Finding Faith in Slow Motion
Without faith it is impossible to please God, right? How can I rest in that reality when I cannot say with certainty what that faith stuff even is?
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From the Mouth of Ma: A Search for Caroline Quiner Ingalls
There's not a whole lot written about Caroline Quiner Ingalls, the mother of famed Little House on the Prairie author, Laura Ingalls Wilder. And I always wondered why. So I set about looking for her. . .in family letters, bits of biography and, mostly, through the words she spoke throughout the Little House series. The Ma I thought I’d find wasn’t the one I discovered. Would you like to meet her? I think you’ll be happy that you did.
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Nonfiction, Memoir, or Fiction?: Dissecting the Works of Laura Ingalls Wilder
An in-depth look into the writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her use of the nonfiction, memoir, and fiction genres.
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Suddenly Single Mom: 52 Messages of Hope, Grace, and Promise
A devotional that reads like a memoir--for single moms and those who care about them.
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The Three Faces of Nellie
Whether you love her, hate her, or love to hate her, Nellie Oleson is one of most recognizable literary figures of the 20th century. But Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House on the Prairie series in which Nellie appears, had a secret. . .Nellie wasn’t a real person! Instead, she was a composite character created from three girls Laura knew from childhood: Nellie Owens, Genevieve Masters, and Estella Gilbert.
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Where Are You, God? Learning to Trust When Times Are Tough (365-Day Devotionals)
Note: Robynne Elizabeth Miller is one of the contributors to this book.
Whether you're feeling abandoned and overwhelmed or just need confirmation that God cares, you will be encouraged and inspired by these short daily devotions.
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The Questions of Jesus
The Questions of Jesus
is a collection of fifty-two questions that Jesus asked or that people asked Jesus arranged in two-page chapters. All come from the Gospel accounts or the Acts of the Apostles. The book can be used like a devotional or for meditation. It would work well for group study in a small group or book club. Understanding Jesus' questions will help the reader to grow in spiritual maturity. Some of Jesus' parables are explained because they provide answers to questions or raise questions themselves.
The book provides something of a commentary on the most interesting questions in people’s interactions with Jesus—people like the Samaritan woman at the well, Nicodemus, and Mary and Martha. What was Satan doing when he challenged Jesus, "If you are the Son of God . . ."? Do you wonder what is the unforgiveable sin against the Holy Spirit? What did Jesus mean by the sign of Jonah? Jesus’ questions in the Sermon on the Mount are explored and many more too.
Jesus asked questions to engage His listeners or to challenge their thinking. His disciples often wanted to understand Him but sometimes to use Him; His opponents sharpened them as weapons against Him. Some of Jesus’ questions seem stupid, even rude—they’re not! As always with Jesus, there’s more to everything He said than at first appears. The interactions have lasting value too—for us. What lies behind the questions we sometimes ask God? What do His questions teach us about ourselves? His questions examine us and encourage us to think and live more like Him.
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Suddenly Unemployed
Losing your job, home, financial stability, dreams and possibly more can be heartbreaking, lonely and difficult. Immediately, you're scrambling for answers to questions like "Why me? Where will we live? What’s next?”
Rebecca understands firsthand what it’s like to be stripped of her 15 year management career in Silicon Valley manufacturing when her company outsourced her four departments overseas and, as a result, lost her beloved home among other necessities.
Suddenly Unemployed shares her family of four's true-to-life personal stories and biblical passages to encourage you through whatever storm you’re facing.
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ROOTED: First Steps for New Christ-Followers
ROOTED is a ten-session course designed to guide new and young Christ-followers through a series of discipleship basics. The intent is to provide a foundation and framework for the new life in Christ with Jesus as the cornerstone to that foundation (Isaiah 28:16-17, Ephesians 2:20). This is not a comprehensive course in discipleship. The intent of this study is only to get you, the reader, a running start at your new life in Christ.
[You are] fellow citizens with God’s people and members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.
– Ephesians 2:19-20, NIV-1978
To build our foundation, this series of studies follows the pattern of the first Christ-followers, those who came to faith in Christ on the day of Pentecost, responding to the Acts 2 sermon delivered by the apostle Peter.
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
– Acts 2:42 NIV-1978
The Name Quest: Explore the Names of God to Grow in Faith and Get to Know Him Better
An insightful journey through all the biblical names of God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. Beginning in Babel and ending with a burning Babylon, The Name Quest explains the significance that the different names for God have for an everyday relationship with God and for spiritual growth. The names of God are like a rainbow--each name expresses part of the spectrum of the character and attributes of God.
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