Stained Glass Marriage


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Dale and Jena Forehand know personally the anguish of a shattered marriage -- the fights and sulking silences escalating to a courtroom battle, with confused children caught in between. By the time their divorce was final, Dale and Jena had lost a combined 40 pounds and felt no relief in their separation. The Forehands also know the power of grace when all seems lost. Against all odds and to the shock of their friends, the Forehands moved past the bitterness, fell more deeply in love than ever, and remarried. They now lead marriage seminars before thousands around the country, revealing how God can use the broken pieces of a shattered marriage to create a work of art -- a stained glass marriage. The Forehands freely share personal examples to illustrate principles that must be practiced in every healthy -- and restored -- marriage, including emotional safety, fulfilling the distinctive needs of a husband or wife, showing mercy, and loving selflessly. Book jacket.




Breaking Through the Stained Glass Ceiling


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This collection of lively Q&A interviews with key contemporary female religious leaders focuses not only on the discrimination faced by women in religion, but documents the emerging leadership of women in several faith traditions.




What God Told Me


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When you realize that there has to be something more than just this life and a higher power is the only explanation for all of the things that never make sense, you are ready to seek the answer. If you only have five minutes each day but you want to start a relationship with your higher power, these snapshots from words based on Bible teachings are for you. Jesus wants to be part of your personal life so that you can talk like old friends. He is always there when you are ready. You have everything to gain and nothing to lose. Take this daily walk for one year to get to know yourself better and to get closer to your Heavenly Father.




Stained Glass Ceilings


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This book speaks to the intersection of gender and power within American evangelicalism by examining the formation of evangelical leaders at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Asbury Theological Seminary, arguing that evangelical culture upholds male-centered structures of power even as it facilitates meaning and identity for both men and women.




Living Your Happily Ever After


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The Rev'd Dr. Robert W. Bosworth, Jr., retired Episcopal Priest and Ph.D. Licensed Clinical Pastoral Counselor, has over thirty years of parish, school and counseling experience. He is a member of the Nat'l Christian Counselors' Association and the Catholic Psychotherapist Association. Check out the Contents (inside) to see how this book can help you live happily ever after! Read more about the author inside the back cover. Read what some of his clients have to say: We stopped at Dr. Bob's office on the way to our divorce attorney.... and thank God we did. Last year we renewed our vows and are starting on the next 25 years! Gary and Dayle, Fort Worth My so call life as I knew it had completely crumbled from underneath me in an instant. I was broken. I was dead inside. I was lost. I was scared. My brother took me to Dr. B. I couldn't even drive! I didn't want to go. I thought it would be a waste of time. That was until I had my first session, then my second, then my third. The pain and the turmoil that I was feeling was suddenly being churned and kneaded to the point where it was slowly subsiding. He gave me hope when there was none. He gave me confidence when it had dissipated. In my 36 years on this earth, I've never met a more wise and brilliant and caring human being. My family and I could not be where we are today if it were not because of him. J.W., Kentucky Bob gave me this book as I started visiting with him last spring. If I'd had it when I was engaged, I would have never needed it five years into our marriage! My favorite part of the book was how practical it is. He told us you don't have to be a genius to turn your relationships around. We're not, but we did! Bill, Ohio I thought we'd tried everything to save our family, but there's stuff in here we never thought of that worked better and faster than we thought possible. Our marriage and family life have never been better. Even our kids have noticed that we actually love each other and enjoy family nights again! Jose and Maria, Dallas




One Marriage Under God


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God’s Dream for Marriage Can Be Reality! Who still treasures God’s dream for marriage? The institution of marriage has been assaulted with a vengeance, bringing high divorce rates, widespread cohabitation, and a sharp decline in esteem for traditional marriage; but a ray of hope burns steady and bright. By returning to God’s original intent for marriage, we can overcome all of this world’s attacks against it. One Marriage Under God, by bestselling author and educator Dr. H. Norman Wright, unfolds in a fresh way what God’s dream for our marriages really involves, and how to recover it—for good. Couples find hope, healing, and new joy in their God-ordained union. What’s It Like Being Married to Me? Stepping into someone else’s shoes never fails to bring fresh insight. Ever tried on God’s? Bestselling author and educator H. Norman Wright cuts through the cultural confusion and clarifies the institution of marriage as God originally created it—a beautiful, committed, eternal bond. A bond that leaves only one option for anyone who’s ever said I do: Make it work, no matter what. But how? Wright considers the temptations and struggles facing today’s couples and offers practical, proven guidance steeped in God’s Word. You and your spouse will discover how to answer the call to be one, meet the challenge to love, and rise to the occasion of sharing your story with others. One Marriage Under God will help you see things from God’s perspective. It’s the best thing you will ever do for your marriage. Become a Marriage Keeper Popular culture attacks it and your own doubts can plague it, but God’s original intent for marriage will forever remain. You can honor Him by choosing to preserve, honor, and nurture your own marriage as well as the marriages around you. God is calling forth Marriage Keepers to make a difference in society today. One Marriage Under God explores thought-provoking insights: • Whether you married the “right” or “wrong” person is entirely up to you. • God has a good plan for every marriage. • Your marriage needs to be recreated daily. • Culture’s alternatives to marriage are destructive; God’s plan is flawless. Your marriage won’t wait. Begin to build up today what God first brought together. Story Behind the Book “I have a real connection with this book. I even processed ideas and chapters while I was bass fishing! While that was scary, my hope is that it will disturb readers in a positive way, providing the hope that marriage really can be richly fulfilling. This book is different from the rest because each reader will discover the benefits of marriage done God’s way, be challenged to recreate their marriage according to Scripture, be motivated to apply several marriage change princples, be provided with skills to become a Marriage Keeper, and to take posititve steps to reverse our culture’s trends toward divorce and living together.” —H. Norman Wright




See-Through Marriage


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Marriage is all about sharing: sharing space, sharing joys and sorrows, sharing hopes and dreams. Yet we often hold back a part of ourselves because we fear that being wholly transparent--about our past, our desires, our failures, our faults--will bring judgment, rejection, or even just unwanted friction to our relationship. We are afraid to be fully known. As a result, we never experience being fully loved. Fierce Marriage authors Ryan and Selena Frederick think your marriage deserves better. In this new, paradigm-shifting book, they show you how to develop a see-through marriage, one that is marked by full transparency and confident vulnerability. Through personal stories, testimonies from other couples, and biblical truth, they make the case that living authentically in front of each other is the only way to experience love the way we were designed to. If you desire an honest, no-holding-back marriage where you are fully known, fully accepted, and fully loved, you need this book.




Marriage Essentials


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This book is a product of 50 years of living through their own marriage and of helping and teaching others. Difficulty in the marriage relationship is a very lonely place, particularly so for those in leadership roles when others are looking to you for help and guidance and you are in your own private struggles. We believe that all marriage issues can be resolved and helped, with guidance. This is a self-help guide to take you through the key essential principles of the marriage relationship. They share with you a wealth of tips, pointers and insights, a treasure trove of nuggets of wisdom. Yes! You can make your marriage better!




Stained-Glass Curtain


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When Robert Martins wife, Angie, dies of breast cancer after thirty-four years of marriage, he attempts his lifelong dreamthat of hiking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. His constant companions are grief and memories. On the trail, with a nickname of Dances with SnakesSnaky for shorthe meets a variety of other hikers. Socrates is a Duke graduate and know-it-all scientist; Preacher is a fervid Christian fundamentalist and proselytizer; Southern Bell is an Alabama veterinarian accompanied by her Labrador retriever, War Eagle; and Mother Superior and Czechmate are nurses and lesbian companions. Snakys two thousandmile trek becomes much more than a physical trial as his faith is tested by his personal loss. He engages the skeptic Socrates about theology, science, and nature. He spars with Preacher about how to read the Bible and what it says about homosexuality. His own perception of same-sex relationships is complicated by a physical attraction to Czechmate. This volatile mixture of personalities produces adventure, friendship, conflict, and ultimately violence. As the walkers finally reach their goal, Maines Mount Katahdin, Snaky and his friends step from behind their individual curtains to reach a new level of human understanding and tolerance




A Perfect Marriage


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When is it time to let go of the past? Sally Lachlan has a secret that has haunted her for a decade, is it now time to let it go? A chance meeting with the charismatic geneticist, Anthony Blake, reawakens Sally's desire for love. But as she finally lets down her guard, her daughter, Charlie, shows signs of wishing to know more about her father and what really happened all those years ago. Both the past and the future are places Sally prefers not to think about, but if she wants to move towards a new love, she will first have to come to terms with her previous marriage. Only then will she be able to be honest with Charlie . . . and herself. A story of love and loss, A Perfect Marriage is also a heart-warming tale of redemption, new hopes and fresh beginnings, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty. Reader reviews 'A compelling story about love, family and secrets' Linda Green, Books of All Kinds 'My favourite book of the year so far' Joy Corkery, Joyful Antidotes Book Reviews 'Immensely readable psychological drama' Nicola Smith, Short Books & Scribes 'A beautiful, intricate story of female friendships' Sheri, NetGalley reviewer 'The writing is sublime . . . simply masterful' Amy, NetGalley reviewer