Download or read book Calvin Eliana written by Amy Wertz and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-04-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the heart of the cerulean abyss, where sunlight fades to inky darkness, the siblings-Calvin and Eliana-swim side by side. Their iridescent scales shimmer with curiosity as they approach the Abyssal Gate, a relic whispered about in hushed tones among merfolk. Calvin, the older brother, bears the weight of their lineage-a lineage that has guarded the gate for centuries. Eliana, the cautious little sister, is a dreamer. Her eyes hold the secrets of forgotten songs, and her voice echoes with the lullabies of ancient tides. The gate itself is a colossal arch of coral, adorned with luminescent glyphs. Its surface ripples like liquid glass, hinting at realms beyond imagination. Nereus, the reclusive merman, stands sentinel, his silver beard trailing in the currents. His eyes, as deep as the abyss, hold both wisdom and sorrow. One fateful night, the gate trembles. Eldritch energies seep through its cracks, distorting reality. The sea around it churns, and whispers echo-a language forgotten by time. Nereus grows frantic, his once-steadfast resolve crumbling. The breach threatens not only their world but all existence. Calvin and Eliana face a choice: remain passive guardians or venture into the forbidden dimensions beyond. Their bond is unbreakable, yet their paths diverge. Eliana yearns to explore, to unravel the gate's mysteries. Calvin, burdened by duty, fears the consequences. Eliana dives first, her tail propelling her through the gate's shimmering veil. She emerges in a realm of fractured mirrors-a place where memories dance like phosphorescent fish. Here, she encounters Eidra, a mermaid with fractured reflections. Eidra reveals that the gate mirrors not only worlds but souls. Meanwhile, Calvin remains behind, torn between loyalty and curiosity. He studies the glyphs, deciphering cryptic warnings. The gate's instability threatens to unravel reality itself. Desperate, he seeks counsel from Nereus, who reveals a forbidden truth: the gate was once a bridge between merfolk and the Serpent of Eternity. Calvin and Eliana reunite, their discoveries intertwining. The serpent, betrayed by its kin, seeks revenge upon both realms. It craves chaos, believing that only destruction can mend its broken heart. The siblings realize that sealing the breach requires an alliance-an unthinkable pact. Eliana, her voice resonating with forgotten melodies, confronts the serpent. She sings of unity, of shared memories, and the cosmic harmony they once safeguarded. The serpent hesitates, scales shimmering with ancient pain. Calvin, beside her, speaks of duty and sacrifice. In a moonlit chamber, beneath the gate's arch, the siblings broker peace. The serpent agrees to mend the breach, but at a cost: it will relinquish its destructive urges, becoming a guardian once more. In return, merfolk must remember their shared past-the betrayal that severed their kinship. As the gate seals, realms merge. Nereus, tears in his eyes, watches the siblings swim together-one voice, one purpose. The forbidden alliance transcends ancient enmities. The abyss holds its breath, and cosmic harmony is restored. And so, the siblings become legends-their names etched in coral, their sacrifice echoing through tides. For in sealing the gate, they forged not only an alliance but a bridge between worlds, where love and duty entwine like seaweed in the currents. And the whispers of the abyss fade, replaced by a new song-one of hope.
Download or read book Lament Driven Preaching written by Eliana Ah-Rum Ku and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-03-04 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges Christian communities to engage in lament--a mode of existence characterized by impassioned expression, witnessing, and personal or social protest in the face of evil and injustice, reflecting a profound yearning for God's saving presence. Divine lament responds to, and expresses solidarity with, human suffering, unveiling multiple facets of God's image and demonstrating a profound sense of divine compassion. Drawing on the Book of Lamentations, Korean concepts related to suffering (han and hanpuri), the Paschal Triduum narratives, and recent homiletic discourses on suffering, the author investigates how complex issues related to grief and hope can be addressed in preaching without diminishing the harsh reality of affliction. Designed to assist preachers, this book encourages a more intentional approach to addressing suffering, specifically by advocating for lament as a transitional space between affliction and hope. Furthermore, readers are invited to contemplate the significance of the church, which, within a world in decline, embodies the body of Christ, manifesting both the demise and resurrection of God.
Download or read book The Etiquette Book written by Jodi R. R. Smith and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate guide to manners in the real world! Is it rude to keep checking your phone during lunch with a friend? Are handwritten thank-you notes still necessary? A respected etiquette coach solves these modern dilemmas and more-including issues unique to our times, such as privacy and cyberspace, personal interaction in a diverse society, and professional protocol around the globe.
Download or read book Eliana written by Jean Calvin Best and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-02 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eliana Notebook A beautiful, elegant, bold, & personalized notebook with the name Eliana. An Appreciation Gift of 120 Cream Pages Lined Writing Journal Notebook with Personalized Name. Can be used as a Diary or Notepad to write in. Makes a great gift for an Eliana in your life such as a mother, sister, grandmother, cousin, best friend, bridesmaid, teacher, graduation, birthday or wedding gift. Perfect for taking notes, jotting lists, doodling, brainstorming, prayer and meditation journaling, writing in as a diary, or giving as a gift. Not too thick & not too thin, so it's a great size to throw in your purse or bag. SIZE: 6" X 9" PAPER: Lightly Lined on Cream Paper PAGES: 100 Pages (50 Sheets Front/Back) COVER: Soft Cover (Matte)
Download or read book I Love Calvin written by Rob Cole and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-27 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weekly Action Planner, feature 120 pages with a matte finish cover. Perfect for note taking, diary entry, journal writing, to do list or daily schedules.
Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 1294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Things Hold Together written by Branson L. Parler and published by MennoMedia, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-10-03 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an Anabaptist, John Howard Yoder is often depicted as Christ-centered in his theology but with a creation-deficient approach to culture. In this clearly reasoned study, Branson Parler argues that Yoder advocates a trinitarian theology of culture that upholds the continuity between God’s work in creation and in redemption. For Yoder, Jesus’ humanity makes him directly relevant to culture while Jesus’ divinity connects him directly to creation. Yoder’s writings, says Parler, affirm that Jesus restores and re-establishes the politics of creation. In Things Hold Together, Parler joins a growing number of writers from outside Anabaptist or Mennonite traditions who are finding resonance with Yoder, one of the leading theologians of the twentieth century. “Interpreters who dismiss Yoder’s call to discipleship find comfort in suggesting he lacked a doctrine of creation or in finding him to be at best a heterodox theologian. Parler takes the ground away from such critics. His book sets the bar for any future reception of Yoder's theology.”—D. Stephen Long, author of Speaking of God: Theology, Truth and Language "Things Hold Together helps us see that John Howard Yoder was from first to last a trinitarian thinker. Parler therefore provides an illuminating context for interpreting Yoder's critique of H. Richard Niebuhr." —Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe professor of theological ethics, Duke University
Download or read book Honestly written by Johnnie Moore and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johnnie Moore, vice president and campus pastor of Liberty University, inspires readers with an enthusiastic challenge to live out fully what they say they believe as Christians. In his uniquely confessional tone, Johnnie takes readers on a journey of belief from the hilltop home of the Dalai Lama to a mass grave of more than 250,000 people in Rwanda. He dares to address the doubts and challenges that have turned many well-intentioned Christians into hypocrites. Like a good pastor, Moore helps heal the wounds he opens, and he leaves his reader with one curious question, "What could happen if the world's Christians actually began to live what they say they believe?"
Download or read book Still Jewish written by Keren R. McGinity and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last century, American Jews married outside their religion at increasing rates. By closely examining the intersection of intermarriage and gender across the twentieth century, Keren R. McGinity describes the lives of Jewish women who intermarried while placing their decisions in historical context. The first comprehensive history of these intermarried women, Still Jewish is a multigenerational study combining in-depth personal interviews and an astute analysis of how interfaith relationships and intermarriage were portrayed in the mass media, advice manuals, and religious community-generated literature. Still Jewish dismantles assumptions that once a Jew intermarries, she becomes fully assimilated into the majority Christian population, religion, and culture. Rather than becoming “lost” to the Jewish community, women who intermarried later in the century were more likely to raise their children with strong ties to Judaism than women who intermarried earlier in the century. Bringing perennially controversial questions of Jewish identity, continuity, and survival to the forefront of the discussion, Still Jewish addresses topics of great resonance in a diverse America.
Download or read book Circular Economy written by Günther Dobrauz-Saldapenna and published by Stämpfli Verlag. This book was released on 2023-11-02 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every leaf that falls from a tree becomes part of a new circle. In non-human ecosystems, everything is re-used or re-purposed. The natural world is the perfect circular system. Why is the same not true for humankind? Most of the things we possess will ultimately not be used for a long period of time. The current take-make-waste approach is a given fact of our present economy that we have perfected since the industrial revolution. The editors Dr Guenther Dobrauz-Saldapenna and Nicolas Huras believe that we urgently need to change our ways of producing, consuming and living. It is time to seriously consider circular economy as an alternative model. This book brings together thinkers and innovators from academia as well as business who share their ideas. Does it deliver answers to all our challenges? Probably not, but it is a great place to start. The future must be circular and decentralized! This book was printed according to the Cradle to Cradle® principle. The dust jacket contains flower seeds and can be planted in the ground: watch the flowers grow!
Download or read book The Gidneys of Nova Scotia written by Hicks, Sidney A and published by Sidney A. Hicks. This book was released on 2005 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Budget of the United States Government written by United States and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book War Imagery in Women s Textiles written by Deborah A. Deacon and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-06-04 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the centuries, women have used textiles to express their ideas and political opinions, creating items of utility that also function as works of art. Beginning with medieval European embroideries and tapestries such as the Bayeux Tapestry, this book examines the ways in which women around the world have recorded the impact of war on their lives using traditional fabric art forms of knitting, sewing, quilting, embroidery, weaving, basketry and rug making. Works from the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, the Middle and Near East, and Oceania are analyzed in terms of content and utility, and cultural and economic implications for the women who created them are discussed. Traditional women's work served to document the upheaval in their lives and supplemented their family income. By creating textiles that responded to the chaos of war, women developed new textile traditions, modified old traditions and created a vehicle to express their feelings.
Download or read book The Beyonce Effect written by Adrienne Trier-Bieniek and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since her late-1990s debut as a member of the R&B trio Destiny's Child, Beyonce Knowles has garnered both praise and criticism. While some consider her an icon of female empowerment, others see her as detrimental to feminism and representing a negative image of women of color. Her music has a decidedly pop aesthetic, yet her power-house vocals and lyrics focused on issues like feminine independence, healthy sexuality and post-partum depression give her songs dimension and substance beyond typical pop fare. This collection of new essays presents a detailed study of the music and persona of Beyonce--arguably the world's biggest pop star. Topics include the body politics of respectability; feminism, empowerment and gender in Beyonce's lyrics; black female pleasure; and the changing face of celebrity motherhood. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Download or read book The Defining Moment written by Michael D. Bordo and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contemporary American political discourse, issues related to the scope, authority, and the cost of the federal government are perennially at the center of discussion. Any historical analysis of this topic points directly to the Great Depression, the "moment" to which most historians and economists connect the origins of the fiscal, monetary, and social policies that have characterized American government in the second half of the twentieth century. In the most comprehensive collection of essays available on these topics, The Defining Moment poses the question directly: to what extent, if any, was the Depression a watershed period in the history of the American economy? This volume organizes twelve scholars' responses into four categories: fiscal and monetary policies, the economic expansion of government, the innovation and extension of social programs, and the changing international economy. The central focus across the chapters is the well-known alternations to national government during the 1930s. The Defining Moment attempts to evaluate the significance of the past half-century to the American economy, while not omitting reference to the 1930s. The essays consider whether New Deal-style legislation continues to operate today as originally envisioned, whether it altered government and the economy as substantially as did policies inaugurated during World War II, the 1950s, and the 1960s, and whether the legislation had important precedents before the Depression, specifically during World War I. Some chapters find that, surprisingly, in certain areas such as labor organization, the 1930s responses to the Depression contributed less to lasting change in the economy than a traditional view of the time would suggest. On the whole, however, these essays offer testimony to the Depression's legacy as a "defining moment." The large role of today's government and its methods of intervention—from the pursuit of a more active monetary policy to the maintenance and extension of a wide range of insurance for labor and business—derive from the crisis years of the 1930s.
Download or read book Social Computing and Social Media Design User Experience and Impact written by Gabriele Meiselwitz and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-06-16 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set LNCS 13315 and 13316 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media, SCSM 2022, held as part of the 24rd International Conference, HCI International 2022, which took place in June-July 2022. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The total of 1276 papers and 275 posters included in the 40 HCII 2022 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 5583 submissions. The papers of SCSM 2022, Part I, are organized in topical sections named: design and user experience in social media and social live streaming; text analysis and AI in social media; social media impact on society and business.
Download or read book Playful Awakening written by Dianne Gammage and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Playfulness has the power to reconnect us with our sense of self, and help us achieve growth and self-fulfilment. The author of this wide-ranging book explores the universal significance of play in the pursuit of happiness and authenticity. Providing a brief overview of the role of play in social, spiritual and intellectual endeavours throughout history, she discusses the harmful consequences of taking things too seriously, and reveals playfulness as a necessity for both the psyche and soul. Informed by the Core Process psychotherapy model, Buddhist philosophy and personal testimonies, the book illustrates how the lighter side of life enables us to re-examine the makeup of our identity and recover from negative experiences. Much more than an insight into the therapeutic properties of play, it is an eloquent ode to the importance of simply "en-joying" ourselves.
