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Maya Angelou, one of the best-loved authors of our time, shares the wisdom of a remarkable life in this bestselling spiritual classic. Here is Maya Angelou talking from the heart, down to earth and real, but also inspiring. A book to be treasured, it is about the power of the word, and about the power of spirituality to move and shape one's life. Passionate, lively, and lyrical, Angelou's unforgettable work offers a gem of truth on every page.
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This wise book is the wonderful continuation of the bestselling Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now. Even the Stars Look Lonesome is Maya Angelou talking of the things she cares about most. In her unique, spellbinding way, she re-creates intimate personal experiences and gives us her wisdom on a wide variety of subjects. She tells us how a house can both hurt its occupants and heal them. She talks about Africa. She gives us a profile of Oprah....
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"Bestselling author Deepak Chopra states that within each of us is a book of mysteries waiting to be opened - and when it is, the secrets of the universe will be revealed to us. The secret of love is to be found nowhere but within us, along with the secrets of healing, compassion and faith, and the most elusive secret of all: who we truly are. We all want to know whom to choose as a partner, what job to take, how to teach our children well. This audiobook,...
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Turning on the light -- Taming the wild stallion -- Like a baby learning to walk -- Life in the fast lane and other hindrances -- Awareness leads the way -- The walking path -- Meditation in action -- Exploring the fields of consciousness -- Working with pain -- Changing anger into loving kindness -- Self-awareness -- Following the path of least resistance.
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"Ninety leading Bible scholars worked together to produce the New Living Translation. The scholars began their work by carefully comparing the text of The Living Bible with the original Greek and Hebrew texts. Through this method, the scholars produced a translation that impacts you in much the same way the Bible impacted its original audience. The result is a translation that is easy to understand and accurate for study."--BOOK JACKET.
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What lists and systems and self-help books have failed to do for young moms in the trenches, Jesus can accomplish blindfolded. Yes, moms are busy, they need a break, and they'd just like a shower. But they are also strong and brilliant and have the power to move mountains. Author and speaker Jen Hatmaker takes the words and deeds of Jesus, adds the humor of a young mom's life, and offers messages of grace and encouragement. She shows overburdened...
10) Holy the firm
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In 1975 Annie Dillard took up residence on an island in Puget Sound in a wooded room furnished with "one enormous window, one cat, one spider and one person." For the next two years she asked herself questions about time, reality, sacrifice death, and the will of God. In Holy the Firm she writes about a moth consumed in a candle flame, about a seven-year-old girl burned in an airplane accident, about a baptism on a cold beach. But behind the moving...
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"Written by a longtime yoga practitioner, Wild Yoga helps readers develop a greater awareness of their selves and their environment - their inner and outer worlds - by using a range of yoga and meditation techniques. Includes physical exercises, spiritual practices, and personal narratives to illustrate key concepts"--
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With over 2 million copies sold, Phillip Keller's beloved contemporary classic spans the decades with its uplifting insights on Psalm 23. Pairing Keller's sublime reflections with the New International Version, this edition sheds light for a new generation of readers on the nature and ways of sheep--and of the Good Shepherd who cares for them.
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Understanding Islam (preface to the original edition) -- Spiritual adventures : dream and pilgrimage -- Allah's divine song : inside the Qur'an -- Reality -- Revelation -- A way of living -- The qur'anic vision : worldview of Islam -- Meditations on the Holy Qur'an in their traditional order.
16) Soul stories
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Presents fifty-two reportedly true stories of fate, coincidence, and sixth sense that illustrate a variety of metaphysical and/or spiritual themes.
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In Jeremiah 12:5 God says to the prophet, "If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?"We all long to live life at its best—to fuse freedom and spontaneity with purpose and meaning. Why then do we often find our lives so humdrum, so unadventuresome, so routine? Or else so frantic, so full of activity, but still devoid...
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Open a window each day of Advent onto the natural world. The author reads twenty-five descriptions of wild animals of the northern hemisphere ingeniously adapting when darkness and cold descend. All of them reveal the ancient wisdom of Advent: The dark is not an end but a door, the way a new beginning comes. These short, daily reflections paint vivid, poetic images of familiar animals. The print edition pairs the text with charming original wood-cuts...
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In a special tenth-anniversary edition of the inspirational best seller, the founder of Commonweal discusses the problem of isolation and disconnection in American society and sets forth her vision of how life should be lived, drawing on her work as a psycho-oncologist and her own experience with a life-threatening disease.--Publisher description.