Spirituality and Religion
November 2023

Recent Releases
We Need to Talk About Antisemitism
by Rabbi Diana Fersko

Rabbi Diana Fersko offers a sobering but essential guide to modern antisemitism, exploring topics such as the intersection of antisemitism with other forms of discrimination and calling for groups to seek solidarity with each other amidst their struggles for justice and equality.
The Worry-Free Parent: Living in Confidence So Your Kids Can Too
by Sissy Goff, LPC-MHSP

Sissy Goff, the director of child and adolescent counseling at Daystar Counseling Ministries and author of Raising Worry-Free Girls, offers sensible, research-based advice for fostering courage, joy, and confidence in kids despite the worries of the world.
Hard Is Not the Same Thing As Bad
by Abbie Halberstadt

M is for Mama author Abbie Halberstadt encourages readers to reexamine their understanding of difficulty as a concept, specifically related to parenting and how her faith has helped her learn to treat tough situations as opportunities to practice patience and empathy, and to seek the humor in the moments of absurdity that can come with child rearing.
The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft
by Diana Helmuth

In this engaging and thought-provoking memoir, organized religion skeptic Diana Helmuth dives head-first into the self-directed practice of contemporary witchcraft and reflects on her experiences, both profound and profoundly silly, and what her occult year taught her about herself. 
The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics...
by Kaitlyn Schiess

Based on scholarly research yet presented in an accessible, engaging way, The Ballot and the Bible examines the use of scripture in American politics during some of the nation's most formative eras, from the Revolution to the Civil Rights Movement to 9/11, and discusses the importance of not "plucking passages out of their context".
Remaining You While Raising Them: The Secret Art of Confident Motherhood
by Alli Worthington

With humor and candor, Fierce Faith and Standing Strong author Alli Worthington counters common messages of parental self-sacrifice by encouraging mothers to tend to their physical, mental, and spiritual well-being, for their own good and to reconnect with the joys of motherhood by reconnecting with the joys of their own lives.  
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