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Sisters: Catholic Nuns and the Making of America
by John J. FialkaSisters is the first major history of the pivotal role played by nuns in the building of American society. Nuns were the first feminists, argues Fialka. They became the nation's first cadre of independent, professional women. Some nursed, some taught, and many created and managed new charitable organizations, including large hospitals and colleges. In the 1800s nuns moved west with the frontier, often starting the first hospitals and schools in immigrant communities. They provided aid and service in the Chicago fire, cared for orphans and prostitutes in the California Gold Rush and brought professional nursing skills to field hospitals run by both armies in the Civil War. Their work was often done in the face of intimidation from such groups as the Know Nothings and the Ku Klux Klan.In the 1900s they built the nation's largest private school and hospital systems and brought the Catholic Church into the civil rights movement. As their numbers began to decline in the 1970s, many sisters were forced to take professional jobs as lawyers, probation workers, managers and hospital executives because their salaries were needed to support older nuns, many of whom lacked a pension system. Currently there are about 75,000 sisters in America, down from 204,000 in 1968. Their median age is sixty-nine. In Sisters, Fialka reveals the strength of the spiritual capital and the unprecedented reach of the caring institutions that religious women created in America.
Sisters: Loving God With Heart and Soul, and Mind and Strength (Sisters: Bible Study for Women)
by John SchroederThis is the leader's guide for this study in the Sisters: Bible Study for Women series. For more information about Sisters, go to www.sisters.cokesbury.com.
Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye
by Brad WarnerIn 2003, Brad Warner blew the top off the Buddhist book world with his irreverent autobiography/manifesto, Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies, and the Truth about Reality. Now in his second book, Sit Down and Shut Up, Brad tackles one of the great works of Zen literature, the Shobogenzo, by thirteenth-century Zen master Dogen. Illuminating Dogen’s enigmatic teachings in plain language, Brad intertwines musings on sex, meditation, death, God, sin, and happiness with an exploration of the punk rock ethos. In chapters such as “Evil Is Stupid,” “Kill Your Anger,” and “Enlightenment Is for Sissies,” Brad melds the antiauthoritarianism of punk with that of Zen, mixing in a travelogue of his triumphant return to Ohio to play in a reunion concert of Akron punk bands. For those drawn to Buddhist teachings but scared off by their stiff austerity, Brad writes with a sharp smack of truth, in teachings and stories that cut to the heart of reality.
Sit with Me: Meditation for Kids in Seven Easy Steps
by Carolyn KanjuroYou can squat like a frog or lounge like a cat--but if you want to sit like a buddha, there are seven key steps for taking your seat.Sit with Me invites kids of all ages to learn meditation through playful rhymes and adorable illustrations. Justa Bug describes the seven-point meditation posture--from the top of the head to the bottom of the feet--in an easy and accessible way. With a spine straight like coins stacked on a plate and shoulders back like a vulture in flight, kids will learn the basics of sitting through encouraging verse. With a little practice, Sit with Me will help everyone in the family learn how to meditate easy and free.
Sit, Walk, Stand
by Watchman NeeThis small book is taken from the spoken message of evangelist Watchman Nee in China before the Japanese war. A study in Ephesians.
Sita's Story
by Jacqueline Suthren HirstSeries Editor: Professor Julius Lipner, The Divinity School, University of Cambridge "Sita" is an ideal, an inspiration, an icon. Aimed primarily at high school students, this book may surprise many adults with its balanced, contemporary interpretation from one of the greatest cultural epics of all time, the Ramayana. This is the first volume in 'INDIC VALUES SERIES' published in collaboration with the Divinity School, Cambridge University.
Sita,Warrior of Mithila Book 2: Warrior Of Mithila (Ram Chandra Ser. #2)
by Amish TripathiIndia, 3400 BCE. India is beset with divisions, resentment and poverty. The people hate their rulers. They despise their corrupt and selfish elite. Chaos is just one spark away. Outsiders exploit these divisions. Raavan, the demon king of Lanka, grows increasingly powerful, sinking his fangs deeper into the hapless Sapt Sindhu. Two powerful tribes, the protectors of the divine land of India, decide that enough is enough. A saviour is needed. They begin their search. An abandoned baby is found in a field. Protected by a vulture from a pack of murderous wolves. She is adopted by the ruler of Mithila, a powerless kingdom, ignored by all. Nobody believes this child will amount to much. But they are wrong. For she is no ordinary girl. She is Sita. Continue the epic journey with Amish’s latest: A thrilling adventure that chronicles the rise of an orphan, who became the prime minister. And then, a Goddess. This is the second book in the Ram Chandra Series. A sequel that takes you back. Back before the beginning.
Sitaharan
by Chandrashankar Suklaરામાયણની કથા ઘણે કહેવાતી સાંભળી છે, રામાયણની કથાના સાર ઘણા જોયા છે, અને મૂળ રામાયણ તથા આધુનિક રામાયણો પણ ઘણાં જોયા છે, પણ તેમાંના એકેમાં ભાઈ ચંદ્રશંકરના રામાયણમાં જે ભૂમિકા રચીને કથા કહેવામાં આવી છે તે નથી. ગ્રહો અને નક્ષત્રો ધોળે દિવસે શોભતાં નથી. તેની ખરી શોભા પ્રગટ કરવા માટે આકાશનો દિનવર્ણો પટ કામ નથી આવતો. તેને માટે તો રજનીવર્ણા પટની આવશ્યકતા છે. આપણી કથાઓમાં રામજન્મથી જ આરંભ કરવામાં આવે છે. વાલ્મીકિમાં પણ રામજન્મથી જ આરંભ થાય છે, ત્યારે રામ, લક્ષ્મણ, ભરત અને સીતાની કથા દિનવર્ણા પટ ઉપર રજૂ થતી હોય એવું ભાસે છે. એ કથાનું શાંત નિર્મળ તેજ ભાઈ ચંદ્રશંકરે ચીતરેલા ત્રણ ભાઈઓના, બ્રાહ્મણ-ક્ષત્રિયોની અવનતિના, પૃથ્વીની પીડાના આછા અને ઘેરા રજનીવર્ણા પટ ઉપર કાંઈક અનેરી છટાથી પ્રગટ થાય છે. અને આ પુસ્તકની મોટામાં મોટી વિશેષતા એ જ છે.
Sitting Together
by Ronald D. Siegel Susan M. Pollak Thomas PedullaThis 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 to purchasers at the companion website.
Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus
by Ann Spangler Lois TverbergSitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus takes readers on a fascinating journey, helping them discover how learning about the Jewish world of Jesus can enrich their own faith. By exploring the land, culture, customs, prayers, and feasts, Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg help readers to perceive Jesus through the eyes and ears of first-century Jews.
Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith
by Ann Spangler Lois TverbergA rare chance to know Jesus as his first disciples knew him. What would it be like to journey back to the first century and sit at the feet of Rabbi Jesus as one of his Jewish disciples? How would your understanding of the gospel have been shaped by the customs, beliefs, and traditions of the Jewish culture in which you lived?Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus takes you on a fascinating tour of the Jewish world of Jesus, offering inspirational insights that can transform your faith. Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg paint powerful scenes from Jesus’ ministry, immersing you in the prayers, feasts, history, culture, and customs that shaped Jesus and those who followed him. You will hear the parables as they must have sounded to first-century Jews, powerful and surprising. You will join the conversations that were already going on among the rabbis of his day. You will watch with new understanding as the events of his life unfold. And you will emerge with new excitement about the roots of your own Christian faith.Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus will change the way you read Scripture and deepen your understanding of the life of Jesus. It will also help you to adapt the rich prayers and customs you learn about to your own life, in ways that both respect and enrich your Christian faith. By looking at the Jewishness of Jesus, Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg take you on a captivating journey into the heart of Judaism, one that is both balanced and insightful, helping you to better understand and appreciate your own faith.This newly expanded softcover edition includes a discussion guide for both individuals and groups, and instructions for a simple home Passover Seder celebration.
Sitting with Jesus: A Yearlong Faith Journey
by Tera ElnessDo you long for more than to simply exist? Do you desire more out of life than to simply go through the motions? Do you crave what it actually means to fully, abundantly LIVE? Through the pages of this daily devotional, Tera Elness will share a faith that was gleaned day-by-day by the God who provides day-by-day. Each individual entry is a glimpse into her personal journal as she shares with God and about God, and in turn, with YOU, her reader. Tera has learned over a decade of sitting with Jesus each morning that there truly is no better way to start each day. We feed our flesh, why would we not feed our soul? Starting your day with Tera through her journal-thoughts-turned-words in this 365-day devotional is like sharing a cup of coffee and conversation with a trusted friend who simply &“gets&” you. Written through the lens of who God is through insight and wisdom gleaned from over a decade spent in God&’s Word, Tera has the ability to bring the Bible alive in a way that will leave you encouraged, empowered, and inspired.
Sitting with Koans
by John Daido Loori Thomas Yuho KirchnerThe Zen tradition has just two main meditative practices: shikantaza, or "just sitting"; and introspection guided by the powerful Zen teaching stories called koans. Following in the tradition of The Art of Just Sitting (endorsed as a "A book we have needed for a long, long time"), this new anthology from John Daido Loori illuminates the subtle practice of koan study from many different points of view. Includes writings by: Robert Aitken William Bodiford Robert Buswell Roko Sherry Chayat Francis Dojun Cook Eihei Dogen Heinrich Dumoulin Hakuin Ekaku Victor Sogen Hori Keizan Jokin Philip Kapleau Chung-fen Ming-Pen Taizan Maezumi Dennis Genpo Merzel Soen Nakagawa Ruth Fuller Sasaki Sokei-an Sasaki Nyogen Senzaki Zenkei Shibayama Eido Shimano Philip Yampolsky Hakuun Yasutani Wayne Yokoyama Katsushiro Yoshizawa
Situating Poetry: Covenant and Genre in American Modernism
by Joshua Logan WallA retelling of American modernism through the lines of solidarity and division within and among ethnic and religious identities found in poetry.What happens if we approach the reading and writing of poetry not as an individual act, but as a public one? Answering this question challenges common assumptions about modern poetry and requires that we explore the important questions that define genre: Where is this poem situated, and how did it get there?Joshua Logan Wall's Situating Poetry studies five poets of the New York literary scene rarely considered together: James Weldon Johnson, Charles Reznikoff, Lola Ridge, Louis Zukofsky, and Robert Hayden. Charting their works and careers from 1910–1940, Wall illustrates how these politically marginalized writers from drastically different religious backgrounds wrestled with their status as American outsiders. These poets produced a secularized version of America in which poetry, rather than God, governed individual obligations to one another across multiethnic barriers.Adopting a multiethnic and pluralist approach, Wall argues that each of these poets—two Black, two Jewish, and one Irish-American anarchist—shares a desire to create more truly democratic communities through art and through the covenantal publics created by their poems despite otherwise sitting uncomfortably, at best, within a more standard literary history. In this unique account of American modernist poetics, religious pluralism creates a lens through which to consider the bounds of solidarity and division within and among ethnic identities and their corresponding literatures.
Situation Ethics: A Dialogue Between Joseph Fletcher & John Warwick Montgomery
by Joseph Fletcher John Warwick MontgomeryThis riveting philosophical debate pits Christian apologist, Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, against the situation ethicist, Joseph Fletcher, to grapple with the absoluteness of moral principles.
Situation: Out Of Control And Full Exposure (Colby Agency)
by Debra WebbFrom one of Debra Webb's most beloved miniseries, the Colby Agency, come two classic stories that will take you from the Colorado mountains to the gritty streets of Chicago.Situation: Out of ControlHeath Murphy's assignment was supposed to be simple. Get close to Jayne Stephens and set the trap for her father, Howard, a notorious criminal trying to destroy the Colby Agency. But when the beautiful and elemental conditions of the Colorado mountains force Heath and Jayne together, he finds himself breaking the cardinal rule-don't get involved with the target. Can he accomplish his mission without betraying her...and still save her life?Full ExposureAngel Parker was a victim. She'd been forced by Howard Stephens to help him infiltrate the Colby Agency-or else her son would suffer the consequences. But Cole Danes, special investigator for the agency, isn't interested in her excuses. All he wants is to bring Stephens down, and he's quite prepared to use Angel to get to him. But he's not prepared for the effect she and her young son have on him when they are secluded together. Can he protect them and still get justice?
Six Books on the Priesthood
by John Chrysostom Graham NevilleNone of the Fathers of the early church is better known or loved than St John Chrysostom, and none of his works is more popular than On the Priesthood. Its stylistic brilliance demonstrates the appropriateness of St John's enduring title, the golden-mouthed. Yet the rhetorical eloquence of the work is not simply camouflage for lack of substance. As Graham Neville observes in his Introduction, Chrysostom had a mind both practical and idealistic, that brought into close connection the evils and injustices of the world and the perfection of moral life demanded by the gospel. Chrysostom's unique gift for linking concrete observation and theological vision is nowhere more evident that in On the Priesthood. Its presence helps to account for the work's power to inspire and challenge Christians in all ages.
Six Days of Genesis
by Paul F. TaylorDiscover the five powerful truths within the phrase "In the beginning God?." Learn just how closely evolutionists and creationists agree on the division of land and water on the earth. Uncover the biblical clue to where energy came from to explore life processes on an earth without form and void. Explore whether there is any truth to the recolonization theory. Can we really trust Genesis as the literal history of the world? Many modern scholars and scientists would have you believe that you can't, but this fascinating expository study by Paul F. Taylor lays all doubts about the authenticity of the Bible to rest. Follow this spellbinding, verse-by-verse study Taylor takes you on from the Garden of Eden to the Fall to the Table of Nations.Many Christians are alarmed by the disappearance of true biblical teachings in churches and even in many seminaries across America and Britain, but this much-needed resource for teaching prospective clergy and professors will help to battle the disturbing departure from biblical truth. This exciting new tool is a wonderful aid for those who wish to defend against the evolutionary attacks leveled at them by society and sometimes even by the church.
Six Days: The Age of the Earth and the Decline of the Church
by Ken HamDiscover how many evangelical leaders, willingly or unwittingly, are undermining the authority of God's Word by compromising the Bible in Genesis Learn how allowing for an old/universe of billions of years unlocks a door of compromise Heed the wake-up call to the Church to return to the authority of God's Word, beginning in Genesis. Today, most Bible colleges, seminaries, K-12 Christian schools, and now even parts of the homeschool movement do not accept the first eleven chapters of Genesis as literal history. They try to fit the supposed billions of years into Genesis, and some teach evolution as fact. Our churches are largely following suit. Ken Ham, international speaker and author on biblical authority, examines how compromise starting in Genesis, particularly in regard to the six days of creation and the earth's age, have filtered down from the Bible colleges and seminaries to pastors--and finally to parents and their children. This erosive legacy is seen in generations of young people leaving the Church--2/3 of them. Get the facts, discover God's truth, and help bring a new reformation to the Church by helping to call it back to the authority of God's Word.
Six Hours One Friday: Living in the Power of the Cross (The\bestseller Collection)
by Max LucadoDoes life feel futile? Doesn't have to.Do some of your failures seem fatal? They aren't.And your death. Does the grave appear to be the final stop? According to Christ, your death is just the start of the something great.There is a truth greater than all the losses and sorrows of life. And it can be discovered in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.In Six Hours One Friday, Max Lucado delves into the meaning of Jesus' last hours on the cross. Through his death, your life has purpose and meaning. You are forgiven and loved by a Savior who died for you. And an empty tomb proclaims that death does not have the final word."Peace where there should be pain. Confidence in the midst of crisis. Hope defying despair. Does death have the last word? I can see Jesus wink as he gives the answer, Not on your life."
Six Houses Down: A Novel
by Kari RimbeyIn this inspirational novel of family, friendship, and forgiveness, a mother of an autistic boy learns to trust God&’s mysterious ways. Though Sharon Webster&’s husband, Bill, is still in her life, he is becoming increasingly distant. After their son is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, Bill accepts a promotion that requires lengthy absences from home. But soon Sharon finds new faces entering her and her son&’s lives. First, a red-headed little girl climbs over the backyard fence to play. Then an elderly couple who live close-by become reliable friends. But after Bill makes a surprise return, their son slips out of the house and is lost in Washington, DC. To find him Sharon must rely on the husband she believes no longer loves her. What she doesn&’t realize is that her new friends recognize her unspoken hurts and, with God&’s guidance, are determined to help. Inspired by her childhood foster brother, Kari Rimbey&’s debut novel explores the disastrous consequences that can befall a family when communication breaks down. It serves as a reminder that God intends for people to reach out to others and that forgiveness is necessary for the heart to heal.
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast: The Evolutionary Origins of Belief
by Lewis Wolpert[From the book jacket] Why do 70 percent of Americans believe in angels, while others are convinced that they've been abducted by aliens? Why does every society around the world have a religious tradition of some sort? What makes people believe in improbable things when all the evidence points to the contrary? In Through the Looking Glass, the White Queen tells Alice that to believe in a wildly far-fetched fact, she simply needs to "draw a long breath and shut [her] eyes." Alice finds this advice ridiculous. But don't almost all of us, at some time or another, engage in magical thinking? Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill canceled all appointments on Friday the 13th. Niels Bohr tacked a horseshoe over his desk-just to add some luck to his quantum universe. In Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast, evolutionary biologist Lewis Wolpert delves into the important and timely debate over the nature of belief, looking at belief's psychological basis to discover just what evolutionary purpose it could serve. Are there advantages to imaginary friends and fantasy worlds, superstitions and religions? Are we born with an evolutionary defense mechanism to believe in things that make us feel better about the world? Wolpert leads the reader through all that science can tell us about the beliefs of which we are so instinctually sure. He deftly explores these questions and the different types of belief - those of children, of animals, of the religious, and of those suffering from psychiatric disorders - and he asks whether it is possible to live without belief, or whether it is a necessary component of a functioning society.
Six Memos from the Last Millennium: A Novelist Reads the Talmud (Exploring Jewish Arts and Culture)
by Joseph SkibellA thief-turned-saint, killed by an insult. A rabbi burning down his world in order to save it. A man who lost his sanity while trying to fathom the origin of the universe. A beautiful woman battling her brother’s and her husband’s egos to preserve their family. Stories such as these enliven the pages of the Talmud, the great repository of ancient wisdom that is one of the sacred texts of the Jewish people. Comprised of the Mishnah, the oral law of the Torah, and the Gemara, a multigenerational metacommentary on the Mishnah dating from between 3950 and 4235 (190 and 475 CE), the Talmud presents a formidable challenge to understand without scholarly training and study. But what if one approaches it as a collection of tales with surprising relevance for contemporary readers? In Six Memos from the Last Millennium, critically acclaimed novelist Joseph Skibell reads some of the Talmud’s tales with a storyteller’s insight, concentrating on the lives of the legendary rabbis depicted in its pages to uncover the wisdom they can still impart to our modern age. He unifies strands of stories that are scattered throughout the Talmud into coherent narratives or “memos,” which he then analyzes and interprets from his perspective as a novelist. In Skibell’s imaginative and personal readings, this sacred literature frequently defies our conventional notions of piety. Sometimes wild, rude, and even bawdy, these memos from the last millennium pursue a livable transcendence, a way of fusing the mundane hours of earthly life with a cosmic sense of holiness and wonder.
Six Memos from the Last Millennium: A Novelist Reads the Talmud (Exploring Jewish Arts and Culture)
by Joseph SkibellA storyteller&’s take on the Talmud and the timeless wisdom contained within its tales provides &“a fresh look at an ancient source&” (Kirkus Reviews). A thief-turned-saint, killed by an insult. A rabbi burning down his world in order to save it. A man who lost his sanity while trying to fathom the origin of the universe. A beautiful woman battling her brother&’s and her husband&’s egos to preserve their family. Stories such as these enliven the pages of the Talmud, the great repository of ancient wisdom that is one of the sacred texts of the Jewish people. Comprised of the Mishnah, the oral law of the Torah, and the Gemara, a multigenerational metacommentary on the Mishnah dating from between 3950 and 4235 (190 and 475 CE), the Talmud presents a formidable challenge to understand without scholarly training and study. But what if one approaches it as a collection of tales with surprising relevance for contemporary readers? In Six Memos from the Last Millennium, Joseph Skibell, critically acclaimed author of A Blessing on the Moon and other novels, reads some of the Talmud&’s tales with a storyteller&’s insight, concentrating on the lives of the legendary rabbis depicted in its pages to uncover the wisdom they can still impart to our modern age. He unifies strands of stories that are scattered throughout the Talmud into coherent narratives or &“memos,&” which he then analyzes and interprets from his perspective as a novelist. In Skibell&’s imaginative and personal readings, this sacred literature frequently defies our conventional notions of piety. Sometimes wild, rude, and even bawdy, these memos from the last millennium pursue a livable transcendence, a way of fusing the mundane hours of earthly life with a cosmic sense of holiness and wonder.
Six Minor Prophets Through the Centuries: Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi (Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries #34)
by Jin H. Han Richard J. CogginsSix Minor Prophets Through the Centuries is the work of highly respected biblical scholars, Richard Coggins and Jin H. Han. The volume explores the rich and complex reception history of the last six Minor Prophets in Jewish and Christian exegesis, theology, worship, and arts. This text is the work of two highly respected biblical scholars It explores the rich and complex reception history of the last six Minor Prophets in Jewish and Christian theology and exegesis