Stephan Bauman, president of World Relief believes true change begins in the hearts and actions of ordinary people. In Possible, he presents clear and biblical thinking, powerful stories, and practical tools for sustainably impacting our workplaces, neighborhoods, villages, and cities.
Stephan Bauman, president of World Relief believes true change begins in the hearts and actions of ordinary people. In Possible, he presents clear and biblical thinking, powerful stories, and practical tools for sustainably impacting our workplaces, neighborhoods, villages, and cities.
If youre looking for average, go ahead and put down this book. No hard feelings.
Click here to download chapter one of The One.
Most people will admit that they are looking for an amazing love story. Weve all seen those couples, the ones holding hands or whispering to each other as they stare into one anothers eyes as if they share an awesome secret. We watch them and wonder, whats up with those two?
We never anticipated becoming one of those couples. When we met, we just worked on listening to God and preparing ourselves for the story he planned for us. What we learned and want to share is that no matter what your relationship status may be, this amazing story begins with you.
In this book we share more than the events [ … ]
After four years of hiding my faith from my family, I knew that it was time. I wrote with shaky hands, Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. I refuse to deny him . There was no turning back now. I had to get out of that house if I wanted to live. Was this worth risking everything for? Yes.
Read the first chapter of Hiding in the Light.
Rifqa Bary grew up in a devout Muslim home, obediently following her parents orders to practice the rituals of Islam. But God was calling her to freedom and love. He was calling her to true faith. He was calling her to give up everything.
Leaving Islam for Christianity cost her more than she imagined
but gave more than she could have dreamed.
Hiding in the [ … ]
Is comparison-living hijacking your life?
Click here to download chapter one of I’m Happy For You(Sort of… Not Really)
Tired of performing? Feeling weighed down by the pressure to be Pinteresting? Does your friends wardrobe, body, marriage, paycheck, vacation plans, or photoshoot-worthy home décor leave you wishing your life looked more like that?
Youre not alone.
With its focus on smarter, faster, thinner, and ever-better, our cultural obsession with comparison is undercutting relationships and sapping contentment. Our friends become our audience (or judges), and our titles, activities, even kids become part of our brand. Factor in social medias constant reminder of what everyone else is doing, and no wonder we feel drained, discontent, and isolated.
Thankfully, we dont have to live this way!
With disarming [ … ]
A culinary concoction of taking chances and finding love in the most delectable places
Click here to download chapter one of Reservations for Two.
Food writer-turned-restaurateur Juliette DAlisa has more than enough on her plate. While her trip to Provence might have unlocked new answers to her grandmothers past, its also provided new complications in the form of Neil McLaren, the man she cant give up.
Juliette and Neil find romance simple as they travel through Provence and Tuscany together, but life back home presents a different set of challenges. Juliette has a restaurant to open, a mother combating serious illness, and a family legacy of secrets to untangle how does Neil, living so far away in Memphis, fit into to her life?
As she confronts an uncertain future, Juliette cant help [ … ]
Just like in my dream, I was drowning and nobody even noticed.
Click here to download chapter one of The Art of Losing Yourself
Every morning, Carmen Hart pastes on her made-for-TV smile and broadcasts the weather. Shes the Florida panhandles favorite meteorologist, married to everyones favorite high school football coach. Theyre the perfect-looking couple, live in a nice house, and attend church on Sundays. From the outside, shes a woman who has it all together. But on the inside, Carmen Hart struggles with doubt. She wonders if she made a mistake when she married her husband. She wonders if God is as powerful as she once believed. Sometimes she wonders if He exists at all. After years of secret losses [ … ]
Chuck Black, author of Rise of the Fallen and Cloak of the Light and former fighter pilot, knows all too well that you can’t lose sight of your enemy or you’ll lose the war. Tackling the topic of spiritual warfare in his epic Wars of the Realm series, a six thousand year war rages and now the demonic Fallen are coming for Drew Carterthe one man shrouded in mystery. Only Validus, the warrior angel, stands in their way.
But how much do we really know about angels? What the Bible says about this topic might surprise you! Click the image below to see how many you know.
God, if youre real,
make yourself real to me.
Click here to download chapter one of Finding Your Way Back to God.
Each of us spends our lives on a journey toward God. Yet often our most deeply felt longingsfor meaning, for love, for significanceend up leading us away from, instead of toward, our Creator and the person he made us to be.
Finding Your Way Back to God shows you how to understand and listen to your longings in a whole new way. Its about waking up to who you really are, and daring to believe that God wants to be found even more than you want to find him. Its about making the biggest wager of your life as [ … ]
At the woods edge cultures collide. Can two families survive the impact?
Click here to download chapter one of The Wood’s Edge.
The 1757 New York frontier is home to the Oneida tribe and to British colonists, yet their feet rarely walk the same paths.
On the day Fort William Henry falls, Major Reginald Aubrey is beside himself with grief. His son, born that day, has died in the arms of his sleeping wife. When Reginald comes across an Oneida mother with newborn twins, one white, one brown, he makes a choice that will haunt the lives of all involved. He steals the white baby and leaves his own child behind. Reginalds wife and foundling daughter, Anna, never suspect the truth about the boy they call William, but Reginald is wracked by [ … ]
