With the small but powerfully inspiring word "hope," nationally recognized leader and policy-maker Governor Mike Huckabee points out that progress for our country cannot happen with the continued bipartisan rift dividing it. He taps into the fundamental core of every American, confronting matters closest at hand with the call for a critical change in perspective and a clear plan of action that shows what we can become as a truly indivisible nation. The governor presents 12 key things we need to STOP doing in order to make America stronger, speaking out on immigration, the job market, health care, education, and taxes, and provides practical solutions that could bring our nation to higher ground.
p>We need hope in our world. Flowing forth from the Heart of Jesus is a torrent of mercy that is the source of this much-needed hope. Mike Pacer helps readers to discover how in God's mercy we find a reason for joy here on earth and expectation for eternal joy in Heaven. Mike's engaging and straightforward approach sheds light on the following: The merciful and loving God revealed in the Old Testament Jesus Christ as the source of mercy and reason for hope The hope imparted through the message of Divine Mercy given to St. Faustina Mary's role as the Mother of Mercy and Hope Hope is not merely a feeling, but also an action through which our lives are transformed. Mike Pacer provides practical suggestions on how we can live more joyful lives through being merciful to others and receiving mercy ourselves.
How powerful is integrity? Just ask minister-turned-statesman, Mike Huckabee. As lieutenant governor of Arkansas in 1996, he was publicly cast between the ultimate rock and hard place when his boss, governor Jim Guy Tucker, refused to resign despite his felony convictions in the Whitewater scandal. Holding fast to the tenets of honor and faith, and his concern over what was best for the state’s people, Huckabee led the impeachment charge against his superior before a televised audience. That same day, Tucker resigned, and Huckabee would serve as governor of Arkansas until 2007, winning many national honors along the way. Character Makes a Difference is Mike Huckabee’s biographical account of how he handled that potentially major constitutional crisis and why he believes character is the key issue in everyone’s life, “in the work you do, the candidates you vote for, the people who look to you for leadership.”
With laugh-out-loud funny parenting observations, the New York Times bestselling author and award-winning comedian delivers a book that is perfect for anyone who has ever raised a child, been a child, or refuses to stop acting like one. In 2016 comedian Mike Birbiglia and poet Jennifer Hope Stein took their fourteen-month-old daughter Oona to the Nantucket Film Festival. When the festival director picked them up at the airport she asked Mike if he would perform at the storytelling night. She said, "The theme of the stories is jealousy." Jen quipped, "You're jealous of Oona. You should talk about that." And so Mike began sharing some of his darkest and funniest thoughts about the decision to have a child. Jen and Mike revealed to each other their sides of what had gone down during Jen's pregnancy and that first year with their child. Over the next couple years, these stories evolved into a Broadway show, and the more Mike performed it the more he heard how it resonated—not just with parents but also people who resist all kinds of change. So he pored over his journals, dug deeper, and created this book: The New One: Painfully True Stories From a Reluctant Dad. Along with hilarious and poignant stories he has never shared before, these pages are sprinkled with poetry Jen wrote as she navigated the same rocky shores of new parenthood. So here it is. This book is an experiment—sort of like a family.
ARE YOU WONDERING HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN TODAY’S CULTURE THAT WILL BENEFIT FUTURE GENERATIONS? Former Governor Mike Huckabee shares how to live a life that will continue to be felt by those who carry your legacy forward. Whether in politics, family, education, or business, what matters most is leaving a legacy for future generations. Rare, Medium or Done Well emphasizes the importance of understanding where we’ve been, where we are now, and how both determine where we’re going. Mike asserts, “A person who has no standard to live by other than the culture of the moment is a person whose principles might as well come from the latest public opinion polls.”
A compelling and emotional novel, for fans of Jojo Moyes and Jenny Colgan. 'With a style similar to David Nicholls, Gayle's writing is incisive, lyrical and very beautiful . . . It's impossible not to fall in love with the Hope family' Irish Independent Tom Hope is broken. Ever since his wife Laura died he hasn't been the same man, and definitely not the same father. Luckily for Tom his mother-in-law Linda is around to pick up the pieces and look after his two struggling daughters, Evie and Lola. But Tom getting arrested on the first anniversary of his wife's death is the last straw for Linda. In a last bid attempt to make Tom reconnect with his daughters she takes drastic action and leaves for Australia. With two fast-maturing daughters Tom has to learn how to accept his responsibilities and navigate the newly discovered world of single fatherhood - starting immediately. With only himself to rely on, will Tom fall back into grief or finally step up and be the father his girls need? Order Mike's brilliant new novel A Song of Me and You now!
The Martin Luther King Memorial on the National Mall of Washington, DC, is dedicated to the first person of color, first person for peace, and first person with no public or government position, etc. The values this person represents—democracy, justice, equal rights, hope, and love—are ever more relevant to the advance of human civilization of our own society and those of the whole world. The unique memorial style also sets it apart from all the other memorials on the National Mall of Washington, DC. Its central piece, the Stone of Hope, is the first granite statue, the tallest, and installed outdoor. It was designed, carved, and installed by a Chinese master sculptor, Lei Yixin. You may want to know who first initiated this project. Who managed the operation of the memorial development project? Whose design was finally selected? Who is Lei Yixin? How and why he was chosen to be the sculptor of record? How did he design and build the massive Stone of Hope and the Mountains of Despair out of granite? Where did he create those art pieces? And from where did they ship the stone to Washington DC? How did he install this central piece of the memorial? This book will give you all above and more answers you would like to know.
“Every Christmas, I still think about that guitar and the sacrifice it represented. And I hope I don’t forget to think about the greatest sacrifice of all, God’s gift of Himself.” Christmas has become synonymous with shopping, overindulging, competition, and stress. But according to Mike Huckabee (who was a pastor before getting into politics), that was never God’s intention. Going back to the Nativity, Christmas is supposed to be about simple things: faith, love, family, and hope. The hard part, in today’s crazy world, is remembering that those simple things are the most precious of all. Now Huckabee recounts twelve Christmas memories—often funny, sometimes deeply moving—that range from his childhood in Arkansas to his years as a young husband and father to his time as a governor and then a presidential candidate. These true stories will help you smile, take a deep breath, and maybe slow down your own holiday treadmill. If you’re looking for a little clarity, sanity, and inspiration at this insane time of year, you’re sure to enjoy A Simple Christmas.
Something gnawing away inside his body was suggesting it should be taken out of its comfort zone. At 30 years old, Mike discovered rock and winter climbing perhaps a little later in life, it just meant he had to train harder and catch up on the others rather quickly, pretty soon progression into the world of mountaineering, alpinism and interesting adventures were to follow. In writing from his personal accounts from Alaska to the southern tip of Patagonia or from Baffin Island to Norway’s Lofoten Isles, he endeavours to transport the reader to those remarkable worlds to become intimate with them and their extremes of remoteness, wanting to share the rawness and intimacy of nature which is truly inspirational. Conventional family holidays were a thing of the past as Lynne, his wife, joined in on some of the adventures. All of these were achieved while both held down full-time employment, Mike as a production manager and Lynne as a dental receptionist. Their offspring, Gary and Nicky, were not short of a few adventures of their own too. Unfortunately, in the places visited, the evidence became abundantly clear of our rapidly changing world and of the tragic impact the human race is having upon it.
The New York Times bestseller that’s perfect for any parent or Grandparent A few years ago, Mike Huckabee began drafting a series of letters to his grandchildren, Chandler and Scarlett, about the things that matter most: faith, love, family, overcoming adversity, and staying true to your values in the face of failure and temptation. Those letters are collected in this charming and inspirational bestseller, full of personal stories. They are nonpolitical and have universal appeal, no matter what your age, religion, or personal situation. We can all benefit from what Huckabee wishes he had known during tough times, rather than learning the hard way.
There is hope in CHRIST JESUS, who gave HIS life to a world in need of hope and HIS light, a world lost in the darkness of sin and its depravity. There is life in the blood, and without its shedding, there would be no hope for the remission of sin. JESUS, who bore our stripes and took our place, the WORD made flesh, the SON of GOD, the ONLY WAY to the FATHER. It is because of HIM there is hope; and who the LORD sets free is free indeed, for GOD is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Brokenness is what lead me to the cross of CHRIST. HE called me out of darkness, into the light of HIS love, to be a little light that would point to HIM, the ONLY WAY home. I confess HE is the LORD of my heart, and that because of HIS love for me, I am not who I once was. By HIS grace, I am saved though faith in the completed work of the cross and the pure love it took to think of me. We are in this journey together. Let's love one another along the way as we walk each other home.
Globalization is not new, nor is it a policy, it’s a process that has existed as long as man looked over the horizon, travelled and traded. It can’t be stopped but it can be slowed. It came to a grinding halt in August 1914 and the Marxist detour cost millions of lives and lost three generations their opportunity and hope in many countries. More wealth has been created in the past 60 years than in all of history. After the most successful decade of sustained economic growth in history, this progress is threatened. Extreme inequality, corruption and environmental degradation threaten the stability and legitimacy of many developing countries’ regimes. Anti-globalization and anti-capitalist campaigners’ confidence has been emboldened due to the present economic crisis. Protectionist rhetoric is growing as are the arguments to control and regulate markets. Leaders are meeting to discuss how to face these problems and create a new international architecture. How did we get to this position? What should we do? What is it that determines why some contemporary states are successful while others have failed? Saving Globalization departs from its analysis of the globalised economy in the twenty-first century to answer these question by tracing the development of what Moore considers to be ‘the big ideas of history’: democracy, independent courts, the separation of church and state, property rights, independent courts, a professional civil service, and civil society. Democratic capitalism has worked for most people. Why? It is a remarkable story, from the Greeks to the Geeks, encompassing technological progress and the corrections and contradictions between liberty and equality, technology, growth and the environment. In defence of the many virtues and opportunities that globalisation offers, Mike Moore makes the case for a fresh and new approach to our international Institutions and for domestic policies that promote equity and fairness. The book controversially attacks the new enemies of reason and evidence. The threats now come from all sides, especially workers in developed countries who fear for their jobs. Mike Moore is a political practitioner turned theoretician.
Home! The word stirs our heart. At the end of our day, we long to get home to put our feet up, enjoy the family, have dinner, or just relax. Following a trip, our foot gets just a bit heavier and our heart beats a bit faster, longing for that reunion with those we love. Our spiritual lives include the same longing. We know that from the moment of our births, our days here are numbered. We increasingly long for and anticipate the world beyond this world that awaits us. Even while we wait for it, our minds are filled with questions. What comes next? How does it happen? What will life be like there? As a child, I remember thinking, Will there be baseball (and softball) in heaven? I was not convinced that heaven without ball would be great. I've heard the same kind of question from my son Josiah. The only change is that his question centered around football. While I'm not sure I can answer the baseball/football question, I was inspired by another truth from my son's lips. Eating fried chicken one day, he said, "Dad, if your fried chicken is this good, imagine how good fried chicken will be in heaven! It makes me hungry just thinking about home!" This book will seek to answer your questions about what comes next. There are mysteries that will remain even after our best efforts to understand. One thing I can answer here is that there will be a great wedding feast. On that table, I'm believing God for fried chicken. And it will be good. I'm ready for a piece of that chicken!
From personal experience, Mike uncovers and reveals the sweet strategies that cults use to lure in their prey. When faced with great disappointment, family pressure, loss, grief, and so forth, we are all at risk of taking in the candy. To provide hope, help, and healing for those whose lives have been impacted and spiritually torn apart through involvement with cult activity, Mike ultimately provides hope through a twelve-step process.
What did one man do when faced with the unspeakable, untimely loss of his younger brother? He set out on a 2,186-mile thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. Now he shares his journey of healing on the higher road in Don's Brother: A Hike of Hope on the Appalachian Trail. A tribute to faith, family, and personal fortitude, this moving account will captivate outdoor enthusiasts and anyone who is navigating the tough emotional terrain of grief. When the author's younger brother, Don, was diagnosed with ALS, Stephens promised to complete a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. However, the author may not have mentioned his method of doing so. Rather than carrying a full pack every day, he only occasionally slept in the woods, instead often opting for shuttles to nearby “trail towns” and beds. Along the way, he also committed to sharing Don's story, using the trail name “Don's Brother” and raising awareness for ALS. While reflecting on his brother's deep faith, devotion to family, and resolve in the face of his horrendous disease, the author's personal accomplishment and profound healing will move anyone to hit the road and take heart in the boundless capacity of brotherly love.
The events surrounding 17 year-old Hope have galvanized the world and made her the most recognized and hunted women on earth. The Guardian Hope takes readers on a suspenseful and dangerous journey from the Midwest to the Middle East, which includes an extraordinary and riveting respite in Rome. Author Mike Struck takes you on a non-stop adventure to some incredibly interesting places that will fascinate and intrigue you. The Guardian Hope begins where Remember the Father, Struck's first novel ended. Hope and her family are pursued by not only people who want to harm her, but also the United States government who's influence and unsavory motives force the family into a precarious situation. The Guardian Hope is a fictional modern-day thriller that will provide you with answers and challenge you with new questions. Mike Struck feels that if he cannot keep your attention throughout the book, he has let you down. So strap in and hang on as The Guardian Hope launches you on another fast paced adventure that will keep you guessing and thinking about the possibilities long after you finish the book. The Guardian Hope is a fast-paced thriller filled with innocence and evil... find out who wins this round.
In Heart at the Center: An Educator’s Guide to Sustaining Love, Hope, and Community Through Nonviolence Pedagogy, high school teacher Mike Tinoco examines what it means to reimagine classrooms and schools as spaces that humanize, resist violence and injustice, and center love. Offering both a framework and a set of practices that are grounded in different nonviolence traditions, Heart at the Center asks readers to consider what a pedagogy of nonviolence looks like, sounds like, and feels like in the classroom. Written with warmth, expertise, and humility, Mike Tinoco invites us into his classroom, drawing on stories from his own life and powerful examples from civil rights movement leaders to explore questions such as: How do we create classrooms and schools that are grounded in needs and match our vision for the kind of world we dream of? How can we challenge conventional classroom management practices, welcome conflict, and nurture relationships with and amongst our students to foster positive peace? How can we embed love in our curriculum and be inclusive of our students’ lives, centering community, healing, and justice? How can we slow down and take care of ourselves without compromising the urgency to fight for justice? When can voluntary suffering meet our needs and empower us? How can educators navigate conflict, build community with one another, and create their own professional development opportunities that support collective care? Heart at the Center is a book for educators who believe that a different kind of classroom, a different kind of school, and a different kind of world are possible.
In the face of an unexpected and devastating diagnosis of brain cancer, we found ourselves in complete desperation. From this place, we sought God with all that we had, and we found Him in the most powerful way. In the worst of circumstances, we came face-to-face with His goodness. We learned how to hear God's voice, who He really is for us personally, and we experienced His tender love for us. We learned that God truly knows us intimately, cares about all the details of our lives, and is there every moment, even in the intense fire of life and death. Not only did we find God, but we also discovered our own true identities in Him, healing from past emotional trauma, freedom from fear, grace to carry us through crushing disappointment after crushing disappointment, otherworldly strength for the long and arduous journey of brain cancer, the supernatural ability to rest in the most intense fire of our lives, and finally, the power of a lifesaving healing miracle. This book is a raw, real, and inspiring testament to the power of love--the beautiful love story between husband and wife, but most importantly, between each of us and God. Finding God in the Fire will: inspire you to seek God with all of your heart, to know Him, and to discover His goodness in your life teach you to hear God's voice for yourself, receive specific direction from Him, and live from a place of constant relationship with Him teach you how to recognize wrong beliefs that are negatively affecting your life and well-being empower you to renew your mind, heal your heart, change your life, and live from a place of freedom and victory encourage you to radically hope in the God of miracles, no matter your circumstances Join us as we recount our very real journey of discovering God's immeasurable love and goodness through harrowing medical and emotional ups and downs, painful twists and turns, and God's breakthrough miracle in our lives.
The Bible refers to Jesus in ways that describe His sovereignty (e.g. Lord of the Harvest, Lord of the Sabbath, etc.). In this lesson Mike will explore Jesus' Lordship over the most hopeless of situations in our lives. (Mark 5:21-34)
Mike Courtney deals with subject matter that is serious and more prevalent than we want to admit. The church must find answers and offer them-because without divine intervention, bondage and hopelessness will prove to be the result. Not only is the individual healed captive by addictive practices adversely affected, but every family member is impacted and the compulsive practices often spread like a contagious disease. This book is both a testimony and a textbook of how to break free from the chains of addiction that trap even believers. Foreward by James Robison, Life Outreach International
Know That You Are Not Alone on This Journey Adopting or fostering a child brings its own unique set of challenges only another parent facing the same uphill climb could possibly understand. From parenting children with traumatic pasts, to dealing with attachment issues, to raising a child with special needs, it can sometimes be a struggle just getting through the day. Mike Berry knows the loneliness and isolation you can easily feel in your particular parenting role—because he's been there. He's still there, and he wants to give you the hope and encouragement you so desperately need. There are plenty of how-to guides out there on parenting, but this one-of-a-kind book is specifically designed to address your needs as a parent of an adopted or foster child. With a refreshing dose of honesty, empathy, and care, you'll discover you are definitely not alone on your journey and God has a very special plan for you and your family.
Mike Birbiglia never wanted to be a father. In fact, there are seven very specific reasons he never wanted a kid, including his aversion to sticky surfaces and his less-than-ideal genes: he's had Lyme Disease, a bladder tumor, diabetes, and dangerous sleepwalking, to name a few. Not to mention the fact that Mike generally doesn't think people (including himself) are really all that great. Then Mike's wife, poet Jen Hope Stein, becomes infected with the contagion 'baby fever' and convinces him she'll do all of the parenting and that their lives don't have to change because of future baby Oona. Yes, he bought that line. In a hilarious memoir about the trials and tribulations of parenting, Mike Birbiglia shares anecdotes all parents can relate to, including laugh-out-loud observations on the lead up to being a parent, the birth of the baby, and the very messy aftermath of bringing this new one home...for a forever stay! Born out of and based on his Broadway show The New One, and entirely expanded upon with at least 50% new material for this book, new dad Birbiglia will have you crying from laughter and smiling with joy as he falls in love with baby Oona, despite how smelly she is! Mike's candid thoughts on his reluctance about becoming a dad, what he describes as being the 'pudgy milkless vice president of his family,' laced with Stein's poetry combine to form a heartfelt and hilarious book"--
A Citizens Manifesto the Book The recent books published by the administrators, leaders and authors on the subjects that concern our country generally focus on a few burning issues or those which are popular for the time being. The problem with this specialised approach is that issues get constrained by the coverage scope of the book and the book fails to deal with the inter-related impact of issues. In contrast, the treatment of the majority of issues in the pages of one book, gives corrective action a reasonable chance. The book offers a coherent list of about two hundred such issues and complementing suggestions for shaking up our citizens from the materialistic slumber that they are currently in to some sort of awakening. Even if these ideas are simply kept at the back of mind while in the day to day living or at work place, the chances that we would be moving in the right direction are real. The complete list of these ideas is summarised in the last chapter The Manifesto. Relevance It is a simple book, not really recommended for reading by the historians, economists, sociologist or the Indian Administrative Services (I*S) officers who need a much heavier dose to satisfy their intellect ; in fact it should be banned for them. This book deals with ideas, emotions, and feelings and not with statistics, reports, tables, numbers or references and quotations. Those in the seats of power or in administration of the country generally are guided by their perception of the society by looking at it from their ivory towers. Reading this book from the viewpoint of a common citizen gives them the advantage of being closer to reality as seen by an average citizen. Readers For the citizens of India, for creating a big picture in mind of how the government is functioning, what are their constraints and how public can help. For the governance of India including politicians, for understanding the need for going into grass root level issues of the nation For the bright students, it provides material for improving grading and for the students in general it provides important material in simple and interesting form For the citizens of other developing countries, what they can learn from the Indian experience; countries like Pakistan, Eastern Europe, South East Asia and Latin American countries. For Western Countries to help them do business with India after making better informed decisions for a win-win situation. We expect a very large number of readers in England, South Africa, Canada and USA. Even from the view point of a traveller to India or school students going in for interviews this book provides adequate information as well answers to discussion topics. Unique Main Messages in the book Introducing a 4th wing Regulatory in the government for overseeing Legislative, Executive and Judiciary Reducing the number of national parties to 5 and regional to 3 per state Using media power to promote transparency and take over control Limiting the progress and GDP in order to conserve natural resources and control inflation Restructuring and revitalizing our cities and getting back to villages and Maha-Grams Reduction of laws, but intensification of its enforcement Delegating funds to Panchayati Raj level for empowerment of villages Discarding the ills of religion and cricket, and managing these industries sternly Getting away from reservations, subsidies, and policies that weaken the society Engaging our enemies in knowledge warfare where we can excel, instead of military or physical warfare Introducing compulsory army tenure and compulsory rural service by doctors Installing a good leader and politician but when in opposition establishing a shadow government Creating a real time intelligence correlation network (RICN) to tackle terrorism Recoveri
Stem cell therapy, otherwise known as the regenerative medicine, promotes the regrow, repair or replacement of the diseased, dysfunctional or damaged tissues using stem cells. The Dawn of New Medicine expresses stem cells therapy as the new hope in modern medicine. This book explores the holistic dimension of stem cells therapy, from the basics of stem cell therapy to the possibilities it may bring to modern medicine. Chronic diseases have stolen joy from a lot of people when, as a patient ourselves or when someone close to us was diagnosed with an illness for which there was no solution to. While symptoms of these diseases are often managed by medication and medicinal services, stem cells therapy go beyond the conventional management to discover therapies that support to body to repair, regenerate and restore. This book wishes to enlighten readers that there might be hope in managing diseases such as Down Syndrome, Autism Spectrum, Cerebral Palsy and global developmental delay as mentioned in this book. Professor Dato’ Sri Dr. Mike KS Chan is a scientist, senior researcher, educator and expert in anti-aging owning 26 medical wellness centers including hospitals Germany), clinics (Lugano, Switzerland), medical centers (Athens, Greece), and wellness clinics (Switzerland, Bangkok, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia-Kuala Lumpur, and Kota Kinabalu, Manila, Mexico, Ecuador, Frankfurt, Germany, Switzerland, Cambodia, Bangladesh, etc.). His precious experience and findings he gathered in his 36 years of advancing this field, he shares it here.
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