Kristen LaValley

Carlos Whittaker

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

North Carolina

What We Believe about God When Life Doesn't Make Sense

How can I approach God if I'm struggling to believe in His goodness? So much of our belief can be formulaic. We often think that if we do A, B, and C, then God will do X, Y, and Z. We check things off the "Good Christian Checklist," trusting we'll be okay, and our trials will be minimal. But when our experiences inevitably deviate from that belief, our trust in God often crumbles. After a series of life-altering trials--including a devastating diagnosis--uncovering faith in the cracks of pain is something Kristen LaValley knows well. In Even If He Doesn't, Kristen will: share her vulnerable and honest story unpack the nuances of suffering and faith, holding space for the tension between the two reveal how engaging the gentleness and grace of Christ in our suffering offers a surprising path to healing remind us that when our belief is reduced to a formula, we rob ourselves of a faith that's enriched by suffering, not crippled by it Those in the midst of heartache will find strength and renewal as Kristen approaches the complexity of suffering with compassion, guiding us to endure while not forsaking the joy, hope, and peace of those marked by Jesus.

Even If He Doesn't

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Annie F. Downs

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Collecting the Moments That Matter

Annie helps women to identify the beauty that surrounds us and to draw strength from what it reflects about the goodness of God.

Looking for Lovely

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Hannah Brencher

Your Nitty Gritty Guide to Beating the Lies That Hold You Back

For anyone weary of the daily fight, author and TED speaker Hannah Brencher's Fighting Forward is the empowering anthem you need to take the next small step to a better life. Bursting with hope, these power-ballad essays will help you move from fear to action and take back your life one win at a time.

Fighting Forward

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Sara Hagerty

The Gift of Being Hidden in a World That Loves to Be Noticed

We each long to be seen and understood. Yet most of our days pass seemingly unwitnessed. Drawing from both personal and biblical story, Sara Hagerty explores the spiritual richness of being hidden in God--'wasting' resources, time, and ourselves at His feet even when no one else sees.

Unseen

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Jess Connolly

Dare to Reclaim What God Has Named Good

For women who love God but have a love/hate relationship with their bodies, join Jess Connolly to discover a bold new way to rest in God's workmanship and heal the broken beliefs that have held you back from your fullest life.

Breaking Free from Body Shame

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K. J. Ramsey

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Prayers and Poems to Find Strength in Small Moments

The Book of Common Courage is a photo-driven collection of poems and prayers for the small and hard moments of ordinary life. Organized around the words of Psalm 23, this book will comfort you through tough times and inspire you to courageously entrust your life to a good and kind God.

The Book of Common Courage

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Roz Chast

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

A Memoir

Celebrates the final years of the author's aging parents' lives through cartoons, family photos, and documents that reflect the author's struggles with caregiver challenges.

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?

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Judson Brewer

New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind

The instant New York Times bestseller A step-by-step plan clinically proven to break the cycle of worry and fear that drives anxiety and addictive habits We are living through one of the most anxious periods any of us can remember. Whether facing issues as public as a pandemic or as personal as having kids at home and fighting the urge to reach for the wine bottle every night, we are feeling overwhelmed and out of control. But in this timely book, Judson Brewer explains how to uproot anxiety at its source using brain-based techniques and small hacks accessible to anyone. We think of anxiety as everything from mild unease to full-blown panic. But it's also what drives the addictive behaviors and bad habits we use to cope (e.g. stress eating, procrastination, doom scrolling and social media). Plus, anxiety lives in a part of the brain that resists rational thought. So we get stuck in anxiety habit loops that we can't think our way out of or use willpower to overcome. Dr. Brewer teaches us map our brains to discover our triggers, defuse them with the simple but powerful practice of curiosity, and to train our brains using mindfulness and other practices that his lab has proven can work. Distilling more than 20 years of research and hands-on work with thousands of patients, including Olympic athletes and coaches, and leaders in government and business, Dr. Brewer has created a clear, solution-oriented program that anyone can use to feel better - no matter how anxious they feel.

Unwinding Anxiety

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John R. Harvey

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Complete Rest for Health, Vitality and Longevity

Deep Sleep

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Brené Brown

Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

An expert of the psychology of shame presents advice on how to overcome paralyzing fears and self-consciousness, and at the same time increase feelings of self-worth, gratitude, and acceptance.

The Gifts of Imperfection

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How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

**Now on Netflix as The Call to Courage**

'She's so good, Brené Brown, at finding the language to articulate collective feeling' Dolly Alderton

Every time we are faced with change, no matter how great or small, we also face risk. We feel uncertain and exposed. We feel vulnerable. Most of us try to fight those feelings - or feel guilt for feeling them in the first place.

In a powerful new vision Dr Brené Brown challenges everything we think we know about vulnerability, and dispels the widely accepted myth that it's a weakness. She argues that, in truth, vulnerability is strength and when we shut ourselves off from vulnerability - from revealing our true selves - we distance ourselves from the experiences that bring purpose and meaning to our lives.

Daring Greatly is the culmination of 12 years of groundbreaking social research, across every area of our lives including home, relationships, work, and parenting. It is an invitation to be courageous; to show up and let ourselves be seen, even when there are no guarantees.

This is vulnerability. This is daring greatly.

Daring Greatly

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Your Invitation to Be Here in a Getting There World

In Come Matter Here, writer and speaker Hannah Brencher challenges readers to stop putting their life on hold until "someday" and start digging their heels into the here and now to build the life God has designed for them.

Come Matter Here

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Christie Cozad Neuger

A Narrative, Pastoral Approach

In this signal volume, Christie Neuger offers a new feminist paradigm for radical, effective, empowering counseling for women. She contends that pastors must take up the challenge of pastoral counseling, especially in light of the revolutionary pastoral implications of gender studies and feminist theology, as well as the continuing personal and social effects of sexism. The most sustained and systematic account to date, Neuger's model employs narrative psychotherapy -- a short-term, contextually sensitive, and teachable counseling structure. She espouses counseling in four phases: coming to voice, gaining clarity, making choices, and staying connected. Each is masterfully sketched and illustrated by a common therapeutic problem (e.g., intimate violence, depression, aging). Neuger's work promises to aid counselors "to help women resist and transform the negative effects of a woman-unfriendly culture" and so to reclaim their stories, their strength, and their lives.

Counseling Women

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Curt Thompson

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Retelling the Stories We Believe about Ourselves

The Gospel Coalition Top Books of 2015 in Faith and WorkHearts & Minds Bookstore's Best Books of 2015, Applied Theology, Basic Christian Living, Whole Life DiscipleshipWe're all infected with a spiritual disease. Its name is shame. Whether we realize it or not, shame affects every aspect of our personal lives and vocational endeavors. It seeks to destroy our identity in Christ, replacing it with a damaged version of ourselves that results in unhealed pain and brokenness. But God is telling a different story for your life.Psychiatrist Curt Thompson unpacks the soul of shame, revealing its ubiquitous nature and neurobiological roots. He also provides the theological and practical tools necessary to dismantle shame, based on years of researching its damaging effects and counseling people to overcome those wounds.Thompson's expertise and compassion will help you identify your own pains and struggles and find freedom from the lifelong negative messages that bind you. Rewrite the story of your life and embrace healing and wholeness as you discover and defeat shame's insidious agenda.

The Soul of Shame

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Alia Joy

Seth Haines

Discovering God in All We Lack

As a girl, Alia Joy came face to face with weakness, poverty, and loss in ways that made her doubt God was good. There were times when it felt as if God had abandoned her. What she didn't realize then was that God was always there, calling her to abandon herself.

In this deeply personal exploration of what it means to be "poor in spirit," Joy challenges our cultural proclivity to "pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps." She calls on readers to embrace true vulnerability and authenticity with God and with one another, showing how weakness does not disqualify us from inclusion in the kingdom of God--instead, it is our very invitation to enter in.

Anyone who has struggled with feeling inadequate, disillusioned, or just too broken will find hope. This message is an antidote to despair, helping readers reclaim the ways God is good, even when life is anything but.

Glorious Weakness

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Anne Lamott

Some Thoughts on Faith

Combining elements of spiritual study and memoir, the author describes her odyssey of faith, drawing on her own sometimes troubled past to explore the many ways in which faith sustains and guides one's daily life

Traveling Mercies

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William Kent Krueger

A Novel

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! “If you liked Where the Crawdads Sing, you’ll love This Tender Land...This story is as big-hearted as they come.” —Parade The unforgettable story of four orphans who travel the Mississippi River on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression. In the summer of 1932, on the banks of Minnesota’s Gilead River, Odie O’Banion is an orphan confined to the Lincoln Indian Training School, a pitiless place where his lively nature earns him the superintendent’s wrath. Forced to flee after committing a terrible crime, he and his brother, Albert, their best friend, Mose, and a brokenhearted little girl named Emmy steal away in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi and a place to call their own. Over the course of one summer, these four orphans journey into the unknown and cross paths with others who are adrift, from struggling farmers and traveling faith healers to displaced families and lost souls of all kinds. With the feel of a modern classic, This Tender Land is an enthralling, big-hearted epic that shows how the magnificent American landscape connects us all, haunts our dreams, and makes us whole.

This Tender Land

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Matthew Sleeth

How to Be a Force for Life in a Culture of Suicide

"A much-needed manual for all who attempt to counsel troubled souls battling despair." --Bob Russell, Retired Senior Pastor, Southeast Christian Church Every single day, someone you know is thinking about committing suicide. It isn't just one or two--ten million Americans will consider killing themselves in the upcoming year. Dr. Matthew Sleeth believes Christians--and our churches--should be the first to offer hope. Are we prepared to do so? As a physician and minister, Dr. Sleeth shares his personal and professional experiences with depression and suicide, challenging Christians to become part of the solution. With sound medical principles finding their rightful place beside timeless biblical wisdom, Hope Always offers the practical and spiritual tools that individuals, families, and churches need to help loved ones who are stressed and struggling. In Hope Always, you will find research-based and scientifically grounded information about the suicide epidemic, biblically based information to start a conversation about the spiritual and emotional battles that so many of us face, and a practical toolkit to consult when a loved one is dealing with suicidal ideation. After reading Hope Always, you will have the resources at your fingertips to build communities of hope that help save lives!

Hope Always

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Remember God is a book from veteran author Annie F. Downs reminding readers, especially in times when it is difficult to believe, that God is kind.

Remember God

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Don Clifton

Albert L. Winseman

Curt Liesveld

Discover Your God-Given Talents and Inspire Your Community

A "strengths"-based guide to inspiring congregations presents a unique plan for building community by encouraging individuals to share their talents with the group.

Living Your Strengths

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Justin S. Holcomb

Lindsey A. Holcomb

Hope and Healing for Victims of Sexual Assault

Helps adult victims of sexual assault move from brokenness to healing. This book outlines a theology or redemption and includes an application of how the disgrace of the cross can lead victims toward grace.

Rid of My Disgrace

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David P. Murray

Hope and Help for Depressed People

Many Christians mistakenly believe that true Christians don¿t get depressed, and this misconception heaps additional pain and guilt onto Christians who are suffering from mental and emotional distress. Author David P. Murray comes to the defense of depressed Christians, asserting that Christians do get depressed! He explains why and how Christians should study depression, what depression is, and the approaches caregivers, pastors, and churches can take to help those who are suffering from it. With clarity and wise biblical insight, Dr. Murray offers help and hope to those suffering from depression, the family members and friends who care for them, and pastors ministering to these wounded members of their flock.

Christians Get Depressed Too

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Claire Fox

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Even If He Doesn't

Annie F. Downs

Looking for Lovely

Hannah Brencher

Fighting Forward

Sara Hagerty

Unseen

Jess Connolly

Breaking Free from Body Shame

K. J. Ramsey

The Book of Common Courage

Roz Chast

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?

Judson Brewer

Unwinding Anxiety

John R. Harvey

Deep Sleep

Brené Brown

The Gifts of Imperfection

Brené Brown

Daring Greatly

Hannah Brencher

Come Matter Here

Christie Cozad Neuger

Counseling Women

Curt Thompson

The Soul of Shame

Alia Joy; Seth Haines

Glorious Weakness

Anne Lamott

Traveling Mercies

William Kent Krueger

This Tender Land

Matthew Sleeth

Hope Always

Annie F. Downs

Remember God

Don Clifton; Albert L. Winseman; Curt Liesveld

Living Your Strengths

Justin S. Holcomb; Lindsey A. Holcomb

Rid of My Disgrace

David P. Murray

Christians Get Depressed Too

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