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Before time began, God spoke a destiny of unimaginable goodness over you. And no matter how far off-track you are, no matter how alone, anxious, hopeless, or exhausted you feel, his Word will bring about the future he formed for you at the foundations of the earth. Because his Word never fails.
Showing how nothing in life is a coincidence, prodigal-turned-prophet Sophia Ruffin Wilson renews your expectancy in God's miraculous goodness—and his unwavering commitment to bring you to a hope-filled future. Relatable, inspiring, and full of Spirit-filled energy and wisdom, Sophia uses biblical teaching, activations, and personal stories to help you
● discover the ancient word spoken over you
● endure your current season to be ushered into your next
● activate his presence and divine assistance
● experience his unimaginable goodness no matter what you face
We may not always follow God's pattern for us, but he has a divine plan to put us back on track toward our preordained destiny. It will be God who blesses, or it will be God who redirects. Either way, you will arrive at his best for his glory.
In How to Lose the Hounds Celeste Winston explores marronage—the practice of flight from and placemaking beyond slavery—as a guide to police abolition. She examines historically Black maroon communities in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, that have been subjected to violent excesses of police power from slavery until the present day. Tracing the long and ongoing historical geography of Black freedom struggles in the face of anti-Black police violence in these communities, Winston shows how marronage provides critical lessons for reimagining public safety and community well-being. These freedom struggles take place in what Winston calls maroon geographies—sites of flight from slavery and the spaces of freedom produced in multigenerational Black communities. Maroon geographies constitute part of a Black placemaking tradition that asserts life-affirming forms of community. Winston contends that maroon geographies operate as a central method of Black flight, holding ground, and constructing places of freedom in ways that imagine and plan a world beyond policing.
'One of the penalties of an ecological education,' wrote Aldo Leopold, 'is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.' As climate change and other environmental degradations become more evident, experts predict that an increasing number of people will suffer emotional and psychological distress as a result. Many are feeling these effects already. In the pages of Solastalgia, they will find a source of companionship, inspiration, and advice.
The concept of solastalgia comes from the Australian philosopher Glenn Albrecht, who describes it as 'the homesickness we feel while still at home.' It’s the pain and longing we feel as we realize the world immediately around us is changing, with our love for that world serving as a catalyst for action on its behalf.
This powerful anthology brings together thirty-four writers—educators, journalists, poets, and scientists—to share their emotions in the face of environmental crisis. They share their solastalgia, their beloved places, their vulnerability, their stories, their vision of what we can create.
In Feminism in the Wild, Ambika Kamath and Melina Packer reveal how scientists studying animal behavior have long projected human norms and values onto animals while seeking to understand them. When scientific studies conclude that these norms and values are natural in animals, it makes it easier to think of them as natural in humans too. And because scientists, historically and to this day, largely belong to elite, powerful segments of society, the norms and values embedded into animal behavior science match those of the already powerful. How can animal behavior science escape this trap of naturalizing dominant culture?
Drawing from decades of feminist, antiracist, queer, disability justice, and Marxist contributions—including those of biologists—Kamath and Packer break down persistent assumptions in the status quo of animal behavior science and offer a multitude of alternative approaches. Core concepts in animal behavior science and evolutionary biology are carefully contextualized and critically reexamined. This unique collaboration between an animal behavior scientist and a feminist science studies scholar is an illuminating and hopeful book for anyone who is curious about how animals behave, and anyone who wants to break free from scientific approaches that perpetuate systems of oppression.
In A Matter of Complexion, Tess Chakkalakal gives listeners the first comprehensive biography of Charles W. Chesnutt. A complex and talented man, Chesnutt was born in 1858 in Cleveland to parents who were considered 'mixed race.' Though light-skinned, Chesnutt remained a member of the black community throughout his life. He studied among students at the State Colored Normal School who were formerly enslaved. He became a teacher in rural North Carolina during Reconstruction. His life in the South of those years, the issue of race, and how he himself identified as Black informed much of his later writing. He went on to become the first Black writer whose stories appeared in The Atlantic Monthly and whose books were published by Houghton Mifflin.
Through his literary work, as a writer, critic, and speaker, Chesnutt transformed the publishing world by crossing racial barriers that divided black writers from white and seamlessly including both Black and white characters in his writing. In A Matter of Complexion Chakkalakal pens the biography of a poor teacher raised in rural North Carolina during Reconstruction who became the first professional African American writer to break into the all-white literary establishment and win admirers as diverse as William Dean Howells, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells, and Lorraine Hansberry.
Multiracial identity brings both gifts and challenges—for kids and their parents.
Beyond questions about skin tone and other physical characteristics, children may wonder where they fit in the world and why people treat them differently. Parents may find themselves ill-equipped for situations they never faced in their own childhoods. What about the Children? deftly provides families formed by interracial marriage or transracial adoption with the guidance and tools they need to help their children embrace, celebrate, and confidently navigate all parts of their heritage.
Author Nicole Doyley shares the challenges of growing up biracial without much guidance for navigating her Black and white worlds as well as the intentionality with which she and her Jamaican husband raise their children. Drawing on a wealth of personal anecdotes, expert insights, and practical advice, she illuminates five core values to help multiracial families thrive. From raising one's own awareness of cultural differences to humbly seeking a diverse community of support to honestly preparing children for specific aspects of racism, What about the Children? covers both the basics and nuances of raising children with a sense of pride in their heritage and a strong, resilient sense of self.
Picture this: You're at a group dinner scanning the pricey menu in dread, knowing you have food at home. When it comes time to pay, your friend proclaims, 'We should split the check!' So you hand over your card, praying it's not declined, while internally screaming, But I only got water!
If that sounds all too familiar, you're not alone. Coined the 'feel-good financial therapist,' Aja Evans can relate—and she wants to help. Feel-Good Finance peels away the layers of niceties that hinder our ability to get real and talk about money.
Evans equips listeners with an accessible, researched-based route to financial empowerment. In this book, she will uplift you to understand your unique relationship with money; learn the six most common financial attitudes—and the psychological basis behind them; build generational wealth; and let go of financial beliefs that no longer serve you.
Your mindset about money is more important than ever before, especially for women and people of color. Feel-Good Finance will prepare you to rewrite your wealth narrative, help you heal your relationship with money once and for all, and attain the financial freedom you deserve.
In a culture that values productivity as a sign of success, many professionals are on the verge of burnout, pushed—sometimes unconsciously and other times overtly—to keep working, keep producing, and keep reaching new heights at an unsustainable pace, often at the expense of their physical and mental well-being. In The Rest Revolution, executive and personal branding coach Amanda Miller Littlejohn shows listeners how to restore themselves after burnout, and navigate the rigors of competitive work without sacrificing self.
Inspired by Littlejohn's experience as an executive coach to high achievers, The Rest Revolution explores topics such as the modern causes of exhaustion; how personal achievement, social conditioning, and systemic barriers pose threats to rest; how to use self-discovery to create your personalized plan to combat burnout; balancing achievement with self-care and wellness; and much more.
Creative, prescriptive, and insightful with everything you need to reshape your approach to work and rest, The Rest Revolution is a deep dive into the causes of burnout, and an essential listen for everyone looking to rise above workaholism while still achieving great heights in work, business, and life.
Breaking up can be a gut-wrenching ordeal. Whether the breakup was expected or not, you've been on an emotional roller coaster that's probably left you with lots of questions. Rest assured that you're not alone, there's nothing wrong with you, and, most importantly, things will get better.
Written just for teens, The Teen Breakup Survival Guide will gently walk you through all stages of a breakup and offers evidence-based skills from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and neuroscience to help you move forward with your life. You'll learn nine key skills to help you balance emotions, supercharge self-compassion, reframe negative thinking, and improve communication.
You'll also find tips and tools for improving your self-esteem. You'll explore relationship 'red flags,' and discover what you need to feel emotionally safe. By learning to communicate effectively and assertively, you'll be better equipped to establish healthy boundaries and build meaningful relationships.
If you're reeling from a breakup and looking for a way to ease the pain and uncertainty you're feeling, let this guide lead the way to a place of self-love, understanding, and acceptance.
Sandra Lindsay immigrated to the United States from Jamaica in 1986 with ambitions of becoming a nurse and living the American Dream. In December 2020, she became the first person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and was subsequently honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In First in Line Lindsay lays out her triumphs and setbacks as a single mother and working student who overcomes barriers. Her beginnings as a four-dollar-an-hour grocery store worker fortified her with the resilience to persevere over decades to become an executive at a globally recognized nationally known healthcare system.
Lindsay recounts working through the darkest months of the COVID-19 crisis in 2020. The suffering and losses she witnessed ignited Lindsay's passion for seeing an end to inequities in healthcare.
First in Line tackles a variety of issues: bias and inequity in healthcare; chronic disease in marginalized communities; maternal, infant, and Black and Brown women's health; and mental health. While Lindsay continues to beat the drum for vaccination as COVID-19 continues to impact our lives, she advocates for improved, equitable healthcare for all people who live on the margins.
We live in a loud, loud world.
Whether it's the criticism of others, the clamor of injustice, or the voice of anxiety from within, we are constantly being bombarded with noise.
So what does it mean to find peace in the midst of all the noise? Is there a way to acknowledge the struggles we face and learn how to manage the stressors and voices that trigger us while believing in the promises and goodness of God?
Jamie Grace has lived in the middle of noise for most of her life. Many know her as a singer with radio hits who has spent the last decade on stages and in front of the camera, but behind the scenes, she has struggled with Tourette Syndrome, ADHD, and an anxiety disorder for most of her life. But in the middle of both inner and outer noise, Jamie has learned how to manage the negative effects of her diagnoses, make the most of her strengths, and lean into the journey God has led her on.
A journey of Finding Quiet.
American Astronautical Society Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award
As NASA prepared for the launch of Apollo 11 in July 1969, many African American leaders protested the billions of dollars used to fund 'space joyrides' rather than help tackle poverty, inequality, and discrimination at home. This volume examines such tensions as well as the ways in which NASA's goal of space exploration aligned with the cause of racial equality. It provides new insights into the complex relationship between the space program and the civil rights movement in the Jim Crow South and abroad.
Essays explore how thousands of jobs created during the space race offered new opportunities for minorities in places like Huntsville, Alabama, while at the same time segregation at NASA's satellite tracking station in South Africa led to that facility's closure. Other topics include black skepticism toward NASA's framing of space exploration as 'for the benefit of all mankind,' NASA's track record in hiring women and minorities, and the efforts of black activists to increase minority access to education that would lead to greater participation in the space program. The volume also addresses how to best find and preserve archival evidence of African American contributions that are missing from narratives of space exploration.
