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Book The Smell of Rain on Dust

Download or read book The Smell of Rain on Dust written by Martín Prechtel and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Beautifully written and wise … [Martin Prechtel] offers stories that are precious and life-sustaining. Read carefully, and listen deeply."—Mary Oliver, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Inspiring hope, solace, and courage in living through our losses, author Martín Prechtel, trained in the Tzutujil Maya shamanic tradition, shares profound insights on the relationship between grief and praise in our culture--how the inability that many of us have to grieve and weep properly for the dead is deeply linked with the inability to give praise for living. In modern society, grief is something that we usually experience in private, alone, and without the support of a community. Yet, as Prechtel says, "Grief expressed out loud for someone we have lost, or a country or home we have lost, is in itself the greatest praise we could ever give them. Grief is praise, because it is the natural way love honors what it misses." Prechtel explains that the unexpressed grief prevalent in our society today is the reason for many of the social, cultural, and individual maladies that we are currently experiencing. According to Prechtel, "When you have two centuries of people who have not properly grieved the things that they have lost, the grief shows up as ghosts that inhabit their grandchildren." These "ghosts," he says, can also manifest as disease in the form of tumors, which the Maya refer to as "solidified tears," or in the form of behavioral issues and depression. He goes on to show how this collective, unexpressed energy is the long-held grief of our ancestors manifesting itself, and the work that can be done to liberate this energy so we can heal from the trauma of loss, war, and suffering. At base, this "little book," as the author calls it, can be seen as a companion of encouragement, a little extra light for those deep and noble parts in all of us.

Book Publication

Download or read book Publication written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 1060 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book St Peter s

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  • Author : Keith Miller
  • Publisher : Profile Books
  • Release : 2010-12-09
  • ISBN : 1847650740
  • Pages : 252 pages

Download or read book St Peter s written by Keith Miller and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of St Peter's begins in the 1st century CE with the Hippodrome of Nero, one of two places where the Apostle Peter may have been crucified. 250 years later Constantine the Great marked the supposed site of Peter's tomb in an ancient cemetery with a great basilica. That in turn was replaced over a hundred-year period by a series of competitive renaissance and baroque Popes using the greatest artists of their day, all seeking to leave their mark on St Peter's. Here Keith Miller offers a rewarding account of a world-famous building: who built it; what it looks like and why; and how it affects the tourist or pilgrim. An intricate history, telling biography and the study of great art and architecture all play their part in a book that is a brilliant debut.

Book The Church Review

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1887
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 854 pages

Download or read book The Church Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Laws of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Passed at the Session

Download or read book Laws of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Passed at the Session written by Pennsylvania and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 1012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appropriation acts before 1911 published in the Laws of the General Assembly; 1911- in a separate volume.

Book Hidden Histories in the United Church of Christ 2

Download or read book Hidden Histories in the United Church of Christ 2 written by Barbara Brown Zikmund and published by The Pilgrim Press. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this second volume, Dr. Zikmund continues the untold stories in the formation of the United Church of Christ (UCC). Volume 1 focused on those ethnic groups, or ecclesiastical movements, often overlooked by UCC historical orthodoxy. This second book of essays does two things: it provides additional information about groups not covered in the original collection, and it explores the sources of some principles and practices important to the UCC identity. Volume 2 invites readers to enhance their knowledge of history as an important source of spiritual strength for these times. It also examines more deeply what it means for the UCC to celebrate its "unity in diversity." It explores such areas as Lutheran and Reformed Cooperation; German Evangelical Protestants; Origins of the Christian Denomination in New England; Evangelical Pietism and Biblical Criticism; Women's Mission Structures and the American Board; Religious Journalism; Philip William Otterbein and the United Brethren; from German Reformed Roots to the Churches of God; The Congregational Training School for Women; and Chinese Congregationalism. Contributors include: J. Martin Bailey, Dorothy C. Bass, Curtis Beach, Thomas E. Dipko, Matthew Fong, J. Harvey Gossard, Rose Lee, Elizabeth C. Nordbeck, Horace S. Sills, Priscilla Stuckey-Kauffman, Dorothy Wong, Barbara Brown Zikmund, and Lowell H. Zuck.

Book Old Saint Peter s  Rome

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  • Author : Rosamond McKitterick
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2013-11-07
  • ISBN : 1107041643
  • Pages : 523 pages

Download or read book Old Saint Peter s Rome written by Rosamond McKitterick and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the first full study of the predecessor church of St Peter's Basilica in Rome, from late antique construction to Renaissance destruction.

Book Laws of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Download or read book Laws of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania written by Pennsylvania and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Journals of General Conventions of the Protestant Episcopal Church  in the United States  1785 1835

Download or read book Journals of General Conventions of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States 1785 1835 written by Episcopal Church. General Convention and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Open Doors  Western New York African American Houses of Worship

Download or read book Open Doors Western New York African American Houses of Worship written by Sharon R. Amos and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-11-26 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Open doors: Western New York African-American houses of worship features sixty histories of tabernacles, temples, churches, fellowships, ministries and a mosque. This volume does not purport to be a complete compendium of African American houses of worship in Western New Yorkl however it does provide a representative sampling of predominantly African American congregations and African American worship leaders of Baptist, Catholic, Church of God in Christ, Lutheran, Methodist, Pentacostal, non-denominational and other demoninational congregations in Buffalo, Lackawanna, Lockport, and Niagara Falls, New York." -- Introduction, p. 17.

Book Richard Peters

Download or read book Richard Peters written by Hubertis Maurice Cummings and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Book Huntington Co  In

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
  • Release : 1993
  • ISBN : 1563111217
  • Pages : 450 pages

Download or read book Huntington Co In written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1993 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a journey back in time as we recount the history of Huntington County, Indiana from 1834 - 1993. This comprehensive history makes the past come alive with hundreds of never before published photographs and nearly 1,000 family biographies. This will be a treasured volume for anyone with a link to this county.

Book St  Peter s Church

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  • Author : Cornelia Frances Biddle
  • Publisher : Temple University Press
  • Release : 2011-10-14
  • ISBN : 1439907978
  • Pages : 270 pages

Download or read book St Peter s Church written by Cornelia Frances Biddle and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating 250 years, St. Peter's Episcopal Church in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, has witnessed a rich mixture of people and events that reflect critical periods of American political and cultural history. George Washington worshiped here as did abolitionists and slave holders, Whigs, Democrats, and Republicans. St. Peter's was a point of first contact for thousands of immigrants, and the church opened schools for immigrants to help them to acculturate to life in Philadelphia. Opening a window onto colonial Philadelphia and the nation's histories, St. Peter's Church is a glorious testament to this National Historic Landmark. In addition to the stories and hundreds of black-and-white and color photographs, this handsome volume provides a history of the grounds, the churchyard, and the church itself-a classic example of eighteenth-century Philadelphia design that later incorporated the work of renown architects William Strickland, Thomas U. Walter, and Frank Furness.

Book Journal of the Proceedings of the Bishops  Clergy and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America

Download or read book Journal of the Proceedings of the Bishops Clergy and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America written by Episcopal Church. General Convention and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: