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Plastic Donuts Small Group Resources

September 4, 2014

Plastic Donut_MECH.inddOnce you see your gifts from God’s perspectives, your giving will never be the same.

Plastic Donuts: Giving That Delights the Heart of the Father

Plastic Donuts removes the awkwardness and uncertainty that often accompany discussions about giving. Now you can think differently-and biblically-about what and how you give.
Your gifts can capture God’s attention and connect you more intimately with His heart. Plastic Donuts brings everyone—leaders and followers, teachers and learners—onto the same page.
Hardcover, 128 pages

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DOWNLOAD: Men’s reflection guide

May 13, 2014

Download this companion reflection guide and Bible study based on the book, A Short Walk to the Edge of Life by Scott Hubbartt.

About the book

It was supposed to be a simple day hike. Scott Hubbartt was a military veteran with years of survival training. Everyone who knew him considered him an expert adventurer.

But Scott’s trek into the treacherous backcountry canyons of the Peruvian Andes turned into a desperate fight to survive after he became hopelessly lost. As his eight-hour hike lengthened into days, Scott faced dehydration, hunger, and exhaustion. And that’s when his true journey began.

Chronicling the failures and miracles of a remarkable physical and spiritual passage, A Short Walk [ … ]

SNEAK PEEK: Finding Hope After Divorce by Kay Arthur

May 9, 2014

Divorce is painful. Take comfort in God as healer and counselor.

Click here to download chapter one of Finding Hope After Divorce.

With divorce comes many questions, pain, and frustration. What am I going to do? How will I survive? What about the children? What will people think of me? What does God think of me? So how can you get through this? Live with it? Through this six-week study you’ll discover solid, biblical insights to help you or a loved one recover from the grief over the end of a marriage.

Click here to download chapter one of Finding Hope After Divorce.

 
 
 

NEWS: Shaunti Feldhahn Featured on WomensHealthMag.com

May 8, 2014

WomensHealthMag.com recently featured best-selling author Shaunti Feldhahn and the amazing discoveries of her latest book, The Good News About Marriage: Debunking Discouraging Myths About Marriage and Divorce. 

In an article entitled “The Divorce Rate Is Much Lower Than You Think: This new research might be the most exciting thing you read all day,” reporter Casey Gueren writes, “Feldhahn classifies that as the percent of marriages that have ended in divorce, and that’s the number that has never gotten anywhere close to 50 percent. According to 2009 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the average percent of all marriages that have ever ended in divorce is 30.8 percent, says Feldhahn.”

To read the entire interview, click here. 

NEWS: Shaunti Feldhahn Interviews with CBN

May 6, 2014

Best-selling author Shaunti Feldhahn’s newest book, The Good News About Marriage: Debunking Discouraging Myths about Marriage and Divorce, was featured on CBN.com in an article entitled “Divorce Shocker: Most Marriages Do Make It.”

Writes reporter Paul Strand, “This Atlanta-based couple often quoted in their writings and at conferences what they thought was accurate research: that most marriages are unhappy and 50 percent of them end in divorce, even in the Church. ‘I didn’t know,’ Feldhahn told CBN News. ‘I’ve stood up on stage and said every one of these wrong statistics.'”

“‘First-time marriages: probably 20 to 25 percent have ended in divorce on average,’ Feldhahn revealed. ‘Now, okay, that’s still too high, but it’s a whole lot better than what people think it is.’ Shaunti and Jeff point out the 50 percent figure came from projections of [ … ]

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February 19, 2014

By: Chris Sigfrids
@ChrisSigfrids
Senior Online Marketing Manager
WaterBrook Multnomah

I recently read I Like Giving by Brad Formsma. It’s a book of stories from Brad and others about, well…giving. Most of the books you’d read on giving are about the theology of giving, tips on giving, or unpacking why we give. So when I started reading I Like Giving, I figured I wasn’t in for any earth-shattering discoveries. I Like Giving Book Cover

Most “giving” books have a way of making you feel guilty. What I found is I Like Giving did the exact opposite. It was refreshing, encouraging, and freeing. [ … ]

NEWS: FoxNews.com Features “The Power of A Half Hour”

February 7, 2014

Author Tommy Barnett discuss his new book The Power of A Half Hour on FoxNews.com

Barnett states that, “Many people think of a half hour as a minimal or meaningless gap in time, downtime to catch your breath between periods of major effort. But the truth is that your half hours can determine the difference between success and failure.”

To read more, click here.

Tendering

January 31, 2014

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Deuteronomy 31:6

I’ve always liked words and discovering their origins and fascinating meanings. I was once told that Deuteronomy in Hebrew meant "These are the words." The word parable is said to come from the Hebrew meaning pebble as in "a stone tossed along beside."  Good words do that I think: they come along beside us to bring us wisdom and nurture. Sometimes even the title of stories bring us insights.

While writing the second in the Change and Cherish trilogy based on a Christian communal society of the 1850s the publishing team and I brainstormed a title eventually choosing A Tendering in the Storm. [ … ]

NEWS: Shaunti Feldhahn Featured on Glamour.com

January 15, 2014

Bestselling author Shaunti Feldhahn was recently featured on Glamour.com concerning her newest release, The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages: The Little Things That Make a Big Difference. The article entitled “Want a Happy Marriage? 5 Simple Things Men Need From Their Wives and 5 Simple Things Men Need From Their Wives” offers ten slides from Feldhahn for both husbands and wives in how to make their marriage stronger. 

For example, “Most of us think grateful thoughts but don’t actually say thank you,” Feldhahn says. “In my survey, this mattered to nearly all men, with 72 percent saying it deeply pleased them when their wife or girlfriend gave them props for their hard work. In fact, ‘thank you’ appeared to be the guy’s equivalent of ‘I love you.'”

To read the article, click here. 

 

Sweeter than Honeycomb

January 15, 2014

Are you facing stress, burnout, or depression beyond what you think you can bear? If so, there’s a good chance you know exactly what it feels like to crave sweet relief. Sure, you can turn to chocolate or temporary, feel-good fixes the world offers. But for lasting relief – eternal relief – there’s something that is sweeter and more satisfying even than honey.

These are the exact words that King David used to describe the effect that the Word of God had on his trouble spirit: “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” (Psalm 119:103). And in Proverbs 4:20-22, King Solomon wrote that wise words are to be hidden deep within our hearts “for they are life to those who find them and health to a man’s whole body.”

Excerpted from The Chocolate [ … ]