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Consider the Lilies is for those who long for liberation from their anxiety and fear--and desire to deeply know the God they are called and enabled to trust. If you are starved for hope and gasping for peace, consider the character of your heavenly Father, who welcomes all who are anxious, fearful, and melancholy to trust in Him.

A talented daughter of Holocaust survivors, Lily Isaacs is a woman who has felt pain and loss, and found the incomparable joy of a life with Jesus Christ. As a new Christian believer, she became estranged from her Jewish parents because of her faith, yet she never walked alone, always clinging to the hope she found in Christ. Throughout her music and that of her children, who together form the beloved and multi-award winning group The Isaacs, you hear the resonating inspirational legacy of this family's faith journey.

Jumping Lily Pads is not your typical spiritual memoir. It’s a raw, hilarious, and soul-stirring journey through one woman’s quest to uncover truth, heal generational wounds, and find God—not in a temple or textbook, but in nature, intuition, jelly jars, and thousand-bead malas. Mariah Geneva Slingerland (also known as ShivaNi) invites you into the deeply personal and profoundly mystical story of her transformation.

This story is my testimony of how, after suffering great personal losses-five family members in two and a half years, including the loss of my spouse of thirty-one years, which was the most devastating loss of all-I was resigned to end my life. My story takes the reader through the darkest moments in dealing with grief and quest for our purpose in life. I wanted to give a raw, honest account of my feelings so I held nothing back. My story will take you through my heartache, pain, and thoughts of suicide with many twists and turns.

Even before Kateri Tekakwitha’s canonization on October 21, 2012, many had been inspired by the story of the young Native American mystic who lived in the Mohawk Valley during the 17th century. With Emily Cavins's skill for weaving together historical facts and a compelling story, listeners will discover Kateri’s path to sainthood against the backdrop of her life as a Native American in New York.

When a mother loses a baby, a depth of grief emerges unlike anything else. Confusion, frustration, and heartbreak overwhelm her mind. A questioning and wrestling with God unfolds, and she must learn how to navigate her life that is now forever changed. This was the story of Rachel Dickey, a registered nurse who tragically lost her son at eighteen weeks gestation. Having faced this overwhelming grief, she speaks directly to listeners about her firsthand experiences and encourages moms to look to the truth of Scripture as they navigate their loss.

Is God visible in our lives today? Does he show up in the ordinary things of life? Does he still speak? Yes, God does show up and is still speaking. He didn't speak through the Bible then become silent. Everywhere and in ordinary everyday life he continues to talk to us, but are we listening? Lily Pads contains slice-of-life stories that reveal God. It's about hearing God's voice through the everyday noise. Through visible things an invisible God demonstrates his presence.

This is the incredible true story of Auty R. Howard and God’s amazing love, grace, and mercy in his life. Brutally honest, he speaks frankly about his life growing up in an alcoholic home and the physical and sexual abuse he suffered daily from a very early age. As you hear his story, you will walk with him down the path of his drug addiction, numerous hospitalizations due to schizophrenia with paranoia and DID, his life of crime, and finally, his incarceration before God pulled him out of the flames of Hell. It is a story of hope for all who feel trapped and feel like giving up.

It is a global belief that miracles only happened in biblical times. This book, Miracles of Life or Life of Miracles, was written to show the world miracles do exist in modern times. The stories in this book are very real. In fact, this book only contains a fraction of miracles that have happened to these two individuals.