Download or read book The Serendipity of Hope written by Simon Lee and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-07-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Institutions are very precious. If any idea is going to persist into the future, then it needs an institution to keep it going. Each of us comes to understand, often only gradually over the decades, how some influences from our earlier life have affected us. Some will have been inspiring. Some will have given us direct models of how to behave or how not to behave. Indeed, it is often the case that the deeper an influence turns out to have been, in the long run, the less likely it is that we noticed it at the time it was happening. For this reason, it has become necessary to find the time to reflect on and express gratitude for the institutions that helped form who we are and the work that we do. This collection of essays explores the impact of one institution on twenty-five participants, twenty-five years after we worked together. The Institution was Liverpool Hope University College and is now Liverpool Hope University. By telling and reflecting on our stories, we aim to encourage others to think about their own experiences and, ultimately, our earnest hope is that a greater awareness of this aspect of university life will help to transform our collective understanding of the nature of universities in particular, and of communities, institutions, or societies in general. But there was something special about belonging to a community called Hope.

Download or read book The Path to Serendipity written by Allyson Apsey and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-24 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this funny, genuine, and clever book, Allyson Apsey shares relatable stories and practical strategies for living a meaningful life regardless of the craziness happening around you. You'll discover that you really do have the power to choose the kind of life you live-every day.

Download or read book The Serendipity Journal written by Allyson Apsey and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-17 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new town, a new school, no friends . . . and now Kip has to deal with a bully. It's going to take more than luck to make it through sixth grade; it's going to take some serendipity. When Kip's dad loses his job, her family packs up and moves to Jackson. She misses her friends, her old school, and having her own room! Then, just when she thinks things can't get any worse, a boy at school tries to make her life miserable. Kip's Serendipity Journal is the one place where she can share how she really feels. And it's where she discovers that sometimes serendipity is even better than luck.

Download or read book The Woman s Book of Hope written by Eileen Campbell and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book to put a smile on your face and hope in your soul. World events these days can make us feel anxious, or even hopeless. But thisinspirational book is here to remind us that we must not give up hope—because hope is what transforms the world. It also helps us regain a sense of control in our lives and remember that we are in control. The Woman’s Book of Hope offers not only daily meditations to guide you toward a better future, withquotes from women such as Marie Curie, Anne Frank, Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey, and more, but also stories of great, fearless women of our time that bring these meditations to life. A source of light and clarity during stressful or traumatic times, these meditations motivate us to heal from hurt, find purpose, and pursue joy each and every day.

Download or read book Serendipity written by Stephen Cosgrove and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb

Download or read book Struggling with Serendipity written by Cindy Kolbe and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-08 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Struggling with Serendipity tells the true story of a mom's crisis, a daughter's paralysis, and extraordinary travels that carried them from a small town in Ohio to Seattle, Harvard, Capitol Hill, and around the world. After an accident, a heartsick mom battles depression and guilt, while a shy but determined teenager fights the harsh physical challenges of quadriplegia. Fourteen-year-old Beth believes everything will be okay. Cindy is certain that nothing will ever be okay again. Struggling with Serendipity explores the power of hope while navigating unknown waters of disability. Cindy confronts her altered identity and mental health. Beth sets impossible goals as she tries to swim with legs that don't work and hands that can't cup the water. Together they find a new normal, with serendipity in the most unlikely of moments. Waves of adventure follow, including Beth's invitation to join the Harvard Women's Swimming and Diving team--the first with a visible disability. Struggling with Serendipity takes us on an incredible journey to the end of an era that leaves Cindy and Beth transformed. Everything really is okay. And if you never give up? Hope wins.

Download or read book Serendipity Only In Gooding Book 5 written by Cathy Marie Hake and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Todd Valmer should have known better. A farmer who's been through several disasters, he travels to Virginia to fetch his widowed mother to cook and help him around his Texas farm...or that was the plan until she keels over on the train and they get kicked off. Maggie Rose barters for a living and also makes soaps, lotions, and perfumes with a special rose recipe passed down from mother to daughter for generations. She hasn't wanted to marry...until that handsome Texan shows up. Her heart skips a beat, and when he proposes, a hasty marriage follows. What ensues, however, is a clash of culture and a battle of wills--and it's clear they both mistook instant attraction and infatuation for love. As their marriage loses its sparkle and fills with disillusionment, Todd and Maggie must determine what is worth fighting for. He dreams of a farm. Maggie wants to fulfill the family tradition with her rose perfumes. Todd's mother, however, has entirely different plans for her son that do not include Maggie. In light of their hasty marriage and mistaken dreams, is there any hope of recapturing their love and building a future together?

Download or read book Serendipity written by Grace McGinty and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Purgatory To Damnation. Some one-night stands are bad, and some are just epic moments of fail. Two pump chumps, three-inch champions, guys who still live in the basement of their Mom's house; these are bad. Having sex with a slumming Archangel and ending up in Purgatory? Way, way worse. After being rescued from Purgatory by an unlikely ally, Serendipity thought she could go back to living out her immortal years in relative obscurity. But then her stomach begins to swell, and she has to face the fact that she'd become impossibly pregnant. For the first time in her long life, she felt real fear. When her allies smuggle her into the protection of Damnation MC, an Outlaw Motorcycle Club with more than a few secrets of their own, she can add unwanted attraction to her list of problems. Judas, dark and mysterious, the President of the MC has no time for Sera or her problems. Cain, his tattooed exterior hiding a damaged heart. Solomon, a ladies man with a beautiful face and a blood-soaked past. Goliath, crazed and brutal, who hates women and seemed to hate Serendipity in particular. Now Sera has to decide if she can trust them, or if the only person she can trust to save her child is herself. SERENDIPITY is a spin-off of the Hell's Redemption Trilogy but can be read stand-alone. This is Book 1 in the Damnation MC Duology. SERENDIPITY is a Reverse Harem romance, contains M/M scenes, some scenes that may make readers uncomfortable, enough profanity to make a nun blush and ends on a cliffhanger.

Download or read book Sew Serendipity written by Kay Whitt and published by Krause Publications. This book was released on 2010-07-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lay it out, cut it out, sew it up, put it on! Kay Whitt of Serendipity Studios proves that all you need to re-make your wardrobe are a few key things: Great fabric, easy-to-make patterns, a handful of simple skills, and your own personal sense of style! Use Sew Serendipity to create a fresh, new look. Included in the book are tissue pattern inserts for the skirt, tunic/dress and jacket--each with 6 variations detailed in the book. 3 basic patterns x 6 variations = 18 ways to show off your skills and style! Kay provides the master instructions for each basic garment, and individual instruction for each unique look. Once you master the basics, changing it up is a snap! Each clothing pattern is graded in seven sizes (bust: 32-44; waist: 24-36; hips: 34-46) from XXS to XXL. Use the "Custom Fitting" section of this book to learn how to measure yourself and adjust the patterns to get the best possible fit! Embellish your designs to match your style, whether you're feeling the need for classic, tailored elegance, or you're in the mood for a little ruffled whimsy. Kay's simple embellishments make it a breeze to adapt your design to the look you want. With Sew Serendipity, you'll find out how to lay out the pattern pieces, cut them out and sew them up. All you have to do is put them on and strut your stuff!

Download or read book Fleeting Hope written by Chris Warner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The location is Kinshasa, the capital of The Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the Modern Day and there is one mission: survival. Two initial strangers, an ordinary African boy living in the environs of the capital and the daughter of the President, lead two complete contrasting lifestyles. Their lives become quickly intertwined, however, as the country is thrown into yet another civil war. As time progresses, their friendship is formed, and they quickly become reliant upon each other for survival through multiple events that further tear apart the country. Their trust and reliance upon each other develops to heights previously unknown to them. The story expresses the importance of hope and how it is universal, even in the nation that boasts the worst war figures since World War II - 5.4 million people had been killed through gunfire, but many also due to the prolonged periods of starvation and disease from 1998 to 2008. 1000 people died each day during 2004... - www.fleetinghope.com -

Download or read book Hope Is Not a Method written by Gordon R. Sullivan and published by Currency. This book was released on 2010-05-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the end of the Cold War, the United States Army has been reengineered and downsized more thoroughly than any other business. In the early 1990s, General Sullivan, army chief of staff, and Colonel Harper, his key strategic planner, took the post-Cold War army into the Information Age. Faced with a 40 percent reduction in staff and funding, they focused on new peacetime missions, dismantled a cumbersome bureaucracy, reinvented procedures, and set the guidelines for achieving a vast array of new goals. Hope Is Not a Method explains how they did it and shows how their experience is extremely relevant to today's businesses. From how to stay on top of long-range issues to how to maintain a productive work force during times of change, it offers invaluable lessons in leadership and provides proven tactics any business can implement.

Download or read book Shadows of Hope written by Sam Smith and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapters 1 and 2 deal with the campaign (especially the myths the Clintonites created about themselves and the failings of the press) and Clinton's first year in office (including the failed nominations, communication crises, and the budget debate). A comprehensive third chapter gives the first usable outline of Clintonism, describing the ideology that lies behind the president's contradictory statements, broken promises, mutating policies, and claims to rise above ideology. Chapters 4 and 5 first dissect the Washington system and its immutability and then, with numerous examples, show how the American political culture frequently opposes its own interests.

Download or read book Democratic Hope written by Robert B. Westbrook and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-27 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The pragmatists' response to the claim that theirs is a deeply American philosophy has been less to challenge the claim than to attempt to embrace it on their own terms. . . . One could speak of a national philosophy as one could not speak of a national chemistry or physics. But national cultures were complicated and often conflicted. Hence the relationship between a philosophy and a national culture could be at once close and fraught with tension."—from Democratic Hope Pragmatism, as Richard Rorty has said, "names the chief glory of our country's intellectual tradition." In Democratic Hope, Robert B. Westbrook examines the varieties of classical pragmatist thought in the work of John Dewey, William James, and Charles Peirce, testing in good pragmatic fashion the truth of propositions by their consequences in experience. Westbrook also attends to the recent revival of pragmatism by Rorty, Cheryl Misak, Richard Posner, Hilary Putnam, Cornel West, and others and to pragmatist strains in contemporary American political thinking. Westbrook's aims are both historical and political: to ensure that the genealogy of pragmatism is an honest one and to argue for a hopeful vision of deliberative democracy underwritten by a pragmatist epistemology and ethics.

Download or read book A Heart Full of Hope The Magic of Second Chances A motivational story about new beginnings written by Shibaji Bose and published by Sristhi Publishers & Distributors. This book was released on 2023-02-10 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moyna is a promising young girl, full of life. Her destiny takes an unexpected turn when she gets tricked and trafficked to the dark dungeons of the red-light area in Kolkata. Life gives her a second chance when she is rescued from the murky lanes. Moyna finds herself a shelter and a family, trying to make the most of what life has given her. As she chases her dream of becoming an entrepreneur, she meets Aryan - a dashing young man, who makes her believe in herself and fills up the void in her heart. Will she be able to call the adoptive family her own? Will this second chance be the new beginning she has been waiting for? Starting off on her new journey as Ahana, she decides to stop at nothing! A HEART FULL OF HOPE is a story of realising dreams, fulfilling promises, resilience and mending hearts. Because in the end, it doesn’t matter who was right, but what is left in a relationship!

Download or read book Hope for Tomorrow written by E. Carver McGriff and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a creative approach to Bible study that will spark discussion. McGriff tackles such issues as divorce, homosexuality, the divinity of Jesus, and miracles. This book will be of interest to church groups as well as to individuals wrestling with their personal faith. Though he sometimes takes controversial positions, McGriff always delivers fascinating and challenging reflections. He reconsiders traditional interpretations of Jesus' words, intending to stretch the minds of traditionalists while winning over doubters, especially those new to the church but still sitting on the fringes of its theology. This is a book preachers will want to read. As you peruse these sermons from the pen of Dr. Carver McGriff, you will understand why, under his leadership, St. Luke's Methodist Church of Indianapolis became the largest Methodist Church north of the Mason-Dixon line. Carver is a preacher with a winsome style; his sermons are full of superb stories, wonderful quotes and wise insights. Carver also has the ability to tackle some of the tough and controversial things we Christians face today. He handles these questions with candor and a liberal spirit that is always gentle and respectful of the opinions of others. Willian G. Enright Senior Pastor, Second Presbyterian Church Indianapolis, Indiana One of America's premier preachers, Dr. E. Carver McGriff has had a distinguished life and career. As a teenager, he was wounded and captured by a German SS battalion during World War II. He received a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts, and returned home to earn a degree in business administration from Butler University. Following a career as a salesman and a business owner, McGriff entered Garrett Theological Seminary, where he was voted Best Preacher by the faculty and graduated with distinction. He was then appointed by the Bishop of Indiana to start a new congregation on the northeast side of Indianapolis. He built the membership of his congregation from 900 to over 4,400, with Sunday attendance increasing from 300 to over 1,850. During his Indianapolis ministry, McGriff received an honorary degree from the University of Indianapolis and the Outstanding Alumnus award from Butler University, and was voted the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year by Christian Theological Seminary. McGriff was also honored with the Sagamore of the Wabash by then Governor Evan Bayh. His sermons have been distributed nationwide by the Methodist Publishing Company.

Download or read book Heir of Hope written by Stephenia H. McGee and published by By The Vine Press. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heir of Hope: Ironwood Plantation Family Saga Book Two

Download or read book Hope Parish Novellas Boxed Set 1 written by Zoe Dawson and published by Zoe Dawson. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlaw friends and family are featured in these three novellas where true love lives in small town hearts as well as weary travelers, and big city movers and shakers. Come back to Hope Parish… Finally Again Evangeline "Evie" Outlaw has been living in emotional limbo ever since the love of her life, Brody Outlaw, up and left her with triplets to raise on her own in a hostile and unwelcoming town. Now her boys are men and independently carving out their own lives, but still living under the shadow of her husband's lineage. The terrible Outlaw curse. It isn't until River Pearl Sutton comes crashing into her son Braxton's life that Evie gets a wake-up call in the form of intensely sexy Winchester Sutton, River's uncle. A sophisticated, international food critic. He's a man that is hard to ignore with his soft, slow accent, his ice blue eyes that are full of fire, and a body that makes her remember what it was like to be desirable. But, Win is a Sutton and she married into the Outlaw curse, a woman who spawned the Outlaw Unholy Trinity, a woman who is still technically married. She'd held onto the memory of Brody for thirteen years, never giving up hope he would come back, never believing that he left her voluntarily. But Win is flesh and blood real, pursuing and charming. Can she find the kind of deep, abiding love she had for Brody? Or will her loyalty and the bias gossip of the town tear her apart. Can she finally again find love Beauty Shot Decon West arrives at Columbia University to start his freshman year. But New York City is like an alien planet to him and even though he's a fish out of water, he takes it in stride. He expected to be homesick. He expected to find the city chaotic. What he hadn't expected was that the girls would be so aggressive, throwing themselves at him. But, there's only one woman he's interested in tracking down and that's Minnie Tattersall. Minnie dodged the bullet and resisted the temptation of eighteen-year-old Deke West when she was visiting Suttontowne. Now she's hard at work on the upcoming collection she and Verity Outlaw will be showing at Fashion Week. She also finds it hard work to get Deke off her mind, but easy to remember that he's much too young for her. It isn't until he shows up at the show, and accidentally lands on the runway modeling their clothes that things begin to heat up for them. It's clear to Minnie that Deke doesn't much care that he's taking the New York City fashion scene by storm. He's hell-bent on breaking down her barriers and having her. How will she resist? Mark Me Rory Finnegan had one goal when he got out of the Marines. Find a place where he can settle down and open a tattoo parlor. That's when his best friend Ethan Fairchild suggests he come to Suttontowne in the Louisiana bayou. It's there that Rory gets a job bartending for Braxton Outlaw and runs smack full force into gorgeous, too young for him, Savannah Hawkins. To make matters worse, she's got an over-protective mother and an upper-crust boyfriend. It would be smart he steered clear. But Marines like Rory don't back down easily, especially after he gets much too involved with the southern beauty. Savannah Hawkins is not sure what she's going to do with her life and is quite sick of having everyone dictate to her, especially her family. When she gets a load of pierced, tattooed and gorgeous Rory, her interest goes off the charts. Complication like life decisions and a pre-selected husband seem inconsequential when she gets to know this scarred and battle-hardened warrior. Will she discover the answers she needs or will her coming of age tear her heart apart?