Have you ever wondered if you are doing this whole "womanhood thing" right? Lisa Cotter sure did. Coming of age in a world that told her women should be like men, she often found herself confused and frustrated with the concept of femininity. That was until she encountered St. John Paul II's writings on the "feminine genius". In Reveal the Gift: Living the Feminine Genius, Lisa uncovers a transformational vision of a woman's purpose, meaning, and gifts, which might not be exactly what you expect. Learn from saints and other heroic women how to: Live authentic Catholic womanhood Embrace life from your unique gifts Practically impact your family, church, and world through your "feminine genius" "In an age where the terms 'woman' and 'femininity' have seemingly become arbitrary, Lisa engages with the wisdom of the Church to find the authentic and beautiful meaning of what it means to be 'woman.' Sharing the examples of some stellar female saints to expound on St. John Paul II's 'feminine genius,' Lisa helps women of all ages know their true dignity and worth and finally delight and rest in being a woman." -Jackie Francois Angel Ascension Presenter and co-author of Pray, Decide, and Don't Worry: 5 Steps to Discerning God's Will "One of the hardest topics to define (and even harder to live out) is our uniquely feminine vocation as women. Our own individual stories are so often wrapped up with wounds from our past. As we know, the result is confusion and hurt, drastically affecting our lives, especially our relationships. Lisa has given us a great gift, reaping immense fruit and insight from several heroic female saints throughout the Church’s life and Lisa's own personal experiences. I am so grateful because this book will help so many!" -Sarah Swafford Speaker and author of Emotional Virtue

“How can I determine which spiritual gifts I have?” Wrong question! Paul writes about the spiritual gifts in his letters as capacities of communities rather than individuals, and he never makes a definitive, definable list. The gifts are fluid and dynamic, refusing to be pinned down. “How can we start to describe how the Spirit works through us?” is a much more useful question. This book helps you answer that question, and then applies principles about spiritual gifts to urban ministry. Cities present particular challenges to the teams who live and minister in them. Certain spiritual gifts are crucial to teams trying to love their neighbors, and their neighborhoods, as themselves.

From debates about reparations to the rise of the welfare state, the decades following World War I saw a widespread turn across disciplines to questions about the nature and role of gifts: What is a gift? What do gifts mean and do? Which individuals and institutions have the authority to give? Marshalling wide-ranging interdisciplinary research, Returning the Gift argues that these questions centrally shaped literary modernism. The book begins by revisiting the locus classicus of twentieth-century gift theory -- the French sociologist Marcel Mauss's 1925 essay, The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies. His title notwithstanding, the gift Mauss envisions is not primitive or pre-capitalist, but rather a distinctively modern phenomenon. Subsequent chapters offer sustained, nuanced readings of novels and nonfiction by Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys, Gertrude Stein, and H.D. from the 1920s to 1940s, underscoring the ways their writing is illuminated by contemporaneous developments in the social sciences, economics, and politics, while also making a case for their unique contributions to broader debates about gifts. Not only do these writers insist that literature is a special kind of gift, but they also pose challenges to the gift's feminization in the work of both their Victorian forebears and contemporary male theorists. Each of these writers uses tropes and narratives of giving -- of hospitality, sympathy, reciprocity, charity, genius, and kinship -- to imagine more egalitarian social possibilities under the conditions of the capitalist present. The language of the gift is not, as we might expect, a mark of hostility to the market so much as a means of giving form to the 'society' in market society -- of representing everyday experiences of exchange that the myth of the free market works, even now, to render unthinkable.

The Culture of the Gift in Eighteenth-Century England analyzes the long overlooked role of gift exchange in literary texts and cultural documents and provides innovative readings of how gift transactions shaped the institutions and practices that gave this era its distinctive identity.

In this third book in the Gifts of Freedom series, you will find total joy, peace, and abundant life as you discover how to unwrap the gifts of: Increase Where, how, and why is there increase? How do you get the good kind? Your Destiny How do you find your destiny? Relationship How do relationships complete you and your destiny? The God of the Trinity Tapping into His wholeness. The Spirit How do your gifts bring life to your life? How do you find your gifts? Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments (Deuteronomy 7:9).

It is often times challenging to understand why it is that we face many trials in our lives, especially as teens and young adults in this generation. The reason for patient and Godly endurance can seem senseless, due to the increased visibility of the unjust in our world. My inspiration for writing ‘The Gift of Endurance’ came from this exact perception I obtained, at a time when I myself had to overcome these trials. Some that were afflicted by others and some that I inflicted upon myself, mainly due to the lack of mentorship and guidance that was made available to me in that time. However, my desire is not to eradicate pain and suffering but to ensure that your pain and suffering has an everlasting value as you endure for righteousness sake and never as a result of your failures. “Betab does an amazing job of telling her own vulnerable story and pulling out profound truths from the Word of God on how to overcome with endurance. Such helpful insight into The Lord’s promises for our lives. Read this book for inspiration and revelation!” - Josh and Meg Cooke-Campus Pastors Freedom Church

Discovering Gods Gifts to the Church is an inspired commentary and spiritual guidebook that focuses on the Holy Spirit and helps believers understand the Spirits role in the Trinity and how the Holy Spirit provides believers with blessings and gifts of the Spirit. It especially discusses how the Holy Spirit and the Christian church work together in harmony. The author invites readers to dwell on the significance of the Holy Spirit in their own lives so that they may engage in a personal relationship with the whole of Gods personage.

God's Creative Gift is an in-depth study for the creative Christian. It is intended for both professional and lay artists, for the casual crafter and hobbyist, and for those in both sacred and secular settings. It is for those who see things where others do not and for those whose imaginations cannot be confined by religious dogma and tradition. It is for musicians, singers, painters, sculptors, dancers, dramatists, writers, poets, carvers, weavers, film editors, photographers, filmmakers, architects, designers--anyone who finds inspiration in creativity. Focusing on the creative spirit within, it is designed to help you draw your inspiration from a Deeper Source. It is deeply rooted in Scripture--for the creative Christian must enter into the Word of God on a regular basis in order to know the choreographer of her steps, the crafter of her designs, the author and perfecter of her faith, and the sculptor of her creative heart, soul, mind, and body. And to know Him intimately.