Author: Abdulaziz Al Farsi Publisher: American University in Cairo Press ISBN: 1617973386 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 208
Book Description
Earth Weeps, Saturn Laughs opens with the return of Khalid Bakhit, a government employee, to his hometown in Oman after a time away in the big city, and concludes with his return to the city with a new maturity born of a series of wrenching encounters with reality. Khalid's return home, sparked by his flight from a painful love affair, coincides with events that reveal the force of long-established traditions that have a stranglehold on the town: from racial prejudice, to religious bigotry, to ossified patterns of leadership. Khalid's awakening and transformation are catalyzed by his encounters with a certain "Saturnine poet" who, in the course of chasing after an elusive ode, has stumbled upon this unnamed village. For a period of time "the Saturnine" becomes Khalid's closest companion: listening to his woes, helping him see himself with new eyes, and imparting to him a wisdom from a world beyond untainted by human smallness. "As the full moon listened in, Walad Sulaymi said, 'Thirty years ago I heard my grandfather say to my father (God have mercy on them both), "If God allows a country to be chastised, He causes everyone who has left it to come back." So here you are again, and with your return, that completes the number of those who left the village and have come back. Mark my words: the chastisement will descend soon.'"
Author: Arthur Roy Eckardt Publisher: Transaction Publishers ISBN: 9781412834100 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 248
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The work includes many of Dr. Eckardt's own fanciful stories, essays, and verses as well as material derived from student malapropisms, from children, and from professional humorists and comedians. Appearing at a time of burgeoning scholarly and popular interest in the domain of humor, Sitting in the Earth and Laughing shows how humor and laughter lie within the realm of human mysteries--together with tragedy, suffering, and love--that can be comprehended and relished.
Author: Wayne Bartelt Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. ISBN: 1645156435 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 165
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It's Okay to Laugh with Jesus is about a God who loves to laugh because he's proud of his perfect world and loves the people he put in it. He laughs at the folly of humankind that rejects him and rewards faithfulness rather than success. He laughs at a mother as she cuddles her newborn, a baby's giggle, a father tucking a blanket under his son's chin and praying him to sleep. God laughs at the folly of humankind that rejects his love and at the devil knowing his doom is sealed. Those who laugh with Jesus enter a world of smiles and surprises. Starting the adventure costs nothing; living it costs everything. It's easy to become a Christian and difficult to live like one. Once the adventure begins, the awareness shifts from ownership to service, from selfishness to sacrifice, from world-thinking to heaven thinking. Goals change, values deepen, and variables that make no earthly sense develop eternal significance. Where did we ever get the idea that sorrow, sadness and skepticism represent the Christian religion? Not from God. He laughs with a world of people who live and die laughing all the way to heaven. When we laugh with God, the sorrows of life blend with joy; anxiety is calmed with forgiveness; and heartache balances against happiness. In a book of fun and surprises, It's Okay to Laugh with Jesus reveals how, and what, sharpens the faith that brings us closer to our God than we ever thought possible. And when we laugh with him, he knows we're getting it. What a delightful way to spend an hour, a day, a lifetime laughing with Jesus.
Author: David Field Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1471750922 Category : Languages : en Pages : 412
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Dobbs is unwittingly becoming an undercover psychic detective on the trail of the greatest gold robbery ever conceived. So large that it's taken quite some time, millennia in fact, to plan and get everything in place. Now it seems all the thieves have to do, in this romantic and deeply obscure psychedelic thriller, is blow the safe door but that's not as easy as it might sound. There's only one thing powerful enough to bust through the walls of this time-locked vault system, and that's karma - if you can harness enough of it and apply it in the right way at the right time. Well, karma mixed in with the essential incendiary ingredients: pain and fear. Then the door can be blown clean off its hinges.A non-fiction ayahuasca tale.If Paul Theroux had teamed up with William Burroughs & then Robert Anton Wilson had sat & edited their manuscript, they still would have fallen short of producing this masterpiece. Visionary & shockingly daring! - Steven Ashe - Qabalah of 50 Gates.
Author: Bernard Wysocki Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1462062679 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 61
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Be thankful for today every day. We can only live today, not yesterday again, not yet tomorrow. Remind yourself how precious today is. It will go by fast, so dont squander it. Look around you and live in the now. Born on Valentines Day in 1939, author Bernard Wysocki has had a love affair with life. Though it wasnt all roses and champagne, he has met each challenge with wit and wisdom. Bernards memoir, Learn to Live, Love, Laugh, is part recollection, part philosophy, and part narrative. In part one, Bernard shares stories of his early years growing up in Chicago, of how he met Jesse Owens in 1951, of his road trip to Florida after high school, and several other heartwarming adventures. Part two reveals Bernards down-to-earth beliefs on what he has learned over the years. From giving thanks and starting the day positively to finding happiness within and the importance of faithfulness, Bernard offers a great deal of food for thought. Part three is a collection of short stories, some humorous and others seeking to understand morality and religion. A compendium of personal history and universal wisdom, Learn to Live, Love, Laugh is sure to touch your heart for years to come.
Author: Alisa K. Brown Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 130053527X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 238
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This book follows a year in the life of a missionary to Europe: fun and fear, trials and triumphs, and ever-growing faith. Laughing in my Dreams is the continuation of my Faith Trip, recounted in Look, Listen, Love (also available from Lulu.com). Only God knows the itinerary!
Author: Maria Mankin Publisher: The Pilgrim Press ISBN: 0829820515 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 237
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Bring a world of justice voices to Sunday worship with "A Child Laughs," an anthology of reflections, liturgies, and prayers from 77 writers in 11 different countries. Find meditations, worship resources, and action steps on topics of gun violence, addiction, chronic illness, migration, reproductive health, climate change, and more. "A child’s laugh should be the butterfly wing, the ripple-maker, for all the world. There are many children crying—we hear them echoing from news media. It is time to pray for the change of the world in children’s laughter."
Author: Mercy Hill Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc. ISBN: 1685266401 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 210
Book Description
Life derives from many aspects on earth. The main topics to me are living, loving, laughing, and learning while seeking to enjoy everyday life on earth. Every human that has ever graced this earth—still living currently and not forgetting the ones to come—has a commonality. Simply seeking the art of life in the purest, peaceable, productive, and joyous way possible. I rise to the level of intensity that when one lives~ loves~ laughs~ learns~ they truly have discovered the art of life. Humanitarianism is my surprise hook~ Come on. Don’t be afraid to take a deeper look~ After all, what is life if a chance has never been took~ Honestly, I appreciate you all even the ones who put it down because their soul got shook~ All in all, if you’re interested in what I am saying, then, by all means, please purchase my book~ ~Knowledge is Key. Pass it On~
Author: Ingvild Saelid Gilhus Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134717679 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 199
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Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins analyses how laughter has been used as a symbol in myths, rituals and festivals of Western religions, and has thus been inscribed in religious discourse. The Mesopotamian Anu, the Israelite Jahweh, the Greek Dionysos, the Gnostic Christ and the late modern Jesus were all laughing gods. Through their laughter, gods prove both their superiority and their proximity to humans. In this comprehensive study, Professor Gilhus examines the relationship between corporeal human laughter and spiritual divine laughter from c`ussical antiquity, to the Christian West and the modern era. She combines the study of the history of religion with social-scientific approaches, to provide an original and pertinent exploration of a universal human phenomenon, and its significance for the development of religions.
Author: Abdulaziz Al Farsi
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