Grace Is Greater

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In this five-session DVD study, Kyle Idleman uses four real stories to remind you that no sin is so great, no bitterness so deep, that God's grace cannot transform your heart and rewrite your story. Sessions:  1) Introduction (12 min.);  2) Greater than your guilt (15 min.);  3) Greater than your brokenness (17 min.);  4) Greater than your wounds (18 min.);  5) Greater than your weakness (13 min.).  Includes leader's guide and sample study journal.  CLOSED CAPTIONED (English and Spanish).

Crazy, Holy Grace:

The Healing Power of Pain and Memory

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Each of us experiences pain.  Though time really does help to heal wounds, nothing can erase our memories.  In this four-session DVD study, we learn about the healing power of memory and how to use past goodnesses and graces from God to close old wounds.  Sessions:  1) The gates of pain (12 min.);  2) A crazy, holy grace (14 min.);  3) The magical room of memory (11 min.);  The struggle and hope of memory (13 min.).  Includes leader's guide, participant guide, and paperback book. CLOSED CAPTIONED.

Church of the Small Things

Making a Difference Right Where You Are 

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In this six-session DVD study, Melanie Shankle offers women the opportunity to embrace what it means to live an abundant and meaningful life by finding beauty and laughter in all the small things right beneath the surface of every moment of your life.  Sessions:  1) Being faithful in the small things (17 min.);  2) Created for a reason (20 min.);  3) A word fitly spoken (21 min.);  4) Broken pieces (15 min.);  5) Investing in friendships (18 min.);  6) Bigger than you imagine (18 min.).  Includes guide.

Anxious to Talk About It  

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Pastor and professor Carolyn Helsel draws on her successful experiences with white congregations to offer us tools to embrace and explore anxious feelings and more faithfully engage crucial conversations.  Chapters:  The way we think about race;  Feeling white;  Mapping racial identity development;  Listening to different stories about race;  Expressing gratitude;  Spiritual practices for race talk.  Includes bibliography.  Includes discussion questions.


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Not just for parents, this book is also for teachers and others who have young people in their lives.  Chapters:  Good parents, hard conversations;  From color-blindness to race-conscious parenting;  Where do I start?;  What does a 'healthy' white kid look like?;  Do we have to call it racism?;  Our bodies in racial scripts;  Diversity is confusing!;  What does resistance look like?;  A just racial future.  Includes bibliography.

I'd Like You More If You Were More Like Me 

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In this six-session DVD study, John Ortberg shares how to connect on a deeper level with the people God has placed in your life as you grow closer to the One who made you for relationships.  Sessions:  1) Around the table (5 min.);  2) Created for connection (7 min.);  3) Compassion and commitment (5 min.);  4) Walls and cracks (8 min.);  5) Wounds and healing (5 min.);  6) Real and close (6 min.).  Includes leader guide and member guide.