Musical Comedy 3 m, 2 f Too Old for the Chorus is a smart, funny musical revue about men and women who find themselves suddenly 50! Set in their neighborhood retro coffee shop, five characters express in 18 musical numbers the gamut of their frustrations and joys - from troublesome relations with still demanding parents and cutting edge technology to finding delight in second careers (and second chances), getting smarter, and finally knowing that "Age is just a Number." The title
IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE WONDERS OF THE EARLY EARTH! Packed with action, adventure, and heartbreak, the second installment of the Remnant Trilogy continues the imaginative and respectful look at the life of this hero of the faith as God shapes him into the man who eventually saves humanity’s future. As wickedness increases across the land, Noah and his loved ones endure painful consequences of a world bent on evil. King Lamech expands his rule through deception and force, but does his kindness toward Noah hint that things may change? Noah and Emzara explore their world and their eyes are opened anew to the creative genius of the Most High, yet mankind’s wretchedness threatens to upend their peaceful corner of the world. While tracking down the perpetrator of a malicious crime, they are tested by tragedy and must decide if they will sacrifice everything for truth and justice. After years of serving God, Noah reaches a crisis of faith due to his mounting frustrations with the proliferation of sin and the apparent silence from the Creator. Thrust into a series of perilous situations, Noah’s deepest convictions are challenged. His response will direct his course and change the world forever. More than just a novel, Noah: Man of Resolve features non-fiction sections in the back of the book that provide answers to popular questions about the time in which Noah lived and explain where certain characters and events from the book can be seen at the Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky.
The Free Incarcerated Man is a labor of love written specifically for men living in a prison population. With no hesitation it proclaims God still loves such men. Even the man who may have done a most heinous crime, perhaps believing no one could ever forgive him or still love him is wrong. In this book that man who lives behind iron bars and wants to truly be released from bondage will read of biblical truths which, when embraced and applied, can teach him to realize there is hope and forgiveness, mercy and healing even for him... The Free Incarcerated Man is testifying to the truth of the love of God and the Church has for those many reject. It extends across the world to all who have fallen short and sinned. Within this book are contained a great number of Scriptures from the Bible, God’s Word. The testimonies of prisoners in the Bible, itself, testifies that a man is absolutely able to be thankful to the God who created him; for that God has always wanted him; wanted him as His son!
It is by means of worship that man recognizes his absolute dependence upon God, comes into His presence, and gains practical knowledge of His goodness and sovereign majesty. Father Marie-Dominique Philippe, founder of the Congregation of St. John and one of the twentieth century's most profound theological and pastoral minds, takes us back to the First Commandment, back to the primacy of worship, in You Shall Worship One God. For only by recognizing the singular importance of worship, of making ourselves an offering of love before God, can we hope to fulfill the other commandments and develop a deep and lasting spiritual life. Divine revelation, says Father Philippe, presents true worship to us in the form of sacrifice. The Old Testament stories in which goods and lives are offered to God, and the holocausts and oblations of the Jewish Temple, train God's people to express their love and fidelity and penitence through sacrifice. In so doing they also prefigure and prepare us for the Passion of Our Lord on Calvary, the perfect and lasting sacrifice that completes and gives meaning to all the others. Christ's offering of Himself is at root a sacrifice of filial worship, glorifying the Father in the truest way possible and thereby effecting the greatest spiritual fruits. You Shall Worship One God is a fascinating study of the development of sacrificial worship throughout salvation history, a rich meditation on the mystery of the Cross, and a necessary reminder to our busy world that the heart of Christianity is found not in service to our fellow man, but in recognizing the Lord's supreme majesty before all. Such worship is essential to salvation, says Father Philippe, for it makes us die to ourselves in order to proclaim that God is first.
Savor this delightful collection packed with brothers and brides. The Chance brothers enjoy ranch life in California and are not searching for brides – until brides come to them like damsels in distress, pulling at their tender heartstrings. Will any of the rough-around-the-edges brothers stand a chance of barring their hearts from love as they offer a hand of compassion?
The Messengers Speak is unlike any other Bible book. This book is divided into a series of select stories that are written and presented in the format of a movie script/play as a creative way of reintroducing the Bible to its reading audience. The Messengers Speak is not meant to be read alone, but rather intended to be shared through theatrical fellowship. As the stories of the Bible unfold, the Christian readers participation/involvement is an innovated concept that sows GOD's written word. The Biblical characters throughout the Bible are The Messengers Speak array of constantly revolving (Messengers) whose purpose is to present readers with Biblical stories from the Holy Bible. The Messengers Speak provides readers with inspiring earthly stories that deliver profound heavenly-messages and bring GOD's holy word to life. GOD uses all kinds of people and tools to deliver HIS word. The Messengers Speak has the ability to change lives through the reading of GOD's written word.
This is the story of a little girl named Heaven. Traumatized by the death of her grandparents and the eventual abuse at the hands of an uncle, heaven struggles to find her place in a world haunted by flashbacks of a childhood filled with physical and sexual abuse. She witnesses the mistreatment of her mother by family and tries to grapple with feelings of being an outcast. One evening, at church she meets a boy who helps navigate her through a terrible youth while she wars with the idea of ending her life. This book is based on a true story. No one should assume that this work is fiction or non-fiction. It is clearly memories and some imaginations.
Time is finally running out. Mankind, with its wickedness and false religion, is reaching a point of no return, and Noah must fulfill God’s plan. Noah has experienced tragedy and loss yet has chosen to stand fast in his faith in the Creator. Judgment is approaching – but vengeance still stalks this righteous man who must do what has never been done to save the last remnants of this lost, antediluvian world. This is the final book in the popular Remnant Trilogy. Provides a unique perspective into the events of the Flood and the Ark Including fascinating connections to the popular Ark Encounter Answers important questions about historical and biblical details
Miriam Cordell would do anything to protect those closest to her, especially her family if put in a position to do so. Many years would pass before she would be put in such a position. Her thinking of protection would include doing things above the law. She had no qualms of doing what she had to do. Her marriage to Jack Cordell provided her and their children a very comfortable and happy life. This fairy tale existence would abruptly come to an end. After visiting her sister, she started that long drive down a dark road in the Hollywood hills home. Miriam picked up a hitchhiker starting the chain of events that would affect the lives of the Cordell family for the next thirty decades; of world wars, espionage, child ignored by a father, bribery, sibling rivalry, a mother’s mistrust and secrets kept and murder. Even when the Cordell sons grew into men, Jack continued his animosity toward the younger son Trace, while twins Jack Jr., and Al were doted by their father. Miriam knew of her husband’s treatment of their youngest son was because of that night she was attacked. Jack Jr. and Al had blond hair and blue eyes like their father while Trace had dark brown hair and brown eyes like his mother. It just added into Jack Sr.’s belief that Trace was not his son. Miriam would bide her time for the right time and place to make Jack believe differently. It took a murder for the truth of Trace’ conception to finally come out but many years later. After the murder of Miriam’s antagonist, Jack pleaded guilty to manslaughter thus protecting his family from the truth of the true murderer. Once out of prison, Jack kept his secret from Miriam and his sons. The whole sorted story would come out in a letter penned by Jack to his sons after he and Miriam had passed away. At the end, the Cordell sons vowed to help those who suffered in the hands of unscrupulous people, no matter what for love of family.
The beloved Twilight Cove trilogy concludes in this book that proves at Heartbreak Hotel, unexpected love can make even the most disillusioned hearts believe.
When Niamh's husband Jim disappears after a drunken night, she is blamed for his death by her older step-sister, Maeve. Alone, without money or a husband, she clings to her son James. Her thoughts and actions become a blur as she consideres her future and how to retrieve her son's twin, Caitlin, and find a new life for her family. Always being on the lookout for a better life and hoping to find true love again leads her into places she has never been and almost destroys her soul, dreams and life; but her determination leads to a new beginning in a far distant place. (Part One of two) Heartwarming..." Wendy O'Hanlan, Australian Provincial Newspapers (2005) 'Couldn't get anything done all weekend, had to finish this, ' Trish, [2008] 'I cried when I finished it, and wrote a poem...[ Keith, 2007] 'It's a wonderful story...' [Joyce, 2008] free download: http: //www.aussieoibooks.com.au
We all feel the pull, that innate knowing that we were put here on this earth for some important purpose greater than ourselves. But how can we realize that calling in a world that seems so utterly broken and in perpetual turmoil? How can one person make a difference? How do we help others, when overcoming our own personal problems seems so overwhelming? It is simply by rediscovering our connectedness through community participation that both our inner and outer worlds begin to transform. The Gifts of Community reveals the mutual path to personal and community development, a path that has been well hidden behind cultural messages of competition and self-preservation. By sharing your gifts with others, you are gifted with all that you have felt has been missing in your life. You grow as a person, realize your dreams, develop your talents, and meet your soul partners. And as you realize this potential and begin to think in the mindset of community, the world around you will change for the better as well. Community is a grand-scale gift exchange. As you give good to others, good comes back to you.
Marie-Laure Valandro takes the reader on both an outer and an inner journey of discovery by way of the grand, living museum of Western history and tradition, Florence, Italy. Wandering the streets, cathedrals, and museums of Florence and the surrounding towns of Tuscany, the author gives fresh life to the Florentine painters, philosophers, poets, and architecture of bygone eras, while showing their relevance for our lives today. Letters from Florence is much more than a travelogue; it takes the reader on a personal journey to inner landscapes, ancient and contemporary, through the author's own words and those of philosophers such as Goethe and Rudolf Steiner, the verse of Dante, and seventy of her evocative photographs. Regardless of whether one has visited Florence, the insights that Marie-Laure shares in Letters from Florence offer food for the mind and soul while entertaining the reader with the her observations and encounters, as well as her sometimes humorous critiques of modern Western culture and the spirit of our time. Read an excerpt from the book (PDF)
First published in 1990, this book represents the first full-length study of into the group of novels designated ‘Rosicrucian’ and traces the emergence of this distinct fictional genre, revealing a continuous occult tradition running through seemingly diverse literary texts. Taking the Enlightenment as a starting point, the author shows how the physician’s secular appropriation of the idea of eternal life, through the study of longevity and physical decay, attracted writers like William Godwin. It focuses on the bodily immortality of the Rosicrucian hero and investigates the novels of five major writers — Godwin, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, Maturin, and Bulwer-Lytton.
A young widow, Lovejoy Spencer has experienced the worst that marriage can offer. Now she is determined to make sure her younger sister and two friends are not about to make the same mistake when they travel across the country, intent on marrying three brothers. Daniel Chance is a surly widower lost in grief over his wife's death years earlier. Even if he were interested in her, Lovejoy knows their friendship could have no future because she must return to Salt Lick Holler where the people depend on her training in medicinal herbs. Will Lovejoy turn from the promise of a new life and return to the safety of her past? Or will this last chance for love lead her to a future she had never dreamt possible?
“From the time I was a young child on into adulthood, my heart and spirit have been wounded, my rights violated, my future threatened, and my performance not accepted. I grew up believing that I was unlovable. My identity was distorted.” How can you recover from such traumatic beginnings? Where do you even start to heal? What or who can help you find your way to a healthy self-perception? My Anchor of Hope, an open and honest memoir of the author’s life, reveals the details of her difficult childhood and adolescence, her unhealthy choices, and her violent marriage. While each of these life experiences left her with very definite scars and ramifications, Alison Marie determinedly refused to allow them to define her. Her early conversion to Christianity offered her a solid belief in the hope and grace of God, and she persevered. When she felt a desire growing within to help people discover how their upbringing and childhood experiences had affected them, she pursued a post-secondary education with the goal of achieving a bachelor’s degree in psychology. God’s providence continually showed up, providing her and her children with appropriate living accommodations and schools, moral support, and even groceries on occasion. Throughout the many challenges that arose, Alison Marie struggled to maintain her equilibrium with more success in some times than in others. Her ongoing belief in God’s goodness provided a solid foundation upon which she could build, and her research continues to provide helpful insights into the consequences of childhood trauma and domestic abuse. Her perceptiveness allows her to apply the latest research on this topic from credible academic resources to her own situation, and she passes her wisdom on in her narrative. This story is one of restoration, redemption, and freedom. It offers hope to all women who are suffering through difficult times and shows them how to break free from the abuse and self-contempt that controls their lives, allowing them to find a peace and self-love that is real and everlasting.
Still battling the grief of losing her parents, Heart is one of the youngest kingpins running the streets and she uses her power to start a war with Spade. Just like her name, Heart only sees red as she tears through the streets knocking down Spade’s pawns like only a real queen would. However, with her soldiers dropping left and right, Heart is forced to take on an unlikely ally: her long lost cousin, Ace. Cunning and mysterious, Ace takes on a new identity and finds himself breaking bread with Spade, his father and enemy. The road to hell isn’t easy, but he soon discovers that in Spade’s world it’s called Headquarters, a large building in the middle of the hood holding the secrets to Spade’s organization. Forced to wear two faces, Ace teeters the blurred lines of being the faithful soldier and the scorned son. Bitter and angered by her sudden replacement, Diamond’s eyes are only set on revenge: revenge for the embarrassment of being tossed aside by Spade, revenge for being replaced with someone younger and prettier, and most importantly, revenge for her love being rejected by Spade. With a new alliance formed with King and Ace, Diamond may have the key to Spade’s undoing or possibly the last piece of her undoing. Once one of the most respected lieutenants in the hood, King has been exiled and not only has his pride been stolen from him, but a piece of him that can't be replaced. As King comes to term with this sudden life change, he wonders if his condition will ruin any chance he had of reuniting with Heart or will he be able to his queen rule the streets as her king? Once divided by separate goals, Heart, King, Diamond and Ace have now come together to right the wrongs caused by the king of the streets, Spade. Will they be able to overthrow Spade or will he defeat them again and this time have no mercy?
An epic story of the American wheat harvest, the politics of food, and the culture of the Great Plains For over one hundred years, the Mockett family has owned a seven-thousand-acre wheat farm in the panhandle of Nebraska, where Marie Mutsuki Mockett’s father was raised. Mockett, who grew up in bohemian Carmel, California, with her father and her Japanese mother, knew little about farming when she inherited this land. Her father had all but forsworn it. In American Harvest, Mockett accompanies a group of evangelical Christian wheat harvesters through the heartland at the invitation of Eric Wolgemuth, the conservative farmer who has cut her family’s fields for decades. As Mockett follows Wolgemuth’s crew on the trail of ripening wheat from Texas to Idaho, they contemplate what Wolgemuth refers to as “the divide,” inadvertently peeling back layers of the American story to expose its contradictions and unhealed wounds. She joins the crew in the fields, attends church, and struggles to adapt to the rhythms of rural life, all the while continually reminded of her own status as a person who signals “not white,” but who people she encounters can’t quite categorize. American Harvest is an extraordinary evocation of the land and a thoughtful exploration of ingrained beliefs, from evangelical skepticism of evolution to cosmopolitan assumptions about food production and farming. With exquisite lyricism and humanity, this astonishing book attempts to reconcile competing versions of our national story.
In life we all have adventures. You're invited to join Emily as she reluctantly gets into a car with a stranger. The day is filled with unique destinations confronting Emily’s personal challenges and issues in life. Biblical insights help Emily & the reader better understand things like pride, hope, unforgiveness, hate and much more on her journey to finding peace.
April Chance needs help. She has no idea how to be courted, but Peter MacPherson aims to teach her. April thinks Peter is just being brotherly, but he has a mind to win her heart and start a family of their own. Will she ever believe she's much more than cooking skills and an ample waistline? By the time she realizes her feelings for Peter, will it be too late? Kate Chance has never been overly feminine. But the newest ranch hand, Matt Salter, has her feeling downright ladylike. As her heart realizes the truth of her feelings for him, his secret assignment in Reliable is discovered and threatens to destroy her fragile trust and hope for love. Could the Lord have plans to decorate the lives of two exceptional women with the love they least expect?
CAN WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THE DEEP THOUGHTS OF GOD? No one knows the thoughts of God. His spirit can reveal to us the deep thoughts of God through His words. We see in1st Corinthians 2:11 that no man knows the thoughts of a man, except the spirit of the man which is in him, even so, no one knows the thoughts of God, except the spirit of God. This 11 chapter of this book will help you recognize that God has good thoughts for each one of us. The plan God has for us is not to harm us, but to give us hope and a future. AUTHOR'S PROFILE: Marie F. Exil, author of "Women Freedom is Yours", is a mother of 4 children and a step son: four boys and a girl, and grand mother of one girl. Marie attended Evangelical Charismatic church in Brighton, MA, where she has learned about God's words. Marie is a member of Life Link Church in Arizona. Marie accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior at the age of 17. Marie had also worked as a volunteer for Stepping Stone for All in Massachusetts from 1995-2003, an organization helping women and family, where they're demonstrated needs spiritually, financially, mentally. In 2001, Marie was part of a team "Stepping and Stone for All" who traveled to Nigeria to assist, teach, and witness the words of God to prostitutes. Marie is a member and founder of "Women helping women for Christ" in Arizona. Marie is from Haiti. Marie immigrated into the United States in 1980. She resided in Brooklyn, NY, with her parents Pierre Andre, and Veronique Exil. Marie attended South Shore High School in Brooklyn, NY. Marie obtained a Bachelor Degree of General Studies in Human Studies from the University of Rhode Island.
In this world, we have weather forecasters who warn us of upcoming storms. They tell us of how the storm happened, where it is located, and how to prepare. God has his weather forecasters as well. They are called prophets. They hear Gods voice and tell others what he wants them to know, so they will prepare. After you read this book, you may have a better understanding of what is going on today. And you can choose to live with purpose, preparing your loved ones and yourself for what God is saying that is coming.
Do you know what the greatest challenge to the manifestation of the kingdom of heaven in the earth is? Have you ever wondered why many Christians start serving the Lord with great passion but soon lose their zeal becoming lukewarm? Do you know why some people do not want anything to do with the church? Confronting the spirit of religion goes behind the scenes in the body of Christ and exposes the counterfeit religious system that is at work, deceiving many sinners and saints. Confronting the spirit of religion is one of the most controversial books you will read. Author Ann Marie Alman takes you on a journey that will bring you face to face with the hypocrisy of the religious spirit today and reveals powerful truths as to how you can be free from its damaging effects. Ann Marie Alman is a multi-gifted international speaker, counselor and author of many books that address critical issues affecting Kingdom development within the church community. She serves as the Senior Minister at People of Destiny Ministries International in Brooklyn, New York, and as an Apostle to many pastors and ministries. Her ministry is noted by dynamic preaching, in-depth teaching, prophetic accuracy and her ability to lead people into spontaneous worship. Ann Marie is the glory of her husband, Pastor Colvin Alman, and the praise of her children, Colanne, Arielle, Kevin, and Joshua.
Laney McCain has unabashedly had her sights set on Galen O'Sullivan for years. And though Galen has treated her as nothing more than his best friend's pesky tag-along sister, Laney dares hope that now is the time he will open his eyes and truly recognize the woman she's become. But the arrival of Ishmael and Ivy Grubb, squatters on the O'Sullivans' land, diverts Galen's attention. Though the Grubbs are crass and uneducated, Galen shows mercy and allows them to stay in exchange for help around the farm. But it becomes a decision he lives to regret.... Sometimes the Journey to Love Is Truly Bittersweet
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