Ordinarily, things do not happen the way we want them to happen. They do happen the way they happen not because we want them to happen that way but because that’s the way things happen. We loathe letting things happen in any other way other than how we want them to happen. Most of us do not have the time to take a look at ourselves. We do not have time to ‘see’ ourselves. This book is for encouraging ourselves to look for the specific purpose of looking to see even the unseen. Because we fail to see—to know—and do not care to understand the existential meaning and ontic purpose of the mode-of-being-in-the-world, we lose our mooring and start practicing undesirable ways of living. Some turn into self-praisers, some get busy creating victims and programing them, ignoring and denying the ever-present sufficiency of peace and love—being blind to it. “A great take away from this book is that meaningful reflections are within touching distance of everyone one of us; we do not have to be professional or trained philosophers to embark on it.” — Rev. (Dr) Valson Thampu
This book is written in a theistic context; that, I believe God is in control. It is not an easy proposition to intelligent, technical and scientifically thinking AI Robotic brains. Existence itself is the Love-Truth that infill and surrounds all that exist, It is The all-inclusive - ‘IS’. Existence itself is a present- continuous-ongoing-event that can only be represented by ‘IS’ or the present-continuous- state-of-being. The idea of meta-love counseling or ‘beyond’ counseling is, being-in-the- moment-that-reveals-itself to the one who is ready in sensitive alertness to receive whatever IS. This book maintains that none is entitled to alter the perpetual ‘IS” The ‘Counselor’ as Jesus meant will lead you into situations that redeem and heal. The idea is very simple. In that particular state-of-being the counselor whom we refer to as the Christian-Meta-Love –Counselor or a Healing Presence, functions as a conduit of healing in the confused, suffering, broken, desperate, defeated, self-centered, unforgiving individuals to gain freedom from their private bondage to experience Healing. It is not as much as what the Meta-Love-Counselor does but who she or he is within the glorious presence of Jesus who in fills the Meta-love-counselor to function as an agent of the healing in and through the Meta-love-counselor only acts as a channel of healing. The Holy Spirit; source of all comfort and healing begins flowing to the person in need, through you, who functions as a genuine conduit for the happening, healing process. The dynamics of such happenings is not explainable technically; as it is there for anyone in the Spirit to experience it and for those outside it to reject outright. Without love, the counselee will only be influenced to believe everything is fine. Love-Truth makes all things possible including all comforting, healing and wholeness. Surrounded by Love-Truth, all things become possible. Surrender in Love-Truth to sense the magic of love.
Elect Alex is a short book offering a new interpretation of both the Bible and the Quran. Author Alex J. Clark Jr. emphasizes peace, love, and kindness as a solution to the many crimes he sees in the world around us.
We are in a time when most people do not mind their hearts and since they give no attention to the very core of their personalities, bankruptcies of character become unavoidable. It must be understood that the qualities of our hearts determine to a large extent, the qualities of our lives.
The improbable story of the birth of modern-day pro basketball in Toronto In just over 25 years, the Toronto Raptors have evolved from an intrepid expansion team to an NBA champion. But for all the triumphs of the past decade, the beginning looked a bit different. When the franchise began its first season in 1995, a pro basketball team in Toronto was viewed as an experiment. There was no playbook to follow, and very few people gave them a chance to succeed. In Prehistoric, irreverent Raptors voice and culture writer Alex Wong explores the franchise's fascinating and unconventional inception through 140 original interviews with those involved with the team's very beginning, examining the process of how the team came up with their name and logo inspired by the blockbuster film Jurassic Park, taking a behind-the-scenes look at the drafting of star point guard Damon Stoudamire, telling the backstories of a group of misfits who formed the first-year roster, and providing an in-depth look at the team's opening night victory at the SkyDome and the expansion franchise's signature win over Michael Jordan and a 72-win Chicago Bulls team. The Raptors boldly and intentionally pursued a much different audience in a hockey-first town. The result is a team who went through the necessary growing pains and eventually captured the heart of a city, as told in this essential origin story through the lens of the people who were there to help lay the foundation for a thriving modern-day basketball franchise in Toronto.
We are in a time when most people do not mind their hearts and since they give no attention to the very core of their personalities, bankruptcies of character become unavoidable. It must be understood that the qualities of our hearts determine to a large extent, the qualities of our lives.
A tale of bourbon and pirates with a little Shakespearean flair! Kingston, Jamaica 1785. Despite a tropical storm hitting the island, Sarah, the bartender at Henry’s, opens the pub for the night. When an old sea captain takes a seat and she offers him a drink, his reply is cryptic and, he warns, it leads to a story. Insisting he continue, a regular patron buys his first round and thus the adventure begins . . . It’s 1742, Europe is a battlefield and a rebellion brews in Scotland. In the Americas, Mairi, a young Scotswoman, stumbles upon an innovative method for distilling whiskey. The spirit attracts the attention of Clarkeson, a beautiful Irish pirate, and she seizes a British ship rumored to have several barrels aboard. Declaring a personal war on the English, she executes the captain and claims the Caribbean Sea. As her notoriety crosses the Atlantic, it reaches an English pirate-hunter fighting the Spanish in the Mediterranean. Intrigued by the stories, he and his crew of whisky drinkers are faced with a conundrum—are the reports of this pirate, and her ‘Oakies’, credible enough to make it worth taking the journey to the New World?
Trust highly experienced teachers and authors Jonathan Adams, Alex Reynolds and Peter Valentine, to guide your students through the redeveloped Cambridge National in Engineering Design (J822 for first teaching from September 2022). This revised and updated version of the bestselling first edition will strengthen your students' understanding of the core content and boost the skills required to tackle the NEA with confidence. Brought to you by the No.1 Engineering textbook publisher, this extensively revised and updated Student Textbook is: - Comprehensive - gain in-depth knowledge of the examined units with clear explanations of every concept and topic, plus improve understanding of all the non-examined units with in-depth and easy-to-follow chapters. - Accessible, reliable and trusted - structured to match the specification and provide the information required to build knowledge, understanding and skills. - Designed to support you - boost confidence when tackling the internal and external assessment with plenty of activities to test and consolidate knowledge. - The go-to guide - expert authors have carefully designed tasks and activities to build skillset in order to aid progression and questions to assess understanding, as well as lots of real-world examples.
This book analyzes the lives of Africans and their descendants in Montevideo and Buenos Aires from the late colonial era to the first decades of independence.
This book considers the political and constitutional consequences of Vieth v. Jubelirer (2004), where the Supreme Court held that partisan gerrymandering challenges could no longer be adjudicated by the courts. Through a rigorous scientific analysis of US House district maps, the authors argue that partisan bias increased dramatically in the 2010 redistricting round after the Vieth decision, both at the national and state level. From a constitutional perspective, unrestrained partisan gerrymandering poses a critical threat to a central pillar of American democracy, popular sovereignty. State legislatures now effectively determine the political composition of the US House. The book answers the Court's challenge to find a new standard for gerrymandering that is both constitutionally grounded and legally manageable. It argues that the scientifically rigorous partisan symmetry measure is an appropriate legal standard for partisan gerrymandering, as it logically implies the constitutional right to individual equality and can be practically applied.
Spaniel dog Zip and his human, a Russian Genetics Scientist nicknamed Old Lady are making quiet leisurely life for themselves in Ducklingburg, South Duck. Zip has everything a dog could dream of: porridge and lamb for breakfast, loyal younger sister Milly by his side, best friend Fox Theodore who comes around to gossip, - and even his own laptop to keep an eye on weather, politics and new dog toy designs. Life is a dog dream - until Old Lady gets embroiled in a law suit. Zip is on top of things: he hires a legal ex-purr-t Black Cat Rosie and supervises Human legal team. But trouble comes when litigation attracts attention to the true identity of Old Lady. That's when Zip realizes he is no ordinary dog - and there are consequences.
Sacrifice comes with a price. There are levels and types of sacrifices. Whatever the case, the awesome sacrifice in history is the sacrifice for eternal life, for which Jesus offered himself for humanity. No one on earth has paid this type of sacrifice. Indeed, it is possible for someone to give up his life for another person to live. Such a sacrifice is only to salvage (not redeem) the person from temporary death by flesh. However, the sacrifice Jesus paid is to deliver us from both the first and second deaths. Therefore, if one values the sacrifice Jesus paid for the salvation of his soul, there is no sacrifice that is too much for such a person to render in terms of evangelism, intercessory prayer, church planting, and spending and being spent for the work of God here on earth. I think this is what Pastor Alex Ndukwe intends to convey to his readers in this book. He wants us to learn the secret of sacrifice, which Christ has paid, for us follow after his footsteps. So take a step of sacrifice and make sacrifice wherever you may be (Yoroms Gani, PhD).
The book is an X-ray of the spiritual defect in the church today, particularly the cancerous state of the pulpit and the urgently needed remedy prescribed. Revelations shared about the pitfalls on the highway the minister travels, in the pursuit of his ministry, clearly and practically identified. The writer strongly contends that the minister and his ministry are inseparable. The failure of the minister is the failure of the ministry. The book points out that successful ministry is possible and obtainable by following Gods principle for the work of ministry. I have being greatly imparted by reading through the pages of this book. This is a material all ministers must read to review their lives and ministry. I thank God for the author. -AyoDave Onakoya ( Author, Creativity Researcher and Life Coach)
Contradicting assumptions that disco albums are shallow and packed with filler, Donna Summer's double album Once Upon A Time stands out as a piece that delivers on its promise of an immaculately crafted journey from start to finish. A new interpretation of the Cinderella story, it is set in the then contemporary world of New York disco and takes the listener on a journey from urban isolation and deep despair to joy and vindication, all filtered through the mind of its naïve and fantasy-prone protagonist. As well as charting the production of the album within the legendary Munich Machine in Germany, this book digs deep into the album's rich themes and subtexts. Approaching the book from inventive angles, the four essays within the book act as a prism connecting the reader to the classical aspirations of Eurodisco, the history of the black fairy tale and a queer knowledge that reads Summer's Cinderella tale in some surprising ways.
Can you help Peter find the perfect place to pray? Peter is used to seeing his mom pray in her special prayer room, and now you can help him search for his own place to pray—Peter's perfect prayer place. Is it under his bed? Up in his treehouse? Between the pots and pans? Where can God hear him best? There's lots of fun as Peter looks and looks, but in the end, he learns that although it's great to have a special place to be alone with God and pray, God hears you no matter where you are—under, up, or in between! This companion book to the movie War Room will teach young readers an important lesson about talking to God.
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