Award Winner: 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: Christian Inspirational
Looking for more out of life?
After three tours totaling over 10,000 miles, Tim and Debbie Bishop have discovered wisdom and truth from the seat of a bicycle. In Wheels of Wisdom, the authors share the life lessons they learned on the open road.
When you're looking for enlightenment, you can find it almost anywhere, be it from watching two herons saunter across a Florida road, pedaling to a dead-end in a Kentucky tobacco field, or observing eagles flying overhead in Montana. In each lesson of this book, you'll find practical insights, inspiration, and encouragement--along with personal reflection questions that will help you:
Adopt the right mind-set
Conquer fear, worry, and inaction
Overcome obstacles
Relish life's journey
Certain principles are universal whether you are bicycling across America or chasing your own lifelong dream.
You may be continuing your education, connecting with new people, looking to change jobs, or simply wondering about your future. Wherever you are in life, Wheels of Wisdom will give you a fresh perspective and new motivation for your own adventure. Not only will you encounter meaningful truth as you travel vicariously to new places and meet new people, you'll also experience some genuine "God moments" and have some fun on the way.
So, pack up your dreams and passions and come along for the ride. It's time to learn on the open road!
Award Winner: 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: Christianity
CANCER: with often abrupt and unwelcome entry into human lives as well as profound multi-dimensional impact, such an illness is, for many, considered to be a ruthless thief, intent on stealing not only joy, but life itself. Of course, even as cancer attempts to steal life and captivate those under its hold, lest we forget that as powerful an adversary as it may seem, it is no contestant against the power of the One who “has come to set the captives free” (Luke 4:18) and who is Life itself (John 14:6) and its Source.
Cross of a Different Kind: Cancer & Christian Spirituality draws upon the richness of Christian spiritual theology with the aim of rejuvenating hope within and imparting eternal Truth to all persons who have been “touched” by cancer in any of its wicked forms. Divided into three parts addressing those who have lost loved ones to cancer; those currently confronting their diagnoses; and survivors, this book serves as both a “spiritual field-guide” as well as an informative, yet practical helpmate to ensure all facing such adversities that they are never alone in their journey.
Award Winner: 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: General
Long Island has one of the most vibrant Jewish communities in the nation. After World War II, hundreds of thousands of Jewish soldiers returned from war looking for a life in the suburbs and synagogues to join. In 1946, Rabbi Elias Solomon called a meeting of Conservative rabbis from the area in Manhattan to map out a plan for a synagogue at every South Shore Long Island Railroad stop from Valley Stream to Patchogue. Central Synagogue of Nassau County and Beth El in Great Neck both grew to more than one thousand families as Reform Judaism took hold. The growth of the Chabad movement in recent decades has spurred an increase of Orthodox Judaism. Author Ira Poliakoff catalogues the history of synagogues and congregations that have shaped Long Island past and present.
Award Winner: 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: Eastern
Ujjain THE ETERNAL CITY This two volume book covers all facets of Ujjain including its History, Temples, Museums, Shipra river, King Vikramaditya and the Vikram Samvat, Panchkroshi Yatra, Astronomy, Postal History, Railways Network, Literary heritage, Food Culture and the once in 12 years festival of Simhastha Kumbh. Separate chapters have been dedicated to Samudra Manthan, 13 Akhadas, 84 Mahadev, Shad Vinayak, Asth Bhairav and Nau Narayan of Ujjain.
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Award Finalist: 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: Christian Inspirational
If you’re feeling lost, uncertain, or just need a pick-me-up to help with an unplanned pregnancy, this is a book for you. God and Your Pillow shares Marianne’s experience that helps it’s reader by offering encouragement, inspiration, and a bit of laughter.
Marianne, at nineteen years old, felt God guiding her on an exciting journey. She had chosen a career and was on her way . . . until an unplanned pregnancy interrupted. Feeling she was a ‘good Christian’ came to a halt. Uncertainty surrounded her as an illegal secret erupted out of no where. Piece by piece, it became evident that God had lifted her up, holding her throughout the pregnancy and delivery, to then gently put her down into the new life, far above what she had even dreamed.
With honesty and a speck of humor, Marianne’s story shows how God can turn the life of someone who feels they are going through one tough soap opera into a good old fashion love story. God and her pillow - the only two who knew all her thoughts - helped her endure the trial that proved God’s plans are perfect.
Award Finalist: 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: Christian Inspirational
Ever wondered what Jesus looks like?
For two millennia, artists have sought to answer that question. But according to author and story-teller Laura Padgett, Jesus is as close and evident as the people and events around us.
In Jesus in Shorts, Padgett tells twenty-five short, poignant and true stories that illustrate the presence of Jesus in everyday life including:
A shot of Novocain in the dentist’s chair
A classic VW Beetle
An elf in a homeless shelter
A family crisis
Jesus is indeed present everywhere—in the large and small events, in our laughter and pain, even in our grief. In a world full of distractions, we are sometimes hard-pressed to take time to see or feel His presence. This could be your opportunity to change that. So find a quiet, cozy spot, and discover again, Jesus.
Award Finalist: 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: Christian Inspirational
Living the Fillionaire Life is a creative and engaging book full of pictures, quotes and stories that will inspire you to go for Fillionaire Status. You will pick this book up again and again because it will spark your faith for more of God, more of the Word and more miracles in your life.
The book is 215 pages, 10 chapters and full color with pictures, designs and graphics.
Every chapter comes with a list of Fillionaire Strategies for you to focus in on what God wants to do to expand your horizons for the supernatural.
There is no limit to the number of miracles that are available to you.
Discover your infinite stream of supernatural supply.
Award Finalist: 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: Christian Inspirational
This book uses the analogy of physical food and health to counsel on spiritual dietary remedies. It tells that the way to ensure quality spiritual health is to consume quality spiritual food. Just as eating junk food harms the physical body, exposing oneself to spiritual junk food will harm the spiritual life. It is our responsibility to privately sit with Him who holds the regimen of our diet, to execute what is learned and digested for a sober and temperate mind and character.
It is critical to spiritual health to feed upon the Word that was made flesh and dwelt among us. Since we don't like to miss a meal, should we miss any spiritual meal from His table? We are counseled to sit and sup with Him daily. To consume the Word is to bring health into our spiritual bodies by regularly studying the written mind of God, by praying, and by fasting from self, choosing to focus on our best thoughts on executing His instruction. We must strive to become more godly in manner of worship and service.
Award Finalist: 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: Christian Inspirational
"The Giving Challenge will show you how you can make a difference, without a lot of time or money. In the process, you'll learn to lead a richer life." -Harvey McKinnon, co-author, The Power of Giving
A simple challenge for a richer life
What began as a New Year's resolution, a challenge to give a daily gift for a month, thrust Stephanie into an adventure--from befriending a crying stranger at the airport to giving away a pencil collection she started as a child.
One month turned into 500 days, and five years later Stephanie's daily giving is a way of life, changing her in ways she never imagined.
The Giving Challenge inspires you to focus on others for forty days. What you'll discover will surprise you and delight others!
Stephanie shares some of her favorite gifts and stories from her journey, including stories from people like you, who dared to dream about the power of giving, and put their dreams into action.
Award Finalist: 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: Christian Inspirational
What would you do if your estranged, homeless, alcoholic father suddenly showed up at your door? What if you knew in three weeks you would be saying good-bye to him forever? One daughter knows deep down that her only choice, for the sake of Christ, is forgiveness—but how?
Adult children of alcoholics and addicts live caged in guilt, shame, depression, and other self-destructive thought patterns. In Three Weeks to Forgiveness, author Kimberly Dewberry addresses distinctive ways to identify forgiveness and create a healthy life through Jesus Christ. With real and raw reflection to empower those dealing with addicted parents, the author encourages readers to overcome the familial cycle of substance abuse and its devastating effects.
Award Finalist: 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: Christianity
Everyone wants to be successful. The problem, though, is that most people misunderstand what constitutes true success. The world defines success in terms of our accomplishments, the fame and fortune we achieve, and the recognitions we receive, all of which are fleeting and temporary successes at best. True success, however, is based upon our character, the relationship we have with God, and the glory God receives from our lives. So how do we achieve this level of success?
Lessons from Solomon answers this question by looking at the life of King Solomon, a man who not only achieved success by the world’s standards but also had—and lost—true success that comes from knowing God. Author Glen A. Blanscet has penned engaging narrative retellings of King Solomon’s story from the Bible, and from King Solomon’s story we learn several “success lessons” that we can apply in our own search for true success in life.
"Based on the life of Solomon, Blanscet has distilled from Solomon’s story the life lessons that lead us to genuine success from the wisest man who ever lived. I highly recommend this book!"—Dr. David L. Allen, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
"In this book, Glen Blanscet has masterfully extracted from scripture Solomon’s successes and failures, providing the reader with vivid lessons on attaining true success."—Steve Mullen, PhD, Dallas Baptist University
Award Finalist 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: Christianity
Enjoy this collection of ‘Little Thoughts’ of reflective inspiration, supported with Scripture and enhanced with the vibrant nature of God’s amazing and beautiful creation!
When the many hats you wear seem not enough and the journey ahead daunting, this collection will lift and encourage. It will refresh and strengthen your weary heart and your beautiful soul.
‘Little Thoughts for Big Days’ is a gift book, designed to lift you into God’s presence through His astounding creation and His Word. You will find encouragement and hope laced throughout it’s pages for your hard and difficult days! Set in on your coffee table for a quick pick-me-up at just the right moment.
It is dedicated to women everywhere because life is so fragile and we are so needy for grace. It’s dedicated to my own girls, Angela, Carissa and Kim, truly busy moms in the work-a-day world, for all the days that are so routine and so kid-full.
It’s dedicated to you, right where you are in your journey, and to your children and your children’s children.
Award Finalist: 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: Christianity
Shattered, Kept, Redeemed is a dramatic and honest account of my childhood in different residential treatment facilities. My mother was deemed unfit to raise her five children. Even though I experienced abandonment, extreme neglect it was revealed to me through faith that my trials were a necessary part of God’s divine plan for my life. It’s my earnest desire to share my life’s story with the hopes that it will benefit others who have gone through or may have been in similar situations, such as years of separation from an unstable family unit or any other traumatic event that has altered their lives. They need to be informed that they do not have to always experience life on the downside. I want them to focus on having a positive view on things. They too must not be robbed of the hope that they can too can overcome what they’ve been through and learn to function and have a healthy life. This novel will hopefully offer inspiration to whoever reads this story.
Award Finalist: 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: Christianity
Why do some religious believers slaughter those who refuse to convert to their faith, refuse scientific evidence for an ancient universe, or hold God to be an utterly arbitrary being? Why do some scientists believe that universes pop into existence from nothing, that aliens seeded life on earth, or that fish turn into reptiles by chance processes? The answer, for both, is the same: the abandonment of realism, the human way for knowing reality. In The Realist Guide to Religion and Science, Fr Paul Robinson explains what realism is all about, then undertakes an historical exploration to show how religion and science become irrational when they abandon realism and intellectually fruitful when they embrace it.
Award Finalist: 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: Christianity
How do you worship? Where do you worship? Do you believe worship should be traditional, solemn, and reverential, or should worship be contemporary, lyrical, and lively? These questions about the proper venue, style, or manner in which we worship seem to never go away in Christianity. But is there a right answer?
In Worship Wars, author David Waddell explores this question by going beyond style and taking a more personal view of worship. With both humorous and earnest reflections on his own flaws, faux pas, and failures in worship, Waddell looks to the Bible and to the kings of Israel and Judah, where he reveals an order of worship using the stories of the kings as examples to teach better worship practices.
No one is perfect in their worship habits and patterns, but the Bible offers a way for worshippers to have the freedom to worship in spirit and in truth, regardless of the style. Whether our individual acts of worship are traditional, contemporary, or a combination of each, we can all discover a lifestyle of worship in spirit and in truth that will please God and bring us all closer to Jesus.
Award Finalist: 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: Eastern
Glen Choi has a simple request for the universe - help him find his one true passion in life. He moves to the opposite end of the world, to his ethnic homeland of South Korea, to find it. There, his request soon turns into a quest: Choi navigates through several challenging, and sometimes divergent, career paths, from academia to the Buddhist monkhood to even traditional Korean opera. With hope fading and desperation mounting, his life experiences culminate in a Zen-inspired insight into "emptiness" and the discovery that what he was looking for was never that far away. Along the way, Beginning, Middle & Zen weaves together stories that bring to light - and life - the cultural differences between East and West, namely Korean and Canadian culture. It is also a meditation on the duelling universal themes of utopia vs. reality, the individual vs. the collective, and the journey vs. the end result.
Award Finalist: 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: Eastern
Does God exist? If yes, then why can't we see Him? If we can't see him then how can we be sure of His existence? If God exists, then why did He create the universe and what is the purpose and goal of my life? If God is all powerful, then how can we have free will? If we don't have free will then how can He hold us responsible for our actions? There is so much suffering and evil in this world that a merciful and powerful God seems improbable. These and many other similar questions cross our minds at least at some point in our life. Some say that in this era, science can explain how the universe came into existence and how life evolved on earth, giving science the status of an idol and rendering believe in a Creator unnecessary. Science gives us facts and we should follow reason rather than revelation. We can be good to others without a need to follow a particular religion. Moreover, there are many religions and people generally follow the religion of their upbringing. How can one religion be better than others, or else it will be unfair to the rest? In "God and god of science" debut author, syed hasan raza jafri presents a world view based on monotheism and attempts to answer some of these challenging questions. Drawing from revelation, philosophy, mysticism and modern scientific knowledge, Dr. Jafri synthesizes a world view that is bound to challenge your perspective about the reality of existence. This book will change your understanding not only about your life but also about yourself.
Award Finalist: 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: General
Award Finalist: 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: Eastern
If you've ever sighed wistfully upon hearing of someone memorizing the Quran, wishing it was something you could do, too, then prepare to replace that wistfulness with determination!
Filled with inspirational stories for your heart and memorization techniques for your mind, The Crowning Venture reminds us that memorizing the Quran is not an achievement to be conquered, it's a journey to savor. A journey YOU can make.
Award Finalist: 2018 Best Book Awards Religion: General
How does a child who was born and raised as a Prince in an obscure spiritual order, survive to tell the story about his upbringing in a closed community, one that exposed him to a complex medley of behaviors and life events that were concurrently mysterious, ruthless, bizarre and beautiful? What happens when a youngster is a witness to mysticism, mediumship, fanaticism, sacred rituals, and spirit possession? How does he endure a peculiar environment that worshipped the Most High God of the Sun and espoused unconditional love for all while it turned a blind eye to indecency, cruelty, and the spiteful deeds of its religious zealots? And what kind of childhood does he have as an eyewitness to physical beatings and excommunication while the leader of this secret Order, a fascinating woman of color who possessed paranormal abilities and a plan to resurrect an ancient culture of metaphysical masters, enchanted his being with the tales of UFO’s, life on other planets, the awakening of the kundalini, and the supernatural aspects of Judaism? This ultra-religious kid who truly believed in the spiritual mission of his leader, and embraced what he was taught about his unearthly magical abilities, became an adult in the secular world, abandoned the spiritual order of his youth, discarded most of its teachings, and concealed the story of his unconventional rearing for most of his life. It’s time to tell his story… a story that few people will believe.
You are never too young or too old to make your dreams come true. Lessons From My Grandfather shows how you can achieve success and fulfillment in life by following 15 timeless principles handed down by the Marc Demetriou’s grandfather, Haralambos Georgiou Pistis, —or just “Charlie.”
An Ellis Island immigrant, Charlie came to a new country at age 16 with nothing but a bag full of dreams, courage, wit, and the desire to succeed — and he transformed his world. Through his steadfast willingness to work hard, and a determination to control life rather than allowing it to control him, Charlie succeeded on his own terms, finding happiness and financial security.
In these pages, Demetriou tells Charlie’s inspirational story, then applies his lessons to today. The result provides both clarity and vision for helping you recognize your unique talents, along with lifelong principles that will allow you to identify and reach your goals in life and business. This book is an essential blueprint that you can use for today and tomorrow. As Demetriou likes to call it, “success made simple.”
Marc Demetriou is a top-rated speaker who has appeared at the Mastermind Summit along with world-renowned motivational speaker Tony Robbins and Barbara Corcoran from ABC Television's Shark Tank. As an authority on real estate and finance, Demetriou has been quoted in articles in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Reuters, the Associated Press, and many other local and national publications and media outlets. Additionally, he was co-host on WVNJ's popular The Real Estate and Money Show. Demetriou also is the proud father of three daughters.
Do you need a devotion for the Lord's Supper? This book is for you! You can use as written or as a starting point for your own thoughts. Inspired by various events and the author's experiences, these devotions direct our thoughts to Jesus and his redemptive sacrifice for us.
"A Product of a Pimp and a Prostitute" is an inspirational memoir about the topic of forgiveness written from the point of view of an adult daughter as a letter to her biological mother. Reared by her maternal grandmother - Hazel - Charles Lisa confronts her mother Deborah on her absence in her life growing up and outlines all the limited and negative interactions she has had with her as a child and into adulthood.
Recalling memories from her youth, Charles Lisa stirs up past feelings of neglect, embarrassment and despair over the knowledge of having a mother with a life-long, criminal record and a debilitating drug addiction. She tells this story by sharing her experiences, her mother's jailhouse letters, stories told by her elders throughout the years and, most importantly, her belief in God.
The book's pivotal moment occurs when the author offers the gift of forgiveness to her mother and demonstrates how her mother and other readers can benefit from God's forgiveness, self-forgiveness, forgiving others and accepting forgiveness from those who offend them to have a more fulfilling life.
