Download or read book God s Other Children written by Bradley Malkovsky and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God’s Other Children by Bradley Malkovsky is a charming spiritual travelogue that tells the tale of a Catholic religious scholar who goes to India to study Hinduism and winds up falling in love with and marrying a Muslim. In the tradition of The Faith Club, Malkvosky, who holds a degree in Catholic theology, shares how his spiritual journey grew his faith, while raising questions about it that he had never considered, and how it changed his life in ways he could neverhave imagined. Inspiring and profound, God’s Other Children: Personal Encounters with Faith, Love, and Holiness in Sacred India offers a fascinating perspective on how people of all faiths encounter God. Author Bradley Malkovsky won the Huston Smith Publishing Prize for this manuscript from HarperOne.
Download or read book God s Children written by Harold Coyle and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-04-15 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A platoon of American soldiers on a peacekeeping mission in Slovakia find themselves isolated and under attack by both sides.
Download or read book God s Other Children written by Vernal W. Scott and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-22 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (**Updated in 2015 - chapter 'Circumcision of Religion', plus recent HIV statistics and new cover art**) Shortlisted for the coveted Polari First Book Prize, this atypical non-fiction emotional roller coaster by Vernal Scott, a gay activist Londoner and former head of HIV services, is earning high praise from enthusiastic readers. His writing is soulful, raw, and unashamedly human. Forcefully revealing gay people as holistic, multi-racial and sexual, he also recalls the horror caused by AIDS and undeserved shaming by 'ruinous religion'. But there is much much more. Following a wide-ranging prologue, this dramatic true story starts out in happy but poor 1930s Jamaica. Scott's 'Windrush'-generation parents move to 1950s London, where the substance of this 550-page biog-come-novel really begins, taking the reader up to the present day. Tragedies and taboo issues are frequent and there are no fictional characters or scenarios, so you find yourself immersed in the emotional authenticity of each page. The mood could be described as dark and disturbing in places (e.g. a graphic and deeply worrying boyhood voodoo protection ritual), but the issues are always starkly human: unrequited love, hate, and loss; sex, sexuality and 'coming out'; religion and homosexuality; disease, death and dying; domestic violence and borderline child chastisement/abuse; divorce; racism and homophobia; prejudice and equality challenges at home and abroad; gay/lesbian baby-making and parenting; fathers and family court; mental health, depression and suicidal bids. Even voodoo and the paranormal make a surprising (and very convincing!) appearance, as does the likes of HRH Diana, Princess of Wales, among others. In their respective forewords, Lord Paul Boateng says the book has "a searing honesty", and Peter Tatchell, the renowned human rights activist, refers to it as "painful and shocking in its exposure of raw prejudice." Sir Nick Partridge, CEO of the Terrence Higgins Trust, describes the book as "remarkable, sobering and powerful." Scott rips into 'shame-inducing religion', but most compellingly, he relives the truly horrific impact of HIV and AIDS on both gay and heterosexual communities in the 80s and 90s. With 75 million people directly affected around the globe, including 35 million deaths, God's Other Children captures the essence and relevance of World AIDS Day; walking in Scott's shoes, the reader lives the pain and tears of too many premature goodbyes caused by a terrifying and merciless killer disease. Finding himself at the forefront of the response to the crisis, he recalls the period as "a conveyor belt of death and dying"; acknowledges HIV as a virus of equal opportunity; and sees the pain it causes as human, not gay, straight, black, or white. Setting out the national and international statistics, he further states: "Every day is World AIDS Day; there are real people behind the horrendous numbers." The various accounts make tearful, heartbreaking reading, especially when AIDS comes home... Emotionally scarred by the 'AIDS war years', Scott's subsequent journey into gay fatherhood delivers its own challenges, and compounded by an avalanche of deaths, he begins to play (sexual) Russian roulette with his life. But will his waning Christian faith rescue him? He says of religion: "Even dead sheep would be compelled to question it". God's Other Children: A London Memoir includes scores of previously unpublished London-shot photos, which add extra vibrancy to an already thumping read, including those of the historic six thousand-person strong Reach Out & Touch UK AIDS Vigil, and liaisons with legendary ladies of song, such as Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick, and Gloria Gaynor. A triumphant if tragic debut, the Polari judges and ordinary readers are full of praise for good reason. Both the book and its author are deserving of the highest possible commendation. Expect to be informed, moved, inspired and (inadvertently) entertained.
Download or read book Children of God written by Lars Petter Sveen and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daring and original stories set in New Testament times, from a rising young Norwegian author Lars Petter Sveen’s Children of God recounts the lives of people on the margins of the New Testament; thieves, Roman soldiers, prostitutes, lepers, healers, and the occasional disciple all get a chance to speak. With language free of judgment or moralizing, Sveen covers familiar ground in unusual ways. In the opening story, a group of soldiers are tasked with carrying out King Herod’s edict to slaughter the young male children in Bethlehem but waver in their resolve. These interwoven stories harbor surprises at every turn, as the characters reappear. A group of thieves on the road to Jericho encounters no good Samaritan but themselves. A boy healed of his stutter will later regress. A woman searching for her lover from beyond the grave cannot find solace. At crucial moments an old blind man appears, urging the characters to give in to their darker impulses. Children of God was a bestseller in Norway, where it won the Per Olov Enquist Literary Prize and gathered ecstatic reviews. Sveen’s subtle elevation of the conflict between light and dark focuses on the varied struggles these often-ignored individuals face. Yet despite the dark tone, Sveen’s stories retain a buoyancy, thanks to Guy Puzey’s supple and fleet-footed translation. This deeply original and moving book, in Sveen’s restrained and gritty telling, brings to light stories that reflect our own time, from a setting everyone knows.
Download or read book Salvation for All written by Gerald O'Collins and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-03-21 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines in depth and at length what the Old Testament and the New Testament hold about the salvation of God's 'other peoples'. The Bible repeatedly witnesses to the universal scope of the divine love for all human beings and the chances of salvation that are available to them. Since the Israelites experienced for many centuries, both at home and abroad, the religion and culture of numerous other peoples, the Old Testament texts have much to say, both positively and negatively, about the religious prospects and destiny of these peoples. In its second half this book scrutinizes what Jesus, the evangelists, Paul and the Letter to the Hebrews indicate about God's loving designs for all human beings. At the end, the book breaks new ground by developing the universal presence of the risen Jesus (along with the Holy Spirit) and his role as universal Wisdom, and the full teaching of the Letter to the Hebrews on the possibility of faith for all people.
Download or read book God s Glorious Girl written by Emily Wilson Hussem and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God's Glorious Girl is a board book for girls ages 0-4 that brings to life a message of faith and identity in a beautiful declaration poem. In God's Glorious Girl, young girls will hear the truth about who God created them to be from the very beginning of their lives through a racially diverse group of young girls. With themes of courage, forgiveness, faith, kindness and more, this book will help build a foundation of faith and confidence in God for each girl who hears these words.
Download or read book Heaven God s Promise for Me written by Anne Graham Lotz and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The light is always on Because Jesus is waiting for you. The very best part of Heaven Is that He’s going to be there too. Heaven is a real place. It’s where Jesus lives and waits for those he loves to come to him. It’s a place of joy and love and hope—a place where all of God’s children, young and old, will stay and be happy forever. Engaging questions and scripture references in the back of this book will help parents reinforce the message that Heaven is a place of love that we can all look forward to seeing one day. There’s even a special keepsake invitation for children to RSVP to Jesus!
Download or read book What Is God Like written by Rachel Held Evans and published by Convergent Books. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The late, beloved Rachel Held Evans answers many children's first question about God in this gorgeous picture book, fully realized by her friend Matthew Paul Turner, the bestselling author of When God Made You. Children who are introduced to God, through attending church or having loved ones who speak about God, often have a lot of questions, including this ever-popular one: What is God like? The late Rachel Held Evans loved the Bible and loved showing God’s love through the words and pictures found in that ancient text. Through these pictures from the Bible, children see that God is like a shepherd, God is like a star, God is like a gardener, God is like the wind, and more. God is a comforter and support. And whenever a child is unsure, What Is God Like? encourages young hearts to “think about what makes you feel safe, what makes you feel loved, and what makes you feel brave. That's what God is like.”
Download or read book Indescribable for Little Ones written by Louie Giglio and published by Indescribable Kids. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bestselling author and beloved pastor Louie Giglio, Indescribable for Little Ones introduces young children to God's amazing creation. Kids will be in awe as they discover that everything, from the ants on the ground to the stars in the sky, was made by God. Interactive features, such as pull tabs and wheels, make the discovery extra fun!
Download or read book God s Child written by Christopher J. Moore and published by . This book was released on 2003-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Ray Peterson ever wanted was to escape the rough, unforgiving neighborhood he grew up in; for him that meant working hard ... all the time. Eventually, Ray's life would include all the trappings of a good one. However, the sacrifices he made to get there cut too deep. It isn't until tragedy strikes that Ray realizes that his family needed more.
Download or read book Freeing God s Children written by Allen D. Hertzke and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given unprecedented insider access, author Allen D. Hertzke charts the rise of the new faith-based movement for global human rights and tells the compelling story of the personalities and forces, clashes and compromises, strategies and protests that shape it. In doing so, Hertzke shows that by raising issues--such as global religious persecution, Sudanese atrocities, North Korean gulags, and sex trafficking--the movement is impacting foreign policy around the world.
Download or read book God Made All of Me written by Justin S. Holcomb and published by New Growth Press. This book was released on 2015-08-21 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This simply told, beautifully illustrated story from the authors of Rid of My Disgrace and Is It My Fault? helps two- to eight-year-olds understand why their bodies matter and distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate touch. God Made All of Me gently opens a conversation that every family needs to have.
Download or read book Children s Letters to God written by Stuart E. Hample and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of questioning, serious, reverent, and humorous letters which children have written to God.
Download or read book The Apostles Creed written by Ben Myers and published by Lexham Press. This book was released on 2022-02-02 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What God's children believe Because Jesus is risen, the world is made new. This is the good news. That's what I believe. Join FatCat as he discovers what all God's children believe. Everyone in God's big family believes these truths. And if you believe, then you are in that family too! How do God's children grasp the message of God's word? The church's answer has always been the catechism--simple confessions of deep truths. FatCat expresses the catechism in a fun and accessible way for God's children of all ages. With vibrant illustrations and thoughtful reflections for each line of the Apostles' Creed, children can visualize, memorize, understand, and confess the faith passed down over centuries.
Download or read book Children of a Greater God written by Terry W. Glaspey and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide for integrating moral wisdom, biblical understanding, and art appreciation into the educational experience. The goal of this book is to help parents raise children who are morally responsible, culturally literate, and spiritually strong. To that end, the book includes many helpful appendices and reading lists. An invaluable resource for the homeschool parent.
Download or read book God is My Friend written by Lisa Engelhardt and published by Abbey Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone needs a best friend, someone who knows you and loves you just the way you are. This book introduces children to their very own best friend, God.
Download or read book Glimmer and Shine written by Natalie Grant and published by . This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Glimmer and Shine: 365 Devotions to Inspire, author and award-winning recording-artist Natalie Grant challenges girls ages 8 and up to have fun while following Jesus. The sense of wonder and adventure found in biblical promises is enough to step out. This lovely devotional encourages girls to find the beauty of believing.
