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"[F]or the first time, the aha moments of inspiration and soul-expanding insight that have enlightened millions on the three-time Emmy Award-winning Super Soul Sunday are collected in The Wisdom of Sundays, a beautiful, cherishable, deeply-affecting book. Organized into ten chapters--each one representing a powerful step in Oprah's own spiritual journey and introduced with an intimate, personal essay by Oprah herself--the Wisdom of Sundays features...
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"Coming September 22nd from the worldwide bestselling author of Eat Pray Love: the path to the vibrant, fulfilling life you've dreamed of. Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert's books for years. Now this beloved author digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity. With profound empathy and radiant generosity, she offers potent insights...
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Successful innovations must be desirable to consumers, technically feasible, and viable from a business point of view. But how do you meet these requirements? Tim Brown advocates using the three stages of "design thinking": inspiration, ideation, and implementation. For inspiration, innovators must look at the world through the eyes and the ears of users, perhaps studying analogous situations or extreme users to spark a generative process. Ideation,...
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"'This place could use some color!' That's what Barbara Bradley said to her friend Pat during an airport layover. It was 1982 and all the women could see was a succession of drab, bulky suitcases. When they returned home to Indiana, Barbara and her business partner got out a few Simplicity patterns and a Singer sewing machine and set to work. And the Vera Bradley Company was born. A Colorful Way of Living offers practical, inspiring advice to empower...
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In 1955, Grace Monroe's marriage has landed her at the heart of London's high society, but the role of sophisticated socialite doesn't come easily to her.An unexpected inheritance from a French woman she has never met sends her on a journey to Paris, to a long-abandoned perfume shop where she discovers the bewitching story of Eva d'Orsey, a perfumer's muse in the 1920s. As Eva's past and Grace's future intersect, Grace realizes she must choose between...
6) Unsheltered
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A testament to the power and goodness of the human spirit, Unsheltered explores the foundations we build, crossing time and place to give us all a little more hope in those around us, and a little more faith in ourselves.
8) Kingdom Come
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In the model prayer that Christ gave to His followers, He taught us to pray for the Father's Kingdom to come. Should we still be praying that? Or, as some teach, has God's Kingdom already come, and are we in that "Kingdom Now"?
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Days before Christmas 1978, Peter Walker, a young English lay preacher, is killed in a motorcycle accident. His wife Mary, already emotionally fragile, falls into the depths of suicidal depression. As a result she loses custody of her two young boys, Paul and James. The boys are further traumatized as they are taken under the care of the county authorities and placed in a series of children's homes and in a temporary foster placement with their grandparents....
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Pier Paolo Pasolini's masterpiece comes to life in color for the first time in this beautifully told film about the life of Jesus Christ according to St. Matthew. The story begins with His birth and illustrates how His teachings attracted not only His disciples, but crowds of believers. When the Pharisees, chief priests and elders learn of Jesus, they conspire to have Him arrested, beaten, tried and crucified on the cross. This classic film is a beautiful...
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A celebration of fifty talented, creative, passionate people (forty-nine women and one nonbinary person) working in the fields of visual art, dance, photography, music, design, comedy, storytelling, food, fashion, beauty, wellness, and advocacy. Bloom Where You Are Planted is a collection of interviews and photography that honours a group of innovative, hard-working, diverse people, whose creative and business ventures inspire, support, and infuse...
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Good Life A Course on Moral Theology volume 4
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We know the good by means of our conscience, which according to the Second Vatican Council is the voice of God written in our hearts that enables us to discern the principles of the natural law. Conscience is a capacity, a process, and a judgment. Conscience helps us discern the natural law, the fundamental principle of which is, "Do and pursue good, and avoid evil."
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Having explored the origins of Lent in the first segment, this segment fast-forwards to the present day observance of the Church's greatest season. Why did the Second Vatican Council adjust the way in which the third, fourth, and fifth Sundays are celebrated? What is the significance of the three-year cycle?
14) The Calling
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Closeted lesbian Tamar is conflicted when she is called to become a minister, due to her conservative family.
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Great Courses volume 11
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Turn now to the impact of the Greeks on the Jewish population of Judea. Tour the tumultuous years between 167 and 103 B.C.E., which saw Antiochus IV's imposition of Greek beliefs on the population; the subsequent revolt under Judah Maccabee; the reigns of the Hasmoneans; and more.
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Most "-isms" are definied in opposition to each other. For instance, atheism is defined in contradistinction to theisms; postmodernity is definied in contradistinction to modernity. As a result, some -isms exclude certain understandings while others are compatible with certain other understandings. Which are compatible with Catholic Christianity?
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Good theology should lead to spirituality, and good spirituality is rooted in good theology. The hinge between them is religious experience. In this segment, we will explore what we mean by "religious" and what we mean by "experience." We will look at the concept of mystery, the experience of grace and of God, and God's desire for us.
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Great People of the Bible volume 2
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Apart from Jesus, no person shaped the history of Christianity like the Apostle Paul. His personal encounter with Jesus Christ changed his life from persecutor to preacher for Christ. Ben Kingsley narrates the story of Paul, who preached for Christ throughout the Roman Empire on three missionary journeys. Paul wrote letters to various churches, many of which became part of the New Testament. His pilgrimage made lands holy and places sacred. Follow...
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Knights Templar volume 1
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In the year 1119 AD the Order of the Temple of Solomon was founded in Jerusalem by a band of nine Christian knights who had vowed to protect pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land. In just a few years the Order had become the elite military spearhead of the medieval Catholic Church, utterly dedicated to clearing the forces of Islam from the lands once walked upon by Christ.
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Constitution Alive! volume 2
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Before diving into the Constitution, take a step back to examine the document that set forth the principles applied within it – the Declaration of Independence. Along the way, learn why it's important to study the two documents side by side while keeping the context of the original language in mind.
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