This novel portrays a fictional story about homelessness in America. This homeless epidemic may have resulted from post-war syndrome, substance abuse, post incarceration stress, or other unforeseen mishaps. In this novel the Christian psychiatrist places God at the helm of her goals for the homeless citizens of America. Also the scriptures in this book will provoke readers to search out God’s plan for every man on earth to follow. This book is fiction but its plans and hopes of eliminating homelessness, and various other mental illnesses have great possibilities. It tells of numerous methods for the willing person to be re-mainstreamed back into society. This is not just another feed the homeless effort, but rather, this story has devised a fool-proof plan to help the poor to feed themselves by working and or becoming business owners. The exciting story takes place in New York. Doctor Hadassah Desoto (Dassah) her fearless bodyguard Stephanas Carter (Step) and some homeless men she tries to recruit, falls into one danger after another. The unpredictable events will grab readers and hold them speechless. The characters will surprise readers as readers try to figure out what happens next. The story tells one adventure after another for readers who like to solve a puzzle. This story will make readers angry and then turn around the next minute and make them smile. There is no consenting sex nor profanity, so that the family can read and enjoy what they all can do to help.
The second edition of Understanding Climate Change provides readers with a concise, accessible, and holistic picture of the climate change problem, including both the scientific and human dimensions.
The second edition of Understanding Climate Change provides readers with a concise, accessible, and holistic picture of the climate change problem, including both the scientific and human dimensions.
Discover never-before-told details of POW underground operations during the Vietnam War told through one airman's inspiring story of true love, honor, and courage. Air Force pilot Captain Carlyle "Smitty" Harris was shot down over Vietnam on April 4, 1965 and taken to the infamous Hoa Lo prison--nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton." For the next eight years, Smitty and hundreds of other American POWs--including John McCain and George "Bud" Day--suffered torture, solitary confinement, and unimaginable abuse. It was there that Smitty covertly taught many other POWs the Tap Code--an old, long-unused method of communication from World War II. Using the code, they could softly tap messages of encouragement to lonely neighbors and pass along resistance policies from their leaders. The code quickly became a lifeline during their internment. It helped the prisoners boost morale, stay unified, communicate the chain of command, and prevail over a brutal enemy. Meanwhile, back home in the United States, Harris's wife, Louise, raised their three children alone, unsure of her husband's fate for seven long years. One of the first POW wives of the Vietnam War, she became a role model for other military wives by advocating for herself and her children in her husband's absence. Told through both Smitty's and Louise's voices, Tap Code shares the riveting true story of: Ingenuity under pressure Strength and dignity in the face of a frightening enemy The hope, faith, and resolve necessary to endure even the darkest circumstances Praise for Tap Code: "Tap Code is an incredible story about two American heroes. Col. "Smitty" Harris and his wife, Louise, epitomize the definition of commitment--to God, to country, and to family. This tale of extreme perseverance will restore your faith in the human spirit." --Brigadier General John Nichols, USAF "The incomprehensibly long ordeal of the Harris family is agonizing. Their love, faith, loyalty, and courage epitomize all that is good about America." --Lt. Col. Orson Swindle, USMC (ret.), POW, Hanoi, 11/11/1966 to 3/4/1973
Dancing and dance halls were integral to the Spanish-Louisiana cultural identity of the twentieth century. Employing historical documents and dozens of interviews, this book follows the phenomenon from 1778 to today.
Winner of the 2023 Association for the Study of Food and Society Book Prize for Edited Volume Image by image and hashtag by hashtag, Instagram has redefined the ways we relate to food. Emily J. H. Contois and Zenia Kish edit contributions that explore the massively popular social media platform as a space for self-identification, influence, transformation, and resistance. Artists and journalists join a wide range of scholars to look at food’s connection to Instagram from vantage points as diverse as Hong Kong’s camera-centric foodie culture, the platform’s long history with feminist eateries, and the photography of Australia’s livestock producers. What emerges is a portrait of an arena where people do more than build identities and influence. Users negotiate cultural, social, and economic practices in a place that, for all its democratic potential, reinforces entrenched dynamics of power. Interdisciplinary in approach and transnational in scope, Food Instagram offers general readers and experts alike new perspectives on an important social media space and its impact on a fundamental area of our lives. Contributors: Laurence Allard, Joceline Andersen, Emily Buddle, Robin Caldwell, Emily J. H. Contois, Sarah E. Cramer, Gaby David, Deborah A. Harris, KC Hysmith, Alex Ketchum, Katherine Kirkwood, Zenia Kish, Stinne Gunder Strøm Krogager, Jonathan Leer, Yue-Chiu Bonni Leung, Yi-Chieh Jessica Lin, Michael Z. Newman, Tsugumi Okabe, Rachel Phillips, Sarah Garcia Santamaria, Tara J. Schuwerk, Sarah E. Tracy, Emily Truman, Dawn Woolley, and Zara Worth
Book 2 of Rebekah's Keepsakes An impending wedding. A sudden sickness. A Rumspringa gone wrong. As Rebekah and Joseph's wedding draws closer, their happiness starts to collapse. Can they bring order back to their gentle world before they say I do? As Rebekah and Joseph's wedding day draws nearer, her only worry is how she will sew her wedding dress until things take a drastic turn. First, a sickness threatens the Stoll family, then her saucy nemesis, Katie Knepp, goes missing during her Rumspringa. Rebekah is haunted by the worry that Katie's disappearance is a desperate effort to sway Joseph's affections her way before he can marry Rebekah. Still, Rebekah agrees to journey with Joseph and her brother, Peter, from Gasthof Village, Indiana to New York City in an attempt to locate Katie and hopefully bring her home. However, as Rebekah already knows, whenever the Englischer world is involved, nothing is plain and simple.
Supporting and encouraging all members of the family when a child has a physical disability. If you have a child with a physical disability, how can you plan your family’s life in a way that is inclusive for everyone? What can you do to create a family where every member pulls his or her own weight (in appropriate measure), meets challenges, and has moments in the spotlight along the way? Most parents of a child who has a physical disability want their child to have fun, be responsible, make friends, and take acceptable risks—in short, to feel like “just one of the kids”—and they want to make sure that the needs of the whole family are met, too. Just One of the Kids is designed to help parents focus not on what could have been but instead on what can be, so that they, their children, and the grandparents thrive as individuals and as a family. The advice from psychologists Kay Harris Kriegsman and Sara Palmer is valuable for any family with children who have a physical disability, from any cause. Their warm and encouraging book is full of family stories, tips, and tools. Parents of children with physical disabilities can help them develop the skills needed to meet life’s challenges and launch into independence. Parents, building on that foundation and acknowledging each person’s contributions, interests, and aspirations, create an inclusive and resilient family.
Author Phillip's premise is that without hope sustained by faith and love there is no future centered in a God-given calling. This truth he sees expressed in Mark's pictorial Gospel which often depicts the emotional state of persons who turn to Jesus for help and healing. Jesus' response to human need is incisive in that it covers the spiritual as well as the physical dimension of life. Also Mark describes encounters that Jesus had with religious and secular foes, and demonic forces. In these encounters the wisdom, power, and courage of Jesus is manifest, and the ultimate triumph of God's Kingdom is assured. "Hope for Today's Living" makes the case the Jesus' personage, passion, power and presence is the essence of an overcoming eternal hope for all who place their faith in Him as Savior and Lord.
Bad memories. A fresh start. A marriage on the rocks. Who can a young family trust when the memories of their past collide with the dark secrets of their new home? Bad memories send a young family fleeing the big city for the quaint west Texas town of Big Spring, only to learn that their hearts are still as haunted as their new home. Their daughter's ability to communicate with one of the ghosts proves that no matter how far you run, your deepest, darkest secrets will always follow. When their already rocky marriage reaches a breaking point, the most horrific turn of all comes in the form of the house's former owners, who are dead set on running from their secrets no longer.
What is left of the Gospel if you take away the cross? This central question, asked by C. L. Loos but tucked away in a nineteenth-century journal, launched The Cruciform Church twenty-five years ago. Read by a generation of ministers and church leaders, The Cruciform Church began a reimagination of the church in our increasingly, secular age. Now updated, with responses from eight key leaders, this contemporary classic aims to reach a new generation with the critical questions of faith and life. New Responses by: - Sara Barton - Richard Beck - Lee Camp - Raymond Carr - Randy Harris - John Mark Hicks - Scot McKnight - Jonathan Storment
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