Life Passion: Words Inspire Our Desire is an inspiring collection of poetry and short stories offering an alternative view of God and religion. Author Mark Gregory Washer gives a fresh perspective on life and Gods expectations of how we should live a spiritual life. He talks about the difference between right and wrong, both on a personal level along and with a more global approach. Many of the meditations offered in Life Passion are based upon Washers personal life experiences. From the sights and sounds of the romantic city of Odessa to fond memories of his great-grandmother, he envelopes himself in the spirituality of his life stories. Washer also considers the various religious writings and doctrines that bolster his strong religious beliefs. He offers a simpler view into Gods will that makes it more accessible to everyone, and he explores the timeless question so many ask: Why am I here? From Only Words Words can heal Words can hurt Words can make you lose your shirt Words are more Words are less In this deadly game of chess Words will lose Words will win Words will cause your soul to sin Does anyone hear me when I say I cant take another day Does anyone care when I shout Now its time to let me out
A top-to-bottom look at England's national game, from one of the UK's leading business economists. The Premier League is the most commercially successful football league in history, the self-proclaimed 'best league in the world'. But success has come at a cost, unbalancing the English game to a profound and damaging degree. Football's stumbling response to COVID-19 and the European Super League disaster are just the most recent examples. It is estimated that more than two thirds of the country's 92 professional clubs are loss-making; payments to agents each year regularly total more than the combined income of all 44 clubs in Leagues 1 and 2; supporters have been squeezed to the limit; racist incidents are on the rise; grassroots facilities are in a dreadful state; and failed World Cup bids have severely weakened England's standing in the global game. The national team's performance at Euro 2020 can't paper over the cracks. There is an alternative. In this revealing and eye-opening analysis, leading economist Mark Gregory reveals the breadth and depth of the problems facing our national men's game, and shows us a way to bring football home for good.
On two hundred and one days between May 1, 1245, and August 1, 1246, more than five thousand people from the Lauragais were questioned in Toulouse about the heresy of the good men and the good women (more commonly known as Catharism). Nobles and diviners, butchers and monks, concubines and physicians, blacksmiths and pregnant girls--in short, all men over fourteen and women over twelve--were summoned by Dominican inquisitors Bernart de Caux and Jean de Saint-Pierre. In the cloister of the Saint-Sernin abbey, before scribes and witnesses, they confessed whether they, or anyone else, had ever seen, heard, helped, or sought salvation through the heretics. This inquisition into heretical depravity was the single largest investigation, in the shortest time, in the entire European Middle Ages. Mark Gregory Pegg examines the sole surviving manuscript of this great inquisition with unprecedented care--often in unexpected ways--to build a richly textured understanding of social life in southern France in the early thirteenth century. He explores what the interrogations reveal about the individual and communal lives of those interrogated and how the interrogations themselves shaped villagers' perceptions of those lives. The Corruption of Angels, similar in breadth and scope to Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie's Montaillou, is a major contribution to the field. It shows how heretical and orthodox beliefs flourished side by side and, more broadly, what life was like in one particular time and place. Pegg's passionate and beautifully written evocation of a medieval world will fascinate a diverse readership within and beyond the academy.
Physicist George Norwell has always wanted to experiment with time travel. Funded by the government, the supersecret black holes he has created are potentially too dangerous to hand over to any government. So he "borrows" them. Successfully making a random trip into the past, Norwell cautiously expects to create no disturbance in the timestream. An unavoidable cascade of entanglements puts his faith and humanity on the line. Joined by friends, risks are undertaken to rescue an innocent woman from certain death. But a high price is to be paid in the form of angry villagers, domestic and international spies, and an unexpected galactic threat. No good deed shall go unpunished.
A personalized plan to restore gut harmony—and natural remedies for GERD or IBS pain—from two leading doctors in integrative medicine. Of the main human body systems, our digestive system is our center. If you’ve been diagnosed with a gastrointestinal disease or exhibit symptoms like chronic bad breath, gastritis, nausea, bloating, gas, cramping, constipation, or even incontinence—your gut is trying to tell you something. Work towards lasting, natural pain relief with renowned mind-body specialists, Gregory Plotnikoff, MD and Mark Weisberg, PhD. Based on years of clinical research, their revolutionary CORE program offers a comprehensive, drug-free approach to healing. Inside learn how to reclaim your life by making simple changes in your diet and sleep and: · Reduce pain and other gut symptoms naturally · Promote a healthy digestion process without drugs · Rewire your brain-gut connection · Recognize and manage the five forms of stress that lead to digestive disorders If you benefited from books such as The Mind-Gut Connection; Gut; or Heal Your Body, Cure Your Mind; then you’ll want to read Trust Your Gut. “If you or a loved one have suffered too long from gut distress, this book is for you. Trust Your Gut is a great resource for recovery. It will show you how to use scientifically grounded, natural methods that are easily accessible. I recommend it highly.”—Andrew Weil, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Spontaneous Healing “Finally a book with clear guidelines for people wanting to solve their gastrointestinal distress and disease.”—Bill Manahan, MD, assistant professor emeritus, University of Minnesota Academic Health Center
In January of 1208, a papal legate was murdered on the banks of the Rhone in southern France. A furious Pope Innocent III accused heretics of the crime and called upon all Christians to exterminate heresy between the Garonne and Rhone rivers--a vast region now known as Languedoc--in a great crusade. This most holy war, the first in which Christians were promised salvation for killing other Christians, lasted twenty bloody years--it was a long savage battle for the soul of Christendom. In A Most Holy War, historian Mark Pegg has produced a swift-moving, gripping narrative of this horrific crusade, drawing in part on thousands of testimonies collected by inquisitors in the years 1235 to 1245. These accounts of ordinary men and women, remembering what it was like to live through such brutal times, bring the story vividly to life. Pegg argues that generations of historians (and novelists) have misunderstood the crusade; they assumed it was a war against the Cathars, the most famous heretics of the Middle Ages. The Cathars, Pegg reveals, never existed. He further shows how a millennial fervor about "cleansing" the world of heresy, coupled with a fear that Christendom was being eaten away from within by heretics who looked no different than other Christians, made the battles, sieges, and massacres of the crusade almost apocalyptic in their cruel intensity. In responding to this fear with a holy genocidal war, Innocent III fundamentally changed how Western civilization dealt with individuals accused of corrupting society. This fundamental change, Pegg argues, led directly to the creation of the inquisition, the rise of an anti-Semitism dedicated to the violent elimination of Jews, and even the holy violence of the Reconquista in Spain and in the New World in the fifteenth century. All derive their divinely sanctioned slaughter from the Albigensian Crusade. Haunting and immersive, A Most Holy War opens an important new perspective on a truly pivotal moment in world history, a first and distant foreshadowing of the genocide and holy violence in the modern world.
Gregory's writing is full of enthusiasm and self-deprecating humour, and he evokes vividly the naive spirit of a pre X Factor age when bands' careers were built on hard touring and leopardskin waistcoats!" GEOFF BARTON - CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE "I loved this book. It was a great head-banging memoire, sort of like Chuck Klosterman's first classic - "Fargo Rock City", only about the edges of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal instead. A very cool stroll through a life". MARTIN POPOFF: H.M. AUTHOR & PUBLISHER"Wonderful book". ROB EVANS: CLASSIC ROCK AOR MAGAZINE"Endlessly entertaining!" STEVE PRATT: NORTHERN ECHO “Saltburn, Salford, Salisbury, or Southampton, if you followed any local music scene back in the day, this is a must read!” MIKE SWEENEY: ROCK RADIO & BBC"Fantastic memories of a time when small town bands dreamed of being major league Rock Stars........excellent stuff! STEVE BARDSLEY: BLACK ROSE“Bloody Brilliant! Great use of pyro!” GARY PHILIPSON: REAL RADIO "If you love the band Satan, you'll love this mighty tome". DAVE SHERWOOD: IRON FIST MAGAZINE“No Sleep Till Saltburn is an important book. It captures an untold story, and also gives you an insight into the humour, the 'Carry On' atmosphere of the time”. CHRIS PHIPPS: ROCK MUSIC HISTORIAN, ITV "A very witty and true to life rendition of heavy metal life in the early 80's!! I know because I was there and it was a load of fun,very much like this book!"DAVE HARDY: NWOBHM MUSIC & ROADIE"Very funny and full of stuff I'd either forgotten or didn't know! Thank God somebody was taking notes!" CHRIS WATSON: BLACK ROSELet Mark Gregory drag you kicking and screaming back to the truly “Golden Age Of Rock & Roll”. To the great North East New Wave Of British Heavy Metal in the early 1980's. A time when you worked hard, played hard, and rocked even harder! A time when there really was… “No Sleep Till Saltburn!”
Can we engage in prayer that is more effective, less harmful, and doesn't make God look bad? This workbook, alongside the book, Divine Echoes, will inform and equip both individuals and small groups to pray transformative and subversive prayers that will increase God's shalom in the world. This study guide will also help readers develop their own theology of petitionary prayer while taking into account theodicy, social justice, and personal moral responsibility.
NET Trigger: The Federal Bureau of Investigation receives an anonymous tip of an international technology company's plot to shut down the Internet and create a national security risk. They also obtain photographic negatives from a 24-year-old 35-millimeter camera depicting passengers struggling to survive a Convair 580 plane crash. The resolution of the crisis can only be found in the remains of the crash, deep in the Campeche jungle of Mexico. Though separated by decades, two timelines converge as Agent Darin Newsom and a team from Honduras search for the wreckage and the documents that can stop the countdown of the “NET Trigger.”
The research reported on here sought to characterize natural organic matter (NOM) in dilute solutions and to isolate it without altering its properties, so that the effect of NOM in drinking water may be considered. Several NOM isolation methods were evaluated, including evaporation, reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, and adsorption. The effects of such isolation procedures on NOM's chemical composition and reactivity were considered. Based on these studies, the report presents conclusions regarding the feasibility and adequacy of in situ and ex situ techniques. Croue is affiliated with Laboratoire de Chimie de l'Eau de l'Environment, Universite de Poiters. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Can we engage in prayer that is more effective, less harmful, and doesn't make God look bad? Theologian, therapist, and ordained pastor Mark Karris offers a first-of-a-kind book that explores petitionary prayer alongside theodicy, social justice, and personal moral responsibility. Is petitionary prayer an archaic and superstitious practice better left for old-time religious folk? Is there a more effective method of praying that doesn't put all the responsibility on God? Mark Karris tackles these questions and much, much more! Rich with theological wisdom, provocative insights, and enormously practical, Divine Echoes journeys through the investigation, deconstruction, and reconstruction of petitionary prayer. Karris also reveals a revolutionary model of petitionary prayer that he refers to as "conspiring prayer." Filled with real-life examples and case studies, this book will inform and equip both individuals and churches to pray transformative and subversive prayers that will increase God's love, healing, and beauty in the world.--Back cover.
The Fourth Floor of the Mercy Regional Hospital is known as the Crossing Ward. It's a place where people go to die, but what if terminally ill patients are dying faster than expected in a startling trend? What if some of the patients are having visitations – is it an angel of death or the presence of the Lord himself? Brody Cademan, a former pastor, has found himself in the middle of a murder mystery, and he is thrust into a ministry for those who are dying – but he struggles to give them hope when he no longer believes in heaven and eternity. Tragedy and grief have destroyed his faith. But a new relationship, and a new focus, could reignite his belief in God.
The title "nakedLEADERSHIP" captures some of the difficulty faced by leaders. We are exposed and vulnerable, constantly under the crucible of scrutiny by our peers and critics. That's the external perspective. Yet, the greatest component of naked leadership is the question of who we are internally and how this affects our interaction with others. When you strip everything away from our lives, or take it all off to reveal the core of who we are, what's really left? Do we have a strong enough sense of our personhood? Do we have the personal reserves and resources to remain intact emotionally and spiritually? That is when the true core of a leader is disclosed!
This critique, my greatest achievement at my alma mater, the College of Wooster, could have been beneficial. A health mind, lost directly thereafter due to poor support in job searching, saw college life as the best and worst times of my life. From this highly demanding envious arose my document. Today daymares of my readers' need for understanding William Golding in the light see my picking up some. Currently my medical compliance shall determine future success. Eager commitment to novel writing encourages keeping out of the mental institution. I am now seriously blessed by a good God, who seeing how some live wants William Golding as preferably by a British icon for His people to learn from.
The World in Brooklyn: Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic Politics in a Global City, is a collection of scholarly papers which analyze demographic, social, political, and economic trends that are occurring in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, as the context, reflects global forces while also contributing to them. The idea for this volume developed as the editors discovered a group of scholars from different disciplines and various universities studying Brooklyn. Brooklyn has always been legendary and has more recently regained its stature as a much sought after place to live, work and have fun. Popular folklore has it that most U.S. residents trace their family origins to Brooklyn. It is presently referred to as one of the “hippest” places in New York. Thus, this book is a collection of demographic, ethnographic, and comparative studies which focus on urban dynamics in Brooklyn. The chapters investigate issues of social class, urban development, immigration, race, ethnicity and politics within the context of Brooklyn. As a whole, this book considers both theoretical and practical urban issues. In most cases the scholarly perspective is on everyday life. With this in mind there are also social justice concerns. Issues of social segregation and attendant homogenization are brought to light. Moreover, social class and race advantages or disadvantages, as part of urban processes, are underscored through critiques of local policy decisions throughout the chapters. A common thread is the assertion by contributors that planning the future of Brooklyn needs to include multi-ethnic, racial, and economic groups, those very residents who make-up Brooklyn.
The essential notebook for any manager, team leader, or team member that wants to gather ideas and feedback for helping their team excel. It contains inspiring quotes with actionable coaching questions designed to prompt higher levels of performance as well as over 180 pages of lined, blank and square ruled notepaper. The perfect tool for taking daily observations of team member performance, saving ideas, capturing feedback, brainstorming and preparing for team meetings.
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