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A unique blend of personal reflection, creative histories, and interview-based nonfiction that vividly imagines the lives of Buddhist women over 2,500 years. Of Mud and Lotuses illuminates the hardships, resilience, and creative ways in which Buddhist women have applied the Dharma to daily life—often in ways that history has ignored.

The definitive biography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama—a singular portrait of one of the most influential spiritual and political leaders of our time. Drawing from more than fifty traditional Tibetan sources, this landmark work offers the most complete and intimate account to date of the life of Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. It reveals not only the public figure known across the globe, but the spiritual master shaped by prophecy, lineage, and profound historical and spiritual ties.

Discover God's gifts hidden in seasons of lack There are so many ways we experience lack in this life: loneliness, loss, underemployment, empty-nesting, literal hunger, the void left by a habit overcome but not yet replaced. Each creates a hole in our souls that we may try everything to...

What happens when a man chases the spotlight and finds God waiting in the wings? Choice Servants and Saints is the extraordinary true story of Nick Farone: a trained operatic tenor who performed at the New York City Opera, sang in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, worked nightclubs in the Catskills, and rubbed shoulders with the Boston mafia only to walk away from it all when God gave him a far greater calling.

This inspiring biography recounts the remarkable journey of Mary Pyle, a woman born into privilege who surrendered wealth, status, and comfort to follow Christ with extraordinary fidelity. Drawn to the Catholic faith through a profound encounter with God’s presence, she eventually devoted her life to serving alongside Padre Pio, becoming a quiet instrument of charity, consolation, and spiritual formation for countless souls.

John Wesley was one of the most important figures behind the founding of modern evangelicalism. From his crucial role in the Great Awakening to his inspiring a renewal movement within the Church of England, Wesley’s historical significance is undeniable and his legacy still challenges us today, regardless of our denominational affiliation or theological perspective.

In the decades since his execution by the Nazis in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor, theologian, and anti-Hitler conspirator, has become one of the most widely read and inspiring Christian thinkers of our time. Now, drawing on extensive new research, Strange Glory offers a definitive account, by turns majestic and intimate, of this modern icon.

James Kimmel had everything a missionary could hope for: a loving family, a strong faith, and a calling he could not ignore. When he, his wife Cathy, and their kids leave everything behind for the mission fields of Holland, they believe they are on the brink of changing the world. But beneath the surface of hope, disaster quietly gathers. Tragically, James makes mistake after mistake—until James’s dream collapses, and he is forced to leave the field in disgrace. James’ struggles are told through the honest and heartfelt emails from his mentor, Jonathan Hilkens.

Shalom. My name is Jesus Christ, I am the Son of God – that's probably how Jesus himself would begin to tell his own story. Jesus himself tells you about the beauty of creation, his youth in paradise and his human existence on earth as well as his return. This is a unique opportunity to read firsthand what it was like back then, what happened in paradise, how Jesus as a human being fared with His surrogate mother Mary, His foster father Joseph and later with the apostles, how He came to be sentenced to death and why everything happened the way it did.

The church imprisoned Jasper in fear. True faith shattered his chains. Jasper Cove spent his childhood imprisoned by dread. Promises of eternal hellfire as punishment for unconfessed sins terrorized him. As a teenager, he suffered from crippling migraines and thoughts of damnation that scarred...

He thought he could survive anything… until one afternoon proved him wrong. Jim Blanchette, a retired police officer, was never searching for God. Hardened by a violent childhood and years spent on the streets, he believed he could handle whatever life placed in his path. But one afternoon changed everything. In a small Texas basilica, a three-hour confession shattered decades of silence and forced him to confront the pain he had buried for years. That moment became the turning point that transformed his life forever.

In the year 1927 Charles Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean Henry Ford revealed Ford’s newest vehicle, the Model A , and Ray Oehrtmann was born to Frederick and Mary Oehrtmann in Lafayette, Indiana, the youngest of five children. Little did his parents know that they would experience the Great Depression, that Ray and his brother, Bob, would fight in a World War, and that Ray would move to Colorado, where he eventually worked on machining parts for the United States space station, Skylab.

Are you up for adventure? Then muster some vision, courage, and faith, and come along! Perhaps following a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail is the vicarious adventure you need. Or perhaps this adventure will help you with your own thru-hike. The components of an adventure are the same, no matter what yours might be. Shall we live courageously? Shall we dare to be adventurous, whatever that looks like for you? Unshackle your dreams, grab your backpack, and let's hit the trail!

Where Breaking Bad meets the burning bush, a modern-day story of miraculous redemption that only God could do.

COMO NALGA DE MONJA es una reflexión ingeniosa, sincera y profundamente humana sobre la vida, la muerte, la fe y la extraña aventura de estar vivo. Con humor, ironía e historias personales, Nicolò Luca explora las preguntas que muchos se hacen en silencio: ¿Qué sucede después de la muerte? ¿Qué es lo que realmente importa en la vida? ¿Y por qué los seres humanos somos tan maravillosamente contradictorios?

Born in war-torn Lebanon, Rita El-Mounayer grew up in the shadow of bombings, checkpoints, and a silenced childhood. From the sounds of foreign militias howling in the valley beneath her home to the grief of losing her mother during the Lebanese Civil War, Rita's childhood was shaped by fear, a longing for a better life, and faith.

Lateefah E. Jackson survived narcissism that was justified through religious ideologies. Her resilience will captivate your heart and inspire your soul, reminding you that even in the darkest times, what seemed impossible is possible. Have you ever made a choice that changed the course of your life forever? The author's journey began in the summer of 1994 at Lincoln University, where she became involved with a preacher from Chicago who ultimately became a pastor.

Abandoned at nine by his mother and broken by years of unimaginable abuse, by seventeen, Robert is a runaway, navigating the unforgiving streets of Baltimore with nothing but his resilience and a fierce will to survive. In a world where trust is a gamble and kindness is a distant memory, he fights to outrun the shadows of his past. Rescued by a pastor's wife, he is welcomed into a loving home where his pain is buried. Years later, Robert must decide if he will remain a prisoner of his memories or rise above them.

A 1914 graduate of West Point, John Markoe was a gridiron hero who played against the likes of Jim Thorpe. He was a dashing, highly regarded cavalry officer-Dwight Eisenhower called him the best potential officer he'd ever seen-whose brief military career ended in shame and scandal. He was a Jesuit priest for fifty years and an alcoholic for fifty-seven.

Scars: Finding Faith Through Life’s Hardest Trials is an honest and deeply personal story about grief, endurance, fatherhood, and faith. After the devastating loss of his wife, Chad Hicks found himself raising three children while navigating heartbreak, uncertainty, and seasons that often felt impossible to survive. Through real-life struggles, unexpected setbacks, and moments of both grief and healing, Scars explores what it means to keep moving forward when life no longer looks the way you planned. This is not a story about having all the answers.