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BAUTISTA, Shane

Feb 16, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Addiction & Recovery, Memoir, Psychology \ Mental Health
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Resilience: A Story of Survival

Resilience a story of survival is a compelling memoir. Shane’s message of hope, recovery, and resilience.

With the odds stacked against kids that come from being ‘State Wards’ – drugs, becoming a teenage parent, living a life of crime, prison and even death; Shane got out and worked towards obtaining a higher education that leads to a career as a Mental Health Nurse.

Shane is his own success story.

About the Author

Shane Bautista is a gay male who lives in Melbourne, Australia. He currently works as a Registered Nurse and has a passion in helping others. As a child, Shane was made a ward of the state and placed in foster care at the age of seven years old. Shane suffers from mental health issues with depression and anxiety. Sharing his story of survival growing up in care and becoming a success story by defeating the odds and having the resilience to have overcome many diversities in his life. Shane is a first time author. Completing his debut non-fiction novel, has been Shane’s biggest achievement yet. Shane’s memoir ‘Resilience: a story of survival’ is raw, confronting and inspirational. 

WILBOW, Sarah

Feb 14, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Fiction \ Novel, New South Wales

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ISBN 978-1-922890-95-5
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The Skinny Spell

If you could click your fingers and be skinny, would you do it?

Evie Swan has a great life, an amazing job, a beautiful child, and a big problem: she is fat. Evie is desperate to lose weight, but every diet she’s tried has failed.

One day, Evie meets a mysterious stranger who gives her a magic mirror. The mirror is a portal to an alternate universe where Evie’s life is the same in every way except one. On the other side of the mirror, she has the skinny body of her dreams.

But the spell comes with conditions. Evie has three chances to use the mirror, and one choice to make. She must decide whether to be fat or to be thin.

The decision about which body to choose seems like a no-brainer. But Evie’s adventures through the mirror make her choice less straightforward than expected.

About the Author

Sarah Wilbow lives in Canberra, Australia, with her husband, two gorgeous children, and two beaglier dogs. Sarah is trained as a lawyer and works as a public servant. Her long-held ambition to write a novel floated to the surface during the COVID-19 pandemic, when she suddenly had a bit more time on her hands. During the writing of this book, Sarah lost 35kg (77lbs) by fasting every day. She has a big collection of fancy dresses she can now actually wear.

FENNING, Yvette

Feb 1, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Animals \ Pets Non-fiction, Australian, Design

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ISBN 978-1-922957-11-5
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Waggable Tales

Chronicles of our companions

Have you ever been in search of comfort or a smile and found it in the welcoming wag of your dog’s tail, or the gentle rub of your cat against your leg?

Pet owners know there is nothing more heart-warming than the love and connections we share with our pets.

Waggable Tales honours our closest companions with this collection of images and short tales, delivering the reader with one warm smile per page.

Yvette Fenning and Cosima

 

 

PHILPOTT, Garry

Feb 1, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Alternative Spirituality, Australian, Christian, Hill of Grace, Philosophy, Victoria

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ISBN 978-1-922890-30-6
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Saint Francis way Boot Camp

Inspirations for healing the chaos of our world

Make way for very-secret Aussie agents, Gaz and Anna, on a fun-filled adventure to find hope!

Come join the intrepid duo as they confront the evil agents of climate change, war, Covid, cancer and death, armed only with the chocolate box of life and faith in the Great Chocolatier!

Will we find answers to defeat the chaos of our world on a true story boot camp in Tuscany and Umbria, Italy via Manly and Melbourne, Australia?

Join the quest to discover chocolate-coated jewels of inspiration in the life-affirming footsteps of Saint Francis!

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About the Author

Garry Philpott was born in Manly, Australia, and now lives in Melbourne, where he was a partner at one of Melbourne’s oldest law firms for over thirty years. This is his first published book.

STEVANOVIC, David

Jan 27, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Fiction \ Novel, Thriller Fiction, Western Australia

COMING SOON

Advance notice  – COUP is to be released early in 2023

Check back soon for details on how to get David Stevanovic’s latest release.

COMING SOON

ISBN 978-1-922890-51-1
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Coup

A must-read political thriller

Mark Chamberlain is set for life. He is a multi-billionaire who doesn’t have to work a day in his life. He can live in peace knowing he is one of the richest people in the world.

Until the military pays him a visit.

Mark is forced to give up his life of luxury for his country, running for leader of the free world to take down an elite cabal of politicians, actors and celebrities undertaking criminal practice.

Through the campaign, and ultimately his presidency, Mark learns where his true loyalties lie and if he’s not careful, it could cost him his life.

This epic political thriller is a labyrinth of corruption, sex, betrayal and overall good versus evil.

MATTHEWS, Phillip

Jan 10, 2023 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Christian, Hill of Grace, Western Australia

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ISBN 978-1-922890-97-9
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Storytelling

The disciple making path

CONNECTING YOUR STORY TO JESUS’ STORY

The disciple making path is influenced by three directional moves:

  1. Move from disconnect to connect: Share to Win — Then Connect
  2. Move from informing to preparing: Build to Move
  3. Move from accumulating to sending: Train to Send

As we walk along through the increasing features:

  • Increasing oneself, a follower of Christ
  • Increasing spiritually mature disciples for Christ
  • Increasing volunteers for service
  • Increasing seed sowers and harvest workers
  • Increasing leaders and one’s ministry
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Storytelling

Jesus’ Story

CONNECTING OUR STORY TO JESUS’ STORY

There is a great hope and belief that this devotional Bible Study Disciple Making Guide will equip church leaders, small groups and/or individuals with a fresh insight for Storytelling Jesus’ Story.

We all love to hear a great story and if speaking God’s Word is the only primary pursuit in sharing our faith in Jesus. One brilliant way of doing this is Storytelling Jesus’ Story, which others a better ending to everybody’s story.

The author’s YouTube video examples are listed in Appendix 2. He hopes you will find the creative inspiration to undertake your own videos as you retell Jesus’ stories, in his glorious name.

Each week the disciple making examples grow, which are listed in Appendix 4. Which ones would Jesus like you to place into your life.

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Storytelling

The Act of the Apostles

CONNECTING JESUS’ STORY TO YOUR STORY TO THEIR STORY

I hope this material will help you rethink about new opportunities to witness for Christ, and I dearly hope this would encourage you to video your storytelling. Video Storytelling is the best and greatest tool in our lifetime. It helps us to compel others towards Jesus, because today there really is a great need and hope for a reliable picture of what disciple making looks like through Storytelling the Acts of the Apostles.

A surprising concept that came out of these studies was the belief and worldview of the early church.  e belief and worldview of the early disciples and apostles not only shows us how to be a follower of Christ, but also shows us ways that profoundly maintain the gospel story by showing how it had been lived out by the early church.

Each week the disciple making examples grow, which are listed in Appendix 2. Which ones do you think Jesus would like you to place into your life.

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About the Author

Phillip Gregory Matthews (B.MIN, GRAD DIP.MIN, M.A.) has been a disciple of Jesus for 38 years. He lives in Perth, Western Australia, and has worked as a horticulturist, arboricultural consultant, pastor, aged-care chaplain, and a Bible study leader. Phillip says this background has given him the skills to cultivate, sow, water, feed and grow not only plants, but also people as they embark on a disciple making path by studying the Bible, disciple making and Jesus’ story.

But something changed when he used The NIV Harmony of the Gospels (published by HarperCollins) to study the life of Christ chronologically: from birth to death, his resurrection and ascension. Because the disciple making path became so clear, Phillip was compelled to walk along it as Jesus did, and to bring as many other people as possible with him. That led to Phillip developing Storytelling Jesus’ Story, a process that he uses to lead study groups. Videos of group sessions have reached many people through online platforms (Facebook and YouTube).

Testimonials

‘I really like the effort you put into this series. You clearly had thought through the problem and actively sought to find solutions. I do agree that there is a need for such a course. Storytelling is a good way to assist with this. I like the way you set it all out. Having an application, prayer, preparation for the following week and the leader’s notes. Really great.’

Vaughan Pirie
Pastor, Kalgoorlie Baptist Church

‘Jesus’ stories were electrifying to his listeners hearts as they encountered the story of God’s love and truth found in Jesus’ life and work. This resource offers an excellent teaching model to again experience the white-hot radiance of Jesus’ life and ministry.’

Neil Anderson

Australian Army Chaplain

‘The Disciple Making Path is like a backpack, a well-constructed frame that efficiently holds together the separate “items” or features needed to increase spiritually mature disciples, workers for service, and leaders in ministry.’

Dr Ross James

Author of Ascent, Crest, Perspective the making of a bamboo

‘Thank you for letting me have a look at your Bible study guide. I like it very much. It seems original to me; it has some very good ideas and exercises throughout and is well-balanced.’

Michael Parsons

Author of How to Read the Bible so that it makes a difference

For those who read this book I pray that God’s Spirit would awaken your hearts to the deep
spiritual need for disciple making for Jesus. For our friends and family, I pray that the Holy
Spirit would plant eternity in their hearts, that He would show them that He is the only
answer to fill the God-shaped void and be the calmness for their souls!?

Dr Ross James

Author of Ascent, Crest, Perspective: The making of a bamboo camel.

I have read through this material; it looks good to me, and it is full of gospel passion!
It’s a good study, continuing Phillip’s earlier efforts. Well, done, I trust the Lord will
continue to use these books.
Dr Michael Parsons
Author of How to Read the Bible: so that it makes a difference.