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  Midsummer: The Ultimate Guide to...

  Mari Silva

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  Reconnect with your roots and truly celebrate the essence of Midsummer.  
  Have you always felt a deep connection with nature? 
  Do you feel a bond with the sun and want to learn how to interact meaningfully with it? 
  Are you feeling called to explore Paganistic, Druidic, and Wiccan practices in more meaningful ways? 
  Then you’ve come to the right place! With this audiobook as a launching pad, you can finally find your groove in celebrating Litha and allow your life to be richer and more abundant. You’ll no longer have to question whether your choice of celebration is right or wrong because you’ll understand that Litha is a season that only calls for clarity and truth in your intentions. 
  In this audiobook, you will:Discover the roots of Litha or MidsummerLearn the way it was done across the world in ancient timesLearn about the various deities you can honor during this time and how they’re significant to LithaFind out the proper way to set up and use your altar for a pure connection with the solar, divine energyEnjoy some of the most delicious meals you can make during this timeExplore the fascinating rituals required for celebrating sun and fireFind out how you and your family can celebrate Litha in its true spiritLearn how the Druids themselves celebrated this moment in timeLearn some lovely rituals, spells, and charms you can use during LithaDecorate your house to embody the essence of LithaDiscover easy crafts you can create to decorate your altar and home 
  As a tradition that has been borrowed from many different cultures, you can still find yourself in the Litha traditions and the celebrations of the summer solstice. 
  Click the “add to cart” button now and get started on your new journey to discovering everything you need to know about this wonderful tradition!

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  Waking Up to God - Rediscovering...

  Neil G. Richardson

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  What are we human beings? What might our common future be? Who or what is God?
  
   
  These are some of the most fundamental questions asked by Christians and many others, and they need asking anew in each generation. Neil Richardson’s latest book offers a “new look” Christian faith, drawing from the Bible and from Christian tradition, but showing how much we have missed in the Bible, and how much some traditional beliefs have been misunderstood.
  
   
  The person of Jesus is key to all three questions explored here. As the “ultimate human being” and, paradoxically, the image of a God, Jesus is an iconic figure for our common human future.
  
   
  Neil Richardson also explores some of the practical outcomes this has for the life of the Church and the way Christians live in the world. Social justice and a greater sharing of the earth also follow, and the neglected Christian themes of enjoying both God and the world, and life before and after death.

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  The New Testament around the...

  Mariam Kamell Kovalishyn

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  As the church continues to expand and strengthen in non-Western contexts, it is increasingly important for students of the New Testament to be aware of how our global brothers and sisters exegete and apply Scripture. Even when we share a grammatical-historical approach with others, our interpretation of biblical texts is invariably affected by social location and cultural context, which influence the questions we ask of the text and how we apply it. Western readers can become aware of how our culture influences our interpretation by learning from others from different perspectives, including those whose experience may match the original audience more closely than our own. 
   
  This volume, ideal as a supplemental textbook for courses in the New Testament, brings together distinguished scholars from around the world with perspectives we might not typically encounter and includes some minority voices focused on life within the United States as well. Each contributor writes on a biblical book or group of books, and together they cover the whole New Testament. These authors expose students and pastors in the West to new questions and ways of reading familiar texts. The result is an eye-opening, spiritually enriching experience that will supplement and strengthen our own biblical interpretation.

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  All-Night Pharmacy - A Novel

  Ruth Madievsky

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  On the night of her high school graduation, a young woman follows her older sister Debbie to Salvation, a Los Angeles bar patronized by energy healers, aspiring actors, and all-around misfits. After the two share a bag of unidentified pills, the evening turns into a haze of sensual and risky interactions—nothing unusual for two sisters bound in an incredibly toxic relationship. Our unnamed narrator has always been under the spell of the alluring and rebellious Debbie and, despite her own hesitations, she has always said yes to nights like these. That is, until Debbie disappears. 
   
   
   
  Falling deeper into the life she cultivated with her sister, our narrator gets a job as an emergency room secretary where she steals pills to sell on the side. Cue Sasha, a Jewish refugee from the former Soviet Union who arrives at the hospital claiming to be a psychic tasked with acting as the narrator's spiritual guide. The nature of this relationship evolves and blurs, a kaleidoscope of friendship, sex, mysticism, and ambiguous power dynamics. 
   
   
   
  With prose pulsing like a neon sign, All-Night Pharmacy is an intoxicating portrait of a young woman consumed with unease over how a person should be. As she attempts sobriety and sexual embodiment, she must decide whether to search for her estranged sister, or allow her to remain a relic of the past.

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  Reading the Bible Around the...

  Kay Higuera Smith, Federico...

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  Parish Clergy Award
  It's an exciting time to be reading the Bible. As we increasingly encounter readers with perspectives, experiences, and cultures different from our own, we can incorporate new ideas and approaches to interpreting Scripture. When diverse interpretations from various social locations are gathered together, we gain new vistas and a fuller image of the text.
  In Reading the Bible Around the World, a crosscultural team of scholars describes and workshops global readings in biblical interpretation, focusing on passages in both the Old and New Testaments. By presenting a range of readings from different regions and people groups, with particular attention to marginalized groups, the authors demonstrate the importance of contextually sensitive approaches. They help us build up key values for reading Scripture in the twenty-first century: self-awareness, other-awareness, and true dialogue.
  Who we are shapes how we read. Guided by these expert teachers, readers will gain a deeper understanding of the influence of their own social location and how to keep growing in biblical wisdom by reading alongside the global Christian community.

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  Unyielding Hope (When Hope Calls...

  Janette Oke, Laurel Oke Logan

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  A Sweeping Companion Story to the Hallmark TV Series When Hope Calls 
   
  Lillian Walsh has already suffered more than most. After the passing of her sister and birth parents when she was younger, and now her adoptive mother's recent death, Lillian struggles to understand why God would allow her to lose so much. Yet her adoptive father seems ready to move on, boarding up their home to embark on an extended visit to his native Wales. 
   
  Then a lawyer turns up on their doorstep with news that again upends Lillian's life. She has inherited a small estate from her birth parents and, even more shocking, her younger sister Grace is likely alive. Lillian rushes to reunite with her sister, despite the fear that they won't be able to rebuild a connection. 
   
  When the two sisters meet, Grace is not what Lillian expected--she's full of exuberance and big dreams despite being raised in difficult circumstances. Can Lillian set aside her own plans to join her sister in an adventure that will surely change them both?

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