How can someone be authentic in an inauthentic culture? Cavanaugh James, Millennial at large, answers this question with his all-too-rare blend of wit, honesty, and genuine love. This in-process man invites you to meet him as your friend as he opens up about real struggles and the Truth that grounds him in a subjective "my truth" culture. If you're a Millennial who feels misunderstood or someone who wants to connect with Millennials, Cavanaugh is here to bridge the communication gap and finally clear the air.

Recalling the Christian roots of Alcoholics Anonymous, Higher Power connects classic biblical teaching with contemporary 12-step practice. Each chapter draws inspiration from the Old and New Testaments and the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Higher Powered is an excellent resource for anyone in recover trying to work through each step, from admitting our brokenness to surrendering to God – and through God’s help becoming higher powered.

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How God is described today strikes many as mean, primitive, backward, illogical, tribal, and at odds with the frontiers of science. At the same time, many intuitively feel a sense of reverence and awe in the world. Can we find a new way to talk about God? Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Rob Bell does here for God what he did for heaven and hell in Love Wins: he shows how traditional ideas have grown stale and dysfunctional and reveals a new path for how to return vitality and vibrancy to how we understand God. Bell reveals how we got stuck, why culture resists certain ways of talking about God, and how we can reconnect with the God who is with us, for us, and ahead of us, pulling us forward into a better future—and ready to help us live life to the fullest.

This picture book for young readers, rich in the details of Middle Eastern village life, tells the warm story of a bond between a father, a son, and the son's favorite camel, as well as their devotion to the Muslim faith, and the power of prayer in their daily life. Salah and his camel, Qadiim, are constant companions. They work together, eat together, and sleep together. Salah is distressed, however, because his camel always seems so sad and downcast, hanging his head low. But in middle of one night, Salah remembers what his father has told him -- that while mankind knows only ninety-nine names for Allah, there are actually one hundred names. What if Qadiim, the camel, could learn the hundredth name? Under the stars Salah prays "to Allah with all his strength." The next day-- a seeming miracle! -- the camel Quadiim carries his head high with a most knowing look. Does Quadiim know the one hundredth name? Beautifully written and complemented by illustrations that portray the lush, verdant landscape of the Middle East, from the banks of the Nile to its luminous starlit nights, here is a spiritual and touching story of an Islamic family.

Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life.

Willpower is not enough.You need more, and that more is a Higher Power. Every recovering alcoholic or addict--regardless of length ofsobriety--will reach a time when the only thing that stands between himor her and picking up a drink or drug will be a personal relationshipwith a Higher Power.This book is an invitation to explore and nurture that relationship. Reconnecting with the Christian roots of Alcoholics Anonymous, Higher Power combines classic biblical teaching, spiritual formation, and contemporary 12-Step practice. Higher Power is an excellent resource for anyone in recovery seeking to develop a personal relationship with a loving and merciful God. [Doug Himes] knows his Bible. He knows his Big Book. And he knows amultitude of quotations relevant to the way out. Here is an extremelywell written, scholarly formula for renewal. I loved reading it. And sowill you. --Dick B., author of 44 books and more than 1,000 articles on AA history and Christian recovery Douglas Himes provides those who suffer from addictions with muchinspiring and practical wisdom and guidance that can help them walk theego self-emptying path that leads to the realization of their true selfand life in God's image. His own 12-Step experience and considerable spiritual knowledge and practice enrich the value of his insights. --Tilden Edwards, Founder and Senior Fellow, Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation Douglas D. Himes, Ph.D., is a trained spiritual director andsought-after retreat and workshop leader who provides spiritual counselat Cumberland Heights, one of the country's leading alcohol and drugtreatment centers, in Nashville, Tennessee. A formerFulbright Scholar and Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, he has degrees in physicsand historical musicology and is published in two languages in sevenfields. In his words, "I was so smart that it took me only nine and a half years to get the First Step. This book parallels my now life-saving journey from self-sufficient knowledge to universal truth."