Women Religion

An engrossing and revolutionary biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus's journey to the New World, established the Spanish Inquisition, and became one of the most influential female rulers in history.

Do you feel like you're losing your mind? Do you feel overwhelmed, misunderstood and invisible? Do you feel disconnected emotionally and more like a roommate, instead of a wife? Maybe you feel more like his mother, instead of a loving partner. You're missing heartfelt intimacy. It wasn't like this when you were dating. You love him, but you are at the end of your rope. You can't really share his odd behavior with anyone, because they wouldn't understand you. You've tried everything to make your marriage work. You've tried to get him to watch marriage videos.

Do you want to simplify the demands on your time, energy, and resources? Do you have complicated responsibilities, overwhelming to-do lists, and endless clutter leaving you feeling overwhelmed? What if you could clear the clutter once and for all? Best-selling author and entrepreneur Emily Ley can help you make space for what matters most. In A Simplified Life, you'll find Emily's realistic strategies, achievable systems, and methods for permanently clearing the clutter, organizing your priorities, and living intentionally; tactical tools to help you with your family; and more.

Perhaps one of the biggest issues all women face is their own insecurity. Beth Moore, one of today's most admired and trusted Christian writers, wants women to be free from the insecurity trap. So Long, Insecurity will strike a chord with women everywhere, as Beth speaks truth into the lives of listeners, showing them how to deal with their innermost fears, rediscover their God-given dignity, and develop a whole new perspective.

These ninety devotionals by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Bevere help you discover the beautiful truth of how God thinks about you. God doesn't just tolerate you; he loves you and wants you to know his wild thoughts toward you are full of love, joy, grace, and mercy. God loves you—fiercely. Lisa Bevere shifts your perspective with daily boosts of courageous love, giving you a confidence grounded in both your identity and your relationship with your Creator. You are loved. You are welcomed. You are wanted. You were always his idea and he has a plan for you.

In this seemingly loveless world of ours, we might wonder if true love is attainable. Is it real, or is it perhaps a dancing illusion captured on Hollywood screens? And if this love dares to exist, does it satisfy as the poets say, or fade in our hearing like a passing whisper? The souls are few who have discovered these answers, and one of them is Nicolina, a feisty, flirtatious girl who fell in love with the most romantic man in all of post-war Germany. Little did they imagine the places where love would take them.

In this fully revised and updated edition of her breakthrough book, Women of Destiny, best-selling author and speaker Cindy Jacobs reveals the biblical foundation for women in ministry and leadership. Through sharing her own story, successes, and failures, she speaks to the doubts, fears, and insecurities women have about stepping up and speaking out.

The Father Daughter Talk is the response of a father and pastor to what has become a generation of credulous women. Many women are conditioned and manipulated by a perverted male society and are relegated to acquiescing to positions of sexual objectivity. The premise is that because the presence of functional fathers is less and less, today, young girls are growing into womanhood without the benefits of having had a father’s guidance and instruction.

It’s no secret that we are overworked, overpressured, and edging burnout. Unsurprisingly, this fact is as old as time - and that’s why we see so many prayer circles within a multitude of church traditions. These gatherings are a trusted space where people seek help, hope, and peace, energized by God and one another. This book, curated by acclaimed author Sarah Bessey, celebrates and honors that prayerful tradition in a literary form.

Wren Crawford is a social worker who finds herself overwhelmed with the troubles of the world. Her lifelong struggles with anxiety and depression are starting to overcome her. She finds solace in art, spiritual formation, and pastoral care along with traditional therapeutic interventions. But a complicated relationship from her past also threatens to undo her progress.

At age forty Ali landed her dream job as a talk show host, but after only a few weeks on the job, she began feeling out of sorts. Exhaustion, brainfog, hairthinning, slow digestion, and sleep issues took over, and instead of excusing the chronic discomfort as "aging," she decided to take back her life. Through research, prayer, interviews, and product-testing, she made dramatic lifestyle changes and created her brand, RE/SHAPE, to show other women how to live to their fullest in mind, health, beauty, and soul.

In Jesus Feminist, Bessey shares her spiritual journey, which ranges from growing up in a post–gender-debate home to learning about the worldwide struggles of women and the obstacles even a well-meaning church can pose. Through disarmingly intimate storytelling, she tells how she grew to understand the story of God and the vastness of his work through women.

Illuminata brings prayer into our daily lives, with prayers on topics from releasing anger to finding forgiveness, from finding great love to achieving intimacy. There are prayers for couples, for parents, and for children; prayers to mend broken relationships and prayers to overcome obsessive and compulsive love. There are prayers to heal the soul, prayers to heal the body, and prayers for work and creativity.

The enemy doesn't want you to know the truth. As a mother, you carry a powerful mantle for kingdom change. The issues of our day that feel like Goliaths seeking to take out a generation are no match for one woman who decides to boldly arise, step into her identity, and wield her sword of kingdom authority.

World-renowned Jesus scholar Marcus J. Borg shows how we can live passionately as Christians in today's world by practicing the vital elements of Christian faith. For the millions of people who have turned away from many traditional beliefs about God, Jesus, and the Bible, but still long for a relevant, nourishing faith, Borg shows why the Christian life can remain a transforming relationship with God. Emphasizing the critical role of daily practice in living the Christian life, he explores how prayer, worship, Sabbath, pilgrimage, and more can be experienced as authentically life-giving practices.

Many of today's most extraordinary Christian women communicators join together to impart the wisdom God has given them - and to help women realize all God intended for them. Features Jill Briscoe, Beth Moore, Sandra D. Wilson, Kathleen Hart, David Hager, Thelma Wells, and Beverly LaHaye.

Starting a growth journey can be both challenging and confusing. At the very beginning is when the tendency to quit is most high. This first volume of the 15-Days of Deep Self-Reflection series will help you jumpstart your growth journey while giving you the inspiration to keep going. You will get the best possible advice for becoming yourself, but you’ll also get over 30 journal prompts for deep self-reflection.

We all long to live out our faith with daily joy, but so often that joy eludes us. Why is that? More often than we realize, it's because we've absorbed messages that curve us in on ourselves. These messages have even crept into the church, disguised as truth. It's time we learn to discern teaching that's toxic from that which is true and pure.

If you could spend a few minutes with biblical heroines Ruth, Sarah, Mary, and others, what valuable lessons would they share with you? In the tradition of Running with the Giants and Learning from the Giants, John Maxwell shares wisdom on life and leadership inspired by the Bible - this time focusing solely on the stories of nine incredible women.

Popular speaker and New York Times best-selling author of Woman Evolve, Sarah Jakes Roberts shows women they are not disqualified by their pain and failures and offers encouragement and strength to believe God’s best is still possible.