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Author
Language
English
Description
As heir to the Crisp Copy Center fortune, Luke has it made--until he burns through his entire inheritance in just one year of partying. Ashamed to ask his famous father for help, he finds employment--and romance--as an entry-level clerk. Can his new love get him back on track?
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Follows the path of Nouwen's spiritual home-coming. More than three years prior to writing his great classic, The return of the prodigal son, Nouwen suffered a personal breakdown followed by a time of sealing solitude when he encoutered Rembrandt's famous painting. He reflected on and identified with the parable's characters and experienced profound and inspiring life lessons.
Author
Publisher
Unbridled Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Set against the powerful lakeshore landscape of northern Minnesota, Safe from the Sea is a heartfelt novel in which a son returns home to reconnect with his estranged and dying father thirty-five years after the tragic wreck of a Great Lakes ore boat that the father only partially survived and that has divided them emotionally ever since. When his father for the first time finally tells the story of the horrific disaster he has carried with him so...
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Meet Darby who more than anything else in the world just wants to have fun. He learns about the Wonderful Land of Ha's, an amusement park with all the fixins. The park also has a mysterious wizard who promises to make dreams come true. Darby is determined to go and he makes a choice that will change his life forever. Will it be worth everything Darby has given up?
Author
Series
Publisher
David C Cook
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
How does the parable of the good Samaritan redefine acts of social justice not just acts of mercy? What does the story of the five talents teach us about daily spiritual life? How might the unmerciful servant have justified his behavior and why does it matter to us? Fresh Eyes on Jesus' Parables offers a new perspective on Jesus' stories to His disciples. Doug Newton provides life-changing techniques for reading Scripture, such as skills in interpreting...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt's The Return of the Prodigal Son catapulted Henri Nouwen on a long spiritual adventure. Here he shares the deeply personal and resonant meditation that led him to discover the place within where God has chosen to dwell. In seizing the inspiration that came to him through Rembrandt's depiction of the powerful Gospel story, Henri Nouwen probes the several movements of the parable: the younger son's...
Author
Series
Lion story Bible ; 40
Publisher
Lion Pub
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
Retells the New Testament parable of the man with two sons, illustrating God's readiness to forgive those who repent.