Kategoria BISAC: Humor >> Topic - Religion

When Eloise Aitken Farren says, in the introduction to this book of tales from her life, that her only aim is to bring a smile to your lips, you'd better believe her. If you make your way through these ninety tales, ranging from the first five years of her life to the latter years of her work and residence as a Franciscan Sister in her forties (stories of leaving the convent and marrying the love of her life are not part of this memoir), you most likely will have increased your well-being by laughing out loud many more times than you thought possible And it's not just the funny things...

The American South is home to some of the best music, cuisine, athletics, whiskey, and weather the country has to offer, but its reputation as a haven for its "right-wing, Bible-beatin', assault-rifle-totin'" citizens precedes it--and, according to the Liberal Rednecks, rightfully so. Yet, as they explain it, the situation in the South is far more complex than "hypocritical,...

Will Maudine ever stop being so bossy? Should Aunt Vera get a hearing aid for Christmas? Does Richard really miss his pink flamingo? Can John say anything other than uh-huh and huh-uh? Find the answers to these questions when you join Aunt Vera and her friends as they prepare for their Christmas pageants. Follow them as they find themselves in various situations involving lighthearted rivalry, mystery, and good-natured humor.

Will Maudine ever stop being so bossy? Should Aunt Vera get a hearing aid for Christmas? Does Richard really miss his pink flamingo? Can John say anything other than uh-huh and huh-uh? Find the answers to these questions when you join Aunt Vera and her friends as they prepare for their Christmas pageants. Follow them as they find themselves in various situations involving lighthearted rivalry, mystery, and good-natured humor.

After an intense religious seminar, Nancy Bauer-King became convinced she needed to kill herself to prove her love for God.

She was hospitalized and diagnosed psychotic. Her psychiatrist did not permit her to talk about God, Her church avoided discussing mental illness, and she started writing as therapy to find meaning in the void she experienced between tenets of religion and psychology. Madness to Ministry is her story of a breakdown followed by a breakthrough that helped restore her emotional balance...

What Does God's Word Say About the Tithe?

We know what people say:

• That the tithe was only for the time of the Law
• That since we are no longer under the Law but under grace, we no longer need to tithe
• That tithing is an archaic practice belonging to another age

And any other convenient excuse not to tithe

But what does God Himself have to say about this all-important subject?

Could it be that we are robbing ourselves of financial blessings by robbing God of the tithe?

These and other important questions are answered...