I knew immediately this was not just any angel. He had an authoritative and majestic aura all around him. This angel stood tall with his shoulders back and his wings flared higher than his head, and they flowed downward touching the ground. The angel was at least seven feet tall, although the three people with him were very short, they looked just alike and had buster brown haircuts. It was breathtaking.'Dare to Listenis the poignant memoir of one woman who opened her ears and was able to open her heart, and who encourages her readers to do the same. Barbara Myers has put together several stories of how God has spoken to her throughout her life. These messages, whether through vision, voices, or visitations have all given her strength at times when she needed it most. In this book she steps boldly forward and proclaims that God supernaturally intervened at certain times in her life in visions or clearly stated words. Her words are bold. Her stories are real. Her stories may be your stories too, especially if you've lost a child. Read to be blessed. Read to be challenged. Examine your own faith in the light of your own experiences. To paraphrase Socrates, 'An unexamined faith is not worth living.
Maintaining that spiritual development is an integral element in child development, Barbara Kimes Myers provides a framework for the discussion of spirit and spirituality in the lives of children. Through her discussion of the four core conditions of a spirituality of caring, she crosses the borders of various faiths and applies her theories to a variety of practical and professional settings. Through Myers' discussion of the four core conditions of a spirituality of caring, she crosses the borders of various faiths and applies her theories to a variety of practical and professional settings, providing a common language that can be used to talk about the centrality of spirit--that which fuels development and learning. She discusses transcendence, family life, cognition, church and state, fundamentalism and multiculturalism. Her framework emerges from her understanding of the thinking of key child developmental theorists--Vygtosky, Piaget, Erikson, Gardner, Giroux and Noddings.
My stories are a conglomeration of different fictitious people and events put together with the intent of giving its owners a source of enjoyment and relaxation. Propping your feet up every day for half an hour is very good for blood pressure. Hopefully, my words give you a chuckle, a new thought, maybe nostalgia, and not too long to give you boredom. As a child I would read when the stories were short. I was born with a case of boredom.
Historically affirming certain post-WWII constructive theologians and social theorists, After Christendom unpacks theological anomalies negatively denying the science underlying global warming, wedge issues supporting systemic racism, and certain erroneous decisions made by mainline churches and the evangelical movement. Anomalies occur when something taken for granted no longer fits current situations. The so-called mainline church and the evangelical movement have not addressed or reconstructed their theological anomalies. Caught inside cultural accommodation, the more liberal mainline church often does not recognize its historical tie to a pre-modern God, a transactional definition of the crucifixion, and Jesus’ consignment to the cross. A companion argument suggests that the evangelical movement’s inability to respond to the pre-modern depiction of God as an omnipotent, theocratic King helped provide sufficient votes for Trump’s successful presidential run. Both groups inability to face such theological anomalies rests within a belief in conservative originalism, an unwillingness to move beyond European Christendom’s earliest theological constructions. After Christendom will be of particular interest to seminary, divinity school, university, and college libraries, as well as seminary students and professors, members of college and university departments of religion, history, and political science, and ministers and church leaders.
Lesley Robinson is forced to step up and take control of her father's Fortune 500 company after his debilitating stroke. Because she also just adopted a baby and divorced her cheating husband, she hides her pain and uncertainty behind an icy exterior. After Niko Morales clawed his way out of gang life, he found a career in law enforcement. He meets Lesley when he applies for a grant for the community center he wants to create. His passion is helping disadvantaged youth, and he will do almost anything to make his vision a reality. When Lesley asks him to escort her to elite social functions in exchange for her help, he knows he won't fit in but is unable to resist her offer. Even though they are worlds apart, Lesley can't resist Niko's warmth and understanding. But their relationship poses a threat to others, and if Lesley and Niko aren't careful, they could lose each other forever.
Every early childhood classroom needs to have many books and pictures that promote diversity including "ages." Books about children with older people seem to be the biggest void in classrooms so Barbara Myers decided to write a book with her granddaughter, Lily, to help fill this gap. Children and adults will love the engaging artwork by Brendan Sellaro and every page will start conversations about past and present activities in everyone's life.
The weeks before and during the Christmas and New Year's season are a favorite time for entertaining. The festive decorations and the giving of gifts all add to the desire to share with friends and family the good things of the season. There is indeed no better way to celebrate the holidays than a party. 'Christmas Entertaining' is a source for fine food and drink to serve at the different kinds of parties -- from morning get-togethers to large buffet dinners -- especially appropriate to this time of year. First, Holiday Punches and Drinks presents eggnogs, hot drinks and punches -- with and without alcohol -- plus favorite cocktails that can be made in quantity. Christmas Breads is a selection of special favorites from America and Europe ; Cold Canapes, Dips and Spreads and Hot Hors d'Oeuvres feature savory and full-flavored appetizers. Cold Buffet Dishes takes up the traditional mainstays of turkey, chicken, beef and ham, with special suggestions for festive presentation effects. And last, Holiday Sweets presents enticing desserts -- cakes, tortes, pastries and fruit specialties. Many of the recipes can be prepared well in advance, leaving the host or hostess free to enjoy the party. Care has been taken to select those dishes that are especially attractive in appearance and every one is delicious."--
Lily has her first day of school! What an adventure with so many new things to learn and new friends to meet. Lily was nervous at first but finds out that school is an exciting place after all. Every early childhood classroom needs to have many books and pictures that promote diversity including "ages." Lily Goes to School will win the hearts of children, parents and grandparents alike. This interaction of younger generations with older generations creates a fun story and will encourage learning and interaction with all family members. This dynamic author-duo's first book, Lily & Nana, won national and international recognition by winning the Mom's Choice Award Silver for Best Children's Picture Book-Crossing Generations, an International Book Award Best Children's Picture Book-Hardcover non-fiction, a Reader's Favorite Silver Award for Best Children's Preschool Book and a Paris Book Festival Honorable Mention for Best Children's Book.
An imaginative and exciting vision of how the people of the church can build a loving and educational relationship with children that reflects God's covenant with the community of the faithful.
Making Meaning is a developmental reading text that balances teaching phonics and whole language skills for students who read below the 6th grade level. The text is designed to be visually appealing through the use of numerous photographs and other graphics, and provides the tools needed to acquire the reading, writing, thinking, and reasoning skills that will enable students to effectively process, analyze, and learn information on their own. Its recursive structure gives students the opportunity in each chapter to practice and integrate skills learned from previous lessons, and apply those reading strategies to many kinds of texts. 0321913299 / 9780321913296 Making Meaning: Building Strategies for College Reading with NEW MyReadingLab Access Code Card, 1/e Package consists of: 0205869262 / 9780205869268 NEW MyReadingLab Access Code Card 0321355601 / 9780321355607 Making Meaning:Builing Strategies for College Reading
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