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Author: T. Avila Publisher: Xulon Press ISBN: 9781545644096 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 312
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The truth WILL set you free. But first, it makes you crazy. This is not another sweet little inspirational book about faith and blessings--people who get what they pray for and everyone is happy. No. It is about the unspeakable traumas some of us suffer in this fallen world. WHY did that happen? WHAT do I do now? For wounded heart people everywhere. The brokenhearted, orphaned, abused, wounded, desperate, crippled, depressed, homeless, lonely, forgotten, grieving...no matter what we eat, drink, steal, buy, smoke, kiss, see or hear. How to turn your wounds into wings. Because the body remembers, even when our mind hides it all away. And for those who love us anyway. Friends, partners, pastors, priests, neighbors, and counselors. There will be stars in your crown. This book is "nondenominational." Seven syllables--the "number of perfection." Not one church preachin' to the other churches. Just the basic ingredients to have a relationship with the Lord. For believers, atheists, doubters, pew-warmers, and those who stalked off from Him a long time ago. Some things you can't talk about in church. But God is still there, and He loves you. Maybe your story is so dark, you cannot tell anyone, even God? You have a shell that keeps you numb, sometimes irrational. Maybe hating God for it. Maybe afraid He hates you. Alone in our pain, we wonder... Life is so unfair, how can there be a loving God? Why would God love me? Nobody else ever did... Jesus was tortured and rejected too. He didn't deserve it either. Come. It is the reason you were born. Tell Him your story. Listen to His: You are safe. You are loved. You are not alone. Psychology might give us a label. But only God will give us a new name.
Author: T. Avila Publisher: Xulon Press ISBN: 9781545644096 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 312
Book Description
The truth WILL set you free. But first, it makes you crazy. This is not another sweet little inspirational book about faith and blessings--people who get what they pray for and everyone is happy. No. It is about the unspeakable traumas some of us suffer in this fallen world. WHY did that happen? WHAT do I do now? For wounded heart people everywhere. The brokenhearted, orphaned, abused, wounded, desperate, crippled, depressed, homeless, lonely, forgotten, grieving...no matter what we eat, drink, steal, buy, smoke, kiss, see or hear. How to turn your wounds into wings. Because the body remembers, even when our mind hides it all away. And for those who love us anyway. Friends, partners, pastors, priests, neighbors, and counselors. There will be stars in your crown. This book is "nondenominational." Seven syllables--the "number of perfection." Not one church preachin' to the other churches. Just the basic ingredients to have a relationship with the Lord. For believers, atheists, doubters, pew-warmers, and those who stalked off from Him a long time ago. Some things you can't talk about in church. But God is still there, and He loves you. Maybe your story is so dark, you cannot tell anyone, even God? You have a shell that keeps you numb, sometimes irrational. Maybe hating God for it. Maybe afraid He hates you. Alone in our pain, we wonder... Life is so unfair, how can there be a loving God? Why would God love me? Nobody else ever did... Jesus was tortured and rejected too. He didn't deserve it either. Come. It is the reason you were born. Tell Him your story. Listen to His: You are safe. You are loved. You are not alone. Psychology might give us a label. But only God will give us a new name.
Author: Christiana N. Peterson Publisher: MennoMedia, Inc. ISBN: 151380166X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 288
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“A lively memoir mixed with short biographies of appealing religious outcasts.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY With untested ideals and a thirst for adventure, Christiana Peterson and her family moved to an intentional Christian farming community in the rural Midwest. It sounded like a simple and faithful way to follow Jesus, not to mention a great place to raise kids. In Mystics and Misfits, Peterson discovers that community life is never really simple and that she needs resources beyond her own to weather the anxiety and exhaustion of trying to save a dying farm and a floundering congregation. She turns to Christian mystics like Francis of Assisi, Simone Weil, and Dorothy Day to find sustenance for the everyday struggles and unique hardships of community life. With a contemplative’s spirit and poet’s eye, Peterson leads readers into an encounter with the God of the wild mystics and the weird misfits.
Author: Aldo Palazzeschi Publisher: University of Toronto Press ISBN: 1442659041 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 260
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Aldo Palazzeschi (1885-1974) is arguably the major twentieth-century Italian writer who has been most neglected by the English-speaking world. Born in Florence and trained as an actor, Palazzeschi ranks high as a poet and fiction writer in his homeland. His work, which attempts to recreate the experience of a spectator watching and listening to a character on stage, won him the praise of F.T. Marinetti, the founder of Italian futurism, who enrolled the young poet in his avant-garde coterie despite the fact that, stylistically, Palazzeschi's work had little in common with futurism. A Tournament of Misfits brings together a selection of Palazzeschi's short fiction for the first time in English. Through clear and fluid translations, Nicolas J. Perella demonstrates Palazzeschi's use of laughter to debunk social and literary myths. As a social being, Palazzeschi felt himself a deviant, but he was saved from a self-destructive bitterness by his capacity for irony, which he often directed at himself as well as at others. Yet, it would be a mistake not to see the desperate yearning for liberation from society’s rigid code behind the irony and the fun in Palazzeschi's work. With this translation, Perella brings Palazzeschi to life for a new audience to appreciate.
Author: Barth Anderson Publisher: Spectra ISBN: 0553902393 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 386
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In this biological thriller of the near future, postinsurrection Mexico has undermined the superpower of the United States. But while the rivals battle over borders, a pestilence beyond politics threatens to explode into a worldwide epidemic. . . . Since the rise of the Holy Renaissance, Ascension—once known as Mexico City—has become the most populous city in the world, its citizens linked to a central government net through wetware implanted in their brains. But while their dictator grows fat with success, the masses are captivated by Sister Domenica, an insurgent nun whose weekly pirate broadcasts prophesy a wave of death. All too soon, Domenica’s nightmarish prediction proves true, and Ascension’s hospitals are overrun with victims of a deadly fever. As the rampant plague kills too quickly to be contained, Mexico smuggles its last hope over the violently contested border. . . . Henry David Stark is a crack virus hunter for the American Center for Disease Control and a veteran of global humanitarian efforts. But this disease is unlike any he’s seen before—and there seems to be no way to cure or control it. Racing against time, Stark battles corruption to uncover a horrifying truth: this is no ordinary outbreak but a deliberately unleashed man-made virus . . . and the killer is someone Stark knows.
Author: Rev. John Trigilio, Jr. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 9780470606919 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 386
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An in-depth resource that separates fact from myth about the lives of saints Saints For Dummies offers information on famous saints (both men and women) from the Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and Catholic traditions. With a historical biography on each saint including information on what they are known for, what they did in life to achieve sainthood, and how readers can pray to them in time of need. This easy-to-understand guide reveals that most saints were very common, ordinary, and imperfect human beings with faults and foibles who overcame their shortcomings to become figures of great spiritual and historical significance. You get a unique glimpse into the lives and the character traits of these righteous men and women, as well as future pending saints. Explains which saints are invoked for specific situations Rev. John Trigilio and Rev. Kenneth Brighenti are the coauthors of Catholicism For Dummies, Women in the Bible For Dummies and John Paul II For Dummies Whether you're a scholar or just curious about the topic, Saints For Dummies will have you intrigued and informed from the first page.
Author: Ursula Hegi Publisher: Macmillan + ORM ISBN: 1250156815 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 282
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"A joy to read." —New York Times Book Review From beloved bestselling author Ursula Hegi, a new novel about three mothers, set on the shores of the Nordsee, perfect for fans of Water for Elephants and The Light Between Oceans. In the summer of 1878, the Ludwig Zirkus arrives on Nordstrand in Germany, to the delight of the island’s people. But after the show, a Hundred-Year Wave roars from the Nordsee and claims three young children. Three mothers are on the beach when it happens: Lotte, whose children are lost; Sabine, a Zirkus seamstress with her grown daughter; and Tilli, just a girl herself, who will give birth later that day at St. Margaret’s Home for Pregnant Girls. After the tragedy, Lotte’s husband escapes with the Zirkus, while she loses the will to care for their surviving son. Tilli steps in, bonding with him in a way she isn’t allowed to with her own baby, taken away at birth. Sabine, struggling to keep her childlike daughter safe in the world, forms a complicated friendship with Lotte. But the mothers' fragile trio is threatened when Lotte and her husband hatch a dangerous plan to reunite their family, and Tilli and Sabine must try to find a way to pull them back to reality. As full of joy and beauty as it is of pain, and told with the luminous power that has made Ursula Hegi a beloved bestselling author for decades, The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls is a shining testament to the ways in which women hold each other up in the most unexpected of circumstances.
Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1619635992 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 370
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The Kendricks help make the problems of the Washington elite disappear. . . . but some secrets won't stay buried. Tess Kendrick, a junior at the elite Hardwicke Academy in Washington D.C., can fix just about any problem her classmates-or their power-wielding parents-might have. After all, this sort of thing runs in the family. But she's happy to be using her skills on the odd class election these days, together with the help of her friends at Hardwicke. Then a terrorist attack strikes in the heart of the capital, followed by an attempt on the President's life, and Tess soon finds herself investigating a plot that may hit closer to home than she ever could have imagined. Can she piece it all together in time before anyone else gets hurt? Award for The Fixer VOYA Perfect Tens 2015
Author: River Jordan Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0425245608 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 354
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What if there was something you could do-something simple, yet so powerful-that could positively influence others and change your life in the process? Critically acclaimed author River Jordan discovered that very thing... As 2009 approached, both of River Jordan's sons were about to go off to war-one to Iraq and the other to Afghanistan-and she was planning a family reunion to see them off. All River could do was pray for her sons' safety and hope to maintain her strength, until she unexpectedly came upon the perfect New Year's resolution-one that focused on others instead of herself. She would pray for a complete stranger every single day of the year. In Praying for Strangers, Jordan tells that the discovery that she made along the journey was not simply that her prayers touched the lives of these strangers (in often astounding ways), but that the unexpected connections she made with other people would be a profound experience that would change her life forever.
Author: Thomas Michael Kersen Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi ISBN: 1496835441 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 245
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Winner of the 2021 Stanford M. Lyman Distinguished Book Award from Mid-South Sociological Association All regions and places are unique in their own way, but the Ozarks have an enduring place in American culture. Studying the Ozarks offers the ability to explore American life through the lens of one of the last remaining cultural frontiers in American society. Perhaps because the Ozarks were relatively isolated from mainstream American society, or were at least relegated to the margins of it, their identity and culture are liminal and oftentimes counter to mainstream culture. Whatever the case, looking at the Ozarks offers insights into changing ideas about what it means to be an American and, more specifically, a special type of southerner. In Where Misfits Fit: Counterculture and Influence in the Ozarks, Thomas Michael Kersen explores the people who made a home in the Ozarks and the ways they contributed to American popular culture. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, Kersen argues the area attracts and even nurtures people and groups on the margins of the mainstream. These include UFO enthusiasts, cults, musical troupes, and back-to-the-land groups. Kersen examines how the Ozarks became a haven for creative, innovative, even nutty people to express themselves—a place where community could be reimagined in a variety of ways. It is in these communities that communitas, or a deep social connection, emerges. Each of the nine chapters focuses on a facet of the Ozarks, and Kersen often compares two or more cases to generate new insights and questions. Chapters examine real and imagined identity and highlight how the area has contributed to popular culture through analysis of the Eureka Springs energy vortex, fictional characters like Li’l Abner, cultic activity, environmentally minded communes, and the development of rockabilly music and near-communal rock bands such as Black Oak Arkansas.
Author: T. Avila
Author: T. Avila
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Author: Christiana N. Peterson
Author: Aldo Palazzeschi
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Author: Rev. John Trigilio, Jr.
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Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Author: River Jordan
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