Expect a Fresh Holy Spirit Outpouring in Your Life Today!Can you sense, deep in your soul, a hunger to experience something more? Do you thirst to know God experientially, not just informationally?God Himself is stirring these desires in your heart—because He, too, has a burning desire for a thriving, dynamic encounter with you.With a pastor's warmth and a theologian's keen insight, Dr. Norman Benz reveals ancient revival strategie...

A TONIGHT SHOW SUMMER READS FINALISTAn electrifying first novel from "a riveting new voice in American fiction" (George Saunders): A young woman returns to her childhood home in the American South and uncovers secrets about her father's life and deathBillie James' inheritance isn't much: a little money and a shack in the Mississippi Delta. The house once belonged to her father, a renowned black poet who died unexpectedly when Billi...

In just one semester at Iron Bridge Academy, The Grey Griffins have already had quite an education-clockwork robots, students with super powers, and a hidden land beyond our world where mystical creatures and incredible inventions exist. But as second semester begins, their friendship is put to the test-Max, Ernie, Natalia, and Harley are growing apart. When their arch nemesis Otto Von Strife reemerges with another evil plan, the Griffins must learn to set aside their differences and reuni...

*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT FICTION**SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING*Named a Best Book of 2017 by The San Francisco ChronicleNamed one of Electric Literature's 15 Best Short Story Collections of 2017A stunningly original debut collection about lives across history marked by violence and lon...

He wears a leather jacket over a clerical collar. Tattoos trace his arms. And when he steps to the altar, electric guitars thunder Lutheran hymns where timid voices once whispered. Haka Kekäläinen is no ordinary priest.In this gripping memoir, he recounts the journey of a rebellious Finnish boy marked by drinking, fighting, defying authority, and wrestling with inner turmoil, until faith found him amid chaos. From restless teenage years to the founding of the global MetalMass movem...

**'Wonderful. The rare money book that realises life is more than dollars and cents.' – Morgan Housel, bestselling author of The Psychology of MoneyWhat are the secrets to a healthy, happy, and wealthy retirement?**To answer that question, longtime Morningstar personal finance columnist and podcaster Christine Benz asked twenty retirement thought leaders to pick one single lesson that they believe contributes to success.These lessons range from nitty gritty...

"We're from the government and we're here to help."Duncan Stone didn't pay much attention to that well-worn proverb till after he took the mission.Stone served his country as one of the Army's best special operators in South Asia, and then as a retirement specialist for the Resolution Support Agency. Well hidden in the federal bureaucracy, RSA resolves problems—with extreme prejudice—for other federal agencies. They prosecute targets, like terrorists and drug lords, that co...

This irresistible first novel tells the story of four friends who find themselves caught up in the dangerous quest to save their town when the wicked creatures from their card game come to life.Max Summer and his three best friends, Harley, Ernie, and Natalia - who form the secret club The Grey Griffins - seem to be the only people in their very normal Minnesota town to notice that strange things have started to happen. When creatures like goblins and fairies and unicorns, all char...

This book follows my journey of grief after the loss of my husband in 2010. It looks at the things I learned not only about myself but also about God, the various emotions experienced, as well as some misconceptions about grief, how one can find God in the midst of such sorrow, and the comfort found in the Word of God. I have not traveled this journey alone; God has been with me every step of the way and still is.

Meet the Fox Family and how they live together in a busy house with so many foxes. There is always something going on and someone to play with. Get to know Faiden Fox, one of the foxes in this large family. Faiden is a friendly, happy, and active fox with seven brothers and four sisters. Yup, there are twelve kids all together! He has siblings all grown-up and on their own, siblings that still live at home with him, and two adopted brothers. Faiden learns more about himself and asks to kno...

**'Wonderful. The rare money book that realises life is more than dollars and cents.' – Morgan Housel, bestselling author of The Psychology of MoneyWhat are the secrets to a healthy, happy, and wealthy retirement?**To answer that question, longtime Morningstar personal finance columnist and podcaster Christine Benz asked twenty retirement thought leaders to pick one single lesson that they believe contributes to success.These lessons range from nitty gritty...

In this work of creative nonfiction, author Kate Benz provides an intimate look at the present-day residents of Courtland, Kansas (population 285), a town whose economy depends almost entirely on agriculture.Through charming, first-person accounts, Nothing but the Dirt: Stories from an American Farm Town tells the whole story of life in Courtland, bucking the “Rural America is dying” narrative that so often proliferates national headlines about small-town USA.Throu...