Love What Matters
Love What Matters

Author: LoveWhatMatters

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-05-02

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 1501169149

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In the bestselling tradition of The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Humans of New York comes a collection of authentic, emotional, and inspiring stories about life’s most important moments, as curated by the editors at Love What Matters. “90% of the reads bring me to tears. I just can't believe the love this world truly has when all we see is hate. This is so uplifting.” —Shelsea Where do you go when you want to feel inspired? When you want to forget about the divisiveness and the anger? For over five million people, that place is Love What Matters, a digital platform dedicated to finding and sharing the daily moments of kindness, compassion, and love that so often go overlooked. This curated collection of powerful stories features first person accounts and photographs that perfectly capture each moment: A husband learning he’s about to be a dad. A new mom embracing her body. A cashier inadvertently teaching a young girl a lesson about patience. A bagel from a stranger that saved a homeless man’s life. From long overdue adoptions to military heroes returning home; from a fireman’s touching 9/11 tribute to what an old dinner plate found at a bake sale can teach us all about life—these are the moments that matter. They are genuine. Authentic. Raw. And they are perfect in their imperfection—just like all of us. You will no doubt experience goosebumps and tears, but this mosaic of life’s moments will leave you with something even more profound: a reminder that, in the end, love always wins. “This really is the best page on Facebook. It renews your love of humanity. There are still good people. We need more reports of acts of kindness.” —Johnny

Why Love Matters
Why Love Matters

Author: Sue Gerhardt

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-10-24

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1317635795

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Why Love Matters explains why loving relationships are essential to brain development in the early years, and how these early interactions can have lasting consequences for future emotional and physical health. This second edition follows on from the success of the first, updating the scientific research, covering recent findings in genetics and the mind/body connection, and including a new chapter highlighting our growing understanding of the part also played by pregnancy in shaping a baby’s future emotional and physical well-being. The author focuses in particular on the wide-ranging effects of early stress on a baby or toddler’s developing nervous system. When things go wrong with relationships in early life, the dependent child has to adapt; what we now know is that his or her brain adapts too. The brain’s emotion and immune systems are particularly affected by early stress and can become less effective. This makes the child more vulnerable to a range of later difficulties such as depression, anti-social behaviour, addictions or anorexia, as well as physical illness.

Love Matters More
Love Matters More

Author: Jared Byas

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2020-09-08

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0310358620

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For years, Christians have argued, debated, and fought one another while "speaking the truth in love," yet we are no closer to the grace-filled life Jesus modeled. Biblical scholar and popular podcast host of The Bible for Normal People, Jared Byas casts a new vision for the Christian life that's built not on certainty, but on the risk of love. A biblically-based Christian life is not grounded in having all the answers but in a living relationship. This ultimately shifts our focus from collecting the "right" answers to loving others deeply and authentically. With stories and insights drawn from his years as a pastor, professor, and podcast host, Jared Byas calls us back to the heart of the Bible: that truth is only true when it's lived out in love. In a refreshing voice that's both witty and profoundly revelatory, Jared unpacks the concept of truth, its meaning, and why we so often fight over it. He makes a compelling case for how what we believe is less important than how we believe it and that, more than anything else, telling the truth in love is about following Jesus. For anyone who has ever felt forced to choose between truth and love, acceptance and rightness, this book offers a path forward beyond truth wars and legalistic religion to a love that matters more.

Love Matters Most
Love Matters Most

Author: Mij Kelly

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2016-12-13

Total Pages: 19

ISBN-13: 0316543101

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Perfect for Valentine's Day and a heartwarming read for the cold winter months, this cozy animal story explores the universal theme of a mother's love for her child. When a polar bear leaves the safety and warmth of her cave to travel all over a frozen wonderland, she must be looking for something very important. Could it be delicious silver salmon? A view of the swirling winter sky? A bit of gold? Of course, she is in search of the most precious thing of all: her lost little cub. In this touching story, readers will instantly be enamored with the sweeping illustrations of winter landscapes, endearing polar bear characters, and the resonant message that a mother's love matters most.

Black Love Matters
Black Love Matters

Author: Jessica P. Pryde

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2022-02-01

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0593335775

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An incisive, intersectional essay anthology that celebrates and examines romance and romantic media through the lens of Black readers, writers, and cultural commentators, edited by Book Riot columnist and librarian Jessica Pryde. Romantic love has been one of the most essential elements of storytelling for centuries. But for Black people in the United States and across the diaspora, it hasn't often been easy to find Black romance joyfully showcased in entertainment media. In this collection, revered authors and sparkling newcomers, librarians and academicians, and avid readers and reviewers consider the mirrors and windows into Black love as it is depicted in the novels, television shows, and films that have shaped their own stories. Whether personal reflection or cultural commentary, these essays delve into Black love now and in the past, including topics from the history of Black romance to social justice and the Black community to the meaning of desire and desirability. Exploring the multifaceted ways love is seen—and the ways it isn't—this diverse array of Black voices collectively shines a light on the power of crafting happy endings for Black lovers. Jessica Pryde is joined by Carole V. Bell, Sarah Hannah Gomez, Jasmine Guillory, Da’Shaun Harrison, Margo Hendricks, Adriana Herrera, Piper Huguley, Kosoko Jackson, Nicole M. Jackson, Beverly Jenkins, Christina C. Jones, Julie Moody-Freeman, and Allie Parker in this collection.

How We Love Matters
How We Love Matters

Author: Albert Tate

Publisher: FaithWords

Published: 2022-03-08

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1546000550

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This powerful book reimagines discipleship by begging us to acknowledge that racism exists in the Church—and offers the hopeful message that we can disciple it out. It is not an accident that racism is alive and well in the American church. Racism has, in fact, been taught within the church for so long most of us don’t even recognize it anymore. Pastor Albert Tate guides all of us in acknowledging the racism that keeps us from loving each other the way God intends and encourages siblings in Christ to sit together in racial discomfort, examining the role we may play in someone’s else’s struggle. How We Love Matters is a series of nine moving letters that educate, enlighten, and reimagine discipleship in a way that flips the church on its head. In these letters that include Dear Whiteness, Dear America, and Dear Church, Tate calls out racism in the world, the church, within himself and us. These letters present an anti-racist mission and vision for believers to follow that helps us to speak up at the family table and call out this evil so it will not persist in future generations. Tate believes that the only way to make change is by telling the truth about where we are—relationally, internally, and spiritually. How We Love Matters is an exposition of relevant Biblical truth, a clarion call for all believers to examine how they see and understand each other, and it is a way forward toward justice, reconciliation, and healing. Because, yes, it is important that we love each other, but it is even more important how we love each other.

Love Matters
Love Matters

Author: Ellen Cole

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-29

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 131795775X

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Love Matters: A Book of Lesbian Romance and Relationships is a collection of advice columns and personal reflections that will help lesbian couples validate and appreciate their unique relationships. With excerpts taken from the author’s “Love Matters” column in the lesbian newspaper New Phazes, this book explores real-life questions and issues that lesbians have about dating, sex, love, and relationship longevity. From Love Matters, you’ll receive honest, informative advice that can help you and your partner share a more open and fulfilling relationship. Offering support, care, and understanding for lesbian couples, Love Matters seeks to recognize the “new female role” for lesbian women. Using her 15-year long relationship as a basis for many of the responses, the author provides you with suggestions and insight into topics relating to lesbian relationships, such as: keeping sex alive in a long-term relationship handling finances fairly and successfully supporting your partner through the physical, emotional, and spiritual changes caused by menopause identifying the difficulties of dating and what lesbians look for on a date questioning the purpose of and emotions caused by a long-distance relationship realizing how homophobia affects love and relationships While focusing on the joys and experiences of couples, this book also addresses depression and loneliness felt by single lesbians, break-ups, and the death of a partner. You’ll find that Love Matters offers comfort, hope, and humor that will help you understand the difficulties and rewards of your lesbian relationship.

Black Love Matters
Black Love Matters

Author: Armon R. Perry

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-10-30

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 1793622051

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Black Love Matters is an in-depth qualitative analysis that focuses on a diverse group of adult black men and their attitudes towards behavior in marriage and romantic relationships. To give voice to the men’s narratives, Black Love Matters follows the men for four years, chronicling the experiences and the circumstances shaping their relationship trajectories. Highlights include discussions related to the roles that sex, infidelity, intimacy, trauma, family of origin, masculinity, and environmental factors play in the men’s attitudes and behaviors. Given the dearth of literature on black men featuring first-hand accounts from them, Black Love Matters makes a significant contribution to the existing literature that seems to be disproportionately focused on implicating black men in discussions of what ills their families and communities.

Our Love Matters
Our Love Matters

Author: Dr. Nicki Monti

Publisher: The Montecchiani Group

Published: 2014-01-09

Total Pages: 429

ISBN-13: 0991369904

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Our Love Matters: Find it, Fix it or Let it Go! by Nicki J. Monti is the ultimate self-help, self-realization and relationship management book available today. Dr. Nicki; as she is most commonly referred to; from her TV show appearances, articles, podcasts, and live appearances takes the reader to new levels as their guide on relationships and love. Our Love Matters is much more than a self-help book or a book about Love. It is the ultimate guidebook on relationships from finding love, fixing love and even when to let love go. Dr. Nicki is neither your typical author nor your typical therapist. She is your guide, companion, and she skillfully intertwines her own life experiences within the experiences she shares with the reader of Our Love Matters. No matter how you look at it, Our Love Does Matter and Dr. Nicki J. Monti will take you there. You may recognize Dr. Nicki's name or image as she has been featured on many reality TV Shows including Keeping up with the Kardashians, Millionaire Matchmaker and many others. Dr. Nicki not only cuts through the sugar to get the point--she gets you on path to the relationship you want and deserve. If there is one book that any relationship could benefit from, it is Our Love Matters.

Love Matters Most
Love Matters Most

Author: Eureka F. Collins

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1440100616

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Do you seek to grow in God's love and to cultivate and maintain a loving and positive attitude? It is not easy in today's world where people are often consumed with panic, grief, and confusion. Love appears lost in people's hearts in this world of constant changes, technological advances, and war. With divorce and failed relationships, it is often difficult to understand how love is supposed to be. But in Love Matters Most, author Eureka F. Collins provides insights on living a lifestyle of love. Endowed with biblical references and verses, Love Matters Most shares lessons that transcend the typical "love" book. Collins reveals how you can recover your joy and happiness by learning what love does and does not do. This love experience centers on listening to the voice of God and allowing His love to penetrate your heart. You will understand what love is and stop trying to imitate society's ideals of love and happiness. With the assistance of a thirty-one-day devotional-thirty-one days of one-minute prayers and inspirational readings-you will develop a powerful prayer life and gain new insights into God's infinite love and ways to promote a loving lifestyle.