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This series of reflections reveals the importance of gratitude in helping us see beyond the immediate to a broader and deeper reality. The discovery of this perpetual alleluia will help you discover what you are, become who you are, and grow with gratitude into the unknown.
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The need for change as we get older - an emotional pressure for one phase of our lives to transition into another - is a human phenomenon, neither male nor female. There simply comes a time in our lives - not fundamentally different from the way puberty separates childhood from adulthood - when it's time for one part of ourselves to die and for something new to be born.
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Beautiful
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Everything Happens for a Reason
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In each of our lives we are faced with events that seem inexplicable, unjust, even cruel - events that can shatter our perception of the world, our understanding of ourselves, and our faith in a higher power. Friends and family members often offer comfort with "Everything happens for a reason" - a simple, common phrase with an unbearably elusive meaning. In Everything Happens for a Reason, psychotherapist Mira Kirshenbaum helps us understand the principles behind this frequently used phrase and provides us with tools to grasp its true meaning.
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Excellent!!!! Listened to it 3X
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Everybody has one. It's called a "haunt detector". It's the little alarm that goes off in our heads whenever we detect that something mysterious or supernatural has occurred. You could be sitting around relaxing, and for no special reason you start thinking about someone. Then the phone rings; you pick it up, and amazingly, it's that person! Many of us have experienced this phenomenon.What is it? Anthony DeStefano answers this compelling question in his fascinating new book, The Invisible World.
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Simplistic
- By Margaret on 03-26-12
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When we rewind history to Abraham's era, we encounter people who concocted false superstitions to explain the unexplainable. Powerful kings claimed to be gods, building massive pyramids in an attempt to achieve immortality. Out of this mass of misunderstandings, this collage of confusion, one man emerged. Why, thousands of years later, are we still discussing the faith of this desert nomad? Chuck Swindoll answers that question and many more in this compelling and insightful biography that will inspire your own faith.
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Father of Faith
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The Ten Commandments
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The Ten Commandments are the first direct communication between a people and God. Designed to elevate our lives above mere frantic, animal existence to the sublime levels humanity is capable of experiencing, they are the blueprint of God's expectations of us and his plan for a meaningful, just, loving, and holy life. Each commandment asserts a principle, and each principle is a moral focus point for real-life issues relating to God, family, sex, work, charity, property, speech, and thought.
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The Ten Commandments
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Plan B
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What do you do when a shattered dream or an unmet expectation causes you to turn to Plan B? Pastor and author Pete Wilson uses real-life stories of disappointments and tragedy along with biblical stories such as David, Joseph, and Ruth to help listeners face their own overwhelming situations and through them to learn God is working to help them surrender their plans to receive his.
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God speaks through Pete Wilson
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Healing for Damaged Emotions
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Events in our lives, both good and bad, form rings in us like the rings in a tree. Each ring records memories that affect our feelings, our relationships, and our thoughts about God. In this classic work, David Seamands encourages us to live compassionately with ourselves as we allow the Holy Spirit to heal our past. As he helps us name hurdles in our lives - such as guilt, poor self-worth, and perfectionism - he shows us how we can find freedom from our pain and enjoy the abundant life God wants for us.
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No one is exempt.
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- nancy udell
- 03-11-15
This book answered all my questions
Howard kushner is wise kind and dead on. I am grateful for this book. If you are trying to accept the existence of a higher power in a world where bad things happen to good people, read this book. It is not dated. Still absolutely relevant. Thank you.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-17-21
a wonderful outlook on life and loss
after the loss of our child our priest suggested this book took me 5; years to get to read it but it's great spiritual guidance is enlightening.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-20-23
Definitely helpful
I am a Congregationalist, but have strong connections with the Jewish faith, so this was a lovely convergence of the two, for me. Being 30 years old and diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer 4 years ago, I have struggled with my “surviving … for now” stage. Rabbi Kushner’s words, allegories, and personal stories have helped me shift my perspective a little. Enough to help. I will definitely be rereading. Give it a shot. If nothing else, it might give you a better perspective of someone else’s struggles.
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- Dennis Larocque
- 05-16-18
Wonderful
An excellent life altering account of how to live a truly wonderful life. Not overly religious.
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- N. Salb
- 10-09-19
Very affirming to what I believe
I had heard of this book years ago and always wanted to read it, but didn't need it until I lost my 26 year year old son to a sudden and traumatic accident. Then there were so many questions as to why this happened. So many people would recite the platitudes that 'God needed him more than we did', 'God had a reason for this', "he's so much happier now and in a better place''. Which infuriated me because he was happier when his accident happened that he might have ever been in his life! He had a great job that he was flourishing in since he had struggled to find what he wanted to do, he had just bought a house and hadn't even made a house payment yet, he had a wonderful girlfriend, soon to be engaged. He was happy and healthy, not suffering when a horrible freak accident happened. I don't believe God caused this, or wanted him in heaven. An accident happened and God was there to scoop him up and take him to heaven. This book affirms my beliefs and I found it very comforting. All things don't happen for a reason, and unfortunately Bad Things do Happen to Good People. God didn't NEED him, but he has him, and we are sad, will always be sad and will always miss him. Losing him is grief beyond measure. I highly recommend this book for anyone wondering 'Why'?
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- Karyn M.
- 07-30-22
Inspiring and Comforting
Loved this book!
It provided me with courage and inspiration to live a happy and fulfilling life having listened to another person's point of view.
Thank you, Rabbi Kushner!
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- James
- 09-15-22
Interesting perspective
The theology is off but good book that really makes you think about what you believe.
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- Linda
- 07-31-17
Timely
Current & past experiences motivated me to seek a new perspective on my current attitude. This selection renewed my former concepts & allowed me to reconsider some questionable concepts. I plan to audio more Books by Harold Kushner. Thank you!
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- Dan
- 05-12-18
Easy Read
Simple and straightforward.
Easy read. Great to share with friends and family.
Simple and straightforward.
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- Jeffrey Olsen
- 12-29-17
Inspiring testimony of hope and faith in a kind and loving God
Rabbi Kushner gives a sincere and genuine account of his personal relationship with a God who is powerful, compassionate and loving. He uses the Book of Jobe to help describe a glorious God who cannot shield us completely from the effects of all evil and cannot rid us entirely of the consequences of tragic events. He introduces us to a God who is worth believing in and one worthy of our praise, our faith and our love. He describes a God who I can understand. One who desires to reach out to each of us to help us to overcome the agony, the heart ache and tragedies of our lives. He describes a God who is worth worshipping.
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