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How Ableism Fuels Racism: Dismantling the Hierachy of Bodies in the Church
Lamar Hardwick

Publishers Weekly starred review

“Marshaling fine-grained historical detail and scrupulous analysis, Hardwick persuades.”–Publishers Weekly (starred review)

As a Black autistic pastor and disability scholar, Lamar Hardwick lives at the intersection of disability, race, and religion. Tied to this reality, he heeded the call to write How Ableism Fuels Racism to help Christian communities engage in critical conversations about race by addressing issues of ableism.

Hardwick believes that ableism–the idea that certain bodies are better than others–and the disability discrimination fueled by this perspective are the root causes of racial bias and injustice in American culture and in the church. Here, he uses historical records, biblical interpretation, and disability studies to examine how ableism in America led to the creation of images, idols, and institutions that perpetuate both disability and racial discrimination.

He then goes a step further, calling the church into action to address the deep-seated issues of ableism that started it all and offering practical steps to help readers dismantle ableism and racism both in attitude and practice.

Paperback : 192 Pages
Brazos Press

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This Special Blessing for You
Eric and Meredith Schrotenboer

God is full of love for your children, and This Special Blessing for You empowers them to live out who God wants them to be in the world. Encourage the kids in your life to spread love and kindness with this engaging rhyming picture book.

Today is the day the world gets to see,

the beautiful person God made you to be.

Wherever you go, it’s God’s love you’re expressing,

so God sends you out with this special blessing.

This Special Blessing for You uses words and phrases that help children better understand what God wants to communicate to them. Each promise and declaration is based on the Aaronic Blessing found in Numbers 6:23–27: “The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”

Children ages 4–8 will delight in these spiritual takeaways:

  • God loves you so much and delights in your presence
  • Every child is God’s beautiful creation.
  • God fills you with power and strength to be who God calls you to be.
  • You carry God’s name wherever you go.
  • You show the world what God is like by how you love and serve one another.

 

This Special Blessing for You is for:

  • Reading first thing in the morning during family breakfast, or at the end of the day during nightly bedtime routines
  • Sunday school and Christian school classes, to prepare children for who God is calling them to be and what God is calling them to do each day as they go out into the world.
  • Parents and grandparents who want to share God’s blessing with the children in their lives.
  • Baptism, Easter, birthday, and any other gift-giving events

Hardcover Picture Book : 32 pages
Zonderkidz

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Sexpectations: Reframing Your Good and Not-So-Good Stories about God, Love, and Relationships
Carol Tanksley

Redefine the Way You Look at God, Love, and Relationships

Sex is a big deal–yet many Christians struggle to make sense of their sexual story in light of their faith. Porn addiction, hooking up, hating sex, same-sex attraction, fighting about sex, or past sexual harm become part of a cycle of shame you can’t escape.

Offering a redemptive, practical path to sexual wholeness, physician and minister Dr. Carol Tanksley shows how to understand both the good and not-so-good parts of your sexual story. Drawing from real-life stories, biblical truth, and contemporary research, Dr. Carol empowers you to

· reinterpret your sexual story with honesty and compassion
· find freedom from shame, compulsive behaviors, past harm, and hiding
· redefine the way you look at God, sex, love, and relationships
· orient your sexuality as God intended and embrace what he has for your future

Regardless of your relationship status, don’t let your past keep you from experiencing what you were created for: true intimacy with God and others. Reclaim his vision of sexuality and intimacy so you and He together can write your next chapter with hope.

Paperback : 208 pages
Chosen Books

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101 Prayers for Comfort in Difficult Times
Kate Motaung

This beautiful faux leather prayer book addresses a wide range of topics, each accompanied by a supporting Scripture verse. Throughout the book, beautifully stylized pages are dedicated to Scripture verses and thoughtfully interspersed for moments of contemplation. A thoughtful and touching gift, perfect for showing your support to a friend facing a challenging struggle.

Imitation Leather : 128 pages
Christian Art Gifts

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Letters to Grief: Finding Healing and Comfort in Your Loss
Kate Motaung

This beautiful faux leather gift book will help you process emotions and understand the grief process from a Christian perspective. Each of the beautifully written letters, prayers, reflection questions, and journaling pages will help you cope amid your own circumstances of painful loss. Meaningful quotes are highlighted on pages decorated with a gold foiled border. Makes an encouraging gift when words are not enough.

Imitation Leather : 128 pages
Christian Art Gifts

Praying the Psalms: 90 Days of Drawing Near to God
Ben Patterson

This beautiful faux leather prayer book offers reflections on fifty passages from the Psalms. These scriptures hold songs of praise, cries for help, glad celebrations, and humble confessions that will renew your heart, transform your prayer life, and draw you closer to God.

Imitation Leather : 252 Pages
Christian Art Gifts

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