Author: E. Graziani
Publisher: Second Story Press
ISBN: 1772600253
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Faith Emily Hansen just wants to be loved and to live without the weight of addiction. But the relief that she gets from being wrapped up in the cozy little cotton ball of heroin is impossible to ignore. Faith’s story starts in her earliest days, before drugs, before her family falls apart. She eventually becomes consumed by the need to “chase the dragon," the heroin addiction that seems to keep the Darkness at bay, but leads her to live on the street. The determination to find love and comfort that lures Faith to drugs is ultimately the same stubborn force that can drive her to recover.
Author: Adina Senft
Publisher: Moonshell Books, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1079
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In the small town of Smoke River, Washington, everyone knows the Elect of God. They’re good religious people similar to the Amish, honest, hardworking—and they’re hiding some dreadful secrets. Included in this collection are four novels, all inspired by true events: Grounds to Believe, in which a cop specializing in cult investigations must infiltrate the Elect with the help of a desperate insider who fears something dreadful is happening in her family. Pocketful of Pearls, where a homeless man and an abused young woman find freedom when they unexpectedly join forces. The Sound of Your Voice, in which a cop investigates a charismatic preacher who seems too good to be true, and the young woman who learns the difference between truth and illusion. Over Her Head, where a mother must face the possibility that her daughter has been involved in a terrible crime. "A brave and talented author who looks at the darkness as well as the light.” —Mary Jo Putney The books can be read as standalones, though the characters all know one another and appear in each other's stories. No strong language, just a dollop of suspense, a loving kiss, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Author: Jo Bannister
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312343019
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Brodie finds the perfect house for a famous rock musician and his entourage--that is, until the body of a young woman turns up on the grounds. As Brodie and the police delve into the woman's past, they find connections to the present that no one wants to believe.
Author: William Abernethy-Drummond
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oaths (Canon law)
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Author: John Cornwell
Publisher: Viking Canada
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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The Catholic Church is an extraordinary operation. Even in our supposedly secular age it numbers more than a billion faithful throughout the world, and its followers are increasing at a remarkable rate. But today, on the threshold of a new papacy, Catholics face a gamut of crises threatening division, fragmentation - even schism. Far from healing the rift, the Vatican under Pope John Paul II is driving the opposing factions still further apart.
Author: Harris Faulkner
Publisher: Leathers Publishing
ISBN: 9781585970117
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Read the riveting story of the Fox 4 Evening News anchor's experience with a stalker and what she went through to bring him to justice. She also outlines the 10 steps to success her faith led her to that anyone can use in their own life.
Author: Jacqueline A. Bussie
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 0718076656
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 289
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Winner of the 2017 Illumination Award Jacqueline Bussie knows that too many Christians live according to unspoken “laws” that govern the Christian life: #1: Never get angry at God; #2: Never doubt; #3: Never question; #4: Never tell your real story; #5: Always speak in clichés about evil and suffering; and #6: Always believe hope comes easy for those who truly love God. Living according to these rules is killing real Christian life; Outlaw Christian proposes a rebellious, life-giving, authentic alternative. Through captivating stories and with disarming honesty, Bussie gives concrete, practical strategies to help readers cultivate hope, seek joy, practice accompaniment, compost their pain, and rediscover the spiritual practice of lament. Tackling difficult questions without political divisiveness, Bussie speaks to both progressive and conservative Christians in ways that unite rather than divide. And in doing so, she provides a new way to handle the most difficult and troubling questions of life in a broken world that God will never abandon.
Author: Pete Portal
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781473697386
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Cape Town is one of the most beautiful cities in the world - often described as a kind of heaven on earth. Yet for the majority of its inhabitants it is hell. Apartheid-spawned ghettoes are everywhere, and for those living in Manenberg - a coloured township on the Cape Flats, purpose-built by the apartheid government as part of its forced removal plan - life is just as marginal today as it was during apartheid. The main differences now are the rampant drug use and widespread gang presence. No Neutral Ground is a gripping account of Pete Portal's move from London to Manenberg, of addicts and gangsters meeting Jesus and being transformed, and how he went from living with a heroin addict to establishing a church community - and all the heartbreak and failure along the way. This is a story of mighty works of God, as well as relapse, hopelessness and despair; the miraculous and the mundane, heaven and hell, all balanced on a knife edge. Offering searing insight and an inspiring vision of faith, Pete asks why anyone would choose this way of life, if giving up our lives for others is worth it - and what the church could become if we were willing to risk it all to reach the forgotten and the lost.
Author: Faith Erin Hicks
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
ISBN: 1626723656
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
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A sweet, funny contemporary teen romance for the inner geek in all of us from graphic novelist Faith Erin Hicks. Miriam's family should be rich. After all, her grandfather was the co-creator of smash-hit comics series The TomorrowMen. But he sold his rights to the series to his co-creator in the 1960s for practically nothing, and now that's what Miriam has: practically nothing. And practically nothing to look forward to either-how can she afford college when her family can barely keep a roof above their heads? As if she didn't have enough to worry about, Miriam's life gets much more complicated when a cute boy shows up in town . . . and turns out to be the grandson of the man who defrauded Miriam's grandfather, and heir to the TomorrowMen fortune. In her endearing debut novel, cartoonist Faith Erin Hicks pens a sensitive and funny Romeo and Juliet tale about modern romance, geek royalty, and what it takes to heal the long-festering scars of the past (Spoiler Alert: love).
Author: Scott Hahn
Publisher: Emmaus Road Publishing
ISBN: 1941447791
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Why were the early Christians willing to die to protect a single iota of the creed? Why have the Judeans, Romans, and Persians—among others—seen the Christian creed as a threat to the established social order? In The Creed: Professing the Faith Through the Ages, bestselling author Dr. Scott Hahn recovers and conveys the creed’s revolutionary character. Tracing the development of the first formulations of faith in the early Church through later ecumenical councils, The Creed tells the story of how the very profession of our belief in Christ fashions us for heavenly life as we live out our earthly days.
