Download or read book My Monastery Is a Minivan written by Denise Roy and published by Loyola Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-five entertaining and touching stories that show how family moments can bring the greatest spiritual rewards. We find everything we need for spiritual growth as we picnic with the children, go to the grocery store, and pick up the morning paper. The author's intimate approach invites us to recognize the grace that exists within our own lives. We needn't pull over and look for enlightenment; the divine is always present, even in the carpool lane.
Download or read book Humor for a Mom s Heart written by Various and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being a mom is a roller-coaster ride of exhilarating joys and pull-out-your-hair frustrations. Sometimes a sweet infusion of humor is just what you need to lift your heart to new heights, to heal the hurts of a bad day, or to instill your soul with inspiration. Samplings from some of your favorite authors -- including Patsy Clairmont, Martha Bolton, Dave Meurer, Nancy Kennedy, and many more -- will energize any worn-out mom and remind you of the joys of motherhood. Take a deep breath, inhale the joy, soak up the merriment, and you'll surely find that your heart is lighter, your day brighter, and your soul hilariously refreshed.
Download or read book Finding Your Inner Mama written by Eden Steinberg and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2007-07-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motherhood can be one of the most intense and transformative experiences of a woman's life. While there are many books that offer the "do's and don'ts" of effective parenting, few offer guidance on navigating the tumultuous inner experience of being a mother, with all its joy, pain, change, and uncertainty. This collection of writing by psychologists, poets, novelists, spiritual teachers, and everyday moms explores the rich, transformative journey of motherhood. • Poet and novelist Louise Erdrich captures the sheer wonder and awe of early motherhood. • Self-described "hip momma" Ariel Gore reflects on the challenges of dealing with her daughter's adolescent rebellion. • Journalist Joan Peters highlights the rise of the "Power Mom" and the risks of overparenting to our children and ourselves. • Zen teacher Cheri Huber shares a spiritual perspective: sometimes it's us parents who need a "time out" so that we can be more fully present and loving with our children. Previously published under the title Your Children Will Raise You.
Download or read book Driving Women written by Deborah Clarke and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2007-04-15 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the years, cars have helped to define the experiences and self-perceptions of women in complex and sometimes unexpected ways. When women take the wheel, family structure and public space are reconfigured and re-gendered, creating a context for a literary tradition in which the car has served as a substitute for, an escape from, and an extension of the home, as well as a surrogate mother, a financial safeguard, and a means of self-expression. Driving Women examines the intersection of American fiction—primarily but not exclusively by women—and automobile culture. Deborah Clarke argues that issues critical to twentieth-century American society—technology, mobility, domesticity, and agency—are repeatedly articulated through women's relationships with cars. Women writers took surprisingly intense interest in car culture and its import for modern life, as the car, replete with material and symbolic meaning, recast literal and literary female power in the automotive age. Clarke draws on a wide range of literary works, both canonical and popular, to document women's fascination with cars from many perspectives: historical, psychological, economic, ethnic. Authors discussed include Wharton, Stein, Faulkner, O’Connor, Morrison, Erdrich, Mason, Kingsolver, Lopez, Kadohata, Smiley, Senna, Viramontes, Allison, and Silko. By investigating how cars can function as female space, reflect female identity, and reshape female agency, this engaging study opens up new angles from which to approach fiction by and about women and traces new directions in the intersection of literature, technology, and gender.
Download or read book Engines of Change written by Paul Ingrassia and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ingrassia comes an American cultural history that explores how cars have both propelled and reflected the national experience--from the Model T to the Prius.
Download or read book Mommy Magic written by Mary Susan Buhner and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cable and Carol Withers were vacationing in the mountains of western North Carolina when they happened upon a little girl sitting alone in a canoe on the banks of a river in the southern part of the Cherokee Reservation. Taking her to the nearest law office in Birdtown they turned her over to Sheriff Conners. After an extensive search for her parents or relatives they were allowed to adopt her and take her home to Durham where she grew into a beautiful young woman. After the tragic death of her adopted parents Celine Withers, along with her fiancé Marsh and best friends Irene and Mark, returns to the Great Smokey Mountains for a much needed vacation only to find something more sinister lurking in the shadows. Looking for answers to her haunting dreams she finds that she is now running for her life. As she begins to remember the past, finds comfort in her new found heritage and long lost family she is brought to the edge of losing it all again.
Download or read book 52 Simple Ways to Talk with Your Kids about Faith written by Jim Campbell and published by Loyola Press. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What We Have Seen and Heard written by Michael E. Connors and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the chief challenges of the Second Vatican Council was to reclaim the meaning of baptism, especially as the foundation of service and mission in the world. Fifty years after the close of that watershed gathering, nineteen distinguished religious leaders and scholars reexamine that challenge and its implications for preaching and ministry today. This book reinvigorates an important conversation.
Download or read book Inspired Baby Names from Around the World written by Neala Shane and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2015-04-06 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of Names and the Blessings They Can Impart This unique guide includes 6,000-plus names from all corners of the globe, and each entry illuminates the name’s distinctive spiritual, historical, and cultural background — its poetry. Names, from the traditional to the newly coined, are fully explained. Pronunciation guide, origin, alternate spellings, and meaning are enhanced by the affirmation carefully chosen for each name. Lists of names by meaning, names by ethnicity, and most popular names by decade provide easy reference. Whether your aim is to honor ancestors, capture a child’s essence, or convey parental hopes, Inspired Baby Names from Around the World will help you greet and bless your new baby with heartfelt meaning.
Download or read book Table Talk Year B written by Jay Cormier and published by New City Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jay Cormier is the author of eight other books on prayer, scripture, and preaching. He is the editor of "Connections, " a newsletter of ideas and resources for homilists. Jay lives in New Hampshire where he also teaches at St. Anselm College.
Download or read book Flunking Sainthood Every Day written by Jana Riess and published by Paraclete Press. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over one year recounted in Flunking Sainthood, Riess failed twelve different spiritual practices. To her surprise, thought, she learned something important even from the ones she failed most spectacularly. This new 365 daily devotional, readers who are looking for spiritual growth will find guidance, arranged according to monthly practices such as gratitude, generosity, prayer, Sabbath-keeping, and hospitality. Each day’s reading has a reflection from a contemporary or classic spiritual thinker, a short scripture verse, and a brief prayer, reflection, or follow-up action. This daily devotional helps us know that there is great compassion for all of us who are flunking sainthood as we learn that spiritual growth is a lifelong journey without a fixed destination. Jana Riess is the author of The Twible and Flunking Sainthood: A Year of Breaking the Sabbath, Forgetting to Pray,and Still Loving My Neighbor, which was named by Publishers Weekly as one of the best religion books of the year. “This book is about how to relax in our imperfections, trust God’s grace, and take authentic and practical steps toward deepening maturity in faith.” —Sharon Garlough Brown, author of Sensible Shoes “This devotional will stimulate your brain, companion your soul, and inspire you.” —Lauren F. Winner, author of Mudhouse Sabbath and Still “In addition to being a sagely writer, Jana is an avid quote collector. Here are 365 gems, full of mojo in insight for normal folks like us, along with a simple challenge to make each day a wonderful experience of falling forward.” —Brian D. McLaren, author of We Make the Road by Walking “Refreshingly realistic about our human imperfections and heartily confident of grace.” —Marjorie Thompson, author of Soul Feast “Jana is a thoughtful, wise, and compassionate guide to the life of the spirit, and this book will be a daily gift to all of us who are flunking sainthood—but hope to raise our GPA.” —Greg Garrett, author of The Other Jesus “Relax, spiritual slackers. Somebody else has done all the reading. Now you have a book of poetic inspiration, Bible verses, current bestsellers and ancient thinkers, one for each day. Skip a day? No guilt. Don’t understand? You’ll catch up. What’s the point? Try doing it, anyway. Seriously? Hilariously.” —Lillian Daniel, author of When “Spiritual But Not Religious” Is Not Enough
Download or read book Year of Plenty written by Craig L. Goodwin and published by Sparkhouse Press. This book was released on with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2008, Pastor Craig Goodwin and his young family embarked on a year-long experiment to consume only what was local, used, homegrown, or homemade. In Year of Plenty, Goodwin shares the winsome story of how an average suburban family stumbled onto the cultural cutting edge of locavores, backyard chickens, farmers markets, simple living, and going green. More than that, it is the timely tale of Christians exploring the intersections of faith, environment, and everyday life.This humorous yet profound book comes at just the right time for North American Christians, who are eager to engage the growing interest in the environmental movement and the quandaries of modern consumer culture. It speaks also to the growing legions of the "spiritual but not religious" who long for ways to connect heaven and earth in their daily lives.Contents Adobe Acrobat DocumentForeword Adobe Acrobat DocumentChapter 1 Adobe Acrobat DocumentSamples require Adobe Acrobat ReaderHaving trouble downloading and viewing PDF samples?"Craig Goodwin invites us into a life of paying attention. This is an experiment in God's ordinary: life centered in relationship, lived in a physical world of spiritual meaning, and expressed in daily acts of attentiveness that are unhooked from patterns that degrade us and imperil the world. It turns out to be a wonderful and complicating adventure. Free from grandiosity, sentimentality, or ideology, this book tells its story with captivating humanity and motivating honesty."-Mark LabbertonDirector, Ogilvie Institute for PreachingFuller Theological SeminaryAuthor of The Dangerous Act of Worship"As someone who had gotten good at resisting grumpy calls to reject our consumerist culture, I found this book delightfully refreshing and compelling. Craig Goodwin describes an experiment in 'familial art'-a creative effort to seek out new and very practical experiments living as more faithful stewardship of the earth's resources. I haven't started raising chickens or making homemade butter (yet!) after reading this wonderful book-but I have learned some profound lessons."-Richard J. MouwPresident and Professor of Christian PhilosophyFuller Theological Seminary"Many clergy and other church leaders ask for examples of how and where missional work is actually taking place. Here is a leader faithfully engaging this work in a practical, local, on-the-ground way that leads to new expressions of church in mission. This is the kind of story about a church-in-process we need to hear."-Alan J. RoxburghFounder of the Missional NetworkAuthor of The Missional LeaderAdjunct Professor at Fuller Theological Seminary"I heartily recommend Goodwin's charming, thoughtful, and extremely funny book. With remarkable insight and refreshing humility, Craig Goodwin takes us with him and his family as they learn who and what is behind the things we so often thoughtlessly purchase. Goodwin reminds us how much of community and life we have sacrificed in the name of convenience and low price. Through engaging narrative he skillfully integrates lessons on faith, life, and God, integrating the spiritual with the material and the local with the global. This is an important contribution to the ongoing conversation about our role as Christians in taking care of and enjoying God's creation."-Scott SabinExecutive Director, Plant With PurposeAuthor of Tending to Eden: Environmental Stewardship for God's PeopleReview in Eco-Journey
Download or read book The Maternal Is Political written by Shari MacDonald Strong and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2008-05-27 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the vital connection between motherhood and social change,The Maternal Is Politicalfeatures more than 40 powerful, hard-hitting literary essays by women who are striving to make the world a better place for children and families — both their own and other women’s — in this country and globally. From the mom deconstructing playground "power games" with her first-grade child, to the mother who speaks out against misogyny during an awkward road trip with her college-age daughter and friends, to the mother of sons worrying about the threat of a future military draft,The Maternal Is Politicalbrings together the voices of women who are transforming the political and social: one child, one babysitter, one peace march at a time.
Download or read book Waiting with Gabriel written by Amy Kuebelbeck and published by Loyola Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amy Kuebelbeck shares how she and her husband made the decision to forgo extreme measures to save her son Gabriel after learning at five months pregnant he suffered from hypoplastic left heart syndrome and discusses how they prepared for his inevitable death after being born.
Download or read book Finding Calm in the Chaos written by Kathleen Long Bostrom and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author of "God Loves You" now offers a book of devotions to help women create calm in the chaos of their busy lives. Comprised of 28 days of devotions for each month of the year, "Finding Calm in the Chaos" is the perfect gift for women who do too much.
Download or read book Even God Rested written by Kim Thomas and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To women who run, work, and play so hard that the concept of rest isn't even on their long-range to-do lists, author Kim Thomas extends an invitation to check out God's heart on this timely topic. Readers can discover how to rest from busyness, noise, striving, and anxiety.
Download or read book A Still Quiet Place written by Amy Saltzman and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching kids stress management skills early in life will help them to grow into happy and healthy adults. And if you work with children or adolescents, you know that kids today need these skills more than ever. The pressures they face in the classroom, on the playground, in their extracurricular activities, and at home can sometimes be overwhelming. So how can you help lay the groundwork for their success? A Still Quiet Place presents an eight-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program that therapists, teachers, and other professionals can use to help children and adolescents manage stress and anxiety in their lives, and develop their natural capacities for emotional fluency, respectful communication, and compassionate action. The program detailed in this book is based on author Amy Saltzman’s original curriculum, which has helped countless children and adolescents achieve significant improvements in attention and reduced anxiety. One of the easiest ways to find the still quiet place within is to practice mindfulness—paying attention to your life experience here and now with kindness and curiosity. The easy-to-implement mindfulness practices in this guide are designed to help increase children and adolescents’ attention, learning, resiliency, and compassion by showing them how to experience the natural quietness that can be found within. The still quiet place is a place of peace and happiness that is alive inside all of us, and you can find it just by closing your eyes and breathing. For more information, visit www.stillquietplace.com.
