The lives of the saints are either too grisly for little kids or too saccharine for older ones. But this collection appeals to both groups with a combination of gentle humor and frankness – battle-tested at the author’s weekly chapel services at the school where she teaches. It’s organized into two full school years, with each saint’s story falling on or near his or her special day so that each story can be a springboard to a creative seasonal teaching unit or small festival. Saints represent a wide variety of ethnic and geographic backgrounds.
I know he prefers the big Martin or Gibson dreadnoughts that are designed for flat- picking, but one time I hand him my ... I'm thrilled to see them, though a small part of me resents having to share the bathroom yet again with what I ...
Imbued with humor and marked by Sara’s confessional writing style, this essay collection tells the inside story behind some of her most popular songs.
This book is a collection of poems given to me by the Lord for the purpose of bringing us back to the true meaning of Christmas.
But as the debate around consent gained pace, the lines between personal and political were redrawn, and Lynn was called to reckon with her past in a new and frightening way … Intimate and brave, People Like Me is the exhilarating story ...
Chely Wright, singer, songwriter, country music star, writes in this moving, telling memoir about her life and her career; about growing up in America’s heartland, the youngest of three children; about barely remembering a time when she ...
This work is a thing to make dungeons shake and hearts thunder.”—Robert Jones, Jr., New York Times bestselling author of The Prophets In Shoutin’ in the Fire, Danté Stewart gives breathtaking language to his reckoning with the legacy ...
From bestselling author Michele Andrea Bowen, the uproarious sequel to her hit novel Church Folk.
Woody had interviewed for a singing job at the swank Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, where red roses "as wide as your hand" floated in water-filled glass bowls on each table. Called back for a second interview, he tried out a few ...
... folk and the hymns were for older folk like me. They'd also set up tables with fancy Bibles and pretty ladies hats and you could get your picture took with one of the singers for a quarter. Children if only y'all could have seen me ...
Max Lucado. “We all have unique gifts that can be used for God's purposes. Max Lucado's gift is to apply spiritual teachings to our everyday lives, as he has done with Curefor the Common Life. Discovering God's unique plan for our lives ...