Religious Self Development

I am not perfect is a simple statement of profound truth, the first step toward understanding the human condition, for to deny your essential imperfection is to deny yourself and your own humanity. The spirituality of imperfection, steeped in the rich traditions of the Hebrew prophets and Greek thinkers, Buddhist sages and Christian disciples, is a message as timeless as it is timely. This insightful work draws on the wisdom stories of the ages to provide an extraordinary wellspring of hope and inspiration to anyone thirsting for spiritual growth and guidance in these troubled times.

Discover a story of healing and personal transformation. Marlena’s childhood was full of contradictions. Her father was both a heroic doctor for people with leprosy and an abusive parent. Her Mennonite missionary community was both a devoted tribe and a controlling society. And Marlena longed to both be accepted in Paraguay and escape to somewhere new. In Nothing Bad Between Us, follow Marlena’s journey as she takes control of her life and learns to be her authentic self, scars and imperfections included.

In addition to his work as an entrepreneur, corporate executive, and consultant, for the last 16 years August Turak worked alongside the Trappist monks of Mepkin Abbey, watching firsthand as they undertook new enterprises and sustained an incredibly successful business practice. Service and selflessness are at the heart of this 1,500-year-old monastic tradition’s remarkable business success, an ancient though immensely relevant economic model that preserves what is positive and productive about capitalism while transcending its ethical limitations and internal contradictions.

According to Drs. Larry Crabb and Dan Allender, encouragement is more than a compliment or a pat on the back. It's a skill that can be mastered by anyone. Crabb and Allender ask: "What must we know in order to fulfill the biblical exhortation to 'encourage one another?'" Part one deals with understanding encouragement, and part two explores the process of encouragement, including such practical how-tos as developing a careful selection of encouraging words; cultivating active listening skills; using biblical fellowship to move beyond superficial smiles.

The world saw Carlos Pena and Alexa Vega enjoying the success of their acting careers--Carlos on Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush and Alexa in the Spy Kids movies. But what they didn't see was the question both Carlos and Alexa were asking in the midst of all that fame and fortune: What's the point of it all anyway?

Whether it's heaven or hell, you create your life. If you are always struggling with your finances, relationships, health, and career, life is hell. Once you learn how to let everything flow and materialize with ease, life can be heaven. By and large, most people find life to be a struggle. The reason for this is that they were never taught that life can be easy, and they were never taught how to bring about the ease, comfort, safety, and peace that makes life a rich, rewarding, and joyous experience. 

Suppose knowledge of the foundational principle of mind and consciousness had been lost thousands of years ago. How would we know it? We wouldn't — until it was rediscovered. Richard L. Haight, three-time award-winning author, has uncovered and decoded an ancient principle that has lain dormant, hidden for thousands of years within Genesis, the first book of The Holy Bible. 

Master storyteller Zig Ziglar is an authority on character, leaving a legacy, true greatness, personal integrity, and overcoming adversity. In this new compilation, Happiness to Live By, he shares from his own life along with others who have shared encouraging experiences through the years.

This Enneagram type book covers the basics that you will need to understand how the Enneagram works in your life, relationships, and work. The Enneagram is a unique system that focuses on nine basic behavioral types/patterns people develop. Learning about your Enneagram personality type is one of the catalysts to making a positive change in your life as it offers an opportunity to discover the patterns of thinking, feeling, how to interact with each other, communicate, handle conflicts and behaviors that either support or act as a barrier to good working and human relationships.

Have you ever wondered about astrology? What is it? Where does it come from? What does it mean for you? What’s your star sign? How can it help you live your life? Storyteller Vicky Parsons shares the tales behind the mythology, offering us insight into the world of astrology. Here we learn the story of Virgo, and what that means for Virgo in work, friendship and love.

Have you ever wondered about astrology? What is it? Where does it come from? What does it mean for you? What’s your star sign? How can it help you live your life? Storyteller Vicky Parsons shares the tales behind the mythology, offering us insight into the world of astrology. Here we learn the story of Leo, and what that means for Leo in work, friendship and love.

Have you ever wondered about astrology? What is it? Where does it come from? What does it mean for you? What’s your star sign? How can it help you live your life? Storyteller Vicky Parsons shares the tales behind the mythology, offering us insight into the world of astrology. Here we learn the story of Cancer, and what that means for Cancer in work, friendship and love.

Have you ever wondered about astrology? What is it? Where does it come from? What does it mean for you? What’s your star sign? How can it help you live your life? Storyteller Vicky Parsons shares the tales behind the mythology, offering us insight into the world of astrology. Here we learn the story of Gemini, and what that means for Aries in work, friendship and love.

Have you ever wondered about astrology? What is it? Where does it come from? What does it mean for you? What’s your star sign? How can it help you live your life? Storyteller Vicky Parsons shares the tales behind the mythology, offering us insight into the world of astrology. Here we learn the story of Libra, and what that means for Libra in work, friendship and love.

This book is a roadmap for making sure the 30,000 words you use each day count and the impact they make is positive instead of negative, inspiring rather than hurting, and bringing light rather than darkness.

One dramatic day in her college dorm, self-injury lands a young woman in the surreal world of a psych ward for 74 hours. Those traumatic hours define her life for many years, until she comes to see the trauma through the lens of self-forgiveness, ongoing recovery, and God’s grace of revelation. Within Discovering My Scars, Stephanie Kostopoulos makes herself vulnerable and invites listeners into her reality with raw and visceral depictions of non-suicidal self-injury. The journey encapsulates life during her 20s, while stepping back to childhood, revealing abuse....