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Examining an eclectic group of western women s autobiographical texts canonical and otherwise Playing House in the American West argues for a distinct regional literary tradition characterized by strategic representations of unconventional domestic life.
The controlling metaphor Cathryn Halverson uses in her engrossing study is playing house. From Caroline Kirkland and Laura Ingalls Wilder to Willa Cather and Marilynne Robinson, from the mid-nineteenth to the late-twentieth centuries, western authors have persistently embraced wayward or eccentric housekeeping to prove a woman s...

The Country Sampler is a collection of memories growing up in the country in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It takes place during the l950's and l960's, when days were moving at a much slower pace. Included are many family pictures and humorous stories depicting life in a rural setting with a Scandinavian background

From the very simple definition of love is built a bold and unique philosophy regarding the holistic perspective of love consisting of various energies at being the foundation of life and of all creative existence. The author states the importance of gaining a unique and personal understanding of how love energies work to everyone's advantage in meeting the challenges of life. Using simple equations and vectors to represent the components of love in our everyday experience, and that each person develops their personal philosophy and a personal love energy vector that may differ widely from...

Explores the purposes of teaching in the church, and offers specific advice on how to recruit, train, and support volunteer teachers. 20 workshops to enhance and empower educational programs in any church.

These twenty stimulating, thirty-minute workshops show how to train volunteer teachers in a way that will dramatically increase the effectiveness of your Christian education program. After exploring the purposes of teaching children, youth, and adults in the church, Delia Halverson offers specific advice on how to recruit, train, and support volunteer teachers. Sunday school...

A Novella: Brandon Anderson is caught in the grips of despair when he begins to chronicle his itinerant affair with Gillian, the youth whose beauty enamored him years ago. Drifting aimlessly, their chance meetings mesh into a panorama of desire, saw-toothed edges hacking at the boundaries of relationships, dark corners of attraction exploding in slow motion. In the recollections of Gillian that Brandon conjures destiny is questioned; whether true love is the thread coursing through their intimate engagements or if feelings are only the by-products of cultural patterns. A sense of estrangement...

"Can you give me the book that will tell me how to DO Christian education?" The Nuts & Bolts of Christian Education is designed to answer the most frequently asked questions by new as well as veteran teachers and leaders. Even though most churches provide teacher and leader training at least once a year, generally these one- or two-day sessions are unable to answer every question that arises during the year.

The Nuts & Bolts of Christian Education is a practical guidebook that leads new and experienced teachers through the challenging, and sometimes confounding,...

" An] exquisite debut . . . moving and hopeful." -People Style Watch

To Ella Beene, happiness means living in the Northern California river town of Elbow, California, with her husband Joe and his two young children. But one summer day Joe drowns, leaving Ella alone with Annie and Zach--until his ex-wife, Paige, shows up at the funeral. For three years, Ella believed that Paige had selfishly abandoned her family. Yet--as the custody fight between mother and stepmother ensues--Ella realizes there may be more to the story than Joe ever revealed.

The Underside of Joy is not...

Children's Activities for the Christian Year by Delia Halverson offers Sunday school teachers and leaders of children's ministries practical information and activities on the cycle of the Christian church calendar. Useful, easy-to-use guidance, resources, and reproducible pages help new and veteran children's leaders interpret the meaning of the Christian year for children from preschool through elementary age. Each chapter includes:

• Brief information about the season/celebration, its origin, and its meaning
• An introduction to the symbols...