Saints of Feather and Fang

Saints of Feather and Fang

Author: Caryn Rivadeneira

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers

Published: 2022-04-19

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1506472087

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In Saints of Feather and Fang, writer and lifelong animal lover Caryn Rivadeneira explores the ways that animals--from the pets in our homes to the mysterious creatures of the deep--serve as spiritual guides for our hearts, minds, and souls. Rivadeneira offers whimsical and theological reflections on delight, instinct, adaptation, fear, and awe.


Sanctuary

Sanctuary

Author: Patrick Barrett

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2022-03

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1496445007

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"For decades, his family rescued lost and forgotten donkeys in the Irish countryside. He had no idea that one day, the donkeys would rescue him. Patrick Barrett grew up on the back of a donkey. In the small village of Liscarroll, he befriended the abandoned and abused donkeys his family cared for in their animal sanctuary. He became a true donkey whisperer -- communicating with them in ways they could understand and teaching himself how to speak in their distinctive calls. But Patrick's life took an unexpected turn. He shipped out with the Irish Army and encountered unimaginable wartime horrors in Lebanon and Kosovo. In the aftermath, he returned home a broken man, sinking into the depths of PTSD and addictions. He believed nothing could save him -- but he hadn't counted on God or the donkeys. Sanctuary is the remarkable true story of how faith turned one lost man's life around with the help of the rescue animals who love him"--Back cover.


How to Ditch the How-To

How to Ditch the How-To

Author: Tieler Giles

Publisher: The Good Book Company

Published: 2024-12-01

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 1802542647

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How God’s grace provides what we need to learn, grow, and live life well. How can you live your best life, be your best self, achieve your personal goals, and make a lasting difference? There’s lots of advice out there, but does any of it work? In her thirties, Tieler Giles moved to New York to build the life she dreamed of and become the person she wanted to be: one self-help strategy at a time. Several years later, exhausted, she discovered the gospel of grace in a powerful, new way. In this book, she examines some of the ways in which our culture tells us to pursue happiness, power, identity, and love, and shows us how only God’s grace provides what we truly need to learn, grow, and live life well. Whether you’re a Christian or exploring spirituality, get ready to discover how God has the power to renew our minds, heal our hearts and restore our souls.


Sanctuary

Sanctuary

Author: Patrick Barrett

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2022-03-15

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1496445031

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For decades, his family rescued lost and forgotten donkeys in the Irish countryside. He had no idea that one day, the donkeys would rescue him. Patrick Barrett grew up on the back of a donkey. In the small village of Liscarroll, the young boy helped his family run a sanctuary for abandoned and abused donkeys. Struggling in school, Patrick only felt truly accepted in the presence of these funny, fuzzy, touching animals. It was like magic, how he and the donkeys understood each other. He became a true “donkey whisperer”—reading their body language, communicating with them in ways they could understand, and teaching himself how to “speak” in their distinctive calls. But when Patrick was of age, he shipped out with the Irish Army and encountered unimaginable wartime horrors in Lebanon and Kosovo. In the aftermath, he returned home a broken man, sinking into the depths of PTSD and addictions. He believed nothing could save him. But he hadn’t counted on the donkeys. Sanctuary is the remarkable true story of how faith turned one lost man’s life around with the help of the rescue animals who loved him. It’s an antidote to despair and a call to hope, revealing the beauty and wonder of Ireland as you’ve never seen it before.


Finding Our Way Forward

Finding Our Way Forward

Author: Melanie Springer Mock

Publisher: MennoMedia, Inc.

Published: 2023-02-21

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1513810618

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When our children turn 18, we hope to happily launch them into the world to become the adults we’ve been preparing them to be. Their pathway seems clear: most will go to college, find a vocation and then a true love, and settle into a comfortable life while we parents keep in touch through occasional phone calls, family gatherings, and surprise trips home for Christmas. But now more than ever, these expectations fail to acknowledge the significant challenges faced by many young people, from a pandemic to racial unrest to a climate crisis that is setting the world on fire, figuratively and literally. While young people are consistently told they need to discern God’s calling, in Finding Our Way Forward, Melanie Springer Mock draws on her decades as a college professor and mom to four adult children to explore how finding our way means developing a more expansive understanding of calling for ourselves and for the young adults we love, one that moves beyond vocation and capitalistic enterprises to what God really calls us to: Seeking justice. Loving mercy. Walking with humility. Loving others. Loving God. As we do so, our relationships can be transformed as together we find our way forward.


A Mother's List of Books for Children

A Mother's List of Books for Children

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1909

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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A liste of recommended readings for children, intended for home use and arranged by age, not school grade. Included in the list are fairy tales that are free from horrible happenings. Omitted are all writings which tolerate cruelty or unkindness to animals.


Mama's Got a Fake I.D.

Mama's Got a Fake I.D.

Author: Caryn Dahlstrand Rivadeneira

Publisher: Waterbrook Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1400074932

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This inspiring and practical guide discusses how to break free from false guilt, learn a new language to express one's true identity, and follow God's lead. It's time to reveal the woman who got hidden behind all that mom.