Bestsellers at FriesenPress
You Be The Light Bearer
by Ronald Arle Chapman
Within us all is a current that nudges us forward in life. Yet, the essence of this flow remains generally unconsidered and unperceived. You Be the Light Bearer explores questions about our inner spiritual journey and the interaction of energy between various states, both spiritual and material. It investigates how our past reflexes and habitual expressions are self-protective strategies, and shows how we can shift ourselves to make room for increasing new love energy and awareness. This...
The Tale of the Purple Pupil
by Wallace Wong
In a world where everything is either pink or blue, one student discovers the power of embracing their own unique colour and learns that being true to yourself is the most vibrant choice of all. Purple feels different from everyone around them. All their classmates embrace either pink or blue, but neither colour fits Purple. All Purple wants is to fit in, but they can’t figure out how to. Everything in their world is either one colour or the other. They try to force themself to fit in with...
The North Shore Seasons
by Jessica Shade
In what season can you jump in a big pile of leaves? Or sled down a hill? Or splash in the puddles? Young children will delight in guessing the four seasons of the North Shore. Whether you live in Duluth or are enjoying a visit, it is the perfect place to experience the beauty, joy, and fun of all four seasons. Each season up Minnesota’s North Shore is unique, with fun activities to take part in!
Happiness Is Just a Mood
How to Live With Anxiety and Depression in a World Obsessed With Always Being Happy by Rachel Sturm
Millions of people around the world suffer from mental illness—so why do many of us feel alone in our struggles? Why is being unhappy seen as something to fix? And if happiness is the answer, why doesn’t it work for everyone? In Happiness Is Just a Mood, Rachel Sturm challenges society’s obsession with constant happiness. Drawing from her own experience living with anxiety and depression since childhood, she explores how chasing happiness and perfection can actually worsened mental health....
Rise: Living Life Over Cancer
Inspiring Hope & Defying Limits by Betty Jean Aucoin
Am I going to die? This is the first question Betty Jean Aucoin asks when diagnosed with recurrent stage IV breast cancer. No, her doctors tell her. But your journey ahead will be one without a cure at this time. Over the past twenty-five years, there has been a significant increase in the diagnosis of cancer and chronic pain. Almost everyone has either been diagnosed or knows someone who has been. Conventional treatment plans have primarily focused on using drugs to combat and reverse...
Teaching Perinatal Care: A Practical Guide
by Anne Biringer, Sabrina Kolker and Warren Rubenstein
This multi-authored handbook—the first of its kind—focuses on methods and strategies for teaching perinatal care. Each chapter is inspired by presentations and workshops presented at the biennial National Forum on Teaching Competence in Family Medicine Maternity Care, which began in Toronto, Canada, in 2014. Full of insightful advice, step-by-step guides, and helpful visual models, Teaching Perinatal Care covers a wide range of subjects, including . . . Techniques for teaching during labour...
The Audacity of Inclusion
Fighting for the Equality of Persons Labelled Intellectually Disabled by Dulcie McCallum
One beautiful, surprisingly warm spring morning on the isolated islands of Haida Gwaii, an insight smacked Dulcie McCallum in the face with the force of an unexpected tsunami: at the heart of it all, the law was the culprit. Rather than promoting rights, the law was itself the taproot of injustice. For people with an intellectual disability, the law is what defines their disadvantage, not their disability. For every child diagnosed with the label of intellectual disability, there remains a...
The Math Olympian
by Richard Hoshino
BETHANY MACDONALD HAS TRAINED SIX LONG YEARS FOR THIS MOMENT. SHE’LL TRY TO SOLVE FIVE QUESTIONS IN THREE HOURS, FOR ONE IMPROBABLE DREAM. THE DREAM OF REPRESENTING HER COUNTRY, AND BECOMING A MATH OLYMPIAN. As a small-town girl in Nova Scotia bullied for liking numbers more than boys, and lacking the encouragement of her unsupportive single mother who frowns at her daughter’s unrealistic ambition, Bethany's road to the International Math Olympiad has been marked by numerous challenges....
Know Yourself and Live Free
by Brian M. Tysdal
There’s victory in Jesus—just lay it all on the altar. Surrender—simply follow God’s will for your life. On the surface, these directions seem straightforward, but have you ever wondered what, exactly, they mean? Have you chased after God, trying to establish a closer walk with Him, but never felt like you’ve moved toward that goal? Are you discouraged in your Christian walk because, try as you might, your life is not vibrant, peaceful, or particularly fulfilling? Do you wonder what God’s...
Spirituality Put in Its Place
by Robert Bond
Something happens and “the way things should be” is upset. Next comes great effort to outdo the hurdle, interruption or sickness and get things back on track. This book is about a missing piece. Spirituality pays attention to the upsets. They are feedback: signposts to be heeded rather than end-run. This is true in medicine, psychology, religion, agriculture, engineering, … every human undertaking. Working from universal norms, the reader is led through meaning-finding and change-making,...