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Title: Game On

Subtitle: Find Your Purpose -- Pursue Your Dream

Author: Emmitt Smith

Narrator: J. D. Jackson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-01-11

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Emmitt Smith, the NFLs all-time leading rusher of the Dallas Cowboys, Dancing with the Stars champion, and successful real-estate investor, outlines the principles that helped him become a winner on and off the football field. In this audio book he encourages you to live your God-given dream, now. Emmitt reveals that its not only vision and talent that propel us toward our dreams, but also a combination of determination, persistence, humility, courage, and faith. In this audio, Emmitt gives listeners the tools to pursue their dream with all their mind, heart, and soul.

Members Reviews:

motivating

inspirational story, and it reinforces the truth that to achieve success you must set goals.

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Title: Finding Purpose Beyond Our Pain

Subtitle: Uncover the Hidden Potential in Life's Most Common Struggles

Author: David L Henderson

Narrator: Jon Gauger

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-11

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Pain is not the enemy! Injustice. Rejection. Loneliness. Loss. Discipline. Failure. Death. They are lifes inevitablesand the events we fear the most, say authors Paul Meier and David Henderson. Yet we often miss the treasures beyond these inevitable events because were too busy trying to avoid pain. Though relieving suffering is a worthwhile pursuitand one the authors have devoted their lives totheir clinical practice, personal experiences, and biblical studies have convinced them that no suffering is not the goal. Seeking and embracing Gods purposes for pain is. But we can only do this by casting our hurts in a whole new light. What if, instead of chasing after a pain-free existence, we saw adversity as an ally? A temporary companion who leads us away from danger and toward healing? A trainer who pushes us through to the next level of growth? In this penetrating look at the seven universal struggles of life, Meier and Henderson show us how to not only go through them but grow through them. Their hard-earned wisdom will assure us that beyond the brokenness and pain is where we will find that secret storehouse of meaningthe place where our fear of the dark gives way to the light of Gods purposes. Insert disc 8 into your PC to access the chapter review questions.

Members Reviews:

Changed my view on my chronic back pain

When you get a life changing diagnosis your life stops. Your world is no longer a happy place or so I thought. This book helped me realize God has a purpose for my pain. A testimony of gratitude to Jesus for healing me in a new way. i was no longer focused on the why me but the why not me and I can honestly say my life really did change after reading this.

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Title: The Story, NIV: Chapter 3 - Joseph: From Slave to Deputy Pharaoh

Author: Zondervan (editor)

Narrator: Allison Moffett, Michael Blain-Rozgay

Format: Unabridged

Length: 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-16-11

Publisher: Zondervan

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

"The greatest story ever told" is more than just a cliche.

God goes to great lengths to rescue lost and hurting people, and that is what The Story is all about: the story of the Bible, God's great love affair with humanity. Filled with intrigue, drama, conflict, and redemption, this dramatized audio download of Chapter 3 --- Joseph: From Slave to Deputy Pharaoh from The Story, NIV sweeps you into the stories, poems, and teachings of the Bible.

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Title: The Sacred Way

Subtitle: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life

Author: Tony Jones

Narrator: Joe Caron

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-23-11

Publisher: Zondervan

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

This book mines the rich history of the church for spiritual disciplines that have been largely forgotten in the practice of Christianity. After introductory material that considers the human longing for spirituality and setting a working definition of the term (To be enlivened by God's Spirit is the goal of Christian spirituality.), there is a historical and theological exploration of 16 different ancient practices.

Members Reviews:

A Thorough Look at The Sacred Way

A compelling, literary journey through spiritual disciplines, The Sacred Way offers guidance to the Christian's voyage through life. This book is authored by Tony Jones, who is an ordained minister and earned his Ph.D. in 2011. Jones has authored numerous articles and eleven books, including the recently published The Earth is Flat. He currently serves as an adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary and is a visiting lecturer at Rochester College.

Based on observations and personal experiences, Jones discovered a growing disconnect between Christians and God. This book addresses a solution to the "aching sense of loss, incompleteness, and half-remembered engagement with the shaping of the soul" (7). Jones' quest for a solution eventually led him to the past of ancient Christianity, where he discovered a rich history of spiritual disciplines. Jones asserts that in an age of cynicism, it's inspiring to look back to an age before the world had been explained by science and psychology. In the bustling world that exists today, God is easily lost in the noise. By engaging these spiritual disciplines, Jones affirms that a stronger, beautiful relationship with God can exist.

Jones carries out his instruction by offering a detailed analysis of sixteen different spiritual disciplines. While many of them correlate and provide similar experiences, each is unique in its own way. These disciplines matter to any Christian looking to form a stronger relationship with God. They pull exercises and experiences from the past, applying those practices to a current-age context in which the global Christian community has easy access and a clear understanding of how to engage in spiritual disciplines. This book redirects focus and provides a new learning opportunity for Christians seeking a more resilient bond with God.

The Sacred Way is written to be both appealing and informative. Without overwhelming the reader, Jones manages to provide extensive detail and history behind each of the spiritual disciplines. He carefully explains the theology and background for each one, using both historical contextual evidence and well-researched third-person accounts. Additionally, Jones skillfully weaves his own thoughts and personal experiences throughout each chapter--not so much that he limits the factuality of his work, but enough to keep the reader engaged. He also provides an abundant amount of helpful resources, some of which may be unexpected. While the book includes basic citations and "for further reading" tips, Jones also provides several Websites for blogs and helpful information. This book gracefully walks the fine line between instructive and interesting.

Another strength of this book lies within its carefully plotted formatting. The chapters are clustered together into two sections: Contemplative Approaches to Spirituality and Bodily Approaches to Spirituality.

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Title: Stories Behind the Traditions and Songs of Easter

Author: Ace Collins

Narrator: Maurice England

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-16-10

Publisher: Zondervan

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Stories Behind the Traditions and Songs of Easter reveals the real inspiration behind the customs, symbols, and special music of Easter. Through his gift as a storyteller, award-winning author Ace Collins brings new meaning and depth to the celebration of Easter.

Members Reviews:

This is a fantastic book! For any Church musician or singer-- this ...

This is a fantastic book! For any Church musician or singer-- this is a must read for Lent and Easter! I will keep my copy indefinitely! Thank you!

Ten bucks for a little collection of trivia?

Short chapters on a variety of Easter hymns and traditions.

Interesting little tidbits, especially about the hymns. I particularly liked seeing the original and complete versions, rather than the generally shortened and altered versions in current hymnbooks. Definitely not worth the standard price; wait for a sale.

Such a great book with amazing explanations and a warm feeling.

Wonder warm stories about the many traditions of Easter. Ace Collins has a great gift of explaining things. I first heard him on "Relevant Radio." His Christmas books are also wonderfully written.

It was great reading fun

Loved reading about some of our favorite songs. Traditions was a good read also. Have taken it to share

with parishoners and many of them heard the stories for the first time.

I especially enjoy the size of the book.......it fits nicely into a purse and on a side table.

Will more than likely order more for next Easter. Muriel

Five Stars

The traditions explained in this book are very interesting

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Title: Beginner's Grace

Subtitle: Bringing Prayer to Life

Author: Kate Braestrup

Narrator: Susan Ericksen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-10

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Chaplain Kate Braestrup, the New York Times best-selling author of Here If You Need Me, has written a compelling new book on prayer for which her devoted fans have been clamoring. Beautifully written, with her astonishing signature stories of faith in action in real life, Beginner's Grace explains how to tap into grace with prayer - as well as how to pray, when to pray, and what to pray. Love is Grace. You can't earn it. But you can always find it when you need it. The tried-and-true way to grace is through prayer - even through a simple "saying grace" before dinner. Yet in spite of hundreds of traditions and teachings about prayer, millions of people worldwide are unsure how to pray, or afraid they'll do it wrong, or worried that they won't be heard. Writing in the beautiful, honest, personal narrative style of her previous two books, Braestrup explains the many ways we can pray, including where and when to pray, individually and as a family. She includes numerous examples of prayers to draw from - beginning with grace, a brief prayer of thanks. Braestrup offers listeners prayers for situations in which their own words might fail them - from grief and loss to a request for assistance from God - and offers suggestions for making prayers more meaningful and satisfying. And she invites listeners to explore forms of prayer that extend into the wider community, including prayer for those whom we don't like and with whom we may disagree. Written with the insight and warmth that moved and inspired readers of Here If You Need Me, Beginner's Grace is sure to become a spiritual touchstone for people of all faiths.

Critic Reviews:

"Braestrup's wonderful introduction to prayer belongs on your book shelf next to Anne Lamott's Traveling Mercies and David Steindl-Rast's Common-Sense Spirituality." (Mark Matousek, author of When You're Falling, Dive)

Members Reviews:

Real Prayer for Real life

This book is not just for beginners, but for all of us. I have read many books about prayer that seem to claim that if we pray as the author suggests, God will listen to our prayers and we will get our desired response. This book is not one of them: Thanks be to God. Instead we can join with Ms Braestrup in our belief and doubts, our joys and sorrow, our certainty and confusion as we seek to become all that God has made us to be.

"There is the grand, beautiful, unconditional, limitless love we want to give to one another, the love that bears all things, endures all things, believeth all things, the love that sees. And then there is the stingy, shabby, nearsighted human love we find ourselves giving. The aching, immeasurable distance between one and the other can be filled only by grace. "

Indescribable Grace

It's hard to describe Rev. Kate Braestrup's writing style. It's full of self-reflective, playful humor. Here she shares with us the role prayer can play in our lives even if we don't fit neatly into anyone else's idea of a religion.

Enjoyable third book in her series

I am a big fan of her previous 2 memoir books ('Here if You Need Me', and 'Marriage and Other Acts of Charity'). All 3 are written with good humor. Although a lot of this is instructional, I very much enjoyed hearing about her continuing adventures with her job, the Maine wardens, her family, and friends.

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Title: To Transform a City

Subtitle: Whole Church, Whole Gospel, Whole City

Author: Sam Williams, Eric Swanson

Narrator: J. C. Howe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-16-10

Publisher: Zondervan

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Understand the paradigmatic shift that is happening in city ministry around the world - the shift from internal church concern to external community focus - and learn how to live out and lead others in this missional approach.

Members Reviews:

You can't buy just one!

As the Community Ministries Pastor at Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock and member of the leadership team of the Nehemiah Network, a relational network of pastors seeking the unite the church in our community to live and serve as the Body of Christ, I can say from personal experience, this book is must read for anyone (experienced or new to city reaching) desiring to reach their city. I ordered 25 copies of the book on pre-order to give to two different leadership teams and I am confident I will need more. I believe many will find the first chapter on "The Importance of Cities" worth the price of the book and it keeps getting better with each chapter. Order today, but don't just buy one; get enough for your whole team.

Some good theology and plenty of stories

A decent book on how the church can see its role in its community. Some good theology and plenty of stories. It's written more for pastors and church leaders who may not often see their church in the context of their community or need some convincing that their church's mission goes beyond getting more members/believers. But if community involvement and parterships are your M.O., then you would skim a lot of this book.

Thought Leaders on Cityreaching

Eric and Sam provide us with several theological, sociological and biblical thought constructs that provide practitioners with a solid foundation and strong framework. Grassroots leaders jump quickly into action - understanding how to think about cities, the transformative process, plus bounded and open set approaches are just a few of the important concepts clearly explained in the book.

To Transform a City is a valuable tool for coaches, cityreachers, kingdom-minded pastors and marketplace leaders ...

Watch for a "Coaches Clinic" podcast with Sam Williams and the coaching team of Loving Our Communities to Christ (early November, 2010)[...]

Phil Miglioratti

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Call to action

Go ahead and read this book and then tell me you don't feel called to act...

Swanson does a great job of telling his experiences in a way that encourages the reader to feel empowered and "do something!"

God is in the transforming business.

Excellent book. Every person interested in making a difference where he/she lives should read it. Has much information on what works and what doesn't. Emphasizes that the church should be about making a difference in the world.

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Title: In the Land of Believers

Subtitle: An Outsider's Extraordinary Journey into the Heart of the Evangelical Church

Author: Gina Welch

Narrator: Judith Brackley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-24-10

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Ever since evangelical Christians rose to national prominence, mainstream America has tracked their every move with a nervous eye. But in spite of this vigilance, our understanding hasn't gone beyond the caricatures. Who are evangelicals, really? What are they like in private, and what do they want? Is it possible that beneath the differences in culture and language, church and party, we might share with them some common purpose?

To find out, Gina Welch, a young secular Jew from Berkeley, joined Jerry Falwell's Thomas Road Baptist Church. Over the course of nearly two years, Welch immersed herself in the life and language of the devout: she learned to interpret the world like an evangelical, weathered the death of Falwell, and embarked on a mission trip to Alaska intended to save 100 souls. Alive to the meaning behind the music and the mind behind the slogans, Welch recognized the allure of evangelicalism, even for the godless, realizing that the congregation met needs and answered questions she didnt know she had.

What emerges is a riveting account of a skeptic's transformation from uninformed cynicism to compassionate understanding, and a rare view of how evangelicals see themselves.

Critic Reviews:

Welch offers excellent prose with a laudable purpose.... An engaging, personal look at one variant of Christian fundamentalism. (

Library Journal)

Memorable... A genuinely inquisitive memoir about the complicated nature of religious belief. (

Kirkus Reviews)

Members Reviews:

America's Divide Laid Bare; A tribute to tolerance

Having grown up with evangelical parents and family and moved to San Francisco I feel that I've lived Ms Welch's journey in reverse.

Her book gave me emotional highs, euphoric vistas, and an inkling of peace with the evangelicals in my family I'd never had without it. It made me call my evangelical mother up and suggest she read it--as I explained calmly why we'd always fought--that emotional, moral and absolute views of the world were never meant to survive intellectual attack, but rather to give their holder a determined untouchable and perhaps useful happiness the chaos of the world and its logic could never touch.

By carefully constructing the human payback and reward for such a belief system, and recounting moments when the rush of the feelings overtook her, Ms Welch has written a book not about infiltrating the evangelical church, but much more profoundly, about how the evangelical church infiltrated her, and became in her terms a 'phantom limb.'

This willingness to become one of them, to sing with them for over a year, to craft intimate friendships, sleep in dingy Alaskan hotel beds chasing down a near arctic homeless population with a message of forgiveness, to grow a deep and longing respect for their singles pastor, to peer twice at the physical remains of their head pastor as he passed in respect, forms the most interesting arch of the book. Instead of presenting the evangelical church as a cult run by manipulative leaders; it emerges as a vital phenomena to the people who need it.

What is surprising is her lingering guilt for the going 'under-cover' when the treatment is more autobiographical than documentary.

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Title: The Tenth Parallel

Subtitle: Dispatches from the Fault Line between Christianity and Islam

Author: Eliza Griswold

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-17-10

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 71 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

The tenth parallel - the line of latitude seven hundred miles north of the equator - is a geographical and ideological front line where Christianity and Islam collide. More than half of the worlds 1.3 billion Muslims live along the tenth parallel; so do sixty percent of the worlds 2 billion Christians. Here, in the buzzing megacities and swarming jungles of Africa and Asia, is where the two religions meet; their encounter is shaping the future of each faith, and of whole societies as well.

An award-winning investigative journalist and poet, Eliza Griswold has spent the past seven years traveling between the equator and the tenth parallel: in Nigeria, the Sudan, and Somalia, and in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. The stories she tells in The Tenth Parallel show us that religious conflicts are also conflicts about land, water, oil, and other natural resources, and that local and tribal issues are often shaped by religious ideas. Above all, she makes clear that, for the people she writes about, ones sense of God is shaped by ones place on earth; along the tenth parallel, faith is geographic and demographic.

An urgent examination of the relationship between faith and worldly power, The Tenth Parallel is an essential work about the conflicts over religion, nationhood and natural resources that will remake the world in the years to come.

Critic Reviews:

[A] revolutionary workGriswold's courageous pilgrimage changes the way we think about Christianity and Islam. (Archbishop Desmond Tutu)

Always maintaining a journalists objective view, Griswold, a published poet, nevertheless enchants the reader with her lush, flowing prose. (Publishers Weekly)

An important ongoing venture in the West's attempts to understand the conflicts of this region. (Kirkus Reviews)

Members Reviews:

Beyond the Middle East

If you are interested in the background of the conflicts between Islam and other religions, particularly between Christians and Muslims, this is a great primer. While I preferred the book Tea With Hezbollah for readability/listenability, The Tenth Parallel covered more history and geography and was a much more comprehensive treatment. Tea With Hezbollah was more personal and gave one more incite into the personalities and nature of many of the major characters in todays Middle East.

It is astonishing that in both books, the authors had access into some of the most dangerous places on the planet and lived to write about it. Though many begin with religious proselytizing, like so many other conflicts around the world, these conflicts are not solely about religion. One has to wonder though if the majority of these conflicts are not rooted in, inspired and perpetuated by religion. Listening to the historical context and appreciating the consistency of our own human nature throughout the ages, one also has to wonder if there is any hope for our species in ever resolving anything and living together peacefully.

While I give the book high marks, technically, I thought the book seemed a bit disjointed and lacked cohesion. It seemed to be hastily crafted as though the author was in a hurry to get it to press. I was also not thrilled with the reader. Her delivery, particularly in the beginning, was so rapid fire, it was like she too could not wait to finish the book.

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Title: Stirring the Fire

Subtitle: Exploring New Patterns of Ministry

Author: Martyn Perry, Fay Perry

Narrator: Josh Kilbourne

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-07-10

Publisher: Tate Publishing

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

Sometimes it seems that going to church can become stale for even the most enthusiastic of worshippers. It may feel like you are exhausting all your resources. Though this problem can appear insurmountable, it should by no means obstruct your efforts to form a cohesive church community.

In a simple collection of suggestions paired with real life anecdotes from their long life in ministry, Authors Martyn and Fay Perry offer practical advice for those times we feel like we're running on empty, or find ourselves sitting on the sidelines with our talents not used. They encourage us to allow God to stir the fire and warm our spirituality from within. As we do this we find ourselves wanting to serve God in life and worship. We can then play our part as the church explores new patterns of ministry. 'Stirring the Fire' can help us embrace the opportunities God wants to put before us all.