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  Which Seeds Will Grow? - Poems

  Andrew Calis

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  A new collection of poems by Palestinian-American Catholic poet Andrew Calis, Which Seeds Will Grow? ​finds hope in the Holy Land.
  Grappling with his identity as a Christian Palestinian American, Andrew Calis recalls his father who saw Israeli jets swoop over his house in Jerusalem and a military helicopter fire bullets into his front yard. The same father who wouldn't teach his children Arabic, for fear that they would have accented English, who kept his past close to his chest—unknown to his son. He recounts the death of his grandfather, a grandfather who would beat his father, and for whom he could not fully mourn because Arab men don't cry.
  Andrew Calis digs through the pain of his family and of his homeland to find the fragile seed of contained life and delicate hope for the Holy Land—and reflects on how tenderly that seed must be nurtured.
  Steeped in wonder, Which Seeds Will Grow? explores the past and the present, from ancient Jerusalem to Baltimore's gardens and alleys through the lens of a Palestinian American. The poems are patient, waiting for seasons to end, waiting for space to expand outward, and waiting for light to touch the earth. Despite the difficulty of waiting, readers will find hope in hopelessness and comfort in the contemplation of the world and its sacred mysteries.
  From Which Seeds Will Grow?
  Planting a Garden 
  
  Stealing clippings from neighbors' yards
  
  And smiling as they grew their own blooms
  
  In the safe and hidden rooms where we
  
  Keep watch on them like they are our children.
  
  ***
  
  Nothing grew. We knew this was
  
  A possibility, had read
  
  It sometimes takes two years,
  
  And we hoped in spite of only dirt
  
  For the green that could be anything.
  Perhaps we dug too shallow or too close
  
  To the shade, or stepped where we had already planted,
  
  Either crushing roots or breaking their curled
  
  First shoots before they broke the surface.
  
  ***
  
  So when one survived, wove a green line
  
  Of its own, thinly sprouting something unknowable, I ran
  
  Inside and for a moment felt
  
  What John must have felt
  
  Leaving Peter, old and unsteadily running,
  
  And running breathlessly
  
  To tell everyone —
  
  Everyone
  
  What had happened
  
  And how you wouldn't believe your eyes.

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  Full Circle Parenting - A Guide...

  Jimmy Scroggins, Leslee Bennett

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  Parenting isn’t for wimps. It's not just the routines, schedules, discipline, and heartaches—it's the hard conversations. One of the greatest challenges of parenting is navigating the crucial conversations that we must have with our kids.   Jimmy and Kristin Scroggins have been married for more than twenty five years and have eight children. Jimmy pastors a church in South Florida. They’ve had plenty of crucial conversations in their lives—not only with their own children, but with parents who are scared and seeking wisdom. They know they have to find a way to have those tough conversations from a biblical perspective and a distinctly Christian worldview, but they don’t know how.  If you’re like these parents, Full Circle Parenting was written for you. Using the 3 Circles gospel tool (God’s design; brokenness; gospel), Jimmy and Kristin will give you a “conversation map” to work through any tough conversations you have with your children, and will show you how it works with the following topics and more:   Gender, Sexuality, and Marriage  Technology   Alcohol and Substance Abuse  Bitterness, Forgiveness, and Restoration  Friendship and Mean Kids

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  Women of Hope - Doctors of the...

  Terry Polakovic

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  Throughout the history of the Catholic Church, in her most troubled and turbulent times, God has raised up great saints as beacons of hope in the midst of darkness. Among these great saints, the four women Doctors of the Church stand out as models of courage, wisdom, and trust. Their example and teachings remain with us, are relevant to the challenges of our own day, and urge us on to renewal with unwavering hope. 
   
   
   
  "Trust shows the way," wrote Saint Hildegard of Bingen. These words set the courageous standard by which she, Teresa of Ávila, Catherine of Siena, and Thérèse of Lisieux lived. The phrase can be considered the watchword for the Church in every age, and especially in our own. 
   
   
   
  In Women of Hope, Terry Polakovic introduces these amazing women and describes the troubled times in which they lived and persevered. These women remind us that God can work through anyone to bring about his purpose. They prove to us that, as Christians, we can live in confident hope, no matter the circumstances in which we find ourselves.

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  Finding the Real Jesus - A Guide...

  Lee Strobel

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  Who was Jesus--really? 
  For centuries, the Christian church has taught that Jesus is the divine Son of God, crucified for sinners and raised from the dead. In recent years, however, that picture of Jesus has come under widely publicized attack from sources ranging from critical scholars to Internet pundits to popular historians and others. 
  The new portraits of Jesus seem persuasive. You can't help but wonder . . . Did Christianity merely copy its beliefs from earlier mythology?Did the church suppress alternate gospels?Did Jesus never die on the cross or rise from the dead for sinners?Is the New Testament hopelessly riddled with errors? 
  New York Times bestselling author Lee Strobel helps you separate truth from media hype, sound scholarship from bias, and fact from speculation. Digging below the surface, this book provides credible, informed answers to today's most pressing questions about Jesus.

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  Believe in the Magic - Let the...

  Dee Louis-Scott

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  Mattie Pearl Fisher was born at a time in history when being Black and female was a double curse. You had to look very hard to find any human or legal rights. But, Mattie always stood her ground. Always confident and fierce, Mattie would pushed forward, striving to accomplish the things she wanted to do. She turned a deaf ear to those who thought they could dictate her life. 
  Mattie always told me to believe in the magic. The magic meant miracles. These miracles of life can be big, small and everything in between. 
  This book is a journey through the events in her life. There are also the life lessons gained from those events. 
  Mattie’s story is very powerful and inspirational; her spirit tenacious and infectious. She encouraged all the women she met to never settle for less than they deserved. 

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  Halos - A Novel

  Kristen Heitzmann

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  It was the halo that caught her heart between beats and made her pause to take notice. When Alessi Moore drives her red Mustang convertible into town, she wonders if this could be the place she was meant to find, a place to settle down. But when her convertible and all she owns is stolen, she is filled with doubt.

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