The human reception of divine messages, known as revelation, has often played a central role in world religions. This study explores how spirituality and the personal experience of the divine has been expressed and preserved in various religious traditions. The phenomenon of revelation is explored and interpreted through examples from across the religious spectrum, and six different types of revelation are posited: visions and voices, divination, spirit journey, spirit mediation, mystical union, and divine incarnation.
Josephine Peters, a revered northern California Indian elder and Native healer, shares her vast, lifelong cultural knowledge on personal and tribal history, gathering ethics and preparations, then offers a catalogue of the uses and doses of over 160 plants.
Ron Howard: From Mayberry to the Moon... and Beyond, the first full-length biography of Ron Howard, takes an in-depth look at the Oklahoma boy who gained national fame as a child star, then grew up to be one of Hollywood's most admired directors. Although many show biz kids founder as they approach adulthood, Ron Howard had the advantage of brains, common sense, and two down-to-earth parents who kept him from having an inflated view of his own accomplishments. He also had a longstanding goal: to trade the glare of the spotlight for a quieter but equally creative life behind the camera. This biography tracks his career from 1960, when he debuted as six-year-old Opie Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show through 2002, when he accepted his Academy Award® as Best Director for A Beautiful Mind. Author Beverly Gray, an entertainment industry veteran, has spoken to teachers, friends, and professional colleagues from all phases of Howard's career. She has also combed the archives to gain further insight into this very private man whose accomplishments have brought pleasure to so many.
Merry's Amish friend Rachel asks for help with her Rumschpringa, the period in her teen years when she can experiment with the outside world and modern life before deciding to devote herself to Plain living.
Jazz and poetry have often been linked. They are sister art forms that both rely upon rhythm, tone and melody. In Night of the Blue Moon, author Beverly Welch pays tribute to jazz, the musicians who play it, and also to the many characters attracted to its scene. This book takes you from the beginning of jazz in New Orleans to its remembrances in Paris. You will taste the flavor of Havana and hear its melancholy voice on Seattleas waterfront. Night of the Blue Moon will remind older fans of neighborhood jazz clubs, like the Blue Note in Minneapolis where neighbors came together on weekend nights and where local musicians came to jam on Blue Mondays. Younger jazz fans will be inspired to listen to the pioneer jazz composers and musicians who shaped this unique American music.
...a laugh-out-loud collection of children's wit & wisdom...page after page of genuine funnies & warm fuzzies. A must-have for all grown-ups!"--Liz Curtis Higgs, professional speaker & author of THE PUMPKIN PATCH PARABLE. A delightful, inspiring collection of stories, gathered from people across the country, about the funny, cute, interesting, & often enlightening things children have said. Over 200 stories are presented with original artwork, quotes from notable people, plus insight & suggestions from the editors. Each page is brimming over with memorable quotations & hilarious observations from real kids in real-life situations, caught in the act of being themselves. After reading these provoking stories, adults will want to tune in as never before to their own quotable kids (or grandkids). The companion journal KIDSPIRATIONAL KEEPSAKES, provides helpful how-to's to get you going, plus plenty of blank pages for starting your own priceless family heirloom to be handed down from generation to generation. "Parents will read this book & think, 'Why didn't I write down what my kids said?' KIDSPIRATION can trigger memories & bring back some of what you thought was lost. It did that for me."--Jack Canfield, co-author, CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL. Order from Quail Ridge Press, P.O. Box 123, Brandon, MS 39043. 601-825-2063; FAX: 601-825-3091; 800-343- 1583.
A complete collection of the works of Beverly Wells-Pinkney. Her poems are filled her Spirituality, love of life mixed with her unique sense of humor. Come enjoy a verse with her ♥
The astronaut who landed on the moon in November 1969 and also lived and worked in Skylab in 1973 tells about his past and present life, which is devoted to painting scenes from the American experience in space.
*An Amazon Best Book of the Month* “[Gray] writes smartly and insightfully . . . The book as a whole offers a fascinating look at how this movie tells a timeless story.” —The Washington Post Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me. Aren’t you? When The Graduate premiered in December 1967, its filmmakers had only modest expectations for what seemed to be a small, sexy art-house comedy adapted from an obscure first novel by an eccentric twenty-four-year-old. There was little indication that this offbeat story—a young man just out of college has an affair with one of his parents’ friends and then runs off with her daughter—would turn out to be a monster hit, with an extended run in theaters and seven Academy Award nominations. The film catapulted an unknown actor, Dustin Hoffman, to stardom with a role that is now permanently engraved in our collective memory. While turning the word plastics into shorthand for soulless work and a corporate, consumer culture, The Graduate sparked a national debate about what was starting to be called “the generation gap.” Now, in time for this iconic film’s fiftieth birthday, author Beverly Gray offers up a smart close reading of the film itself as well as vivid, never-before-revealed details from behind the scenes of the production—including all the drama and decision-making of the cast and crew. For movie buffs and pop culture fanatics, Seduced by Mrs. Robinson brings to light The Graduate’s huge influence on the future of filmmaking. And it explores how this unconventional movie rocked the late-sixties world, both reflecting and changing the era’s views of sex, work, and marriage.
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