Darkness is as Light is a Christian women's devotional for persisting in hard places. Inspired by the Gothic Christian women mystics, this unapologetically womanly devotional is written for the succor and encouragement of women going through hard times, by women who have experienced God's presence in suffering. You'll recognize God in every entry by the way each woman met Him in her darkness. This nine-week devotional is a perfect length for persisting through the fall and winter holiday season or any season of hardship. In Darkness is as Light, twenty-two women authors-Orthodox, Catholic, and saint-venerating Protestant-bear witness without pulling their punches, without tidying away their womanhood, their vulnerability, their bravery, or their womb-deep understanding of how God fills all things and redeems suffering with joy-if one can wait. This timely volume taps into the timelessness of Gothic women's faith that was richly reliant upon God and expected God to be with women in suffering. These modern Gothic devotions reach out to the untamed woman, the lost woman, the too-much woman, the woman who loves and hurts, the woman who grieves and hopes, who desires and disciplines herself to receive God. The Gothic faith shared in clear, crisp narrative reflections in these pages can reach the woman who doesn't have her life together or a quip to summarize her love; God's presence is enough of a moral to her story. &#65279;&#65279;With illustrations reminiscent of the work of Gothic women mystics and poetry to begin each week of reflection, Darkness is as Light explores with beauty the hardest places where women meet God.

Darkness is as Light

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Park End Books

THE END IS NOW!Edward Applebum always knows what to do. Getting through the Apocalypse in an appropriate manner is no exception, even though most of the world has been destroyed by the time he wakes up on the day of Armageddon.Dragons swoop from the sky upon their hapless victims. Gog and Magog appear over what remains of London. The air is filled with the stench of the dead and the screams of the dying. Be that as it may, Edward sees no reason to panic. His companions naturally follow his lead: an American redneck, a Spanish fanatic, a navel-gazing Christian hipster, the best parish secretary the world has ever seen, an officious fish, a tufty old vicar, a frenemy demon, and, lest he be remiss, his wife, Audrey, who took it upon herself to let him sleep in today of all days. Reminiscent of the styles of C.S. Lewis (The Great Divorce) and Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), this book combines deep insights into human nature with laugh-out-loud hilarity.? Join Edward and company in this fast-paced comedy of errors set on the last day on Earth, and see if a life-long control freak can make room for mercy on his checklist.

Apocalypse: Managed

Literature & Fiction

Andrew, Jonathan

Humor & Satire

Here there be dragons...and dragon-slayers!In this timely travel companion for teen girls embarking on the journey of Great Lent, A. N. Tallent and Sarah Gingrich tell stories drawn from their adventurous life experiences to help their younger sisters in the faith navigate the difficulties and gifts of pilgrimage toward Christ. Each letter engages the reader like a sister telling stories as you sit with mugs in hand around the kitchen table. Unique stories covering the full span of Orthodox Lent and Holy Week bear witness to the life-giving disciplines of the Church, interceding Saints, and how God showed up in the midst of darkness and trials. These letters reveal God's gracious guiding presence in hardship by addressing difficult topics without smoothing them over with platitudes. Venture with Gingrich and Tallent into the richness of grace in Lenten rituals and obligations by joining this holy journey. Both treasures and dragons abound, but the Feast of Feasts waits for the pilgrims at the end.

Letters for Pilgrimage: Lenten Meditations for Teen Girls

Arts & Photography

Gingrich, Sarah Lenora

Tallent, A N

History & Criticism

Any illness adds stress to community or family life. Feeding our loved ones nutritious and health-appropriate food is a layer of stress Matushka Melissa can take away from you with her recipes.Hospitality during illness is vital, and this book can ease the burden a caregiver bears at a critical time–keep Hospitality for Healing with your cookbooks for times of need. 
~Jessica Archuleta, Every Home a Monastery 
Seasoning her advice and recipes with warmth and wisdom, Melissa Naasko brings us the living tradition of convalescent cookery learned from a lifetime of hospitality. From her reading about monastic caretaking, to her hands-on learning in her abuela’s kitchen, to the mutual caretaking of dear friends, to feeding her household, to feeding her whole church family and the monks at the monastery attached to the church where her husband serves, these recipes and kitchen skills carry forward a lost tradition of caring for people going through long recoveries. With the practicality readers have come to expect from her workshops and popular cookbook Fasting as a Family, Naasko highlights what it means to help others recuperate in a time when new and chronic illnesses are more common than ever. 
About the Author Melissa Naasko's gift of setting people at ease with her warm competence and kindness shines in this collection of recipes and kitchen skills that support loved ones as they recuperate. Pull up a chair and learn from her experience as a granddaughter of healing family cooks, a mother of eleven, a caterer, and a priest's wife (matushka) in the rugged wilderness of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where her husband serves a church attached to a monastery.

Hospitality for Healing: Recovering Care Traditions for Convalescence

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Naasko, Melissa

Special Diet

God's Saintly Friends

Kathryn Reetzke

What happens when you do the wrong thing for the right reason? In thisrelatable story of the restorative power of friendship, twogirls-Nina, who has everything, and Tabitha, who has almostnothing-find the strength they need to heal from a very sad day withthe help of nuns both little and life-sized.Little Lost Nun:-Has two protagonists.-Features diverse characters.-Includes brilliant, evocative color illustrations.-Is a perfect choice for church book clubs for kids.

Little Lost Nun

Children's Books

Johnson, Melinda

Recovering the tradition of African Christian holy men and women from centuries-long neglect, Fr. Deacon John R. Gresham, Jr. restores the sacredness of early African Christians to modern seekers. This book is a remedy for the broken images about Black sanctity that have eroded the hope of the African diaspora and the whole Church in the years since violence, greed, and negligence pushed these stories into obscurity. From the African pilgrim who carried Christ's cross in His passion to the holy women in hiding who overcame demons in Christ's name, these African Christian ancestors shone so brightly that they still enlighten the Church, extending the call to the African diaspora to reclaim their place at God's table. With poetic prayers and suggested scripture readings after each brief recollection of a saint, this daily lenten devotional will draw you into habits that will build you up to be more like the saints, too.

Become All Flame: Lent With African Saints

Gresham Jr., Dcn. John R.

"These raw and honest accounts from such brave and inspiring women provide an incredible depth and beauty to what a relationship with the saints can look like. They bring to light the stories of some incredible female saints and, in doing so, allow us the opportunity to see our stories in their struggles. Single mothers will not only benefit from the hope they find in these words but will take comfort in knowing the God of scripture through these stories-a God who mends our broken hearts and restores us to a life with Him by His grace." 
Mirette Abraham, Author of Mama I See You: Finding Glimmers of Hope in the Trenches of Motherhood\n"Single mothering is a road that can feel so alone and unworthy of God’s Grace, but God is glorified in even his single parent Saints. In this book we find the beauty of His Grace working in and through the lives of single mothers whose lives can inspire us to keep struggling the good struggle as we navigate this journey. We are single, but never alone." - Olga Greve\nIn this encouraging collection of essays, eight Orthodox and Catholic women who have lived single parent life bring you the fruits of their connection with eight women saints who were single mothers. Learn about the Widow of Zarephath, St. Photini, St. Helen, St. Anthousa, St. Monica, St. Sophia, St. Margaret of Cortona, and St. Maria of Paris as their lives intertwine with the lived experiences of faithful women who pray to them for help. Discover the grace of being there from women whose lives show you the God who meets every mother right where she is.\nWith respect and compassion borne of lived experience, each chapter reveals the sanctity of family life led by parents without partners. Reconnect with the roots of the faith that began in the womb of an unwedded Mother, whose prayers are with all women going through the beautiful and challenging life of motherhood.

The Grace of Being There: Single Mother Saints in Our Lives

Parenting & Relationships

Riggle, Charlotte

Kinard, Summer

Anderson, Sandra C.

Bjeletich Davis, Elissa

Gatling, Elizabeth

Roth, Kristina

Chuff, Carrie

Doll, Angela

Parenting

Into the Flames: And Other Plays on Saints' Lives (Accessible Church School)

Siampos, Christine

Dramas & Plays

Tea and Crumples

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