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  How Catholics Encounter the Bible

  Michael Peppard

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  Slip into a pew at a Catholic church almost anywhere in the world on a Sunday morning, and you'll likely find something missing: the Bible. More than five hundred years after the Bible came off the first printing press, why does the world's largest biblical religion often not have a printed Bible in the room? And if not, how is it that the life of Catholics is shaped by the Bible? 
   
   
   
  In How Catholics Encounter the Bible, award-winning biblical scholar and historian Michael Peppard explores the paradoxical role of the Bible for Catholics—a book central to their tradition, but not usually in the form of a book. Biblical ideas and beliefs are more often mediated through diverse modes of storytelling, artistic imagination, and ritual. Peppard begins from the conviction that the Bible, for Catholics, is not bound with leather book covers, but with the liturgical binding of the sign of the cross, the wrought-metal framing of a stained-glass window, or the lyrical structures of a God-haunted poet. He thus de-emphasizes the act of private, individual reading and instead analyzes distinctively Catholic approaches to the Bible through ritual, literature, the arts, and ethics. Through these curated highlights, the listener will see how the Bible thrives among Catholics, even if its printed text may be missing.

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  Kylar's Crazy School Day - A...

  Jonathan Evans

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  When Kylar's siblings break their promises to help her on her first day of homeschool co-op, will she choose to forgive them? 
   
         
    
  Kylar Evans is excited about her first day at co-op! Her three siblings seem eager to help make her day go smoothly by walking her to class, showing her around school, and playing with her during recess. When Kylar's siblings fail to keep their promises, her big day turns out to be a big dud. Will Kylar choose to treat her brothers and sisters with kindness despite their forgetfulness? 
   
   
    
  Based on the Easter special from the Stories from the Storyteller animated series, Kylar's Crazy School Day teaches young listeners important lessons about how Jesus chose to forgive those who betrayed Him.

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  Courage and Calling - Embracing...

  Gordon T. Smith

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  You have a calling. 
   
   
   
  First, God calls us all to know and love him. Second, for each individual there is a specific call—a defining purpose or mission, with implications for all of life. 
   
   
   
  In this classic book on vocation, Gordon Smith invites you to discover your calling by listening to God and becoming a coworker with him. Courage and Calling has helped thousands of readers explore questions such as these: What is my calling? How do I live it out in the midst of difficult relationships or moral challenges? Will my vocation change as I enter a new stage of life? With competing needs and demands, how can I craft a balanced way of living? 
   
   
   
  Smith explores how to pursue excellence in all kinds of work and how to continue growing throughout a lifetime. He also considers four examples of particular callings: business, the arts, education, and religious leadership. 
   
   
   
  This third edition includes a new chapter that explores how a church community can be a dynamic venue for discerning vocation.

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  Chasing Paradise - A Paradise Novel

  Cindy Patterson

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  FORBIDDEN LOVE 
  Paul Fischer's a plain man with big dreams and an even bigger problem—gaining his uncle's approval. He's just settled on how to accomplish that while maintaining loyalty to his family and heritage, when a beautiful Englischer shows up threatening to defeat all his efforts. 
  A romantic relationship with Rachel is forbidden and he soon discovers it will take more than simply guarding his heart. The more time he spends with her, the more he wants to overcome every obstacle that's keeping them apart. 
  Rachel Adam's home was once filled with happiness. It now occupies only painful memories. Even still, she never dreamed she'd have to leave Florida. She's determined to return, until an unlikely attraction brightens her outlook. Drawn to Paul like a butterfly to a flower, she begins to imagine a future in Paradise. A future very different from her life-long plans. A future only Paul has the power to rewrite ... unless a devious plot destroys it first. 
  Chasing Paradise is a story rich in emotion that beautifully portrays love and loss and confronts the difficult question—How far would you go to protect the one you love?

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  Fatal Flirtation - Millie's...

  Hope Callaghan

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  Assistant Cruise Director, Millie Sanders-Armati, is settling into her new life as the wife of Nic Armati, the captain of the mega passenger cruise ship, the “Siren of the Seas.”  Despite the fact there’s a potential hurricane forming in the Atlantic, the ship sets sail at full capacity from the Port of Miami on a beautiful sunny afternoon.In addition to their already busy workloads, the ship’s entertainment staff has their hands full with several large travel groups, including a large family reunion.  The cruise barely gets underway as chaos breaks out on board and soon two of the troublemakers are placed under house arrest.When one of the security guards in charge of guarding the men is found injured and later dies en route to the hospital, Millie can’t help but wonder if it was an accident, or if the crewmember was murdered.With the head of security tight-lipped on the investigation and with precious time ticking away, Millie is forced to begin her own investigation with a little help from her friends.Can Millie and the gang get to the bottom of the mysterious death before the cruise ends or will someone finally get away with murder on the Siren of the Seas?

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  Healing Leadership Trauma -...

  Nicholas Rowe, Sheila Wise Rowe

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  Countless books are designed to help leaders to become better leaders. But most resources neglect the underlying emotional struggles of both emerging and established leaders, who are often isolated and suffering in silence. Leadership professor Nicholas Rowe and counselor Sheila Wise Rowe offer their expertise in helping leaders process painful and traumatic experiences. Trauma contributes to how we lead others in either empowering or dysfunctional ways. Understanding how these experiences formed us is the beginning of the path to healing.
  Woven throughout each chapter are five themes—invitation, attachment, remembrance, healing, and reconnection. Healing Leadership Trauma lays out the emotional challenges of leadership and offers encouragement, prayer, and therapeutic tools to help leaders face their pain and begin to heal.

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