Sabbath: finding rest, renewal, and delight in our busy lives

By Muller, Wayne

Publishing Date: 2000

Classification: 200

Call Number: 203.6 MUL

A meditation on the need for a day of rest, against the background of a growing commercialization of Sunday. The author analyzes the rhythm of labor and rest, by which all living beings are governed.

The action Bible: God's redemptive story

Publishing Date: 2020

Classification: 200

Call Number: 220.9505 CAR

"The Action Bible presents more than 230 fast-paced narratives in chronological order, making it easy to follow the Bible's historical flow and building up to the thrilling climax of God's redemptive story."--Back cover.

The ruthless elimination of hurry

By Comer, John Mark

Publishing Date: [2019]

Classification: 200

Call Number: 248.46 COM

Outwardly, Comer appeared successful. But inwardly, things weren't pretty. The advice his mentor gave him wasn't what he expected: "Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life. Hurry is the great enemy of the spiritual life." But it was the answer Comer needed. Here he shows you how to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive, by discovering a slower, simpler way of life. -- adapted from Amazon.com info

The Christian athlete: glorifying God in sports

By Smith, Brian

Publishing Date: 2022

Classification: 200

Call Number: 248.8 SMI

The Christian Athlete is a gospel-centered guide that assists athletes who identify as Christians and are seeking to understand how to practically apply their faith to their sport. Athletes desire--and deserve--a more substantive expression of the Christian faith in the context of sport, but they don't know what it looks like or where to turn to learn more. Author Brian Smith shares his story as an athlete and coach, and his experience working with high-level athletes in the last decade to help readers better understand how to integrate faith and sport by: Assisting those who want a wide-angled understanding of how to live the Christian faith in the context of sports; Walking through the many questions Christian athletes ask about winning, losing, injuries, practice, and everything in between; Moving Christian athletes from simply having cliched spiritual sayings decorating their bodies or t-shirts to actually living out their faith through all the opportunities their sport offers them. The Christian Athlete will show readers how to live out a biblical perspective on athletics and urge them to engage in the gifts they are given to glorify God whether they are the team MVP or riding the bench. --

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Hope: the autobiography

By Francis

Publishing Date: [2025]

Classification: 200

Call Number: 282.092 FRA

"Hope is the first autobiography in history ever to be published by a Pope. Written over six years, this complete autobiography starts in the early years of the twentieth century, with Pope Francis's Italian roots and his ancestors' courageous migration to Latin America, continuing through his childhood, the enthusiasms and preoccupations of his youth, his vocation, adult life, and the whole of his papacy up to the present day"--

Secret covenants: new insights on early Mormon polygamy

Publishing Date: 2024

Classification: 200

Call Number: 289.3

"Navigating the intricate labyrinth of early Mormon plural marriage can be fascinating, frustrating, and often confusing. The essays in this volume venture into the depths of historical inquiry, presenting a diverse array of perspectives on the subject. Authored by a consortium of esteemed scholars and researchers in the field of Mormon studies, it addresses the nuanced intricacies of Joseph Smith's involvement in plural marriage."--Front jacket flap.

Early Mormonism and the magic world view

By Quinn, D. Michael

Publishing Date: 1998

Classification: 200

Call Number: 289.3 QUI

In this articulate and insightful book, D. Michael Quinn reconstructs the world view of an earlier age in America, finding ample evidence for treasure seeking and folk magic in Joseph Smith's formative years. Folk magic was not unusual for the times and is important in understanding how Mormons may have interpreted developments. Quinn's impressive research provides a much-needed background for the environment that produced Mormonism's founding prophet.

In sacred loneliness: the plural wives of Joseph Smith

By Compton, Todd

Publishing Date: 1997

Classification: 200

Call Number: 289.3092 COM

In sacred loneliness: the plural wives of Joseph Smith

By Compton, Todd

Publishing Date: [1997]

Classification: 200

Call Number: 289.3092 COM

Beginning in the 1830s, at least thirty-three women married Joseph Smith. These were passionate relationships which had some longevity, except in instances in which Smith's first wife, Emma, learned of the secret union and quashed it. Emma remained a steadfast opponent of polygamy throughout her life.