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Matthew Kelly
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Matthew Kelly
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For more than a decade, Matthew Kelly has been traveling the world inspiring people to become the best version of themselves. During this time, he has been amazed at how regularly he is asked: How do I encourage my children to embrace this message? How does your message apply to a family? Now, for the first time, Kelly shares with us remarkable insights and sensible everyday strategies for transforming the family into what it should be: a place where each of us can become the best version of ourselves.
In Building Better Families, Kelly explores important issues by raising evocative questions: What makes a successful parent? Do you realize that your children are in the middle of a cultural war? What are the five things children really need? Are you asking your children the right questions? What are you teaching your children about work, money, food, exercise, body image, and sex? What are the priorities of your family culture?
Allow this book of classic wisdom and practical insight to help you build a better family and raise amazing children!
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Some ideas are so powerful that simply becoming aware of them changes our lives forever. Holy Moments is such an idea. It is profoundly simple, astonishingly practical, and once you discover it, your life will finally makes sense. It's time to let Holy Moments show you what is possible. It is time to explore your soul-potential.
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Great for journaling
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Excellent and inspiring
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Beautiful Eucharist
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Beautiful Eucharist is a stunning collection of life-changing reflections about Jesus truly present in the Eucharist and wonderfully present in our lives. The world needs the healing and hope only Jesus can provide. He is waiting in the Eucharist to transform families, Churches, communities, and the culture as a whole. And all of that begins with your own life-changing encounter with him today.
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The title of this book says it all beautiful Eucharist
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Rediscover the Saints: Twenty-Five Questions That Will Change Your Life
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We are capable of so much more than we think. You have no idea what you are capable of. None of us do. God is constantly trying to open our eyes to the amazing possibilities that he has enfolded in our being. The saints continue this work, encouraging us to explore all our God-given potential, not with speeches but with the example of their lives. When we have the courage to collaborate with God and pursue our truest self, he lights a fire within us that is so bright and warm, it keeps shining long after our days on this earth have come to an end.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved ❤❤❤❤❤❤
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Difficult Teachings
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Jesus spoke to the people in beautiful parables and beatitudes to encourage and comfort but every teaching challenged every listener. What’s the hardest part about following Jesus? What teaching do you find particularly hard to live? Explore 40 of Jesus' most difficult teachings with Matthew Kelly. In a world that is confused about just about everything, the clarity of the Gospel is needed more than ever before. We are all being called to live the Gospel more fully than ever before.
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5 out of 5 stars
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spirituality
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This audiobook provides the practical tools necessary to help you regain your fervor and leave your mark on the world - and experience more happiness than you thought possible. Together, we can change the course of history - with humility, generosity, kindness, and joy, one holy moment at a time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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LOVED IT
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The Generosity Habit
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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The Generosity Habit is built on a simple and profound principle: Give something away every day. It doesn't need to be money or material things. It could be complimenting a stranger, teaching someone how to do something, spreading a positive message, helping someone who is in a hurry, or simply smiling at someone generously. In fact, the philosophy behind the generosity habit rests on this singular truth: You don't need money or material possessions to live a life of staggering generosity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Encouraging!
- By Abbi R. on 02-13-24
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The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic
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- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 56
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As human beings we are constantly engaging and disengaging in everything we do. We engage and disengage at work, in marriage, as parents, in our quest for health and well-being, in personal finances, environmentally, politically, and, of course, we engage or disengage spiritually.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A game changer
- By Amazon Customer on 09-27-19
By: Matthew Kelly
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I'm Not Done Growing Yet
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- Narrated by: Matthew Kelly
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story5 out of 5 stars 18
It’s never too late to grow. The secret to living a meaningful life is to strip away everything that is meaningless. Strip away anything that is trivial or unnecessary, and everything left will be meaningful. You’re not done growing yet, either!
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5 out of 5 stars
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An M Kelly Almanac!
- By 000SpikE000 on 01-03-24
By: Matthew Kelly
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The Rocking Chair Prophet
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- Narrated by: Alexander Salamat
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 84
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 83
There is a voice within you. Listening to that voice is the difference between happiness and misery, wonderful memories and heartrending regrets. The Rocking Chair Prophet is a transformational story about reclaiming that voice and the unmitigated joy that comes from following it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Golden Nuggets Found Here
- By L Sheffield on 08-19-23
By: Matthew Kelly
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The Dream Manager
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- By: Matthew Kelly
- Narrated by: David Slavin
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 851
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The fictional Admiral Janitorial Services has a problem: employees are leaving in droves, and they don't know what to do about it. Interpreting a series of employee surveys, the general manager comes up with a solution that walks the "thin line between genius and madness": hire a "dream manager", part life coach and part financial adviser, to help employees achieve their dreams.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simple and Powerful
- By MM on 07-04-18
By: Matthew Kelly
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- Whitney Carter
- 05-18-21
Powerful
This book is powerful and addresses our current culture and the need to always work on ourselves. We were made to be parents and we can learn how to navigate parenting in a more whole fashion. A must read for anyone who is in or has a family.
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- J Kirk
- 07-18-18
Fantastic
Absolutely fantastic! A MUST READ FOR EVERYONE WHETHER YOU HAVE KIDS OR NOT! A true page turner.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-10-18
so many wonderful ideas!
Matthew Kelly's voice is very easy to listen to. He has a way of remaining humble while sharing such wonderful wisdom!
This should be in the library of every parent or parent to be.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- McKeever Family
- 01-23-23
good
great messaging but a little preachy at times. Messaging overall is great. with the read
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- bghb
- 11-01-22
Hope for families
Enjoyed this book
Matthew Kelly does a great job in making you think about how to become the best version of yourself
I now ask this of myself and my family
I will be listening to this book many more times to continue building UP
My family
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- Kerraline Frerich
- 03-17-18
Great quick listen
I highly reccomend. Great quick listen with lots of take-home advice. This is by far the best parenting advice I've received.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-14-18
Amazing
This book is from 2008, one of the best kept secrets in parenting I would say. Doing my best to share and spread the word on this audio book.
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- Kathryn Kahn
- 09-11-18
A gift to parents
This book is a must read for parents who know they have a difficult job raising kids at this most difficult time and want to be better. I am still a little overwhelmed at the major shift that I feel I will need in my family but Mr Kelly reminds us at the end to implement a few changes and then more and more. I want my children to be the best version of themself and I want that for myself too. This book puts these challenges in perspective and offers solutions for helping shift my mindset, habits and routines to make this possible.
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