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Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"The secret to happiness is to acknowledge and transform suffering, not to run away from it. In No Mud, No Lotus, Thich Nhat Hanh offers practices and inspiration for transforming suffering and finding true joy. Thich Nhat Hanh acknowledges that because suffering can feel so bad, we try to run away from it or cover it up by consuming. We find something to eat or turn on the television. But unless we're able to face our suffering, we can't be present...
63) The last Adam
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
"Sin changed everything. It severed our relationship with God and introduced pain, suffering, and death. But the good news, the gospel, is that the Lamb of God was given for our sins, to restore us to a right relationship with our Creator. The Last Adam is a concise history of the One who became our Savior."--Container.
68) How to fight
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Learn how to relax the bonds of anger, attachment, and delusion through mindfulness and kindness toward ourselves and others.The Mindfulness Essentials series introduces beginners and reminds seasoned practitioners of the essentials of mindfulness practice. This time Nhat Hanh brings his signature clarity, compassion, and humor to the ways we act out in anger, frustration, despair, and delusion. In brief meditations accompanied by whimsical sumi-ink...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Masochism is sexy, human, reviled, worshipped, and delightfully bizarre. From ballerinas dancing on broken bones to ultramarathoners shitting their pants mid-race to competitive eaters scarfing down hot peppers, masochism is a part of us. It lives inside workaholics, tattoo junkies, and all manner of garden variety pain-seekers. At its core, masochism is about feeling bad, then better-- a phenomenon that is long overdue for a heartfelt and hilarious...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Every believer faces struggles and hard times. What you do with those obstacles will either draw you closer to Jesus or distract you from His love. Hannah tackles six obstacles we must overcome to find true life in Christ, and shows that the more we crave Jesus more He will transform us and those around us.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"All of us will go through dark times that we don't understand: a difficulty with a friend, an unfair situation at work, a financial setback, an unexpected illness, a divorce, or the loss of a loved one. Those types of experiences are part of the human journey. But when we find ourselves in such a place, it's important that we keep a positive perspective. Joel Osteen writes that if we stay in faith and keep a good attitude when we go through challenges,...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Shusaku Endo's novel Silence, first published in 1966, endures as one of the greatest works of twentieth-century Japanese literature. Its narrative of the persecution of Christians in seventeenth-century Japan raises uncomfortable questions about God and the ambiguity of faith in the midst of suffering and hostility. Endo's Silence took internationally renowned visual artist Makoto Fujimura on a pilgrimage of grappling with the nature of art, the...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Andrew Linzey, the father of 'animal theology' grounds his arguments not on "animal rights" or on a secondary moral significance to animals, but on man's ethical responsibility towards innocent, defenseless, and vulnerable animals who are considered different or lower than us. The irrational and linguistic deficiencies, the alleged lack of moral agency, or even self-awareness compared to mature humanity are rational grounds for ethical concern by...