Wellspring: 55 books
Frankie
How One Woman Prevented a Pharmaceutical Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Ten million thalidomide pills had already been produced for distribution in the United States when it was first submitted to the FDA for approval. The morning sickness wonder drug had been approved for sale in Germany, Canada, and the UK, and the drug's distributors assumed that it would be no different...
There Is No Us in Business
A Practical Guide To Knowing When to Take On a Business Partner (And When Not To)
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Many of the best companies, like top recording artists, are solo acts. Just as recording artists need a room full of other musicians and technicians to create their best music, sole owners need a team to produce and sell their product. Ultimately, however for solo acts it is their music and for the...
Values, Inc.
How Incorporating Values into Business and Life Can Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
It’s been said that 95 percent of companies that have a code of values don’t even use it. Sad, but true. Thousands of companies spend countless hours and money with experts to help define their mission, vision, and values. They write them down, hang them on the wall…and then walk away. Values,...
Little Merchants
The Golden Era of Youth Delivering Newspapers
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2013
Hefting a newspaper bag, the paperboy trimmed playtime with his daily routine. But routines rupture. Undeterred by dangers and disasters, rascals guide the reader along paper routes sharing their adventures and misadventures. Their evocative stories arc from hilarious to horrific, and poignant to...
Broken Mary
A Journey of Hope
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
In 2008, Kevin Matthews, a well-known ABC and CBS radio personality in Chicago, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. As the drive-time radio host for seventeen years and also the voice of his sports commentator, Jim Shorts, and other characters, Matthews entertained ten million listeners weekly,...
Nudging Conversions
A Practical Guide to Bringing Those You Love Back to the Church
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
We all know someone—a parent, sibling, aunt or uncle, coworker, grandparent, child, neighbor, or friend—who has either left the Church or never discovered it. We want them to know the joy and peace we’ve discovered, but the last thing we want to do is to force our faith on them. So how can we...
Ultimate Makeover
The Transforming Power of Motherhood
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
Imagine receiving a makeover that not only promised to make you more beautiful, but softened the rough edges of your personality, helped you gain control of your emotions, better manage your relationships, and grow in wisdom. And what if it could actually make you happy? Sounds too good to be true,...
Pope Francis
A Living Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
We are all created for some definite purpose—in a particular time and place. But how do we find our mission? We can look to great examples. Pope Francis pours his heart into serving God, his Church, and the world, actively addressing the needs of our time. This book looks at his life and the men who inspire him. Like the pope, we can discover how to become all God created us to be.
Beautiful Hope
Finding Hope Every Day in a Broken World
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
We live in a culture that produces hopelessness with astounding consistency. When everything seems chaotic and we are faced with a multitude of negative realities, we might be tempted to say that nothing makes sense anymore. But we are not alone—God walks with us and his presence fills us with hope....
Everybody Needs to Forgive Somebody
11 Sroires of Real People Who Discovered the Underrated Power of Grace
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Forgiveness will unleash a power in your life that is underrated and often ignored. It is underrated mainly because it is underused. We fail to capture the power of forgiveness because we are afraid of it, because we have grown comfortable in our familiar wounds, or because we are sinfully stubborn....
Dying to Be Happy
Discovering the Truth About Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
A few days before Thanksgiving 2014, author Chris Stepien found himself in an oncologist s office. But he wasn't the patient. Stepien's wife, Ellen, was just beginning her battle with aggressive breast cancer. That day, while listening to the oncologist's treatment strategy, Stepien began writing...
by Pope Francis
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
What on earth are you chasing? We are all chasing something, and always for the same reason: we want something or someone to give us the joy we yearn for at the very depths of our being. All too often we are searching for joy in all the wrong places. Pope Francis calls this the feverish pursuit of...
by Fulton Sheen
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Are you perfectly happy, or are you still looking for perfect happiness? Most people are still actively searching for true and lasting happiness, but are looking in the wrong places. It s easy to be misled into believing that happiness is found in money, rank, or renown. While these things are not...
by Robert M. Haddad
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
YEARS AGO I SAW A NEWS REPORT about the growth of Pentecostalism in Latin America. One fiery pastor had a pamphlet at the back of his church entitled, “Twenty-five reasons why you are no longer Catholic.” I became upset when I saw this and wanted to produce my own response. Naturally, I wanted...