Download or read book God s Handmaiden written by Gilbert Morris and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical and romantic adventure woven around the story of Florence Nightingale.Gervase Howard is in her mid-teens when her working-class mother dies and she must go to live with relatives in service to a wealthy, noble family, outside of London. While learning various jobs, she is drawn to the eldest son, Davis. Her fascination with him grows deeper, but more hopeless, since the two are separated not just by class, but also by Davis’s love for Roberta.When Davis announces his engagement, he asks Gervase to join them as Roberta’s maid. But instead Gervase becomes a companion to Florence Nightingale and accompanies her when the Crimean War breaks out and she is asked to create a corps of nurses. On the field, Gervase crosses paths with Davis, who has become disillusioned in his marriage and is drawn to her warmth and care. Both know, however, there is nothing more for them than friendship.Upon her return to England, Gervase receives word that Davis has been seriously injured in a fall and is asked to nurse him back to health. As he regains consciousness, he reveals shocking news that plunges them both into danger.
Download or read book The Theater of Devotion written by Gail McMurray Gibson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this interdisciplinary study of drama, arts, and spirituality, Gail Gibson provides a provocative reappraisal of fifteenth-century English theater through a detailed portrait of the flourishing cultures of Suffolk and Norfolk. By emphasizing the importance of the Incarnation of Christ as a model and justification for late medieval drama and art, Gibson challenges currently held views of the secularization of late medieval culture.
Download or read book Equally in God s Image written by Julia Bolton Holloway and published by Julia Bolton Holloway. This book was released on 1990 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equally in God's Image: Women in the Middle Ages is a volume of essays presenting the argument that with the coming of the universities women were excluded, in an apartheid of gender, from education and power. It discusses the resulting paradigm shift from Romanesque to Gothic, describing the images which women had of themselves and which the dominant male society had of them. We meet, in the pages of this book, medieval women in their roles as writers, pilgrims, wives, anchoresses and nuns, at court, on pilgrimage, in households and convents. The volume, as a «Distant Mirror» for ourselves today, seeks to present ways in which women then fulfilled the roles society expected of them and the ways in which they also subverted - through entering into textuality - the expectations of the dominating culture in order to quest identity and equality.
Download or read book Difference Dissolved written by Spencer Perdriau and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You don’t need to be a prophet, holy man, saint or messiah to attain Mystic Union. If Unity were not attainable by ordinary man, then none of us would have the ability to realize The Eternal. Spiritual/Mystical Unity is open and available to all, regardless of belief or religious preference. This is the self-realized universal ideal of contemporary mystic, Spencer Perdriau. In a world that has become so focused on distinction and difference, what we need now is collective, not personal, experience and realization of the underlying Essence that pervades and unifies us all equally. That Essence is everywhere and ever-present. It is the foundation of everything and is the same for us all. We may appear separate and different at the surface of life, but our essence and foundation is the same, and connects us all. We are all made of the same “stuff” of reality, and we all exist within the same “ocean of reality”, no matter how different we take it. If we all had a glimpse of our essential foundation, Our Ultimate Identity, that collective realization would create far more peace and equality in our world, which so desperately yearns for that remembering and restoration of Unity. This little book is devoted to sharing and inspiring all who have a deep yearning and passion for That. In the realization of our Greater Self, prejudice and difference dissolves, and in that awareness and understanding of our Greater Unity, compassion, peace and equality has room to flourish once more.
Download or read book The Upper Room Disciplines 2017 written by Rita Collett and published by Upper Room Books. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Christians identify daily time spent with God as their most valuable spiritual habit. The short yet thoughtful meditations in The Upper Room Disciplines can help you feel God’s presence and strengthen your faith. Fifty-three writers share insights on scripture and guide you to spend time reflecting on God’s messages for you. Each simple one-page devotion includes a selected Bible reading a meditation on the scripture passage a prayer or suggestion for reflectiony Nourish your spirit, find daily inspiration, and discover the joy of friendship with God with these devotions.
Download or read book Monster of God The Man Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind written by David Quammen and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004-09-17 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rich detail and vivid anecdotes of adventure....A treasure trove of exotic fact and hard thinking." —New York Times Book Review For millennia, lions, tigers, and their man-eating kin have kept our dark, scary forests dark and scary, and their predatory majesty has been the stuff of folklore. But by the year 2150 big predators may only exist on the other side of glass barriers and chain-link fences. Their gradual disappearance is changing the very nature of our existence. We no longer occupy an intermediate position on the food chain; instead we survey it invulnerably from above—so far above that we are in danger of forgetting that we even belong to an ecosystem. Casting his expert eye over the rapidly diminishing areas of wilderness where predators still reign, the award-winning author of The Song of the Dodo and The Tangled Tree examines the fate of lions in India's Gir forest, of saltwater crocodiles in northern Australia, of brown bears in the mountains of Romania, and of Siberian tigers in the Russian Far East. In the poignant and troublesome ferocity of these embattled creatures, we recognize something primeval deep within us, something in danger of vanishing forever.
Download or read book In the Yule Log Glow Christmas Tales from Round the World Complete written by Various Authors and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Unexpected News written by Robert McAfee Brown and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the ways that Asian, African, and South American Christians interpret the Bible, especially the story of Jesus' life
Download or read book Kathryn Kuhlman written by Roberts Liardon and published by Whitaker House. This book was released on 2005-10-14 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join historian Roberts Liardon on a riveting journey through the life of Kathryn Kuhlman, one of the most fascinating women of the 20th century. In this study of a miraculous healing ministry that spanned a half a century you will: Read about the countless thousands who were healed in her presence--often without her ever laying a hand on them. Learn all about her vitality and victory, her tragedies and triumphs, and how she used them all to draw her ever closer to Jesus. Find out how she was able to allow the Holy Spirit to become her best Friend and greatest Teacher--and how you can, too.
Download or read book Narratives of the Nativity of Jesus of Nazareth written by Del Mueller and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be part of the Nativity experience: to have observed the events as they happened? Imagine witnessing Mary's visit by Gabriel, being part of the group that traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem; kneeling with the shepherds as they worshipped the Christ child; joining Simeon as he rejoiced to see his Messiah; escaping to Egypt and returning to Nazareth . . . and, finally, to be someone who watched Jesus grow up and begin to show himself as Messiah . . . the God/man chosen before time to be the salvation of all human kind. Dr. Mueller takes readers into the thoughts and hearts of the key witnesses to Christ's Nativity. He writes a first-person account that provides readers with a unique historical perspective on the story as it really could have happended. Narratives of the Nativity of Jesus of Nazaeth will personalize the events that transformed the world and show readers the humaness of those who were changed because of Jesus.
Download or read book The Flowering of Ecology written by Kay Etheridge and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Flowering of Ecology presents an English translation of Maria Sibylla Merian’s 1679 book, originally published in German, the first to illustrate and describe insect/plant interactions. Her processes in making the book and an analysis of its scientific content are presented in a historical context.
Download or read book Gathering the NeXt Generation written by Nathan Humphrey and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2000-06-26 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays was written by a group of priests that are relatively rare in the Episcopal Church—priests under 35 years of age. In 1997 only 296 Episcopal clergy were from the group commonly known as Generation X; they comprise only 3.5% of the ordained people in full time ministry in the Church. Inspired by that statistic some GenX priests and seminarians organized a conference called Gathering the NeXt Generation, which was held at Virginia Theological Seminary in June 1997. These essays, while not the actual papers given at the conference, are the result of that conversation and the ones that continue among GenX priests in the Episcopal Church. The range of issues for GenX priests and for their ministry into the new millennium are important ones for the whole church. As we approach a clergy shortage (due to retirements) in the Episcopal Church, will we continue to discourage young men and women from entering the ordination process, asking them to come back when they have some life experience? Some contributors also consider new models of ministry: the return of the concept of curacy, the possibilities for bi-vocational ministry and the renewal of campus ministry. Others help us look through the eyes of GenX priests and parishioners, including those who are Black or pregnant, and see the Church through a very different lens. For all who care about the future of the Episcopal Church, this volume, written in the voices of those who will be our future—is a must-read. Contributors include: J. Scott Barker, Jennifer Lynn Baskerville, Daniel Emerson Hall, N. J. A. Humphrey, Richard Kew, Jamie L'Enfant, Christopher Martin, Beth Maynard, Kate Moorehead, Benjamin Shambaugh, Rock H. Schuler, Margaret K. Schwarzer, and Nancy Vogele.
Download or read book The Sikh Religion written by Max Macauliffe and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sikh Religion written by Max Arthur Macauliffe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Volume 6 covers the lives of the Hindu and Muslim saints whose compositions are included in the Sikh holy book."--Page 4 of cover
Download or read book Mary for Protestants written by R. Divozzo and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered about Mary, Jesus’ mother? Is she important beyond having given birth to Christ? Is there more to her relationship to Jesus than simply being his biological mother? If you have wondered what Mary is all about, then you will be interested in what this book has to tell you about her. It is a theological and scriptural reflection on Mary as we find her in the biblical record and will help the Protestant reader understand Mary in her relation to Christ according to the ancient wisdom and profound richness of the Catholic tradition about Mary the Mother of God.
Download or read book Luke 2 Volumes Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament written by Darrell L. Bock and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 1996-07-01 with total page 2314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This informative, balanced commentary includes extensive introductory notes and a comprehensive discussion of the text. An outstanding addition to any academic, pastoral, or student library.
Download or read book The Hermeneutics of Social Identity in Luke Acts written by Nickolas A. Fox and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Luke-Acts presents a vision of the kingdom of God and the early church in a program of decentralization, that is, a movement away from the centralized power structures of Judaism. Decentralization of the temple, land, purity laws, and even the people that seem to possess the power early in Acts (i.e., Peter and the other apostles) makes room for a move of radical inclusion. Luke demonstrates the Holy Spirit as the prime initiator of outward expansion of the kingdom of God, radically including and welcoming God-fearers, gentiles, an Ethiopian eunuch, and more. Fox argues that Luke-Acts is purposed to create social identity in God-fearing readers using the rhetorical tools of the first century to communicate prescribed beliefs and norms, promise and fulfillment, and prototypes and exemplars. Each of these elements is examined and traced through Luke's two-volume work.
