With meticulous detail and plainspoken language, Rhonda Harris Slota unveils the story of a family held hostage by religious extremism when its beloved father falls victim to hallucinations and paranoia. In adulthood, the daughter sets out to make peace with her father and through that process, constructs a covenant of her own, one of compassion and forgiveness." Paula Amen-Judah, author of Añoranza "Rhonda Harris Slota's writing is so fine, so precise, the way it includes the flowers, the laundry, the secrets, that I devoured her story. Incandescent poetry that shimmers as it remembers and reveals." Lauren Coodley, author of Lost Napa Valley -- Set in rural, southern Indiana in the 50's-70's, these poems tell the story of a complex family dynamic. This debut collection blends Bible images, authentic dialogue and powerful natural forces to relay the effects of family trauma and mental illness. The daughter often questions her own sanity as she watches her fundamentalist father struggle with internal demons and the illusion that he is the prophet, Elijah. In this patriarchal world, the women hold together the seams of life's tapestry through perseverance, inner wisdom and love. As time passes and the father plunges deep into his fears and delusions, his young daughter learns to forge her own pathway through the maze of duality: dark and light, fear and joy. This finally leads her to reconciliation and acceptance through spiritual surrender.
How to Retrain Your Brain, Clean Up Your Energy and Use Emotional Shapeshifting to Raise Your Vibration and Manifest Your Desires with Special Attention to Empaths and Other Highly Sensitive People
How to Retrain Your Brain, Clean Up Your Energy and Use Emotional Shapeshifting to Raise Your Vibration and Manifest Your Desires with Special Attention to Empaths and Other Highly Sensitive People
This was written to help empaths, light-workers and all others who have tried law of attraction type methods to achieve positive changes in their lives without success. It will help to identify the subconscious behaviorisms holding them back, teach how to clear negative energy and use emotional shape-shifting to achieve the lives of their dreams.
Harris is really wanting to make a new friend. You would think that might be an easy thing to do, but have you ever tried making friends with a sloth? Harris comes up with some fun ideas like a party, music, and picnic, trying to get the sloth to come down from the tree, but nothing seems to work. He is determined to make friends with the sloth and has worked to coax him down all day! It's getting late and Harris is exhausted and frustrated. Just as Harris is ready to give up, he hears a sound...
Unravel the mystery of fostering a vibrant mystery collection for your library patrons! Whodunnit? Managing the Mystery Collection: From Creation to Consumption reveals just who is responsible—for providing high-quality library mystery collections to fans. This resource takes you through the complicated process, from creating a mystery story to getting it to the library bookshelf and your patrons—all with clear explanations and no plot twists. Authors, readers, critics, scholars, and librarians give you an interdisciplinary inside look at the production and collection of one of the most popular genres in literature, the mystery. This unique book comprehensively explains how a mystery story journeys a surprisingly winding way to reach an avid reading public. No red herrings here though. Acquisitions and collection development resources are provided along with effective strategies that will help librarians to sift through the clues on how to bring life to their mystery collections. Examinations of various subgenres of the mystery are provided, such as romance and Native American mysteries, as well as an enlightening discussion of the links between mysteries, libraries, and interest groups. Managing the Mystery Collection brings you: mystery writer Barbara Fister describing the creative process insights about Sisters in Crime—an organization that promotes mysteries authored by women—and its special relationship with libraries and librarians a detailed introduction to buying and selling books online Web and print resources guidance for the acquisition of mysteries for the younger mystery reader development of a collection of ethnic mysteries the creation of special collections of Sherlock Holmes and author Conan Doyle extensive listings of subgenre titles and details of popular series an organization that networks creators, fans, and scholars of detective and mystery fiction and more! Managing the Mystery Collection: From Creation to Consumption solves the mystery behind the step-by-step process it takes to provide readers with what they want—access to a collection of perplexing, well-written mysteries. This is perfect for public and academic librarians with an interest in building quality collections of mysteries; library school faculty teaching courses in collection building, popular culture and libraries, genre literature, and special collections; and students of those fields.
With meticulous detail and plainspoken language, Rhonda Harris Slota unveils the story of a family held hostage by religious extremism when its beloved father falls victim to hallucinations and paranoia. In adulthood, the daughter sets out to make peace with her father and through that process, constructs a covenant of her own, one of compassion and forgiveness." Paula Amen-Judah, author of Añoranza "Rhonda Harris Slota's writing is so fine, so precise, the way it includes the flowers, the laundry, the secrets, that I devoured her story. Incandescent poetry that shimmers as it remembers and reveals." Lauren Coodley, author of Lost Napa Valley -- Set in rural, southern Indiana in the 50's-70's, these poems tell the story of a complex family dynamic. This debut collection blends Bible images, authentic dialogue and powerful natural forces to relay the effects of family trauma and mental illness. The daughter often questions her own sanity as she watches her fundamentalist father struggle with internal demons and the illusion that he is the prophet, Elijah. In this patriarchal world, the women hold together the seams of life's tapestry through perseverance, inner wisdom and love. As time passes and the father plunges deep into his fears and delusions, his young daughter learns to forge her own pathway through the maze of duality: dark and light, fear and joy. This finally leads her to reconciliation and acceptance through spiritual surrender.
Hundreds of ready-to-use model letters for handling various sales situations. Aimed at the busy sales rep, each letter can be used as it is or can be quickly modified to suit. The chapters follow the progression of the sales cycle.
The book goes beyond theory to offer tools and suggestions for developing emerging leaders. Inspired by the pioneering work of leadership scholar Andre Delbecq, this book points towards an expanded model of leadership that incorporates an active inner life, and posits that such fully human models of leadership will be essential to meet the profound challenges of the 21st Century. Without presuming to provide definitive answers, the text explores central questions such as: What is the added value of spiritual maturity to leadership? Would the integration of mature spirituality with well-developed intellectual and emotional capacities produce more beneficial leadership outcomes for organizations and individuals? What would a spiritually and developmentally mature emerging leader look like in 10 to 20 years? How do we prepare emerging leaders for the challenges they may face; and how do we model spiritually and developmentally mature leadership in ways that resonate with them? Professor Andre Delbecq (1936-2016) of the University of Santa Clara created the heuristic of “spiritually and developmentally mature leaders” to encapsulate his observation that outstanding leaders often seemed to draw strength and wisdom from sources that are not typically studied or taught in leadership courses. Thirty scholars and practitioners accepted Delbecq’s heuristic as the starting point to explore spiritual components of leadership that do not easily lend themselves to quantification or clear causal links. The analysis of their disciplined engagement with the heuristic forms the foundation of an exploratory, fully human understanding of leadership. This analysis is supported by literature reviews, including an overview of Andre Delbecq’s relevant work. Ultimately, the authors call for further collaboration across disciplines and between research and practice to build on the conceptual constructs offered here, and, especially, to create pedagogies for the training of spiritually and developmentally mature leaders
A convincing explanation of why interactive or movable books should be included in the library collection that documents their value as motivational instructional toolsin all areas of the school curriculum, across many grade levels. Pop-up books possess universal appeal. Everyone from preschoolers to adults loves to see and tactilely experience the beautiful three-dimensional work of Robert Sabuda, David A. Carter, and other pop-up book creators. Sabuda himself was inspired to become a pop-up book artist after experiencing the 1972 classic pop-up The Adventures of Super Pickle. The effect of these movable books on young minds is uniquely powerful. Besides riveting children's attention, pop-up books can also help build motor skills, teach cause and effect, and develop spatial understanding of objects. Based on their direct experience and many presentations to teachers and librarians, the authors have provided template lesson plans with curriculum and standards links for using the best pop-up books currently available in the instructional program of the school. The book also includes profiles of the most notable authors, a history of the format, definitions of terms such as "flap book" and "paper engineer," and information on how to create movable books. Librarians will find the section regarding collection development with the formathow and where to acquire them, proper storage methodsand the annotated listing of the authors' 50 favorite pop-ups extremely helpful.
Never Say Never is a book about love; falling in love and staying in love. Three women all marry men incarcerated and share how they celebrate these committed relationships against tremendous obstacles. They offer a glimpse into a life that is often isolating, sometimes lonely and seclusive; but continues to thrive and prosper. Love does indeed conquer all. It is far-reaching and attainable even in the unlikeliest of places. Their voices tell beautiful stories of finding love beyond physical barriers. If you thought that you had a passion and a connection to follow your dreams, you will absolutely love this book. Visit our website at www.lovebeyondthewalls.com
The progress of talented women in corporate America remains a disappointment. While a few have beaten the odds and broken through the glass ceiling, some, despite their achievement of executive rank, have become so disillusioned that they are exiting traditional corporate organizations altogether. Why are high-functioning, successful women feeling professionally unfulfilled? The Glass Wall Theory describes the impact of isolation and unexpected marginalization women encounter when organizations are anchored by a closed group of male elitists. Glass Walls shares inspirational stories from women who have endured the Glass Wall phenomenon, descriptions of workplace factions, and survival tactics to help you navigate your career toward the success you dream about and deserve.
Centerville, Indiana is a little town with a big story. The story isn't big just because it's long... 200 years long. The story is big because Centerville is a little town with a big impact. Big in: establishment of Indiana, creating leaders (governors, congressmen, senators, generals), excellence in education, agriculture and arts, and more.
This new, expanded edition of the classic work by Gee includes sections on electrochemistry and hydrometallurgy of gold, and recovering uranium, including ion exchange methods. (Technology & Industrial Arts)
This collection of heartfelt works began quietly as the title of a love note that my beloved left for me one day. The title of the note was Flowers Bloom in the Moonlight. The note was one of his most endearing expressions of love. He described me as his flower that bloomed in the moonlight. We met and fell in love during a very dark time in his life. Our friendship and love bloomed, in spite of every obstacle in our way, into a beautiful work of art; like a flower. Naturally, I was very happy and overwhelmed the loving sentiment. As the years passed on, the message of Flowers Bloom in the Moonlight stayed on my mind. What was so intriguing for me was wondering how many other dark life situations had bloomed into flowers too. The concept of Flowers Bloom in the Moonlight: The Anthology, was born when I asked that very question. I decided to collect and compile a collection of stories and poetry symbolizing life circumstances that appeared dark, full of gloom and even hopeless yet through perseverance and following the lighted path, were led to a brighter, more flourishing life.
Get ready! You are taking a tour into the lives of some very special women of God. Each has worth "far more than rubies." These are true, very personal stories of their unique perspectives on God's love and their faith in His justice and power. They chose to share their stories so that through their struggles, others might find a faith and comfort that then brings the courage to go forward. They would say amen to Paul's exhortation to the Corinthian brethren: "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows" (II Cor. 1:3-5 NIV).
Lisa Great Author of Divine Principles for Success, Fivefold Ministry in the Marketplace and Prayer: The Ultimate Joint Venture has this to say about Rhonda Wilson-Dikoko. Mrs. Rhonda is a bull dog in the Spirit. She will lay hold of a truth in the Word of God or from the presence of God and will not let it go, until God Himself brings it to pass. Her tenacity in prayer, her passion for people and her love for God are what give her this uncanny ability to endure until she sees a breakthrough. This book is a battle she was engaged in and won. When the winds of adversity blew against her, the Spirit of God rose up within her; when people spoke death, she spoke life; when conventional knowledge came to an end, spiritual wisdom kicked into high gear. You will be taken on a journey that will keep you on the edge of your seat, wondering what God is going to do next as you read this book. I could not put it down, page after page; it felt like I was going through the whole event with her. You will be inspired, encouraged, elated and overwhelmed as you hear of the partnership between hope, faith and love as it unfolds in and through the events of this real life story. Mrs. Rhonda partnered with God and God got glory and Mrs. Rhonda came out with a powerful story.
The Joy of the Lord is your strength. So are you feeling a little wimpy? Does you happy need a remodel? It's time to reclaim your joy! You were never meant to simply endure this life. You were not created for a slog-through-it, just-make-the-best-of-it existence. Not a tolerate it, bear with it kind of thing. No, you were created to live it! Live it to its glorious full, fuller, fullest!How to get your happy back! From the authors who brought you FixHer Upper Hope and Laughter through a God Renovated Life and the 90-Day Fix Her Upper Devotional -- Rhonda Rhea and Beth Duewel -- enjoy some laughs as you take on a God-powered biblical reno of your innermost happy.
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