Self Help

This revised and expanded edition of Forgiveness: A Catholic Approach will equip and inspire you to move toward forgiving those who have hurt you. With the power of God's grace, you can work through the process of forgiveness and find freedom in Christ.

This book teaches all about forgiveness: what forgiveness is and what it isn't; how to forgive and why. It addresses questions that Catholics grapple with today more than ever before: forgiving the Church; working with anger; forgiving when we can't reconcile; forgiving and not condoning behavior; and how forgiveness doesn't mean we forget, but helps us remember differently.

Filled with many vignettes of contemporary transgressions that have been transformed through acts of forgiveness-including situations of domestic violence, the Rwandan genocide, and the attacks of September 11, 2001-author Scott Hurd insightfully includes a chapter on "Forgiving the Church," which many believers will find helpful as we continue to struggle with the revelations of sexual abuse by clergy and its cover-up.

Hurd's Forgiveness: A Catholic Approach faithfully reveals the many misunderstood dimensions of forgiveness: it's not something to be earned, forced, or deadline-driven. Forgiving is a decision, a process, and often a lifelong journey.

About the Author:

R. Scott Hurd is Vice President, Leadership Development, for Catholic Charities USA, and holds degrees from Oxford University (UK) and the University of Richmond. He has authored five books and won writing awards from both the Association of Catholic Publishers and the Catholic Press Association. Scott lives in Virginia with his family.

Forgiveness: A Catholic Approach, his first book, received an "Excellence in Publishing" award from the Association of Catholic Publishers.

Suffering with depression is always difficult. But when emotional vulnerability is mixed with uncertainty, anxiety, unexpected hardships and crisis, it can all be overwhelming. When we consider the feeling of utter emptiness, the collapse of the will to live, the devastating loss of self-worth that fills the heart of the person who lives with the heavy burden of depression or mental illness, Sr Kathryn Hermes understands and wants us to know that Jesus holds our tears as sacred, because Jesus also cried.

Sr Kathryn Hermes knows the dull ache of depression firsthand and in Surviving Depression offers a practical method to progressively greater health and wholeness.

Surviving Depression shows you how to take the first steps to healing and how to build into your life practices that will help you embark on a spiritual journey through the darkness. You will learn how to reconnect with your heart, build connections with others, grow in self-esteem, stop spiraling negative thoughts, and live with more inner peace and gratitude. This edition incorporates additional material that reflects new developments in wellness with regard to depression and is more grounded in the interlinking of God life within us and our concrete psychological makeup.

Practical tips for friends and family members of someone suffering with depression appear at the end of each chapter, as well as an entire chapter devoted to companioning a depressed friend.

Things can be different. Surviving Depression will guide you from the winter of first diagnosis to the spring of new life.

Gain wisdom and guidance from renowned leadership expert Maxwell with this collection of some of his most inspiring quotes appropriate for those called to lead and those simply seeking God's direction.

Millennials might endure negative labels from older generations--lazy, broken, entitled, lost--but the most damaging labels are the ones we use on ourselves. Words are powerful. Even when they aren't true, they can begin to shape our perceptions of ourselves and the decisions we make. Yet the only labels that really matter to this, the largest and most diverse generation yet, are the ones with which God originally designated us. What does he call our generation? Sons and daughters.

We are called to change the world and make a huge impact for the kingdom, but we can't do that if we allow ourselves to believe the limiting labels we hear every day. Instead, Arden Bevere calls you to

- know what it means to be a son or daughter of God
- see how God uses the seemingly negative things in our lives for good
- take control of our thoughts and words and replace them with God's thoughts and words
- find freedom from addiction, fear, doubts, regrets, and more

Your life is not an accident, a disappointment, or an inconvenience to God. It's time to redefine, embrace, and walk in your true identity as his beloved child who will do great things in his name. Let Arden Bevere, a positive voice in this generation, show you the way.

*#1  New York Times  Bestseller*

You deserve to stop suffering because of what other people have done to you.

Have you ever felt stuck in a cycle of unresolved pain, playing offenses over and over in your mind? You know you can't go on like this, but you don't know what to do next. Lysa TerKeurst has wrestled through this journey. But in surprising ways, she's discovered how to let go of bound-up resentment and overcome the resistance to forgiving people who aren't willing to make things right.

With deep empathy, therapeutic insight, and rich Bible teaching coming out of more than 1,000 hours of theological study, Lysa will help you:

• Learn how to move on when the other person refuses to change and never says they're sorry.
• Walk through a step-by-step process to free yourself from the hurt of your past and feel less offended today.
• Discover what the Bible really says about forgiveness and the peace that comes from living it out right now.
• Identify what's stealing trust and vulnerability from your relationships so you can believe there is still good ahead.
• Disempower the triggers hijacking your emotions by embracing the two necessary parts of forgiveness.

Pub Date 11/17/2020

God has a purpose for you. But maybe what you're meant to be is still a mystery. So where do you start? Jess Connolly will help you get answers to this question and more, no matter where you are in your journey.

Glory Girl  will jumpstart your search for purpose. In each meaningful chapter (plus room for reflective journaling), Jess's wise words will help you: discover the things you are really passionate about, understand your strengths and weaknesses, face your fears, catch the vision, make a plan, and find the confidence you need to make your move--all in the bold belief that God has called you to every step of the journey.

Glory Girl  helps girls ages 8-12:

• Recognize their unique, God-given gifts.
• Fight their fears with faith and truth.
• Deal with distractions that throw them off course from God's plan for them.
• Stop trying to be "the best" at everything and trust that God has a plan for them.
• Stop comparing themselves to others.

The  New York Times  bestselling author of  Chase the Lion  reveals seven powerful habits that can help you tackle God-sized goals by turning yesterday's regrets and tomorrow's anxieties into fuel for a better today.

"This book will change the trajectory of your life."--John Maxwell, #1  New York Times  bestselling author, entrepreneur, and leadership expert

Too many people delay, downsize, or shrug off their dreams just because they don't know where to start, but playing it safe doesn't account for the massive cost of a life not fully lived.  Win the Day  is the jump-start you need to go after your goals, one day at a time. You'll discover how to:

1. Flip the Script:  If you want to change your life, start by changing your story.
2. Kiss the Wave:  The obstacle is not the enemy; the obstacle is the way.
3. Eat the Frog:  If you want God to do the super, you've got to do the natural.
4. Fly the Kite:  How you do anything is how you'll do everything.
5. Cut the Rope:  Playing it safe is risky.
6. Wind the Clock:  Time is measured in minutes; life is measured in moments.
7. Seed the Clouds:  Sow today what you want to see tomorrow.

As Batterson unpacks each of these daily habits, you'll see how simple it is to pursue them with focus and dedication--not someday down the road, but now. Transform your perspective of a single day and you'll discover the potential waiting to be grasped at the beginning of each new sunrise.

Focus your mind as you feed your soul

There's something special about the number forty, and there's something special about fasting. Put the two together and you have the opportunity to develop not only a physical hunger but a spiritual hunger!

Whether you're fasting from sugar, social media, shopping, or something else, this resource will help you stay focused on the transforming work of Christ in your life through guided journaling. Each journal entry includes a place to jot down the Scripture you're meditating on that day and a prompt to help you communicate with God. You'll also find inspiring quotes to encourage you on each day of your journey.

So settle in. Read, pray, write, repeat. Discover how forty days can change everything.

Pub Dat: 12/01/2020

We all experience disappointing setbacks, overwhelming loneliness, and paralyzing fear at some point in our lives. It sometimes seems as if nothing will help. In  God Will Help You,  New York Times  bestselling author Max Lucado encourages us to trust in the God who is working miracles in the big and small things. With God, no setback is too big to solve, and no prayer goes unnoticed. God is still working.

Each chapter offers reassurance through miracles big and small that He will meet us in the midst of life's messes. God will help

• if you feel anxious
• solve your problems
• through fear
• if you are stuck
• when you are lonely
• in daily life
• in illness
• during grief
• with guidance
• to forgive

Filled with biblical miracles, current stories, thoughts to ponder, prayers, and journaling prompts with space for reflection, this is an interactive book you'll look to time and time again. Help is coming!

Help for the Hustle  

A Life-Changing Book on Christian Virtues from the Author of  Sacred Marriage
"When we practice the virtues of Christ," writes bestselling author Gary Thomas, "we become who God created us to be." In this classic book of spiritual formation, we encounter true discipleship--the life we were made for--by observing Jesus in his daily life: his interactions with the people around him, his reactions and responses to spiritual warfare, his thoughtful engagement of complicated questions about faith and profound temptations. Jesus embodied the virtues that God has invited us all to cultivate. This book becomes instrumental to our spiritual growth.

There aren't a lot of books that focus squarely on classical Christian virtues; those that do often approach the topic in a scholarly, detached fashion. Gary Thomas has a deep concern for the spiritual vitality of his audience, and that concern comes through in this book.

Gary Thomas is one of the most celebrated writers on spiritual formation, with beloved books sitting alongside other contemporary classics by authors such as Dallas Willard, James Bryan Smith, and Richard Foster. In his distinct style, he provides a heartfelt survey of humility, chastity, generosity, patience, perseverance, and more, as demonstrated in the life of Jesus. These virtues are for us, and this book draws lines from our lived experience to the lived experience of Christ, and back to us, pointing the way to a more vibrant faith and a more fulfilling life.

Pub Date: 12/08/2020