Curious about your own image of God, how you see God, what you believe about God? Take this opportunity to identify your own unique way of seeing God. What does God look like to you? How does that image effect your life and your desire to be with God or reject God. Does something need to change? Are there other possibilities? Read these fascinating stories of God and take time to reflect and journal about your own experience of the Holy One.

"One of the most profound, empathetic and beautiful books ever written on the subject of suffering and loss." - Sheila Walsh In this powerful book, Biebel leaves behind the all-too-familiar platitudes and instead offers the unvarnished truth about the pain of illness, death, divorce, financial ruin, and more. With keen insight and a Christian outlook, Biebel puts God right by your side to help you sort through your hurt and see the value in your trials. His real-life examples and honest approach will help you turn pain into a meaningful journey toward hope and happiness. "This book saved my life," one bereaved father said. A young woman wrote, "I kept this book on my nightstand. Late at night, when I was alone and afraid, I could feel its presence hanging over me like a lightly floating sheet making me feel safe." Over the past twenty-five years, this book has brought comfort and hope to hundreds of thousands of the author's fellow pilgrims on the way of suffering. Now, this major revision is even more practical and helpful for those who hurt and those who wish to understand. In these pages you will find: - Eight essential truths about pain and healing - Questions for personal reflection or group study - Insights into relevant biblical texts and themes - A pathway toward a deeper, more personal relationship with the One who shares our sorrows, and is acquainted with our grief "In this remarkable book, my friend Dave Biebel helps the reader understand exactly what's so good about God in the midst of suffering." - Joni Eareckson Tada In this revised and updated version of a best-selling classic on the subject of loss and renewal, first published in 1989, the author comes alongside people in pain, and shows the way through and beyond it, to joy again. This book has proven helpful to those who are struggling and to those who wish to understand and help. Having lost his first son in 1978, Dr. Biebel became immersed in pain, again, in 1986, when his second son, Christopher, was stricken with the same genetically linked illness that had caused Jonathan's death just a few years earlier. The preface captures the book's honesty and practicality, "All around us, people are in pain. Emotional, physical, relational, spiritual - whatever its sources, the pain feels the same. Even born-again, sincere, evangelical, Bible-believing, church-going, church-leading believers are in pain.... Many who hurt have been nursing the wounds for so long they can't remember what it's like to be anything other than sad. Others denied the pain and submerged the anger so long ago that they are unaware how the resulting depression, even bitterness, has subtly impacted their ability to love.... Now I know it's possible you've heard a lot of principles and endured too much advice. So I'll skip most of that and try for something else: Truth - one pilgrim to another. And the truth is, pain has two faces, human and divine. The human face is haggard, drawn, contorted, and streaked with tears. The divine is calm, assuring, kind, and loving - but likewise streaked with tears."

In today’s society couched in secularism, relativism, and general moral decline, many people may have lost a sense of sin and are struggling to embrace the importance of spiritual healing. Thankfully God always welcomes us back to experience God’s merciful and healing love. In an uplifting and deeply spiritual presentation, retired priest William Kremmell underscores a basic truth of Christian faith: that our God is a God of unconditional, all-embracing love and forgiveness for all people, revealed in Jesus. Throughout his study, Father Kremmell examines why God’s love is everlasting, why we are all sinners, the major reasons why Catholics do not approach the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and the reasons why they should return to this grace-filled experience—all while helping believers find a healthy sense of sin, a new appreciation of the God who is love, and a better understanding of the Sacrament as a sign of God’s merciful presence and life-giving power in our lives. It’s All about God’s Love is a retired priest’s exploration of the Sacrament of Reconciliation and why it needs to be renewed and restored as an integral element of the spiritual journey of today’s Catholic.

While God desires us to experience Him intimately and passionately every day, we still often see boredom and a lack of excitement regarding life with God. What exactly is the problem? Could it be that we are bored and no longer see ourselves involved in the biblical experience of Christianity? Could it be that we have allowed guilt and shame to plague our lives and steal our freedom? Could it be that we have not stepped into the calling God has on our lives? These are huge possibilities! However, there is good news! The good news is for the Christian. We serve a God who can be experienced today! Experiential God is a call to the distant and distracted. It is an invitation into the experience God intends for His people.

In this comprehensive collection of his thought, readers of George MacDonald will discover what one of his editors, Rolland Hein, calls the “strength and captivating moral beauty” of his convictions. Drawn from his sermons, novels, poetry, and letters, 3,000 Quotations from the Writings of George MacDonald distills MacDonald’s exuberant celebration of the close connection between the human and the divine. Harry Verploegh, a lifelong collector of more than one hundred thousand useful and inspiring sayings from a variety of thinkers, compiled these three thousand quotes under topics today’s preachers, speakers, and writers will find both relevant and timely.