Download or read book Heaven s Window written by Brent Johannsen and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No matter who you are, there is one simple question each of us must ultimately answer. Where do you stand with Jesus? It really is a very simple question with eternal final results that will at last determine where you spend eternity. That was the simple question I asked my dad one day nearly thirty-five years ago. This simple question was met with an incredible and angry response from my mother who thought that I had no right asking such a question and that it was none of my business. This was basically the same response that I got from my sister when she learned that I had the temerity to ask this question of my dad. This simple little question began a familial discord between my mother and me that resulted in what ended up as largely a dysfunctional family relationship for almost thirty years. In addition to this underlying cause of our family dysfunction, I did more than my share to advance the cause of dysfunction in our family. Over the course of years, our family relationships remained strained and distant, largely my fault, until that day when we all learned that our mom had cancer. From that point on, things were very different in our family. The steady treatment and advance of Mom's cancer seemed to take an oddly twisted and tangled route to a result that left all of us arguably stunned and even more so surprised. This is the story of that, twisted and tangled trip.
Download or read book The Wind from Heaven s Window written by Pat Mitchell and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection is a combination of romantic, philosophic, mystical, and spiritual poetry written to warm even the coldest of hearts. They come from a very inspired place that speaks of a great desire to understand ourselves. The elusive butterfly in all of us, that out of its innate curiosity to learn and experience things by necessity, transforms itself. They also speak of the unique place that we all share in the divine tapestry we call life and how we are all intimately connected. The poems reflect on the betrayal and hypocrisy that we all inevitably encounter on our journey through life. Most importantly, a message of hope and joy runs through them, so that we are always reminded that even in our darkest moments, the light of truth and love has never abandoned us. The book also shares some of the stories that inspired and motivated some of the poems. They run the gamut, from gut-wrenching tearjerkers to deeply impassioned pleas for universal kindness to the whimsical frolic of a playful little child. Included is a section titled Musings on Life. These are philosophic perspectives intended to be life lessons for the reader. Its been said that not all men are masters, but all masters have been men. Along that same line of thinking, the author feels that although not all philosophers are poets, all poets are philosophers.
Download or read book A Window to Heaven written by Patrick Dean and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The captivating and heroic story of Hudson Stuck—an Episcopal priest—and his team's history-making summit of Denali. In 1913, four men made a months-long journey by dog sled to the base of the tallest mountain in North America. Several groups had already tried but failed to reach the top of a mountain whose size—occupying 120 square miles of the earth’s surface —and position as the Earth’s northernmost peak of more than 6,000 meters elevation make it one of the world’s deadliest mountains. Although its height from base to top is actually greater than Everest’s, it is Denali's weather, not altitude, that have caused the great majority of fatalities—over a hundred since 1903. Denali experiences weather more severe than the North Pole, with temperatures of forty below zero and winds that howl at 80 to 100 miles per hour for days at a stretch. But in 1913 none of this mattered to Hudson Stuck, a fifty-year old Episcopal priest, Harry Karstens, the hardened Alaskan wilderness guide, Walter Harper, and Robert Tatum, both just in their twenties. They were all determined to be the first to set foot on top of Denali. In A Window to Heaven, Patrick Dean brings to life this heart-pounding and spellbinding feat of this first ascent and paints a rich portrait of the frontier at the turn of the twentieth century. The story of Stuck and his team will lead us through the Texas frontier and Tennessee mountains to an encounter with Jack London at the peak of the Yukon Goldrush. We experience Stuck's awe at the rich Aleut and Athabascan indigenous traditions—and his efforts to help preserve these ways of life. Filled with daring exploration and rich history, A Window to Heaven is a brilliant and spellbinding narrative of success against the odds.
Download or read book Heaven s Window written by Michael Wallis and published by Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parsons's stunning images reveal the magical qualities of the upper Rio Grande region, from its bustling Indian market places to the charming churches, ancient petroglyphs, lively fiestas, and haunting old ranchos. 100 color photos.
Download or read book Heaven s Window written by Bill Selvitelle and published by Sdp Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the mid-fifties in Boston, and the world is slowly changing. Jobs are disappearing, friends have moved on. Life is becoming a struggle. Just when things seem the darkest, one man finds his faith. Heaven's Window is a story of one man's journey from surviving the war in the Pacific to coming home to a life he becomes lost in. Along the way, he finds his best friend, a stray dog he calls Sunshine. The adventures they embark on make their bond unbreakable. He battles the demons of depression, booze, and coming to terms with losing his job, home, and everything he holds dear in his life. Begging takes a toll on his soul, and he struggles to survive as he searches for a connection to God. With Sunshine's help, though, he finds connections to the world around him that give him hope through that struggle, until he finally comes to the day when he can put the fight-all of the fights-behind him for good. All author proceeds will be used to help the homeless.
Download or read book Windows to Heaven written by Elizabeth Zelensky and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this useful guidebook, the authors debunk common misconceptions about Orthodox icons and explain how they might enrich the devotional lives of non-Orthodox Christians.
Download or read book A Window to Heaven written by Diane M. Komp and published by Zondervan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1992 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As seen on ABC's 20/20 and featured in the March 1992 issue of Life Magazine, this sensitive book tells of a doctor who finds faith through the dying children she treats. Any believer who has asked questions about the innocent suffering of a child will relate to the author's honest quest for faith.
Download or read book The Windows of Heaven written by Ron Rozelle and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-10 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Galveston during the 1900 storm, the most devastating natural disaster in the history of the United States, this sweeping novel follows the fates of several richly drawn characters. It is the story of Sal, the little girl who is wise beyond her years and who holds out as much hope for the world as she does for her father, the ruined son of a respected father. It is the story of Sister Zilphia, the nun who helps run the St. Mary's Orphanage. The only thing separating the two long buildings of the orphanage is a fragile line of sand dunes; the only thing separating Zilphia from the world is the brittle faith that she has been sent there to consider. A faith that has never been truly tested. Until now. And it is the story of Galveston herself, the grand old lady of the Gulf Coast, with her harbor filled with ships from the world over; her Victorian homes and her brothels and her grand pavilions set in their own parks; and her stately mansions along Broadway, the highest ground on the island, at eight feet above sea level. All must face their darkest night now, as nature hurls the worst she can muster at the narrow strip of sand and saltgrass that is doomed to become, for a time, part of the ocean floor. This is the story of heroes and villains, of courage and sacrifice and, most of all, of people trying desperately to survive. And it is the story of an era now gone, of splendor and injustice, filled with the simple joy of living. Prologue It started raining after midnight. At first a few heavy drops, as large as pebbles, splattered against windows, and spotted the dry pavement of the streets. They plinked into half-full troughs of dirty water outside the saloons on Post Office Street; horses tied there winced against the stings. People inside the saloons-sailors and dock workers and whores-paid no attention to the steadily quickening tattoo being pelted out on the tin sheets or slates of the roofs but kept to the business at hand: the drinking, and gambling, and the sweaty, brief stabbing away at the very oldest of human exertions. Some of Galveston's people, in other parts of the city, listened to the rain from their beds. A few, who had looked up that day at the Levy Building on Market Street and noticed the pair of warning flags that flew from the fourth-floor offices of the Weather Bureau, knew that this was the first, slow calling card of a tropical storm. Isaac Cline, the chief of the bureau, had hoisted the flags on Friday morning, and they had danced and popped in the brisk north wind all day. The red one, with the black box in its middle, meant that a particularly malevolent storm was a possibility. The white one, above it, meant that if it came, it would come from the northwest. But not too many people had seen the flags. And now the first big drops of rain plopped into the sand dunes and salt grass of the island and slid through the muted light of the gas street lights in town, and nobody paid much attention to them. Those in bed closed their eyes and let the tapping of the rain sing them to sleep. It had come a long way, this storm. Almost two weeks before, somewhere on the immense, swaying surface of the eternal Atlantic, a small portion of the sea had rebelled against the unremitting late summer heat, and heaved itself up in protest. Africa lay a thousand miles to the east, over the vast, bowllike curve of the world, and many more thousands of miles of ocean and sky stretched endlessly to the west. The air above the place had become suddenly full of new, burdensome moisture.
Download or read book Windows Into Heaven Stories Celebrating Down Syndrome written by Stacy Tetschner and published by . This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty families share their stories and positive insight into what someone with an extra chromosome--someone with Down syndrome--can bring into the lives of all they touch.
Download or read book The Half Finished Heaven written by Tomas Transtromer and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contemporary Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer has a prestigious worldwide reputation-- many expect that he will someday win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Robert Bly, a longtime friend and confidant of Tranströmer’s, as well as one of his first translators, has carefully chosen and translated the finest of Tranströmer’s poems to create this collection.
Download or read book Heaven s Breath written by Lyall Watson and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “comprehensive and fascinating study” of how wind has shaped the world as we know it, affecting all aspects of human and natural life—from geography to political history, plant life to psychology, and biology to philosophy (The Observer) Wind is everywhere and nowhere. Wind is the circulatory system of the earth, and its nervous system, too. Energy and information flow through it. It brings warmth and water, enriches and strips away the soil, aerates the globe. Wind shapes the lives of animals, humans among them. Trade follows the path of the wind, as empire also does. Wind made the difference in wars between the Greeks and Persians, the Mongols and the Japanese. Wind helped to destroy the Spanish Armada. And wind is no less determining of our inner lives: the föhn, mistral, sirocco, Santa Ana, and other “ill winds” of the world are correlated with disease, suicide, and even murder. Heaven’s Breath is an encyclopedic and enchanting book that opens dazzling new perspectives on history, nature, and humanity.
Download or read book How to Open the Window of Heaven Over Your Life Study Guide written by Rick Renner and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Open Up Your Window! What does the Bible really mean when it says God will "open the window of Heaven" over the lives of those who are givers? And how do you know if the window of God is closed or open over your life? Rick Renner says, “Years ago, I didn't understand how vital it was that I sow into the Kingdom of God, and as a result, Denise and I lived sad financial lives. But a day came when the Holy Spirit showed me the powerful results that take place when you become a regular giver. The day Denise and I began to give, we discovered the key that opens the window of Heaven.” In this five-part series How To Open the Window of Heaven Over Your Life, Rick covers: That God is generous with the generous. How God responds to sacrificial giving. How to open the window of Heaven over your life. What Jesus said about giving. What the apostle Paul said about giving. Get ready to open the window of Heaven and enter into a new realm of abundant life!
Download or read book Windows of Heaven written by and published by Review and Herald Pub Assoc. This book was released on 1982 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Five Years in Heaven written by John Schlimm and published by Image. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is heaven on earth? The answer lies in this true story of one young man's journey to find hope and purpose with the help of an unlikely teacher--a compassionate and wise old nun, whom the world had long-forgotten. By the time Harvard-educated John Schlimm turned 31 years old, he had worked with some of the biggest superstars in Nashville and served under the most powerful people in the White House. But something was missing. His life had come to a standstill, lost in a whirl of questions about belonging, faith, rejection, and purpose. He soon decides to return to his small-town roots in search of a new beginning. Returning home, John meets 87-year-old Sister Augustine, the beguiling self-taught artist-in-residence at the ceramic shop on the sprawling grounds of the local 150-year-old convent. John is instantly bowled over by Sister's quiet grace and vision. Before long, his weekly visits to Sister's shop become a master's class in the meaning of life, love, humility, and second chances. As she directed him on the road to self-discovery and salvation, John returned the favor by putting Sister Augustine on the front page of newspapers and showing his friend that her life still had one very important and unexpected final chapter yet to go. In Five Years in Heaven, John shares the wisdom, humor, grace, and inspiration he experienced during his hundreds of visits with Sister Augustine. Five Years in Heaven reminds us that we can find love and joy in the most unlikely of places, and that the building blocks of peace and happiness are always within our reach.
Download or read book Espying Heaven written by Adrian Barlow and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Espying Heaven presents the first full-scale and full-colour survey of the achievement of Charles Eamer Kempe (1837-1907), the outstanding stained-glass designer of his era, and his Studio. From the start, Kempe gathered around him a close-knit team of artists and craftsmen who together developed his vision of a distinctive aesthetic setting for worship based on late medieval art, especially the stained glass of northern Europe. Espying Heaven illustrates the evolution of the 'Kempe style' and allows readers to judge for themselves the extent to which the later firm of C.E. Kempe & Co. (1907- 1934), set up by Kempe himself, succeeded in working within the tradition established by his founding artists. This book is meant to be a companion to Adrian Barlow's biographical study, Kempe: the Life, Art and Legacy of Charles Eamer Kempe (2018). In its own right, Espying Heaven both documents and celebrates a style of church art and decoration that has had a defining influence upon the Anglican Church worldwide. It highlights key features of Kempe glass, exploring questions of representation, symbolism and technique and suggesting new ways of 'reading' a Kempe window.
Download or read book Through the Windows of Heaven written by Walter Martin and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taken from the work of Dr. Martin, the original Bible Answer Man, these personal stories, biblical expositions, and life lessons will entertain as they inform and instruct you in the understanding, application, and presentation of the Christian faith.
Download or read book Heaven s Diary written by Giselle Renarde and published by Giselle Renarde. This book was released on 1901 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What will Heaven do when her dream house turns into a nightmare? As a young trans woman working in a soup kitchen, Heaven never imagined she'd be able to buy her own home. With the help of her girlfriend and best friend, she's finally able to achieve this goal. But from the moment Heaven, Terra and Elle move in, strange things happen in the house. Why is Heaven the only one seeing ghosts and sensing a sexual presence in her bed? Terra and Elle tell her she's hallucinating, but is that really true? Is Heaven imagining the haunting or is a succubus stealing her soul? Read the chilling tale in Heaven's Diary, lesbian fiction from award-winning queer Canadian author Giselle Renarde.
