A legacy can last forever. Will our faith make it to our kids and to future generations? There's a constant tension between our culture and our biblical values. In the middle of always-busy lives, our kids are bombarded with conflicting ideas about truth and morality. What is a Christian parent supposed to do?! After more than 20 years of ministering to families and parenting their own children, Brandon and Susan Thomas understand these daily struggles. In A Legacy That Lasts, they offer practical guidance, heartfelt stories, and biblical wisdom to help you navigate the challenges of parenting in today's world. More than a parenting manual, this book is a heartfelt invitation to: Anchor your family in God's unchanging truth Learn to weather life's storms together and come through stronger Create a Christ-centered atmosphere where your children will thrive Special features include a parenting inventory, growth strategies, and a study guide for group discussion or personal reflection. Come along on this incredible journey to discover God's perfect plan for your family tree. Your legacy of faith will bless generations yet to come.
An ethnographic rendering of overseas students' fraught encounters studying at an American public university. As states have reduced funding to public universities, many of those institutions have turned to overseas students as a vital, alternative source of revenue. Students from India have especially been seen as among the most desirable populations, as they’re typically fluent in English and overwhelmingly enroll in professional fields deemed critical to the knowledge economy. The large numbers of these youth migrating for their education tend to be viewed as a shining example of the value of the contemporary global university and how it enables ambitious people to secure opportunities not available to them in their home nation. However, a deeper examination of these young people’s encounters reveals a more complicated story than glossy brochures and paeans to American higher education would suggest. Indebted Mobilities draws on Susan Thomas’s close shadowing of a group of middle-class Indian migrant men who attended a public university in New York just as the institution sought to “internationalize” its campus in the wake of ongoing withdrawal of state funding. Thomas takes the reader along with the young men as they study, work, and socialize, pursuing the successful futures they believed to be promised when they migrated for an American education. All the while, they must face their marginalization as they become enmeshed in the fraught inclusion politics of contemporary university life in the United States. At the heart of these encounters is these students’ relationship to debt—not just material ones that include student loans, but moral and affective debts as well. This indebtedness, which keeps them tied to both India and the United States, is meaningful to how Indian middle-class men make sense of their experiences as student-migrants. These youth long to be modern “men of the world.” Yet Thomas illuminates how the complex realities that arise for them, informed by the logic of US exceptionalism, force a reckoning with their anxieties about successful masculinities and the precarity of being drawn into the global knowledge economy as indebted migrants.
“For most of my generation—Generation X—there is only one question: ‘When did your parents split?’ Our lives have been framed by the answer. Ask us. We remember everything.” In this powerful, poignant, and often laugh-out-loud-funny memoir, Susan Gregory Thomas reflects on that life-defining question and its answer through a lens imprinted by memory and sharpened by time. Raised in Berkeley, Thomas grew up in a seemingly stable household. But when the family moved east when she was twelve, her father, a charming alcoholic, ran off with his secretary, and her mother collapsed. Thomas and her younger brother joined the ubiquitous flocks of 1980s latchkey kids: collateral damage in their parents’ wars, sustaining private injuries they would try to self-treat throughout adolescence and adulthood. When Thomas became a wife and mother in her early thirties, she made a fierce promise: She would never let her own children know the scorched earth of divorce. It was a vow shared by many of her peers, who, in reaction to the divorces of the 1970s and ’80s, sought out marriages based on deeper friendships and more genuine partnerships than those of previous generations. So Thomas was stunned when, after sixteen years with the man she considered her best friend, she found her marriage coming to an end. Not only did the divorce reopen all the old wounds, but she would now have to contend with the aftershocks affecting her two young daughters. In Spite of Everything is an astounding, bright, and brilliantly told account of a mother’s fight to protect her children’s world and to make sense of her own troubled past—and the culture of divorce in which she and Generation X were raised. Interwoven with original, hilarious insights on divorce and parenthood, Thomas’s eye-opening, gut-wrenching, ultimately optimistic story holds a mirror up to a whole generation.
On September 29, 1927, Cuban soprano Rita Montaner walked onto the stage of Havana's Teatro Regina, her features obscured under a mask of blackened glycerin and her body clad in the tight pants, boots, and riding jacket of a coachman. Standing alongside a gilded carriage and a live horse, the blackfaced, cross-dressed actress sang the premiere of Eliseo Grenet's tango-congo, "Ay Mama Ines." The crowd went wild. Montaner's performance cemented "Ay Mama Ines" as one of the classics in the Cuban repertoire, but more importantly, the premiere heralded the birth of the Cuban zarzuela, a new genre of music theater that over the next fifteen years transformed popular entertainment on the island. Cuban Zarzuela: Performing Race and Gender on Havana's Lyric Stage marks the first comprehensive study of the Cuban zarzuela, a Spanish-language light opera with spoken dialogue that originated in Spain but flourished in Havana during the early twentieth century. Created by musicians and managers to fill a growing demand for family entertainment, the zarzuela evidenced the emerging economic and cultural power of Cuba's white female bourgeoisie to influence the entertainment industry. Susan Thomas explores zarzuela's function as a pedagogical tool, through which composers, librettists, and business managers hoped to control their troupes and audiences by presenting desirable and problematic images of both feminine and masculine identities. Zarzuela was, Thomas explains, "anti-feminist but pro-feminine, its plots focusing on female protagonists and its musical scores showcasing the female voice." Focusing on character types such as the mulata, the negrito, and the ingenue, Thomas uncovers the zarzuela's richly textured relationship to social constructs of race, class, and especially gender.
Susan E. Myers concentrates on two prayers, strikingly similar in style and content, found in the third-century Acts of Thomas. Each prayer is located in the context of Christian initiation and each is addressed to a feminine deity who is asked to "come" to be present in the ritual. The prayers appeal to the feminine Spirit, who is called "Mother," "fellowship of the male," and "dove," among other titles. The author examines these prayers in their historical, literary, and liturgical contexts, challenging some of the prevailing assumptions about Syriac-speaking Christianity in general, and the Acts of Thomas in particular.
Kimberly Susan Thomas embarked upon a self-improvement journey. This book reveals how being Black, Christian, and a psychic medium strengthen her relationship with God. She learned that God speaks in different ways. Kimberly realized that a small voice, in her head, dreams, visions, and more, was God’s voice gently guiding her. The spiritual journey highjacked the self-improvement journey. This book contains Kimberly’s anecdotes, insecurities, and insights experienced along the way. She shares how self-help books, famous psychics, religion, prayers, and more all played a role in her becoming a certified psychic medium. Kimberly reveals how racial stereotypes, prejudice and her insecurities got in the way of growing spiritually. Those same events resulted in emotional healing and a greater understanding of her religious life. Have you ever wondered what it is like to pursue becoming a professional psychic medium? Are you one of those folks that don’t believe they are psychic yet curious about it? Everyone has psychic gifts. How each person develops their gifts will depend upon their unique spiritual journey. Chapters include prayers and instructions to help you discover how God’s voice is revealed in your world. The bottom line is this: God’s voice is in the noise of life. We just need to learn how to listen.
In the nail-biting sequel to Mist on the Window, follow the antics and excitement of Susan, Kathy, and Peter as the mystery deepens. Spiders biting and cockroaches swerving to escape horrified children. Peter, hair greased back, strumming his badminton racquet andwhoops, sorry, Susan! With hands reaching through the glass into the picture, the children come to the rescue. But will they manage to save those dearest to them? Only time will tell.
Boost student success by reversing your perspective on college readiness The national conversation asking "Are students college-ready?" concentrates on numerous factors that are beyond higher education's control. Becoming a Student-Ready College flips the college readiness conversation to provide a new perspective on creating institutional value and facilitating student success. Instead of focusing on student preparedness for college (or lack thereof), this book asks the more pragmatic question of what are colleges and universities doing to prepare for the students who are entering their institutions? What must change in an institution's policies, practices, and culture in order to be student-ready? Clear and concise, this book is packed with insightful discussion and practical strategies for achieving your ambitious student success goals. These ideas for redesigning practices and policies provide more than food for thought—they offer a real-world framework for real institutional change. You'll learn: How educators can acknowledge their own biases and assumptions about underserved students in order to allow for change New ways to advance student learning and success How to develop and value student assets and social capital Strategies and approaches for creating a new student-focused culture of leadership at every level To truly become student-ready, educators must make difficult decisions, face the pressures of accountability, and address their preconceived notions about student success head-on. Becoming a Student-Ready College provides a reality check based on today's higher education environment.
This practical guide helps therapists from virtually any specialty or theoretical orientation choose and adapt mindfulness practices most likely to be effective with particular patients, while avoiding those that are contraindicated. The authors provide a wide range of meditations that build the core skills of focused attention, mindfulness, and compassionate acceptance. Vivid clinical examples show how to weave the practices into therapy, tailor them to each patient's needs, and overcome obstacles. Therapists also learn how developing their own mindfulness practice can enhance therapeutic relationships and personal well-being. The Appendix offers recommendations for working with specific clinical problems. Free audio downloads (narrated by the authors) and accompanying patient handouts for selected meditations from the book are available at www.sittingtogether.com. See also Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, Second Edition, edited by Christopher K. Germer, Ronald D. Siegel, and Paul R. Fulton, which reviews the research on therapeutic applications of mindfulness and delves into treatment of specific clinical problems.
Teignmouth or Rome? Family holiday on the south coast of England or independence with friends in Europe? Susan is torn. Her decision leads to an adventure she cannot explain and to relationships that will shape the way she looks at the world. Steven's return threatens to spoil the fun and Mrs. Farty Gerty's desire to keep the peace at all costs tests Susan's patience, Kathy's nerves and Peter's talent at poetry. Lee - well, Lee keeps Susan dreaming at night. And Nanny? Nanny is who she has always been - Nanny! But what about the mist on the window? Yes, indeed. What about the mist on the window?
The Gilded Years of the late nineteenth century were a vital and glamorous era in New York City as families of great fortune sought to demonstrate their new position by building vast Fifth Avenue mansions filled with precious objects and important painting collections and hosting elaborate fetes and balls. This is the moment of Mrs. Astor’s “Four Hundred,” the rise of the Vanderbilts and Morgans, Maison Worth, Tiffany & Co., Duveen, and Allard. Concurrently these families became New York’s first cultural philanthropists, supporting the fledgling Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Opera, among many institutions founded during this period. A collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York, Gilded New York examines the social and cultural history of these years, focusing on interior design and decorative arts, fashion and jewelry, and the publications that were the progenitors of today’s shelter magazines.
The Empty Notebook began its life as a very literal metaphor for a few weeks of what the poet thought was writer's block, but was really the struggle of an eccentric persona to take over her working life. It won. And for the next three years everything she wrote came to her in the voice of the Empty Notebook, who, as the notebook began to fill itself, became rather opinionated, changed gender, alternately acted as bully and victim, had many bizarre adventures in exotic locales and developed a somewhat politically-incorrect attitude. It then began to steal the voices and forms of other poets and tried to immortalize itself in various poetry reviews. It is now thrilled to collect itself in one slim volume.
The Bottom Apple chronicles the life of Sara, an intelligent and witty woman who fails in relationships, due primarily to a lack of self confidence and bad judgment. It is based on a simple premise of either believing you deserve nothing but the best (Top Apples) or settling for whatever you think you can get (Bottom Apples). You follow Sara through one failed relationship after another. Some are humorous, others not, eventually leading into the relationships with her children. She hopes that you will be inspired to take a look at your own life and find the inner strength make changes. What Sara hopes you can gain from her experiences is that each failure should make you stronger and wiser, that it is important to have a core group of friends to support and encourage you, and that faith and a good sense of humor are essential.
Forming part of a series on English language teaching, this teacher resource book contains a set of photocopiable picture prompts, in the form of cartoon pictures and picture boards, for essential language work. These picture prompts include items of basic vocabulary, as well as items for language extension work, and can be used for both presentation and practice. Also included are teacher's notes with many suggestions for enjoyable, motivating games and activites.
Forming part of a series on English language teaching, this teacher resource book contains a set of photocopiable picture prompts, in the form of cartoon pictures and picture boards, for essential language work. These picture prompts include items of basic vocabulary, as well as items for language extension work, and can be used for both presentation and practice. Also included are teacher's notes with many suggestions for enjoyable, motivating games and activites.
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