Do you really value the objects around you or are they just "things" to you? The premise of this book is that part of the pleasure of life-contentment that we can cultivate no matter how much or how little we have-comes from the conscious appreciation of the beauty and the significance of everyday things. Through photographs and poems, the author takes you on a voyage of discovery through the world around you. You are shown, sometimes playfully and sometimes profoundly, that even the simplest of things-a shirt and tie, a kitchen colander, a closed door, or a blue butterfly-can have a shining...

The author is putting forth a new paradigm for the believer moving him from a fear responsive faith to a grace centered one.

This book presents a study of remembrance practices emerging after the 2005 London bombings. Matthew Allen explores a range of cases that not only illustrate the effects of the organisation of remembrance on its participants, but reveal how people engaged in memorial culture to address difficult and unbearable conditions in the wake of 7/7.

For most, nothing is more dreaded and fearful than darkness. It's gloomy and makes things obscure. Darkness is disorienting and robs things of their identity, creating a fear of the unknown. Perhaps this is why this picture is used so often in Scripture to describe the devil's domain. Satan and his forces are constantly working in the shadows to draw us back into darkness. Never forget you have been created to thrive in the warmth of God's marvelous light. With God's strength, you can fight off the forces of spiritual darkness. In "The Devil's Domain," you can learn more about spiritual...