Blessed are the Bored in Spirit
Blessed are the Bored in Spirit

Author: Mark Hart

Publisher: Franciscan Media

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780867166774

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My image of God the Father, enthroned in heaven in flowing white robes and Birkenstock sandals, was overshadowed by my certainty that he didn't want me to have any fun. God was all about rules.--from Chapter Five Too many young Catholics experience their faith as Mark Hart did: They rarely miss Mass even if they don't understand it; they have a Bible even if they never read it; they go to confession even if they aren't particularly repentant. Is that your experience of Catholicism? Is yours a faith of Thou Shalt Nots? If so, forget about a dreary life of mindless obedience to rules you don't understand. It's time to enter into the transforming light of your Creator who invites you to live from the still center of his undying love. The author's humorous and hard-hitting reflections drive home the point that God isn't calling the reader to be a good person--someone who merely obeys the rules--but a new person in Jesus Christ. The audio edition of this book can be downloaded via Audible.

Blessed Are the Nones
Blessed Are the Nones

Author: Stina Kielsmeier-Cook

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2020-09-08

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 0830853375

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When her husband left Christianity several years into their marriage, Stina Kielsmeier-Cook was left struggling to live the Christian life on her own. In this memoir, she tells the story of her mixed-faith marriage and how she found unexpected community with an order of Catholic nuns, discovering that she was not "spiritually single" after all—and that no one really is.

God Made Me Do It
God Made Me Do It

Author: Marc Hartzman

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2010-03-01

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 140223614X

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Does God, in His infinite wisdom, convince people to get rid of their car insurance? Does He encourage cannibalism? Does the God of more than six billion people actually have time to root for the Minnesota Vikings? According to some, yes. How do they know? God told them. Luckily, God also told Marc Hartzman to write this book, a collection of the most shocking, absurd, and hilarious things people have ever claimed God asked them to do, and to present them for your pure reading enjoyment. Including: The man that God told to perform surgery on himself God's generous offer to miraculously fill his believer's gas tank The fateful day God (assumedly feeling nostalgic for his teen years) asked a man to TP a police station The woman God instructed to direct traffic—topless And, sadly, many more

When They Come Home
When They Come Home

Author: Melanie Rigney

Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications

Published: 2009-12

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9781585957613

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Here the authors offer practical, how-to advice on building parish programs that will attract inactive Catholics and keep them engaged once they've returned. They honor existing programs such as "Landings" and "Coming Home," but also offer ways to adapt and personalize these programs. They also emphasize the importance for parish teams of being authentic shepherds for Christ, gathering up and feeding his sheep. Returnees, they say, will be richer for rekindling their relationship with Christ, and the parish will be richer for sharing their journey.

A Second Look
A Second Look

Author: Mark Hart

Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor

Published: 2016-03-07

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 1612783724

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Mark Hart brings stories of Biblical characters to life through Scripture, the saints, and his own real-life reflections, asking, “Are you willing to take a second look at the Jesus you currently know and allow Him to speak to you in new ways?”

Let It Marinate
Let It Marinate

Author: Antonwaun K. M. Johnson

Publisher: Kingdom Winds Publishing

Published: 2019-06-20

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781645900009

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Let It Marinate is not like the conventional daily or topical focused devotional. It was written to unlock our spiritual thinking, encourage readers to seek more of God's Word, free our minds, and be a source of what is needed at the time of reading. Let It Marinate compliments the author's ministerial focus of liberation and edification as he has a desire to see God's children grow from spiritual milk to spiritual meat. As you read the words of this book, do not be in a rush to get through a passage, but let it marinate and season your spirit!

What Really Happens After We Die
What Really Happens After We Die

Author: James Papandrea

Publisher: Sophia Institute Press

Published: 2019-10-06

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1622826396

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Here professor of Church history Dr. James Papandrea gathers in one place all that is known about the afterlife — drawn from the teachings of Jesus, the Apostles, the Church Fathers, and the Church's Magisterium — affording, for the first time ever, a complete, authoritative, detailed portrait of the state of souls after death and the realms we enter. The following are among the many questions he answers: If, as St. Paul says, “flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God,” how can our bodies enter Heaven? After death but before the final resurrection, are we simply unconscious? What is our resurrection like? (And does it differ from Jesus' Resurrection?) Are ghosts real? (You'll be surprised at what the Church Fathers have to say.) What is the difference between Heaven and Paradise? Which of our parts will accompany us to Heaven (and which must be left behind)? In Heaven, do we still eat and dri