Download or read book The Individual written by Mark Froud and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-09-23 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The boy's world does not use words. No written language, no speech. Even to utter sounds from the mouth is obscene. Then one day, he uncovers a lump of metal and traces lines which he will follow to a different world... In our time, in the centre of a city, a hesitant writer observes witches performing a ceremony. A traumatised woman sees a boy materialise in front of her. She sees her lost son and seizes him in her arms. In this world, a silent boy watches buildings and people take on new shapes. Nothing is what it was before; nobody is who they were, because nothing can be named.
Download or read book The Psalms Vol 1 written by James Johnston and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2015-01-31 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Psalms is one of the most widely loved books of the Bible. A source of instruction for our prayers, inspiration for our songs, and consolation for our tears, these biblical poems resound with the whole spectrum of human emotion and teach us to hope in God each and every day. In the first volume of a three-part commentary on the Psalms, pastor James Johnston walks readers through chapters 1–44, offering exegetical and pastoral insights along the way. In an age that prizes authenticity, this resource will help anyone interested in studying, teaching, or preaching the Bible to truly engage with God in a life-changing and heart-shaping way. Part of the Preaching the Word series.
Download or read book Megathreats written by Nouriel Roubini and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Read and pay attention" (Martin Wolf, the Financial Times): the bestselling author of Crisis Economics argues we are heading toward the worst economic catastrophe of our lifetimes, unless we can defend against ten terrifying threats. Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini was nicknamed “Dr. Doom,” until his prediction of the 2008 housing crisis and Great Recession came true--when it was too late. Now he is back with a much scarier prediction, one that we ignore at our peril. There are no fewer than ten overlapping, interconnected threats that are so serious, he calls them Megathreats. From the worst debt crisis the world has ever seen, to governments pumping out too much money, to borders that are blocked to workers and to many shipments of goods, to the rise of a new superpower competition between China and the U.S., to climate change that strikes directly at our most populated cities, we are facing not one, not two, but ten causes of disaster. There is a slight chance we can avoid them, if we come to our senses—but we must act now. In the 1970s, the U.S. faced stagflation: high rates of inflation combined with stagnant employment and growth. Today, we are heading toward a Great Stagflation that will make the 1970s look like a walk in the park.
Download or read book In the Beginning written by Gerard Verschuuren and published by Sophia Institute Press. This book was released on 2019-07-08 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The taste of fresh berries, the quiet cadence of waves lapping a lakeshore, the song of an owl in the night, the glory of a sunset: so many details manifest the reality that Earth is not merely the place where we are, but that it is truly our home and is meant to be our home. Most modern scientists dismiss this notion as romantic nonsense, arguing instead that Earth and, indeed, the entire universe is actually a cosmic accident, the mystifying result of billions of years of random events. Here in this work of basic science written for nonspecialists, scientist Gerard Verschuuren confronts those men and women on their own territory force for force, atom for atom, cell for cell, and even planet for planet. With clear, well-documented explanations, he shows that the latest findings of modern cosmology, physics, chemistry, geology, and other sciences tell a remarkably different story. Instead of the vaunted randomness of our immense universe, scientists have recently discovered indisputable patterns in the structures of matter and energy. Over the eons, these distinctive patterns drove the universe inexorably toward formation of the Earth as what we experience it to be: our secure, exceptional, and singularly welcoming home. In these pages, you'll learn, among other things: Why the universe is so old . . . and so vast! Earth's unique chemical and geological characteristics that make it a hospitable place for mankind How the moon became critical to life on Earth How volcanism, mass extinctions, and even changes in the Earth's orbit prepared the way for mankind Evidence that evolutionary changes are not, as the atheists claim, random Why the Catholic Church has always distinguished the Book of Scripture from the Book of Nature How science presupposes the existence of God without even realizing it! The limitations of the scientific method and how those limitations trip up scientists The many hidden, unscientific dogmas of science The errors of Stephen Hawking and other popular cosmologists Why science wrongly denies that the universe was made for mankind Evidence that we live in a purpose-driven world (and why science is blind to it) And much more!
Download or read book The Willing World written by James Bacchus and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how to grow and govern the global economy in ways that will work economically and environmentally for sustainable development.
Download or read book The Jew and the Other written by Esther Benbassa and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esther Benbassa and Jean-Christophe Attias show that alterity is a useful and morally compelling notion with which to structure Judaism's historically specific and politically charged encounters with deity, femininity, Christianity, and Islam.
Download or read book Reading the Qur an written by Ziauddin Sardar and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-02 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in the United Kingdom by C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 2010"--T.p. verso.
Download or read book Restore Such a One written by Lance M. Bacon and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-08-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widespread deficiencies in spiritual formation see an increasing number of ministers buckle under the significant burdens common to the task. There are seasons when a powerful triad of the flesh, the world, and the devil converge (Eph 2:2–3, cf. Jas 3:15 and 1 John 2:16). Misdirected attempts to fulfill emptiness, find worth, or heal longstanding wounds ensue. Widespread instances of sexual immorality result. Sound exegesis and analysis of theological doctrine presents an allowance, in certain cases, for ministerial restoration. However, this necessitates an intimate and intricate approach that differs significantly from the varied solutions churches and denominations offer. Few restoration programs bring a biblical response to bear. Remarkably rare are restoration programs that look to correct causal factors and commit to congregational care. This program orients itself on an understanding of brokenness and the need for holistic (re)formation. The latter requires fallen ministers to progress beyond biblical confession and repentance to partner with the Holy Spirit and key authorities such as an overseer, mentors, Christian mental health professionals, and a designated congregation. The unitive goal is a “sanctifying psychopathology” that properly diagnoses spiritual and emotional health; eradicates the adverse influences of emotional, cultural, and spiritual factors; and redirects self-oriented patterns of thought and behavior.
Download or read book Treasured Fantasies written by Kimberly Peacock - Bailey and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the brilliant writings of the author of Treasured Fantasies, a young lady becomes a writer by the words that are written on paper. In her words she reveals the tales. I came into this life during the subconcoius state, "and I was born to the letters and words of the mind, and learned of creative in the forest of my dreams. I emerge from a child. Torn between responsibilities of being a mother and my dreams. Finally, I enter the realm of creative writings and make it my own. Born into the world of reality, where change is constant and fantasies are never far from the mind. Kimberly, daughter of Jane and Bill Peacock. She grows up under their protection. However, even through every day reality and life, she strays into bad chooses when it come into love. She knows her destiny, and will stop at nothing to prevent what has to be told. She will bring a peace to the mind that will leave the heart in a repairable state. Yet, Kimberly possesses creative power of her own--versifying energy to challenge that of the subconscious. Summoned from her soul of fantasy, she travels from reality and fantasy of the early past, as each journey invites insight to others. Seeking true love, she banishes reality from a world which only escape is fantasy. Now, she must face reality wrath for true love--and prove that she is worthy of being human. From the fantasy-roofed "Her subconscious" to the reality of the world, Kimberly Peacock details the journeys in a treasured fantasy of poetry.
Download or read book Freedom to Learn written by Bruce Macfarlane and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The freedom of students to learn at university is being eroded by a performative culture that fails to respect their rights to engage and develop as autonomous adults. Instead, students are being restricted in how they learn, when they learn and what they learn by the so-called student engagement movement. Compulsory attendance registers, class contribution grading, group project work and reflective learning exercises based on expectations of self-disclosure and confession take little account of the rights of students or individual differences between them. This new hidden university curriculum is intolerant of students who may prefer to learn informally, are reticent, shy, or simply value their privacy. Three forms of student performativity have arisen - bodily, participative and emotional – which threaten the freedom to learn. Key themes include: A re-imagining of student academic freedom The democratic student experience Challenging assumptions of the student engagement movement An examination of university policies and practices Freedom to Learn offers a radically new perspective on academic freedom from a student rights standpoint. It analyzes the effects of performative expectations on students drawing on the distinction between negative and positive rights to re-frame student academic freedom. It argues that students need to be thought of as scholars with rights and that the phrase ‘student-centred’ learning needs to be reclaimed to reflect its original intention to allow students to develop as persons. Student rights – to non-indoctrination, reticence, in choosing how to learn, and in being treated like an adult – ought to be central to this process in fostering a democratic rather authoritarian culture of learning and teaching at university. Written for an international readership, this book will be of great interest to anyone involved in higher education, policy and practice drawing on a wide range of historical and contemporary literature related to sociology, philosophy and higher education studies.
Download or read book Bad News written by Rob Brotherton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Suspicious Minds There was a time when the news came once a day, in the morning newspaper. A time when the only way to see what was happening around the world was to catch the latest newsreel at the movies. Times have changed. Now we're inundated. The news is no longer confined to a radio in the living room, or to a nightly half-hour timeslot on the television. Pundits pontificate on news networks 24 hours a day. We carry the news with us, getting instant alerts about events around the globe. Yet despite this unprecedented abundance of information, it seems increasingly difficult to know what's true and what's not. In Bad News, Rob Brotherton delves into the psychology of news, reviewing how the latest research can help navigate this supposedly post-truth world. Which buzzwords describe psychological reality, and which are empty sound bites? How much of this news is unprecedented, and how much is business as usual? Are we doomed to fall for fake news, or is fake news ... fake news? There has been considerable psychological research into the fundamental questions underlying this phenomenon. How do we form our beliefs, and why do we end up believing things that are wrong? How much information can we possibly process, and what is the internet doing to our attention spans? Ultimately this book answers one of the greatest questions of the age: how can we all be smarter consumers of news?
Download or read book Our Lent Things We Carry 2nd edition written by David Crumm and published by David Crumm Media LLC. This book was released on with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The annual observance of Lent, the season of spiritual reflection leading to Easter, is growing across the U.S. Around the world, 2 billion men and women mark Lent as a part of the Christian calendar, but most do not pause on a daily basis to enjoy Lent’s rich opportunity to reflect on the life of Jesus. In growing numbers, though, Americans are finding this season attractive, because Lent taps into the deep spiritual yearnings in our culture and, at the same time, encourages individual expression. Our Lent is a 40-day, 40-chapter invitation to enjoy that combination of faith and self-guided reflection. The book was written by award-winning religion writer David Crumm, the founding editor of ReadTheSpirit online magazine and publishing house. Each daily chapter explores something Jesus showed us, including: coins, basins, bowls, bread, cups, swords and tables. In each chapter, the author shares a biblical story from Jesus’ final journey to Jerusalem and explains the significance of the tangible things Jesus lifted up for his followers. Then, each chapter connects the Bible lesson with our own daily lives as well as the lives of men and women who are celebrated in our culture, including the spiritual writer Thomas Merton, the actress and singer Judy Garland, the country musician Merle Haggard and even the beloved Cat in the Hat. After 40 days of connecting scripture with modern life, readers will find themselves freshly aware of the many blessings we have received and the challenges we face in helping to heal the world around us.
Download or read book Twin Cities Sports written by Sheldon Anderson and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The histories in Twin Cities Sports are rooted in the class, ethnic, and regional identity of this unique upper midwestern metropolitan area. The compilation includes a wide range of important studies on the hub of interwar speedskating, the success of Gopher football in the Jim Crow era, the integration of municipal golf courses, the building of a world-renowned park system, the Minneapolis Lakers’ basketball dynasty, the Minnesota Twins’ connections to Cuba, and more.
Download or read book Homosexuality written by F. Earle Fox and published by Emmaus Ministries. This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the Biblical and scientific foundations of truth, righteousness, and love for dealing with homosexuality; why America fell for a massive program of propaganda; and the Godly strategy for rebuilding a sane understanding of human sexuality.
Download or read book Killed by Religion written by Kelley Zellner and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Things are changing! Are you prepared? How deep, how far, or how spiritual will these changes reach in to your life? 'First of all we must all get our mind wrapped around the fact that we are not human beings. We are immortal spiritual being having a human experience. One might think of it as we spiritual organisms in a physical wrapper somewhat like that gum that comes in the twist wrapper.' It is time to prepare for the inevitable. Killed by Religion will prepare you for your final journey as Dr. Kelley Zellner walks you through the necessary connections. When others want to keep you in the dark, Killed by Religion will be your connection to the light.
Download or read book Grounds for Golf written by Geoff Shackelford and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-04-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A noted golf writer presents this primer of golf course design that introduces the fundamentals of golf architecture supplemented with photography, classic anecdotes, famous quotations, and informative hole depictions by architect Gil Hanse. 16-page full-color insert. 100 B&W photos.
Download or read book The Timeless Principles of Successful Business Strategy written by Eric Viardot and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While it is possible for a company achieve short-term profit, it is much more difficult to sustain corporate success over time. This book is intended for those who run, or want to run, a business whatever its size or activity, with the objective of making it sustainable so that it will be a legacy for future generations. Indeed, the real purpose of corporate strategy is not only to make quick profits, but more importantly to create an organization that will endure. There is much to learn from the experience of established firms that have existed for a hundred years or more. They provide the material for this clear and concise book, which details the main elements of corporate strategy. Recognizing that each firm is unique, the book resists the temptation of quick fixes, instead offering lessons to be pondered and used on a case-by-case basis.
