Spiritual Freedom

When gold stars, highlight reels, and seeking approval from strangers are not enough, Mary Marantz assures you that you're already worthy and gives you permission to stop running. In this powerful, life-giving devotional, she shows you how to move from achieving, striving, and performing for your worth to the grace, freedom, and purpose that come from knowing that your identity and calling are determined by God. You are not in a race with anyone. Good things take time. And slow growth equals strong roots.

In a world filled with constant noise, endless distractions, and overwhelming clutter, Decluttering Your Home offers a transformative approach to simplifying your life—both physically and spiritually. Rooted in timeless Christian principles, this heartfelt guide goes beyond organizing your space; it invites you to let go of the burdens that weigh down your heart and home, creating room for peace, purpose, and a deeper connection with God.

Explore life-changing biblical insights about sin, confession, forgiveness, and reconciliation. Freedom and Forgiveness outlines God's true nature, explores spiritual graces, and promotes spiritual healing found in the sacrament of Reconciliation.

A social activist, journalist, public theologian, and international speaker who has become a powerful and brilliant voice of her generation offers a bold path to liberation and healing for people of African descent struggling in the shadows of the American Dream.

A deep connection with God is not only possible, but vital to a vibrant life. And this powerful, forty-day devotional will help you enjoy the deeper life with God that you long for. With Closer to God, written by Bible teacher Jeannie Cunnion, you will be equipped to remove the barriers to experiencing God in your daily life; enjoy the life-altering benefits of His tangible presence, or "withness"; and live Spirit-strong in a profoundly new way.

Sometimes life smacks us upside the head while we are looking the other way. We get knocked down and struggle to get back up. But your past struggles do not determine your future. Using the pain of her past, Nicole Crank walks you through the hurdles meant to keep you down, which will, in turn, bring you closer to God. I Will Thrive gives you the courage to look at your past and be able to declare freedom from fear—allowing a daring spirit to rise up in those who have forgotten how to be brave.

Drawing from real-life struggles, biblical truth, and decades of experience walking alongside people on their journey to healing, Pastor John Bowman delivers a transformational guide to inner wholeness. Whether you're battling addiction, weighed down by anxiety, or stuck in a cycle of shame and regret, this book offers a path forward—one paved by grace, guided by truth, and sustained by the power of God’s presence.

With grace and warmth, author Robia Scott shows how true healing and lasting satisfaction can be found only as we learn to transfer our dependence from counterfeit comforts onto our one true Comforter: the Holy Spirit. Drawing from the experience of battling her own counterfeits—primarily her tumultuous relationship with food and obsession with dieting, weight, and body image—Robia leads you step by step through the process of transformation.

Christians begin their first steps in Christ at the moment of conversion. From that moment on, they have access to freedoms that weren't possible prior. But every disciple must understand those freedoms and learn how to walk in them, which requires practice. In First Freedoms, Jennifer Barnett unpacks many "first freedoms" that Christians own but often don't fully integrate into their relationship with God and explains how to foster freedoms such as cultivating a powerful prayer life, abiding fully in God's presence, healing emotional scars, battling the schemes of the enemy, and many others.

For the modern Christian woman living in today's sexually charged society, embracing God's design for sex and purity can often feel like an impossible pursuit. As the culture seeks to normalize things such as pornography, erotica, and casual sex, both single and married women of all ages feel immense pressure to conform. With alluring temptations constantly inviting them to join in, they might even begin to question whether God's design is truly good.

In straightforward, easy to understand teaching, Eddie Smith takes you through a step-by-step process that will help set you free from the wounds and hurts of the past, including unforgiveness, sinful habits, occult activity, and self-condemnation. In a style of the author's bestselling book Spiritual Housecleaning, you'll discover how to identify areas of bondage; break contracts with the enemy; cleanse and close the wound, and much more.

Journey to Freedom is a 36-day contemplative journey to help you understand your personal story and inner life more fully and compassionately. It will guide you through the stages needed for internal transformation, and allow you to find your own path toward emotional, spiritual and physical well-being.

I have decided to write this book in order to provide inspiration and information to others currently struggling with mental illness, and to their families and loved ones. It is my personal story. I pray any encouragement that I received and have shared in this book will be received by faith by everyone who listens to this book. My heart in writing this book was to encourage and offer hope to those who listen my story.

The remarkable true story of the miraculous journey that made the Dalai Lama into the man he is today and sparked the fight for Tibetan freedom. In the early weeks of 1959, a bloody uprising gripped the streets of the Tibetan capital of Lhasa as ragtag Tibetan rebels faced off against their Communist Chinese occupiers. Realizing that the impending battle would result in a bloodbath and his own capture, the young Dalai Lama began planning an audacious escape to India, a two-week journey.

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was not trying to start a movement. She was simply tired of the social injustice. Yet her simple act of courage started a chain of events that forever shaped the landscape of American race relations. Now, decades after her quiet defiance inspired the modern civil rights movement, Mrs. Parks' own words tell of her courageous life, her passion for freedom and equality, and her strong faith.

Each of us has a story and has experienced hurt in some area of our lives. Whether in childhood, adolescence or adulthood, we all have experienced pain and disappointment. If not dealt with, these wounds begin to impact our everyday life at a crippling rate. We live bound by fear, insecurities, anger and jealousy; often chalking it up as “normal.” Yet, in reality, we are being held captive by what others have done to us. We desire freedom from our pasts and our pain yet struggle with how to attain it; we wonder if it is even possible.

Rev. Michael Rossmann, SJ, offers a practical plan for developing emotional courage, increasing focus, and learning to say no to what depletes you and yes to what gives you meaning, vitality, and joy.

The Freedom of Forgiveness is a powerful principle that releases a believer’s life from the snares of bitterness, rebellion, and shame. Shame is one of the most debilitating operations in believer’s lives today, and is one source of most Christian inconsistencies. Bitterness ends up destroying the container that holds it. Rebellion gives Satan the advantage in our lives and hinders our prayers and faith.

Every day is a gift, given to us so we can give to others. We impact other lives by first forging a path for success in our own lives. With our daily words and actions, we need to be the best version of ourselves so we can leave a legacy that touches other lives. Take steps to live a more intentional life. Surround yourself with excellent individuals who will help you grow and hold you accountable each day.

In Gullah Spirituals musicologist Eric Crawford traces Gullah Geechee songs from their beginnings in West Africa to their height as songs for social change and Black identity in the 20th-century American South. While much has been done to study, preserve, and interpret Gullah culture in the Low Country and sea islands of South Carolina and Georgia, some traditions like the shouting and rowing songs have been all but forgotten.