstaraHerbal Bouquets and Tussie-Mussies
Seasons of Wonder: Making the Ordinary Sacred Through Projects, Prayers, Reflections, and Rituals: A 52-week devotional
by Bonnie Smith WhitehouseA 52-week interactive devotional that helps families and friends discover God enfleshed in the world.&“A devotional in the most all-encompassing sense, Seasons of Wonder sets readers on a path that leads to a year filled with more hope, more sweetness, more grace, and more love.&”—Margaret Renkl, author of Late Migrations and PEN Award WinnerSeasons of Wonder is designed to allow you to gather together weekly with your loved ones and expand your understanding of divinity, specifically the radical but faithful idea that everything is sacred. This devotional is designed around weekly contemplative activities as well as interactive and transformative practices that connect us to surprise, awe, and wonder, including:• uncomplicated crafts that honor creation• simple recipes to make together• conversation guides to cultivate the gifts of storytelling, deep listening, mystery, and community• accessible introductions to liturgical observations and rituals• plus four additional weeks of activities that you can incorporate whenever they&’re appropriate, such as birthdays, sick days, or when you&’re traveling together or blessing your home In February readers might make a hiking stick to embark on a holy pilgrimage (even if it&’s just in the neighborhood) and discover the meaning of Ash Wednesday, while in the summer months they can learn how to cherish the Earth&’s seasons of holy pause by making prayer cards, bath salts, or family time capsules alongside the reading of peaceful liturgies and ancient prayers. Bonnie Smith Whitehouse invites us all to consider the life-changing idea that small, intentional moments of wonder are charged manifestations of the grand presence of Christ in me, in you, and in this dazzling, vast—and imperiled—blue planet we call our beloved home. By spending a short amount of time together with Seasons of Wonder every week this year, you can transform an ordinary meeting into a sacred gathering.
Seasons of Your Heart
by Macrina WiederkehrIn this masterpiece of simplicity, Macrina Wiederkehr offers a series of meditations to bring us closer to a "God for all seasons," revised and expanded into this new edition. Designed for daily use as well as for retreats, Seasons of Your Heart is an eloquent and lyrical invitation to journey through the spiritual seasons of wonder, hope, love, mystery, and faith. Macrina Weiderkehr shares her "seasonal struggle with God" and encourages us to reconize those same peaks and valleys in our own spiritual life. Using biblical passages, poetry, and excerpts from her journal, Wiederkehr provides meditative ideas and prayers as "postures" for realizing and approaching the holy in our daily lives. These reflections and prayers, then, have grown out of a daily listening to God in the changing seasons of my spiritual life, "writes the author. "These reflections have grown out of my conviction that our God is not some Almighty Being beyond us, but a Mystery within."
Seasons of a Woman's Life
by Lois EvansAre you afraid that . . you'll never reach the end of dirty diapers? You'll never be free of carpool duty? Your teenager's rebellion will never end? The empty nest is just a little too empty?Fear not, seasons change. You blink twice and find yourself in another situation. Maybe longing for the "old days" or maybe grateful for the freshness of a new season. But like it or not, the seasons will come, each in its sequence and each in its own time.Using lively examples from her own life and those of other women - including Esther - Lois Evans challenges you to to discover the purpose of your life and to depend on Him as He teaches the lessons of each season. In this book, you will find helpful priniciples, recognize familiar emotions, and take to heart encouraging promises from the pages of God's Word. In this edition a new chapter on the grandparenting season has been added. And to help you dig deeper - whether alone or with friends - chapter study questions are included.
Seasons of a Woman's Life
by Lois EvansAre you afraid that . . you'll never reach the end of dirty diapers? You'll never be free of carpool duty? Your teenager's rebellion will never end? The empty nest is just a little too empty?Fear not, seasons change. You blink twice and find yourself in another situation. Maybe longing for the "old days" or maybe grateful for the freshness of a new season. But like it or not, the seasons will come, each in its sequence and each in its own time.Using lively examples from her own life and those of other women - including Esther - Lois Evans challenges you to to discover the purpose of your life and to depend on Him as He teaches the lessons of each season. In this book, you will find helpful priniciples, recognize familiar emotions, and take to heart encouraging promises from the pages of God's Word. In this edition a new chapter on the grandparenting season has been added. And to help you dig deeper - whether alone or with friends - chapter study questions are included.