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"At six years old Charles Mulli woke up one morning to find he had been completely abandoned by both parents. All alone he fell into a life of abject poverty, forcing Mulli to wander from hut to hut begging for food for his very survival, unable even to attend school. ..."
As a teenager Mulli started a small taxi company which grew to be very successful. Eventually he expanded his business ventures to include real estate, insurance, and oil and...
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Hope for the Hopeless continues the journey of Charles Mulli started in the best-selling biography Father to the Fatherless. His journey of faith challenges him to trust Christ in desperate times, confront evil forces and believe God for even greater miracles of healing and deliverance. It takes him into the heart of the most devastating event in recent Kenyan history, where in the wake of the post-election violence that shook Kenya to its core, while...
3) Bent Hope
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The winner of 3 book awards as best book in its category, Bent Hope was born out of Tim Huff's first twenty years of unique and extensive work among homeless and street-involved youth and adults, in one of North America's largest urban centres-Toronto, Canada. Bent Hope is a collection of thoughtful narratives birthed beneath crumbling bridges and in the hidden alcoves of darkened alleyways after midnight. These gripping true-life stories surface...
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The Red Letter Revolution is about a global movement of Christians who are taking the actions of Jesus and his exact words-the "red letters" in some versions of the Bible-seriously. Colin challenges his readers to join this movement by responding to the poverty, racism, economic disparity, violence, classism, sexism and all other forms of injustice and oppression all around us like Jesus did. Through biblical exposition, rousing stories and practical...
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The many challenges life throws at us do not shape us. How we respond to these challenges do. In "The Beautiful Disappointment" urban youth worker and author, Colin McCartney, shares his personal struggles in dealing with the murder of one of his staff, the death of a child in his program and his own near death experience from a paralyzing water accident in Hawaii. While the author was recovering from this life threatening accident in the critical...
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“Acquainted with Sorrow: When Your Life Feels Like the Worst is Yet to Come” is written for those who have lost their way or find themselves bogged down in life. It is for the person who feels hopeless, or at the very least feels as if they're a bit off course. It's for those who've lost their footing and find themselves slipping towards the cliff. The dog-tired—dispirited ones. It's written for people who cannot see anything good in their present...
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Angelina Fast-Vlaar recounts the true story of a dream camping trip through the Australian outback with her husband Peter, which produces an untimely encounter with death, and an adventure more amazing than they could have ever dreamed. We are told that we sometimes entertain angels unaware, but never did Angelina imagine that God would send "not one," but seven encounters with "angels" in the remote outback to help her cope with a drastic turn of...
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Life is busy with lots of demands, and many would acknowledge that they are overextended, exhausted and stressed out. In fact, some would say they don't even have time to catch their breath. In the Gospels, there are different accounts of Jesus and the disciples deliberately leaving behind the demands of life and retreating to a quiet place in order to be renewed. This reinforces the concept that a retreat is a necessity for each one of us in today's...
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Author Karen Barnstable wanted to leave her family with a journal and legacy of her significant life events, experiences and memories showing how in retrospect God had walked her through every life situation. This exercise of personal reflection and journaling led to the development of a unique process that will help others look at what God has done and is doing in each of our own lives.
For those who have been thinking about capturing their life...
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Until relatively recently, vegetarianism was considered a positive dietary alternative for Christians. Often considered a preference for those seeking better spiritual awareness for a season, biblical tradition still acknowledged that a plant-based diet wasn't any more spiritual or moral than eating meat, therefore meat-eating was considered legitimate for humans, not prohibited and was even blessed by God.
But, increasingly, and especially in light...
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Winner of Castle Quay Books and Word Guild Best New Manuscript of 2019
Chinese-Canadian pastor Bosco H. C. Poon, stage name B.O.Z, was an aspiring Canadian recording artist. Through a series of unfortunate associations and choices, he ended up involved in criminal activity, eventually becoming an accomplice to the kidnapping of a Vancouver college student in April 2004. He was arrested and entered a lengthy trial, where he was sentenced to 12 years...
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A cup of fresh joy!? Wouldn't it be great if we could buy a cup of joy and sip on it all day? In our daily pursuit of joy through people, adventures, and success, we often come up empty and gasping for air. Always needing more. After the crushing loss of both her first and her second beloved husbands, author Heidi McLaughlin desperately needed joy that was sustainable and fresh. She was startled to discover that she could have it, because pain and...
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The Biggest Family in the World is a story that will inform and inspire every child who reads it.
This is the wonderfully illustrated story of how an abandoned six year old boy in Kenya becomes a successful entrepreneur only to give it all up to take in and transform over 7,000 street children. Charles and Esther Mully have changed their world through cutting edge self-sustainable programs leaving a testimony to the transforming power of the gospel,...
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The Biggest Family in the World is a story that will inform and inspire every child who reads it. This is the wonderfully illustrated story of how an abandoned six-year-old boy in Kenya becomes a successful entrepreneur only to give it all up to take in and transform over 7,000 street children. Charles and Esther Mully have changed their world through cutting-edge self-sustainable programs leaving a testimony to the transforming power of the gospel,...
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When Deb Willows was diagnosed with cerebral palsy 50 years ago, her parents were advised to "put her in an institution and get on with your lives." Experts believed parents were incapable of raising disabled children. But God had other plans. Deb's parents challenged her to see her severe limitations as opportunities, to dream big dreams and to work hard to accomplish them. Overcoming many challenges, Deb has blazed the trail for other disabled people,...
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Many Christian women today classify their marriage as difficult or challenging. This is accompanied by feelings of shame, fear, disappointment, and disillusionment that hover over their lives. An inner voice questions if God expects us to submit to a husband who doesn't deserve it. To complicate the situation, others tell us to leave him. Yet God's still small voice whispers, "To this you were called..."
Through a personal study of the books of 1...
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This is the true story about Hannah, a happy and imaginative little girl growing up in rural Kenya. But suddenly Hannah and her little sister are left all alone with the death of their parents and are faced with a desperate-looking future. They find temporary refuge and hope for a better life with her grandparents. But that hope fades when they are not able to support the young girls. Then, in the midst of what seems like a hopeless future, hope again...
19) When Quitting Is Not An Option: My Road to Cycling, a Guinness World Record, and Making a Difference
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When Arvid Loewen set out on a 40km bike ride only to give up after 30 kms, his future as a cyclist seemed bleak. Yet, 14 years later Arvid was racing alongside the world's most elite ultra-marathon athletes. This is a story of failure, courage, disappointment, triumph and laughter- and a few lessons along the way. Arvid's story inspires others to discover what's possible when quitting is not an option.
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Six-year-old Charles Mulli wakes up in his Kenyan hut to discover his parents have abandoned him. Forced to beg from hut to hut in search of food, Charles scrapes out a meagre existence while trying to come to terms with his abusive past and seemingly hopeless future. As a teenager, Charles is invited by a friend to a crusade where he commits his life to Christ. That act begins a unique adventure of faith, miracles, and a passion for reaching street...
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