Download or read book Christmas in Idaho written by Ray Downing and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Christmas-themed novelette geared to inspire holiday excitement in all readers. This fictional story is interwoven with the New Testament account of Christ's birth, death and resurrection. Scientific and philosophical themes add an extra level of interest for the sophisticated reader. The book is lavishly illustrated and has an associated audio version with a reading accompanied by a musical score.
Download or read book Life on Christmas Eve written by Nathan Nipper and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After watching It’s a Wonderful Life for the first time, thirty-one-year-old Julie Shelly’s predictable small-town life turns anything but as she begins experiencing uncanny parallels between her life and the fictional George Bailey’s. Initially intrigued by the way her life seems to imitate the classic movie, Julie secretly hopes the strange similarities bear some kind of deeper existential significance. But real life soon brings her back down to earth and she dismisses the episodes as mere coincidence and the wishful thinking of her restless spirit. Julie decides to put the Wonderful Life foolishness behind her…until a tragedy puts her faith to the test and forces her to view the odd movie coincidences in a completely different light. Her epiphany ultimately spurs her toward an extraordinary, life-changing encounter with a vulnerable stranger on Christmas Eve.
Download or read book Rush of Heaven written by Ema McKinley and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ema, give me your hand." These were the words Jesus spoke to Ema on Christmas Eve--the night He straightened her crooked foot, hand, neck, and spine, and restored her mobility. Easter weekend, eighteen years earlier, an ordinary workday turned into a nightmare when Ema McKinley passed out and was left hanging upside down in the storage room. Rather than improving, Ema's body became progressively bent and disfigured. Doctors diagnosed Ema with reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), an extremely painful trauma-induced disease which led to Ema's hand and foot deformities, painful sores, insomnia, gastrological distress, curvature of the neck and spine, heart and lung failure, and permanent confinement to a wheelchair. Once an athletic, powerhouse woman with multiple jobs and volunteer positions, Ema became a modern-day Job who lost everything except her faith and desire to trust God more fully. Ema wrestled with pain, anger, and unforgiveness, but now takes the reader on a healing miracle encounter of Biblical proportions. Rush of Heaven will ignite readers' passion for Jesus and help them walk hand-in-hand with Him through life's darkness. It will open hearts to embrace the impossible. "Jesus gave me this miracle for you too!" -- Ema McKinley
Download or read book Angels Miracles and Heavenly Encounters written by and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspiring True Stories of God's Intervention in Lives Today These inspiring real-life stories explore what happens when people encounter spiritual forces, and how their lives are undeniably changed. This dramatic collection includes accounts of contact with angels, near-death experiences, powerful prayer testimonies, and unexplainable miracles. Every story displays the victory of Christ and his kingdom over difficult circumstances and opposing forces. The outcomes include increased faith, a sense of the loving providence of God, a realigning of priorities, and a greater desire to share the gospel. In turn, the reader's faith will be strengthened knowing that if God can steer individuals through these unknown territories, he certainly will care for their everyday lives.
Download or read book Brief Encounters with the Enemy written by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2013 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An unnamed American city feeling the effects of a war waged far away and suffering from bad weather is the backdrop for this startling work of fiction. The protagonists are aimless young men going from one blue collar job to the next, or in a few cases, aspiring to middle management. Their everyday struggles--with women, with the morning commute, with a series of cruel bosses--are somehow transformed into storytelling that is both universally resonant and wonderfully uncanny. That is the unsettling, funny, and ultimately heartfelt originality of Saïd Sayrafiezadeh's short fiction, to be at home in a world not quite our own but with many, many lessons to offer us"--
Download or read book Encounters written by Cynthia Y. Ning and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Level 1: Student books 1 and 2 were published in 2012. Level 2: Student books 3 and 4 were published in 2016 -- Introduction.
Download or read book Encounter Your Destiny written by David O'Dell and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Author, David O'Dell shares his true story on how he met his "true love," his wife on an international romance tour. Imagine traveling to an exotic location, like Barranquilla Colombia, located on the Caribbean coast and joining eleven other guys with the same mindset of sincerely searching for love and a life partner. During your stay you will attend three socials on different days and at these socials you will be surrounded by one hundred different ladies each evening that are gorgeous, intelligent, available, and most importantly they are interested in meeting you! An experience unparalleled! Before leaving for Colombia, David was content with his life and his routine. By his own admission he is just an average middle-class guy with brown hair, boy-next-door looks and height, who lives in a traditional 3-bedroom, home in the suburbs of Houston, Texas. David didn't "need" a wife. His decision to go on an international romance tour was based on the premise that at the very least, he'd see a beautiful city in a foreign country and have some wonderful travel memories. At most, if fortunate he'd find someone he truly cared for and could continue a relationship after the tour. Little did he know life was about to get very interesting! In David's case, he can proudly state that from the moment he met his wife, he knew that they had a very special chemistry, un-matched by anything he had experienced in his life. And while David only spoke a small amount of Spanish, and Cristina spoke some English, they found that romance and chemistry are an international language all their own. Encounter Your Destiny is a wonderful inspiring novel about true love that intertwines the books author, David O'Dell and his whirlwind romance and marriage to Cristina as well as the inner workings of the romance tour he attended. The novel puts you in the footsteps of David as he takes you behind the scenes - From David's life before going on the romance tour to when David meets his lovely wife Cristina to their wedding, he takes you through the actual international romance tour, from the moment you arrive in Colombia until the day you depart, and the filming of the romance tour by a documentary television series. Bonus Section: Your Guide to a Successful International Romance Tour; You'll learn how the process works in detail, what to expect and what you should do - and not do - when you take one of these remarkable tours. What the tour agency does, what you should expect from a reputable tour agency. You'll learn about the "Socials" - the key to meeting and discovering how to interact with the ladies. What you can expect and what you can do to ensure a positive experience for yourself. You'll also gain valuable advice on what you should do regarding dating, what to do while you're dating women in another country, and what you need to do once you return home.
Download or read book Encounters written by Charles Francis and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding a form in which to present the stories was difficult. Each piece is meant to stand on its own, no connection between them. I arranged these stories according to the location at which the events occurred and they follow roughly the time line of my moving about. For those of you who may enjoy viewing my photographs and reading some of my verses, you may visit my web site, Plato's Cave, at: cephalis.blogspot.com.
Download or read book Miraculous Encounters written by Michele A. Livingston and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2004-09-22 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationally renowned clairvoyant and visionary Michele A. Livingston invited others to tell her about their direct messages from Heaven. These true stories will provide healing and reassurance to anyone grieving for lost loved ones and to those wondering about life after death. Angels and departed loved ones often communicate with us, from subtle signs to dramatic visions and telepathic messages. Not only do angels exist and protect us; when needed, they may even take human form! The author, known for her ability to see beyond the veil and receive messages from departed souls, adds commentary and reveals her incredible personal encounters. Miraculous Encounters will forever change your thinking about Heaven and uplift your soul for its continued journey in this world.
Download or read book Encountering Angels written by Judith MacNutt and published by Chosen Books. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angels have long fascinated humanity. From books to movies, from TV shows to video games, angels are portrayed in inconsistent and sometimes imaginative ways. What is biblical and really true about these heavenly beings. In this follow-up to her bestselling Angels Are for Real, author Judith MacNutt helps you separate fact from fiction. With warmth and insight, she shows you · the scriptural foundation for angels · their purposes here and in heaven · their role as protectors of children · how they comfort, protect, and worship with us · their role in spiritual warfare This book is full of amazing encounters and inspiring stories. You will come away encouraged and awed by God's provision for us through angels!
Download or read book Dramatic Encounters written by Willie L. Green and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores a series of Dramatic Encounters, from the Gospel of St. John where a variety of persons come into contact with the Lord Jesus, and these contacts have a profound impact on their lives. Webster defines drama as: A poem or composition representing a picture of human life, and accommodated to action. These human characters come from divers backgrounds, with a variety of issues and hang-ups, but one thing they all have in common, when they encounter the Savior, the status quo of their lives is severely interrupted. The hidden recesses of their hearts are exposed to the light of day and the power of His presence always produces a response. It is impossible to be in the presence of Christ without being affected by Him.
Download or read book Close Encounters of the Third Grade Kind written by Phillip Done and published by Center Street. This book was released on 2009-09-04 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A twenty-year veteran of the classroom, elementary school teacher Phillip Done takes readers through a lively and hilarious year in the classroom. Starting with the relative calm before the storm of buying school supplies and posting class lists, he shares the distinct personalities of grades K-4, what he learned from two professional trick or treating 8-year-old boys, the art of learning cursive and letter-writing, how kindergartners try to trap leprechauns, and what every child should experience before he or she grows up. These charming, sweet, and funny tales of Mr. Done's trials and triumphs as an award-winning schoolteacher will touch readers' hearts and remind them of the true joys of childhood. We all have that one special, favorite grade school teacher whom we fondly remember throughout our adult lives - and every teacher also has students whom they will never forget. This is the perfect book for teachers, parents, and anyone else who is looking for a lighthearted, nostalgic read.
Download or read book Angelic Encounters written by Barbara Bellerieve and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about one woman's mystical, spiritual journey of miraculous, supernatural encounters with God and her Angels. These divine interventions are filled with spiritual messages and are deeply moving, as she shares with you the reality and power of her personal experiences with the divine omnipresence of God. Barbara describes her encounters with God and her Angels in such a way that anyone can understand. The stories in this book are about how to communicate and pray to bring forth miracles and to strengthen your faith in your own interaction with God and the Angels that God has assigned to you to guide, protect and inspire you. Barbara talks about Intent as she shares her stories with others. She says her Angels say that Intent is everything and the only thing that the Universe responds to as we live on this Planet Earth. She talks about the spiritual principles that are ours to use to create and manifest all that we desire, according to the divine plan of our lives. In a couple of her stories, she is very descriptive about the seven spiritual principles to manifestation as outlined by her Angels. To use these principles in the order she shares, is to become a powerful creator as you are designed to be, according to the divine plan of your life. Through sharing her life's experiences with us, Barbara clearly and thoughtfully shares how powerful it is to simply listen and follow the divine instructions once they are given. Her stories are fearless and honest as she shares moments in her life when she made choices totally based on what she believed God's Intent was and other times when she was led by ego. This book is hard to put down, once you have started reading it.
Download or read book First Encounters written by Jerald T. Milanich and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2018-02-26 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The books in the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series demonstrate the University Press of Florida’s long history of publishing Latin American and Caribbean studies titles that connect in and through Florida, highlighting the connections between the Sunshine State and its neighboring islands. Books in this series show how early explorers found and settled Florida and the Caribbean. They tell the tales of early pioneers, both foreign and domestic. They examine topics critical to the area such as travel, migration, economic opportunity, and tourism. They look at the growth of Florida and the Caribbean and the attendant pressures on the environment, culture, urban development, and the movement of peoples, both forced and voluntary. The Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series gathers the rich data available in these architectural, archaeological, cultural, and historical works, as well as the travelogues and naturalists’ sketches of the area in prior to the twentieth century, making it accessible for scholars and the general public alike. The Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series is made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, under the Humanities Open Books program.
Download or read book Stones written by Larry D. Powell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stones is a chronologically composed collection of mostly humorous, often self-deprecating, bite-sized anecdotes selected from a broad spectrum of experiences extending across the author's 45 years in pastoral ministry. The reader will be pleased to discover that these brief, self-contained narratives provide fresh, first person, real life experiences featuring a wide variety of personalities, attitudes, perceptions, prejudices, and expectations ... most of which will catch you by surprise. Serendipitous discoveries are sometimes even more delightful when they first appear camouflaged as something else; such as being pulled over by an Arkansas State Trooper on a remote mountain highway, or fishing without benefit of bait or tackle in the shallows of a Georgia river, or being overly anxious for worshippers to exit the sanctuary on an island in the Irish Sea, or unknowingly having coffee with the president of the World Bank, or being handed a three-battery flashlight by an airplane pilot before take-off. If you enjoy anecdotal reading, when the twists and turns are not always predictable, you will relish this opportunity to look over the author's shoulder as he views his ministry in the rear view mirror.
Download or read book Encountering Christ written by Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio and published by Scepter Publishers. This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s as the new Pope, many were unfamiliar with him. Many wondered who he was, where he was from, and how he would lead the Church in these trying times. When his name was announced—Francis—the world had its first indication that this was going to be a “Pope of firsts.” But for those who already knew Pope Francis as Cardinal Bergoglio, there was nothing surprising about the choice of that name. As the archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Bergoglio had already developed a reputation as a man of unusual humility, simplicity, love for the poor, and evangelical spirit. Encountering Christ gives the reader a glimpse into the heart and mind of Pope Francis. It offers a selection of homilies, letters, and addresses delivered from 2009-2013 as archbishop of Buenos Aires. These texts contain many of the themes that have already emerged as central to Pope Francis’ pontificate: love for the poor, the dangers of a self-referential Church, and the need to “go out” and bring Christ to the world. As the world learns more about Pope Francis in the months and years to come, these texts offer an introduction into the “spiritual priorities” of our new Holy Father.
Download or read book Marvelous Encounters written by Willard Bohn and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of poesie critique - poetry that possesses both a poetic and a critical function - has an extensive history in modern literature. Written in response to another work of art, be it a painting, a film, a poem, or a piece of music, the critical poem comments on the latter in various ways but refuses to abandon its poetic mission. Marvelous Encounters examines surrealist poets writing in French, Spanish, and Catalan who experimented with this intriguing genre. The first three chapters are concerned with the French surrealists, who began to cultivate critical poetry toward the end of World War I. Chapter 2 considers how Louis Aragon and Philippe Soupault appropriated the critical poem, as they reviewed books of poetry and films starring Charlie Chaplin. Chapter 3, which examines how Benjamin Peret and Paul Eluard conceived of critical poetry, analyzes their response to poems by Tristan Tzara and paintings by Giorgio de Chirico and Joan Miro. Chapter 4 is devoted entirely to Andre Breton.
