If I Gave You God's Phone Number...

If I Gave You God's Phone Number...
Author: Mare Cromwell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780971703209

This timely book chronicles one woman's spiritual journey, through interviews about God and reflections on each conversation. A broad spectrum of individuals are found here, including Catholics, Jews, a Cherokee Shaman, a Death Row inmate, an Afghani Sufi Mystic, and Several children. Each responds to the question, "If I gave you God's phone number, what would you do with it?" Part memoir, part interview, the book is a fascinating glimpse of the ever-evolving spiritual landscape and life in America. It is also an engaging testimony of Mare Cromwell's search for spiritual answers through a very unique approach to seeking truth. It profoundly changed her life. It may well change yours. Book jacket.

If You Gave God a Gift...

If You Gave God a Gift...
Author: Rosanne Pallini-Verlezza
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2012-11
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1452559856

Is there a life richer than the one you're living? If You Gave God a Gift, you'd experience a more balanced life. By striving to not just take but also give, you'd be pleasing your Creator and bringing out the best in yourself. This anthology/memoir boasts over 370 words of wisdom and complementing photography from Rosanne's travels. The insights come from a rich spectrum of writers, figures (traditional and contemporary), and spiritual references. For years, Rosanne transcribed uplifting thoughts into her journals and desired to share what she'd collected. The title came to her in a dream, and the format evolved, taking on a spiritual direction of its own. The collection is organized by "gifts," for not only the Higher Power but for all of humanity. It provides a framework to assist in living a well-intentioned life. Rosanne's wholehearted reflections of her faith journey jump-start each section. In a world spinning out of control, let this be your guide for calibrating your internal moral compass. Through easy reading in tandem with thought-provoking images, you can finally slow down and achieve equilibrium.

Love Does

Love Does
Author: Bob Goff
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2012
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1400203759

Now a New York Times Bestseller As a college student he spent 16 days in the Pacific Ocean with five guys and a crate of canned meat. As a father he took his kids on a world tour to eat ice cream with heads of state. He made friends in Uganda, and they liked him so much he became the Ugandan consul. He pursued his wife for three years before she agreed to date him. His grades weren't good enough to get into law school, so he sat on a bench outside the Dean's office for seven days until they finally let him enroll. Bob Goff has become something of a legend, and his friends consider him the world's best-kept secret. Those same friends have long insisted he write a book. What follows are paradigm shifts, musings, and stories from one of the world's most delightfully engaging and winsome people. What fuels his impact? Love. But it's not the kind of love that stops at thoughts and feelings. Bob's love takes action. Bob believes Love Does. When Love Does, life gets interesting. Each day turns into a hilarious, whimsical, meaningful chance that makes faith simple and real. Each chapter is a story that forms a book, a life. And this is one life you don't want to miss. Light and fun, unique and profound, the lessons drawn from Bob's life and attitude just might inspire you to be secretly incredible, too. Endorsements: "If this book does not make your heart beat faster, book the next flight to Mayo Clinic " --Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church, Chairman, Willow Creek Association "Bob Goff is a one-man tsunami of grace, a hurricane of love. He doesn't just talk about change, he really is change, as Love Does chronicles in such a vivid way. Yet, Love Does doesn't leave you feeling like you want to celebrate its author, it awakens a sense deep within that you, too, have an outrageous role to play in God's unfolding story or rescue and repair." --Louie Giglio, Passion Conferences/Passion City Church "An interesting and compelling story (with Young Life roots) that ends with a practical challenge and punch: 'love does' and God can use you to do it " --Denny Rydberg, President, Young Life "Every once in a while someone like Bob Goff shows up to remind us that some things matter a lot more than others. Love Does has a kind of 'north star' effect that will push you to refocus your life and energy on what is most significant. It doesn't just invite you to respond with your God-given potential, it invites you to become a part of what God can do beyond your potential." --Reggie Joiner, Founder and CEO of Orange "We liked the book a lot. Mostly, the balloons on the cover. The rest was pretty good too. Lots of stories about how God helps us." --Aedan, Asher and Skye Peterson ages 13, 12 and 9 "This may look like a book. It's not. It is an invitation to enter into the greatest adventure you have ever known--your life as it was meant to be lived. Hang on " --Michael Hyatt, Author, Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World, MichaelHyatt.com "Bob's ability to love people brings contagious hope and inspiration wherever he goes. The power of love showcased in this book will surely touch the hearts and souls of many people. Read Love Does and find a friend in one the world's best hidden secrets, a person who shows how love can create connection and make a difference--even across oceans." --George Tsereteli, Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia (former Russian Republic)

You Know God Didn't Send Them If...

You Know God Didn't Send Them If...
Author: Jerry Hutcheson
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2011-03
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 161379195X

This book is written to help both Christian and Non-Christian singles who have exhausted their resources in the search for meaningful relationships. The first step is being open to make changes in your perception of self and others. Have you ever wondered why you seem to pick the same person over and over? The aim of this book is to bump you out of the rut of perpetual bad choices and expand your knowledge for healthy decisions in relationships. As you read this book, I pray God will speak to you specifically the answer you seek.

If You Want God to Help You Be at Peace...

If You Want God to Help You Be at Peace...
Author: Derrick R. Rhodes
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2010-11
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1612154476

Are you looking for peace that passes all understanding? Are you looking to defeat your worries and starve your doubts in this often crude and cruel world? If the answer is yes, then you have chosen the right book. In this spiritually powerful book, Dr. Derrick R. Rhodes gives you some practical steps to help you deal with those things that are stealing your peace. You will also learn how to: - Have peace with God - Have peace within - Have peace with others - Let go of things you can't control - Deal with your hurts - Be happy in the moment Dr. Derrick R. Rhodes is a United Methodist pastor in Atlanta, Georgia. He holds degrees from North Carolina Central University, Gammon Theological Seminary of the Interdenominational Theological Center, and Drew University Theological School. He is the author of If You Want God to Help You, the first book in the series, and Overcoming Barriers That Divide.

If God Loves Me, Why Can't I Get My Locker Open?

If God Loves Me, Why Can't I Get My Locker Open?
Author: Lorraine Peterson
Publisher: Bethany House
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2006-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0764201891

Since Oxford University Press's publication in 2000 of Michael Emerson and Christian Smith's groundbreaking study, Divided by Faith (DBF), research on racialized religion has burgeoned in a variety of disciplines in response to and in conversation with DBF. This conversation has moved outsideof sociological circles; historians, theologians, and philosophers have also engaged the central tenets of DBF for the purpose of contextualizing, substantiating, and in some cases, contesting the book's findings. In a poll published in January 2012, nearly 70% of evangelical churches professed adesire to be racially and culturally diverse. Currently, only around 8% of them have achieved this multiracial status. To an unprecedented degree, evangelical churches in the United States are trying to overcome the deep racial divides that persist in their congregations. Not surprisingly, many of these evangelicals have turned to DBF for solutions. The essays in Christians and the Color Line complicate the researchfindings of Emerson and Smith's study and explore new areas of research that have opened in the years since DBF's publication. The book is split into two sections. The chapters in the first section consider the history of American evangelicalism and race as portrayed in DBF. In the second sectionthe authors pick up where DBF left off, and discuss how American churches could ameliorate the problem of race in their congregations while also identifying problems that can arise from such attempted amelioration.

What If God Were My Analyst?

What If God Were My Analyst?
Author: Stephen Tsousis
Publisher: DoctorZed Publishing
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2011-09
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0987164597

Set against the current background of global climate disorder and breakdown, What if God were my Analyst? is a non fiction stream of consciousness where the Author as "client" enters into a therapeutic conversation of analysis with God. The book covers some of the World's most pressing issues through exploring some deep truths, taking the reader on a journey into Self and drawing upon myth, metaphysics, history, religion, psychology, politics, economics and ecology. What if God were my Analyst? is a confronting work. At times dark, sarcastic and black humoured while always challenging the rigid Fundamentalist's point of view. The hope offered in this writing calls for a timely coming together of people of goodwill throughout the World. Those who no longer want to be ruled by the corrupt who rob us of our true democratic freedoms, rights, values and spiritualities. What if God were my Analyst? is a polemic for all who have had enough and demand real responses during our time when the need for authentic and just change is roaring loudly from the four corners of the Earth- our common home. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: STEPHEN L. TSOUSIS was born in 1955. He has had a varied career as a high school teacher, youth worker, tutor, photographer, natural therapist, army officer and lecturer in psychotherapy. He is currently a practising counsellor and psychotherapist while also working as a part-time carer in mental health. He is a professional member of the Australian Counselling Association and secretary of the Hunter Region's local ACA chapter. He has spent almost thirty years studying, writing and applying psychologies, philosophies, comparative religions and metaphysics to help him make sense of his life. His primary adage is to Know Thyself, believing that the last frontier and the least well known is the inner world of a greater consciousness. What if God were my Analyst? is his first published book and he hopes to write at least two more. He is married and currently living in Sydney.