Augsburg Fortress

They Don't Come with Instructions: Cries, Wisdom, and Hope for Parenting Children with Developmental Challenges

Hollie M. Holt-Woehl offers insights for the journey with a developmentally challenged child. As the mother of a son with an autism diagnosis, she also offers ways to keep hope.

The book focuses on the challenges of parenting children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD), and/or Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS).

Readers who seek to understand what it is like to live with a developmentally challenged child will appreciate Holt-Woehl's down-to-earth and compassionate approach.

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40-Day Journey with Martin Luther

Drawing from Luther’s Small Catechism, his Large Catechism, and other sources, editor Gracia Grindal here selects forty inspiring passages that raise profound truths...

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More Dog Psalms: Prayers My Dogs Have Taught Me

Inspired by Brokering's observations of dogs, each of these whimsical, playful psalm-meditations is filled with tender wisdom and expresses what dogs can teach...

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Journeying through Lent with Mark: Daily Meditations

A Christ-centered guide to the Gospel of Mark for daily devotion and group study during Lent. Lent is traditionally a time to reflect on the life, death, and...

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Little Prayer Book, 1522 and A Simple Way to Pray, 1535: The Annotated Luther Study Edition

This volume provides two of Martin Luther’s most significant writings on prayer. In Little Prayer Book, 1522, Luther seeks to reform the theology and practice...

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40-Day Journey with Kathleen Norris

Each of the forty chapters includes a selected writing from her work along with one or more scripture selections from the Bible.

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God's Word for Today: A Daily Devotional for the Whole Year

Here are classic devotions, based on the Bible, for every day of the year, with ten devotions for special days and church festivals. Each meditation brings...

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Stretch and Pray, DVD

While on a pilgrimage trek through Thailand, Finck discovered the benefits of daily stretching and quiet prayer. On the physical level, after only one week, the...

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Sexuality and Holy Longing, 2nd Edition: Embracing Intimacy in a Beautiful, Broken World

In this newly revised edition of Sexuality and Holy Longing, author Lisa Graham McMinn beautifully describes how people are created by God for relationship, and our sexuality guarantees that we will long for and be drawn toward others. McMinn provides a blueprint for understanding sexuality--and our longing to be loved--at all stages of life (childhood, teen years, early adulthood, midlife, and old age).

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This Risen Existence: The Spirit of Easter

Although Easter is the most significant event in the Christian year, we rarely take time to explore what it means in detail. Best-selling author, Paula Gooder, leads us on a biblical exploration of the resurrection through seven weeks of reflection.

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Martin Luther's Table Talk

In this volume, editor Henry F. French has carefully chosen some of the best of Luther's conversations with many guests who frequented the dinner table in the home of Martin and Katie Luther. Those who read this book will join the conversation with Luther and friends around the dinner table as they wrestle with important questions of the day. Pull up a chair and join the circle.

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I Can Do No Other: The Church's New Here We Stand Moment

Author Anna M. Madsen's book is a fresh and challenging look at the legacy of Martin Luther and the new reformation that is calling people of faith to action today. She makes a compelling case that justice, anchored in justification, is our new Reformation moment, one not inconsistent with Luther's theology, but weighted differently to address the different weighty concerns of our day. A study guide is included to encourage group conversation and action.

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The Good Grief Devotional: 52 Weeks toward Hope

A wise, honest companion for the journey through grief

The Good Grief Devotional offers wise, honest companionship to those who struggle with the death of a loved one, a divorce, the loss of a job, or another major life transition.

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40-Day Journey with Joan Chittister

The 40-Day Journey with Joan Chittister introduces Joan Chittister, a Benedictine nun who lives in Erie, Pennsylvania and is best known for her spiritual...

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Limping But Blessed: Wrestling with God after the Death of a Child

After the unexpected, accidental death of his three-year-old son, Jason Jones went on a long, painful journey to make sense of how God could have...

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40-Day Journey with Howard Thurman

Howard Thurman was an influential American author, philosopher, theologian, educator, and civil rights leader. Strongly influenced by his grandmother, a former...

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Bible Readings for Caregivers

Offers strength and encouragement from the Bible for family, lay visitors, nurses, doctors, social workers, clergy, and volunteers.

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Jesus Is Enough: Love, Hope, and Comfort in the Storms of Life

When stormy trials hit us, our recollection of Jesus' faithfulness can fade as worry, anger, jealousy, fear, sickness, stress, and unforgiveness threaten to rob...

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When Your Spouse Dies

The death of a spouse can create emotional, spiritual, and financial chaos for the one left behind. It is a journey through grief no one wishes to make. In...

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When You Are Depressed

Depression comes in many forms and can affect virtually anyone. It can separate you from God, alienate your friends and family, and make you feel like a...

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