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God delights in transforming lives. In Broken into Beautiful, singer and songwriter Gwen Smith's first book, she tells the real-life stories of women with shattered dreams, shameful secrets, and damaged souls and the God who makes them beautiful again. Each chapter features a compelling personal story coupled with relevant biblical teaching and application. Listeners will meet women wounded by infidelity, abortion, widowhood, abuse, and other tragic events, only to discover the joy of being restored by a loving heavenly Father.

Our dwellings - both our home and body - are intricately connected. Each has the potential to inspire the other to be its very best! Your home is where your life happens. Learn how to create a sanctuary that inspires your well-being, so you can experience a greater sense of peace, comfort, and belonging. Your body, including your mind and soul, needs daily nourishment to help you feel healthy and happy.

From the CEO and co-founder of Hope for Justice, author of Impossible Is a Dare, and creator of the Dear 26-Year-Old Me podcast comes an honest, compelling, and inspiring collection of wisdom and experience to empower those in business and ministry to see their world-changing vision become a reality. In Relentless Pursuit, Ben Cooley speaks with self-made billionaires, Grammy-award winning musicians, megachurch pastors, and network marketers, who give unprecedented access to the challenges, struggles, and doubts they have faced on their journey.

Carla Collins is an award-winning comedian, actress, television host, and writer. A gifted stand-up, she has been hailed by the press as "Canada's Tina Fey" and the "Queen of Comedy". She returns to the stage in her new stand-up special to bring engaging fun to everyone! Be ready to laugh.

While many leadership books focus on the individual, Lifelong Leadership offers a comprehensive mentoring community model to support and develop Christian leaders, extending the work of God in and through ministry. This model was inspired by Leighton Ford as a way to inspire and support young leaders. MaryKate Morse is the inheritor of this leadership legacy. Her team has developed the mentoring community model, which is easy to replicate in a variety of settings.

So many Christian women are exhausted because we've come to believe that God's purpose for us is rooted in what we do - which means we're constantly striving to have somehow done enough. But there is hope! Elizabeth takes us back to the gracious plan God laid out for us in Genesis: He created us to bear his image, he is inviting us to live out that purpose, and through Christ, he frees us to flourish as those who are unconditionally loved.

Many Christians are alarmed by the decline in church attendance and seek a culprit. Too often, we point the finger away from the church, make culture the enemy, and build walls between us and others. But our antagonism and enemy-making are toxins that further eat away at our witness. Is there a better way? Tara Beth Leach could easily be one of those millennials giving up on the church. Instead, she is a pastor who loves the church and is paradoxically hopeful for its future.

After her husband became an agnostic, Stina Kielsmeier-Cook was left "spiritually single" - struggling to live the Christian life on her own, taking her kids to church by herself, and wrestling with her own questions and doubts. In this memoir, Kielsmeier-Cook tells the story of her mixed-faith marriage and how she found community in an unexpected place: an order of Catholic nuns in her neighborhood. As she spent time with them and learned about female Catholic saints, she began to see that she was not "spiritually single" after all - and that no one really is.

None of us wants to be sidelined, stuck, shamed, or silenced. But the difficulties of life have a way of putting us in a corner, and we don't know how to move forward. We see brokenness in our communities, our relationships, and our spirits. It's so easy to blame ourselves or our circumstances, to get bogged down in discouragement and toxic thinking. But that's not what we were meant for, and that's not how God wants us to live.

With enthusiasm and contagious joy, Shauna Pilgreen assures listeners that, yes, God does have a plan and a purpose for them - right where they are. In fact, he sent them there. She invites listeners to "live sent", showing them how to see their surroundings with fresh eyes and renewed energy. Weaving her own remarkable story with biblical habits listeners can incorporate into their daily routines, Pilgreen equips us to reach out into our communities with God's love, knowing that our efforts are never in vain.

Shawn Halstrom has an assignment: travel to Atlanta, Georgia to investigate the Heart of Atlanta refugee center so that Burke Enterprises can make a donation. The job should take two weeks tops, but he wasn’t planning on falling for a Cuban refugee named Carolina Diaz. When work pairs the unlikely duo together, Shawn and Carolina see a different side to each other and the world. But when the refugee center where Carolina works faces closure, the two must decide if they are strong enough to work through the difficulties ahead and if love is a risk they’re willing to take.

A poignant, coming of age story about a Cuban-American girl trying to figure out where she belongs--both in her ballet-loving family and the wider world. Perfect for fans of Front Desk and Merci Suárez Changes Gears. It’s a good thing Sofía Acosta loves dreaming up costumes, because...

Im Rahmengeschehen schildert Gotthelf ein sonntägliches Taufffest auf einem reichen Emmentaler Bauernhof. Die Frage an den Großvater, warum in dem schönen Haus ein uralter, schwarzer Fensterpfosten stehen gelassen worden sei, setzt die eigentliche Erzählung in Gang: Die leibeigenen Bauern von Sumiswald seufzen unter der unmenschlich harten Fronarbeit für den Ritter Hans von Stoffel, der nach einem aufwendigen Schlossbau seine Untertanen zwingt, innerhalbeines Monats einen Schattengang von 100 Buchen zu pflanzen.

Elaborar un duelo no es tarea sencilla, algunos quieren entender el proceso fríamente, otros optan por seguir al corazón y entregarse a todos los sentimientos y emociones que de la pérdida se generan. Pero hay un tercer grupo, aquellos que deciden que lo que están viviendo no los va a destruir, sino a reconstruirlos en mejores personas.

In How to Be and Stay Sexy, Allana Pratt explains that it's because women attempt the impossible. They try to be who they are told to be instead of being exactly who they are. Our culture consistently gives women the impression that by behaving a certain way and offering men what society tells us these men want, women can secure a man who provides security, affection, and lasting companionship.

Ich stecke in der Klemme: Eine Beziehung kommt nicht infrage, aber ich brauche dringend eine Begleitung für das Jahrgangstreffen meiner Uni. Wie gut, dass Jordan King eine Fake-Frau sucht... Als Angehörige der Harris' Hotels-Familie stehe ich in der Öffentlichkeit. Daher war es natürlich die reine Katastrophe, als mich mein langjähriger Freund vor der Hochzeit sitzen ließ und auch noch auf Social Media vorführte. Als Konsequenz schwor ich den Männern ab und konzentrierte mich komplett auf die Arbeit. Nun, drei Jahre später, erreicht mich die Einladung zum Jahrgangstreffen.

Partys, Mädchen und Football, das sind Bryan Jenkins' Lieblingsbeschäftigungen. Doch dann wird es Winter und die alljährliche Winterbreak Party wird zu einem Erlebnis der ganz anderen Art. Ein blondes Mädchen fordert ihn zu einer Runde Strip-Darts heraus und nach diesem Abend ist nichts mehr wie es scheint. Zu seinem Leidwesen muss er auch noch auf dem Wintermarkt helfen, wo sein bester Freund Jesse letztes Jahr die Liebe fand. Ärger ist doch da vorprogrammiert.

Spring is a time for a fresh start, which is exactly what Coroner Olivia Jones needs. A small town where no one knows who she is. Except the future proves to be uncertain when the blizzard snow thaws and a dead body is found. Olivia determines the woman didn't die of natural causes. She was murdered. When another body shows up, the FBI is called in. Agent Hank Masters specializes in profiling. He works closely with Olivia when a third body is discovered and they realize they have a serial killer on the loose.

Wenn dein Date eine Lüge ist, lügt sein Herz dann auch? Lucy ist verschroben, eine graue Maus, und stolz darauf. Warum auch nicht? Die Studentin verdient nebenher als Laborassistentin gutes Geld und keiner kommt ihr dabei in die Quere. Doch als der heißeste Kerl, den sie in ihren 22 Jahren jemals gesehen hat, ausgerechnet mit ihr Essen gehen möchte, verändert sich ihr Weltbild. Schließlich hat es Wochen gedauert, bis sie aufgehört hat zu sabbern, wenn er ins Labor kam. Was will er also ausgerechnet jetzt von ihr? Das Date kann nur schieflaufen. Nun, sie irrt sich.

New York! Das Central und ein neues Leben. Alles hinter sich lassend, beginnt Faith in NY ihr neues Leben. In ihrem neuen Job im Club Central lernt sie den Badboy Adam kennen. Vom ersten Moment an ist mehr zwischen den beiden, doch Faith zieht sich immer wieder zurück. Ihre Vergangenheit lässt sie nicht los, und wird von einer seelischen Belastung zu einer realen Gefahr. Adam ist ratlos.