Open
Heart, Open Home
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In
Open Heart, Open Home (over 500,000 copies in print)
award-winning Karen Mains steps far beyond how-to-entertain
you hints to explore the deeper concepts of Christian
hospitality-the Biblical way to use your home and an
open heart to care for others like God wants us to.
Countless pastors have recommended this classic resource
as the meaningful example of how the Holy Spirit ministers
to and through us to make other people feel truly welcome
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Comforting One Another
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Comforting
One Another continues the autobiographical series and
uses Michelangelo's Pieta as a metaphor. I reference
the personal pain caused by writing Lonely No More in
order to construct a theology around the meaning of
mercy, with pietas from art, literature, film, news
photography, poetry and real life building pictures
of how God's love shows itself forth in the world. This
is a book for those who are suffering and for those
who want to hold them. I define a pieta as any person
or group of people holding a broken body facing any
death-like scenario. I think this book has helped others;
it certainly allowed me to make sense of my own pain.
This covers the age from 52-56. |
Lonely No More
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Lonely
No More looks those lies finally in the eye and begins
to deal with them honestly. "If my marriage is
as perfect as I say it is, why am I so lonely?"
"What are these dreams, these painful emotions,
these attractions pointing to?" This book was extremely
controversial in certain sections of ultra-conservative
Christianity so I warn you, read it carefully. I stand
behind every word, despite the controversy. It may even
shake the ground beneath your feet. I will probably
never write anything this well again. But I have certainly
paid for the effort to be excellent, to be lovingly
truthful, to want God. Covers age 45-52. |
Making Sunday Special
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In
this insightful, encouraging, and delightful book, bestselling
author Karen Mains challenges Christians to celebrate
Sunday with a Sabbath heart—to make the Lord’s Day so
special that its impact launches a weekly cycle of reflection
and growing anticipation. Making Sunday Special will
help you and your people restore the biblical “rhythm
of the sacred” and then fall in love again and again
with Jesus Christ, the Lord of the Sabbath.
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Abuse in the Family
With My Whole Heart
The Fragile Curtain
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In
the spring of 1980, Karen made a traveling survey of
the refugee camps of the world. She went to interpret
the pain and suffering of these people; instead they
showed her the meaning of her own life—and of yours
and mine. There in the crowded
refugee warehouses, Karen saw the beauty common to
us all. The wonder of birth. the sacredness of words—
"I love you," "I'm sorry," "I
want you." And the joy of a welcome home: the
glad clamor of hello as a new group of refugees arrive
at a camp, resurrected from death and despair to begin
again.
The six-week journey became a pilgrimage
through two worlds: the one of the camps and the thousands
and the backyard world of home and family.
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Karen! Karen!
Key to a Loving Heart
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"Ourheart
is a habitation," says karen Mains. "There
is a mansion in our souls for which we need to take
intimate responsibility." Unfortunately, because
of sin, our hearts consist of "mean rooms, damp
basements, narrow hallways, cramped spaces . . . The
place God created to be open to the fresh wind of his
Spirit, the dwelling he desires to occupy in order that
it may be habitable to others, has become boarded. the
windows are shuttered, the blinds drawn. Dust is accumulating.
The doors have been padlocked."
What is the key that will unlock a wide veranda here,
a turret spiraling there, or a whole new wing of rooms?
The key that opens the door to the locked rooms of
our hearts is forgiveness. And that is what this book
is all about . . .
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You Are What You Say
The God Hunt
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Join
award-winning author, Karen Mains, as she takes the
journey to find the impact of God in the everyday. this
eye-opening book offers deep insight into those seemingly
ordinary moments when God intervenes in our lives with
guidance, care and help.
Once you start the adventure you quickly realize
that such moments happen more often than you think.
You'll be drawn into deeper communion with God as
you tune in to the many ways he answers prayer, shows
evidence of His love, helps you do His work in the
world and "works all things together for good."
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The God Hunt Discovery Book for Children
Tales of the Kingdom
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An
exciting series from best-selling authors David and
Karen Mains, the gold-medallion award-winning Tales
of the Kingdom offers fast-paced action and exciting
storytelling with a enduring Christian message. Enjoy
the beautiful, full-color illustrations as these classic
allegories teach your kids the importance of trusting
God as they unveils fundamental truths about good and
evil. Action, intrigue, and danger follow Scarboy wherever
he goes, especially in the Enchanted City, where the
"imperfect" are cast away and orphans are
enslaved. Scarboy manages to escape the evil enchanter
to safety in Great Park, but has yet to confront his
greatest fear---and he'll need enormous courage to conquer
it! This book is 95 pages of unforgettable stories in
durable hardcover with 12 full-color, full-page illustrations
from renowned artist Jack Stockman. |
Tales of the Resistance
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An
exciting series from best-selling authors David and
Karen Mains, the gold-medallion, award-winning Tales
of the Resistance offers readers fast-paced action and
exciting storytelling with a Christian theme. You'll
enjoy the beautiful, full-color illustrations as well.
The book, Tales of the Resistance, contains 12 stories
about Hero's participation in the underground taxi resistance
against the evil Enchanter, challenger to the one True
King. High drama unfolds as everywhere Hero turns there
are suffering people in need of his help! You'll meet
Carny, Doubletalk, Sewer Rat #1, the Boiler Brat and
the Most Beautiful Player of All. And you'll feel the
tension of Traffic Court and the Burning Place. Bost
mostly, your readers will be reminded that God's Kingdom
is all around us, if we care to find it, and that the
presence of the King dispels all darkness from our hearts
and souls. This is the second book in a trilogy that
is an exceptional set to give to your family and friends.
112 pages, hardcover with 12 full-color illustrations
by Jack Stockman, and autographed by David and Karen
Mains. |
Tales of the Restoration
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An
exciting series from award-winning authors David and
Karen Mains, the Tales books offer fast-paced action
and exciting storytelling with a Christian theme. You'll
enjoy the beautiful, full-color illustrations as well.
In Tales of the Restoration, the long awaited conclusion
in the Kingdom Tales trilogy, the one True King has
broken the reign of the evil Enchanter and the restoration
has begun. You'll meet Grandma Vigilantes, the Girl
with the Very Loud Outside Voice, along with beloved
friends Little Child, the Princess Amanda, Hero, and
others. Each character is learning how to find a special
place in Bright City, to do a job no one else can do.
This delightful resource will captivate both children
and adults as they discover the hidden biblical truths
within each story. 109 pages, hardcover, with 12 full-color
illustrations by Diana Magnuson. |
Child Sexual Abuse
Opening Our Hearts & Homes
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From
the author of Open Heart, Open Home-the classic best-selling
book on Christian hospitality-comes this one-of-a-kind
Bible study guide for women that will inspire your small
group to be truly hospitable. Opening Our Hearts and
Homes by Karen Mains, with collaboration by Adele Calhoun,
invites you to discover the heart of our hospitable
God through enriching Scripture verses, brainstorming,
role playing, situational problem solving, and more!
This womens Bible study topic offers hope for those
less inclined to hospitality, as well as encouragement
for more experienced hosts and hostesses to share
their secrets and stories. It is a must for women's
Bible studies, mixed home fellowship groups, or adult
Sunday school classes. Use it in tandem with the book
Open Heart, Open Home.
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Parenting Us
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If
God is our Father, how does He help us grow and mature
as His children? David and Karen Mains explore the answer
with you in the refreshing Bible study Parenting Us:
How God Does It. More than
just a guide, this dynamic learning resource stands
apart from other Bible studies because the exercises
are creatively designed to involve the imagination
and emotions as well as the intellect.You'll explore
God's parenting methods in Scripture and learn about
the enormous, healing strength that is available to
the Christian who not only understands God as their
Heavenly Parent but also lives and acts in the center
of that truth.
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Living, Loving, Leading
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Living, Loving, Leading, offers a tangible, "seeable"
model for encouraging your family's spiritual development.
Join David and Karen as they suggest some helpful, biblical
ideas for raising the spiritual temperature of your
home. Walk with them as they describe their own struggles
and triumphs, and as they search for workable solutions
to the crucial question, "How can we become the
spiritual leaders of our family that God wants us to
be?" Can you afford to wait any longer?
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Friends & Strangers
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Friends and Strangers chronicles the beginning of the
journey into self-knowledge, a painful odyssey particular
to the work of the middle years. This narrative focuses
on the ages from 38-45. Each of us has hidden areas,
lies we tell to ourselves that we don’t know we are
telling. The work of the Holy Spirit is to continually
bring us into truth. In this book I begin to look at
truth through encounters with strangers, people I meet
along the way, brought to me by God, who have rich gifts
to give that shake my smug thinking. I am convinced
that no encounter is casual, as each has the potential
to move the ground beneath our feet, which is never
as solid as we like to think.
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