Download or read book Don t Swallow the Baby Jesus written by Whitney Yarber White and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's the quickest way to get Jesus into your heart? Swallow him, of course...or so Aaden thinks! Join brothers Aaron and Aaden as they decorate for Christmas. Along the way, they discover the answers to their questions. Why do we celebrate the birth of Jesus? And how can you get him into your heart?
Download or read book On Reading Well written by Karen Swallow Prior and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ★ Publishers Weekly starred review A Best Book of 2018 in Religion, Publishers Weekly Reading great literature well has the power to cultivate virtue, says acclaimed author Karen Swallow Prior. In this book, she takes readers on a guided tour through works of great literature both ancient and modern, exploring twelve virtues that philosophers and theologians throughout history have identified as most essential for good character and the good life. Covering authors from Henry Fielding to Cormac McCarthy, Jane Austen to George Saunders, and Flannery O'Connor to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Prior explores some of the most compelling universal themes found in the pages of classic books, helping readers learn to love life, literature, and God through their encounters with great writing. The book includes end-of-chapter reflection questions geared toward book club discussions, original artwork throughout, and a foreword by Leland Ryken. The hardcover edition was named a Best Book of 2018 in Religion by Publishers Weekly. "[A] lively treatise on building character through books.'"--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Download or read book Relax It s Just God written by Wendy Thomas Russell and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gold-medal winner of a Next Generation Book Award, silver-medal winner of the Independent Publishers Book Award. As featured on the PBS NewsHour “A gem of a book.” — LIBRARY JOURNAL (STARRED REVIEW) A step-by-step guide to raising confident, open-minded kids in an age of religious intolerance. Relax, It's Just God offers parents fresh, practical and honest ways to address issues of God and faith with children while promoting curiosity and kindness, and successfully fending off indoctrination. A rapidly growing demographic cohort in America, secular parents are at the forefront of a major and unprecedented cultural shift. Unable to fall back on what they were taught as children, many of these parents are struggling, or simply failing, to address issues of God, religion and faith with their children in ways that promote honesty, curiosity, kindness and independence. The author sifts through hard data, including the results of a survey of 1,000 nonreligious parents, and delivers gentle but straightforward advice to both non-believers and open-minded believers. With a thoughtful voice infused with humor, Russell seamlessly merges scientific thought, scholarly research and everyday experience with respect for a full range of ways to view the world. "Relax, It's Just God" goes beyond the numbers to assist parents (and grandparents) who may be struggling to find the right time place, tone and language with which to talk about God, spirituality and organized religion. It encourages parents to promote religious literacy and understanding and to support kids as they explore religion on their own -- ensuring that each child makes up his or her own mind about what to believe (or not believe) and extends love and respect to those who may not agree with them. Subjects covered include: • Talking openly about our beliefs without indoctrinating kids • Making religious literacy fun and engaging • Talking about death without the comforts of heaven • Navigating religious differences with extended family members • What to do when kids get threatened with hell
Download or read book I Love Jesus But I Want to Die written by Sarah J. Robinson and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.
Download or read book I Know This Much Is True written by Wally Lamb and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-06-03 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his stunning debut novel, She's Come Undone, Wally Lamb won the adulation of critics and readers with his mesmerizing tale of one woman's painful yet triumphant journey of self-discovery. Now, this brilliantly talented writer returns with I Know This Much Is True, a heartbreaking and poignant multigenerational saga of the reproductive bonds of destruction and the powerful force of forgiveness. A masterpiece that breathtakingly tells a story of alienation and connection, power and abuse, devastation and renewal--this novel is a contemporary retelling of an ancient Hindu myth. A proud king must confront his demons to achieve salvation. Change yourself, the myth instructs, and you will inhabit a renovated world. When you're the same brother of a schizophrenic identical twin, the tricky thing about saving yourself is the blood it leaves on your bands--the little inconvenience of the look-alike corpse at your feet. And if you're into both survival of the fittest and being your brother's keeper--if you've promised your dying mother--then say so long to sleep and hello to the middle of the night. Grab a book or a beer. Get used to Letterman's gap-toothed smile of the absurd, or the view of the bedroom ceiling, or the influence of random selection. Take it from a godless insomniac. Take it from the uncrazy twin--the guy who beat the biochemical rap. Dominick Birdsey's entire life has been compromised and constricted by anger and fear, by the paranoid schizophrenic twin brother he both deeply loves and resents, and by the past they shared with their adoptive father, Ray, a spit-and-polish ex-Navy man (the five-foot-six-inch sleeping giant who snoozed upstairs weekdays in the spare room and built submarines at night), and their long-suffering mother, Concettina, a timid woman with a harelip that made her shy and self-conscious: She holds a loose fist to her face to cover her defective mouth--her perpetual apology to the world for a birth defect over which she'd had no control. Born in the waning moments of 1949 and the opening minutes of 1950, the twins are physical mirror images who grow into separate yet connected entities: the seemingly strong and protective yet fearful Dominick, his mother's watchful "monkey"; and the seemingly weak and sweet yet noble Thomas, his mother's gentle "bunny." From childhood, Dominick fights for both separation and wholeness--and ultimately self-protection--in a house of fear dominated by Ray, a bully who abuses his power over these stepsons whose biological father is a mystery. I was still afraid of his anger but saw how he punished weakness--pounced on it. Out of self-preservation I hid my fear, Dominick confesses. As for Thomas, he just never knew how to play defense. He just didn't get it. But Dominick's talent for survival comes at an enormous cost, including the breakup of his marriage to the warm, beautiful Dessa, whom he still loves. And it will be put to the ultimate test when Thomas, a Bible-spouting zealot, commits an unthinkable act that threatens the tenuous balance of both his and Dominick's lives. To save himself, Dominick must confront not only the pain of his past but the dark secrets he has locked deep within himself, and the sins of his ancestors--a quest that will lead him beyond the confines of his blue-collar New England town to the volcanic foothills of Sicily 's Mount Etna, where his ambitious and vengefully proud grandfather and a namesake Domenico Tempesta, the sostegno del famiglia, was born. Each of the stories Ma told us about Papa reinforced the message that he was the boss, that he ruled the roost, that what he said went. Searching for answers, Dominick turns to the whispers of the dead, to the pages of his grandfather's handwritten memoir, The History of Domenico Onofrio Tempesta, a Great Man from Humble Beginnings. Rendered with touches of magic realism, Domenico's fablelike tale--in which monkeys enchant and religious statues weep--becomes the old man's confession--an unwitting legacy of contrition that reveals the truth's of Domenico's life, Dominick learns that power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed, and now, picking through the humble shards of his deconstructed life, he will search for the courage and love to forgive, to expiate his and his ancestors' transgressions, and finally to rebuild himself beyond the haunted shadow of his twin. Set against the vivid panoply of twentieth-century America and filled with richly drawn, memorable characters, this deeply moving and thoroughly satisfying novel brings to light humanity's deepest needs and fears, our aloneness, our desire for love and acceptance, our struggle to survive at all costs. Joyous, mystical, and exquisitely written, I Know This Much Is True is an extraordinary reading experience that will leave no reader untouched.
Download or read book Sins of Innocence written by Jean Stone and published by Loveswept. This book was released on 2013-07-08 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Jean Stone’s moving novel of what might have been, four very different women with one very powerful thing in common are reunited—with one another, and with the children they gave up for adoption. Jess has led a charmed life, but now that her beautiful teenage daughter is pregnant, all she can think of is the baby she gave away. Susan lost one child years ago, and now, as a divorced college professor, she’s terrified of losing another. P.J. overcame an unwanted pregnancy to become a high-powered art director, but her whirlwind life is halted by an unsettling discovery. Ginny makes an unlikely Hollywood wife, but men, money, and four marriages can’t erase the horrors of her past—or satisfy her need for love. Twenty-five years ago, they met in a home for unwed mothers. At the time, all they had to hold on to was one another. Now Jess, Susan, P.J., and Ginny must find the courage to face the past: The date is set for a reunion with the children they have never known. And no matter what happens, their lives will never be the same. Jess’s story continues in Jean Stone’s Tides of the Heart! Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: Trying to Score, Long Simmering Spring, and Scarlet Lady.
Download or read book Three O Clock in the World written by D. White and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2023-05-21 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gene Tierney lives with her husband on an air force base in central Nevada. There sinister experiments are performed by ex-patriot scientists from Germany. Gene is hoping to return to the movies soon, provided she can find a good script (and regain her health after nervous breakdowns that have involved a variety of hallucinations that may or may not include German scientists).
Download or read book Fierce Convictions written by Karen Swallow Prior and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a foreword by Eric Metaxas, best-selling author of Bonhoeffer and Amazing Grace. The enthralling biography of the woman writer who helped end the slave trade, changed Britain’s upper classes, and taught a nation how to read. The history-changing reforms of Hannah More affected every level of 18th-Century British society through her keen intellect, literary achievements, collaborative spirit, strong Christian principles, and colorful personality. A woman without connections or status, More took the world of British letters by storm when she arrived in London from Bristol, becoming a best-selling author and acclaimed playwright and quickly befriending the author Samuel Johnson, the politician Horace Walpole, and the actor David Garrick. Yet she was also a leader in the Evangelical movement, using her cultural position and her pen to support the growth of education for the poor, the reform of morals and manners, and the abolition of Britain’s slave trade. Fierce Convictions weaves together world and personal history into a stirring story of life that intersected with Wesley and Whitefield’s Great Awakening, the rise and influence of Evangelicalism, and convulsive effects of the French Revolution. A woman of exceptional intellectual gifts and literary talent, Hannah More was above all a person whose faith compelled her both to engage her culture and to transform it.
Download or read book I m Not Mad I m Just in My Feelings written by Dr. Lawrence V. Bolar and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-06-14 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'm not Mad Im just in my feelings, is a book designed to intrigue readers of all nationalities, social economic statues, backgrounds and walks of life. The book was created to give a causal comparative analysis to biblical characters in the bible and compare them, their feelings, and responses to everyday characters we see and interact with today. The goal is to make learning the word of God ( The Bible)interesting to those who would otherwise never open the bible or find it difficult to read. I believe the bible has the greatest stories that have never been told. The most fascinating thing about this particular literature I'm not mad i'm just in my feelings is, it highlights some of the most interesting stories in the bible. In addition its shows how the characters where in their feelings similar to that of any one of us. This thrilling yet eye opening book definitely covers the social and emotional outcomes of biblical characters during their time and our time today. What you discover after reading this book will be astonishing.
Download or read book The Complete Short Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 3906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Short Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle offers a collection of intriguing and captivating tales that showcase Doyle's mastery of the detective genre. Drawing from his experience as a physician, Doyle weaves intricate plots filled with clever clues and unexpected twists, setting the standard for detective fiction. Known for his iconic character Sherlock Holmes, Doyle's stories not only entertain but also provide insightful commentary on society and human nature. His writing style is concise yet descriptive, allowing readers to immerse themselves in the mysteries and follow along with the deductive reasoning of his famous detective. This collection is a must-read for fans of classic detective fiction and anyone interested in the art of storytelling. Arthur Conan Doyle's contributions to the genre continue to influence writers and readers alike, making his short stories a timeless and essential addition to any library.
Download or read book Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Delphi Classics written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2013-11-17 with total page 10002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, the great literary giant Sir Arthur Conan Doyle receives the scholarly Delphi Classics treatment. This comprehensive eBook offers the most complete edition possible Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's works in the US. Features: * the most complete edition possible due to US copyright restrictions * annotated with concise introductions to the novels and other texts * illustrated with the original Sherlock Holmes images * images of how the books first appeared, giving your EReader a taste of the Victorian texts * ALMOST all of the Sherlock Holmes stories (due to copyright) – even the rare and unfinished THE ADVENTURE OF THE TALL MAN * the rare comic opera Conan Doyle collaborated on with Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie * ALL of the short stories and short story collections have their own unique contents tables – choose from a vast range of amazing and rare short stories * rare non-fiction texts * Conan Doyle’s historic war treatises with maps and more * scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * features five rare plays by Conan Doyle, including SHERLOCK HOLMES - explore the Great Man's theatrical talents! * scarce non-fiction works, including the GEORGE EDALJI and OSCAR SLATER real-life crime cases that Conan Doyle helped solve! * UPDATED with rare works and stories Please visit www.delphiclassics.com for more information and to browse our exciting titles. The Sherlock Holmes Collections SHERLOCK HOLMES: AN INTRODUCTION A STUDY IN SCARLET THE SIGN OF THE FOUR THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES THE VALLEY OF FEAR HIS LAST BOW THE FIELD BAZAAR HOW WATSON LEARNT THE TRICK THE ADVENTURE OF THE TALL MAN The Sherlock Holmes Stories The Challenger Works THE LOST WORLD THE POISON BELT Historical Novels MICAH CLARKE THE WHITE COMPANY THE GREAT SHADOW THE REFUGEES RODNEY STONE UNCLE BERNAC SIR NIGEL Other Novels and Novellas THE MYSTERY OF CLOOMBER THE FIRM OF GIRDLESTONE THE DOINGS OF RAFFLES HAW BEYOND THE CITY THE PARASITE THE STARK MUNRO LETTERS THE TRAGEDY OF THE KOROSKO A DUET The Short Story Collections THE CAPTAIN OF THE POLESTAR AND OTHER TALES. THE GREAT KEINPLATZ EXPERIMENT AND OTHER TALES OF TWILIGHT AND THE UNSEEN MY FRIEND THE MURDERER AND OTHER MYSTERIES AND ADVENTURES THE GULLY OF BLUEMANSDYKE AND OTHER STORIES ROUND THE RED LAMP THE GREEN FLAG AND OTHER STORIES THE EXPLOITS OF BRIGADIER GERARD THE ADVENTURES OF GERARD ROUND THE FIRE STORIES THE LAST OF THE LEGIONS AND OTHER TALES OF LONG AGO THE LAST GALLEY DANGER! AND OTHER STORIES TALES OF TERROR AND MYSTERY THE DEALINGS OF CAPTAIN SHARKEY AND OTHER TALES OF PIRATES THE MAN FROM ARCHANGEL AND OTHER TALES OF ADVENTURE UNCOLLECTED SHORT STORIES The Short Stories LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Opera JANE ANNIE, OR THE GOOD CONDUCT PRIZE The Plays WATERLOO SHERLOCK HOLMES THE SPECKLED BAND THE CROWN DIAMOND THE JOURNEY The Poetry SONGS OF ACTION SONGS OF THE ROAD THE GUARDS CAME THROUGH The Non Fiction THE GREAT BOER WAR THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA THROUGH THE MAGIC DOOR THE CRIME OF THE CONGO THE CASE OF MR. GEORGE EDALJI THE CASE OF MR. OSCAR SLATER THE HOLOCAUST OF MANOR PLACE THE BRAVOES OF MARKET-DRAYTON THE DEBATABLE CASE OF MRS. EMSLEY THE LOVE AFFAIR OF GEORGE VINCENT PARKER THE BRITISH CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS VOLUMES I-VI A VISIT TO THREE FRONTS. JUNE 1916 A GLIMPSE OF THE ARMY GREAT BRITAIN AND THE NEXT WAR THE FUTURE OF CANADIAN LITERATURE THE NEW REVELATION THE VITAL MESSAGE THE WANDERINGS OF A SPIRITUALIST THE COMING OF THE FAIRIES
Download or read book Hands of Protection written by Angelia Smith and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Must Read! Electrifying Journey! This is a story about God accepting ordinary people for who they are, and where they are in life. Monae “Peaches” Dickerson is a successful, beautiful forty-four divorce’ with a fifteen year old daughter named Selena. Sexually abused by her father and a mother that looked the other way she went to live with her best friend, Monica after her father was arrested for killing her mother. Mama May, Monica’s mother introduced her to God, which transformed her life. After fifteen years of marriage, “Peaches’” husband leaves her for a much younger woman leaving her depressed, secluded, and with low self-esteem…until she met Drake. Drake is tall, dark, and very handsome with a mega-watt smile that won’t quit. He also has a dangerous past. After a near death experience, and a stint in prison, Drake vowed to turn his life around. Mainly for his three-year old daughter Destiny. He aspired to become an engineer. He attended college while working three jobs to pay the bills. The only thing holding him back was his greedy, conniving, money hungry, manipulating daughter’s mother…until he met Peaches, who taught him the true meaning of accepting God, which transformed his life. This is a must read for everyone!!! An inspirational dramedy! You won’t be able to put it down! Prepare yourself for an emotional, heartfelt novel, and get ready for a spiritual change!!!!!!
Download or read book An Unbroken Circle of Love written by Churnet Winborne and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Unbroken Circle of Love, is a third installment in the very inspirational story of Pastor Angie. The book is mainly about how one can still be used by God and strives for the kingdom of God. Despite what obstacles that they may face. Pastor Angie is still beating the odds as she struggles to recover from a massive stroke and Early Onset Frontal Lobe Dementia. She shows that although ill that she can still be used by God. With the love of her family, friends and congregation. Which is why the story is titled An Unbroken Circle of Love . I feel with genuine love of first God and family and friends you can conquer anything. The story is set in twenty fourteen Pemberton North Carolina , a small all black town with about twenty five thousand people. The main characters are of course , fifty one year old Pastor Sheila Angela Davis. Her eight children and thirteen Grand children. Kayla Warner Davis , Pastor Angies daughter in law and nurse who has moderate Cerebral Palsy. She has a stutter and walks with a slight limp. Her son Eric ,a high school principal and teacher. And Olivia ,her twelve year old Grand Daughter. Her Great Grand daughter Melodie Morris ,their four children and husband Elijah Morris.
Download or read book Just in Time for Christmas written by Carolyn Brown and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's beginning to look like Christmas in a rollicking holiday romance by beloved author Carolyn Brown. Footloose Liz Hanson has finally come home to Ringgold, Texas, with a hankering to settle down. All she wants for Christmas is a house of her own—and the man of her dreams. The house was easy. Now she's asking Santa to help her win over her extremely attractive neighbor Raylen O'Donnell, her teen crush all grown up, to make her Christmas dreams come true... New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown's Texas twang and inimitable sass shine through in this romantic holiday story. Previously published as Darn Good Cowboy Christmas.
Download or read book Modern Woodman Magazine written by Frank O. Van Galder and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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