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1) The missing
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Seasons of grace volume 2
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Twenty-one-year-old Grace Byler longs to find her missing mother and to uncover the secret that drove her to leave their Amish community, but she fears she will never know the truth, and while she struggles to accept her family's loss, she tries to make the community understand her decision to remain single.
2) The secret
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Seasons of grace volume 1
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Twenty-year-old Grace Byler is curious about her mother's strange behavior at night, but when she sees her willingly disappear into a car and drive away, Grace is concerned that her mother has abandoned their Amish society.
3) The telling
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Seasons of grace volume 3
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Grace Byler leaves her Amish community with her new English friend to search for her estranged mother in Ohio; meanwhile, Grace's mother, Lettie, continues her own quest to find what she feels is missing and swallows her guilt over leaving her family.
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Death is the one constant in this life. Wherever we are in our life journey, we are all moving towards our death. It is inevitable, yet we resist, ignore and deny this reality. Our lives are all that much richer from knowing they will end someday. Through confronting death, we learn how to live.
The Catholic-Christian readings and liturgies of Holy Week offer an abundance of opportunities for spiritual growth. Walk with Jesus and the Christian community...
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The season of Lent challenges us to consciously enter into a process of changing, to let go of selfish attitudes ... and to grow closer to God!
All of life is change and transition. Yet, because change entails an ending and a loss even in the most joyful events, many people find themselves uncomfortable with it.
When change confronts us, these meditations can help. Robertson focuses on events that tie our lives together and often acts as barriers...
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Blending vignettes from life with biblical quotations, Robertson offers fresh insights for finding and expressing gratitude everywhere: in the daily conveniences we take for granted, in the challenges that force us to take a hard look at ourselves, and even in the midst of tragedy. Other reflections help us confront our uneasiness in accepting help or gifts from others.
For the times when you are feeling overwhelmed and need the healing touch of...
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"In a world full of hopelessness and despair, in a world full of false hope based on passing things and false gods, true hope is hard to find." The liturgical season of Advent provides rich opportunities to reflect on God's message of hope, however these meditations can be used any time of the year, whenever you are in need of inspiration. Meant to be read individually on a daily basis, or all at once, these meditations will help foster a lasting...
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In Jesus' death and Resurrection, God has given us a promise that no matter what situation we encounter, God is powerful enough to help us overcome it.
Patricia M. Robertson helps us realize our opportunities for hope and growth through death and new life. She helps us find our peace-filled "new day" in real-life situations, such as vacations, springtime, weddings, a new job or loss of a job, expecting a child, and more. Blending reflections and...
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Life is full of promises those we have made and those made to us. Considering how often promises influence our lives, it is surprising how little we reflect on them.
The liturgical season of Christmas provides rich opportunities to reflect on the promises of God's love. In this book, Patricia M. Robertson blends seasonal vignettes and Scripture passages to help you discover new perspectives and inspiration during the weeks that follow Christmas or...
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What's so ordinary about ordinary life? Days when we are not planning for a big event or dealing with a crisis. We spend most of our life in ordinary time and yet we value this time so little. There is nothing ordinary about a day spent with those you love or doing work you love. Those are the stuff of life.Out of ordinary life comes stability which we need for growth. Out of the ordinary, everyday, we learn about a God whose love is stable, never...
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