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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"As an adult, Lauren Hough has had many identities: an airman in the U.S. Air Force, a cable guy, a bouncer at a gay club. As a child, however, she had none. Growing up as a member of the infamous cult The Children of God, Hough had her own self robbed from her. The cult took her all over the globe-to Germany, Japan, Texas, Chile-but it wasn't until she finally left for good that Lauren understood she could have a life beyond "The Family." Along the...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Many people of faith believe the meaning of life depends on our connection to an eternal order of some kind. Atheists deride this belief as a childish superstition. In this wise and profound book, Anthony Kronman offers an alternative to these two entrenched positions, arguing that neither addresses the complexities of the human condition. We can never reach God, as religion promises, but cannot give up the longing to do so either. We are condemned...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Theologian, social psychologist, and activist Christena Cleveland draws on her journey to dismantle the cultural "whitemalegod" and discover the Sacred Black Feminine, weaving together personal story and research to introduce a Black Female God who imbues us with hope, trust, and presence"--
Author
Publisher
Fox News Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From FOX News anchor and author Harris Faulkner comes a collection of powerful, true-life stories of resilience, healing, rescue, and protection. From the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Haiti to the theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, believers testify to how God inspired hope even when all seemed lost."--Book jacket.
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"There are hundreds of metaphors for God, but the church only uses a few familiar images: creator, judge, savior, father. In [this book], Lauren Winner gathers a number of lesser-known tropes, reflecting on how they work biblically and culturally, and reveals how they can deepen our spiritual lives"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Faithwords
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In his most personal offering yet, Bishop Jakes tells crushing stories from his own journey-the painful experience of learning his young teenage daughter was pregnant, the agony of watching his mother succumb to Alzheimer's, and the shock and helplessness he felt when his son had a heart attack. Bishop Jakes wants to encourage you that God uses difficult, crushing experiences to prepare you for unexpected blessings. If you are faithful through suffering,...
11) Electric God
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Hayden Reese once believed he could have it all. He had a wife he loved completely, a daughter he adored, and a new child, a son, they were told on the way. And then little by little, his life came undone. But this destruction mirrored a much older tragedy. Hayden's life had begun to come apart years before, when his little brother died in an act of bravado caused by his insistence on playing the role of the cocky, confident son their father wanted...
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