When your beautiful son comes to you and says he has had feelings of suicide, your heart skips a beat. You do whatever it takes to get him help. When your beautiful son comes to you and says he wants to become a woman, your world is suddenly turned upside down. A million thoughts invade your mind. Fear becomes your constant companion, and tears swell up inside you every time you think of what could be waiting ahead. You can't help feeling pride in your child for showing the kind of courage that would be needed for their long road ahead. You watch as your family struggles to come together and stay together in what will be the most trying of times.
When Marilyn Phillips, a teacher in Fort Worth, Texas, couldn't find the appropriate materials to teach her students about the city of Fort Worth, she enlisted the help of six former students and wrote her own curriculum! But Fort Worth Kids' View isn't a typical textbook. It's a fun book packed with pictures and insights from the kids who helped Ms. Phillips write the book and the perfect guide for anyone traveling to Fort Worth with kids! If you're even considering a trip to Fort Worth, Texas, with the kids, this book is a must-have!
Marilyn Hayes Phillips tells the story of her life which began in rural Minnesota, took her to corporate marketing and advertising careers in Manhattan and Italy, and brought her back again to her home state. She tells of another life circle--that of her Christian faith--how she left her devout upbringing, plodded through a career, failed marriages, loneliness, and emptiness, and once again found greater meaning, love, and daily joy, having renewed her relationship with Jesus.
This exciting book shares true and inspirational stories and our 50 favorite recipes. It is written by God's Amazing Love Storytellers (G.A.L.S.). We hope that you will enjoy some of our favorite family recipes. The stories in the book will challenge you to a deeper relationship with God. Writers include Marilyn Phillips, Carolyn Hedgecock, Sharon Booker, Tamara Roberts, Terri Howell, Rhonda Sparks and Barbara Christa.
Fifteen years ago, authors Marguerite (Phillips) Ryan and Marilyn (Phillips) Stanton did not set out to publish a book when they began to gather data about their family. Their curiosity about their forebears increased as they began to discover new data. "Following Our Phillips Trail" began in Marilyn's thought process as she began to put the data together. That trail leads from Northern Virginia, to North Carolina, to Tennessee, to Ohio, and finally to Indiana. Marguerite's meticulous land research has brought many exciting discoveries. Trips to sites and pictures enhance that research!Family members and other researchers will be interested in the Quaker heritage, the family histories, the pictures, the land maps, and the family and descendant groups listed in their research. If you are a Phillips or descendant, see if your name is listed in the Every Name Index.Come. Go with them as they follow their "Phillips Trail" that other Phillips Descendants have contributed to also.
Peace Ridge Village is a small town in rural Minnesota where people look out for one another. A town where "everybody knows your name." But a smooth-talking real estate agent visits the village with plans for transforming Peace Ridge into a tourist destination and in the process, long-buried secrets and hurts are revealed. Why Pastor Ed's wife and children do not serve with him at Valley Community Church? The secrets that Eva Butler, the town's prize-winning gardener, is hiding? The buried hurts in Bill and Donna's marriage? Jennie, the farmer's wife, and her hidden longing? It all comes together at the Crossroads Convenience Store where Romyn listens with a Christ-centered heart. Marilyn Hayes Phillips is the author of "A Wild Olive Shoot," her own personal spiritual memoir. "Shattered Peace" is Book 1 in the Peace Ridge Village Series. Book 2 is "Jason's Gift." She is also the author of a family history and cookbook called "How About a Little Lunch?" She lives in rural Minnesota with her husband, Lem.
...God works all things together for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." St. Paul's evocative promise in the Book of Romans becomes abundantly clear to the good neighbors of Peace Ridge Village, Minnesota as they prayerfully cope with making sense of life after senseless tragedies. Book Three in the Peace Ridge Village series continues the story of the beloved pastor, Ed Mitchell, who struggles to rebuild his marriage after the family tragedy that caused his wife, Jill, to retreat into impenetrable darkness. At the same time, he counsels and consoles his neighbors who have come to depend on his godly wisdom: Bill Nelson's wife, Donna, remains in a hopeless coma, as he copes with guilt, grief, and the rebuilding of his business after her financial betrayal; suicidal Veronica Marshall gains a glimmer of hope and peace when she begins to face her own dark sin; good friends, Romyn and Earl Randall who own the Crossroads Convenience store in Peace Ridge, persevere through setbacks to come close to realizing their adoption dreams. The newcomers, Titos and Maria Papadopoulos, begin to rebuild their lives in Peace Ridge after their son's death in Afghanistan. And we delight in getting to know the boy poet, Brian Peterson, who awaits reunion with his self-centered mother, Delaney, and expresses his loneliness and longing in his little nature poems. Marilyn Hayes Phillips is the author of "Shattered Peace" and "Jason's Gift", Books One and Two in the Peace Ridge Village series. She also authored "A Wild Olive Shoot", her personal spiritual memoir, and "How About a Little Lunch?" an anecdote-rich family history and cookbook featuring over 600 family "keeper" recipes.
Celebrate how God works all things together for good when tragedy happens to the good neighbors of Peace Ridge Village. In "Shattered Peace," the first book of the Peace Ridge Village series, readers delighted in getting to know the friendly neighbors of Peace Ridge Village. It was like coming home to a peaceful, idyllic small-town where close knit neighbors lovingly accept one another, warts and all. "Jason's Gift" is the sequel to "Shattered Peace" featuring all the beloved characters: Pastor Ed Mitchell of Valley Community Church buries his own heartache to stand shoulder to shoulder with Bill Nelson as he faces the unimaginable. Romyn and Earl Randall, owners of the Crossroads Convenience Store, with their long-buried grief, discover new opportunities to give and love. Delaney, the self-centered beautiful businesswoman, finds her world unexpectedly overturned. And Shiloh, the bright, sassy, ten-year-old that captured hearts in "Shattered Peace" encounters unexpected evil that threatens her beauty and innocence. Marilyn Hayes Phillips is the author of "A Wild Olive Shoot," her own personal spiritual memoir. "Shattered Peace" is Book 1 in the Peace Ridge Village Series. Book 2 is "Jason's Gift." She is also the author of a family history and cookbook called "How About a Little Lunch?" She lives in rural Minnesota with her husband, Lem.
When God first created man, it was from the dust. For some, God not only creates them from the dust, He also calls them out from the dust as ordinary human beings to testify of His love and to be messengers for the Good News that God has for His people. You will be encouraged and uplifted by this compelling story of how Almighty God led Thang and Moi on a journey of faith, hope and love and into a ministry to the nation of India to change people for eternity.
Fragments is an event—an unforgettable book that will redefine one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century and that, nearly fifty years after her death, will definitively reveal Marilyn Monroe's humanity. Marilyn's image is so universal that we can't help but believe we know all there is to know of her. Every word and gesture made headlines and garnered controversy. Her serious gifts as an actor were sometimes eclipsed by her notoriety—and by the way the camera fell helplessly in love with her. Beyond the headlines—and the too-familiar stories of heartbreak and desolation—was a woman far more curious, searching, witty, and hopeful than the one the world got to know. Now, for the first time, readers can meet the private Marilyn and understand her in a way we never have before. Fragments is an unprecedented collection of written artifacts—notes to herself, letters, even poems—in Marilyn's own handwriting, never before published, along with rarely seen intimate photos. Jotted in notebooks, typed on paper, or written on hotel letterhead, these texts reveal a woman who loved deeply and strove to perfect her craft. They show a Marilyn Monroe unsparing in her analysis of her own life, but also playful, funny, and impossibly charming. The easy grace and deceptive lightness that made her performances indelible emerge on the page, as does the simmering tragedy that made her last appearances so affecting.
A collection of twenty stories of mystery and suspense ..... Kris Neri presents a dark tale in which an abused woman uses the legal system to free herself from her abuser. Gary Phillips' story features a home invasion gone awry. Marilyn Meredith shows us that mob mentality (even in church)could be fatal. Additional tales include: a terrorist with a pet dog, killer fog, a stalker becomes the hunted, a serial killer and crimes arising from life on our dangerous streets. These stories illustrate the awful truth--that we are truly Never Safe. "Never Safe lives up to its name with dark tales of desire, madness, cruelty and despair. Gritty and gripping." -- Carolyn Hart
A tender homage to much-beloved grandmothers, this unique collection of delicious recipes will bring eager anticipation to your table and a smile on your face as you pore over the delightful stories woven throughout the recipes themselves. The collection of over 500 delicious recipes is prefaced by a fascinating family history of this quintessential American Midwest family. The compelling Hayes family story includes a Shawnee Indian raid on the family in the late 1700s, a poignant letter of the Civil War battle of Spotsylvania from a valiant 25-year old who would become the Mills family patriarch, and the Depression hardship and loss that forced the Wall family's 300 mile+ walk to the green pastures of central Minnesota and a better life. This book is a fascinating insight into a particular time and place and the stories will linger in your memory. The recipes themselves are sure to become your own family's "keeper recipes." Marilyn Hayes Phillips is the grand-daughter of Alma Diantha Mills Hayes and Amy Lucille Lancaster Wall. She is the author of "A Wild Olive Shoot," her own personal spiritual memoir and the author of the Peace Ridge Village series "Shattered Peace" and "Jason's Gift." She lives in rural Minnesota with her husband, Lem.
Secrets. Lies. Deception. For the past six years, Samantha Hunt has lived with the belief that the untimely death of her parents was the result of an unfortunate accident—that by the cruel hand of fate, she had been left an orphan. But it was a lie, a terrible lie told to her by those who wanted to keep her in the dark. And the truth... when revealed, will change her life and haunt her forever.Suddenly plagued by a series of events which find her in danger and in need of a savior, Samantha is repeatedly rescued by the mysterious and elusive Shadow—a stranger who seems to know more about her past and the tragedy which befell her family, than she does. Drawn to him despite the antagonism she feels whenever in his presence, Samantha soon discovers that Shadow is not what he appears to be. Determined to learn his true identity and why he has come to Mystery Falls, the small town in which she has spent all of her seventeen years, Samantha not only uncovers the secrets he refuses to share, but also the truth about her own past. A truth which forces her to acknowledge that things are not always as they seem, and sometimes, not even those close to you can be trusted. Resolved to seeking justice for the unwarranted death of her parents, Samantha embarks on a journey which brings her perilously close to her own demise. Can Shadow use his angel powers to save her yet again, or this time, will he be too late.
The adultery boom is on! Growing acceptance of this age-old sin is upon us. And if you haven't felt its shock waves yet, hold on - you will. This is America, the "exploding" society of the sophisticated, sexually-liberated, swinging adult. DIVORCE IS NOT THE ANSWER allows the ancient prophet Hosea dealt with his strumpet wife Gomer, we too must learn to master our moral destiny or become slaves to infidelity. Woven into this study from the Book of Hosea is the true story of a high-class prostitute. A "girl-gone bad" tells it like it is. This book will have you so concerned you will do something about it!
Once there had been something between them, something so strong that Lindsey phillips believed it would last a lifetime. Then Thad mcnally had been forced to choose between her and his duty as a federal agent-and his decision shattered her dreams forever.
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