Lauren F. Winner—a leading writer at the crossroads of culture and spirituality and author of Still and Girl Meets God—joins the ranks of luminaries such as Anne Lamott and Barbara Brown Taylor with this exploration of little known—and, so, little used—biblical metaphors for God, metaphors which can open new doorways for our lives and spiritualities. There are hundreds of metaphors for God, but the church only uses a few familiar images: creator, judge, savior, father. In Wearing God, Lauren Winner gathers a number of lesser-known tropes, reflecting on how they work biblically and culturally, and reveals how they can deepen our spiritual lives. Exploring the notion of God as clothing, Winner reflects on how we are “clothed with Christ” or how “God fits us like a garment.” She then analyzes how clothing functions culturally to shape our ideals and identify our community, and ruminates on how this new metaphor can function to create new possibilities for our lives. For each biblical metaphor—God as the vine/vintner who animates life; the lactation consultant; and the comedian, showing us our follies, for example—Winner surveys the historical, literary, and cultural landscapes in order to revive and heal our souls.

New Believers struggle in their spiritual lives because they do not know or understand putting on the full armor of God. In "Are You Fully Dressed? A Christian's Guide to Wearing God's Armor, Author Barbara Ann Laws, explains how and why we should dress daily in God's Full Armor. Through Scriptural references and examples this guidebook provides a resource for those who desire a way to understand and apply the armor of God. Being fully dressed in God's armor means daily giving your heart to Christ, fellowshipping with God, confessing sins, trusting God, reading the Bible, meditating on God's Word, sharing His Word, and PRAYING. The Armor of God includes the: Helmet of Salvation Sword of the Spirit Breastplate of Righteousness Shield of Faith Shoes of the Gospel of Peace Prayer Are You Fully Dressed? A Christian's Guide to Wearing God's Armor discusses how there is a visible and invisible war. As soldiers for Christ; we must put on the full armor.

Karen Berg is the inspirational co - director of The Kabbalah Centre as well as the founder of the Spirituality For Kids Foundation. It was through her persistence that we all - both men and women - are able to benefit fro the truth found in Kabba...

Already an internet phenomenon, these wise and insightful lessons by popular newspaper columnist and Pulitzer Prize finalist Regina Brett will make you see the possibilities in your life in a whole new way. When Regina Brett turned 50, she wrote a column on the 50 lessons life had taught her. She reflected on all she had learned through becoming a single parent, looking for love in all the wrong places, working on her relationship with God, battling cancer and making peace with a difficult childhood. It became one of the most popular columns ever published in the newspaper, and since then the 50 lessons have been emailed to hundreds of thousands of people. Brett now takes the 50 lessons and expounds on them in essays that are deeply personal. From "Don't take yourself too seriously-Nobody else does" to "Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift," these lessons will strike a chord with anyone who has ever gone through tough times--and haven't we all?

The award-winning author of Allow God to Wear Your Face describes how caregivers can come alongside and walk with those who are sick instead of preaching or giving advice. Her practical wisdom, shared through stories, guides people to facilitate healing of relationships, emotions, spirit and body. Allow God to Wear Your Face, provides practical, spiritually rich guidance and Christian resources. Eminently useful for ordinary people, this is one to read, save and read again.

The Armor of God, more than merely a biblical description of the believer's inventory, is an action plan for putting it on and developing a personalized strategy to secure victory.

Just how does she wear it well? With all the pressures of life that a single woman must face, there comes a point where her focus must shift from outward appearances and accomplishments to the inner person which is the essence of who she really is as God's woman. It is this careful introspection that enables godly character traits to be developed in you from the inside out, having lasting value. This book is written for every contemporary single woman who desires to find her total fulfillment first and foremost as God's woman. Whether single by choice or circumstance, these twelve essential qualities such as: faithfulness, creativity, excellence, and strength are attributes every single woman can wear better than expensive make-up, fancy attire, or even a sassy pair of shoes. Each of the twelve essential qualities is featured in its own chapter with a discussion of its relevance and importance in modern times from a biblical context, followed by a profile of a woman in the Bible who wears it well. Every chapter concludes with a practical application of how the quality can be cultivated so that the contemporary single woman can realize her fullest God-given potential. The art of wearing these twelve essential qualities is critical to your being satisfied with who you are and where you are at this glorious season in your life. Book jacket.

The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.

A delightful book for children of all ages!

In a Culture of Distortions, Discover God-Defined Womanhood and Beauty In a culture where airbrushed models and career-driven women define beauty and success, it's no wonder we have a distorted view of femininity. Our impossible standards place an incredible burden of stress on the backs of women and girls of all ages, resulting in anxiety, eating disorders, and depression. One question we often forget to ask is this: What is God's design for womanhood? In Girl Defined, sisters and popular bloggers Kristen Clark and Bethany Beal offer women a countercultural view of beauty, femininity, and self-worth. Based firmly in God's design for their lives, this book helps women rethink what true success and beauty look like. It invites them on a liberating journey toward a radically better vision for femininity that ends with the discovery of the kind of hope, purpose, and fulfillment they've been yearning for. Girl Defined helps readers · discover God's design for femininity and his definition of a successful woman · uncover the secrets of lasting worth, purpose, and fulfillment · be equipped and empowered to live out a radically better vision for womanhood · gain personal insight through the chapter-by-chapter study guide