As a mom, there's no escaping the deep-rooted need to keep your children on the right path. But what if one of your teenage kids thinks the path to happiness is through a sex change? And what if the other, while flailing around, trying to find his way, pops out five alternate personalities? Teenage suicide keeps creeping into your thoughts. Some parents face that risk once... but twice? How do you keep from having a nervous breakdown? How do you help the entire family find peace again? Secret Selves is the surprising, touching, and sometimes humorous account of a mother trying to ease the panic and accept the unthinkable twists fate has dropped in her lap. Jamie Johnson's memoir is a deeply personal account of her family's struggles and triumphs. It is shared with courage and honesty. Johnson explains how even her doubts and mistakes while raising her two very interesting children helped her to see life through different eyes. A heartwarming story about what it means to love. A story about hope.
In this dramatic, unforgettable story, God transforms a seemingly hopeless junkie and pimp and gives him a fresh start. This astonishing testimony of God's love is still as powerful as when Aaron Johnson first wrote it 20 years ago.
In an O.K. Corral-style shootout, the president of the United States is abducted, and it falls to the director of his personal secret special operations unit to find the leader of the free world. To do so, OThe DirectorO recalls his onetime protg and favorite agent from retirement and sends him back into the field one last time.
Once you decide to follow Jesus, what does it look like? Many people who come to church aren’t really sure. Bullseye maps out six markers that are signs of a Christian life. In practical, inviting, and clear ways, Bullseye examines • Using Spiritual Practices • Worshipping Together Weekly • Discovering Authentic Community • Serving • Giving Generously • Sharing Christ If you’re a church leader who wants to raise your faith community’s level of discipleship, this book is for you! You’ll find suggestions for helping members grow their faith and for living out the markers—with children and youth, newcomers, small groups, the board, in worship, and beyond.
This edited volume explores the democratic dangers posed by a political press that emphasizes electoral competition, strategy, entertainment, and what Jay Rosen calls “savviness”—praising candidates for being politically smart rather than being honest—in its coverage of a political landscape dominated by a looming authoritarian threat. Contributors document how the American and global political press have failed to fulfill their role in elections and demonstrate how authoritarians have used and will continue to use their power in setting policy before going on to suggest and develop solutions to these problems. These proposed solutions include the adoption of democracy-focused framing, solutions journalism, and solidarity journalism, all of which emphasize the needs and issues of democratic communities over candidates’ political strategy. The book’s recommendations contribute to a reorientation of journalism toward democracy and truth rather than performative detachment and forced balance. Scholars of journalism, mass media, communication, and political science will find this collection to be of particular use.
On a scorching hot day in 1912, a gang of banditos rides into a small Mexicanvillage and massacres all but three of the pueblo's population. A 12-year-oldsurvivor and his sister escape to Texas. After a five-year journey across theSouthwest United States, survivor M.J. arrives in El Rancho de Las Deltas andis embraced by the Dupray family.
**Named a 2014 Choice Outstanding Academic Title** Combining coverage of key themes and debates from a variety of historical and theoretical perspectives, this authoritative reference volume offers the most up-to-date and substantive analysis of cultural geography currently available. A significantly revised new edition covering a number of new topics such as biotechnology, rural, food, media and tech, borders and tourism, whilst also reflecting developments in established subjects including animal geographies Edited and written by the leading authorities in this fast-developing discipline, and features a host of new contributors to the second edition Traces the historical evolution of cultural geography through to the very latest research Provides an international perspective, reflecting the advancing academic traditions of non-Western institutions, especially in Asia Features a thematic structure, with sections exploring topics such as identities, nature and culture, and flows and mobility
Headlined by NY Times and USA Today award winning author, Cat Johnson, along with Tawdra Kandle and sixteen more steamy all-stars, the heat sweeps past just before the clothes come off in this massive collection of sizzling romance. Let the fires of passion consume you. From small towns to big cities, from second chances to billionaires, and from bad boy bikers to flirty firemen... Take a chance. Feel the warm body next to you, and feel the love. You may find it where you least expect it. Romance. With fire. Steamy. An anthology that sizzles.
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