This is a story written to give parents a tool to help their children realize the true message of Christmas. While the traditions of Christmas can smother the true message of Christ that parents desire to emphasize, this story will guide their children as they realize the truth and follow their hearts as God draws them to Himself. The story takes place as a child named Brayla journey's through the confusion of the mixed message that can come along with the Christmas celebration. The conclusion brings resolution to the heartache that comes as some of these traditions may bring disappointment and mistrust from children for the confusion and mixed message. Many blessings to all who will enjoy this special book!

Most books are like visitors. They come and go. This book can be a long-term companion and assistant as you weave prayer into the tapestry of your life. Weaving Prayer Into the Tapestry of Life pictures each of us as a weaver at a loom, creating in every moment our life's tapestry. The transformative thread of prayer is always available to be woven into our life's design. In this weaving, we experience in wonder the creative presence of God. The chapters of this book gives an overview of Christian understanding and practice of prayer. The author combines Scripture, voices and sources from the tradition of the church, poetry, stories, and accounts of personal experience to explore ten of the most familiar ways Christians pray. These are: centering, praise, confession, meditative reading of Scripture, petition, intercession, dedication, silence, and benediction. Nine sets of Prayer Prompts, one with each chapter, invite you to move from thinking to doing. They provide a framework for personal devotion that includes all of the dimensions of Christian prayer discussed in the chapters. Resources from Scripture, prayers of the church, and contemporary materials offer structure and stimulus for expressing the prayers of your heart. These Prayer Prompts are adaptable for repeated use. Members of a prayer group or spiritual growth group may enjoy sharing experiences with this book. "Martha Rowlett deeply understands Christian thinking, Christian living, Christian prayer, and, dare I say it, God. She shares her wisdom with utmost simplicity. Those who use her book will find themselves becoming better Christians" -John Cobb, professor emeritus, Claremont School of Theology

This is a story written to give parents a tool to help their children realize the true message of Christmas. While the traditions of Christmas can smother the true message of Christ that parents desire to emphasize, this story will guide their children as they realize the truth and follow their hearts as God draws them to Himself. The story takes place as a child named Brayla journey's through the confusion of the mixed message that can come along with the Christmas celebration. The conclusion brings resolution to the heartache that comes as some of these traditions may bring disappointment and mistrust from children for the confusion and mixed message. Many blessings to all who will enjoy this special book!

Our universe is one of many, but there are few who truly understand what that means. Lucy Haddad and Joey Sanders do, and their friendship and seemingly supernatural connection might have the power to change the world. The pair met when they were children, and Lucy was the only person who could bring Joey, an autistic savant, out of his shell. Their bond was unique, and their accomplishments were remarkable. As adults, they went their separate ways for a time, but fate brought them back together.

This is the story of the son of a sharecropping lay minister who, at age 14, walks off the Texas cotton field his family is working on and tells his brother he is never picking cotton again. For the next 18 months he travels halfway across the country and up the Pacific Coast honing his skills as a gambler. At the end of that time he returns to his family driving a new Buick Roadster with $18,000 in his pocket. The money bank rolls his bootlegging enterprise.

This book is about a meaningful way of getting to know better our Lord Jesus Christ, the significant events in His life, the sacred mission He accomplished in obedience to His heavenly Father, His very words and ways, and the significant role of His blessed mother, all these by praying the holy rosary. This time, every prayer on each bead is accompanied by an incident, phenomenon, remark or message all about or related to His life embedded in the four mysteries of the rosary. Thus, sometime, along the way of using this scriptural rosary prayer, one may utter in sheer wonder and reverence, "my Lord and my God!"

This is the story of a little girl lost in a very troubled world. Sent away by her mother, abandoned by a loveless father, and landing in a troubled marriage, RoseMarie MacNeil faced brutality and abuse. She tried so hard to make her world seem okay, always pretending things would get better, but growing up, they never did. Not until she made her own path to escape. While raising her four children, she strove fearlessly against the odds to become an independent young woman.

Presented as one hundred thirty-eight narrative-style poems, some of which are rhyming and others are in prose or blank verse, Reflections on Mountaineering, A Journey Through Life as Experienced in the Mountains, a FIFTH EDITION, Revised and Expanded summarizes much of what the author, Alan V. Goldman, learned in his more than 30 years of climbing, either from personal experience, or from his mountaineering peers. Mr. Goldman came to realize that many of the same moral issues that confront us in everyday life are likewise present in the high mountains, only to a sharper degree. Still, many of the poems reflect on themes and situations that are peculiarly prominent in the mountain environment.

The Fall of Man was written to help the reader understand where we are and where we need to be to advance our walk with God. Flora's prayer is that the reader will be enlightened to start the journey. To help the reader get up from the fall and no longer be short of the glory of God.

Between the years of 1944 and 1963, Dr. Colm McAindriu was just a kid, a Black kid living in the Jim Crow Mississippi Delta. His story brings to light what living day and night under the threat of death looks like for a Black kid in this era. Should he look at the white girl, or dream of her and tell someone or be caught doing so? His mother forced him to help her raise her remaining 12 children and demanded that he kill his prized pig to feed her family. McAindriu's childhood was rife with small moments of joy and learning, coupled with working in cottonfields, pain both physical and emotional, and being the Man of the House.

After you read my book, you can see I am an ordinary man. For some reason, God wanted me to live. You can read all the things that happened and didn't happen. They can't be explained away by science, medicine, physics, the law of averages, or luck. There clearly is only one way to explain it: God laid his hand on me and protected me and healed me, and finally I got the message that I should tell the world to open your eyes. He didn't die two thousand years ago, and that's it. The media never dwell on the positive things every day. Just start looking for yourself. He is still here.

This book is for flower lovers or nature lovers who would enjoy reading this during summer or in a different seasons of the year. It has religious poems for people who like to meditate. Gloria Niederman lives in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. She lives with her one sister and her two cats. She dedicates this book to her mother and extends her gratitude to everyone who contributed and helped her made this book possible. Gloria is currently working on another book.

The author introduces you to a few ingredients from Chinese or Asian culture, such as bitter melon, okra, Lotus root, Wood ear mushroom, Shiitake mushroom or Gai lan broccoli. These exotic vegetables made the recipes unique, healthy and scrumptious. You just have to try it for yourself! Altogether this recipe book offers seventy plus meal ideas on a Whole Food Plant Based diet. Besides environment friendly, the highlights of this book are: 1. A full color recipe book 2. 70 + healthy meal ideas 3. Gluten-Free recipes 4. Healthy Vegan Recipes 5. Whole Grain & Legume Recipes 6. Raw Food Recipes 7. Meal preparation made easy

The battle is between two best friends who became enemies over the same woman. The whole situation gets more complicated and reaches its maximum intensity when the woman was encourage by her male friend to move into his house with their young daughter eventually took the husband to court that led to their devoice and the husband becomes a victim. This book is based on true stories that the author experienced. He recounted his suffering and pain to reveal the true nature of the human mind. In regard to his experiences, the author took into consideration the psychological statement that man’s mind is divided into a conscious and unconscious part. Every good thing is of the conscious part which just occupies a small percentage of the mind whereas the unconscious part dominates a person’s daily activities. As you read the stories, you will begin to understand why the author chose the title “The man on the right side”. His best friend became his worst enemy. In his arguments, the author wonders if he will ever trust another man’s word. It is the general believe that man thinks from one side of his brain. Most of the time, he is led by his unconscious mind. When he sees the negative outcome of his actions, he regrets it. The man, Suah Kollie, you are going to meet in the stories, is of no exception.

This is a story of love and evil. This is how evil will always try to control good. How a boy has to be a man and how cruel people can be in today's time. This is the story of falling in love with someone and never being able to share that love. How that feeling led that boy to stay in the mental state that he felt robbed of everything he held dear. The war he had was directed at God. He had nothing to live for. If he could see this God, then he could have his revenge for making his life so strange. But he would live through many trials and tribulations and learn that God had another plan for him. It would be a mission impossible. To live by faith and not by sight.

But Is He Jewish? is divided into three sections. The first section, "Quirky Tales," consists of fifty short stories. Although each touches upon some aspect of Jewish life and culture, they deal with such universal themes as love, mortality, courage, coming of age, and the importance of family. The following section, "Mishegas" (Yiddish for craziness), includes stand-up comedy routines, the philosophical musings of a fictitious rabbi, advice for daily living ("A Guide for the Confused"), "Eighty Questions to Ponder," and nonsensical poetry ("Quit"). The final section, "Animals with Attitudes", features four humorous mini-plays with animals (elephants, lions, housecats, and rhinoceroses) taking on Jewish characteristics and even speaking some Yiddish (translations provided). In all, But Is He Jewish? provides a delightful reading experience, as it addresses a variety of topics in a mostly humorous but always human manner.

Written for Pastors and serious Bible scholars to give them more time in the Greek text. The first question for the serious Bible scholar should be "What is the text?" Only then are you ready to move on to "What does it mean?" The Sacred Preaching & Writings of St. Peter the Apostle presents the "Received Text" since its inception to present. This is the eclectic text used today for all major translations. The changes over time are color coded Greek script. The textual critic's effort to recover the original autographs is recorded as the top line. Like an interlinear Bible, a level one English translation is provided. Below this in parallel and vertical format are the major Greek Uncials and Papyri published. A few documents take us to within twenty to forty years of the original autographs. The mundane work has been done. Now a study of the text itself can occupy your study. All top line eclectic text verbs have be parsed and the first person indicative form is identified for you.

A legally blind diabetic fighting ADHD, drugs, and alcoholism takes on a sighted world, learning how to overcome adversity while balancing the needs of raising a family, work, and dealing with a need to overcome the obstacles that prove to be ever challenging since the first loss of his eye functions. This is how he learned to survive and be successful. This book is filled with laughs, tears, trials and errors, all while striving to move forward only with the help of family, good friends, and mostly knowledge and God--all of which he considers to be the building blocks of his very fast-paced life. An inspiring true to life, nonfiction book about a different view of life from someone who can't see it.

A bored six year old Ben decides one morning not to go to school any more. He would rather stay home in his comfortable surroundings at home. What shall Mom do on this routine morning rush to make Ben get ready for school and herself for work. Find out what happens. After living several years in Wisconsin and Hawaii, Daphne Pang and her husband, David, now resides in Phoenix, Arizona for over 30 years. She left a banking career, and now helps run her husband's beauty service business. She obtained training from Institute of Children's Literature to write for pleasure. Her first short story, Fill The Room, was published by EDP Publishing Co., Singapore. She writes stories based on true life events, such as this book, No School For Ben, inspired by her two sons, George and Arthur, during their growing years.

This book is about a group of young adults whose desire is to see the lion den and capture their images right out of the lions’ natural habitat was more of an unquenchable flame. Led by Dr. Pladoo and their science teacher, Mr. Roberts, the experiential learning was very much welcomed. They learned the practical side of a project as well as a useful learning method and the concepts of math and economics and the elements of the earth. Lions are territorial beasts, they inhabit a wide range of ecosystems, making their home anywhere there are prey and adequate shelter. Despite their individual shortcomings, their success was due to their determination and cooperative attitude toward one another and to the leaders. The quest to discover the lion den subsequently led to unimaginable fun and awards. Dr. Pladoo’s Expedition™