Practicing Resurrection: A Memoir of Work, Doubt, Discernment, and Moments of Grace
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| ISBN | 0874869269 |
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| ISBN | 0062516396 |
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| ISBN | 0470481668 |
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| ISBN | 1455578827 |
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| Author | Leighton Ford |
| ISBN | 0830835164 |
Your attention, please. That's what God wants, Leighton Ford discovered. It's the path to becoming like Christ. Distractions, fear and busyness were keeping Ford from seeing God's work in and around him. He was missing God. So he began a journey of longing and looking for God. And it started with paying...
| Author | Rita Nakashima Brock |
| ISBN | 0807067970 |
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| ISBN | 0425196038 |
A refreshingly honest spiritual exploration from the New York Times bestselling author of the Anna Pigeon novels.
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| Author | Lillian Daniel |
| ISBN | 0802864759 |
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| Author | Leslie Leyland Fields |
| ISBN | 1608995925 |
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| Author | Sue Monk Kidd |
| ISBN | 0060645814 |
The bestselling author's inspiring account of her spiritual journey into discovering the love of God.
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| Author | Heidi B. Neumark |
| ISBN | 1630881244 |
A shocking discovery of hidden family secrets leads to profound revelations of faith.
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| Author | Henri J.M. Nouwen |
| ISBN | 0824518780 |
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| ISBN | 0385497563 |
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| Author | David Dark |
| ISBN | 0310286182 |
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| ISBN | 0743238540 |
Reynolds Price has long been one of America's most acclaimed and accomplished men of letters -- the author of novels, stories, poems, essays, plays, and a memoir. In A Whole New Life, however, he steps from behind that roster of achievements to present us with a more personal story, a narrative as intimate...
| Author | Tony Jones |
| ISBN | 0787994715 |
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