Coffee, Tea, and Holy Water takes the reader on an armchair tour of Christianity in our world, across borders and over continents. Author Amanda Hudson provides a personal touch with cultural curiosities, profound questions about the nature and practice of faith, as she travels to five countries: Brazil, Wales, Tanzania, China, and Honduras. Part reflection, part entertaining travelogue, Coffee Tea, and Holy Water explores everything from each culture’s offer of hospitality to life in a Masaai boma. “There are lessons to be learned from other countries that are not visible in our own culture,” writes Hudson, “Questions that are not our questions. Struggles that are not our normal struggles. And yet, when we look around the throne one day at the nations assembled there, instead of marveling at the diversity, I think we will actually be fascinated by what we all had in common.” This is a book about the places we meet, what we share, how we can learn to cross borders (geographical, cultural, personal), and learning that the steps to do so make all the difference. Honest, witty, and thought-provoking, these stories come from a young woman raised in the South, who found herself wondering what “normal” Christianity looked like in other countries.
Although her husband is president of the United States, Michelle Obama is more than just the wife of a powerful man. She is a success in her own right. An accomplished lawyer and public servant, she is a highly educated, independent woman. Now, as first lady, Obama is using her experience and skills in one of the most important roles in the country.
Carly Nelson is fighting her demons from a tough life resigning to not invest her heart but Ben Richardson, a tall well-built good looking man has other plans and is prepared to do ANYTHING to convince her differently. Using his charm and skills does he get Carly where he wants her where nothing is off limits?
Weekly Reader® Leveled Readers introduce beginning readers to common concepts in the early elementary curriculum. Our Toys is a colorful, engaging series for early emergent readers, emphasizing sight recognition of words that name favorite playthings. Simple, repetitive text closely linked with colorful photography makes these books exceptionally appealing to the youngest readers.
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