Wyniki wyszukiwania:

Wes Watkins's journalism career took off when he was asked to eulogize Michael Gavin, a stranger to Wes but a hometown hero to the humble folks of Talking Creek, Georgia. While researching Gavin's life, Wes was confronted with an estranged relationship of his own that he wasn't prepared to address, having ignored for years the occasional letters from his imprisoned father. Wes has chosen to focus instead on his growing career and his budding relationship with Emmy. His life is looking up . . . until his marriage proposal to Emmy goes...

In this volume of essays the Graeco-Roman background and context of early Christianity are explored for significant parallels. From the athlete metaphor in 1 Corinthians 9 to the role of Aphrodite as the goddess of love and sexuality, the important cultural symbols and terminology that the first Christians employed are examined. Garrison maintains that the Graeco-Roman setting of early Christianity is essential to our understanding of the New Testament and the Apostolic Fathers.

Your child is in trouble. Perhaps he has been arrested, run away, affiliated with a gang or turned to drugs. Or maybe it is simply a matter of failing grades, poor school attendance and general disobedience. You feel angry, discouraged, heartbroken, and ineffective as a parent. Finally, there is a place to take your grieving soul. In "Tragedy's Ark, "you will find authentic comfort and begin the process of your parent-child relationship transformation. Be happy
Find peace
Love your child and yourself.

It's possible, and you're about to learn how

Praise for Tragedy's...

Imagine a little girl that lived for many years in terror and fear.

She would experience sexual abuse, rape and other forms of abuse.

The word normal was not in her vocabulary. Therefore she ultimately began to make unhealthy choices for herself and her children. Feeling as though she had inflicted her trauma on her children seemed to worsen the guilt. Mavis seemed to function in crisis. She would live many years before finding the Truth.

Eventually Mavis would find forgiveness and learn how to forgive others. Through this forgiveness the Lord would...

"A comic anatomy of what is small and ordinary and therefore potentially profound and universal in American life...Keillor's strength as a writer is to make the ordinary extraordinary." --Chicago Tribune

"Keillor's laughs come dear, not cheap, emerging from shared virtue and good character, from reassuring us of our...