Download or read book From the Pulpit to the Bedside written by Benjamin Rolin Doolittle and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faith must be real and relevant. There is too much suffering, too much worry, and too much grief for faith to be an abstraction or an intellectual exercise. As a physician and pastor, this collection is my attempt to keep faith real and relevant where my two worlds intersect - the clinic and the church, the pulpit and the bedside. This is a compilation of sermons preached throughout the past 17 years: most as sermons from various churches and a few presentations from medical conferences. I have cleaned them up a bit for flow and clarity, but not so much to lose the sermon feel. These chapters are meditations, stories, and parables, words delivered with love in hopes of sharing good news. I hope these words are accessible to the doubter as well as to the believer. In the end, this collection is a humble offering of my own journey, that it may give insight into your own. All proceeds from this book support local and global urban ministry projects.
Download or read book Annals of the American Pulpit Episcopalian written by William Buell Sprague and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annals of the American Pulpit written by William Buell Sprague and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memoirs of an Icelandic Bookworm written by Jóna E. Hammer and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2006-07-18 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoirs of an Icelandic Bookworm is only partly a memoir. More than half the volume consists of Icelandic folktales, many of which have never been translated into English before. These tales are uniquely presented here as part of a fabric of life extending from a long-ago past through times affected by the Second World War and to the present. The book is a first-hand and humorous account of Icelandic culture and an Icelandic childhood. In the memoir-sections, the bookworm of the title is growing up in a small town in Northern Iceland; her emerging world-view is expanded by family-influences or challenged by sojourns into Icelandic and international literature. Her family is memorably represented, for example by her grandmother, the robust Stefana, who speaks in verse and learns to dance rockn roll, and the white-haired patriarch Jn, who steps in to save the family home from burning and introduces his great-granddaughter to an ancient feminist folktale. The memoirs mostly describe the 1940s and 50s, but the author is constantly looking back, beyond her own memories and even the memories of her great-parents, toward an older culture, preserved in the folktales and exerting its influence through the centuries to touch her own childhood. On occasion, the authors cultural associations reach even further back, to the times of the Icelandic sagas; at other times, with periodic returns to her current vantage point in the 21st century, she touches down in the more recent past for a humorous look at Laxness or up-to-date cultural developments. As a writer of memoirs, the author makes two general observations. The first one is that children should be introduced to imaginative literature as early as possible. Although this is not a new idea, it is illustrated here with an example of highly auspicious conditions: the bookworm and her peers grow up in a cultural climate where literature and poetry are integrated into daily life. The authors second observation is that a small and seemingly insular society may actually contain a great deal of cultural and literary sophistication, as she shows in her descriptions of daily small-town life in Northern Iceland. The sixty-some folktales which occupy the larger part of the book are introduced as flashbacks to earlier times. Reflecting the national past and narrated by long departed country-people, the folktales run through the bookworms own present and link her living family to long-ago forebears. The human characters in these colorful tales are just like the narrators themselves: farmers and their wives, serving maids, clergymen, bishops, or hired hands: a familiar mixture in any farming society. The non-humans are a sinister lot, ranging from The Evil One himself through ghosts and ogres with whom ordinary folk must struggle as best they can. In addition, the ever-present elves are a law unto themselves: loyal as friends but lethal as foes. Being an Icelander and thus receptive to mysticism, the bookworm has ample contact with the supernatural, partly through the folktales but also as elements of daily life. Real people gifted with second sight are still commonplace in the girls own times; in fact, her family owes its very existence to the advice of such a seer. In addition, the bookworms world teems with an international cast of fictional and fantastic characters. Dickenss Mr. Bumble, Anna of Green Gables, Alice in Wonderland, a nameless drunken fisherman (courtesy of Halldr Kiljan Laxness), and the Hunchback of Notre Dame, among others, make cameo appearances next to child-stealing elf-women, man-devouring giantesses, and a dreaded ghost-monster called Thorgeirs Bull. The first folktale, a horrific account of a legendary sorcerer, is presented by itself both as a preview of the dark supernatural mysteries in store for the reader and as a preview of the fascination and excitement such readin
Download or read book The American Missionary written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 13-62 include abridged annual reports and proceedings of the annual meetings of the American Missionary Association, 1869-1908; v. 38-62 include abridged annual reports of the Society's Executive committee, 1883/84-1907/1908.
Download or read book Annals of the American Pulpit Episcopalian 1859 written by William Buell Sprague and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Wonderful Land of Bed Time Stories written by Lewis Carroll and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-16 with total page 10380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wonderful Land of Bed-Time Stories is an anthology that weaves together a rich tapestry of tales from a bevy of illustrious authors, embracing a wide array of literary styles from fairy tales to animal stories, and classic children's literature. With contributions from the minds behind Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Importance of Being Earnest, Treasure Island, and many more, this collection stands as a testament to the diversity and significance of storytelling across generations and cultures. Highlighted within are narratives that have shaped the contours of childhood imagination, each story a gem contributing to the overarching themes of adventure, morality, and the nuances of human (and animal) emotion. The remarkable variety within this compendium ensures the presence of a magical story for every reader. The contributing authors and editors, ranging from Lewis Carroll to Hans Christian Andersen, and including figures like Beatrix Potter and Rudyard Kipling, offer an anthology that spans the breadth of the 19th and early 20th centuries, encapsulating pivotal moments in literature. These writers, many of whom were pioneers in their respective genres, collectively represent a historical and cultural mosaic that enriched the literary landscape of their time. Their backgrounds, from varying corners of the world, provide a multifaceted exploration of societal norms, triumphs, and struggles through the lens of fantastical and heartwarming tales. The Wonderful Land of Bed-Time Stories is an indispensable collection for those who wish to delve into the world of literature that has charmed and educated generations. It offers readers the unique opportunity to traverse the myriad landscapes fashioned by these master storytellers. This anthology is more than a journey through the annals of literary history; it is a voyage that spans the spectrum of human emotion and the complexities of the world through the simplicity of children's stories. Ideal for scholars, educators, and anyone with a keen interest in the evolution of story-telling, this book illuminates the power of literature to transcend time, teaching timeless morals and showcasing the art of narrative in its most enchanting forms.
Download or read book Annals of the American Episcopal Pulpit written by William Buell Sprague and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Herald of Gospel Liberty written by Elias Smith and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Free Love written by Robert Shaplen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-04-16 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wry, instructive, and hugely entertaining account of “one of the most sensational trials in American history” (New York Times Book Review). On the night of July 3, 1870, Elizabeth Tilton confessed to her husband that she’d had an affair with their pastor, Henry Ward Beecher. This secret would soon transfix America, for Beecher was the most famous preacher of the day, founder of the most fashionable church in Brooklyn Heights, a presidential hopeful, an influential supporter of Abolition, and a leader of the campaign for women’s suffrage. When Beecher tried to silence the Tiltons, it was a whisper network of suffragists, notably Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who spread news of the affair, and it was the radical Victoria Woodhull—an outspoken proponent of “free love”—who seized on it, as political dynamite, to blow up the myth of monogamy among the political elite. Her public accusations led to even more public trials, which shocked the country and divided the most progressive thinkers of the era. In 1953, the journalist Robert Shaplen revisited the Tilton-Beecher affair in a series of articles for the New Yorker, relying on 3,000 pages of contemporary accounts—court transcripts, love-letters, newspaper reports and illustrations, even political cartoons—to reanimate a scandal that shook the American reform movement and to expose a strand of America’s cultural DNA that remains recognizable today.
Download or read book The Chautauquan written by and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Enoree written by Jerry Mullinax and published by Unforgettable Books Inc. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Third-grader Jake and his brothers struggle to do the right thing when their father becomes pastor of First Baptist Church in Pelham, South Carolina, in 1957, where bullies and bigots can be more frightening than the whitewater of Enoree River.
Download or read book The Christian examiner and Church of Ireland magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From the Cradle to the Pulpit written by Aubrey C.H. Brown Jr. Th. D and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-01-20 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story we are about to embark upon is not just a historical event that was stored in the mental archives of the writers imagination. Rather, it is the solid collection of indisputable facts. These facts are the pillows of truth that have guided a chosen vessel of God toward his vocational occupation. This book is a synopsis of the writers life, from the cradle to the pulpit. This story is based on a biological sketch of the writers childhood, to include his family background, community description, early education, and religious upbringing. His conversion to Christianity and call to the pastoral ministry was the turning point of his adult life. He was now moving on a particular uncertain course, not willing to quietly surrender to the will of God and heed the call to the pulpit ministry. This was the time of his life when he sought to avoid pastoral obligations by attempting to ponder in the field of journalism. This was, of course, the treading upon dangerous grounds that would subsequently provoke the one who requires his service to take serious action to implore his indulgence.
Download or read book THE HOME AND FOREIGN MISSIONARY RECORD OF THE FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND written by and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Pulpit written by Arnold Lastinger and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-06-16 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written with no other agenda than to simply entertain the reader. In the truest definition of the word it is not an autobiography; it is a collection of short stories that have happened in the lives of Arnold & Joy Lastinger in over 50 years of ministry. You may laugh; you may cry. But, you will enjoy reading about how the marvelous grace of a loving Lord has carried this couple through 50 years of ministry together. Some of the stories are too fantastic to be believeable. But, every one of them is true. Brace yourself for an enjoyable read!
