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Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome(1st Edition)
by R. Kent Hughes, Barbara Hughes
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2008 by Crossway
ISBN-13: 978-1-58134-974-0, ISBN: 1-58134-974-2

"[CDATA]Every year thousands of God's servants leave the ministry convinced they are failures. Years ago, in the midst of a crisis of faith, Kent Hughes almost became one of them. But instead he and his wife Barbara turned to God's Word, determined to learn what God had to say about success and to evaluate their ministry from a biblical point of view. This book describes their journey and their liberation from the "success syndrome"-the ..."

Enfolded in Silence(1st Edition)
A Story in Art of Healing from Sexual Trauma in Childhood
by Barbara Hughes
Paperback, 116 Pages, Published 2013 by Border Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-9848915-8-0, ISBN: 0-9848915-8-7

"The book tells the story of Barbara's childhood sexual trauma and how as an adult she found healing through painting and writing. Through the media of writing and visual art, the first part of the book describes the sexual abuse she experienced as a child. In the second part of the book she describes the healing tools she used. Barbara hopes that her book will not only direct others toward healing and encourage them in their journeys, b ..."

Devotions for Ministry Wives(1st Edition)
by Barbara Hughes, Jill Briscoe
Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2002 by Zondervan
ISBN-13: 978-0-310-23632-0, ISBN: 0-310-23632-0

"The wife of a minister is made of the same stuff as any other woman, but her circumstances set her apart. If you’ve married into the ministry, you know the difficulty of balancing the demands of your church and your family, the stresses of clergy marriage, the pressure of unrealistic expectations, and the setbacks of ministry---and the joys. Other than Jesus himself, only a ministry wife really understands what it’s like to be a ministr ..."

Between Literature and History(1st Edition)
The Diaries and Memoirs of Mary Leadbeater and Dorothea Herbert (Reimagining Ireland)
by Barbara Hughes
Paperback, 247 Pages, Published 2010 by Peter Lang Ag, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN-13: 978-3-03911-889-2, ISBN: 3-03911-889-7

"This book explores the remarkable diaries and memoirs of Mary Leadbeater (1758-1826) and Dorothea Herbert (c.1767-1829), both of whom lived in Ireland. Working on the premise that their identities are literary constructions, the author investigates the cultural and existential impulses that motivate their creation. Leadbeater’s diaries span fifty-seven years and include uncensored teenage journals, which are a rarity in Western Europe. ..."