Becoming a King: The Path to Restoring the Heart of a Man by Morgan Snyder

The House That Love Built: Why I Opened My Door to Immigrants and How We Found Hope Beyond a Broken System by Sarah Jackson

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374904 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374904] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House That Love Built: Why I Opened My Door to Immigrants and How We Found Hope Beyond a Broken System Author: Sarah Jackson Narrator: Chloe Dolandis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 14 minutes Release date: July 14, 2020 Genres: Counseling & Inspirational Publisher's Summary: 2021 Christian Book Award Finalist 'Jackson's visionary account is a beautiful model of sacrificial love.' -- Publishers Weekly Starred Review The House That Love Built is the quintessential story of one woman's questioning what it means to be an American--and a Christian--in light of a broken immigration system. Through tender stories of opening her heart and home to immigrants, Sarah Jackson shines a holy light on loving our neighbor. Sarah Jackson once thought immigration justice was administered through higher walls and longer fences. Then she met an immigrant--a deported young father separated from his US-citizen family--and everything changed. As Sarah began to know fractured families ravaged by threats in their homeland and further traumatized in US detention, biblical justice took on a new meaning. As Sarah opened her heart--and her home--to immigrants, she experienced a surprising transformation and the gift of extraordinary community. The work she began through the ministry of Casa de Paz joined the centuries-old Christian tradition of hospitality, shining a holy light on what it means to love our neighbor. The dilemma of undocumented people continues to hover over America, and it raises urgent questions for every Christian: - What is our responsibility to the 'stranger' in our midst? - What does God's kingdom look like in the global-political reality of immigration? - What difference can one person make? Sarah engages these questions through profound and tender stories, placing listeners in the shoes of individuals on every side of the issue--asylum seekers torn from their families, the guards who oversee them, ordinary people with lapsed visas, the families left to survive on their own, the unheralded advocates for immigrants' rights, and the government officials who decide the fates of others. Ultimately, Sarah's journey illuminates how hope can be restored through simple yet radical acts of love.

The Noble Renaissance: Reclaiming the Lost Virtue of Nobility by Carrie Lloyd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386616 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386616] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Noble Renaissance: Reclaiming the Lost Virtue of Nobility Author: Carrie Lloyd Narrator: Carrie Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 2, 2020 Genres: Counseling & Inspirational Publisher's Summary: With humor-filled personal tales and in-depth research, Carrie Lloyd will unfold the meaning behind the characteristics of nobility--self-sacrifice, humility, courage, self-conquest, integrity, honesty--all required for nurturing noble virtues. What would happen if we intentionally chose to live a life of nobility? If we thought of our fellow man before ourselves? In a world littered with lawsuits, hate mail and demands for punishment, when did we stop caring for our neighbor? When did we set aside the cause and effect of our decisions? When did we rest on the hidden laurels of contempt, instead of working a little harder, to bring fruit and morality based on forethought over legalism? 'The noble man makes noble plans and by noble plans he stands,' Isaiah tells us. The finest characters in Scripture often carried this descriptor in their back pockets, and such labels didn’t always follow their wealth--but followed their integrity. Could we become a little more effective, a little kinder if we consciously began to ask, “What’s the noble choice?”

Laughing Through the Ugly Cry: …and Finding Unstoppable Joy by Dawn Barton

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386657 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386657] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Laughing Through the Ugly Cry: …and Finding Unstoppable Joy Author: Dawn Barton Narrator: Dawn Barton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 26, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Counseling & Inspirational Publisher's Summary: Do you believe that joy is a choice? Dawn Barton does. She's an upbeat Southerner with good hair and a successful business background, but she's had more heartache than most of us can imagine. Laughing Through the Ugly Cry is a collection of honest and sometimes raw stories. Dawn throws an arm around listeners as she brings them along on her journey through the loss of a child, divorce, cancer, rape, the death of her only sibling, her husband's substance abuse, and finding her way back to Jesus in the middle of it all. Dawn shares her personal story to show listeners how to find happiness and purpose even in the darkest of days. By laughing through the ugly cry, you will discover how to: - Shut down negative feelings causing you to feel inadequate - Identify the pros despite how challenging the cons may seem - Embrace joy wherever you can find it - Learn how to be honest with yourself and process grief in a healthy way Dawn says, 'If more women were open about just how difficult our lives feel and how hard we are on ourselves, I think we'd learn to relax a little and give ourselves the grace God gives us every day.' Laughing Through the Ugly Cry is great for: - Women of any age seeking comfort, encouragement, and inspiration - Book clubs and girls' nights--Dawn poses thoughtful group questions to support meaningful conversations about growth and joy

Becoming a King: The Path to Restoring the Heart of a Man by Morgan Snyder

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386620 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386620] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming a King: The Path to Restoring the Heart of a Man Author: Morgan Snyder Narrator: Morgan Snyder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 26, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Counseling & Inspirational Publisher's Summary: What does power and responsibility look like for Christian men in our world today? Becoming a King offers men a guide to becoming one to whom God can entrust his kingdom.  Journey with Morgan Snyder as he walks alongside men (and the women who love and encourage them) to rediscover the path of inner transformation. Becoming a King is an invitation into a radical reconstruction of much of what we’ve come to believe about God, masculinity, and the meaning of life. Curated and distilled over more than two decades and drawn from the lives of more than seventy-five men, Morgan shares his discovery of an ancient and reliable path to restoring and becoming the kind of man who can wield power for good. With examples from the lives of the great heroes of faith as well as wise men from Morgan’s own life, break through doubt and discover the power of restoration. In Becoming a King, you will: - Reconstruct your understanding of masculinity and who God truly intended you to be - Learn to become a man of unshakable strength and courage - Reclaim your identity, integrity, and purpose Traveling this path isn’t easy. But the heroic journey detailed within the pages of Becoming a King leads to real life—to men becoming as solid and mighty as oak trees, teeming with strength and courage to bring healing to a hurting world; and to sons, husbands, brothers, and friends becoming the kind of kings to whom God can entrust his kingdom. Audiobook-exclusive content includes: Extended prayers, additional reflections, and a conversation you won’t want to miss. Morgan Snyder gathered three of his closest allies who have all lived, breathed, and consented to the message of Becoming a King for over a decade. Hear their stories and lock arms with them in the unshakeable hope that more life, strength, and joy are available than we have been led to believe.

This Too Shall Last: Finding Grace When Suffering Lingers by K.J. Ramsey

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386668 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386668] to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Too Shall Last: Finding Grace When Suffering Lingers Author: K.J. Ramsey Narrator: K.J. Ramsey, Tom Parks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 12, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Counseling & Inspirational Publisher's Summary: This audiobook is not a before-and-after story. Our culture treats suffering like a problem to fix, a blight to hide, or the sad start of a transformation story. We silently, secretly wither under the pressure of living as though suffering is a predicament we can avoid or annihilate by working hard enough or having enough faith. When your prayers for healing haven't been answered, the fog of depression isn't lifting, your marriage is ending in divorce, or grief won't go away, it's easy to feel you've failed God and, worse, he's failed you. If God loves us, why does he allow us to hurt? Over a decade ago chronic illness plunged therapist and writer K.J. Ramsey straight into this paradox. Before her illness, faith made sense. But when pain came and never left, K.J. had to find a way across the widening canyon that seemed to separate God's goodness from her excruciating circumstances. She wanted to conquer suffering. Instead, she encountered the God who chose it. She wanted to make pain past-tense. Instead, God invited her into a bigger story. This Too Shall Last offers an antidote to our cultural idolatry of effort and ease. Through personal story and insights from neuroscience and theology, Ramsey invites us to let our tears become lenses of the wonder that before God ever rescues us, he stands in solidarity with us. We are all mid-story in circumstances we did not choose, wondering when our hard things will end and where grace will come if they don’t. We don't need to make suffering a before-and-after story. Together we can encounter the grace that enters the middle of our stories, where living with suffering that lingers means receiving God's presence that lasts.