In 1945, Pathfinder magazine selected the village of Medina as a "shining example of small town living" and, with the film company RKO Pathe, produced a 15-minute movie about Medina called Home Town USA. The film focused on the Victorian square and on the nearby tree-shaded streets lined with century homes. But the film did not tell the dramatic story behind the picturesque facade. Medina was hewn out of the Ohio wilderness by Connecticut Yankees, many of them Revolutionary War veterans who brought with them a tradition of democracy and strong community spirit. In 1848, a fire devastated the public square. The citizens rallied, and it was quickly rebuilt. In 1870, another fire wiped out most of the business district. Over the next decade, the square once again rose from the ashes, and the result was a village center filled with handsome Eastlake Victorian-style buildings. That public square sits at the heart of the community whose history this book puts on display.
It express the importance of parents teaching their children about life at an early age. It gives examples of how people live their lives and the correct measures that should be taken. It give cautions that should be considered to avoid pitfalls in life. It tells about the main purpose of every one's life.
Min. Gloria Brown writes this book from her perspective as a Protestant minister, and expresses her concern for the direction in which our country is headed. She states in the Introduction to the book that . . . the issues addressed are, I believe, critically important for the future of this country for our children and their children. To my mind, the current state of political affairs has gone from ridiculous to totally absurd. The fact that each political party remains so steadfastly dogmatic concerning the party line doesn t make sense to me. Extremists from each party rule the day. Someone has defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Something needs to change. Stop this Madness!!!! Min. Brown states that the solution to this country s problems does not lie in new government programs. She believes that what this country really needs is a spiritual revival and a return to the Christian principles upon which the nation was founded. My name is Gloria P. Brown, and I relocated to my hometown of Riceboro in southeast Georgia eight years ago after having lived and worked in the Washington, D.C. area for 35 years. I returned home to care for my mother after my father passed away and really enjoy the slow pace after the rat race in the big city. This part of Georgia has the best weather and the best seafood anywhere! I have one son, D wayne KP Wilkerson-Brown. Now, at the age of 61 and only months away from social security, life is really just beginning for me! I finally plan to get my bachelor s degree after several starts and stops over the years, and am pursuing a B.S. in Religion from American Public University (online) -- thank God for Pell Grants! I know that ministry is my life s work I am a licensed minister in both the Baptist and Non-Denominational traditions. I will be starting a church soon, and I also have a dream of opening a group home for foster children. I want mostly that God be glorified in my life. (Oh! And I have another book to write, entitled My Gay Son. ) My desire is to see others come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, as well as to see Christians grow in their faith. . I believe it is time for the Church to get serious about the business of winning souls, because I truly believe that our Lord is soon to come. It may be sooner than we all think.
Tools to powerfully write about and manifest your life using the power found in the sacred sites of ancient Egypt • Reveals how to create meaning from one’s life experiences and manifest new destinies through spiritual writing • Contains meditations and creative writing exercises exploring sacred themes in the Egyptian Book of the Dead and other hieroglyphic texts of ancient Egypt • Shares transformative and inspiring pieces written by those who’ve attended the authors’ Egyptian sacred tours Within each of us is a story, a sacred story that needs to be told, of our heroic efforts and of our losses. The scribes of ancient Egypt devoted their lives to the writing of sacred stories. These technicians of the sacred were masters of hieroglyphic thinking, or heka--the proper words, in the proper sequence, with the proper intonation and the proper intent. Learning heka provided scribes with the power to invoke and create worlds through their words and thoughts. To the writer, heka is a magical way to create meaning from experience. Through heka we manifest new visions and new relationships to ourselves and to others. We can make new art filled with beauty and light. Revealing the spiritually transformative power of writing, the authors take us on a journey of self-discovery through the sacred sites of Egypt, from the Temple of Isis to the Great Pyramid of Giza. Through meditations and creative writing exercises exploring the powerful themes found in the hieroglyphic texts of ancient Egypt and the Egyptian Book of the Dead, they show how, through writing, we can live beyond the ordinary, give our dreams form, and discover who we really are and what our lives really mean. Sharing transformative and inspiring pieces written by those who’ve attended their Egyptian sacred tours, the authors reveal how writing your spiritual biography allows you to reconnect to the creativity and divine within, face your fears, offer gratitude for what you have, manifest new destinies, and recognize your life as part of the sacred story of Earth.
A faith journey is shared, and testimonials are provided on how the author overcame a plethora of social ills, sickness, and hard times in general. Riveting stories are told of overcoming illness, miracles, dire poverty, domestic violence, jealousy, grief, and racism by having faith and depending on his grace and mercy. Each chapter begins with a scripture; a story is told, followed by a prayer; and each story ends with Questions to Ponder. The reader can envision how the author persevered through it all. The stories are meant to reach audiences that are personally interested in overcoming social ills and helping others overcome social ills and finding hope through stories of the authors phenomenological (lived) experiences, scripture, prayer, and examining questions related to how the author overcame some very difficult circumstances. This book is ideal for a Bible study or other Christian curricula devoted to faith.
It's great to be young, brown and a girl. When you tap into the power of that dynamic combination you can be anything you want to be. When you’re young, energy and excitement propels you forward. When you’re a brown girl, in all our varying shades, you have strength because if you can walk boldly in that golden, God-given skin, you are fearless! Oh yes, no matter what comes your way, sadness or gladness, you can take bad and make it good and you can turn good times into great joys. Inside these pages are powerful poems that will ignite your soul and uplifting stories to motivate you to keep on keeping on. Whatever it is you want to be. . . this fun compilation piece was written to help you shine. Read it, let it motivate and encourage you and guide you on your journey as you discover the greatness in YOU!
Gloria Bennett, a Lanphier High School junior, and her companions set off to attend the State Student Council Convention in Chicago. Their mode of transportation is the new streamliner, the Abraham Lincoln. They meet adventure head-on when Gloria, pushed off the steps of the streamliner into the midst of a prison outbreak, is abandoned on the Illinois prairie as the Abraham Lincoln rifles through the night. The intrigue continues in Chicago and reaches its climax when the Abraham Lincoln pulls into the Springfield station the next day. Gloria and friends Bonnie, David, and Jim help FBI Agent Williams solve the mystery of the kidnapped child and the escaped convict. The train, an object of interest itself, affords the total happenings of day and night sounds, of movement over the tracks, and of swaying and jostling G. B. Miller's Mayhem on the Abraham Lincoln is the first book of the Lincoln series based on the adventures of Gloria Bennett of Springfield, Illinois. An exciting read! A teacher's delight, the book is a great vocabulary builder, having a page at the end of each chapter with a word, phonetic pronunciation, and brief definition. Also, it contains a ten-question quiz for each chapter, four projects, and five literary terms." -- Xulonpress.com.
Two protagonists, a boy from a dairy farm in the midwest and the other a girl from the west coast of California, lead vastly different lives during the turbulent years of the Great Depression and the subsequent wars. Their separate journeys throughout their lives shape their characters as they survive the drastic changes occurring about them within their immediate families and with the world. From the time their stories begin in 1936, to the end of the book, we see these two children emerge into adulthood, shaped by everything that is going on around them, not knowing the other existed until a chance meeting has them meet and merge with the new-found maturity and appreciation for life. The book runs the gamut of all emotions - through tragedy, loss, joy, innocence, longing, desires, and finally a true, mature love.
A little puppy left alone dying, discarded like trash on the cold, wet ground. She lay listening to the sounds of children who ran, played. They used to play with her. The little puppy cried, whimpered for a kind hand to touch her head. No one came to hold, comfort the little puppy. She was left to die on the cold, wet ground. Until one day... she heard a kind, sweet voice she recognized...
In this book, five Christian grandmothers invite you to share their journey with them: to explore common themes of grandmothering and renew your sense of God's presence in your life through the gift of grandmothering.
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