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A Noiva do Médio Oriente
by Paula Raposo EstevesUm romance onde o amor não tem fronteiras. Amor sem muros nem fronteiras. Uma narrativa que cruza a ficção romântica com o suspense típico do thriller, acrescentando um cariz espiritual, alvo de muita procura no mercado editorial português.O final de uma longa relação amorosa deixa sempre marcas profundas. Desiludida com o casamento anterior, Carolina decide deixar tudo para trás e fugir em trabalho para a Jordânia. Acidentalmente, vê-se envolvida no obscuro mundo que envolve o casamento de menores e o tráfico de jovens adolescentes. A partir de um bilhete e de um pedido de socorro, é todo um cenário a que Carolina não consegue ficar indiferente e que pretende expor aos olhos do mundo.Uma obra ficcional que cruza um cenário deslumbrante e misterioso, como a Síria e a Arábia Saudita, com uma problemática grave, como o tráfico humano e os casamentos por conveniência. Ainda a recuperar de uma dolorosa separação, o que Carolina mais deseja é manter-se afastada dos reboliços do coração, mas o exotismo e a excentricidade do Médio Oriente não lhe dão tréguas. Num cenário de uma beleza mística, a aventura, a sedução e a introspeção levam-na ao reencontro do seu verdadeiro eu e do seu maior propósito de vida. Carolina descobre como gerir todas as emoções aprisionadas dentro de si, aprendendo que somos todos iguais e que o amor não tem nacionalidade ou religião. A Noiva do Médio Oriente é uma história emocionante em que as cicatrizes e consequências do conflito nesta zona levam-na a ambicionar a paz para todos sem exceção. Porque, afinal, como Carolina descobriu, na verdade, somos todos apenas um!
A Non-Anxious Presence: How a Changing and Complex World will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders
by Mark SayersFor much of recent history individuals and institutions could plan, execute, and flourish with their visions of a better world. Volatile, complex forces could be addressed and confronted with planning and management. But crisis is a great revealer. It knocks us off our thrones. It uncovers the weaknesses in our strategies and brings to light our myths and idols. Our past strategies run aground, smashed by unpredictable and chaotic waves. Yet in the midst of the chaos of a crisis comes opportunity. The history of the church tells us that crisis always precedes renewal, and the framework of renewal offers us new ways forward. A Non-Anxious Presence shows how that renewal happens and offers churches and leaders strategic ways to awaken the Church and see our culture changed for Christ.
A Non-Philosophical Theory of Nature
by Anthony Paul SmithIn A Non-Philosophical Theory of Nature, Anthony Paul Smith asserts that the old theological and philosophical ideas about the unnatural are no longer tenable. Parts of nature seem to be at war with one another - the human against the rest of the biosphere - and this is because our very understanding of the idea of nature that comes to us from philosophy and theology has perpetuated that war. Smith argues that the very idea of nature must be rethought as ecological. Towards that purpose heuses the methodology of Fran#65533;ois Laruelle's non-philosophy to bring together the fields of philosophy, theology, and scientific ecology and treat them as ecological material. Out of this ecology of thought, a new theory of nature emerges for an ecological age.
A None's Story: Searching for Meaning Inside Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and Islam
by Corinna NicolaouThe rising population known as "nones" for its members' lack of religious affiliation is changing American society, politics, and culture. Many nones believe in God and even visit places of worship, but they do not identify with a specific faith or belong to a spiritual community. Corinna Nicolaou is a none, and in this layered narrative, she describes what it is like for her and thousands of others to live without religion or to be spiritual without committing to a specific faith.Nicolaou tours America's major traditional religions to see what, if anything, one might lack without God. She moves through Christianity's denominations, learning their tenets and worshiping alongside their followers. She travels to Los Angeles to immerse herself in Judaism, Berkeley to educate herself about Buddhism, and Dallas and Washington, D.C., to familiarize herself with Islam. She explores what light they can shed on the fears and failings of her past, and these encounters prove the significant role religion still plays in modern life. They also exemplify the vibrant relationship between religion and American culture and the enduring value it provides to immigrants and outsiders. Though she remains a devout none, Nicolaou's experiences reveal points of contact between the religious and the unaffiliated, suggesting that nones may be radically revising the practice of faith in contemporary times.
A Not-So-Silent Night: The Unheard Story of Christmas and Why It Matters
by Verlyn VerbruggeA revolutionary examination of the often-overlooked parts of the Christmas story, Not-So-Silent Night offers fresh insights on what the message of Christmas really is.
A Not-So-Simple Life (Diary of a Teenage Girl: Maya #1)
by Melody CarlsonFifteen-year-old Maya Stark seems to have it all-fame, fortune, a Beverly Hills lifestyle, and an eighties pop star dad who's making a comeback. But looks can be deceiving, and on the inside, Maya is miserable. Her parents are divorced, her dad is away on tour, and being biracial, she struggles with her identity. Then, to make matters worse, her mother has returned to using drugs and is quickly depleting their finances. In a plan to become emancipated from her messed-up mom, Maya takes a job on Rodeo Drive. Selling designer clothes compromises Maya's earth-friendly "green girl" values, but she is desperate.Just when Maya thinks she's got it all worked out, her life caves in. Her mom "embezzles" Maya's savings and is later arrested on DUI and cocaine possession charges and is facing jail time. With nowhere to live, Maya is sent to spend the summer with her relatives. In the collision of two very different worlds, Maya must figure out where she fits in-or does she fit in at all?From the Trade Paperback edition.
A Novel Proposal
by Denise HunterWhen western novelist Sadie Goodwin must pen a romance novel to rescue her lackluster sales, there&’s only one tiny problem: she&’s never been in love.Desperate to salvage her career, Sadie accepts an invitation to hole up at her friend&’s beach duplex for the summer and devote herself to this confounding genre. After all, where better to witness love than on the beautiful South Carolina shore?But Sadie soon finds many ways to procrastinate the dreaded task—like getting to know the beach regulars and installing a Little Free Library on the property. She even attempts conversation with Sam Ford, the frustratingly stubborn neighbor on the other side of the duplex. But things take an unexpected turn when Sadie finds inside her library an abandoned novel with a secret compartment—and a beautiful engagement ring tucked inside.Suddenly, locating the ring&’s owner becomes the perfect way to put off writing that romance. Sadie draws a reluctant Sam into her mission. And as the two close in on an answer to the mysterious proposal, she discovers a tender side to him. She begins to wonder if he just might make the perfect hero for her romance novel—or maybe even her heart.From the bestselling author of The Convenient Groom (now a beloved Hallmark Original movie) comes a sweet and sizzling story of a romance writer surprised by her own happily ever after.Sweet and thoughtful contemporary readStand-alone novelBook length: 80,000 wordsIncludes discussion questions for book clubs
A November Bride (A Year of Weddings Novella)
by Beth K. VogtA year's worth of novellas from twelve inspirational romance authors. Happily ever after guaranteed.Can a decades-long friendship marred by two romantic missteps ever lead to happily ever after? Sadie McAllister&’s clients know how lucky they are to have her: an ultra-fastidious personal chef who leaves behind a spotless kitchen and a week&’s worth of mouth-watering meals. Erik Davis, her best friend since middle school, is content to enjoy Sadie&’s culinary skills too while maintaining their &“friends only&” status. Most of his energy is focused on his just-launched freelance business and casual dates that never come close to a commitment. But when Sadie is offered a once-in-a-lifetime cooking job across country, Erik realizes maybe he&’s taken his best friend for granted. Even more, he&’s about to lose his only chance for lasting love. How can Erik convince Sadie that the well-known adage &“Marry your best friend&” just might apply to them? With God&’s help, can they both move past their assumptions about each other and their future? Should Sadie and Erik risk taking their relationship to the romantic point of no return? If they do, their decades-long friendship is as a good as done . . . unless it ends at the altar.
A Nun on the Bus: How All of Us Can Create Hope, Change, and Community
by Sister Simone CampbellIn the summer of 2012, Sister Simone Campbell and a group of fellow Roman Catholic nuns toured parts of the country to rally support against Congressman Paul Ryan's budget, a plan that cut vital social programs for the hurting poor and the struggling middle class. Prayer groups turned into rallies, and small town meetings became national media events. Sister Simone became a galvanizing force for progressives of all stripes and remains a driving force for programs and policies that support faith, family, and fairness. Rooted in a deep spirituality of compassion and service, Sister Simone gives voice to the hunger, isolation, and fear that so many people in America are feeling right now and shows us how we can create real transformation in our communities and in our own hearts through the contemplative life of prayer. Powerful, inspiring stories from the Nuns on the Bus tour and from Sister Simone's own life offer readers a fresh vision for a lived spirituality that is at the heart of today's progressive Christian movements working for change.
A Nun with a Gun, Sister Stanislaus: A Biography
by Eddie DohertyTHIS is the story of a rare human being, a dynamo of a woman who devoted her life, joyfully, humorously, expertly, uniquely, to others.Orphaned at 3, brought up by the Sisters of Charity in Nevada, a nun herself at 20, Sister Stanislaus, after several months of nurses’ training in Baltimore, was sent to work in New Orleans. She never really left. Her first, last, and only assignment was Charity Hospital, New Orleans. In time, the two became virtually synonymous.She spent over fifty years there. When she arrived, Charity Hospital comprised one antiquated building; modern medicine was in its swaddling clothes; nursing was an even more hit-or-miss affair. When she left, Charity Hospital was one of the finest in the land and nursing had become a highly professional career.Sister Stanislaus played a large part in the development of both. She brought to nursing a great and joyful zeal, an originality, and a love which affected everyone she came in contact with. Constantly perfecting herself as a nurse, she became one of the best known nursing-sisters in the country.But she did not stop there. Changing, innovating, wheedling money from a string of politicos—from Huey Long and his predecessors by Earl Long—she built Charity Hospital into the great modern institution it is.Yet her fame and her influence were not a result of her public achievement; they were based upon something more immediate, more spiritual. They grew from her all-embracing charity, her lifetime of devotion to the sick and the troubled. She was beloved as a person; the rest, an incredible array of activities and duties, accomplishment and concern, simply happened. Or so she pretended.An extraordinary personality merges from this brisk, expertly written biography, a lively and highly original nun, nurse, and human being, full of surprises but indefatigably on the job, bringing relief and consolation to thousands who passed in and out of a great hospital.
A Oração de Jeosafá
by Gabriel Agbo Leandro PadilhaCada batalha nessa vida pode ser vencida! Todas as batalhas que nós enfrentamos, quer seja individualmente ou em grupos, são representadas por três categorias - guerras, desejos e fome. Guerras representam oposições físicas e espirituais, batalhas e conflitos que enfrentamos diariamente. Desejos incluem todas as doenças e enfermidades, infecções, doenças curáveis e incuráveis. Portanto, fome ou sequidão envolvem toda a falta financeira e econômica e outros desafios. E nesse livro, nós efetivamente mostramos que é possível sempre ir através desses desafios e saímos vitoriosos. Aqui, você encontrará princípios estabelecidos e testados que te colocará definitivamente sobre o lado vitorioso. Eles são realmente testados, divinos universais e eternos. Eles não podem falhar! Aqui você encontrará dez capítulos poderosos: Oração de Jeosafá; Deus do Céu e Terra, É nossa Herança, Guerra, Desejo e Fome, Veja Como Eles Nos Recompensam, Tu não irá pará-los? Não Se Atemorize Ou Esteja Desencorajado, A Batalha Não É Tua, Marchem e Tome Posição e O Poder do Louvor. Nós temos também um conjunto de orações poderosas que trarão resultados poderosos no final de cada capitulo. Tenha uma ótima leitura!
A Oração de Jesús Iniciação à Prática
by Monise Moreno de Souza Esteban EmaúsA experiência da solitude e da íntima busca de Deus no próprio coração, levam o homem ao silêncio. Nesse vazio de pensamentos, com os anseios calmos e o corpo tranquilizado, ilumina a Presença que sempre se buscou. O eremitismo histórico encontra sua raiz neste desejo de eternidade e liberdade a partir deste mesmo mundo. O paraíso torna-se presente agora mesmo no interior do eremita, que por isto mesmo transfigura o mundo com seu olhar. Esta solitude do coração não se deve necessariamente ao afastamento dos homens, mas a uma vida atenta à presença divina, em qualquer circunstância. Assim vivem também os eremitas urbanos, que em seu silêncio anônimo mantêm vivo o espírito original das primeiras comunidades cristãs; tão próximas de Cristo quanto afastadas de toda pompa, boato ou hierarquia organizada. A Oração de Jesus é um caminho rápido ao coração da Presença. O Irmão Esteban de Emaús nos apresenta esse caminho a partir de sua própria experiência.
A P O T E O S I S El Viaje a Dios
by Ramesh NathanApoteosis: El viaje a Dios es la doctrina fundamental de la religión de la nueva era, el iluminismo. La apoteosis es una exposición veraz sobre la condición de la humanidad, y ofrece el camino de la iluminación, con el objetivo final de la apoteosis, como respuesta. Los conceptos científicos y espirituales probados se discuten como las pautas de esta nueva religión. El iluminismo es la doctrina que todos hemos estado buscando. La humanidad debe desarrollar sus seres hasta el punto más alto, hasta el vértice del desarrollo, solo así podremos ver lo que nos espera. El iluminismo es la religión para toda la humanidad, ¡es el siguiente paso en la evolución del hombre!
A Padre Pio Profile
by John A. SchugA first-hand glimpse at Padre Pio by those who knew him best. The holy friar's own Capuchin superiors and confreres, spiritual directors and doctors, the townspeople and pilgrims who were his spiritual children testify to their experiences with him. New and little-known information about Padre Pio's ministry and spiritual life will give you an intimate glimpse into the life of a modern man who may someday be canonized.
A Pagan's Nightmare: A Novel
by Ray BlackstonRay Blackston presents a tongue-in-cheek look at contemporary culture as seen through the eyes of an unwary pagan screenwriter who writes a hit about the last unbeliever on Earth navigating in a thoroughly Christian world.
A Paradox of Honor: Hopes and Perspectives of Muslim-American Women (Researching Social Psychology)
by Richard W. Sears Tayeba Shaikh Jennifer M. OssegeBased on original interviews of 22 Muslim-American women of South Asian descent on the topics of honor and honor killings, this book examines honor and culture, and their intersections with power, tradition, gender, family, and religion. Additionally, it incorporates an autoethnographic approach describing the author’s journey to Pakistan to create a personal narrative throughout. This volume offers a unique perspective that allows for informed exploration and description of Muslim-American women’s attitudes and beliefs surrounding the practice of killing women and girls in order to regain family honor.
A Parcel for Prudence, a Novella: Virtues and Valor #4
by Hallee BridgemanThe exciting Virtues and Valor serialized story continues with book 4. MURIEL TOLSON grew up with all of the luxuries life could offer. As the daughter of a duke, she married the second son of an earl and lived in style on his family's estate. When her husband ships off to fight the Nazis in Africa, Muriel heeds his request to use her intelligence and language skills to help with the war effort. She approaches the British secret services and soon finds herself recruited into an experimental all female cohort dubbed the Virtues, a collection of seven extraordinary women with highly specialized skills. Assigned the code name of PRUDENCE, her natural French allows her to infiltrate Occupied France where she works as a courier; carrying messages, money, and sometimes people through the secret resistance network aiding the allies to accomplish very dangerous missions behind enemy lines. When Nazis capture the agent code named TEMPERANCE, the team shucks previously laid plans and fast-forwards operational timelines. Is the team ready for this daring mission, or will the Third Reich thwart their plans before they can even get started? A PARCEL FOR PRUDENCE is part four of seven serialized novellas entitled the Virtues and Valor series.
A Parent's Guide to 12 Days of Christmas (Axis Parent's Guide)
by Axis4 calling birds, 3 french hens, 2--Wait! <P><P That's not what the 12 days are at all. <P><P>Use this Guide to learn about the real 12 days of Christmas, why they matter, and how to begin more meaningful Christmas traditions. <P><P>(Note: This is not a devotional.)
A Parent's Guide to Autism: Practical Advice. Biblical Wisdom.
by Ron SandisonThis guide will help readers have an in-depth understanding of autism, and provide a plan for parents to raise happy, healthy children. One in every sixty-eight children will be diagnosed with autism. More children will be diagnosed with autism than with AIDS, diabetes, and cancer combined. This means every year in America sixty thousand families will receive the diagnosis that their precious son or daughter has an autism spectrum disorder. With diagnosis at such an alarming rate, how can parents be equipped to confidently raise children with autism? All children can flourish and mature through love.A Parent&’s Guide to Autism offers interviews from forty experts, exclusive teaching on bully-proofing children, as well as practical wisdom, biblical knowledge, and life experiences from Ron Sandison. He compassionately shares his own personal struggles with overcoming autism as a minister and professional in the medical field to help parents raise outstanding children.
A Parent's Guide to Helping Teenagers in Crisis
by Jim Hancock Rich Van PeltYou’ve seen it on the news too many times to count. School shootings, adolescent addictions, bullying, eating disorders, depression and suicide, cutting, pregnancy. There is no lack of bad news to be told about teenagers today. Maybe you believe that will never happen to “my child.” And maybe it won’t. But crises aren’t always the stories that make the evening news. The spectrum of crises an adolescent may face can range from something as (seemingly harmless) as getting caught cheating on a test to dealing with the breakdown of the family, to acting out and getting in trouble with the law. And the reality is that someone they know will likely experience some kind of crisis—and that can affect your teen significantly. Either way, when a crisis affects your teen, wouldn’t you want to be prepared? Rich Van Pelt and Jim Hancock, both of whom have raised teenagers into adulthood and have spent decades in youth ministry and crisis management, bring together their expertise and insight to help you identify and understand what a crisis is and how you can help your teen live and grow through it. Inside, you’ll find practical responses for issues like: • Suicidal thoughts or behavior • Accidents • Cheating • Death (of a friend or loved one) • Divorce • Eating disorders • Hazing • Pregnancy • Sexual abuse • Sexual identity confusion • Substance abuse or addiction • And more… In addition to learning appropriate responses to crises, you’ll learn how to prevent some of these issues, and how to get professionals involved when necessary. Whatever it is your teen is dealing with, your influence in their life is still the most important one. So be prepared to walk them through their crisis with wisdom, compassion, and the tools to help them heal.
A Parent's Guide to Lies Boys Believe: And the Epic Quest for Truth
by Erin Davis Jason DavisLies are powerful. Your son has a persistent enemy who seeks to deceive and rob him of the confidence and strength he has in Jesus. But you can help him fill his heart with God&’s Truth so that he can stand strong.A Parent&’s Guide to Lies Boys Believe, a companion book to Lies Boys Believe, is your tool to come alongside your son in the fight against lies. This unique and Bible-centered resource teaches your son the Truth he will need to navigate the challenges he is facing. Join the fight against lies using this guide, packed with encouragement and biblical insight. Written by two experienced parents with a house full of boys and a heart to raise up a generation of Truth-seekers, you&’ll be empowered to talk with your son and push back against the Deceiver.Together, these books give you the tools you need to start important conversations. A Parent&’s Guide to Lies Boys Believe will help you:Develop and communicate a right theology of lies and Truth to your sonInitiate meaningful ongoing conversations about the topics like: the gospel, God&’s Word, entertainment choices, self-control, and more.Build a Word-centered home
A Partial Enlightenment: What Modern Literature and Buddhism Can Teach Us About Living Well Without Perfection
by Avram AlpertIn many ways, Buddhism has become the global religion of the modern world. For its contemporary followers, the ideal of enlightenment promises inner peace and worldly harmony. And whereas other philosophies feel abstract and disembodied, Buddhism offers meditation as a means to realize this ideal. If we could all be as enlightened as Buddhists, some imagine, we could live in a much better world. For some time now, however, this beatific image of Buddhism has been under attack. Scholars and practitioners have criticized it as a Western fantasy that has nothing to do with the actual experiences of Buddhists.Avram Alpert combines personal experience and readings of modern novels to offer another way to understand modern Buddhism. He argues that it represents a rich resource not for attaining perfection but rather for finding meaning and purpose in a chaotic world. Finding unexpected affinities across world literature—Rudyard Kipling in colonial India, Yukio Mishima in postwar Japan, Bessie Head escaping apartheid South Africa—as well as in his own experiences living with Tibetan exiles, Alpert shows how these stories illuminate a world in which suffering is inevitable and total enlightenment is impossible. Yet they also give us access to partial enlightenments: powerful insights that become available when we come to terms with imperfection and stop looking for wholeness. A Partial Enlightenment reveals the moments of personal and social transformation that the inventions of modern Buddhism help make possible.
A Party for Lazarus: Six Generations of Ancestral Devotion in a Cuban Town
by Todd Ramón OchoaA Party for Lazarus is the story of a Cuban family, six generations removed from slavery, struggling to honor its ancestors amid changing fortunes and a crumbling state. This intimate intergenerational account centers on an annual feast celebrating ancestors and orisás—the life-changing spirits at the heart of Black Atlantic religious life. Based on twenty years of fieldwork, Todd Ramón Ochoa’s masterful ethnography shows how orisá praise and everyday life have changed in revolutionary Cuba over two decades of economic hardship.
A Party in Ramadan
by Asma Mobin-UddinHere is a perfect story to introduce young readers to the holy month of Ramadan, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community.Ramadan is coming, and Leena is excited. Although she is too young to fast every day during the Muslim religious festival, Leena decides to fast each Friday instead. When Leena receives an invitation to a party which happens to fall on Friday, she has a dilemma. She doesn't want to miss the party, but she doesn't want to miss fasting either. So Leena decides to go to the party, but not eat or drink anything at all. Later, she will join her family for the meal known as iftar, when the daily fast is broken. But when Leena, the only Muslim at the party, sees her friends enjoying fresh lemonade and chocolate cake, her stomach starts to growl and her head begins to hurt. Will she keep her Ramadan fast?
A Passion For The Impossible: The Life Of Lilias Trotter
by Miriam Huffman RocknessArt critic John Ruskin enthusiastically proclaimed her potential as one of the best artists of the nineteenth century, but Lilias Trotter's devotion to Christ compelled her to surrender her life of art, privilege, and leisure. Leaving the home of her wealthy parents for a humble dwelling in Algeria, Lilias defied sterotypes and taboos that should have deterred any European woman from ministering in a Muslim country. Yet she stayed for nearly forty years, befriending Algerian Muslims with her appreciation for literature and art and winning them to Christ through her life of love.