Showing results for title "More to Love" in Christianity

Being an adoptive parent is hard enough. But when your family is multiracial, things get even trickier. Parenting transracially doesn’t come naturally nor does it just happen with time. Love is essential, yet by itself, love isn’t enough. Cross-cultural parenting also takes intentionality, listening, learning, growing, repenting, changing...then starting all over and doing it again. It’s hard work! And yet, when an adoptive family honors the ethnic heritages of their children, the whole family gets to see the beauty of a gloriously creative God.

What happens when we replace courage with compromise? What happens when we replace honesty with likability? What happens when we replace conviction with cliches? What happens when we replace discipleship to Christ with a devotion to nice? We live in a culture that prizes niceness as one of its highest virtues. Niceness keeps the peace, wins friends, gains influence, and serves our reputations well, but it also takes the teeth out of our witness and the power out of our faith.

For years, Christians have argued, debated, and fought one another while "speaking the truth in love," yet we are no closer to the grace-filled life Jesus modeled. Biblical scholar and popular podcast host of The Bible for Normal People, Jared Byas casts a new vision for the Christian life that's built not on certainty, but on the risk of love.

If you have ever forgotten to pick up your kids, accidentally worn two different shoes to the grocery store, or lost your cool over a messy house, you are not alone! In No More Perfect Moms, Jill Savage says it how it is: All moms struggle. We fall short of our own standards of excellence, and then we feel insecure about not being the perfect wife with the perfect kids, perfect husband, perfect home, perfect friends, perfect marriage, and perfect body. Jill speaks to the root of the insecurities mothers feel and points to a better way.

In 31 Ways to Show Him What Love Is, Alyssa Bethke gives wives thirty-one specific tips for strengthening and deepening their relationship. Each day you will find a new suggestion for encouraging and loving your husband. Topics include serving each other, offering forgiveness, laughing together, praying for each other, affirming each other through words, and even making a favorite snack.

Jefferson Bethke gives husbands 31 specific tips for strengthening and deepening their marriage relationship. Each day, listeners find a new suggestion for encouraging and loving their wives. Topics include serving each other, offering forgiveness, laughing together, praying for one another, affirming each other through words, and even making a favorite snack. From serious to lighthearted, each tip challenges listeners to make their marriage a priority and reminds them of the importance of a healthy, vibrant relationship.

In this audiobook, you will encounter some of the most interesting scriptures in the Bible that can help us live a much more loving life. Paul was right when he said that the love of God compelled his actions. In the same way, I am hoping that having listened to this book the love of God will compel you to act more in love than ever before in your homes, work place, community or any other place you find yourselves.

What if in a noisy world, we offered gentleness? What if in a cynical world, we asked questions? What if in a world that is tearing apart at the political and social seams, we found a way back to each other? Join Jamie in a transformative devotional experience to help you put in motion kindness and compassionate curiosity. Each devotion, paired with relevant Bible verses and prayer, reminds us that as we listen to one another's stories, in all their richness and complexities, we begin to see each other as God does.

What do you want your life to look like? What's holding you back from getting there? The Dunes is an immersive faith-based journey of revelations, inspiration, breakthroughs, and transformation. Part allegory, and part journal, The Dunes helps listeners explore issues surrounding fear, forgiveness, commitment, trust, grace, surrender, and gratitude. The Dunes is a journey for those ready to step out of their comfort zone, examine the issues holding them back, and overcome them.

Jesus Loves All of the Children is a cute little Bible story about love and kindness. One day Jesus was coming to the town where Sarah and Jonathan lived. They were both excited. When they got to town, a huge crowd of people had gathered where Jesus and his disciples were. The children were small, and they could not see Jesus. One disciple told the children that Jesus was too busy to see them that day. Jesus overheard the entire conversation.

These Christmas poems cover all the memories and moments we cherish during this special time of year. Poems of joy, sadness, love, family, celebration, memories, and praise. Take time to reflect on the meaning of the Christmas season for you, your family, and friends!