Beautifully Different

Babs is a bright young girl searching for a friend. She loves to teach and each day on her farm looks for new friends who are eager to learn and who want to play with her too. But as she teaches the flowers and the chickens, and the butterflies, they don’t pay attention to her and Babs feels so sad. All she wants is a friend who is just like her! Babs is about to give up on her quest when an unexpected visitor who is completely different from herself, arrives on the farm. Together they discover an extraordinary friendship that completely transforms how Babs learns to look again and really see the beauty in others. In this charming tale for children, a little girl learns from an unlikely teacher that differences are beautiful.

From designer, creator, and self-love advocate Nabela Noor (@Nabela) comes a much-needed picture book about loving yourself just as you are. Meet Zubi: a joyful Bangladeshi girl excited about her first day of school. But when Zubi sees her mother frowning in the mirror and talking about being “too big,” she starts to worry about her own body and how she looks. As her day goes on, she hears more and more people being critical of each other’s and their own bodies, until her outburst over dinner leads her family to see what they’ve been doing wrong—and to help Zubi see that we can all make the world a more beautiful place by being beautifully ourselves.

What could stoneware pottery, eagles, ants, salt, and the Magi possibly have in common? According to author Greg Hinnant, they each teach invaluable lessons about God’s top priority for Christians—maturing us and conforming us to the image of His Son. Word Portraits: Five Illustrations of the Mature Christian combines relevant research and insightful Bible teaching to “paint” five colorful, detailed portrayals of mature Christians. Specifically, these portrayals describe: redeemed, enduring vessels of honor; New Testament wise men and women; high-flying eagle Christians; Christians who follow the wise ways of ants; and indispensable, “salt of the earth” Christians. If you do not want God to change you, you do not want this book. But if you do, this inspiring book offers fascinating facts, thought-provoking Bible expositions, and probing questions that will stir you to rise and seek life’s highest good and, ultimately, the only goal worth pursuing—to be like Jesus!

I have written this book to give hope for every human being who ache for God and spirituality but are lost. They think themselves unfortunate and not holy enough to reach God just because they do not live in a monastery. This book also is for those who are drawn into the pool of depression, confusion, suffering, loneliness, emptiness, addiction, crime, guilt and who think that life is of no use. I want to share my experience with all to assure that God and spirituality is not confined within religious walls. We can live a meaningful spiritual life anywhere and still can be close to God. This book also explains how we can create our own path for God realization and soul realization. I have also tried to simplify the technique of exercising popular but misunderstood terms like meditation, karma and thoughts. To sum up, this book is all about the beautiful phenomenon of our life.

This is a story about a man that has dreams . . . lives that dream, meets his dream, and is blessed with a dream. He is in a place that he has always dreamed of--the lights, the recognition, and the stardom . . . everything that he has always wanted. He had the money, the fame, the cars, and the attention of every woman that crossed his path. All this and still unhappy . . . What's the problem? Could God be trying to tell him something more, and is he willing to listen? One night, while performing, he meets a woman--a woman that would help shape the course of his life, a woman that had him from the very moment he laid eyes on her. He never imagined that, from that very moment, he would have to make choices that would change his life forever.

Loving one another as sisters and brothers in Jesus Many Christian women and men carry heavy burdens. Much teaching on gender relations, roles, and rules binds the conscience beyond what Scripture actually teaches. Gender has become a battleground for power. But God created men and women not to compete for glory but to cooperate for his glory. In Jesus and Gender, Elyse Fitzpatrick and Eric Schumacher paint a new vision for gender—Christ's gentle and lowly heart. The centrality of the gospel has been lost in gender debates. Our ultimate example is Jesus, our humble king, who used his power to serve others. So we must rethink our identities, roles, and relationships around him. Christ transformed enemies into family. Men and women are allies in God's mission. Drawing from Scripture and experience, Fitzpatrick and Schumacher show how Jesus's example speaks to all areas of our lives as men and women, including vocation, marriage, parenting, friendships, and relating to each other as sisters and brothers in Christ. Real--life testimonies from a variety of Christians—including Christine Caine, Justin Holcomb, Karen Swallow Prior, and others—show a variety of men and women freed to pursue their gifts for God's glory. Fitzpatrick and Schumacher's perspective untangles what God has said about gender from what he hasn't. By coming to Jesus, women and men can find rest.

Young kids will learn fascinating nature facts as they grow in faith and settle down for peaceful sleep with these fun, short devotions about the wonders of the dark in the animal world, ocean, and night sky. Each of the 100 bedtime devotions explores an engaging nighttime topic: sleeping otters holding hands, the moon's glow, multiplying bubbles at bath time, and saying good night to God. Each entry includes cheerful illustrations and a final reflection on how to act out Jesus' love and truth. This delightful devotional for boys and girls ages 4–8 gives kids a fun way to close out the day with Adorable and amazing animals, incredible science facts, and the mysteries of the dark Bible verses from the Old and New Testaments Prayer starters to guide children in talking to God about their specific triumphs, struggles, and questions Quiet time before sleep PJ?Time?is a wonderful way to help kids cozy up in their favorite PJs, spend time with God, and fall asleep knowing that God is always awake.

The arrival of a stranger in the poorest community in Manila brings the possibility of danger and threats from the authorities and the money people, but despite this, he is received into their lives as a visitora man without a name and a past with unexplained consequences. Although he remains an enigma throughout his stay in the village, he touches all their lives in unexpected ways, bringing hope and sorrow in equal measure.