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10 greatest gifts I give my children, The parenting from the heart	Vannoy, Steven W.
365 ways to love your child Krueger	Caryl Waller, 1929-
9 Highland Road	Winerip, Michael

Abortion--my choice, God's grace Christian women tell their stories	Eggebroten, Anne Marie.
Acting on your faith congregations making a difference : a guide to success in service and social action	Claman, Victor N., 1937-
Addiction pastoral responses	Dann, Bucky, 1951-
Addiction pastoral responses	Dann, Bucky, 1951-
Addiction and grace	May, Gerald G.
Addiction and grace	May, Gerald G.
Addiction and spirituality a multidisciplinary approach	Morgan, Oliver J.
Addictions a banquet in the grave : finding hope in the power of the Gospel	Welch, Edward T., 1953-
Adolescents in crisis a guidebook for parents, teachers, ministers, and counselors	Rowatt, Wade.
adventure in healing & wholeness, An the healing ministry of Christ in the church today	Wagner, James K.
African women three generations	Mathabane, Mark.
Agents of hope a pastoral psychology	Capps, Donald.
Aging and God spiritual pathways to mental health in midlife and later years	Koenig, Harold George.
aging brain, The	Whalley, Lawrence J.
Aging gracefully a practical guide to facing the challenges of growing old	Matzke, Frederick A.
Aging with grace what the nun study teaches us about leading longer, healthier, and more meaningful lives	Snowdon, David.
Alcohol the worlds favorite drug.	Edwards, Griffith.
Alcohol and substance abuse a handbook for clergy and congregations	Apthorp, Stephen P.
All will be well a gathering of healing prayers	Klug, Lyn.
Amazing grace a vocabulary of faith	Norris, Kathleen, 1947-
Amongst ourselves a self help guide to living with dissociative identity disorder	Alderman, Tracy.
Anchoring your well being a guide for congregational leaders : how to enable your church to become a whole-person C	Clinebell, Howard John, 1922-
Anchoring your well being Christian wholeness in a fractured world	Clinebell, Howard John, 1922-
And marries another divorce and remarriage in the teaching of the New Testament	Keener, Craig S., 1960-
Andrew, you died too soon a family experience of grieving and living again	Chilstrom, Corinne, 1931-
Anger the misunderstood emotion	Tavris, Carol.
anger workbook, The	Carter, Les.
angry Christian, The a theology for care and counseling	Lester, Andrew D.
anxiety & phobia workbook, The	Bourne, Edmund J.
anxiety cure, The you can find emotional tranquillity and wholeness	Hart, Archibald D.
art of forgiving, The when you need to forgive and don't know how	Smedes, Lewis B.
art of loving, The	Fromm, Erich, 1900-
Ashes transformed healing from trauma : 43 stories of faith	Norberg, Tilda.
Ask and you shall receive a fundraising training program for religious organizations and projects : leader manual	Klein, Kim.
Ask and you shall receive a fundraising training program for religious organizations and projects : participant manu	Klein, Kim.
Availability the spiritual joy of helping others	Wicks, Robert J.
awakened heart, The opening yourself to the love you need	May, Gerald G.
Awakening the heart East	Welwood, John, 1943-

Basic principles of policy governance	Carver, John.
Battered but not broken help for abused wives and their church families	Gaddis, Patricia Riddle.
Battered woman, The	Walker, Lenore E.
Battered woman, The	Walker, Lenore E.
Be still designing and leading contemplative retreats	Vennard, Jane E. (Jane Elizabeth), 1940-
beast, The a journey through depression	Thompson, Tracy.
Beating the blues new approaches to overcoming dysthymia and chronic mild depression	Thase, Michael E.
beautiful mind, A a biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1994	Nasar, Sylvia.
Becoming a community of salt and light formation for parish social ministry	Heins, Peggy Prevoznik.
Becoming stress-resistant through the Project SMART program	Flannery, Raymond B.
Being church, becoming community	Buchanan, John M., 1938-
Belonging	Gaede, S. D.
Belonging bonds of healing and recovery	Linn, Dennis.
Between the heartbeats poetry & prose by nurses	Davis, Cortney, 1945-
Between vengeance and forgiveness facing history after genocide and mass violence	Minow, Martha, 1954-
Beyond codependency and getting better all the time	Beattie, Melody.
Beyond retribution a New Testament vision for justice, crime, and punishment	Marshall, Christopher D.
Beyond the white noise mission in a multicultural world	Montgomery-Fate, Tom.
Big book unplugged a young person's guide to Alcoholics Anonymous	R., John.
Bipolar disorder a guide for patients and families	Mondimore, Francis Mark, 1953-
bipolar disorder survival guide, The what you and your family need to know	Miklowitz, David Jay, 1957-
Black Elk the sacred ways of a Lakota	Black Elk, Wallace H.
Black family, The past, present & future : perspectives of sixteen Black Christian leaders	June, Lee N.
Black fathers a call for healing	Taylor, Kristin Clark.
Board assessment of the CEO	Carver, John.
Board members as fund-raisers, advisers, and lobbyists	Carver, John.
Board self-assessment	Carver, John.
Body and soul rethinking sexuality as justice-love	Ellison, Marvin Mahan.
body image workbook, The an 8-step program for learning to like your looks	Cash, Thomas F.
Boundaries when to say yes, when to say no to take control of your life	Cloud, Henry.
Bowling alone the collapse and revival of American community	Putnam, Robert D.
boy who couldn't stop washing, The the experience & treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder	Rapoport, Judith L., 1933-
Boys will be boys breaking the link between masculinity and violence	Miedzian, Myriam.
Brave new brain conquering mental illness in the era of the genome	Andreasen, Nancy C.
Breaking free a recovery workbook for facing codependence	Mellody, Pia.
Breaking the silence spiritual help when someone you love is mentally ill	Lazarus, Arnold A.
Breakthroughs in antipsychotic medications a guide for consumers, families, and clinicians	Weiden, Peter J.
brilliant madness, A living with manic-depressive illness	Duke, Patty, 1946-
Building effective boards for religious organizations a handbook for trustees, presidents, and church leaders	Hester, David C. (David Charles), 1944-
Bulimarexia the binge	Boskind-White, Marlene.
burden of sympathy, The how families cope with mental illness	Karp, David Allen, 1944-
But I didn't say goodbye for parents and professionals helping child suicide survivors	Rubel, Barbara.
By way of the heart toward a holistic Christian spirituality	Au, Wilkie, 1944-

cafecito story = El cuento del cafecito, A	Alvarez, Julia.
Call me Anna the autobiography of Patty Duke	Duke, Patty, 1946-
Called to account the story of one family's struggle to say no to abuse	Switzer, M'Liss.
candle at midnight, A keeping vigil as a path through depression	Heidish, Marcy.
cappella, A Mennonite voices in poetry	Hostetler, Ann Elizabeth.
Care of mind, care of spirit a psychiatrist explores spiritual direction	May, Gerald G.
Care of persons, care of worlds a psychosystems approach to pastoral care and counseling	Graham, Larry Kent.
Caring ministry a contemplative approach to pastoral care	Butler, Sarah A.
Celebrate What's Right with the World	Dewitt Jones
CEO role under policy governance, The	Carver, John.
chairperson's role as servant-leader to the board, The	Carver, John.
Change of heart the Bodhisattva Peace Training of Chagdud Tulku	Chagdud, Tulku, 1930-
Changes that heal how to understand your past to ensure a healthier future	Cloud, Henry.
Changing lenses a new focus for crime and justice	Zehr, Howard.
Child sexual abuse hope for healing	Hancock, Maxine.
Choices taking control of your life and making it matter	Beattie, Melody.
Choose peace & happiness a 52-week guide	Reeve, Susyn.
Choteau Creek a Sioux reminiscence	Dudley, Joseph Iron Eye, 1940-
Christian caregiving, a way of life	Haugk, Kenneth C., 1945-
Christian caregiving, a way of life. Leader's guide	Haugk, Kenneth C., 1945-
Christian meditation and inner healing	Judy, Dwight H.
Christian peacemaking from heritage to hope	Buttry, Daniel.
chronic pain control workbook, The a step-by step guide for coping with and overcoming pain	Catalano, Ellen Mohr.
Churches that make a difference reaching your community with good news and good works	Sider, Ronald J.
Clergy responses to suicidal persons and their family member an interfaith resource book for clergy and congregations	Clark, David C., 1949-
Clinican's guide to substance abuse	Smith, David E.
cloister walk, The	Norris, Kathleen, 1947-
Co-dependence misunderstood-mistreated	Schaef, Anne Wilson.
Codependent no more	Beattie, Melody.
Codependents' guide to the twelve steps	Beattie, Melody.
Collaboration uniting our gifts in ministry	Sofield, Loughlan.
collaboration challenge, The how nonprofits and businesses succeed through strategic alliances	Austin, James E.
Collaboration--what makes it work	Mattessich, Paul W.
collected poems, The	Plath, Sylvia.
colors of violence, The cultural identities, religion, and conflict	Kakar, Sudhir.
Community ministry new challenges, proven steps to faith-based initiatives	Dudley, Carl S., 1932-
Companions in hope the art of Christian caring	Wicks, Robert J.
Compassion fatigue coping with secondary traumatic stress disorder in those who treat the traumatized	Figley, Charles R., 1944-
Compassion, a reflection on the Christian life	McNeill, Donald P.
Compelled to control recovering intimacy in broken relationships	Miller, Keith.
Competency-based counseling building on client strengths	Thomas, Frank N.
complete guide to mental health for women, The	Slater, Lauren.
Congregation & community	Ammerman, Nancy Tatom, 1950-
Conquering the beast within how I fought depression and won-- and how you can, too	Irwin, Cait.
Controlling people how to recognize, understand, and deal with people who try to control you	Evans, Patricia.
Conversations with God an uncommon dialogue	Walsch, Neale Donald.
Cool cats, calm kids relaxation and stress management for young people	Williams, Mary L., 1944-
Coping with mental illness in the family a family guide	Hatfield, Agnes B.
Counseling for spiritually empowered wholeness a hope-centered approach	Clinebell, Howard John, 1922-
Counseling for the soul in distress what every religious counselor should know about emotional and mental illness	Roukema, Richard W.
Counseling troubled teens and their families a handbook for pastors and youth workers	Weaver, Andrew J., 1947-
courage to grieve, The	Tatelbaum, Judy.
courage to heal workbook, The for women and men survivors of child sexual abuse	Davis, Laura, 1956-
courage to heal, The a guide for women survivors of child sexual abuse : featuring Honoring the truth, a resp	Bass, Ellen.
Creating a mission that makes a difference	Carver, John.
Creative journal the art of finding yourself	Capacchione, Lucia.
Cries of the heart praying our losses	Simsic, Wayne.
Crisis counseling	Stone, Howard W.
Crisis counseling	Stone, Howard W.
Crisis experience in modern life theory and theology in pastoral care	Gerkin, Charles V., 1922-
crisis in the churches, The spiritual malaise, fiscal woe	Wuthnow, Robert.
Cultivating compassion a Buddhist perspective	Hopkins, Jeffrey.
Cultivating wholeness a guide to care and counseling in faith communities	Kornfeld, Margaret Zipse.
Cutting loose an adult guide to coming to terms with your parents	Halpern, Howard Marvin, 1929-

dance of anger, The a woman's guide to changing the patterns of intimate relationships	Lerner, Harriet Goldhor.
dance of connection, The how to talk to someone when you're mad, hurt, scared, frustrated, insulted, betrayed, or	Lerner, Harriet Goldhor.
dance of deception, The pretending and truth-telling in women's lives	Lerner, Harriet Goldhor.
dance of intimacy, The a woman's guide to courageous acts of change in key relationships	Lerner, Harriet Goldhor.
Darkness visible a memoir of madness	Styron, William, 1925-
day the voices stopped, The a schizophrenic's journey from madness to hope	Steele, Ken, 1948-2000.
Day to day spiritual help when someone you love has Alzheimer's	Murphey, Cecil B.
Dealing with depression five pastoral interventions	Dayringer, Richard.
Deliberate acts of kindness service as a spiritual practice	Gould, Meredith, 1951-
Depression and hope new insights for pastoral counseling	Stone, Howard W.
Depression and the integrated life a Christian understanding of sadness and inner suffering	Berg, Richard F.
depression workbook, The a guide for living with depression and manic depression	Copeland, Mary Ellen.
Desert hearts and healing fountains gaining pastoral vocational clarity	Hunter, Victor L., 1942-
Destination joy moving beyond fear, loss, and trauma in recovery	Larsen, Earnest.
Diagnosis Schizophrenia: a comprehensive resource for patients, families, and helping professionals	Miller, Rachel, M.S.W.
disabled God, The toward a liberatory theology of disability	Eiesland, Nancy L., 1964-
Disappointment with God three questions no one asks aloud	Yancey, Philip.
Discipline & recovery 100 meditations for persons in recovery	Crowell, Bill, 1958-
Discovering hope building vitality in rural congregations	Poling-Goldenne, David.
Diseasing of America how we allowed recovery zealots and the treatment industry to convince us we are out of c	Peele, Stanton.
Does stress damage the brain? understanding trauma-related disorders from a mind-body perspective	Bremner, J. Douglas, 1961-
Doing justice congregations and community organizing	Jacobsen, Dennis A., 1947-
Doing life reflections of men and women serving life sentences	Zehr, Howard.
Doing life reflections of men and women serving life sentences	Zehr, Howard.
Doing life reflections of men and women serving life sentences	Zehr, Howard.
Domestic violence what every pastor needs to know	Miles, Al, 1951-
Door of hope	Frank, Jan.
Down and out on the family farm rural rehabilitation in the Great Plains, 1929-1945	Grant, Michael Johnston, 1961-
drama of the gifted child, The the search for the true self	Miller, Alice.
drama within, The psychodrama and experiential therapy	Dayton, Tian.
Dual diagnosis counseling the mentally ill substance abuser	Evans, Katie.
Dying of embarrassment help for social anxiety & phobia	Markway, Barbara G.

Einstein never used flash cards how our children really learn--and why they need to play more and memorize less	Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy.
Embracing uncertainty breakthrough methods for achieving peace of mind when facing the unknown	Jeffers, Susan J.
emotionally abused woman, The	Engel, Beverly.
Empowering education critical teaching for social change	Shor, Ira, 1945-
Encountering the sacred in psychotherapy how to talk with people about their spiritual lives	Griffith, James L., 1950-
end to panic, An breakthrough techniques for overcoming panic disorder	Zuercher-White, Elke, 1945-
Energizing the congregation images that shape your church's ministry	Dudley, Carl S., 1932-
Engaging the powers discernment and resistance in a world of domination	Wink, Walter.
enigma of suicide, The	Colt, George Howe.
Enneagram spirituality from compulsion to contemplation	Zuercher, Suzanne.
Escape from intimacy the pseudo-relationship addictions : untangling the love addictions, sex, romance, rela	Schaef, Anne Wilson.
Escape routes for people who feel trapped in life's hells	Arnold, Johann Christoph, 1940-
essential Drucker, The selections from the management works of Peter F. Drucker.	Drucker, Peter Ferdinand, 1909-
Everyday Creativity	Dewitt Jones
everything stress management book, The practical ways to relax, be healthy, and maintain your sanity	Adamson, Eve.
Excellent Protestant congregations the guide to best places and practices	Wilkes, Paul, 1938-

Facing codependence what it is, where it comes from, how it sabotages our lives	Mellody, Pia.
Facing codependence what it is, where it comes from, how it sabotages our lives	Mellody, Pia.
Facing love addiction giving yourself the power to change the way you love : the love connection to codependenc	Mellody, Pia.
Faith and health psychological perspectives	Plante, Thomas G.
Falling apart avoiding, coping with & recovering from stress breakdown	Epstein, Michael, 1944-
Falling out of grace learning from life`s challenges	Somˆ, Sobonfu E.
family face of schizophrenia, The practical counsel from America's leading experts	Backlar, Patricia, 1932-
Family group conferences perspectives on policy & practice	Hudson, Joe.