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Soldier’s Salvation/The Golden Box
by Koa De'AngeloThis novel contains two stories: Soldier’s Salvation and The Golden Box. The first story, Soldier’s Salvation, is about “a year-long adventure that completely changed the lives of two young brothers. Set in the first century AD 29 to AD 30. It is a chronology of events, starting with their induction into the Imperial Roman army and continuing to some days after the resurrection of Jesus Christ.” The second story, The Golden Box, is a tale about “a secret heirloom that has been handed down through the millennia of time from grandmother to granddaughter.” The author conveys, through this story, that “not all that someone deems wonderous can be appreciated in the same way by others. The beautiful part is, God lets us as individuals, decide what is precious to us.” For the author, what is important is not the gift but the Gift Giver. When reading these stories, the author wants his readers to remember that “some chapters in these two books share instances from the four New Testament gospels of the Bible. What is imaginative in the narrative is largely detail of what has been left open in the biblical and historical accounts. Nothing has been included that did not seem to be a reasonable assumption.”
Solemn Oath
by Hannah AlexanderDr. Lukas Bower is the temporary director at Knolls Community Hospital, but he's a doctor first. As an E. R. surgeon he took a solemn oath to put his patients' needs ahead of anyone else's--his own, the insurance companies' or the hospital's. Yet now the future of the smalltown medical center hangs in the balance because of one powerful, vindictive man. And Lukas's faith, as necessary to him as air, becomes a barrier between himself and Dr. Mercy Richmond, a beautiful single mother who can't forgive him. But when a suspicious fire destroys the hospital, all their futures--and their faith--will be tested.
Solemn Reverence: The Separation of Church and State in American Life (Sunlight Editions)
by Randall Balmer"A slender but thoroughly argued case for reinforcing the wall between church and state. . . A stern warning that those who push for the intrusion of religion into public life do so at the peril of both." -- Kirkus ReviewsThe First Amendment to the US Constitution codified the principle that the government should play no role in favoring or supporting any religion, while allowing free exercise of all religions (including unbelief). More than two centuries later, the results from this experiment are overwhelming: The separation of church and state has shielded the government from religious factionalism, and the United States boasts a diverse religious culture unmatched anywhere in the world. In Solemn Reverence, Randall Balmer, one of the premier historians of religion in America, reviews both the history of the separation of church and state as well as the various attempts to undermine that wall of separation. Despite the fact that the First Amendment and the separation of church and state has served the nation remarkably well, he argues, its future is by no means assured.
Soles of a Survivor: A Memoir
by Nhi AronheimThe Unbelievable True Story of a Vietnamese Refugee Who Not Only Made the United States Her Home, But Learned the True Value of Hope, Love, and Religion Along the Way The soles of Nhi Aronheim's feet still bear the scars of her escape from Vietnam—trudging through the jungles of Cambodia as a twelve-year-old with a group of strangers seeking the land of opportunity: America. Her quest for survival through the Cambodian jungle eventually led her to a boat that took her to Thailand and an orphanage where Nhi lived for two years until she qualified for refugee status in the United States. Years later, she returned to Vietnam with a film producer to reunite with the family she never thought she&’d see again. A second trip to Vietnam brought her two mothers, birth and adopted, face to face. Yet Soles of a Survivor isn&’t just another inspirational survival story. It&’s about the lessons Nhi learned about humanity, diversity, and unconditional love since arriving in the United States. She now has a deeper appreciation for the parallels between the Jewish and Vietnamese cultures, and others. After she met her Jewish beau, they got married. She eventually converted to Judaism, though the process was challenging for an Asian woman adopted into a Christian household. Her story shows it matters less what religion we&’re part of, as long as we radiate goodness to those we meet. Now she relishes being a Vietnamese Jew. Having come full circle from prosperity to poverty and back, Nhi hopes to encourage others to believe that in spite of overwhelming odds, all things are possible if one has an intense desire, focused energy, and the audacity to grasp presented opportunities.
Solid Ground
by Sylvia Boorstein Norman Fischer Tsoknyi RinpocheSolid Ground: Buddhist Wisdom for Difficult Times is a lively and topical book that offers guidance on how to respond to the individual crises that inevitably arise in all of our lives as well as to the political, economic, and social challenges society is currently facing. The issue of difficulty in life is at the very essence of Buddhism. The first noble truth could certainly be translated as "life is full of difficulties." And the remaining noble truths could be seen as Buddhism's analysis of our difficulties and of a path to working with them. Celebrated Buddhist teachers Sylvia Boorstein, Zoketsu Norman Fisher, and Tsoknyi Rinpoche use their diverse wisdom to address the immediate and practical concerns in our lives and to explore the most basic and profound questions of Buddhism: the difficulty of life in general and how we can work with that and ameliorate it.Filled with humor and personal stories, Solid Ground offers specific teachings for concrete situations as well as a way to explore the larger questions of finding equanimity in difficult times.
Solid Ground: Buddhist Wisdom for Difficult Times
by Sylvia Boorstein Norman Fischer Tsoknyi RinpocheSolid Ground: Buddhist Wisdom for Difficult Times is a lively and topical book that offers guidance on how to respond to the individual crises that inevitably arise in all of our lives as well as to the political, economic, and social challenges society is currently facing. The issue of difficulty in life is at the very essence of Buddhism. The first noble truth could certainly be translated as "life is full of difficulties." And the remaining noble truths could be seen as Buddhism's analysis of our difficulties and of a path to working with them. Celebrated Buddhist teachers Sylvia Boorstein, Zoketsu Norman Fisher, and Tsoknyi Rinpoche use their diverse wisdom to address the immediate and practical concerns in our lives and to explore the most basic and profound questions of Buddhism: the difficulty of life in general and how we can work with that and ameliorate it.Filled with humor and personal stories, Solid Ground offers specific teachings for concrete situations as well as a way to explore the larger questions of finding equanimity in difficult times.
Solidarity and Defiant Spirituality: Africana Lessons on Religion, Racism, and Ending Gender Violence (Religion and Social Transformation #4)
by Traci C. WestHow activists in Ghana, South Africa, and Brazil provide inspiration and strategies for combating the gender violence epidemic in the United States How can the U.S. learn from the perspectives of anti-gender violence activists in South America and Africa as we seek to end intimate violence in this country? The U.S. has consistently positioned itself as a moral exemplar, seeking to export its philosophy and values to other societies. Yet in this book, Traci C. West argues that the U.S. has much to learn from other countries when it comes to addressing gender-based violence. West traveled to Ghana, South Africa, and Brazil to interview activists involved in the struggle against gender violence. In each of these places, as in the United States, Christianity and anti-black racism have been implicated in violence against women. In Ghana and Brazil, in particular, their Christian colonial and trans-Atlantic slave trade histories directly connect with the socioeconomic development of the Americas and historic incidents of rape of black slave women. With a transnational focus on religion and racism, West brings a new perspective to efforts to systemically combat gender violence. Calling attention to forms of violence in the U.S. and international settings, such as marital rape, sex trafficking of women and girls, domestic violence, and the targeting of lesbians, the book offers an expansive and nuanced view of how to form activist solidarity in tackling this violence. It features bold and inspiring approaches by black women leaders working in each setting to uproot the myriad forms of violence against women and girls. Ultimately, West calls for us to learn from the lessons of Africana activists, drawing on a defiant Africana spirituality as an invaluable resource in the quest to combat the seemingly chronic problem of gender-based violence.
Solidarity and Reciprocity with Migrants in Asia: Catholic and Confucian Ethics in Dialogue (Religion and Global Migrations)
by Mary Mee-Yin YuenBased on Catholic and Confucian social ethics, this book develops an ethic of solidarity and reciprocity with the migrants in Asia who are marginalized. Mary Mee-Yin Yuen draws off her own pastoral experiences in the Church, the situation of the wider Christian community, and the personal experiences of migrant women from various Asian countries in Hong Kong, to describe the features and practices of an ethical approach that emphasizes solidarity and reciprocity. Interdisciplinary in nature, this book integrates Catholic social ethics, moral philosophy, Chinese Confucian ethics, social sciences, and cultural studies to investigate the phenomenon of international and intra-national migration in Asia, particularly with regard to women migrants moving from South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Mainland China to Hong Kong.
Soliloquies: St. Augustine's Cassiciacum Dialogues, Volume 4
by Saint AugustineA fresh, new translation of Augustine’s fourth work as a Christian convert The first four works written by St. Augustine of Hippo after his conversion to Christianity are dialogues that have influenced prominent thinkers from Boethius to Bernard Lonergan. Usually called the Cassiciacum dialogues, these four works are of a high literary and intellectual quality, combining Ciceronian and neo-Platonic philosophy, Roman comedy and Vergilian poetry, and early Christian theology. They are also, arguably, Augustine’s most charming works, exhibiting his whimsical levity and ironic wryness.Soliloquies is the fourth work in this tetralogy. Augustine coined the term “soliloquy” to describe this new form of dialogue. Soliloquies, a conversation between Augustine and his reason, fuses the dialogue genre and Roman theater, opening with a search for intellectual and moral self-knowledge before converging on the nature of truth and the question of the soul’s immortality. Foley’s volume also includes On the Immortality of the Soul, which consists of notes for the unfinished portion of the work.
Solimeos
by Rhoda LermanFleeing post-World War II Germany, an aristocratic young man and his Nazi officer father are spirited away to the Brazilian jungle to help create a new, occult-obsessed, German Reich…but love, ambition, and vengeance interfere.In the waning days of World War II, fourteen-year-old Axel, his family, and their servants are cold and hungry in Pappendorf Castle. Baron Dietrich von Pappendorf, Axel&’s father, is away, having spent much of the war traveling the world in search of an ancient, pre-Babel language that his occult-obsessed, Nazi masters believed would solidify Aryans as the master race. But when the baron returns to the family castle, it&’s not in triumph. Axel and his family must flee Germany and embrace a life of luxurious exile in the Brazilian jungle. The von Pappendorfs take up residence in a gilded cage carved from the hallucinogenic wilds of Amazonia and originally built for Hitler. Protected from Nazi hunters, the baron prepares for the Fourth Reich while Axel is guided by a shaman into the wisdom of the jungle. It&’s there the young man discovers ancient truths linking an Israelite king to a river known as Solimeos. Axel is also passionately in love with his father&’s mistress: beautiful, Polish-Jewish Luba. He becomes torn between his love for his father, his desire for Luba, and the growing realization that he and his family can never atone for the past. Utterly original, highly entertaining, and sometimes shocking, Rhoda Lerman&’s Solimeos—a provocative parable about the sins of the father visited upon the son—is a powerful and elegantly written story of family, fanaticism, and fate.
Solitary
by Travis ThrasherHis Loneliness Will Soon Turn to Fear.... When Chris Buckley moves to Solitary, North Carolina, he faces the reality of his parents' divorce, a school full of nameless faces--and Jocelyn Evans. Jocelyn is beautiful and mysterious enough to leave Chris speechless. But the more Jocelyn resists him, the more the two are drawn together. Chris soon learns that Jocelyn has secrets as deep as the town itself. Secrets more terrifying than the bullies he faces in the locker room or his mother's unexplained nightmares. He slowly begins to understand the horrific answers. The question is whether he can save Jocelyn in time. This first book in the Solitary Tales series will take you from the cold halls of high school to the dark rooms of an abandoned cabin--and remind you what it means to believe in what you cannot see.
Solitary Refinement: Finding and Making the Most of Time by Yourself
by Robb ThompsonIn the frantic pace of everyday demands, finding even a few moments of quality "alone-time" for yourself is nearly impossible. Solitary Refinement shows you not only how to find precious time alone but to use it to catapult you to greater levels of health, happiness, and success. Not only do we crave and need time for ourselves but we must know how to make the most of it - to benefit ourselves as well as others. Whether you are always on the go or lonely in the middle of it all, Solitary Refinement shows you how to find and embrace alone-time using it productively to change your thoughts and your life for the best. In this book you will discover: The ten voices you must ignore How to think like God thinks How being alone with His words will change the way you think, feel, and act The four ways to set your priorities right How to eliminate emotional isolation
Solitary Seance: How You Can Talk with Spirits on Your Own
by Raymond BucklandConnecting with your departed loved ones doesn't have to mean visiting a medium or taking a specialized course. With the proven techniques in this book, you can contact spirits anytime you wish—easily and safely in your own home.Bestselling author Raymond Buckland guides you through nearly twenty effective methods for communing with spirit, as taught in his popular workshops. No special knowledge is required. Simply follow the steps for each method to see which one works best for you.DreamworkTable-tippingPendulumsCrystal skryingAutomatic writingTarotRunesSpirit photographyDominoesFlame messagesPraise:"Buckland brings his wonderful wisdom, insight, and experience together in this comprehensive guide for personal spirit communication."—Rosemary Ellen Guiley, author of The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits
Solitary Wicca For Life
by Arin Murphy-HiscockIf you prefer a solitary approach to worship and Witchcraft, this is the book for you. You need sound guidance and tools as you work alone to deepen your knowledge and strengthen your abilities. Author Arin Murphy-Hiscock provides you with everything you need to take your spiritual practice to the next level. Solitary Wicca for Life encourages you to reach beyond the ordinary and create a unique path of worship, using techniques that go further than other texts. Solitary Wicca for Life is the essential reference handbook you need to reach deeper, go farther, and strengthen your solitary path-one day at a time.
Solitary Wicca For Life: Complete Guide to Mastering the Craft on Your Own
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Solitary Wicca for life
by Arin Murphy-HiscockIf you prefer a solitary approach to worship and Witchcraft, you'll need sound guidance and tools to deepen your knowledge and strengthen your abilities. Author Arin Murphy-Hiscock provides you with everything you need to take your spiritual practice to the next level. Solitary Wicca for Life encourages you to reach beyond the ordinary and create a unique path of worship, using techniques that go further than other texts: Advanced Circle Casting-techniques and applications, plus methods for creating sacred spaces when a circle isn't necessary, Enriching Ritual-tools and techniques that bring new depth to personal practice, including sacred drama, masks, ritual garb, and symbols, Crafting Liturgy-Wiccan rituals defined stage by stage, as well as guidelines for writing invocations, prayers, meditations, and personalized rituals for esbats, sabbats, rites of passage, and more Drawing Down Deities-invoking deities for guidance, communion, worship, etc. Growing as a Solitary Wiccan-the means by which you'll enhance your spiritual growth and reach out to the world at large, Solitary Wicca for Life is the essential reference handbook you need to reach deeper, go farther, and strengthen your solitary path. Book jacket.
Solitude
by Philip KochIn Koch's Solitude, both solitude and engagement emerge as primary modes of human experience, equally essential for human completion. This work draws upon the vast corpus of literary reflections on solitude, especially Lao Tze, Sappho, Plotinus, Augustine, Petrarch, Montaigne, Goethe, Shelley, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman and Proust."Koch uses the work of philosophers, historians, and writers, as well as texts such as the Bible, to show what solitude is and isn't, and what being alone can do to and for the individual. Interesting for its literary scope and its conclusions about all the good true solitude can bring us."-Booklist"Reading this book is like dipping into many minds, fierce and gentle. The author reveals his long study of great philosophers, and interprets their thoughts through the lens of his own experience with solitude. He traces our early brushes with solitude and the fear it can engender, then the craving for solitude that comes with full, adult lives."-NAPRA Review
Solo Act (Chosen Girls)
by Cheryl Crouch G StudiosMelody needs some downtime — and the summer youth retreat will really hit the spot! But a last-minute crisis at camp means an opportunity for the band to lead worship every morning, plus headline the camp’s big beach concert, and go to camp for free. Too busy and unhappy, Mello makes some selfish choices that result in the girls getting lost, sunburned, in trouble, and embarrassed. Can she pull out of the downward spiral before she ruins camp — and the band—completely?
Solo de nombre
by Ellen Gable1876, Filadelfia. La vida de Caroline Martin finalmente ha mejorado. Después de años de arduo trabajo, conoció a un hombre virtuoso y rico cuyo amor parece prometer el tipo de vida que solo se realiza en las reconfortantes novelas que guarda en su mesita de noche. La tragedia, sin embargo, le enseñará a Carolina la complejidad con la que Dios mismo es el autor de la vida de quienes se vuelven hacia Él. Ganador de la medalla de oro en ficción religiosa, premios IPPY 2010. El más vendido de Amazon Kindle.
Solo hay uno como tú - Bilingüe: Lo que te hace diferente te hace único
by Sally Clarkson Nathan ClarksonA algunos niños les gusta bailar y reír en voz alta, y otros se sientan en silencio e inventan historias en sus cabezas, pero todos somos diferentes, y eso está bien porque ¡el Creador de todo nos hizo de esta manera!En su primer libro ilustrado, la autora best seller Sally Clarkson y su hijo Nathan animan a los niños a descubrir sus fortalezas en el viaje. El dúo de madre e hijo recurre a los temas de su primer libro, Different, la historia emotiva de las experiencias de Nathan con una enfermedad mental y discapacidades de aprendizaje, y el viaje de Sally para amarlo incondicionalmente. Con la poderosa verdad de que lo que te hace diferente te hace único, Solo hay uno como tú ayudará a los niños a aceptar sus diferencias y celebrar las diferencias en los demás. Las irresistibles rimas combinadas con las ilustraciones juguetonas de Tim Warnes animan a tus hijos con la confianza que están buscando en su propia singularidad. Ya sea que son tranquilos o artísticos, divertidos o bulliciosos, a sus hijos les encantará esta lectura conmovedora que les asegura que son maravillosos tal como son.
Solo para ellas
by Youth SpecialtiesAl fin llega un libro pensando específicamente solo para las chicas. Ahora existe esta alternativa para hablar acerca del verdadero amor, las mejores ideas para la belleza y de todo aquello que siempre se trata en las revistas populares pero muy poco en la iglesia. En este libro encontraras artículos pensador por mujeres líderes y exitosas como Kristy Motta, Aline Barros, Gloria Vázquez, Karen Lacota, Roció Corson, Valeria Leys, Ingrid Rosario, Raquel López, Gimena Sánchez y muchas más. Cada una de ellas abre su corazón para llevarte a un viaje cuyo destino es encontrar tu identidad, belleza y valor en un mundo que desconsidera el honor de la mujer.
Solo para esposos: Tres principios para honrar a su esposa
by Tony Evans¿Qué significa que un esposo ama a su esposa? Tres cosas, dice Tony Evans: un marido debe ser el salvador, el santificador y el que satisface a su esposa. Al vivir estos tres principios, un matrimonio piadoso surgirá y prosperará.What does it mean for a husband to love his wife? Three things, says Tony Evans: a husband must be his wife's savior, sanctifier, and satisfier. It is by living out these three principles that a godly marriage will blossom and flourish.
Solo quiero que sepas: Lo que hemos aprendido y descubierto acerca de las relaciones amorosas
by Andrés Spyker Kelly SpykerEn este libro íntimo, honesto y lleno de humor, los pastores y comunicadores internacionales Andrés y Kelly Spyker comparten sobre su matrimonio de 20 años y los principios no negociables que les han ayudado a superar constantemente sus diferencias y a profundizar en su determinación de ser un equipo unido, sin dejar de fomentar los sueños y el potencial del otro.Andrés y Kelly Spyker nos entregan una obra en la que aprendemos de las relaciones de pareja, el noviazgo y toda la realidad del matrimonio, pero de una forma que va más allá de un estudio o una mera reflexión. Ellos nos llevan a través de sus propias vivencias personales y nos muestran cómo el Señor los guio en medio de las incertidumbres y complejidades propias de la juventud para poder tener un noviazgo y luego un matrimonio fructífero, sabio, duradero y que da gloria a Dios.En Solo quiero que sepas, los Spyker abordan cuestiones y responden a preguntas sobre:La elección de la parejaLos principios del noviazgoLa presión de los primeros años de matrimonioResolución de conflictos y acuerdosPor qué el mejor sexo se da en el matrimonioEl secreto de estar casado y ser feliz, y mucho másSolo quiero que sepas ayudará a muchos a recorrer con mayor sabiduría el territorio escarpado que Andrés y Kelly ya recorrieron con éxito y que ahora ponen en nuestras manos de manera honesta, coloquial, amena y llena de enseñanzas de principio a fin.I Just Want You to KnowIn this intimate, honest, and humorous book, pastors and international communicators Andres and Kelly Spyker share on their 20-year marriage and the non-negotiable principles that have helped them to consistently overcome their differences and deepen their resolve to be a unified team, while still fostering each other&’s dreams and potential.Andres and Kelly Spyker present us with a book in which we learn about relationships, courtship and the reality of marriage, but in a way that goes beyond a study or a mere reflection. They take us through their own personal experiences and show us how the Lord guided them in the midst of the uncertainties and complexities of youth to be able to have a courtship and then a fruitful, wise, lasting marriage that gives glory to God.In I Just Want You to Know, the Spykers address issues and answer questions about:Choosing a mateThe principles of courtshipThe pressures of the early years of marriageConflict resolution and compromiseWhy the best sex happens in marriageThe secret to being married and being happy, and much moreI just want you to know will help many to walk more wisely through the rugged territory that Andres and Kelly have already successfully traversed and now put in our hands in an honest, colloquial, entertaining and teaching-filled way from beginning to end.
Solo se vive una vez: Descubre el destino de Dios para ti
by Michael Córdova¿Para qué vivo? ¿Existe la vida después de la muerte? Si desconoces las respuestas a estas preguntas que probablemente te has hecho, Solo se vive una vez te desafiará a encontrarlas. El autor Michael Córdova nos recuerda que somos la luz y la sal del mundo, y que hemos sido colocados aquí para glorificar al Padre. Ese propósito de tu vida únicamente se descubre a través del amor de Dios. Solo se vive una vez te retará a:Edificar Tu vida sobre la roca que es Jesús y su PalabraDescubrir Tu visión de quién es Dios.Responder Ante la necesidad de otros.Dar a conocer A Jesús ¡ Y mucho más! "Mi propósito es llevarte a descubrir qué hacer con lo que tienes en tus manos para servir a Dios y a la humanidad, así como animarte a cumplir la meta que Dios tiene para ti. Esta vida es una sola y solo tenemos una oportunidad para hacer la diferencia". -Michael Córdova
Solomon
by Jennifer VanceKing Solomon is considered one of the wealthiest kings in history, as well as one of history's wisest rulers. During his 40-year reign, Solomon built Israel into a regional power and established diplomatic relationships that brought peace to the region. However, at the end of his life Solomon became corrupted by pride and power. His moral decay led to the division of his kingdom, and sowed the seeds for Israel's eventual destruction. The story of Solomon demonstrates the impact that the actions and decisions of one person-whether good or bad-can have on others.