Sensitive/Stimulating/Satisfying! We tend to forget about the wonderful sequence of events of the past that have caused us to become all that we are today. Way back then some seemed burdonsome, cumbersome, and unquestionably quite irritating. However, we endured these experiences and grew. Other happenings were joyous occasions and these were also used as tools destined to leave an indelible, lasting, effervescent impression. Doug Anderson has a God given ability to reach back into the past and recall subtle, and somewhat hidden, manifestations of unseen protective care that accompanies each of us along life's pilgrim earthly journey. Make it a point to search for deeper truths contained in each poem. Then ask yourself if the lessons learned were equal to or greater than the time you spent reading the book. The greatest commodity possessed by humanity is the supreme gift of time. We must learn to use it wisely lest it vanish before us in almost the twinkling of an eye.
Are you ready to take charge of your life and to create positive lasting change, once and for all? The Miracle of Change asks you this very powerful question: If not you...then who? Have you ever thought, “There has to be a better way?” The Miracle of Change in its simplicity masterfully empowers you to the life you desire at home, at work, and at play. We have the opportunity right now to be part of an unprecedented paradigm shift, to a more peaceful, happy and abundant world for everyone. We can get very confused about the reason for all the challenges in people’s lives in these times, but Doug Anderson shows that what needs to happen on an individual basis is a cleansing or detoxing of our minds. He will teach you: • How to gain freedom to choose your life every step of the way. • How to release yourself from old traps and beliefs you’ve used to avoid success. • How to find joy, happiness, and success you’ve never thought possible in all aspects of your life. • How to recognize that your pain comes from resisting change. • Guidelines and skills that will show you how to create the life you want and desire. Doug Anderson guides you to become a player in your daily life, using the challenges at hand to make this shift easier for yourself. Once you learn his simple yet powerful guidelines and tools, you’ll be well on your way to experiencing new levels of ease, flow, and success in this new paradigm. The Miracle of Change transcends binding, negative beliefs and transforms the power of force into the power of love, creating breakthroughs in people’s lives they never thought possible. “This book can teach you how to create happiness for yourself and others in your world that will last for the rest of your life.” ?Doug Anderson
ILLUMINATIVE/INTERPRETIVE/IMAGINATIVE THE WORLD IS CHANGING AT SUCH A RAPID PACE THAT IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO KEEP ABREAST OF ALL THAT IS OCCURING ON THIS CELESTIAL GLOBE. IT IS TIME TO DIFFERENCIATE BETWEEN THE IMPORTANT AND THE UNIMPORTANT. RELATIONSHIPS ARE OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE. THIS ACCUMULATION OF SHORT POEMS IS AN ATTEMPT TO EXPRESS WHAT MOST PEOPLE FEEL DEEP DOWN INSIDE BUT ARE OFTEN INCAPABLE OF LIVING OUT IN A PRACTICAL WAY. MEMORABLE OCCASIONS, SIGNIFICANT FAMILY EXPERIENCES, AND FUTURE EVENTS EACH SOMEHOW SUCCUMB TO IMMEDIATE PERSONAL CHALLENGES. INTENTIONALLY SET ASIDE A FEW MOMENTS TO REVEL IN THE BEST OF THE BEST AS DOUG ANDERSON UNRAVELS TRINKETS OF REFRESHINGLY SATISFYING GEMS. YOUR LIFE WILL BE ENRICHED AND YOUR IMAGINATION ENLIGHTENED. EXCERPS FROM "POEMS TO MAKE YOU THINK" "Bite The Bullet. Don't Talk Back" "Waiting Is Never An Easy Thing" "We All Have Walked In Shoes Of Pride" LISTEN/LEARN/LIVE/LAUGH/LOVE
Most men spend most of their free time doing most of the things that satisfy themselves, while the seeming love of their life sits on the sidelines just observing, but rarely participating. It's time to wake up before experiencing a heart rending break up! Re-evaluate the relationship that now exists between the two of you. Do you love her, and if so, how often do you let yourself become vulnerable enough to make her your queen; not only for a day, but for all of the remaining days of your gifted lives. If you will begin to do this, your greatest joys are about to become a reality. You will truly experience the God ordained, highest form of life offered to man. She will then become all that you have ever wanted or needed!
Love, Jason is the inspiring story of the Anderson Family. Newly married and fresh from Moody Bible Institute, Doug and Sherrie Anderson arrived in Moricetown, British Columbia, to plant a church among the Wet'suwet'en First Nation. Like fish out of water, they were faced with entirely different ways of thinking, speaking, and acting. Little did they know the peaks and valleys that awaited them in this mission field, or that this unique community would journey with them through their own harrowing crisis of faith--their son's terminal illness. Doug and Sherrie had faith in God before their son Jason's five-year battle with Ewing's sarcoma--a battle he would lose. In this, their touching memoir, they reveal ways Jason kept pointing them to the steadfast goodness of God in the unlikeliest of times. This heartwarming, God-affirming revelation first touched Doug and Sherrie, then went out in ripples to Jason's brothers, doctors, teachers, and beyond. As we read Jason's story, we get to glimpse it ourselves. Most Christians experience a crisis of faith, perhaps following the death of someone we love. Fewer of us can relate to standing by as our own child journeys to heaven sooner than we would choose. Like the Andersons, we may grieve; we may hold a multitude of unanswered questions. But one boy--one freckled and faithful boy--extends his gift of tenacious faith to us, with love.
These poems are designed to capture the imagination by using vivid illustrations. It is the eye that fills them mind with great ideas. The ear tunes into nature's symphonic overtures. Hands can reach out and touch lovely spring flowers, the green grass in summer, autumn's coloful leaves, and falling winter snow. Read and let your thoughts wander as these fascinating poetic gems touch your heart.
In Doug Anderson's newest collection, Undress, She Said, we accompany a speaker undaunted by the complex reckonings of history, evolving relationships, and an aging body, a speaker that, besieged by a storm, resolves to "set out into it, the wind / playing the rigging like a harp." Over and over in these pages, Anderson makes music of the gales and rain and turbulent sea. These poems voyage from the subtle violences of a religious upbringing to complex remembrances of time served in the Vietnam War to contemporary emergencies of real and political plagues. Yet, no matter the subject, compassion rudders these lyrics as they turn always and at last to myriad beloveds-the enigmatic Angel of Death, literary and mythological influences, kind strangers, the constantly elusive and elusively constant moon. These words reach out to the reader the way the poet addresses frozen joy from the confines of winter: "Red berry trapped in ice, / let me touch you.
DESTINY HAS INTRIGUED THE HUMAN RACE FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME. THE WHYS AND WHEREFORES OF UNEXPECTED OCCURRENCES, SUCH AS WASHED OUT DREAMS, OR PLEASANT SURPRISES COULD HAPPEN TO ANYONE, ANYWHERE. THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL TRUE STORY OF ONE MAN'S ADVENTURE TO CAPTURE THE WOMAN OF HIS DREAMS, AND DEMONSTRATE HOW A PERSON WITH LOW SELF-ESTEEM CAN OVERCOME INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS, TO REACH THE PINNACLE OF LIFE FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE, DOUG ANDERSON HAD TO RE-EVALUATE EVERYTHING--- HIS PERCEPTION OF HIMSELF; HIS LOW SELF-ESTEEM, HIS OPPORTUNITY FOR MARRIAGE, HIS OVERALL FUTURE. LET DOUG ANDERSON SHARE WITH YOU THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT BOTH ENHANCED AND BROUGHT A BEAUTIFUL MILLIONAIRE INTO HIS LIFE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK IS TO FACILITATE OTHERS IN FINDING THE MATE OF THEIR DREAMS; WHETHER IT IS A MILLIONAIRE, A LOVE RELATIONSHIP, OR JUST A GOOD FRIEND. THIS STORY WILL GIVE INSIGHT ON HOW TO OBTAIN ALMOST UNREALISTIC GOALS. EXCERPTS FROM HOW TO GET A MILLIONAIRE THROUGH INTERNET DATING: "I was $500,000.00 in debt." "So, what would I use to bait my hook?" "It was now or never " "Oh, I thought, if she would only be impressed " "So far, everything was working according to my plans." "Then the big break came
A history of the author's generation explores the 1960s, Vietnam, and their enduring legacy, as the author describes the experiences in Vietnam that left him deeply shaken, his struggles with addiction, and a later visit to Vietnam during which he met former enemies.
Of The Moon Reflected Fire and its subject, the Vietnam War, poet James Tate writes: "These are trenchant, wrenching poems. With artistry and honesty they perform an inquest into war and its corrosive after effects.
Most church members would tell you that theirs is a friendly congregation, eager to welcome visitors and new members into their midst. Yet far too many of these same congregations have trouble translating this intention into action. Offering a friendly greeting to a new face is important, but it is only the first of many steps that congregations must take in order to turn visitors into members, and new members into committed disciples. The authors believe that to assimilate newcomers into the life and ministry of the congregation, the whole church system must be involved. Anderson and Coyner demonstrate how to identify and respond to visitors in a nonthreatening, yet interested way; how to share information about them with the leaders of those ministries and programs in which they would be most interested; how best to help them in their decision to become church members; and how to help them understand and fulfill their own call to ministry in the congregation. They insist that churches be motivated, not by a desire for institutional survival or advancement, but by a passion for people and their place in the kingdom of God.
Orange City was founded in 18691870 as a colony of Dutch Americans from Pella. Led by Henry Hospers, the colonists made Orange City the center of Dutch agricultural expansion in northwestern Iowa and farther west. By 1874, the town had railroad connections, was the seat of Sioux County, and had a Dutch-language weekly newspaper that was read in the Netherlands as well as around North America. Hospers, along with others, founded an academy in 1882 to train young people in the classics and the Reformed faith. By the 1930s, the academy was maturing into what is now Northwestern College. The towns populace has never been exclusively Dutch; nevertheless, the Dutch heritage of the settlement has remained central to Orange Citys identity. A tulip festival held in 1936 became an annual event that continues to draw tens of thousands of visitors each May. In 1986, a Dutch-front initiative was launched that has transformed much of the town with a distinctive Dutch look.
IBM® DB2® Query Management FacilityTM for z/OS® provides a zero-footprint, mobile-enabled, highly secure business analytics solution. IBM QMFTM V11.2.1 offers many significant new features and functions in keeping with the ongoing effort to broaden its usage and value to a wider set of users and business areas. In this IBM Redbooks® publication, we explore several of the new features and options that are available within this new release. This publication introduces TSO enhancements for QMF Analytics for TSO and QMF Enhanced Editor. A chapter describes how the QMF Data Service component connects to multiple mainframe data sources to accomplish the consolidation and delivery of data. This publication describes how self-service business intelligence can be achieved by using QMF Vision to enable self-service dashboards and data exploration. A chapter is dedicated to JavaScript support, demonstrating how application developers can use JavaScript to extend the capabilities of QMF. Additionally, this book describes methods to take advantage of caching for reduced CPU consumption, wider access to information, and faster performance. This publication is of interest to anyone who wants to better understand how QMF can enable in-place analytics with live enterprise data.
Change your church culture. Create an outwardly focused environment where hospitality and invitation happen Sunday and every day of the week. This book offers five steps to help congregations go public with their faith—from service projects to sharing the faith with persons who want to know more about Christ and thw church. This book offers tactics to increase individual and church competency with relational evangelism with friends, neighbors, and even strangers. Learn how to start up a conversation, follow up with contacts, and navigate unfamiliar settings. Learn what works and what doesn’t. We may think that just because we invite someone on our church property, they’ll come back. Often we don’t reach out to help people cross the faith line, because we’re uncomfortable with “evangelism” or just plain scared. Gain the confidence to share the good news boldly. After all, we know the name of the One who loves us all and who holds all power over heaven and earth.
An injured astronaut must save NASA from terrorists in this high-tech adventure by the bestselling authors of Lifeline and Ill Wind. Terrorists seize control of the Kennedy Space Center and hold the shuttle Atlantis and its crew hostage on the launchpad. But astronaut “Iceberg” Friese, grounded from the mission because of a broken foot, is determined to slip through the swamps and rocket facilities around Cape Canaveral and pull the plug on the terrorists. With their years of experience in the field, Anderson and Beason have packed Ignition with insider information to create an extremely plausible, action-packed thriller. “Anderson and Beason have written a nail biter full of details about NASA and the Kennedy Space Center.” —Library Journal
Als sich die radikale Atomgegnerin Elizabeth Devane nach einem Sabotageversuch in der Wüste von New Mexico fast fünfzig Jahre in der Vergangenheit wiederfindet, sieht sie die Chance gekommen, die Zukunft zu verändern. Wenn es ihr im Jahr 1943 gelingt, am Manhattan-Projekt mitzuwirken und die Entwicklung der Atombombe zu verhindern, werden 1945 Hiroshima und Nagasaki nicht zerstört, 1979 wird es in Harrisburg nicht zu einem schweren Zwischenfall in einem Kernkraftwerk kommen und 1986 nicht zu einem Super-GAU in Tschernobyl. Aber kann man den Lauf der Geschichte ändern? Und was, wenn der Plan nicht so funktioniert wie gedacht und alles anders kommt? Kevin J. Anderson und Doug Beason, beide studierte Physiker, legen mit "Trinity" einen Roman vor, der die Leser in eine alternative Welt zu Zeiten des Zweiten Weltkriegs führt, wie sie grausamer nicht sein könnte.
Power duo Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason team up in Kill Zone, a perilous disaster thriller for the modern age. Deep within a mountain in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a Cold War-era nuclear weapons storage facility is being used to covertly receive more than 100,000 tons of nuclear waste stored across the US. Only Department of Energy employee, Adonia, and a few others including a war hero, a senator, and an environmental activist, are allowed access to perform a high-level security review of the facilities. But Hydra Mountain was never meant to securely hold this much hazardous waste, and it has the potential to explode, taking with it all of Albuquerque and spreading radioactivity across the nation. This disaster situation proves all too possible when a small plane crashes at a nearby military base, setting off Hydra’s lockdown and trapping Adonia and her team in the heart of the hazardous, waste-filled mountain. Now, the only direction for them to go is deeper into the mountain, through the tear gas and into a secretive area no one was ever supposed to know about. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
For information on the basics of hard drive operation, step-by-step installation instructions, or hard drive technical data--like setup specifications, jumper settings, pin assignments, and more--this is an indispensable reference tool. Procedures and setup specifications are given for the industry's most common hard drives and controllers.
Weirdbook returns after a nearly 20-year hiatus under the editorship of Douglas Draa! Here are great fantasy and horror tales by current and upcoming masters of the genre... Chivaine, by John R. Fultz Give Me the Daggers, by Adrian Cole The Music of Bleak Entrainment, by Gary A. Braunbeck Into The Mountains with Mother Old Growth, by Christian Riley The Grimlorn Under the Mountain, by James Aquilone Dolls, by Paul Dale Anderson Gut Punch, by Jason A. Wyckoff Educational Upgrade, by Bret McCormick Boxes of Dead Children, by Darrell Schweitzer The Forgotten, by D.C. Lozar Coffee with Dad’s Ghost, Jessica Amanda Salmonson Missed It By That Much, by Gregg Chamberlain A Clockwork Muse, by Erica Ruppert The Rookery, by Kurt Newton Wolf of Hunger, Wolf of Shame, by J. T. Glover Zucchini Season, by Janet Harriett The Jewels That Were Their Eyes, by Llanwyre Laish The Twins, by Kevin Strange Princess or Warrior?, by S.W. Lauden
The Broadview Guide to Writing is a concise yet uncommonly thorough text with a fresh approach to the craft of essay writing. The first part of the book discusses the style and structure of essay writing, and includes a useful discussion of the intangibles involved in the writing process—such as confidence, perseverance, and a willingness to deal with criticism constructively. The second part of the book provides thorough coverage of grammar and usage in a comprehensive reference guide, ranging from the simplest mechanical issues (such as subject verb agreement) to subtle distinctions between words that have similar meanings. A wide range of examples is included throughout the book. The fifth edition incorporates the 2008 changes to MLA Style guidelines for documentation and includes a number of other changes that make it far better suited than previous editions to the needs of American writers in the twenty-first century.
This must have coffee table book is a photographic exploration of 1200 miles following the Snake River from its source in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, across the Snake River Plain of Idaho, into North America's deepest gorge, Hells Canyon, bordering Oregon and eventually crossing the fertile plains of Washington State to its confluence with the Columbia River, Kirk chases the elusive elements of weather, season, and breathtaking locations through four states and over four years to produce a photographic monologue celebrating the largest river in the American West.
Embark on a seek-and-find adventure into the delightfully eccentric, pastel-hued world of Wes Anderson. Spot Wes in twelve intricately constructed scenes, each based on one of his movies - from a detailed cut away of the Bellafonte from The Life Aquatic, to a labyrinthine reconstruction of the world of Fantastic Mr Fox. Also spot a huge cast of extras, including Wes's regular collaborators, those he's inspired and influenced, and many more!
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