Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 174
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In a novella which remains highly controversial to this day, Conrad explores the relations between Africa and Europe. On the surface, this is a horrifying tale of colonial exploitation. The narrator, Marlowe journeys on business deep into the heart of Africa. But there he encounters Kurtz, an idealist apparently crazed and depraved by his power over the natives, and the meeting prompts Marlowe to reflect on the darkness at the heart of all men. This...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
With more than one million copies sold, When God Doesn't Make Sense is an immensely practical book for those who are struggling with trials and heartaches they can't understand. Why does disease, natural disaster, divorce, rejection, death, or some other sorrow seep into our lives when we are trying to serve the Lord? It just doesn't seem fair! This book deals unflinchingly with life's most troubling question-"Why?" Drawing on his long experience...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
You'll get through this. It won't be painless. It won't be quick. But God will use this mess for good. Don't be foolish or naïve. But don't despair either. With God's help, you'll get through this. You fear you won't make it through. We all do. We fear that the depression will never lift, the yelling will never stop, and the pain will never leave. In the pits, surrounded by steep walls and aching reminders, we wonder: Will this gray sky ever brighten?...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a potentially career-ending shoulder injury left quarterback Drew Brees without a team-and facing the daunting task of having to learn to throw a football all over again-coaches around the NFL wondered, Will he ever come back? After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, leaving more than 80 percent of the city underwater, many wondered, Will the city ever come back? And with their stadium transformed into a makeshift refugee camp, forcing...
Author
Publisher
Parallax Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"The secret to happiness is to acknowledge and transform suffering, not to run away from it. In No Mud, No Lotus, Thich Nhat Hanh offers practices and inspiration for transforming suffering and finding true joy. Thich Nhat Hanh acknowledges that because suffering can feel so bad, we try to run away from it or cover it up by consuming. We find something to eat or turn on the television. But unless we're able to face our suffering, we can't be present...
10) You're going to be okay: encouraging truth your heart needs to hear, especially on the hard days
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sometimes it feels like life's falling apart at the seams. Sometimes you're completely worn out by stresses that never seem to end. For every woman who has been disappointed, who has watched a dream die, whose life isn't what she imagined it would be, bestselling author Holley Gerth has a heartfelt message of hope--you really are going to be okay. And it is possible to live with joy, resilience, and strength in both the good times and the bad. In...
12) Reverse meditation: how to use your pain and most difficult emotions as the doorway to inner freedom
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Why do we meditate? The main reason most modern people start meditating is because it helps us feel better - reducing anxiety, improving sleep, decluttering the mind, and so forth. But where does your meditation go when things go bad? asks Andrew Holecek. Where is your spirituality when 'rock meets bone' as they say in Tibet - when the crap hits the fan? Any meditator who sticks with it long enough will hit a turning point, when the methods that once...
Author
Language
English
Description
If God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain? And what about the suffering of animals, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature.
Author
Publisher
T. Nelson Publishers
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
Are you lonely? Do you feel restless and frustrated? Is anxiety eating away your joy or insecurity threatening your peace of mind? These problems may be symptoms of emotional wounds that need the healing touch of Jesus. The Source of My Strength is a moving and personal look at the power of Christ to comfort those who hurt and to free those who are oppressed. Sharing his own journey through emotional pain, Dr. Charles Stanley offers biblical principles...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The best-selling book God Will Make a Way by Drs. Cloud and Townsend clearly illustrates the often-surprising ways God shows up and addresses our problems in ways we never dreamed possible. This new companion workbook goes even deeper to help readers thrive relationally, emotionally, and spiritually--especially in difficult times.
Author
Publisher
Hay House, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"As the leader of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, one of America's largest and most important congregations, located in the heart of Los Angeles, Rabbi Leder has witnessed a lot of pain: "It's my phone that rings when people's bodies or lives fall apart," he writes. "The couch in my office is often drenched with tears." After 27 years of listening, comforting, and holding so many who suffered, he thought he understood pain and its challenges--but when...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Depression, fear, a sense of unworthiness, and unfulfilled dreams can make women retreat to their beds--figuratively and literally--and refuse to face life. Yet most of the time, hiding in bed makes matters worse. Who needs emotional bedsores? Authors Martha Bolton and Christin Ditchfield gently show women how to climb out from under their emotional bedcovers, face their fears and doubts, and step into the lives God has planned for them.
Author
Publisher
FaithWords
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Can we truly find peace and even blessing amid the chaos, the disappointments, and the other messes that life brings our way? Life is often messy. We hear people say, My life is a mess, or This situation is a mess. What they mean is that life has become difficult, painful or confusing. But God never promised us a trouble-free life. In fact, His Word tells us to expect the opposite. In John 16:33, Jesus says, In this world you will have trouble. But...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request