Sexuality is an integral part of our lives. For many it forms the basis for self-identification and worth, and for others it is an undefined mystery. Sex has been categorized as unmentionable yet unavoidable. As popular as it is today, to discuss it…
What happens when your body doesn't look how it's supposed to look, or feel how it's supposed to feel, or do what it's supposed to do? Who or what defines the ideals behind these expectations? How can we challenge them and live more peacefully in ou…
God has a need for women who will be there for other women--to encourage their dreams, speak into their lives, and listen to their hearts. Author Carol Kent imparts principles from the life of Jesus for the making of an effective mentor. This effect…
God Invites You to Be at Rest. Can life in this multitasking world be tamed? In a culture that pulls women in multiple directions at once, is it possible to declutter the calendar, reduce energy-draining distractions, and exchange some of those urge…
In the early 2000's, Mark Achtemeier embarked on a personal journey with the Bible that led him from being a conservative, evangelical opponent of gay rights to an outspoken activist for gay marriage and a fully inclusive church. In The Bible's Yes…
EXPANDED! NOW WITH LEADER'S GUIDE AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS. "Just a mom?" There's no such thing. Motherhood isn't a second-rate occupation. It is a career that can maximize your talents and strengths to their fullest. Look past the surface of mother…
For centuries, men have been trained to suppress their feelings, and they've been taught to connect in shallow ways with the people around them. In Feelings Are Stupid, author Ed White is brave enough to challenge these norms and ask men new questio…
In You Are a Prize to Be Won! CBN news anchor Wendy Griffith shares her personal story of falling in love, and then watching her happily-ever-after dreams disappear. In the aftermath of heartbreak, Wendy discovered the truth about who she is in God'…
Whether you were born in the poorest home or were an unwanted child, whether you were abandoned or rejected or lost both parents at your birth, you were born a princess. However, all women are not born queens. We choose to become one. It's not easy…
Would you believe that 86 percent of LGBT people--from the proud marcher at the Pride Parade to the quiet, closeted teen--spent their childhood in church? More than half of them left those religious commu-nities as adults; three out of four would be…
Over several decades, scholarship in New Testament and early Christianity has drawn attention both to the ways in which ancient Mediterranean conceptions of embodiment, sexual difference, and desire were fundamentally different from modern ones and…
Hvar äro männen? Den frågan ställde sig Carl Alm, entusiastisk ideell kraft i sekelskiftets kyrkliga verksamhet, vid ett möte i Stockholm på temat Männens uppgift i arbetet för Guds rike våren 1918. På kontoren, fabriksgolven och ute på fälten var…
Women have proved their equality with men in leadership, scholarship and exercising spiritual gifts, but traditional interpretations of Scripture mean that leadership, for many Christians, is still predominantly male. Penelope Wilcock proposes a rea…
It is an open secret that marriage is in crisis in the United States and that the marriages of Catholics are not significantly different from other marriages. In Marriage and the Catholic Church Michael Lawler confronts the difficult questions in th…
Do you believe that "true Love" exists? If you have poured your heart out to someone who has hurt you, you probably would want to say you hope you could say yes; you want to believe that there is true Love, but you are more doubtful than hopeful. Yo…
This book explores changing gender and religious roles for Catholic men and women in the British Isles from Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Church in 1534 to full emancipation in 1829. Filled with richly detailed stories, such as the suppressio…
These essays attempt to fill a growing need for a more exact idea of the role of religion, specifically in the Judaeo-Christian tradition, in shaping the traditional cultural images that have degraded and suppressed women. This book provides, in the…
9 Traits of a Life-Giving Mom: Replacing my Worst with God's Best is written by a mom for moms. Sue admits that she, like most moms, has moments where her own unresolved issues come to the surface. Discover how to embody the fruit of the Holy Spirit…
You don't have to be everything to everyone. You don't have to try so hard to button it up and hold it together. Join Jess and Hayley as they reveal how women today can walk in the true liberty we already have in Jesus. For all the fullness of God a…
By combining the spirit of fiction with the fabulism of Indian mythology and in-depth academic research, Vanessa R. Sasson shares the evocative story of the Buddha from the perspective of a forgotten woman: Yasodhara, the Buddha's wife. Although oft…
Enter the Ring takes a fresh, powerful, vulnerable approach to marriage by framing it as the fight that it is. The world uses different assaults and tactics to distract us, tempting us to walk away, in order to destroy our marriages. But there is ho…
On December 6, 1989, a man armed with a semi-automatic rifle entered an engineering school in Montreal and murdered fourteen women before killing himself. Responses to what has come to be known as "The Montreal Massacre" varied, from the initial sho…
You are more than enough. In today's society, that message is often overlooked. You have to have this or that to feel qualified or accepted. If you dont have any "likes" on your social media platforms, are you still loved? This false sense of valid…
Rather than settling for cheap shortcuts to harmony, Curtiss Paul DeYoung invites us to embrace a costly reconciliation. Reconciliation: God's Timeless Call to Justice, Healing, and Transformation describes what is essential for engaging in the proc…
If a meal is a metaphor for a relationship, then there's no better way to describe God's purpose for his people than as an invitation to a meal with the Maker. In Come Eat With Me, Rob Douglas explores hospitality as a biblical theme and a descripti…
Can any young man escape the lure of sexual temptation in today's world? You're surrounded by sex constantly--in movies, on TV, video games, music, the Internet. Is it any wonder that it feels impossible to stay sexually pure? How do men survive the…
Die Kategorien der gegenwartigen Sexual- und Geschlechterforschung wie z.B. Hetero- und Homosexualitat, Transsexualitat oder Transgender sind relativ moderne Konzepte, die sich im Verlauf der Geschichte des Abendlandes aus einer meist religios begru…
A new approach to thinking about the representation of the Other in Western society, The Jew's Daughter: A Cultural History of a Conversion Narrative offers an insight into the gendered difference of the Jew. Focusing on a popular narrative of "The…
As a woman in the church, it's difficult to know what it means to say "I'm called to ministry." Whether you have been wrestling with that calling for years or are just starting to ask what it means, Now That I'm Called will provide you with guidance…
Life in the American church has become a bewildering place for Christian women. Many now find themselves caught in the middle of an intense debate over their roles. Often, they are left with no clear answers and few options for using their gifts. Wh…
Lauded by Ann Voskamp as "what your soul is begging for," this bestseller from the founder of the million-strong IF: Gathering invites you to stop striving and discover the answer to your soul-deep thirst. All too many of us struggle under the wei…
Acclaimed worship artist Darlene Zschech walks readers through the valley of her cancer diagnosis, and shows us all how maintaining a posture of worship before the Lord can create an oasis in the storm.Storms are an inevitable part of life. Rain fal…
