Download or read book Literary Meditations for Pandemic Times written by Dustin Peone and published by Ibidem Press. This book was released on 2023-01-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, now in its second edition, the philosopher Dustin Peone offers reflections on ten literary classics set during plague times.

Download or read book Literary Meditations for Pandemic Times written by Dustin Peone and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Plague Literature Lessons for Living Well During a Pandemic written by Dustin Peone and published by Theuth Books. This book was released on 2020-08-13 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, many new techniques for remaining healthy have been introduced, but there is little public discussion about how to live well. "Social distancing" is good medicine for the body, but the health of the spirit depends on wisdom. We are all in strange territory, and under such conditions we can only look to the past for counsel. In this book, the philosopher Dustin Peone offers reflections on ten literary classics set during plague times. From each work, he draws one central insight that is applicable to our situation today. These insights are lessons in prudence, taught by the sages of the past. This is a book about how to pursue the good life during a pandemic and what it means to flourish in dark times.

Download or read book The Transformative Power of Literature and Narrative Promoting Positive Change written by Corinna Assmann and published by Narr Francke Attempto Verlag. This book was released on 2023-01-16 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrative plays a central role for individual and collective lives - this insight has arguably only grown at a time of multiple social and cultural challenges in the 21st century. The present volume aims to actualize and further substantiate the case for literature and narrative, taking inspiration from Vera Nünning's eminent scholarship over the past decades. Engaging with her formative interdisciplinary work, the volume seeks to explore potentials of change through the transformative power of literature and narrative - to be harnessed by individuals and groups as agents of positive change in today's world. The book is located at the intersection of cognitive and cultural narratology and is concerned with the way literature affects individuals, how it works at an intersubjective level, enabling communication and community, and how it furthers social and cultural change.

Download or read book And the People Stayed Home Family Book Coronavirus Kids Book Nature Book written by Kitty O'Meara and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Kitty O’Meara…offers us wisdom that can help during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. She is challenging us to grow."—Deepak Chopra, MD, author, Metahuman “Kitty O'Meara is the poet laureate of the pandemic"—O, The Oprah Magazine "An eloquent, heartwarming reflection that will resonate with generations to come… encouragement for a brighter tomorrow."—Kate Winslet "And the People Stayed Home is an uplifting perspective on the resilience of the human spirit and the healing potential we have to change our world for the better." ––Shelf Awareness “Images of nature healing show the author’s vision of hope for the future…The accessible prose and beautiful images make this a natural selection for young readers, but older ones may appreciate the work’s deeper meaning.”— Kirkus Reviews “This is a perfectly illustrated version of a poem that continues to be relevant.”—School Library Journal “A stunning and peaceful offering of introspection and hope.”—The Children’s Book Review Ten Best Children’s Books of 2020: "A calming, optimistic read, and a salve for children trying their best to navigate this time." —Smithsonian Magazine “It captured the kind of optimism people need right now.”—Esquire (UK) “Thank you, Kitty O'Meara…for pointing out that at this very moment, this very day, we can seize the opportunity to restore wholeness to our world."—Sy Montgomery, bestselling author of The Good Good Pig and The Soul of an Octopus “A poem by American writer Kitty O’Meara has deservedly gone viral.”—Edinburgh Evening News And the People Stayed Home is a beautifully produced picture book featuring Kitty O’Meara’s popular, globally viral prose poem about the coronavirus pandemic, which has a hopeful and timeless message. Kitty O’Meara, author of And the People Stayed Home, has been called the “poet laureate of the pandemic.” This illustrated children’s book (ages 4-8) will also appeal to readers of all ages. O’Meara’s thoughtful poem about the pandemic, quarantine, and the future suggests there is meaning to be found in our shared experience of the coronavirus and conveys an optimistic message about the possibility of profound healing for people and the planet. Her words encourage us to look within, listen deeply, and connect with ourselves and the earth in order to heal. O’Meara, a former teacher and chaplain and a spiritual director, clearly captures important aspects of the pandemic experience. Her words, written in March 2020 and shared on Facebook, immediately resonated nationally and internationally and were widely circulated on social media, covered in mainstream news media, and inspired an outpouring of creativity from musicians, dancers, artists, filmmakers, and more. The many highlights include an original composition by John Corigliano that was premiered by Renée Fleming.

Download or read book Music of Silence written by Brother David Steindl-Rast and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-11-30 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music of Silence shows how to incorporate the sacred meaning of monastic living into everyday life by following the natural rhythm of the hours of the day. The book tells how mindfulness and prayer can reconnect us with the sources of joy. “An invitation to join in quiet ecstasy, to rediscover sacred rhythms.” — Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart

Download or read book Meditations in a Time of Pandemic written by Gregory Dime and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-14 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a time of pandemic, we naturally become more aware of our mortality. Dealing with COVID-19 is hard for all of us, not least for a septuagenarian widower. The walls close in, but you have to cope. To that end, he composes a series of reflections, moving from grief and anger, through reconciliation and love, toward peace in a fragmented and fearful world. This book is a record of those thoughts.

Download or read book Historical And Literary Perspectives Of Humanity During Pandemic written by Dr. Pushpa Dixit and published by RED'SHINE Publication. Pvt. Ltd. This book was released on with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literature, throughout human history to till date, has reflected different societies grappling with a wide range of issues including political, social, environmental, gender, educational, religious and psychological conflicts. Literature also shed light on the spread of various diseases and epidemics. It has represented the height of human fears amid the spread of various pandemics which we are facing in the time of Covid-19.

Download or read book Meditations in Wonderland written by Anna Patrick and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOLLOW ELIZABETH DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE-AND MEET A WHOLE NEW ALICE. Elizabeth, a twenty-four-year-old interior designer living in Brooklyn, New York, encounters a little more than mental static when she sits down for her morning meditation, feeling disconnected from herself and her reality. As she meditates, she forces herself to confront her inner demons head on-including the darker parts that she would rather keep hidden from others, like her boyfriend, Adam. Her inner conflict leads her down a rabbit hole that is far different from the one she remembers from her favorite childhood story. When Elizabeth reaches the bottom of the rabbit hole, she follows a shadowy figure in a familiar blue dress who taunts her and coaxes her deeper into Wonderland. Unable to release herself from her meditation, Elizabeth chases Alice through Wonderland, guided by clues left by Alice, as well as the dark and strangely familiar characters she meets, like the Cheshire Cat, the Tweedle twins, and the Mad Hatter. In Wonderland, Elizabeth comes face to face with her inner light and darkness, and, finally, Alice-and discovers that Alice's secret might be what she has been searching for all along.

Download or read book Pandemic Survival Manual Inspiring Meditations to Help Us Get Through These Difficult Times written by Danny Ray Christian and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-05-13 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two most powerful words in the world are, “I AM,” for anything we say after, I AM, we will believe and make come true, as we truly are whatever we say we are. If we say we are victors over this virus, we will prove it by conquering it with the faith and wisdom God gives us. Four other words that are as powerful as “I AM,” are, “I believe in you.” These four words have helped shepherd boys bring down giants and dreamers to shape history. What we believe about ourselves and each other is what is going to get us through this crisis. We have been commanded by God to speak to the mountain we want moved out of our way. This is a book that speaks to the warrior in every man, woman and child that is threatened by the Coronavirus or any other stealer of life. In times of trouble and darkness a standard must always be raised up to lead the people in battle. I perceive this book as being a beacon to guide us safely through this storm. No enemy prevails over the wall of our faith, for as he tries to scale its walls, we raise our faith to a higher level, forever determined to not let him supersede it. For every attack of the enemy we have a defense under the cover of God’s wing, which holds us as close to Him as He is to us. The right words at the right time can always spark a new hope and outlook for anyone who is being tried by adversity. This book may not stop this pandemic but I believe it can give us a reason to believe that it will be brought to an end soon enough. Just as we have gathered around the camp fire and fireplace in the past while the vigil candle burned in the window, we can gather around the words of this book to draw comfort and encouragement from people who know what it is to be tried by fire without being consumed. This is a small book but the inspiring quotes and mediations in it are big, they can do the soul good like a medicine if we take them with a little a faith in the strength they offer.

Download or read book Living on COVID Time written by Story Circle Network and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real Women Write series, Volume 19

Download or read book Covid Psychiatry Meditations on a Pandemic written by Mark Morris and published by Mark Morris. This book was released on 2020-08-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bacteria damage tissues through a sort of blunt force trauma. Viruses inject their genetic material into the cell, hijacking its internal functioning and re-purposing it to manufacture more viruses. The aim of this collection of short papers is to try to prevent the same thing happening psychically. To try to prevent our thinking being hijacked in the same way as the cell victim of the virus: Or at least to reflect on the process as it is happening. This book is a series of comments and discussion about the psychic effects of Covid as it affects us all, psychologically and culturally.

Download or read book Covid 19 Exposition and Poetry on Coronavirus written by Joseph Spence S, Sr and published by Clever Fox Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-07 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This uplifting and inspiring Covid-19 Anthology is a book of exalting and exhilarating enhancements about life in times of crisis. It presents some critical historical facts on the development of Covid-19. It dives into how it started and the potential ways it impacts humanity. The possible ways of transitioning from animals to humans are highlighted with some specificity. The anthology concludes with a series of poetic inspirations from worldwide poets. Their elaborations regarding Covid-19 are very formidable, eloquent, gripping, persuasive, and stunning. The overall perspective is eradication, elimination, extermination, disappearance, and non-existence of Covid-19 from the face of the earth-never to return! The words used by the poets are vibrant, sparkling, high-spirited, passionate, and dynamic. They have experienced the impact of Covid-19 on their loved ones, family members, and community. As such, they felt the sting it produces and lasting negative aftermath. However, each poet maintains faith and looks forward to embracing the emboldened sun's golden rays in the morn. They fully realized that darkness only lasts for the night until the stimulating beauty of dawn arrives, driving the darkness away! Please get your copy today and immerse your mind, body, and soul in their inspiring plea of inspirational deliverance to the Almighty!

Download or read book Managing Pandemic Isolation With Literature as Therapy written by Cortijo Ocaña, Antonio and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2022-12-02 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people had to cope with isolation due to lockdown policies that forced them to engage in fewer social activities. People were confined to the small space of their dwellings and felt constrained and socially isolated and deprived of meaningful social interaction and affection, which caused stress and anxiety. Several initiatives were put in place to help diminish the effects of isolation, such as those involving literature either through writing or reading. Managing Pandemic Isolation With Literature as Therapy explains the positive medical and psychological effects of literature and writing during a pandemic at a time when isolation prevented people from engaging with others socially. Covering topics such as clinical psychology, brain neurology, and stress, this reference work is ideal for psychologists, medical professionals, policymakers, government officials, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.

Download or read book Whatever it Is Gently Quiet Meditations for the Noise of the Pandemic written by Devon A. Spier and published by Library and Archives Canada. This book was released on 2020-09-20 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stumbling into words when her body could do barely anything else, poet-theologian and rabbinical student Devon Spier overcame lifelong writer's block in the winter of 2017 and hasn't stopped writing since. An accidental elixir of mistake-ridden tirades punctuating the daily dirges and oh-so-familiar acts of a world wiser and yet laughably, cryingly gone sideways...This collection of short coronavirus-themed meditations un-sanitizes the strange griefs and grandeurs we are individually and in shared, albeit mystical but mundane ways, all currently experiencing during the pandemic. Here, queer and unsurprisingly weird, Devon offers up a shamelessly unknowing meditation, the kind of world-worn oh-whoopsy theology that is in the same breath funny but fearless, hopeful but skeptical, tired, so very tried, tried and always (somehow?) completely true: Anger. Fear. Hurt. Hope. Solace. Surrender and no shortage of grace..."Dear heart, you can just stay." A food and work addict with 30+ years of chronic illnesses, strange symptoms, off-the-beaten-path life experiences and recently, a major life-threatening illness that blew apart her entire life, Devon has learned and constantly relearns to risk it all to honour, care for and recover her true self. With days in the maddening lull of lockdown and nights spent coping with newly surfaced memories of sexual abuse, "Pandemonia" became Devon's salvation but even more, her living, breathing truth. Stopping to thank the masked stranger, yell periodically at G-d and all the while lamenting and celebrating her lack of faith, she impels readers to make out mostly meaning and all the heart-shattering, opening and still-very-much stabbing glass ceilings in this global meltdown/moment. Offering the praise words and more often than not curse words of the urgent and unknown, Devon reminds each of us that we can make a faithful religion of right now. And each day, we can weather the states of our selves and embrace the united states of Pandemonia for hope-making and transformative good.

Download or read book Christ and Covid 19 written by Rev. Robert L. Gram and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Where Goodness Still Grows written by Amy Peterson and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Declining church attendance. A growing feeling of betrayal. For Christians who have begun to feel set adrift and disillusioned by their churches, Where Goodness Still Grows grounds us in a new view of virtue deeply rooted in a return to Jesus Christ’s life and ministry. The evangelical church in America has reached a crossroads. Social media and recent political events have exposed the fault lines that exist within our country and our spiritual communities. Millennials are leaving the church, citing hypocrisy, partisanship, and unkindness as reasons they can’t stay. In this book Amy Peterson explores the corruption and blind spots of the evangelical church and the departure of so many from the faith - but she refuses to give up hope, believing that rescue is on the way. Where Goodness Still Grows: Dissects the moral code of American evangelicalism Reimagines virtue as a tool, not a weapon Explores the Biblical meaning of specific virtues like kindness, purity, and modesty Provides comfort, hope, and a path towards spiritual restoration Amy writes as someone intimately familiar with, fond of, and deeply critical of the world of conservative evangelicalism. She writes as a woman and a mother, as someone invested in the future of humanity, and as someone who just needs to know how to teach her kids what it means to be good. Amy finds that if we listen harder and farther, we will find the places where goodness still grows. Praise for Where Goodness Still Grows: “In this poignant, honest book, Amy Peterson confronts her disappointment with the evangelical leaders who handed her The Book of Virtues then happily ignored them for the sake of political power. But instead of just walking away, Peterson rewrites the script, giving us an alternative book of virtues needed in this moment. And it’s no mistake that it ends with hope.” — James K. A. Smith, author of You Are What You Love