The number forty, I'm told, biblically symbolizes a period of testing. A trial, a season of waiting, a mystery, a wondering about what is next. Mentioned 146 times in Scripture, I'm told, the meaning could, I'm sure, vary. Moses isn't here today for an interview, but I'd love to ask his take on forty years in Egypt and forty years in the desert. The number forty, for me, reveals survival in the quest of life while displaying passion and pain during that endeavor. ... Life is, to me, a poem. A very long and very daunting and very charming poem. ...life is brief and long. Life is laughter and tears. Life is a surgical procedure. Life is waiting and waiting and waiting then noticing the something we waited for occurred unexpectedly right beside us while we stared out the window hoping to glance it from a distance. Life thrills us. Life scares us. It is, I guess, a matter of time. My time. Your time. This time. Of forty years or forty days or forty words or forty letters. Time, which I've learned through these decades, really matters. So, in the poem of your own life, notice now as one tiny giant that matters greatly in this rapid lane of time.
Encephalitis almost ended Chris Maxwell's life. The scar tissue in his brain and life with epilepsy made him - and his family and friends - feel like the life they'd known changed suddenly and permanently. For Maxwell and the staggering number of people facing traumatic brain injuries, epilepsy, or other painful encounters, life is experienced through a different lens. Names are tough to remember. Medication is a common acquaintance. Exhaustion, seizures, and mood swings are daily traveling companions. Maybe you can relate. Maybe you know about encephalitis, epilepsy, or another type of brain damage. Maybe you're a caregiver not sure how to come ashore yourself. Maybe your story is different, but the feeling is the same. Depression, disability or disease has changed everything. Maxwell's writing and the stories of others offer hope. Hope that you're not alone, even when your experience underwater seems to change everything.
For Tim Carhardt and Jamie Maxwell, life has been all about NASCAR racing, but while Tim's only goal is to survive, Jamie is determined to become the first successful female driver, and both find themselves tested when dreams and faith collide.
ÒDECOMPRESSION IN A WRECK,Ò Part One In this first part of a two-parter (which does not require reading of either part), we see how slow time can go when your bumper is making its way toward your trunk.
Luna had never been outside before... And the garden looked ENORMOUS. She peeped out from behind the patio door and jumped with fright when a voice meowed. "Hello, I'm Poppy, why don't you come outside and play in the garden with me?
Faith Caf is a topical, interactive curriculum designed for adult fellowship groups that derives material from the Faith Cafe talk show. A fresh alternative to traditional lecture-style teaching, Faith Cafe is an open, welcoming environment that promotes and nurtures community, spiritual growth, authenticity and service. The Leader's Guide includes a DVD which contains clips of author interviews, musical performances and dramatic monologues for use with most episodes.
Faith Caf is a topical, interactive curriculum designed for adult fellowship groups that derives material from the Faith Cafe talk show. A fresh alternative to traditional lecture-style teaching, Faith Cafe is an open, welcoming environment that promotes and nurtures community, spiritual growth, authenticity and service.
The head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team outlines the principles set forth in the football handbook he developed for his players that provides tips and inspiration for achieving success in all aspects of life.
This book provides a comprehensive treatment of classical electrodynamics for graduate students of physics and engineering. The topics are carefully explained, using precise but informal language that would appeal to younger students." CERN Courier "Macroscopic Electrodynamics" is a comprehensive two-semester introductory graduate-level textbook on classical electrodynamics for use in physics and engineering programs. The word "macroscopic" is intended to indicate both the large-scale nature of the theory, as well as the fact that emphasis is placed upon applications of the so-called macroscopic Maxwell equations to idealized media. This book emphasizes principles and practical methods of analysis, which are often presented in fresh and original ways. Illustrative examples are carefully chosen to promote the students' physical intuition, and are worked out in detail to give students a thorough grounding in solution techniques. The style is informal yet mathematically sound, and presumes only a basic familiarity with electrodynamics such as may be obtained in a one-semester junior-level undergraduate class. At the end of each chapter many original problems are provided which illustrate or expand upon specific sections of the text. The problems are at the heart of the text and are meant to encourage students, develop confidence, and emphasize ideas while avoiding both oversimplification and inordinate calculational difficulties.
Captain William Kinghorne navigated some of the most treacherous waters in the world. His life encompassed the Napoleonic Wars, smuggling in the North Sea, the brutal penal settlements of Macquarie Harbour and Port Arthur, the atrocities committed against the Aboriginal people of Tasmania, and the whaling industry of Jervis Bay. Turning his back on the sea, William ended his life as a pastoralist in the Goulburn district. His is a story of high adventure and achievement in an Australia that few would now recognize or acknowledge.... gripping and enlivened by a great deal of colour. The authors display a real capacity to bring their central subject to life and they do the same for those around him, presenting a `warts and all¿ study which brings out Kinghorne¿s strengths as well as his weaknesses. There are fascinating pictures of the challenges and dangers facing a seafarer who was involved with ferrying convicts and venturing into little known waters. This book blends sober analysis with narrative skills and imaginative powers and will reward all who read it.¿ Emeritus Professor Brian Fletcher, OAM, FAHA
On an icy December night most of the Jirovec family was involved in a horrific automobile accident. In the confusion of the accident scene, emergency responders mistook Nathan for his brother Jonathan. Both boys suffered severe head traums and were sent to separate hospitals. One of the boys did not survive. A memorial service was held for Nathan and a little boy was buried. But Nathan was still alive. In a tragic case of mistaken identity, Jonathan was buried the day of Nathan's funeral"--Page 4 of cover.
The Tribes is a Sci-Fi thrilling novel that blends facts with white-knuckle visions of the possible. Everything in The Tribes is, or could become, a reality in our future. In a thrilling sequence of events, the Tribes tells the story of The Lost Ten Tribes, the who, where and why of flying saucers, and the reality of Nuclear War in America and the consequences that follow. Buckle up, because the excitement starts from the very first page and never slows down as we explore the present-day facts and Sci-Fis emerging visions of what if?
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