Download or read book The Little Church of Mended People written by Stewart French and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who says that God is dead? Certainly not the people whose testimonies appear in this short book. All the people who have contributed are either past or present members of the Kennington United Reformed/Methodist Church in Ashford, Kent. This small church, which has seldom exceeded a regular congregation of 60 on a Sunday, and often below 20, has seen many occasions where God has been at work, changing lives, healing people, restoring relationships. This is not unusual: if you dig deep enough into almost any congregation you will find similar stories of an active, involved, caring God, but too often these stories are kept inside the membership, and behind the walls of the building. We believe it is time that we put our heads above the parapet and said to the world Gods Not Dead!, and here are some of our shared, and individual, experiences to prove it. For further information please contact [email protected] or visit the church website www.kurc.org.uk

Download or read book Mended written by Angie Smith and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2012 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling new women's author and conference speaker Smith gets to the heart of beauty in brokenness; the cracks that show in people's lives don't eliminate the ability to magnify God.

Download or read book Unapologetic written by Francis Spufford and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francis Spufford's Unapologetic is a wonderfully pugnacious defense of Christianity. Refuting critics such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the "new atheist" crowd, Spufford, a former atheist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, argues that Christianity is recognizable, drawing on the deep and deeply ordinary vocabulary of human feeling, satisfying those who believe in it by offering a ruthlessly realistic account of the grown-up dignity of Christian experience. Fans of C. S. Lewis, N. T. Wright, Marilynne Robinson, Mary Karr, Diana Butler Bass, Rob Bell, and James Martin will appreciate Spufford's crisp, lively, and abashedly defiant thesis. Unapologetic is a book for believers who are fed up with being patronized, for non-believers curious about how faith can possibly work in the twenty-first century, and for anyone who feels there is something indefinably wrong, literalistic, anti-imaginative and intolerant about the way the atheist case is now being made.

Download or read book Mending the Motocross Champion written by Jean C. Gordon and published by Upstate NY Romance. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Small Church Essentials written by Karl Vaters and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you lead a small church? Big churches get all the love. Articles, books, conferences—they mostly feature leaders of large congregations. Yet big churches are a small part of the ecclesial landscape. In fact, more than 90 percent of churches have fewer than 200 people. That means small churches play a big part in what God is doing. Small Church Essentials is for leaders of these smaller congregations. It encourages them to steward their role well, debunking myths about small churches while offering principles for leading a dynamic, healthy small church. Based on the popular six-hour lecture that Karl Vaters delivers to church leaders across the country, Small Church Essentials will affirm small church leaders and show them how to identify what they do well, and how to do it even better. Readers will: Be assured that leading a small congregation does not make them ministry failures Come away inspired to lead with passion, regardless the size of their church Have field-tested principles for leading a church in their context Possess new metrics for biblically measuring vitality in small churches Have a toolkit of resources to use in their everyday ministry Karl Vaters has been a small church pastor for 30 years, is the author of The Grasshopper Myth: Big Churches, Small Churches, and the Small Thinking that Divides Us (2013), and travels extensively to churches and conferences to speak about leading a small church well. If you are pastoring a small church, this book will be a breath of fresh air. It will affirm your calling while giving you fresh tools to help you lead. It will help you: Stop believing lies about small churches Lead your church to fulfill the role only small churches can Understand your congregation’s strengths and weaknesses Turn around a dying or unhealthy church Identify good trends and bad in church and culture

Download or read book Mending the Net written by Doug Stringer and published by Whitaker House. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1981, Doug Stringer was a fitness instructor running his own exercise studio. He knew there was a God…but he lived as if God didn’t exist. Tired of his hypocrisy and disgusted with his life, he sat down one night and prayed, “Lord, if You can use someone like me after all I have done to wound Your heart, I make myself available to You.” God listened and immediately started to send needy people to Doug. Runaways. Strippers. Drug addicts. Homeless people. And Doug’s ministry, Somebody Cares, was born. Mending the Net: Bringing Hope in a Hurting World is the story of how one man with a servant’s heart was led to help others with the basic necessities of life while sharing the good news of Jesus Christ. Doug’s ministry has grown exponentially from its humble beginnings, now reaching tens of thousands of people around the world who are dealing with personal crises or disasters such as hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, or floods. Through it all, what has not changed was Doug’s firm belief that we are all called to show the lost and hurting that Somebody Cares and be part of the mended net that saves souls with love and compassion.

Download or read book Mending a Broken Mind written by Andrew Adam White and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you feel down, depressed, or hopeless? Have you lost interest or pleasure in doing things? Do you know someone who might be depressed and want to help? Are you a Christian healer—health care provider, counselor, or clergy - and want to expand your knowledge base on depression? If you answer yes to any of these questions, this book may be of help to you. As a Christian family physician and educator for forty-three years and with seminary training, I have found that treating the whole person with clinical depression is the most likely way to be healed from this dreadful illness. There are now many real helps for those with clinical depression from the medical (including psychiatric), counseling, and pastoral care professions, especially from the Bible itself. I have suffered from seven clinical depressions, and most of my siblings and children have experienced at least one clinical depression—so I know what the issues are that face those of us who are depressed. I have also included real life examples of Christians who have suffered from depression, including me, as well as helpful quotations from Scripture and special prayers for those who are depressed.

Download or read book Mending Your Heart in a Broken World written by Patsy Clairmont and published by FaithWords. This book was released on 2009-09-26 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using Scripture and real-life stories, Patsy Clairmont illustrates how hearts and dreams can be rejuvenated and rebuilt and how the trip through the valley can lead to the mountaintop.

Download or read book A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles written by James Augustus Henry Murray and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Mending String written by Cliff Coon and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All is not well in the home of successful pastor and parenting expert Clayton Loverage, who has found that none of his proven techniques work on his youngest daughter, Ellen. Ellen and her father live in hostility and silence that is broken only after Ellen starts trespassing regularly in her English teacher's home. Power hungry church members and menacing criminals threaten to unravel the delicate bond redeveloping between Clayton and his daughter. A suspenseful, yet sweet story about what it takes to mend a relationship gone wrong.

Download or read book Mending the Soul Second Edition written by Steven R. Tracy and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a well-researched biblical and scientific overview of abuse. A broad overview, it deals with the various types of abuse, the various effects of abuse, and the means of healing. Abuse can be sexual, physical, neglect, spiritual, and verbal. The chief arguments pursued throughout the book are: (1) abuse is far more rampant than most Christians realize, but due to human depravity and satanic influence, widespread abuse is predicable. (2) All types of abuse create profound, long-term soul damage due to the way abuse perverts various aspects of the image of God. (3) God is the healing redeemer. Human salvation came through horrible physical abuse. (4) Healing must take place in the context of relationships. Humans are deeply impacted by others due to being made in the image of God. Just as surely as abusive relationships have tremendous power to wound the soul, so healthy relationships have tremendous power to nurture and heal the soul. Questions answered in the book include: How can a genuine believer abuse a child? Why would someone abuse a child? How can parents and children's workers identify abusers? How can abuse victims heal? What does genuine healing look like? Is anger appropriate or hurtful for abuse victims? Where does forgiveness fit in? This second edition has been updated to reflect research conducted and published in the past 15 years on abuse and trauma. It accounts for the significant social changes and increased mental health struggles in our culture, including dramatic escalation in rates of depression, anxiety, suicide, and isolation, which exacerbate the effects of abuse and complicate the healing process. Based on their now-extensive trauma care experience, this new edition helps readers how to minister to new domestic and global victims such as sex trafficking survivors, foster children, refugees, and survivors of genocide. Examples and illustrations are updated with more recent ones from high-profile abuse cases and the aftermath of the #MeToo movement. The appendixes include lists of helpful resources for child protection policies, worker/parent child abuse education, warning signs of potential abusers, and general abuse resources (books, internet sites, and organizations) to equip ministry leaders are provided in appendices. Illustrations, case studies, and art therapy drawings.

Download or read book Mending Magic Box Set Books 1 3 written by W.J. May and published by W.J. May. This book was released on with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today Bestselling Author, W. J. May brings you the first three books of the Mending Magic series - an anthology of magic, fantasy and romantic suspense that'll keep you reading. Your curse is your biggest strength. ...I just didn't know it yet. Book 1 Jamie Hunt's the high school quarterback in his senior year. He's popular, smart, got the prettiest girl in the school chasing him. Everything couldn't be more perfect. But a single mistake changes everything. His new "ability" puts in the middle of a war he doesn't want to be a part of, protecting a girl he barely knows and running from the one thing he loves—his family. Book 2 When Jamie and Gabrielle ran away in the middle of the night, they thought they'd be leaving their troubles behind them. Now, they're starting to realize those troubles have just begun. With no money, no plan, and no destination, they find themselves the world's most wanted fugitives—trying to stay one step ahead of an international intelligence organization tasked with hunting them down. An intelligence organization run by Jamie's own father. An opportunity presents itself, but nothing is as it seems. Alliances are strained. Powers are tested. And no one knows who to trust. How do you outrun your destiny? Book 3 How do you hold back the tide? When Jamie and Gabrielle fled halfway across the world just to escape his father, the last thing they wanted was a castle full of unexpected guests. But magic doesn't discriminate, and they aren't the only teenage fugitives living on the run. Now, with a whole group of people depending on him, the stakes are higher than ever and Jamie struggles to control his powers. Tensions mount and relationships are tested as unexpected secrets are brought to light. No corner of the world is remote enough to hide, and with Obtero circling ever closer, it's only a matter of time before they are discovered. Can a group of teenagers fend off the trained killers on their trail? Can they master their abilities in time? Most importantly, is it possible to keep such a terrible secret? One wrong breath…and the game is up Never give up. Never give in. Mending Magic Series: Lost Souls Illusion of Power Challenging the Dark Castle of Power Limits of Magic Protectors of Light Search Terms: The Chronicles of Kerrigan, superhero fantasy ebook, fantasy paranormal urban, urban, urban paranormal, paranormal suspense, paranormal shifter romance, coming of, dark fantasy, fantasy new adult, superhero fantasy ebooks, witches, vampires and witches, superhero, paranormal fantasy, paranormal romance, New Adult & College Romance Paranormal, new adult, new adult and college, New Adult & College Romance, w.j. may, chronicles of kerrigan, Tudor, supernatural, England, romance, mystery, tattoos, g, sagas, horror romance, horror, fantasy, Young Adult, series, boarding school, paranormal, superpowers, coming of age, werewolf shifters romance, paranormal shifter r

Download or read book Mending the World written by Niclas Blader and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-06-16 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion has played a major role in history, affecting the course of events and influencing individuals. Today one frequently hears the expression "the return of religion" but opinions differ as to how this "return" is to be understood. It is clear that modernity and postmodernity have not meant that religion is dead or relegated to society's backyards. Religion is still of vital importance for many people. It has, to some extent, changed shape but has not lost its legitimacy and attractiveness to broad groups. Religion is public, visible, and has a sought-for voice; but it is also wrestling with extremism, ignorance, and preconceptions. Just like ideologies, religions are capable of activating diametrically opposite traits in humans. It is this dual tension that is implicit in the question mark in this book's title: Mending the World? This book's aim is to help explore whether, how, and in what ways religion, church, and theology can contribute constructively to the future of a global society. In thirty-one chapters, researchers from around the world address the relation between religion and society.

Download or read book Mending the Moon written by Susan Palwick and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melinda Soto, aged sixty-four, vacationing in Mexico, is murdered by a fellow American tourist. Back in her hometown of Reno, Nevada, she leaves behind her adopted son, Jeremy, whom she rescued from war-torn Guatamala when he was a toddler—just one of her many causes over the years. And she leaves behind a circle of friends: Veronique, the academic stuck in a teaching job from which she can't retire; Rosemary, who's losing her husband to Alzheimer's and who's trying to lose herself in volunteer work; Henrietta, the priest at Rosemary's and Melinda's church. Jeremy already had a fraught relationship with his charismatic mother and the people in her orbit. Now her death is tearing him apart, and he can barely stand the rituals of remembrance that ensue among his mother's friends. Then the police reveal who killed Melinda: a Seattle teenager who flew home to his parents and drowned himself just days later. It's too much. Jeremy's not the only one who can't deal. Friendships fray. But the unexpected happens: an invitation to them all, from the murderer's mother, to come to Seattle for his memorial. It's ridiculous. And yet, somehow, each of them begins to see in it a chance to heal. Aided, in peculiar ways, by Jeremy's years-long obsession with the comic-book hero Comrade Cosmos, and the immense cult of online commentary it's spawned. Shot through with feeling and inventiveness, Susan Palwick's Mending the Moon is a novel of the odd paths that lead to home. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book God s Holey Men Need Mending And So Do You written by Charles E. Creech and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there hope for the restoration of your marriage after infidelity? Do you know "What went wrong?" How will you "Work through your problems?" Can you do anything to make it better? Should you confess your infidelity to your spouse or not? How do you "Affair Proof" your marriage? How do I determine if I or my spouse is vulnerable for an affair to occur? With so many couples, family members and congregations experiencing the devastating damage caused by broken relationships; can anything be done to fix what has been broken, stolen or lost? THE GOOD NEWS IS: YES! Discover what you can do to restore your marriage relationship! "Charles & LaVern Creech have provided in God's Holey Men Need Mending; And So Do You! a book, a service guide, a handbook to help or repair broken trust and ultimately to prevent marital infidelity. This is a one of the rare books in which every person will discover something of the unique dynamics of his/her life". Dr. Alfred R. Jones (Marriage & Family Life Professional)

Download or read book Mending the Broken Heart written by Joan Conkey and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-20 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All of us have been broken-hearted and have had trauma in our lives. A broken heart never really is the same again but it can heal, be fulfilled and renewed in new ways. In 1998, I had open-heart surgery(a triple by-pass). That was physical trauma so I know what that is like also. However, what this book will address are the emotional breaks and trauma that we sustain. From these, there is also hope and recovery. The stories included are real, their names changed to protect their identity.

Download or read book Mending the Heart written by Lisa Duffy and published by Our Sunday Visitor. This book was released on 2018-04-11 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear friend: If you are seeking answers about the Catholic annulment process after having gone through the pain of divorce, my heart is with you. While you certainly want technical answers to questions about the “process,” you’re probably searching even more for answers to the aching questions that weigh heavy on your heart: How in the world did I end up here? How could God allow my marriage to end in divorce? Am I still accepted in my Church? And perhaps most importantly, Where do I go from here? These are critical questions, and you deserve honest answers. Rest assured, you are not alone. I speak from experience. I’ve been where you are and know what you are going through. In Mending the Heart: The Catholic Annulment Companion, I walk with you through the annulment process, taking a close look at the changes Pope Francis has made, and helping you discover ways to find hope and healing in the midst of heartbreak. Know that God wants to heal you through this process. He wants to bring triumph out of the pain you are experiencing now, and set you on the path to a new, deeply fulfilling life. In Christ, Lisa Duffy ABOUT THE AUTHOR Lisa Duffy is a Catholic author, speaker, and divorce recovery expert who experienced the tragedy of an unwanted divorce in the early 1990s. She has nearly 20 years of personal experience helping people rebuild their lives after divorce. Author of many books on divorce recovery and personal divorce recovery coach, she has also instituted the Journey of Hope program for Catholic divorce support groups in parishes across the United States and in Canada. Aside from her dedication to her family, Lisa speaks at conferences, appears on television and radio, coaches one-on-one and in groups, and holds online events. She resides in South Carolina with her husband and three children.