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Book Holiness and Healing

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  • Author : Dan Bohi
  • Publisher : Xulon Press
  • Release : 2016-08-15
  • ISBN : 9781498482738
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book Holiness and Healing written by Dan Bohi and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Candid Conversations about Ministry Essentials Dan Bohi and Dr. Rob McCorkle believe that the gospel is not a benign creed void of supernatural power, and neither do they believe it's incapable of fully redeeming the human heart from all sin. Their belief inspired a three hour interview where Dan candidly shared his personal journey that has included a wide range of ministry experiences. With honesty and humility they discussed: God's calls to ordinary people to do extraordinary things Miraculous stories, divine encounters and supernatural manifestations The place for God-called apostles and prophets in the Holiness movement The ministries of healing and impartation Hindrances to revival and how to sustain a kingdom culture This book will inspire you and challenge your traditional thinking with profound biblical insights, and hopefully cause you to live and teach a message of holiness and healing. Dan Bohi is an itinerant minister with a mission to awaken the Church of Jesus Christ to the power, purity, and freedom of the Spirit-filled life found, realized, experienced and exhibited in the lives of believers in the book of Acts. Dan and Debbie have four married children and thirteen grandchildren. Rob McCorkle is the Founder of Fire School Ministries whose mission is to redig the wells in the Holiness movement by reawakening the message of purity and power. Along with pastoring in Columbus, Ohio, he travels speaking in churches and conferences. Rob and Cindy have two married children and two grandchildren. "

Book Hillbilly Elegy

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  • Author : J. D. Vance
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • Release : 2016-06-28
  • ISBN : 0062300563
  • Pages : 166 pages

Download or read book Hillbilly Elegy written by J. D. Vance and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A riveting book."—The Wall Street Journal "Essential reading."—David Brooks, New York Times From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America’s white working class Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in postwar America. J. D.’s grandparents were “dirt poor and in love,” and moved north from Kentucky’s Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually their grandchild (the author) would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that this is only the short, superficial version. Vance’s grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother, struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, and were never able to fully escape the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. Vance piercingly shows how he himself still carries around the demons of their chaotic family history. A deeply moving memoir with its share of humor and vividly colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country.

Book Let s Write a Short Story

Download or read book Let s Write a Short Story written by Joe Bunting and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book One Angry Veteran

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  • Author : Giovanni Berdejo-Gallegos
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019-08-06
  • ISBN : 9781088539309
  • Pages : 209 pages

Download or read book One Angry Veteran written by Giovanni Berdejo-Gallegos and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Angry Veteran is a combination of story telling of my personal struggles with the military, war, PTSD, reintegrating back into civilian life and some of the methods that I use, in overcoming some of these life-changing hurdles. Using a direct "tell it like it is" approach, I communicate with you, the veteran, the veteran's spouse and supporters of the troops; in hopes of creating a dialogue between brothers and sisters in arms, family members, mental health organizations, government agencies and the public so that as a country, we can bring more awareness to the needs of veterans, garner more funding for disabled veterans along with educational and job training benefits such as the post 9/11 G.I Bill and Vocational Rehabilitation benefits. My dream is that this book finds its way into the hands of my fellow veterans that need to know, you are not alone and you are not forgotten.

Book Something Clean

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  • Author : Selina Fillinger
  • Publisher : Concord Theatricals
  • Release : 2019-10
  • ISBN : 057370841X
  • Pages : 75 pages

Download or read book Something Clean written by Selina Fillinger and published by Concord Theatricals. This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlotte has been a mother for nineteen years, a wife for three decades, and a respectable community member her entire life. But when her only child is incarcerated for sexual assault, her once-immaculate world is forever tainted. Selina Fillinger’s intimate new drama follows one woman struggling to make sense of her own grief, love, and culpability.

Book Do Running Mates Matter

Download or read book Do Running Mates Matter written by Christopher J. Devine and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American vice presidency, as the saying goes, “is not worth a bucket of warm spit.” Yet vice presidential candidates, many people believe, can make all the difference in winning—or losing—a presidential election. Is that true, though? Did Sarah Palin, for example, sink John McCain’s campaign in 2008? Did Joe Biden help Barack Obama win? Do running mates actually matter? In the first book to put this question to a rigorous test, Christopher J. Devine and Kyle C. Kopko draw upon an unprecedented range of empirical data to reveal how, and how much, running mates influence voting in presidential elections. Building on their previous work in The VP Advantage and evidence from over 200 statistical models spanning the 1952 to 2016 presidential elections, the authors analyze three pathways by which running mates might influence vote choice. First, of course, they test for direct effects, or whether evaluations of the running mate influence vote choice among voters in general. Next, they test for targeted effects—if, that is, running mates win votes among key subsets of voters who share their gender, religion, ideology, or geographic identity. Finally, the authors examine indirect effects—that is, whether running mates shape perceptions of the presidential candidate who selected them, which in turn influence vote choice. Here, in this last category, is where we see running mates most clearly influencing presidential voting—especially when it comes to their qualifications for holding office and taking over as president, if necessary. Picking a running mate from a key voting bloc probably won’t make a difference, the authors conclude. But picking an experienced, well-qualified running mate will make the presidential candidate look better to voters—and win some votes. With its wealth of data and expert analysis, this finely crafted study, the most comprehensive to date, finally provides clear answers to one of the most enduring questions in presidential politics: can the running mate make a difference in this election?

Book Making Gullah

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  • Author : Melissa L. Cooper
  • Publisher : UNC Press Books
  • Release : 2017-03-16
  • ISBN : 1469632691
  • Pages : 305 pages

Download or read book Making Gullah written by Melissa L. Cooper and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1920s and 1930s, anthropologists and folklorists became obsessed with uncovering connections between African Americans and their African roots. At the same time, popular print media and artistic productions tapped the new appeal of black folk life, highlighting African-styled voodoo as an essential element of black folk culture. A number of researchers converged on one site in particular, Sapelo Island, Georgia, to seek support for their theories about "African survivals," bringing with them a curious mix of both influences. The legacy of that body of research is the area's contemporary identification as a Gullah community. This wide-ranging history upends a long tradition of scrutinizing the Low Country blacks of Sapelo Island by refocusing the observational lens on those who studied them. Cooper uses a wide variety of sources to unmask the connections between the rise of the social sciences, the voodoo craze during the interwar years, the black studies movement, and black land loss and land struggles in coastal black communities in the Low Country. What emerges is a fascinating examination of Gullah people's heritage, and how it was reimagined and transformed to serve vastly divergent ends over the decades.

Book Progressive Black Masculinities

Download or read book Progressive Black Masculinities written by Athena D. Mutua and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Progressive Black Masculinities brings together leading black cultural critics including Michael Eric Dyson, Mark Anthony Neal, and Patricia Hill Collins to examine an alternatively demonized and mythologized black masculinity.

Book Living Without Enemies

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  • Author : Samuel Wells
  • Publisher : InterVarsity Press
  • Release : 2011-05-31
  • ISBN : 0830834567
  • Pages : 145 pages

Download or read book Living Without Enemies written by Samuel Wells and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through her friendships with both victims and offenders, Marcia Owen learned that being present was precisely the opposite of violence--it was love. In this book she and Samuel Wells offer deep insights into what it takes to overcome powerlessness, transcend fear and engage in radical acceptance in our dangerous world.

Book Caring for Creation

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  • Author : Paul Douglas
  • Publisher : Baker Books
  • Release : 2016-10-04
  • ISBN : 1441230726
  • Pages : 183 pages

Download or read book Caring for Creation written by Paul Douglas and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faith-Based Solutions to Caring for the Earth Climate change is a confusing and polarizing issue. It may also prove to be the most daunting challenge of this century because children, the elderly, and the poor will be the first to feel its effects. The issue is all over the news, but what is seldom heard is a conservative, evangelical perspective. Connecting the dots between science and faith, this book explores the climate debate and how Christians can take the lead in caring for God's creation. The authors answer top questions such as "What's really happening?" and "Who can we trust?" and discuss stewarding the earth in light of evangelical values. "Acting on climate change is not about political agendas," they say. "It's about our kids. It's about being a disciple of Jesus Christ." Capping off this empowering book are practical, simple ideas for improving our environment and helping our families and those around us.

Book Desirable Body

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  • Author : Hubert Haddad
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2018-08-21
  • ISBN : 0300240457
  • Pages : 230 pages

Download or read book Desirable Body written by Hubert Haddad and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A medical mystery/fantasy/love story that delves deeply into the nature of consciousness while raising many of the ethical and existential issues facing scientists today A contemporary Frankenstein that defies expectations, this is a thrilling novel, couched in luminous, captivating prose about a journalist, Cédric Allyn-Weberson, who suffers a horrific accident, paralyzing him from the neck down. An ideal candidate for a body transplant, Cédric survives the surgery but has both physical and existential trouble with his recovery and adaptation: encountering his lover with a new body, discovering the life history of his donor, and attempting to understand the mind-body relationship as he lives it. Haddad explores the confusion and insignificance of a single consciousness before experience and identity: What is a head without a body? What or who is a lover with another’s body? The gruesome transplant (detailed in a manner that highlights the author’s own diligent research and comprehension) parallels other ways humanity mutates nature globally; the novel is a provocative and timely allegory—a work of dystopian fantasy.

Book Landslide

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  • Author : Jonathan Darman
  • Publisher : Random House
  • Release : 2014-09-23
  • ISBN : 0812994698
  • Pages : 493 pages

Download or read book Landslide written by Jonathan Darman and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In politics, the man who takes the highest spot after a landslide is not standing on solid ground. In this riveting work of narrative nonfiction, Jonathan Darman tells the story of two giants of American politics, Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan, and shows how, from 1963 to 1966, these two men—the same age, and driven by the same heroic ambitions—changed American politics forever. The liberal and the conservative. The deal-making arm twister and the cool communicator. The Texas rancher and the Hollywood star. Opposites in politics and style, Johnson and Reagan shared a defining impulse: to set forth a grand story of America, a story in which he could be the hero. In the tumultuous days after the Kennedy assassination, Johnson and Reagan each, in turn, seized the chance to offer the country a new vision for the future. Bringing to life their vivid personalities and the anxious mood of America in a radically transformative time, Darman shows how, in promising the impossible, Johnson and Reagan jointly dismantled the long American tradition of consensus politics and ushered in a new era of fracture. History comes to life in Darman’s vivid, fly-on-the wall storytelling. Even as Johnson publicly revels in his triumphs, we see him grow obsessed with dark forces he believes are out to destroy him, while his wife, Lady Bird, urges her husband to put aside his paranoia and see the world as it really is. And as the war in Vietnam threatens to overtake his presidency, we witness Johnson desperately struggling to compensate with ever more extravagant promises for his Great Society. On the other side of the country, Ronald Reagan, a fading actor years removed from his Hollywood glory, gradually turns toward a new career in California politics. We watch him delivering speeches to crowds who are desperate for a new leader. And we see him wielding his well-honed instinct for timing, waiting for Johnson’s majestic promises to prove empty before he steps back into the spotlight, on his long journey toward the presidency. From Johnson’s election in 1964, the greatest popular-vote landslide in American history, to the pivotal 1966 midterms, when Reagan burst forth onto the national stage, Landslide brings alive a country transformed—by riots, protests, the rise of television, the shattering of consensus—and the two towering personalities whose choices in those moments would reverberate through the country for decades to come. Praise for Landslide “Richly detailed . . . Landslide is a vivid retelling of a tumultuous three years in American history, and Mr. Darman captures in full the personalities and motives of two of the twentieth century’s most consequential politicians.”—The New York Times “Novel and even surprising . . . Landslide deftly reminds readers that Johnson and Reagan both trafficked in grandiose oratory and promoted utopian visions at odds with the social complexity of modern America.”—The Washington Post “Riveting . . . Darman portrays [Johnson and Reagan] as polar opposites of political attraction. . . . Animated by the artful insight that they were men of disappointment headed toward an appointment with history . . . A tale about myths and a nation that believed them, about a world of a half century ago now gone forever.”—The Boston Globe “Alert to the subtleties of politics and political history, Darman, a former correspondent for Newsweek, nimbly explores delusion and self-delusion at the highest levels.”—The New York Times Book Review

Book Eileen Hogan

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  • Author : Elisabeth R. Fairman
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2019-01-01
  • ISBN : 030024147X
  • Pages : 274 pages

Download or read book Eileen Hogan written by Elisabeth R. Fairman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on Eileen Hogan's depictions of enclosed green spaces and portraiture, this sumptuously illustrated catalogue offers an intimate glimpse into the artist's work and practice.

Book Mere Ecclesiology

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  • Author : J. Gregory Crofford
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock
  • Release : 2016-11-23
  • ISBN : 9781532604232
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Mere Ecclesiology written by J. Gregory Crofford and published by Wipf and Stock. This book was released on 2016-11-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too many churches limp along with no clear sense of mission. In Mere Ecclesiology: Finding Your Place in the Church's Mission, Dr. Crofford clarifies the purpose of God's people through the metaphor of spiritual respiration. ""Breathing in"" (worship and discipleship) leads to ""breathing out"" (transformative service in the world). Newcomers and seasoned believers alike will be challenged to discover their calling as the Holy Spirit sends the church out on a challenging mission to heal families, communities, and creation itself. ""In promoting a healthy church, Dr. Crofford emphasizes the need for 'spiritual respiration.' His conception of church health first requires a 'breathing in' of personal growth that is spiritual, knowledgeable, and communal. Second, spiritual respiration requires a 'breathing out' that is missional, ministering practically to others for their holistic salvation, societal well-being, and ecological care-giving. . . . Crofford identifies step-by-step strategies that help Christians to implement 'spiritual respiration' in finding their place in the church's mission."" --Don Thorsen, Professor of Theology, Azusa Pacific University Seminary ""Crofford invites us into a discussion regarding the theology of church and the practical implications for ministry. This thoughtful overview of the formational and missional characteristics of the church mirrors Jesus' command to love God and love others. Here, the corporate body of Christ can live in authenticity to the doctrine handed down through the ages. This work will prove useful for the church engaged in the formation of Christlike disciples."" --Carla Sunberg, President, Professor of Historical Theology, Nazarene Theological Seminary ""In this helpful and easy-to-read book, Crofforddraws wonderfully from Scripture, the Christian faith community, and his own faith journey. He offers wisdom and understanding to all pilgrims, wherever they are on their journey.If ever the church needed a grassroots understanding to fulfill its mission in the world in this significant time, then this is the 'back to the basics' guide so desperately needed."" --Gabriel J. Benjamin, Church of the Nazarene, Africa Region Education and Clergy Development Coordinator ""Written from his experience as a minister, a clergy educator, and a missionary, the book covers a broad range of topics that relate to the work of the church. Easy to read and challenging to your preconceptions, the book will profit every pastor and every layperson. This is an excellent overview of the work of the church. Refreshing!"" --Jesse C. Middendorf, General Superintendent Emeritus, Church of the Nazarene J. Gregory Crofford (PhD, University of Manchester) is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Religion at Africa Nazarene University (Nairobi, Kenya). He is the author of The Dark Side of Destiny: Hell Re-Examined (2013) and Streams of Mercy: Prevenient Grace in the Theology of John and Charles Wesley (2010)."

Book Bull City Survivor

Download or read book Bull City Survivor written by Simon Partner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emma Johnston (a pseudonym) is an African American resident of Durham, North Carolina, whose son was brutally murdered in 2007. Combining the voices of Emma and her coauthor Simon Partner, a professor at Duke University, the book recounts the postwar history of one of the South's fastest-growing communities through the eyes of one of its most disadvantaged residents. In the process, the book attempts to shed light on the social and economic conditions that led to the murder of Emma's son, one of 25 to 30 people (many of them African American young men) who fall victim to gun violence each year in Durham.

Book Truth s Table

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  • Author : Ekemini Uwan
  • Publisher : Convergent Books
  • Release : 2022-04-26
  • ISBN : 0593239733
  • Pages : 321 pages

Download or read book Truth s Table written by Ekemini Uwan and published by Convergent Books. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FINALIST FOR THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD • A collection of essays and stories documenting the lived theology and spirituality we need to hear in order to lean into a more freeing, loving, and liberating faith—from the hosts of the beloved Truth’s Table podcast “The liberating work of Truth’s Table creates breathing room to finally have those conversations we’ve been needing to have.”—Morgan Harper Nichols, artist and poet Once upon a time, an activist, a theologian, and a psychologist walked into a group chat. Everything was laid out on the table: Dating. Politics. The Black church. Pop culture. Soon, other Black women began pulling up chairs to gather round. And so, the Truth’s Table podcast was born. In their literary debut, co-hosts Christina Edmondson, Michelle Higgins, and Ekemini Uwan offer stories by Black women and for Black women examining theology, politics, race, culture, and gender matters through a Christian lens. For anyone seeking to explore the spiritual dimensions of hot-button issues within the church, or anyone thirsty to deepen their faith, Truth’s Table provides exactly the survival guide we need, including: • Michelle Higgins’s unforgettable treatise revealing the way “racial reconciliation” is a spiritually bankrupt, empty promise that can often drain us of the ability to do real justice work • Ekemini Uwan’s exploration of Blackness as the image of God in the past, present, and future • Christina Edmondson’s reimagination of what a more just and liberating form of church discipline might look like—one that acknowledges and speaks to the trauma in the room These essays deliver a compelling theological re-education and pair the spiritual formation and political education necessary for Black women of faith.

Book Create Your Garden of Eden

Download or read book Create Your Garden of Eden written by Elizabeth Mannette and published by . This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the magnificent city of Chicago, a circle of friends, told in turns, narrate their experiences within a two-year period. In part one, we hear from the ladies and the table turns in part two when the gentlemen share their perspectives. Many of their trials and tribulations revolve around issues that are true to life. Haley and Matt bite their tongues as her mother's senseless, yet comical demeanor acts as a major interference. Savannah and Vince struggle with hurt feelings as problems in the bedroom arise. Michelle and Rob are so much alike that their marriage is failing from the separate lives they lead. Becky is a morbidly obese woman who fears the unconscious when her intense dreams take her to an existence of panic. Finally, Abby and Mitchell seem to live in a glass house but a secret friendship will shatter their perfect little home. Each chapter brings you closer to the characters on a more intimate level while keeping you in suspense until the last word. When you are finished weighing life, it is quite possible the characters will remain in your thoughts. Get ready and hang on because there are many twists and turns to be expected.