Out of the Closet with My Mom" is a novel aimed at helping children and parents who are going through a time when both sides are forced to come out due to ones' sexuality. A parent comes out as gay and their child is forced to "come out" as a child of homosexual parents. It's a stand alone personal narrative that explores the many aspects of having gay parents; coming out to friends, dealing with family members who do not accept their parents lifestyle, being confident about yourself in school and above all lets you know that you're not alone. The narrative follows pudgy, prepubescent Jon Watkins, dying to fit in when his mom decides to sit him and his sister down and tell them that her roommate isn't a roommate at all, she is her girlfriend. "Out of the Closet with My Mom" follows Jon's Middle and High School journey in which he and his sister have to deal with "coming out" about their mom to friends and family.
His name is Roarke. His history is a swath of blood and violence. Released from prison after another man dies under his fists, he's found some semblance of peace as a private detective. Sometimes he's hired to solve a problem. Sometimes he's hired to do something mean. He prefers the one, but he's not above the other. When he's hired to locate a gorgeous banking executive's missing niece, Roarke suspects the case might be just another ugly custody fight between the girl's parents. A single gunshot aimed his way proves him wrong, and convinces him to give the missing girl his undivided attention. Soon, Roarke finds himself drawn away from his Detroit lair and into the northern wilderness where an armed militia calling themselves the Sons of Michigan are holding the girl. Lead by a silver-tongued preacher and a remorseless killer called the Last Watchman, the Sons are waiting for him. They think they can bargain with him. They think he can be reasoned with. They're wrong.
Whether you’ve recently been selected to be a deacon or have been serving in the role for a number of years, you may wonder if you need to continue training. The Rev. Jonathan L. Watkins, who was a deacon in training at age sixteen and ordained at age twenty-one, highlights the various aspects of being a deacon and how to best serve your church in 7 Steps to Becoming an Acts 6 Deacon. Get answers to questions such as: • What are some important but rarely discussed aspects of being a deacon? • How can you create a positive relationship with your pastor? • What steps can you take to maintain a balanced ministry and home life? • Have you considered how your spouse and family will transition along with you to your leadership position? The author observes that training for a deacon should be ongoing and updated to enhance leadership skills in an ever-changing world, but opportunities to learn are often hard to find. Get the deep, practical guidance you need to stay relevant with church members before, during, and well after your ordination as a deacon.
Darren and Izzy are finally getting some romantic alone time when a letter arrives from the Fletcher Group. Luther, Darren's brother and corrupt chairman of the ancient family firm that Darren renounced years ago, has demanded that Darren stop investigating the firm's murderous conspiracies. Before Darren can consider his next move against his brother, a calamity forces both Darren and Izzy into action: Theresa, the owner of Winkle's Tavern, and Darren's dearest friend, is the prime suspect in a murder that happened outside her bar. The victim is unknown to both Darren and Izzy, but the black key card in his wallet is familiar. Darren has one just like it. They're given to all associates of the Fletcher Group. Izzy knows that Darren won't stop until he's figured out exactly how Luther is involved in Theresa's arrest. But it's an older case, the one that derailed Darren's career and haunts him to this day, that ultimately threatens all they've worked so hard to build.
Secrets abound on the Wailing Isle.When Izzy and Darren are hired to investigate a bizarre murder that occurred on the private island of a retired judge, the two criminal attorneys soon find themselves tangled in those secrets. As they chase a sword-wielding killer across Michigan,they both find they must answer an unexpected question: could the very murderer they're hounding be the one person they genuinely want to help?
Major presentation of new and recent work comprised of sculptural pieces, wall drawings, display table installations and pencil drawings. 31 January - 18 March 2007.
Since his emergence as an artist in Australia during the 1980s, Tim Maguire has worked in various ways to convey a refreshing philosophical scepticism. Earlier paintings and prints featured monuments dissolving into their own reflections, vast landscapes blurring into mirage, often a use of trompe l'oeil to undermine itself in works of art where illusionism met transparency, until finally there were the 'flower paintings', in the 1990s, when arguably Maguire hit his stride. These still-lifes provided an aesthetic means for the celebration of beauty and an acknowledgement of inevitable corruption and relativity. His later abstract paintings similarly, paradoxically, push and pull the viewer between what is imagined and what is real. Comprising digital prints and video of snow, water and flowers, this exhibition marks a significant development in Maguire's artistic practice; the ephemerality of his subject matter is very familiar, but the new medium adds new meanings. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Tim Maguire: Snow, Water and Flowers at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 30 January - 24 March 2008.
This catalogue accompanies an exhibition at Ikon (September – November 2010) which is a survey of woodblock prints by Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro (c.1753 – 1806) from the collection of the British Museum. The exhibition focuses on images of women, in particular the courtesans of Yoshiwara, the regulated brothel district in Edo (now Tokyo). Born in the mid-1750s in Edo, Utamaro was taught by Toriyama Sekien, a painter of the academic Kano school, and subsequently formed a professional partnership with master publisher Tsutaya J?zabur?. This collaboration was key to the rise of Utamaro's reputation as a chronicler of the Yoshiwara district, and more generally, as a leading exponent of ukiyo-e ('pictures of the floating world'). Images of bijinga (beautiful people), Kabuki actors, landscapes and city life were typical of ukiyo-e, espousing a life lived only for the moment. They informed, amused and distracted their audience by depicting available pleasures. Utamaro's images of the women of Yoshiwara, often conceived in series, functioned as sophisticated advertisements or guides to a sensuous world, untroubled by overt references to the dif?culties of work and politics. Ikon also shows a number of Utamaro's explicitly erotic works, called 'spring pictures' or shunga. Issued as albums of sheet prints and as illustrated books, they are unambiguous in their intention to titillate. Curated by British artist Julian Opie and Timothy Clark (Head of the Japanese Department, British Museum).
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