Simple, down-to-earth rhyme and free verse poetry of praise to God, the seasons, love, family, friendship, and fulfilling your dreams. A book that inspires the heart of the reader and offers encouragement for daily living. A perfect gift, touching the heart of the giver and the recipient. When life becomes aflutter with busy schedules and abuzz with activities, this book is a refreshing rest from the world of hurry. So kick off your shoes, grab a mug of coffee or tea and enjoy!

Welcoming Grace: Words of Love for All is a selection of sermons by Pastor Kurt Jacobson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Based on biblical passages, readers will be drawn into inspiring revelations of a God who loves, accepts and renews. Discover in Welcoming Grace ways to grow in faith and find direction for many of life's challenges. This is an excellent resource for devotional time. A follow up book "Living Hope: Powerful Messages of Faith" is another work by Pastor Kurt Jacobson

Why is the Golden Rule so central in almost every culture and religion? What is it that drives human beings to do good to others? Are altruism, compassion, and forgiveness natural forms of human behavior, or do they have to be learned and practiced in the neural context of our primal instincts for survival and self-defense? These are some of the questions that lie behind the study of Compassionate Love amongst people of color. Davis explores the patterns and contours of “other-love,” which he defines as a selfless regard for the well-being of others. He also examines the basis for distinctive modes of compassionate behavior enriched by “ebony grace” — a theological attribution for people of African descent. This text focuses especially on the historical, cultural, and religious heritage that inspires and empowers such attitudes, in spite of constant encounters with systemic negation, social alienation, and unrelenting racism. How is it that Black families in the home, school, and church still support, sustain, and succeed in the practice of unyielding love-in-compassion? That is the magic and mystery within contemporary Black cultural norms and moral values. This text is a powerful attempt to contribute to the debate on Christian altruism.

This is a glimpse of Gerie's journey of incredible faith; true and faithful friends; her dedicated church family. You will laugh, cry, be angry and sad. This is a book of wisdom and understanding of our innner most feelings. It will leave you in deep thought and it will force you to look at life differently. The book invites you to be a witness to God's unconditional love through His grace and mercy. If there is doubt, this will give you courage. If you are struggling with challenges, this will give you the will power to overcome and move on. You will not be able to put it down. You will want to go back and re-read time and again.

Dr. Robert Weltman is a spiritually-centered psychologist who is passionate about sharing God's messages illustrating the savage nature of our human condition and how God brings awareness to each of us when we are ready. When this awareness occurs, God provides the necessary guidance through love and peace to show us how to operate from the divine spirit within us that is always connected to Him. This 365-day devotional spanning nearly two decades of daily dictation offers verses, given to Dr. Weltman by God, to share with the world. Organized to help spiritual seekers begin and end the day with the Creator's guidance, Dr. Weltman provides poetic verses that express encouragement, love, hope, wisdom, and reassurance, that despite our struggles, suffering and heartache, God always provides a way back to Him and His healing we all require to experience happiness, and ultimately, His loving presence.

Join beloved New York Times bestselling author Bob Goff in Live in Grace, Walk in Love as he shares 365 days of inspiring, unexpected, humble teachings on grace and love that will prepare you for the year ahead. Built on Bob's trademark storytelling and unique way of helping us to see things in a new light, Live in Grace, Walk in Love weaves together personal stories with timeless scripture, taking you through an entire calendar year of meditations on stepping out in love and confidence in every aspect of your life. Each of the 365 daily devotionals center around a key scripture and combine Bob's thoughtful analysis and a thought-provoking question that you can reflect on throughout the day. Live in Grace, Walk in Love will guide you as you grow in your faith journey, too, helping you ask and answer essential questions, including: What project am I working on without God's help? Who do you feel most comfortable being yourself with? What could innocent, childlike faith do to change my perspective today? Are you focusing too much on what others think of you? What message have I been waiting to hear? Start each morning with these actionable, inspirational words of wisdom, take a step back and carve out time to reflect during your busy day, or finish your evening focused and inspired. No matter how you read it, Live in Grace, Walk in Love will spark your creativity, nourish your soul, and give you the encouragement you need to become the person you want to be.

What is the relationship between the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the action of grace? John Meinert’s The Love of God Poured Out enters into the major positions and debates within Thomism to forge a new synthesis on this topic within the greater body of scholarship existing today. Meinert reads Aquinas’s thought on the gifts of the Holy Spirit and grace in an integral and analogous way. Not only does The Love of God Poured Out aid scholars in understanding Aquinas’s thought on these two issues, it also once more clarifies the truth that the Holy Spirit and his gifts are neither a devout appendix to moral theology nor a pious nod to tradition. They are the heart and height of the moral life, a life lived subditus Deo.

The book you are holding results from years of research carried out as I traveled the world as a rock musician followed by living abroad as a minister. Did you know that all the music ever created in the West has its origin in just twelve sounds? From rock to bluegrass, to gospel to the intricate arrangements of classical, it all came from only twelve notes. That happened because musicians found an infinite number of tonal combinations to use within the twelve-note scale. What today’s social ills have in common with music is that they exist because of a failure on our part to have a similar vision for the Ten Commandments. That vision is one of limitless applications for them. This book approaches the Ten Commandments in the same manner that musicians approach the twelve-note scale—with a desire to create something fresh, building on what has come before. This book uses the “ten sounds” to create a different melody to sing in the areas of racial injustice, disability, gender inequality, and to bring healing to the wounds that linger on in some communities because of unjust activities engaged in by some of our forebearers.