{"title":"CAT","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"a-sacred-voice-is-calling","title":"A Sacred Voice Is Calling","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(49, 98, 24);\"\u003e\"An excellent book: a perceptive combination of spiritual wisdom, psychological insight, and biblical passion.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e-Marcus Borg, author of Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time and The Heart of Christianity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(49, 98, 24);\"\u003e\"Offers a pathway to our authentic homeplace within the ecology of life.\" \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Sharon Daloz Parks, author of Big Questions, Worthy Dreams\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to find and follow our personal calling? 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