Media Library
Parenting | Adoption | Foster Care
Title Starts with 'B'
The Our City Blessed media library items are available to borrow for personal use at no cost using the honor system. In order that others may utilize the library resources, we ask that you only borrow up to three media item at a time and return them within a month.
Media library requests from our ministry cities will be delivered and picked up by one of our team members or volunteers.
While our focus is the cities in which we have ministries, we accept media library requests for those who live elsewhere. Our City Blessed will ship these media requests. For shipped media, we ask that if you are able to please pay for the return shipping. If unable to pay, please check the box when submitting the Media Request Form and we will include a postage paid return envelope.
Library media is listed alphabetically by title.
Becoming Mama: How I Found Hope in Haiti's Rubble
by Yvrose Telfort Ismael and Craig Borlase
Item Number: 1221
Book -- Why would a wealthy professional woman choose to leave the comfort of her North Carolina home and take responsibility for an impoverished school on a remote mountain in Haiti? For Ismael, it was a matter of saying "yes" to God. Learn how a catastrophic earthquake made her "Mama" to 37 children---and how God faithfully provided!
Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens
by Debbie Riley and John Meeks
Item Number: 1129
Book -- Working with adopted adolescents is complex. The key to successful therapy and healthy development is to help the adolescent discover and accept the person within. Parents will discover: •the six most common adoption stuck-spots •the complexities of adoption •the adopted teen’s quest for identity •how therapy may help the adoptive families learn and grow together. Therapists and clinicians will discover: •a broad knowledge base on adoption •a step-by-step assessment process •clinical intervention strategies •a wealth of case histories •treatment resources and therapy tools •writing and art therapy samples. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Birthing Hope: Giving Fear to the Light
by Rachel Marie Stone
Item Number: 1345
Book -- In these profound reflections on the mysteries of life and death, Rachel Marie Stone unpacks how childbirth reveals our anxieties, our physicality, our mortality. Yet birth is a profoundly hopeful act of faith, as new life is brought into a hurting world that groans for redemption. God consents to the risk of love and lets us make our own way in the world, as every good mother must do.
Brain Boosters for School Success: 10 Secrets Performance
Celebrate Calm
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CD -- It's time to help our children be successful in school. Teachers, parents, and students need to understand these 10 secrets to boost each child's academic, social, and behavioral success in any school setting.
Building a Courageous Home: Fun Activities for the Whole Family
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DVD -- Featuring "Courageous" (2011) filmmakers Stephen and Alex Kendrick, "Building a Courageous Home" has more than an hour of content that will help you enjoy great family activities.