Download or read book The House the Spirit Builds written by Lorna Crozier and published by Douglas & McIntyre. This book was released on 2019-09-21 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned poet Lorna Crozier offers a masterful collection of poems inspired by Diane Laundy and Peter Coffman’s photographs taken in the Frontenac Arch Biosphere in Southwestern Ontario. Beginning in this setting, The House the Spirit Builds extends to include any region, any place that ignites the human mind and heart. Something astonishing happens when the poems and photos sit side by side and speak to one another in a language that is timeless, lucid and precise: they bring us to a wisdom that might mitigate the damage we do to others and the natural world. While acknowledging the loss and suffering that infuse our days, the poems and photographs invite us to expand our sense of wonder, our sense that all things are connected, no matter where we live. An image of a slice of light falling across a tablecloth, a black beetle on a leaf: these poems speak of moments “when the dragonfly lands and grips the skin / on the back of your hand” or “rain stops falling / but / hangs around / like the shape of lust / in bedsheets.” The impressions and expressions vary, but remind us that if we pay attention, even the smallest things can bring us joy and remind us we are not alone in our brief sojourn on this earth.
Download or read book The Spirit House written by William Sleator and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A foreign exchange student comes to live with Julie’s family for a year—setting off a frightening chain of events Julie isn’t thrilled about her parents’ decision to sponsor a foreign exchange student from Thailand. Not only is the stranger going to live with them for a year, but Julie is convinced he’ll be a nerd and will embarrass her at school. But when a tall, handsome, super-cool guy named Bia arrives, Julie is suddenly the envy of all her girlfriends. Dominic, Julie’s 11-year-old brother, is also thrilled to have Bia around the house. So to make the guest feel at home in America, Dominic builds a traditional Thai spirit house in the backyard. Overnight, Bia seems to undergo a major personality change. He’s mean and spiteful and lies about everything. He also seems terrified of something . . . or someone. Has Dominic’s construction somehow invoked a vengeful spirit? Is Bia the bearer of luck so bad it could harm Julie and her family?
Download or read book Building Our House written by Jonathan Bean and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A family of four builds a house, back, away from the road, down a dirt lane, in the middle of an old, weedy field.
Download or read book The Household Spirit written by Tod Wodicka and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although they’ve lived side by side in the only two houses on Route 29 in rural upstate New York for over twenty years, Howie Jeffries—avid fisherman, accidental recluse—and Emily Phane—seemingly well-adjusted college student—have never actually spoken to each other. Both have their reasons: Howie is debilitatingly shy, and Emily has been hiding the fact that she suffers from a nighttime affliction that makes her terrified to go to sleep. But one day, when they least expect it, their worlds finally intersect. A most curious—and curiously funny—novel about two unlikely comrades-in-arms, The Household Spirit is a story about how little we know the people we see every day—and the depths and foibles of the human heart.
Download or read book Works written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Complete Works written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Making Nature Sacred written by John Gatta and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since colonial times, the sense of encountering an unseen, transcendental Presence within the natural world has been a characteristic motif in American literature and culture. American writers have repeatedly perceived in nature something beyond itself-and beyond themselves. In this book, John Gatta argues that the religious import of American environmental literature has yet to be fully recognized or understood. Whatever their theology, American writers have perennially construed the nonhuman world to be a source, in Rachel Carson's words, of "something that takes us out of ourselves." Making Nature Sacred explores how the quest for "natural revelation" has been pursued through successive phases of American literary and intellectual history. And it shows how the imaginative challenge of "reading" landscapes has been influenced by biblical hermeneutics. Though focused on adaptations of Judeo-Christian religious traditions, it also samples Native American, African American, and Buddhist forms of ecospirituality. It begins with Colonial New England writers such Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards, re-examines pivotal figures such as Henry Thoreau and John Muir, and takes account of writings by Mary Austin, Rachel Carson, and many others along the way. The book concludes with an assessment of the "spiritual renaissance" underway in current environmental writing, as represented by five noteworthy poets and by authors such as Wendell Berry, Annie Dillard, Marilynne Robinson, Peter Matthiessen, and Barry Lopez. This engaging study should appeal not only to students of literature, but also to those interested in ethics and environmental studies, religious studies, and American cultural history.
Download or read book The Divine Spirit with the Human Spirit in the Epistles written by Witness Lee and published by Living Stream Ministry. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers “a great and profound matter, the divine Spirit with the human spirit in the Epistles, from Romans through the book of Revelation. The Epistles come after the four Gospels and the Acts. The Gospels are a full record of the Lord Jesus Christ—who He is, what He did, what He accomplished, and what He attained. After this, the Acts gives us a record of the spread, the propagation, of this Christ, which is the church as the Body of Christ. In the four Gospels we have the Head, and in the Acts we have the Body, the propagation and continuation of the Head. After this, the twenty-two books from Romans to Revelation present a full definition, explanation, and revelation of the wonderful and mysterious economy of God.”
Download or read book Official Reports of the Debates of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada written by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Essayists and Prophets written by Harold Bloom and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a compilation of Bloom's introductions to the Modern critical views and Modern critical interpretations series of books, focusing on twenty essayists and prophets.
Download or read book The Holy Bible Arranged in Paragraphs by James Nourse written by and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 1284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Place and Spirit in Taiwan written by Alessandro Dell'Orto and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-08-29 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on field-work in Taiwan, this book examines the ancient, indigenous religious cult of Tudi Gong both as a religio-social phenomenon and as an appropriate medium for exploring and analysing the social changes that have been occurring in contemporary Taiwan, and the people's strategic adaptations to these changes. In this comprehensive ethnography of Tudi Gong, Dell'Orto engages in a theoretical discussion of the practices, processes and strategies of ethnography and ethnographic writing, and contributes to the construction of an anthropology of place by analysing a number of key concepts related to the notion of place and space. The study combines the use of personal ethnography with raconteurs' own accounts as a way of tracing senses of place and memories of the past. This is a pioneering foundation text for an anthropology of non domestic place and space and brings the most important recent work of social geographers into the field of anthropology.
Download or read book Your Spirit s Story written by Marisa Williams and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-01-30 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever feel a cold breeze in a closed room or have the hairs raise up on your arms for seemingly no reason? Have you ever woken up to the feeling that someone is watching you? Are you afraid of the dark?Ghostly experiences are shared in this spiritual collection of "coincidences." Pull the covers tight over your head, and try to find a source of light. Are those glowing eyes in the darkness?Tell yourself that it's all in your head. Try to convince yourself that there's no such thing as ghosts. Author Marisa Williams takes readers on a second person storyline adventure through the darkest depths of fears and questioning through "Your Spirit's Story."
Download or read book Moments Together for Couples written by Dennis Rainey and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 1995-10-19 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take Time Out of Each Day to Relax and Grow Together In the midst of the stress and pressure of everyday life, Moments Together for Couples will give you and your mate a chance to pause, relax, and draw upon the strength of the Lord. This easy-to-use devotional helps you set aside anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes every day with your spouse to grow closer to God and closer to each other.
Download or read book The Orillia Spirit written by Randy Richmond and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1996-08-22 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Orillia Spirit tells the history of the city through the stories of its people, who insisted on making their lives and their community alive with significance.
Download or read book The Journal and Messenger written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
