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Autobiography: Graduated from high school in 1979 and subsequently enlisted in the Air Force from 1977 to 1986. My transformative journey took a profound turn in April 1981 when I experienced a spiritual rebirth. Throughout the years, I've been blessed with a loving family, including six children and six grandchildren. Finally, after a dedicated career, I retired in November 2022.
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The author encountered many funny and heartbroken animals in this book that made her want to "run for the hills"! In her experience, she dealt with house pets to stray animals. But, of course, nothing made her happier until she was set free one animal at a time. So there was always one question in her mind "where is my pet-free home"? When she finds one, she wonders if she can live without them.
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For some months now, situations happen, some good, and some bad that inspired me to write a Proverb and/or Psalms about it. There were so many, in time, that I decided to put them in a book. Although I was sending them to some members in a church, and posting some on Facebook, with such positive responses, that I felt making a book was definitely a good idea. Truthfully after reading them later, I feel that I was inspired by God in writing them. Your...
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The exploration of different cultures and our shared humanity are again the central concerns, as is an emerging sense of spirituality around the globe.The threats to this have also developed and in some ways, strengthened, the appeal to greed and fear by politicians of all persuasions, narrow nationalism and the rise of fundamentalism.
In the last few years I have shifted in my attitudes, becoming more concerned...
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A variety of humor. Pastor Stinnett seems to cover all the bases in this composition of clean jokes for the young and old. From Christian humor to redneck jokes and Southern information you may not be aware of, it includes political puns-even jokes about doctors and nurses-he spares no group in bringing these witticisms to life. Husbands and wives will enjoy the jokes concerning spouses. Pastor Lloyd also includes some of his own personal jokes. There...
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Condensations of some of the greatest scriptures of our time, the Moments of Truth series takes spiritual truths and makes them easily accessible. Small, pocket-sized editions will allow you to bring these nuggets of wisdom with you on your travels-whether on pilgrimage or to the workplace. Start and end your day with a gem of inspiration with these carefully chosen excerpts from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Explained, Autobiography of a Yogi, TheEssence...
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Nuestra Historia es una recopilación de versos escritos en distintas etapas de su vida. En ellos se muestra con profundidad y sencillez momentos de tristeza, alegría, sueños, amistad y contemplación de la creación de Dios, dejando entrever el inmenso Amor que gratuitamente nos entrega cada día.
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Jeffrey Krueger began to explore writing to challenge his dyslexic learning disorder in 2004. He finished his first writing, a screenplay called The Maestro, in 2009, and at present is transposing it into a novel. He continued writing his autobiography, Volume 1 Cause and Effect: A Life's Journey, The Younger Years, and Volume 2 Cause and Effect: Light Invades the Darkness.
Although he hasn't completed these writing exercises, he states, "I may...
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Many people are rich and successful. But no doubt that they have problems too. Meanwhile Rumi had beautiful, mesmerizing and inspiring poems and quotes. For those who face many problmes Rumi's works are worth reading. Here are my interpretation of his works that I believe might be able to inspire you.
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Looking Out From the Windows of My Soul is a collection of very moving and inspirational personal moments of the author's life experiences as a Finnish American growing up in the 1960s in the "copper country" of Upper Michigan, to a life of a mature Christian mother and wife in the hustle & bustle of urban Miami, Florida.
Looking Out From the Windows of My Soul are quotable poems that readers will immediately identify with. They are daily life experiences...
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One of the vital aspects of traditional Rinzai Zen koan study in Japan is jakugo, or capping-phrase exercises. When Zen students have attained sufficient mastery of meditation or concentration, they are given a koan (such as the familiar "What is the sound of one hand clapping?") to study. When the student provides a satisfactory response to the koan, he advances to the jakugo exercise, he must select a "capping phrase," usually a passage from a poem...
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Celebrate Christmas with this collectible book, “Christmas Poetry for the Soul” by Walter the Educator. Collect more poetry books at WaltertheEducator.com. Creating a poetry book celebrating Christmas offers a wonderful opportunity to capture the essence and enchantment of the holiday season. It allows me to channel my creativity and forge a deeper connection with readers during this special time of year. By exploring themes of giving, family,...
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This is the latest book in a series that began in the late 1990s. Throughout this process there has been a movement away from the personal and confessional to social and cultural observations.The first section, sharing is a representative selection. Then follows, a Lamma Legacy a tribute to the people of Lamma, a microcosm, where I spent a decade of my life.
The focus on belonging and cultural identity continues, exploring how various...
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From the editors of Zen Poems of China and Japan comes the largest and most comprehensive collection of its kind to appear in English.
This collaboration between a Japanese scholar and an American poet has rendered translations both precise and sublime, and their selections, which span fifteen hundred years-from the early T'ang dynasty to the present day-include many poems that have never before been translated into English. Stryk and Ikemoto offer...
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