"Why do the first generation still act like that?" "Why can't we try some new ideas?" "Why are the second generation so lazy?" "Why are the second generation so disrespectful?" "Isn't it a shame how the church is split between the two generations?" These and many more questions reflect the tangled conflicts within the Asian American church. Cultural differences have led to many misunderstandings and conflicts. Conflicts have created bitterness and churches have split apart. How can these tangled threads be rewoven into a beautiful tapestry of God's grace? What would it take for the Asian American church to reflect God's grace? In Tapestry of Grace, Dr. Benjamin C. Shin and Dr. Sheryl Takagi Silzer apply their years of study and teaching to explain how the cultural complexities that occur between the different generations of the Asian American church can be untangled. Taking lessons from their own spiritual journeys, they show how each generation can experience the amazing grace of the Gospel.

Surveying the barriers that contemporary thinking has erected between the natural and the supernatural, between earth and heaven, Hans Boersma issues a wake-up call for Western Christianity. Both Catholics and evangelicals, he says, have moved too far away from a sacramental mindset, focusing more on the "here-and-now" than on the "then-and-there." Yet, as Boersma points out, the teaching of Jesus, Paul, and St. Augustine -- indeed, of most of Scripture and the church fathers -- is profoundly otherworldly, much more concerned with heavenly participation than with earthly enjoyment. In Heavenly Participation Boersma draws on the wisdom of great Christian minds ancient and modern -- Irenaeus, Gregory of Nyssa, C. S. Lewis, Henri de Lubac, John Milbank, and many others. He urges Catholics and evangelicals alike to retrieve a sacramental worldview, to cultivate a greater awareness of eternal mysteries, to partake eagerly of the divine life that transcends and transforms all earthly realities.

Lorraine Miller weaves a multi-coloured tapestry of her quest to true self, an inward and outward journey both heartbreaking and inspiring with startling revelations and quantum-consciousness experiences. Part One recounts childhood tragedies and unexplained past-life memories while growing up on Long Island, New York. A past-life encounter while travelling in Greece continues the process of accepting new realities. Moving across country to Arizona, a near-death accident shortly after her move and later the near-loss of her only child followed by his miraculous recovery leads to greater awareness of higher spiritual forces. Part Two tells of her quest for self-empowerment and healing through metaphysical studies and alternative therapies as she breaks away from the past and an unhappy marriage. Her life-long affinity with the animal kingdom through insightful stories shows how animals play an important role in our evolution and how we help them to evolve as well. Annotated with insights from astrology by renowned astrologer, Philip Comi, he gives validation to the energies of life events as she experienced them. Lorraine Miller has over twenty-five years of study of religion, metaphysics and healing methodologies. She was licensed by the State of Arizona as a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist in 1992.

Whether you are Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, or still trying to find the answer as to who God is, Unfailing Grace will be your reminder of how you can overcome anything. Julie Carrick shares personal stories of triumph through grace, sure to shed light on your own stories of God's grace and how He is with us even in our most difficult times.

"In association with Arizona State Museum, The University of Arizona, Tucson."

"Their journey begins when Tristam, a huntsman with the scars of a warrior, stumbles across a young girl in the forest. This mute child, whom he names Grace, is dressed in tattered white and cannot recall any memories from her past. As she and Tristam grow closer, both begin to heal in ways neither thought possible. Together, they try to put the fragments of Grace's memory back in place, prompting Tristam to wonder if the barbaric rumors about the country to the north might possibly be true. Grace starts her new life at the castle as a foreigner amidst gossip about her unknown past. Meanwhile, Tristam is secretly trying to both stop a rebellion against the king and avoid war with a neighboring country. Tristam and Grace must each navigate the social nuances and intrigues of palace life. Come enter the kingdom of Blinth, where Tristam's and Grace's stories are interwoven as together they explore a time of yellow and blue." --Back cover.