The best of sermons from historic Galloway Methodist Church in Jackson, Mississippi. Galloway Methodist Church, the oldest worshiping congregation in Jackson, Mississippi, still sits on the acreage fi rst provided it by the state legislature in 1837. Galloway has been blessed to have pastors who were men of courage, conviction, and compassion. Here is a sermon collection for the 50-year period from 1940 to 1990. The messages presented reflect the times in which they were written and continually show the concern the pastors had for their congregation and its spiritual growth. Galloway was one of the many churches in the South that at one time denied access to persons of some racial ethnicities. Thus, it became "historic" for reasons other than longevity. The congregation was torn emotionally and physically by the decisions rendered at that time. Today, the Galloway Church family has determined to remain in its downtown location, with its motto, "Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors." The motto reflects the change its members have committed to in order to serve the Jackson community. It continues to be one of the largest Methodist congregations in Mississippi. A native Mississippian and lifelong member of Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church, Anne Webster is a librarian by profession. She has volunteered as the church archivist for more than 20 years. Webster's previous publications include: Tracing Your Mississippi Ancestors, African-Americans: A Mississippi Source Book, and Mississippi Confederate Pardon Applications. All of these reflect her professional work with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Travel, and the exhilarating experiences it offers us, is the shared concern of these stories, which have been chosen from among the hundreds that have appeared in the prestigious Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction series. More than seventy volumes, which include approximately eight hundred stories, have won the Flannery O'Connor Award. This stunning trove of always engaging, often groundbreaking short fiction is the common source for this anthology on childhood—and for planned anthologies on such topics as family, gender and sexuality, animals, and more. Travel can whisk us away to craggy mountainsides and sunny coastlines or bustling cities and mysterious jungles. Travel can excite and rejuvenate or intimidate and overwhelm. These sixteen stories reflect upon our immense, intriguing world and our explorations of it, whether you choose to follow the beaten path or abandon it.
Arc’s unique mix of fact, opinion and fiction explores the possibilities for a species that can’t seem to stop tinkering with itself. P D Smith explores the city as pleasure palace. Holly Gramazio and Kyle Munkittrick each explore the friction points between civics and play, while science fiction writer Gord Sellar wonders why arguably the most forward-looking nation on earth shows no interest in futurology. Taking a longer view, Anne Galloway & Sumit Paul-Choudhury wonder whether we’ll ever be able to talk to the animals; Regina Peldszus suggests ways of surviving the tedium of deep space; and Sonja Vesterholt & Simon Ings trace Prometheus’s horrific aliens back to the utopian designs of long-forgotten Soviet filmmaker Pavel Klushantsev. In this issue’s stories - Paul McAuley’s The Man is apparently less than human, but embodies qualities his human companions seem to have forgotten. T.D. Edge, creates a polysentient world defined entirely by relationships. Jeff VanderMeer stretches human limits far beyond the ordinary. And Nick Harkaway’s mordant comedy Attenuation skewers our love of novelty and transformation.
1845: Since following her heart and moving from her comfortable home in Scotland to the harsh mountainside of Ardtur, County Donegal, Hannah McGinley hasn't had the easiest life. But surrounded by her two children and her loving husband Patrick, she has found happiness. When her daughter returns home with news that her school may close as one of the teachers is moving away, Hannah feels compelled to take the vacant post. With the schoolmaster Daniel having lost his sight, Hannah knows that he won't be able to manage the children alone. But the money from teaching is poor, and as the potato crops begin to fail all around them, times are getting tougher still. Will Hannah be able to help her family AND save the school?
In "Nine Warm Smiles: Joy From The Mouths Of Babes," Anne Wood Galloway has transferred memories of children into words of print. Here you will find nine delightful short stories about children in her life that will provide you with laughter, perhaps jar you with a bit of nostalgia, and reveal to you simple childlike concepts of God. This poignant book will bring to you not only warm smiles, but good feels.
Poetry. Includes photographs. "Rosengarten is a collation of words, images, and ideas derived from obstetric implements: the medical machinery used in difficult labours to extricate mothers from babies and, with luck, pull both through intact. Away from the heat and trauma of birth, seen in isolation or reflection, the implements, the processes that surround them, made to fit the curves and lines of female interiors, to clasp the most vulnerable of human beings, became beautiful, not only in design but in intention" - from the Foreward.
A literature search was conducted to identify material dealing with partnerships between schools and colleges in Scotland and in the wider context of the UK as a whole.
Jenny is offered the job as school Head of English. She must decide between this once-and-for-all opportunity, and her husband, mother and stepmother, who feel she should leave it no longer to start a family.
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Started by Anne Ward in 2007, www.nothingtoseehere.net is an online travel guide to the unusual places overlooked by the glossy brochures and coach parties. This text brings together Anne's writing and photographs of unusual museums, quirky cafes, art-deco factories and Victorian public conveniences.
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