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Publisher's pride: Books on bestseller lists - Since Sinai (Gonyou)

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  Today's Publisher's Pride is  Since Sinai  by Shannon Gonyou, which reached #85 in biographies of Judaism.  Since Sinai  has appeared in Amazon best-selling categories nearly every week since its release. Book Description: Raised in a heavily Catholic suburb of Detroit, Michigan, Shannon grew up focusing on two things: how to do enough good deeds to get into heaven and how to stay pure enough to escape hell. In college, she followed many of her peers into an Evangelical church known for guitars, drum, religious-based shame, and the idea that without Jesus she was nothing. But when she encountered Judaism on that same campus, a spark ignited within her and refused to be put out. Judaism felt obvious, familiar. After a falling out with her biological mother and two miscarriages, she found the courage to send the most important email of her life: she asked the local Jews by Choice program to accept her as a student. Honest and unflinching, Shannon's story of comi...
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Why do people turn away from God?

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  Why Do People Turn Away from God? 1. The Question Why do people turn away from God? Not as a judgment. Not as a failure. But as a real, human experience — one that deserves compassion and reflection. 2. The Human Angle You see someone who used to pray, now silent. You hear someone say, “I tried — it didn’t work.” You feel your own heart grow distant, dry, uncertain. And you wonder: What happened? Where did the connection go? Was it ever real? 3. The Inquiry People turn away from God for many reasons — and most of them are tender. Suffering : Pain makes us question everything. If God is good, why this? Disillusionment : Institutions fail. Leaders disappoint. Faith feels like a lie. Unanswered questions : Doubts grow. Silence stretches. Certainty crumbles. Spiritual dryness : The practices stop working. The presence feels absent. Busyness : Life gets loud. God gets crowded out. Shame : We feel unworthy, so we hide. Autonomy : We want control. God feels intrusive. Conv...
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Publisher's Pride: Books on Bestseller Lists - Learning to Feel (Girrell)

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  Recently,  Learning to Feel  (Girrell), reached #214 on the Amazon bestseller list of psychologist biographies. Book Description:  Learning to Feel, Second Edition,  teaches readers how to gain choice and authority over their emotional states. Feelings and emotions are reactions to the deeply held beliefs and experiences of our lives. In order to become fully emotionally intelligent - that is, to be able to know what is yours, what comes from the others, and how best to respond to those others - we must connect first to those core experiences and often re-interpret the meaning they have held for us.  Learning to Feel  is such a journey, intended to be a set of trail blazes for anyone who wishes to up their game in the realm of emotional intelligence. (Edition 1 was selected for the Independent Press Distinguished Favorite Award and a Literary Titan gold award.) First Edition Book Awards Literary Titan Gold Award Independent Press Award Distinguished ...
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