Many of us, regardless of background or color, age or lifestyle, often run up against trials that threaten to tear us down, to keep us lost in the Wilderness so that we may remain there to whither. How do you escape a place like this? How can you be retrieved from your pit of pain and purged of the hateful emotions that rule your life? In Restored, Healed & Inspired, author Kimberly Meyer shows us how the glory of God mends even the most broken of stories. She guides us through her memoir, honestly detailing traumatic events of her life and their effects, her struggle with faith, and how renewed belief and obedience in Him resulted in a new beginning full of love, second chances, and spiritual maturation. In these chapters, we are introduced to not only the great healing power of God, but also the people on earth who used prayer and kindness to welcome Meyer into their church and then support her through her journey to salvation. See for yourself: This is how faith, forgiveness, and fortitude in the Spirit can lead you out of the darkness and into the purpose that the Lord himself has carved out for you.
Accidental Sisters follows the lives of five refugee women in Houston, Texas, an epicenter of refugee resettlement, as they make their way through a yearlong program for struggling single mother refugees overseen by Alia Altikrity, herself a former refugee from Iraq. Entirely grounded in the words of each of these women--Mina, also from Iraq; Mendy from Sudan; Sara and Zara from Syria; and Elikya from the Democratic Republic of Congo--this book recounts, with deep insight, the lives they lived in their mother countries and the way they were forced to flee with their children into the uncertainty of displacement in neighboring lands. And although it documents the safety and refuge the women eventually find in the new city to which they have been permanently resettled, it critiques the insistence of the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program on rapid self-sufficiency and offers an alternative vision of the American Dream, one grounded in a sisterhood of mutual care for one another"--
With a foreword by Ilhan Omar, this breathtaking work of literary nonfiction reveals the power of solidarity for women facing the inadequacies of the US immigration system. Accidental Sisters follows five refugee women in Houston, Texas, as they navigate a program for single mothers overseen by Alia Altikrity, a former refugee from Iraq. Grounded in the words of these women—Mina from Iraq, Mendy from Sudan, Sara and Zara from Syria, and Elikya from the Democratic Republic of the Congo—this book recounts their lives in their mother countries, how they were forced to flee, and their struggles to find belonging in an epicenter of refugee resettlement. Readers join author Kimberly Meyer on a journey with each woman as they experience Alia's guiding philosophy: that small, direct, meaningful acts of mutual care are the foundation for a flourishing community. While celebrating the sanctuary the women eventually find, the book critiques the US refugee resettlement program for its insistence on rapid self-sufficiency and offers an alternative American Dream rooted in sisterhood and solidarity. Immersive and intimate, Accidental Sisters inspires hope for a way forward in the face of pandemics, political inaction, and climate change.
To a mother and daughter on an illuminating pilgrimage, this is what the desert said: Carry only what you need. Burn what can't be saved. Leave the remnants as an offering. When Kimberly Meyer gave birth to her first daughter, Ellie, during her senior year of college, the bohemian life of exploration she had once imagined for herself was lost in the responsibilities of single motherhood. For years, both mother and daughter were haunted by how Ellie came into being-Kimberly through a restless ache for the world beyond, Ellie through a fear of abandonment. Longing to bond with Ellie, now a college student, and longing, too, to rediscover herself, Kimberly sets off with her daughter on a quest for meaning across the globe. Leaving behind the rhythms of ordinary life in Houston, Texas, they dedicate a summer to retracing the footsteps of Felix Fabri, a medieval Dominican friar whose written account of his travels resonates with Kimberly. Their mother-daughter pilgrimage takes them to exotic destinations infused with mystery, spirituality, and rich history -- from Venice to the Mediterranean through Greece and partitioned Cyprus, to Israel and across the Sinai Desert with Bedouin guides, to the Palestinian territories and to Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt. In spare and gorgeous prose, The Book of Wanderings tells the story of Kimberly and Ellie's journey, and of the intimate, lasting bond they forge along the way. A meditation on stripping away the distractions, on simplicity, on how to live, this vibrant memoir will appeal to anyone who has contemplated the road not taken, who has experienced the gnawing feeling that there is something more, who has faced the void-of offspring leaving, of mortality looming, of searching for someplace that feels, finally, like home.
There has been a flurry of writing about teachers as inquirers and researchers as well as books about children as inquirers. This volume brings these two areas together -- teachers and students are inquiring at Ridgeway Elementary School. It demonstrates the importance of thought collectives as forums for student and teacher learning. The children in the primary classrooms in this book are working to understand the world around them and their place in it as literate individuals. Their teachers are studying themselves and the students. No other book describes the way this work affects children, teachers, and the ethos of the school in which the work occurs. In that sense, this book is groundbreaking in that it is an honest portrayal of the joys and sorrows, the successes and the stumbling blocks, the clear vision, and the obfuscating that teachers live as they enact a life of asking questions, being curious, wandering, and wondering. Acknowledging and honoring the many faces of inquiry in schools, this book demonstrates the children's inquiry, their teachers' inquiry, and the place of that inquiry in schools. It lays out the ways in which inquiry is fundamental to teaching and learning in a democracy in which all of the members of the community have a voice in deciding curricular directions and ways of presenting learning. Teachers are presented as thinkers and learners, not merely as technicians enacting others' views of what is to be learned and when. Readers will find teachers dealing with the real issues of life in schools; they will see how teachers can use their existing situations as points of departure for their growth and their students' learning.
This book was written to define teacher leadership; provide case studies specific to teacher leadership; and acknowledge the commitment and success of 24 teacher leaders who serve as exemplars.
Grounded in scholarship of the literature and history of medieval pilgrimage, this memoir of travels across the American landscape, made with my husband and daughters, views these journeys through that prism of pilgrimage in the Middle Ages. Individual chapters examine places held holy by this secular nation, as well as sites in my own sacred topography---the Santuario de Chimayo in New Mexico, the Fountain of Youth in St. Augustine, Jamestown Settlement and Plymouth Plantation, Shaker Village at Sabbathday Lake, Maine, Graceland and Graceland Too, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Little Houses across the Midwest, the Grand Canyon and Chaco Canyon, the Redwood Forest, the Holy City of the Wichitas, Lawrence, Kansas. Intertwining American history, local history, and personal history; literature, both ancient and contemporary; accounts of pilgrimage to the Holy Land, particularly The Wanderings of Friar Felix Fabri, as well as accounts of travel through the United States in its early days; and careful observation of both external and internal terrain, this work argues that an attentiveness to the United States' past, both its deeply flawed passages, and its moments of fleeting perfection, can give rise to hope, tempered by realism, for its future. In traveling from east to west, and to places resonant across the continuum of American history, I seek to find sites of redemption---both national and personal---in the fallen world of 21st century America.
This collection of microfiction contains reader-voted best work published on MicrofictionMondayMagazine.com in 2015 alongside original, never-before published work from each of the contributing authors. Foreword by Gayle Towell.
FROM BEST SELLING AUTHOR KIMBERLY JONES-POTHIER AKA REAL TALK KIM If you want breakthrough, you have to break through! Most people struggle to assume the best of themselves. And their poor self-concept is only made worse by their past mistakes, poor choices, and failures. Kimberly has heard the inner voice that continually says, “You can’t.” And she’s learned how to shut it up. Known for telling it like it is, Real Talk Kim, as Jones-Pothier is known, challenges readers to stare inadequacy in the face and say, “Not today!” Exposing her own messes and failures, she leads readers on a journey to overcome the negative thinking, fear, loneliness, disappointment, and wrong view of self that have led to their feelings of inadequacy so they can walk in the fullness of God’s purpose for them. The enemy is always going to tell people what they can and cannot do. He’s always going to play into their fears and regrets. Jones-Pothier reveals the truths that will silence the accuser and empower readers to stop being ruled by their emotions, make choices from a place of confidence instead of doubt and insecurity, realize that God’s plan is bigger than their past, reject the labels others have placed on them, let God determine who they are, and stop being a victim and find the freedom to be themselves. Breakthroughs don’t come without a fight. Anyone who wants a breakthrough has to break through—they have to act. Providing practical tools that lead to victory, Shut Hell Up shows readers how to stop seeing themselves as inadequate and embrace who God says they are. When you feel not enough, God says I AM ENOUGH. This book will help you use what God says about you to fight negative self-talk and lies from the enemy. Other Books by Kimberly Jones-Pothier: When Your Bad Meets His Good (2018) ISBN: 978-1629995458
What if I told you the decision for your existence did not come from your parents. What if I told you, you are more than a man-made idea, that your existence isnaEUR(tm)t about existence at all. You were not put here to merely exist. What if I told you, you were planned before the creation of the world you now live in. That you were made to live an abundant world, changing life and you were made in the image of God Almighty himself. That He alone breathed into you so that you could live and change the world. He gave you His identity in your mind, in your emotions, and in your body. Your creator is not your parents; therefore, your identity cannot come from them. You have an individual identity that was knit together before creation. God fashioned you to be a specific person who could never be duplicated. You are one of a kind, and you cannot be copied. You were created with a purpose, for a purpose. In the pages of this book, I will walk you through the identity process. God needs you; He needs all of you. Every piece of your identity needs to be fluently working so you can fulfill your destiny and purpose so you can start winning victories over the battles youaEUR(tm)ve been fighting for far too long, so addictions and generational curses can break, so your children can rise up with the identity in Christ that is on you! It all starts with your true identity! Jesus gave us a beautiful exchangeaEUR"our crown of thorns for his crown of royalty. Yes, you are literally wrapped in royalty and righteousness. God wants to walk it out with you. He desperately wants to show you who you are.
Since 2005, the wildly popular Twilight saga has sold more than 42 million copies—20 million in 2008 alone—with translations into 37 different languages around the globe. Millions of teen girls are fanatical about these books. Vampire lit is hot. But why is that? Kimberly Powers knows that at the core of every young woman's heart is a longing to be truly, madly, deeply loved. And that's what's so compelling about the Bella / Edward story—the fantasy of a hero who is eternally attracted, fiercely protective, and passionately committed. Powers taps into this, using the vampire allusion to help girls explore what it is about the story that has captured their hearts. Weaving vampire lore with biblical truths and real-life stories, she helps girls move beyond the fantasy to discovery of the true Lover of their soul.
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