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Ciorra invites us to find holiness in the midst of the hustle and bustle of everyday life. He suggests ways of communicating with God and growing while working, taking care of children, going to school and riding a bus..
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This series of heartwarming picture books (#1 Tessa's Treasures; #2 Wyatt's Wagon; #3 Ivy's Icicle) will entertain young children as they learn about the joy of thinking of others. Each book teaches a principle through a compelling story while expressive illustrations fill each page with color and emotion..
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Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people. They are born
with a little bit of angelshine about them.

—Alan Beck

This beautifully illustrated book by award–winning artist Sandra Kuck masterfully captures the age of innocence and celebrates the sugar and spice that make little girls so nice. Rediscover the simple joys and delights of life in this timeless tribute to what it means to be young and carefree. 

A moving collection of scriptures, quotes and musings by beloved writers, including Anne Frank, Louisa May Alcott, and Edgar Guest, Thank Goodness for Little Girls makes a precious gift for parents, grandparents, and anyone else whose life has been touched by the sweet smile of a little girl.

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Drawing on stories of people who have found positive ways to respond to the state of the earth, Martin and Margot Hodson show how understanding God's concern for his whole creation can inspire us toward a more biblical lifestyle..
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God Is Not Three Guys in the Sky is an inclusive interpretation of Christian doctrine asserts that Christianity mistakes its myth for history and its symbol for fact.
In the present atmosphere of religious polarity, even violence, Clancy urges Christians to abandon their claim to being the one and only true religion. With evidence from scholars and a variety of traditions, she examines questions about the Christ, truth and myth in scripture, God and human consciousness, the mystical Reign proclaimed by the man Jesus.
Her answers to these questions will delight many, disturb others, and fascinate all readers. Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Native Americans, Jews, atheists, and pagans are included with Christians in this synthesis of spiritual currents. Here is a vision of global harmony.

"This personal account of one woman's struggle to find her place within the religious tradition of her ancestors brings her to greater understanding and peace. It may spur others to undertake similar rigors of study, exchange of views, and personal commitment."--Theresa Schumacher, OSB. President of the American Benedictine Academy

"Here is the saga of a woman who has separated out the part of religious belief that is patriarchal, exclusive and destructive of the human spirit. Rigid, time-bound dogmas and Christianity's deliberate separation from the great world religions are even more serious, in Clancy's view, than the on-going oppression and exclusion of women from orthodox religious spheres.
Her exploration of early Christian biblical and non-biblical sources demonstrates new understandings and fresh interpretations of Jesus and of Christianity. Readers may find them at once intriguing, disturbing, exciting but always engaging. In Clancy s words, 'Imagine the force for global harmony that Christians could become if we had the largeness of heart to surrender our exclusive claims.'
This is a needed contribution to the conversation about Jesus and Christianity as well as the pressing questions of today's inter-religious dialogue."--Christian Morris, OSB. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theology, College of St. Benedict.
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In the late eighteenth century two expansive Eurasian empires met formally for the first time—the Manchu or Qing dynasty of China and the maritime empire of Great Britain. The occasion was the mission of Lord Macartney, sent by the British crown and sponsored by the East India Company, to the court of the Qianlong emperor. Cherishing Men from Afar looks at the initial confrontation between these two empires from a historical perspective informed by the insights of contemporary postcolonial criticism and cultural studies.
The history of this encounter, like that of most colonial and imperial encounters, has traditionally been told from the Europeans’ point of view. In this book, James L. Hevia consults Chinese sources—many previously untranslated—for a broader sense of what Qing court officials understood; and considers these documents in light of a sophisticated anthropological understanding of Qing ritual processes and expectations. He also reexamines the more familiar British accounts in the context of recent critiques of orientalism and work on the development of the bourgeois subject. Hevia’s reading of these sources reveals the logics of two discrete imperial formations, not so much impaired by the cultural misunderstandings that have historically been attributed to their meeting, but animated by differing ideas about constructing relations of sovereignty and power. His examination of Chinese and English-language scholarly treatments of this event, both historical and contemporary, sheds new light on the place of the Macartney mission in the dynamics of colonial and imperial encounters.
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