Author Lori Grant Kirk remembers her experience of accepting Christ into her heart at the age of five and shares with children what a relationship with Jesus is all about. It doesnt mean you are perfect and He wont stop loving you if you make a mistake. Heart for Jesus is a delightful story shares the truth about Jesus love and compassion in an easy to read format that both children and parents will love to share.
Fireflies are an awesome sight in the summer as the sun sets. Light of the Firefly by author Lori Grant Kirk contemplates their creation and mystery from a childs point of view. Where does the light come from? Why not give light to the bee? Some day well know the answers from the creator Himself.
Toddlers learn right from wrong very early. They can also learn to ask God for guidance. A Toddlers Prayer, by author Lori Grant Kirk, helps young children pray in practical yet fun ways. Most toddlers struggle with issues such as pushing, patience, and sharing. A Toddlers Prayer offers teachable moments with your child as well as putting your toddlers actions in perspective. Growing up the second of eight kids, I promised myself I'd never be as unreasonable as my parents. Then I caught myself telling one of my two childrenbecause I said so! I thought, oh, this parenting stuff is harder than I thought. This lovely book will remind parents what it's like to be kids, and maybe make us all a bit more understanding. The book will also give parents a chance to talk with their children about how it's possible to try hard, to make mistakes, to suffer the consequences, and to still be loved. After all, we're all mistake-riddled children in God's eyes. Paul Carroll, Author Big Blues: The Unmaking of IBM Author Lori Grant Kirk is adding new chapters to her life as an author. She has a background in accounting but has developed new interests since becoming a single mother of two toddlers. She began writing childrens books as a way to connect with her children in a fun way with a biblical emphasis. Her faith in God drives her to reach out to others now through her writing. Lori currently resides in Citrus Heights, California, with her precious daughters, Savannah and Sierra.
Toddlers learn right from wrong very early. They can also learn to ask God for guidance. A Toddlers Prayer, by author Lori Grant Kirk, helps young children pray in practical yet fun ways. Most toddlers struggle with issues such as pushing, patience, and sharing. A Toddlers Prayer offers teachable moments with your child as well as putting your toddlers actions in perspective. Growing up the second of eight kids, I promised myself I'd never be as unreasonable as my parents. Then I caught myself telling one of my two childrenbecause I said so! I thought, oh, this parenting stuff is harder than I thought. This lovely book will remind parents what it's like to be kids, and maybe make us all a bit more understanding. The book will also give parents a chance to talk with their children about how it's possible to try hard, to make mistakes, to suffer the consequences, and to still be loved. After all, we're all mistake-riddled children in God's eyes. Paul Carroll, Author Big Blues: The Unmaking of IBM Author Lori Grant Kirk is adding new chapters to her life as an author. She has a background in accounting but has developed new interests since becoming a single mother of two toddlers. She began writing childrens books as a way to connect with her children in a fun way with a biblical emphasis. Her faith in God drives her to reach out to others now through her writing. Lori currently resides in Citrus Heights, California, with her precious daughters, Savannah and Sierra.
Author Lori Grant Kirk remembers her experience of accepting Christ into her heart at the age of five and shares with children what a relationship with Jesus is all about. It doesnt mean you are perfect and He wont stop loving you if you make a mistake. Heart for Jesus is a delightful story shares the truth about Jesus love and compassion in an easy to read format that both children and parents will love to share.
Fireflies are an awesome sight in the summer as the sun sets. Light of the Firefly by author Lori Grant Kirk contemplates their creation and mystery from a childs point of view. Where does the light come from? Why not give light to the bee? Some day well know the answers from the creator Himself.
This rhetorical and historical analysis of sermons in the reign of James I argues that the official polemic of Jacobean government belies its claim to religious consensus and political moderation in pre-Civil War England.
Isobel MacLean fears she can't protect those she loves. Due to a violent attack in her past, she'll do anything to keep them safe—except marry the infuriating Grant MacDonald, heir to the MacDonald laird. She wants justice for her family, not a damn husband. Unfortunately, we don't always get what we want... Forced to wed the lass responsible for his friend's death, Grant MacDonald is determined to tame his hellion wife. On a mission to Edinburgh to prevent war, sparks fly as they spar with each other, and Grant is starting to wonder if maybe his wife is a wee bit misunderstood. He'll need to use every tool in his arsenal to distract his alluring wife from her quest for vengeance...before it's too late for them both. Each book in the Highland Pride series is STANDALONE: * Highland Deception * Highland Redemption * Highland Temptation * Highland Salvation * Highland Obligation
Tired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you’re a visitor or a local looking for something different, let Iowa Off the Beaten Path show you the Hawkeye State you never knew existed. Sample the history—and delectable dishes—of Dubuque with the Victorian House Tour and Progressive Dinner. Visit the World’s Smallest Church, a stone chapel built on a country road near Festina in 1885 and containing four tiny pews. Or enjoy the rebirth of the Iowa wine industry with a trip along the Iowa Wine Trail. So if you’ve “been there, done that” one too many times, get off the main road and venture Off the Beaten Path.
A comprehensive summary of best practices in ethics development on campus, providing a variety of practical ways to promote formation of ethics and character among college students and young adults. We are all called upon to make ethical decisions every day—ones regarding being honest with others, not cheating in order to save effort or get ahead, or avoiding involvement in situations that will result in injury to ourselves or others—in short, choosing whether or not to do the "right thing" in all types of situations. On every relational level and throughout an unlimited range of everyday choices and actions, ethical issues come into play. This is especially true for students and young adults. Graduating with Honor: Best Practices to Promote Ethics Development in College Students offers best practices for ethical formation on campus, covering subjects such as how to create an organizational culture of ethics; ethical decision-making situations and circumstances on- and off-campus, curricular and extracurricular; specific developmental goals and challenges in the college setting; ethical principles for decision making; and how faith communities can serve the promotion of student ethics. The book also provides multiple resources and examples of successful efforts to mediate unethical behavior by colleges, supplies a theoretical foundation for ethical formation in college, and outlines what colleges, parents, and students themselves can do to nurture ethical development during the college years.
Forensic Microscopy: A Laboratory Manual will provide the student with a practical overview and understanding of the various microscopes and microscopic techniques employed within the field of forensic science. Each laboratory experiment has been carefully designed to cover the variety of evidence disciplines within the forensic science field with carefully set out objectives, explanations of each topic and worksheets to help students compile and analyse their results. The emphasis is placed on the practical aspects of the analysis to enrich student understanding through hands on experience. The experiments move from basic through to specialised and have been developed to cover a variety of evidence disciplines within forensic science field. The emphasis is placed on techniques currently used by trace examiners. This unique, forensic focused, microscopy laboratory manual provides objectives for each topic covered with experiments designed to reinforce what has been learnt along with end of chapter questions, report requirements and numerous references for further reading. Impression evidence such as fingerprints, shoe tread patterns, tool marks and firearms will be analysed using simple stereomicroscopic techniques. Body fluids drug and trace evidence (e.g. paint glass hair fibre) will be covered by a variety of microscopes and specialized microscopic techniques.
Cultivating Empire charts the connections between missionary work, capitalism, and Native politics to understand the making of the American empire in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. It presents American empire-building as a negotiated phenomenon that was built upon the foundations of earlier Atlantic empires, and it shows how U.S. territorial and economic development went hand-in-hand. Lori. J. Daggar explores how Native authority and diplomatic protocols encouraged the fledgling U.S. federal government to partner with missionaries in the realm of Indian affairs, and she charts how that partnership borrowed and deviated from earlier imperial-missionary partnerships. Employing the terminology of speculative philanthropy to underscore the ways in which a desire to do good often coexisted with a desire to make profit, Cultivating Empire links eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century U.S. Indian policy—often framed as benevolent by its crafters—with the emergence of racial capitalism in the United States. In the process, Daggar argues that Native peoples wielded ideas of philanthropy and civilization for their own purposes and that Indian Country played a critical role in the construction of the U.S. imperial state and its economy. Rather than understand civilizing missions simply as tools for assimilation, then, Cultivating Empire reveals that missions were hinges for U.S. economic and political development that could both devastate Indigenous communities and offer Native peoples additional means to negotiate for power and endure.
Veterans' Journeys Home is a vivid portrayal of military life and its aftermath for US troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Highlighting the challenges US veterans face in today's changing military culture, the book depicts the haunting and visceral memories of returning soldiers, conversations with mental health providers, and offers an alternative approach to healing the emotional wounds of war. For anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the human costs of recent wars this book is invaluable. It combines a moving narrative with a penetrating analysis of the welfare and post-conflict treatment of veterans.
One hundred spectacular antique quilts from one of the largest, privately held quilt and textile collections in the world. Turn back time with color photos and insightful essays about America’s quilting past! Admire one hundred antique quilts and textiles you’ve never seen before, curated from the remarkable Poos Collection. Flip through the pages to find a wide range of styles in pre-Civil War quilting—elaborate hand piecing and appliqué, signature quilts, wholecloth beauties, cutout chintz, and intarsia, plus the only known example of an American pictorial war quilt. An invaluable resource to America’s quilt history, the Poos Collection shares its classic, one-of-a-kind quilts. Admire one hundred colorful artifacts from the priceless Poos Collection Read insights and information on the history behind the quilts Relax and feast your eyes on these pre-1860 quilts, including album, wool, paper-pieced, white-on-white wholecloth, red and green, indigo, and chintz quilts
Dedicated to travelers with a taste for the unique, these easy-to-use, state-by-state guides will help you discover the hidden places that most tourists miss -- shining the spotlight squarely on the off-beat. If it's funky, funny, little known, or out of the way, then you'll probably find it in Off the Beaten Path "RM". -- More sidebars about the quirky and unique -- Additional state trivia -- Fully updated information
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