8 Strategies for Raising Kids Who Love God, Respect Authority, and Value What's Right

How to raise godly children in a godless world

Do you feel like you’re fighting a losing battle? Against the culture, against the busyness, sometimes even against your spouse and kids… Often it seems like everything is against you as a parent, and your everyday life can feel far from joy-filled. But it doesn’t need to be that way. Parents Rising will show you eight cultural trends that parents are up against today and what you can do to claim victory. 

This book is about growth not guilt. It’s not a pep talk, or a “try harder” speech. This is real help for real problems that every parent faces. It’s a way to focus your efforts so that they’ll be more effective and you’ll be less exhausted.

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About the Author

Arlene Pellicane loves to encourage women and strengthen families through her writing and speaking. Author of 31 Days to a Happy Husband and 31 Days to a Younger You, she believes that anyone can experience positive life change! 

Readers love Arlene's upbeat personality and authenticity. Arlene has appeared on national television and radio programs such as The 700 Club and Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah. 

Arlene and her happy husband James live in San Diego with their three children.

Praying Scriptures With God Power

Prayer Thoughts were originally written for the Church's newsletter. They were written to encourage the members to use scriptures to expand their prayer language and to claim the promises written in the Bible.

God our Heavenly Father wants to have an intimate relationship with you. "He wants to lead you with cords of human kindness, with ties of love." Hosea 11:4

He says "I, the LORD your God am with you, I am mighty to save, I will take great delight in you, I will quiet you with My Love, I will rejoice over you with singing." Zephaniah 3:17

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Paperback: 188 pages
Publisher: Readersmagnet LLC (November 28, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781947765191
ISBN-13: 978-1947765191
ASIN: 1947765191
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.4 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces 

About the Author

Orva Lynn Kaufmann is a retired elementary school teacher. As an active member of the prayer ministry at First Lutheran Church of Gainesville, FL, she began writing Prayer Thoughts for the church newsletter.

The ESV Illuminated Bible places the full ESV text alongside over 500 elegantly hand-lettered gold ink illustrations by renowned artist Dana Tanamachi. Printed on thick cream-colored paper, the Bible's single-column text setting and wide margins provide generous space for additional notes, prayers, and designs—inviting readers to creatively engage with and reflect on the beauty of God's Word.

• 6.5" x 9"
• 9-point, Lexicon
• Black letter text
• 2-color printing
• 64 full-page, custom book opener illustrations
• 50 full-page verse illustrations
• 250+ hand-lettered margin verses
• 100+ other illustrations throughout
• Illustrated by Dana Tanamachi, whose work has been featured by Google, The Wall Street Journal, Random House, USPS, and Target
• Thick, cream-colored paper
• Wide margins
• Single-column, paragraph format
• Smyth-sewn binding
• Packaging: None

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Hardcover: 1632 pages
Publisher: Crossway; Csm Jou Sl edition (October 31, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1433558319
ISBN-13: 978-1433558313
Product Dimensions: 7 x 2.2 x 5.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds

About The Author 

Dana Tanamachi is a lettering artist and designer based in Seattle. Her work has been featured by Google, Target, Nike, The Wall Street Journal, and Random House, among many others. Learn more at tanamachistudios.com.

Standing Strong in Uncertain Times

“As the world around us spirals out of control and many are overwhelmed with fear and uncertainty, Unshaken provides a solution—draw near to God!”

—Jonathan Bernis, Jewish Voice Ministries

In Unshaken, Jeanne shares powerful, relevant, and inspirational teaching that answers the critical question we are all facing:

How do I stand strong in these uncertain, turbulent times and not be controlled by fear, stress, apathy, or frustration?

In her breakthrough approach—which uniquely integrates insightful and practical teaching on intimacy with God, freedom from strongholds, the Millennium, Millennial Temple, and the Biblical Feasts—Jeanne provides the keys that will mobilize you into fulfilling your purpose.

Unshaken will empower you to:

1. Thrive, not just survive, no matter what the circumstances!
2. Break free from barriers to intimacy with God, such as fear, stress, anger, frustration, blame, performance, and self-condemnation.
3. Align with God’s plans and purposes for these times and the world to come.
4. Increase Jesus’ reign on the earth right now—you don’t have to wait until He comes back!
5. Be ready for who Jesus will be and what you will be doing with Him when He returns!

“…what we need right now is a heaven-sent word of encouragement. Jeanne Nigro has provided us with just that.”

—Joel Richardson, New York Times bestselling author and international speaker

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Destiny Image; 1 edition (October 18, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0768409993
ISBN-13: 978-0768409994
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces

About the Author

Jeanne Nigro is a seasoned author/teacher, speaking at conferences, retreats, congregations, churches, and professional organizations around the world, and through her television and radio broadcasting platform Facets of the Stone. She is the founder of Jeanne Nigro Ministries, which provides anchors of hope and healing to thousands around the globe, empowering them to stand strong in these uncertain times. Her teachings are relevant, practical and life-transforming for both men and women whether she is bringing Old Testament truths to life, healing strongholds of the heart, or preparing people for Jesus’ return and the Millennium.

Real and transparent in the way she shares biblical truth, Jeanne’s passion is impacting her audiences to experience greater intimacy with God, mobilizing them out of fear, stress, frustration, apathy, and hopelessness and into fulfilling their God-given purpose.

Her blogs are featured regularly with Charisma News, The Messianic Times and Christian Leadership Alliance.

Prior to her teaching ministry, Jeanne worked in the corporate world for seventeen years as an organizational change consultant. Jeanne and her family reside in Plano, Texas.

The Heart of A Caregiver

A story of a senior pastor stricken with cancer and the turmoil that followed. His wife details her journey as his caregiver over the past nine years. She shares some of the things that have been helpful for her and how her faith in God has sustained her. Her husband shares from the patient perspective what the patient needs from the caregiver which in some cases is different from what the caregiver is providing. This is a story of sickness, despair, and hopelessness. But in the midst of it all God is faithful to keep that which has been committed to Him. The caregiver is often over looked in the pursuit of caring. The author challenges the reader to get to know the caregiver, not just the duties they perform but the heart with which they carry out their daily task. The love of a caregiver goes beyond what the eyes see. This book will encourage and inspire caregivers.

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Activating Women for Global Impact 

Visiting India years ago, Dr. Sharon Predovich noticed that national ministers addressed her as Mom. This also proved true in Africa and Asia, and happened so often that it caught her attention. The term Mom sounded so personal and endearing when bestowed on a mere visitor to their nations. Searching the Scriptures, Dr. Sharon noticed the phrase father of nations and wondered if mother of nations was also mentioned. She found her answer in Genesis 17:16 when the Lord said to Abraham concerning Sarah, his wife, I will bless her and also give you a son by her ... and she shall be a mother of nations. Through the Word, the Holy Spirit started to speak to Dr. Sharon about the spiritual need of the nations, Sarah s call, and the importance of spiritual mothers and fathers working together to produce leaders in God s kingdom and effect global impact. The conclusions of this Spirit-led journey make up the contents of this book. May you be blessed by this revelation, but more importantly, may you be spiritually awakened and activated to walk in this pivotal role yourself!

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Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: Deeper Revelation Books (May 23, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0942507967
ISBN-13: 978-0942507966
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.3 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces

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How God can redeem your brokenness for His Glory

Be encouraged to find hope in the midst of crisis by understanding how God uses our difficulties for our good.

Riva Tims and her late ex-husband, Zachery Tims, were the pastors of a megachurch in Central Florida until news of his infidelity surfaced. After the couple’s public divorce, Zachery lost his battle with drug addiction. Riva has overcome the betrayal, heartbreak, grief, and loss while holding on to her faith in God.

In a moving sequel to the story she shared in When It All Falls Apart, Tims' powerful new book helps you learn to positively identify defining moments in your life—which often surface during difficult circumstances—and see how God is meticulously at work through all you experience. Tims’ life exemplifies the truth that God gives a double anointing to those who stand in faith through tribulation.

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Charisma House (February 7, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1629985988
ISBN-13: 978-1629985985
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces 

About the Author

Riva Tims is the pastor of Majestic Life Ministries, a nondenominational congregation in Orlando, Florida. Her first book, When It All Falls Apart, was released in March 2012, and her CD project, Access Granted, was released in August 2014 on her record label, Zion Records. She is currently the host of The Glory of Gospel on WCFB/Star 94.FM in Orlando, Florida.

A Daily Devotional

Nourishments is a daily devotional book intended to be used year round combining scripture and a short devotional to help inspire and encourage the reader into a deeper understanding of God's Word. There are 260 devotionals designed to be read Monday through Friday, leaving Saturday and Sunday to dig deeper and encouraging the reader to interact with their church community. In the front of this devotional, the author has provided a reference guide to the Names of God and the meanings; the nature and character of our God are revealed so clearly by the names He has given Himself in Scripture. Nourishments also provides a glossary to help you grasp any unfamiliar words or concepts.There is an audio companion to this book and additional free downloadable resources from the author's website.

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Deborah is a Bible study teacher who seeks to help nourish hungry souls with the Truth and Love found only in the Word of God. For more than twenty-five years she has taught women's Bible studies, ranging from small groups, large classes and now collectively thousands of women.  Deborah has also taught at women's retreats, including an international gathering in Europe.  In recent years she was invited to teach pastors and Christian leaders in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma).

No matter the venue, Deborah as an enthusiastic student of God's Word, is always eager to learn and share delicious nuggets found in His amazing and timeless world of truth, grace and love.

Growing the Fruit of the Spirit in Your Little Girl

Emulating the format of Raising a Modern-Day Princess, authors Doreen Hanna and Karen Whiting seek to help parents and grandparents cultivate strong relationships and encourage the spiritual formation in their daughters using examples, Bible teaching on the fruit of the Spirit, and a variety of creative activities that are based on Galatians 5:22-23, the fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control).

By implementing the ideas in this book, mothers (as well as fathers) will be equipped to understand and guide their daughters through each step of becoming His “princess.” This will include perceiving a daughter’s unique personality and gifts, refining her character through training and discipline, and modeling the attributes of a daughter of the King.

This book is a follow-up to both Raising a Modern-Day Knight (by Robert Lewis) and Raising a Modern-Day Princess by Pam Farrel and Doreen Hanna. While the latter book is aimed at parents of girls ages 12 and up, this book focuses on building the Christian character of younger girls.

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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Focus on the Family (September 1, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1589978668
ISBN-13: 978-1589978669
Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces

About the Authors

Doreen Hanna was born and raised in East Los Angeles, California. Her life immediately had its challenges. She was rejected by her father as a young girl, yet chose to forgive and overcome that heartache. She faced the challenge of living more than 20 years with the presence of alcoholism in her home, but saw the results of standing firm and saw the results in a loved one's sobriety. She managed an "all-girl" family full of high emotional drama. All she has faced called her to forgive, stand firm and graciously understand the emotional needs of girls and women. 

In 2000 she founded Treasured Celebrations, a 501-C-3, a non-profit organization, that is the umbrella for all Modern Day Princess resources for teen girls and women. Her first signature program began with the Becoming a Modern Day Princess rite-of-passage curriculum. This 10-week journey provides the insights for every teenage girl to know what it means to live as a young woman filled with purpose, value and strength. 

In 2008 Focus on the Family embraced her vision and published "Raising a Modern Day Princess." She and her co-author, Pam Farrel, have seen more than 40,000 teen girls and their families lives impacted across our nation and internationally as they implement this life-impacting journey into womanhood for their daughter or girls.

Doreen was often approached at the Modern Day Princess celebrations about having something for women because women today often have unfilled dreams and don't realize yet, their true value. Therefore, she created a curriculum for women titled "Still His Princess~Becoming the Bride," in 2011 that is catching on like wildfire as it is a program that guides women to defines who she is and her destiny.

Feel free to contact Doreen if you have questions regarding these books or curriculum that are changing the lives of women of all ages today!

Karen Whiting is an international speaker, award winning author, and former television host. Karen loves to splash creativity and faith on pages as she writes. 

Her inspirational craft books for girls come from fun she had raising her daughters as well as getting creative with other girls. Her first book for boys released in October 2015 (The One Year Devotions for Active Boys). New and upcoming releases include Raising a Modern Day Princess (Focus on the Family Publishing) and 52 Week Devotions for Busy Families (Rosekidz).

Her book, My Princess Devotions, won the 2014 Christian Retailing Best Award for children's nonfiction. Her book, Stories of Faith and Courage from the Home Front won the Military Writer Society of America Gold Medal, faith category.

Karen speaks to many groups of women and moms as well as mother-daughter events to share laughter, stories, on topics ranging from building strong relationships, managing time, to appreciating the contributions of women of faith in our history.

Why You Are the Perfect Mom for Your Kids

Do you feel like you’re the only mom who serves store-bought birthday treats, dreads school plays, and misses the days of going to the bathroom by herself?

unNatural Mom gives you permission to say that mothering doesn’t always come naturally to you. Parenting expert and self-proclaimed unnatural mom Hettie Brittz helps you…

• Recognize how unrealistic our culture’s standards of mothering are
• Move beyond the myths of “supermom”
• Complete the Parenting Style Assessment to determine your own parenting style
• Understand and forgive the mothers who hurt you
• Embrace your capabilities as well as your challenges

Come find new hope in discovering that every mother has unique gifts. In Christ, the “unnatural” mom becomes the supernatural mom who is just right for her family!

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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: David C. Cook (August 1, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781434710284
ISBN-13: 978-1434710284
ASIN: 1434710289
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces 

About the Author

Hettie Brittz is an author, international speaker, and one of South Africa’s foremost voices on parenting advice. She is the developer of the Evergreen Parenting Course and Tall Trees Profiles. Hettie and her husband, Gospel singer Louis Brittz, live in South Africa with their three children.

From Hettie:

I was born and raised in South Africa, and married the man I fell in love with at first sight. He sang his way into my heart. It's been 25 years. We have three delightful kids (I have very subjective confirmation of this). We homeschool them and absolutely LOVE the adventure. 

A few random facts about me:
- I am not a "land animal" - I enjoy long distance swimming more than running around the block - but I fell in love with hiking in 2011 when I joined 47 equally crazy ladies of the Freedom Climb (now called the Freedom Challenge) to climb Kilimanjaro to raise funds for initiatives against human trafficking. 
- Maybe all women are complicated, but I may be particularly complex, unless it is normal to derive equal thrill from big game hunting and scrapbooking. I listen to country, 80's rock, CCM and ancient movie soundtracks. I am a coffee snob but all food tastes great to me. It could have something to do with being a terrible cook. 
- My favorite author is Frederick Buechner
- I was a speech, language and hearing therapist many years ago and loved working with special needs kids, voice patients and adults with brain injury.
- Hot air balloons speak to me (long story!) 

My writing and speaking have a central theme - HOPE. I have never met a person or seen a relationship I don't have hope for. I don't believe in broken. And I have proof. Our family survived an armed robbery in our home in 2010, and I learned first-hand that He who is in us truly is greater than death threats, kidnapping, rape, and any other attempt to devastate those who are in Christ. It's one thing to know the Bible verses, but to experience God's redemption in our darkest night gave me a fierce love for Jesus. Fierce, because I feel I need to fight for others to know this, to know Him, to know truths that set free - forever and completely.

My core calling still is family and parenting (the theme of most of my books), leadership, education and womanhood. I don't see this calling as five separate things at all. Whole and hopeful parents and educators raise whole and hopeful kids who lead the world. See? One thing!

Tall Trees Profiles is a company that grew out of my original ministry - Evergreen Parenting - and extends parenting principles and knowledge of temperament into the corporate sphere. My team and I have trained more than 200 coaches to take these principles, workshops, leadership profiles and courses to families, churches, schools and companies internationally. Seeing others carry my dream for whole relationships beyond my own circle of influence is one of the greatest joys of my life! Their giftedness and passion have added great significance to what would have been insignificant if it was just me doing my own thing. The Body is a beautiful, powerful force! Join us if you are all about relationships!

I guess besides "God has hope for you" my main motto would be "Know your design; live your purpose!"

My Unlikely, Unavoidable Story of Becoming Free

What if you knew all the moments of my past that I am not proud of? What if you really knew me, the messy parts that I’ve hoped to forget and worked hard to conceal? For so long, my greatest fear was what you might think of me if you only knew the whole story.
 
It’s exhausting, this guarding of our stories and struggles. Fear of being found out had caused me to hide—but I wasn’t just covering my flaws, I was unintentionally blocking the beauty of God’s grace. My journey to real freedom began when I quit running from my mess and started trusting Jesus to make something beautiful of it. 
 
This book is that story. It’s stepping out of shame and insecurity into gospel freedom. It’s  letting God turn our failures and frailties into testimonies of His faithfulness. I’ve discovered that when we quit hiding, God gets the glory and we are able to fully embrace not only our relationship with Him, but also with one another. 

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Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: B&H Books (January 30, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1462749720
ISBN-13: 978-1462749720
Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 0.8 x 9.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces

About The Author

Jamie Ivey believes in women and wants big things for them. She wants them to know and believe their worth in this world and to the Father. Through her podcast, The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey, she uses a raw and intimate approach to connect with her audience. Jamie’s prayer and hope is for God to use her words to encourage and show others that they are not alone, while constantly pointing them to Jesus. 

Jamie and her husband, Aaron, worship pastor at The Austin Stone Community Church, live in Austin, Texas with their four kids and two dogs. 

Recognizing True Beauty and Worth

Imagine being ridiculed or marginalized because of something outside of your control. Also imagine growing up with a very beautiful, popular sibling whom everyone just adored. For most of her life Leah endured such circumstances. She is described as tender-eyed while her younger sister, Rachel, is described as beautiful and highly favored. If you can imagine these things, then you can understand what life must have been like for Leah. What Leah did not imagine was what God had in store for her! You will rejoice with Leah, as well as be encouraged, when you discover how God deals with her situation.

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Paperback: 134 pages
Publisher: WestBowPress (October 14, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1512711233
ISBN-13: 978-1512711233
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.3 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces 

About the Author

Cynthia M. Henry is a long-time Bible student and Sunday school teacher. In her spare time she enjoys writing. She has written numerous plays and short stories. She is a graduate of The University of Michigan-Dearborn and Wayne State University. Ms. Henry resides in Detroit, Michigan with her husband and family. This is her first book.

Discovering the Spiritual Graces of Later Life

I haven’t finished with my life, and neither has God.

As we see fewer years ahead than behind, it can be easy to question our value or what we have left to contribute to our communities. How can we continue to give back and live with purpose in our later years? Barbara Lee is living this reality every day, and in this book she describes the intersection of aging with the timelessness of Ignatian spirituality.

God Isn’t Finished with Me Yet shows readers how God meets us with unexpected grace. In five succinct chapters, Lee shows how Ignatian prayer and discernment offer those in later life a path to discovering previously unknown vocations and new ways of living and being of service.

You’re still living your life, and God is still revealing His grace.

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Paperback: 136 pages
Publisher: Loyola Press (March 1, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780829446616
ISBN-13: 978-0829446616
ASIN: 0829446613
Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 0.4 x 6.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 5 ounces 

About the Author

Barbara Lee is a spiritual director and a retired lawyer. While serving as a member of the Ignatian Volunteer Corps, an organization of retired people who do volunteer service among the poor in the context of Ignatian spirituality, she felt called to share her experience as a “contemplative in action.” In her mid-70s, she enrolled in the Creighton University Graduate School of Theology to qualify as a spiritual director—and was proud of being the oldest student in the program. God Isn’t Finished With Me Yet: A Guide to Discovering the Spiritual Graces of Later Life, her first book, explores Ignatian spirituality for the aging—with no age limit, since we are all aging from the day we’re born.
Barbara does one-on-one spiritual direction and retreats. She lives in New York City in an apartment full of books and enjoys opera, baseball, cats, and all things Italian—not necessarily in that order. She dislikes television, brussels sprouts, and stand-up cocktail parties. She firmly believes that age is a number, not an identifier.

Looking for the Good Things in Life

Written to help readers look at the positive side of life, It Matters helps readers refocus on the things in life that are important, get rid of negative baggage and negative emotions, and in turn, experience the freedom of forgiveness. Amy Lynne guides readers in developing a trusting relationship with God through stories, Positive Word Confessions, and a prayer with every chapter. Emphasizing the importance of wearing spiritual armor every day, It Matters can be used both individually or as a group Bible study to understand spiritual warfare and realize God’s faithfulness in the journey of overcoming past hurts.

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Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Morgan James Faith (April 17, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1683505999
ISBN-13: 978-1683505990
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.4 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.9 ounces

About The Author

Amy Lynne is a speaker, internationally published author, and women's advocate.  Amy has been featured on local and national media, including appearances on Homekeepers with Arthelene Rippy and Nite Line with Dante Thompson, and international media with multiple TV appearances on Time for Hope with Dr. Freda Crews and Babbie's House with Babbie Mason.  Amy currently resides about 50 miles south of her hometown, Birmingham, AL.

https://www.amyitmatters.com/

Discovering God's beautiful design in the laughter, tears, and struggles of life

A candid look at a colorful life and an uncommon faith

The Christian life isn’t always easy. As anyone who has had to walk through some dimly lit valleys can testify, life can be stressful, painful, and sometimes simply can’t be explained. Joni Parsley is familiar with this difficult path, and in Tapestry of Faith she tells about her journey with refreshing candor, humor, and God-given wisdom.
 
Writing about and through life’s challenges, Joni weaves an emotional tapestry layered with laughter, tears, questions, insights, struggles, and victories. With a conversational style full of engaging stories and enlightening metaphors, she demonstrates how you can live a life of joy and faith as you:
 

• Successfully navigate change
• Experience peace when things get rough
• Trust God’s path through all of life’s seasons
• Eliminate negativity that drowns out the voice of God
• Deepen and repair your relationships
• Find the humor in everyday life
• Discover all that God has given you, and more!

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Charisma House (March 4, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1621365166
ISBN-13: 978-1621365167
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.6 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces

About the Author

https://www.joniparsley.com/