May the Grace of God and of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ be with us all, as we all journey into the Narrow Path. May the Glorious Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ be preached throughout all the earth. And may we all meet and see each other in Heaven! In Christ Always. Amen.
In these meditations on the lesser feasts and fasts of the church calendar Sam Portaro asks the question, "What do these saints and commemorations have to say to Christians today?" His answers are often surprising and always thought-provoking, with fresh insights into the lives and teachings of those who have gone before us in the Christian faith. The cycle of the year begins in Advent with St. Andrew and ends in late November with Kamehaneha and Emma of Hawaii. Each reflection looks at the scripture readings for the day and focuses on a distinctive attribute of the saint or feast in the light of contemporary questions of faith, mission, and community. Saints of the distant past such as Columba and Agnes, Cyprian and Augustine, Thomas Becket and Catherine of Siena are included, as well as those closer to our own day--Charles Wesley and Julia Emery, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Evelyn Underhill and Jonathan Daniels. Following the calendar provided in Lesser Feasts and Fasts, meditations on the holy days of the church seasons are also included, such as All Saints and the Epiphany." Brightest and Best is designed for a variety of Christian education purposes, including adult forums, confirmation classes, seasonal presentations, clergy groups, and groups of students and young adults. It is equally useful for individuals seeking varied and interesting devotional reading. Although based on the church year, each chapter is discrete and readers can focus on any event or person and begin at any season. Since these pieces began as homilies in a college setting, they are useful as a preaching aid and could be the basis of a homily at a midweek service.
This re-issued work, first published in 1980, represents a work of normative political philosophy which argues positively for the centrality of the obligation to meet the various demands of social need in our society, and will be of particular interest to students of politics, philosophy, social politics and administration. Bringing the insights of analytical Political Philosophy to bear on the issues of social welfare and welfare provision, the authors discuss such issues as the basis of the sense of stigma involved in the receipt of welfare benefits, the right of welfare and the concepts of ‘community’.
This is a book about the dramatic periods in the Earth's history called mass extinctions - short periods (by geological standards) when life nearly died out on Earth. The most famous is the mass extinction that happened about 65 million years ago, and that caused the death of the dinosaurs. But that was not the worst mass extinction: that honour goes to the extinction at the end of the Permian Period, about 250 million years ago, when over 90% of life is thought to have becomeextinct.What caused these catastrophes? Was it the effects of a massive meteorite impact? There is evidence for such an impact about 65 million years ago. Or was it a period of massive volcanic activity? There is evidence in the rocks of huge lava flows at periods that match several of the mass extinctions. Was it something to do with climate change and sea level? Or was it a combination of some or all of these?The question has been haunting geologists for a number of years, and it forms one of the most exciting areas of research in geology today. In this book, Tony Hallam, a distinguished geologist and writer, looks at all the different theories and also what the study of mass extinctions might tell us about the future. If climate change is a key factor, we may well, as some scientists have suggested, be in a period of mass extinction of our own making.
The political upheavals in the former Soviet Union and its satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe have produced profound social, educational, and economic changes. Once a centerpiece of the communist state, the study of science and technology in the university has now fallen victim to economic and social disarray. Support for the teaching and funding of science and technology is of primary importance for the economic health of any modern nation. The ten chapters of this work examine what happens to a scientific and technological establishiment that suddenly has to make its own way as exemplified in many countries worldwide today.
I try to tell people be real with yourself with real problems in a real world itself. It’s real but don’t let your guard down, not for one bit and that road that you are traveling on is just around the corner just a few steps through your soul. A close encounter comes, you have a burning passion inside of you, and you do not know what to do. Sometimes we can go too fast on our own road. Slow down try to catch up with God and He has been there with you the whole time by your side so get up, don’t quit. I am 38 years old with just a high school diploma in 1991. A born again Christian, single guy and blessed to have my mom and dad still living and the family is growing. I have accomplished a lot of stuff but not enough in life. By comparing to this book I think it was time for the world to know my small talent. I can express myself when God comes in more than I can speak it so it has grown very fast over the years. It was a small blank page journal started out to be and the rest is history.
From iconic NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony comes a raw and inspirational memoir about growing up in the housing projects of Red Hook and Baltimore-a brutal world Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised"--
If you’re imperfect… and your spouse is imperfect… then is a healthy, vibrant marriage possible? As any couple can attest, maintaining a marriage is always easier said than done. But no matter where you and your spouse have been—and no matter where you need to be—there are practical steps you can take to take your marriage from better to B.E.S.T. The B.E.S.T. Marriage is a lively, humorous guide to making a marriage work. Whether you’re considering marriage (or remarriage), you’re happily married, or you’re currently struggling in a relationship, discover how your life and love can improve with Blessing, Encouraging, Sharing, and Touching. Marriage isn’t easy—but it doesn’t have to be impossible. Get hard-hitting advice and enjoy the journey toward developing the marriage you want.
I try to tell people be real with yourself with real problems in a real world itself. It's real but don't let your guard down, not for one bit and that road that you are traveling on is just around the corner just a few steps through your soul. A close encounter comes, you have a burning passion inside of you, and you do not know what to do. Sometimes we can go too fast on our own road. Slow down try to catch up with God and He has been there with you the whole time by your side so get up, don't quit. I am 38 years old with just a high school diploma in 1991. A born again Christian, single guy and blessed to have my mom and dad still living and the family is growing. I have accomplished a lot of stuff but not enough in life. By comparing to this book I think it was time for the world to know my small talent. I can express myself when God comes in more than I can speak it so it has grown very fast over the years. It was a small blank page journal started out to be and the rest is history.
May the Grace of God and of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ be with us all, as we all journey into the Narrow Path. May the Glorious Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ be preached throughout all the earth. And may we all meet and see each other in Heaven! In Christ Always. Amen.
This book is designed as a complete reference work for anyone interested in the art of acting or anyone studying to be an actor. It begins with simple, common sense knowledge and expands into more complex information. It is a reference guide relating to various aspects of performing for the screen. The content is laid out in a condensed notebook format and covers a wide range of subject matter which includes the technical, emotional, psychological and entertainment features of a screen performance. It incorporates original movie scenes which can be used for practice purposes, and illustrates the way these can be interpreted and performed in alternative ways. Anthony Perris has over 40 years of experience in the motion picture industry and has worked as an award winning director in the US, Canada and South Africa. If you're going to learn about acting, THIS is the man to learn from.
Based on his hit magazine column of the same name, Anthony Ramirez wants to talk about one thing and one thing only: boys. In this collection of his columns, Ramirez recounts his active sex life, gay disillusions, and falling in love.
This issue will include: Percuataneous Surgery for mild to moderate hallux valgus, percuataneous surgery for severe hallux valgus, technique and outcomes of chevron and basal osteotomies, percutaneous metatarsalgia and lesser toe surgery, distal minimally invasive metatarsal ostetomies and lesser toe correction, and many more exciting articles.
1947. Christian, Carla and their children leave war, rationing, winter and Britain for a new life in Kenya. At first they prosper and are happy in this vivid Eden, living a life of landed gentry complete with smiling servants. But terror and brutality come to paradise and they start to question the basis of their privileged white lives. When the colonial authorities blackmail Christian into a position where the survival of three men depends on his skills he is finally jolted into emotional engagement with the wider world. The family face ruin but know that their problems are trivial beside the fate of the three men intruding into their cosy domesticity. As they confront barbarity not all is grim necessity; their lives are touched by unexpected humour, sometimes tender, sometimes dark. Through layered reminiscence and yearning the family comes to terms with two decades of turbulent change.
“Dayspring, my dictionary tells me, is an archaic word meaning ‘dawn.’ But I have chosen Daysprings as the title for this collection of meditations for the several meanings in the ancient word and its components. I hope these brief reflections shed new light on old, familiar passages and illuminate the way through new ones. I also hope these pieces will prove to be springboards to new and creative meditation for readers, pastors, and preachers, and that they will find within these pieces an extra buoyancy for each day. Lastly, I hope these thoughts will flow like fresh, living waters through days of fast and feast, bringing refreshment. —from the Preface In his accompanying volume to Brightest and Best: A Companion to the Lesser Feasts and Fasts, Sam Portaro offers meditations for each of the weekdays for the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, and Easter. Following the lectionary texts for each day, he focuses on the seasonal themes of incarnation, manifestation, suffering, redemption, and resurrection, showing how the eternal truths of the gospel shed light on the ordinary and extraordinary events of our lives. Solidly grounded in the prayers and scriptures of these seasonal liturgies, Portaro’s meditations bring fresh and powerful—sometimes pointed—insights for those who follow the daily readings and prayers of these days of the weeks in the church year as found in Lesser Feasts and Fasts.
Outsourcing is nothing new. Brick and mortar businesses have been doing it for years. But what may surprise some people is that online entrepreneurs can also use this common business strategy with a great deal of effect. Of course, outsourcing is not ideal for everyone. But by understanding the basics of what outsourcing is, how it works, and how it can benefit a business, it is possible to make an informed decision about whether the approach is right for your business.In the broadest sense, outsourcing is an approach to task management that involves utilizing resources that are outside the direct control of the company to handle tasks that are relevant to the operation and success of the business. Generally, this involves contracting with a service provider to handle the specific function for a specific period of time and with guidelines that are agreeable to both parties. In some cases, the service may be granted limited powers to act in the stead of the client, if that is necessary to perform the contracted tasks. The main function of outsourcing is often to allow employees to focus on company operations that may be more detailed and directly related to the growth of the business. Daily housekeeping issues are handled by outside firms, who do the job at a fraction of what it would cost for a full time staff to accomplish the same tasks. This helps to minimize the amount of clerical support that is needed in-house, and thus keep employee related expenses relatively low.
Common wisdom has long held that the ascent of the modern nation coincided with the flowering of Enlightenment democracy and the decline of religion, ringing in an age of tolerant, inclusive, liberal states. Not so, demonstrates Anthony W. Marx in this landmark work of revisionist political history and analysis. In a startling departure from a historical consensus that has dominated views of nationalism for the past quarter century, Marx argues that European nationalism emerged two centuries earlier, in the early modern era, as a form of mass political engagement based on religious conflict, intolerance, and exclusion. Challenging the self-congratulatory geneaology of civic Western nationalism, Marx shows how state-builders attempted to create a sense of national solidarity to support their burgeoning authority. Key to this process was the transfer of power from local to central rulers; the most suitable vehicle for effecting this transfer was religion and fanatical passions. Religious intolerance--specifically the exclusion of religious minorities from the nascent state--provided the glue that bonded the remaining populations together. Out of this often violent religious intolerance grew popular nationalist sentiment. Only after a core and exclusive nationality was formed in England and France, and less successfully in Spain, did these countries move into the "enlightened" 19th century, all the while continuing to export intolerance and exclusion to overseas colonies. Providing an explicitly political theory of early nation-building, rather than an account emphasizing economic imperatives or literary imaginings, Marx reveals that liberal, secular Western political traditions were founded on the basis of illiberal, intolerant origins. His provocative account also suggests that present-day exclusive and violent nation-building, or efforts to form solidarity through cultural or religious antagonisms, are not fundamentally different from the West's own earlier experiences.
Do you need money for investing or starting some business or to become debt-free and live a peaceful life? And you think there is no source to generate this extra money required? Do you realize that you are not able to achieve your financial goals or money doesn't stay with you for long? What follows is a list of steps to take. Each of these tactics is simple little moves you can make to improve your financial situation. Some of them take just a few minutes, others might take an hour or two, some of them require a bit of regular effort, but they're all incredibly simple – anyone can do them. Each of them also saves significant money, especially over the long haul, and when combined together these tips can save you a lot of money now. Obviously, not all of these tips will apply to everyone. Just go through the list and find those that do apply to you and use them in your life. You'll quickly find yourself saving some serious scratch. Figures given are for example purposes and given in Dollars; you may read them as your currency.
This book explores the life and ministry of John Wesley from the perspective of Murray Bowen's Extended Family Systems Theory and to a lesser extent from Alfred Adler's concept of family constellation. Throughout the book, the author uses concepts drawn from these theories to explore significant historical and pivotal events in the life of John Wesley. Beginning with family events prior to his birth, the author also explores his early family constellation, influential themes, factors shaping his ministry, and various relational issues, including his relationships with Sophy Hopkey, Grace Murray, and his marriage to Mary Vazeille. It concludes by drawing lessons from Wesley's life pertinent to today's ministers.
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