Speaking from the traditional Quaker claim of inward knowledge of Christ the Light, the author shows her accord with early Friends’ writings and the Scriptures they affirmed. Promptings arising from daily readings and personal interactions provide the starting point for many of the book’s essays. Other genres, including interviews and dialogues, also present a perspective that largely has been lost to modern-day forms of the faith. Though not allowing authoritative texts to displace the prerogative of Spirit, the author often cites both Scriptures and seventeenth-century Friends to support her themes with their good sense and authority, and thus she demonstrates the unity of the faith from century to century, from millennium to millennium.

Experience life with one arm through twenty-five heartwarming stories. Laugh, gasp, contemplate, and be inspired. - In "Dumbest Question," Becky is asked if she's right-handed or left-handed. - In "Crushed," a stranger says Becky's family must have done something bad for her to have been born with one arm. - In "JFK," Becky's mom writes a letter to the president of the United States and gets a response. - In "Friday Night Lights," Becky's dad manufactures a prosthetic hand using the mechanism from an ice-cream scooper. - In "Bionic Woman," the Six Million-Dollar Man comes to Becky's rescue. - In "Capitol Hill," a United States Congressman helps Becky when her arm activates security alarms in Washington, D.C. One Smile, One Arm-You may never look at a normal day the same again!

Documented in this powerful, enlightening new book are over 100 rape, incest & molestation experiences. Victims' ages range from two weeks to eighty-four years old. Portrayed rapists come in every walk of life - mayoral candidate to your so called "well adjusted" neighbor. Uniquely written in a poetic format it includes facts/myths about rape, child sexual assault information & where to go for help. One victim on trial is made to feel as if she were at fault even though she is very young & never had intercourse prior to the assault. It reveals how an experience like this, left unresolved, goes on to cause other problems in one's life, most victims never realizing the connection. Ramifications include everything from multiple personality disorder to young boys growing up thinking they are homosexuals due to earlier encounters of having been sexually abused. It concludes with an inspiring "Victim's Prayer" that will touch the hearts of many who have unfortunately experienced this rotten torture. It reassures that recovery is possible if help is sought. The book can be ordered by sending check or money order (U.S. dollars) for $16.95 ($2.00 p&h) to: Shane Publications, P.O. Box 3873, San Rafael, California, 94912. Special prices on quantity orders for colleges, libraries & booksellers.

Two-volume set of text and figures and plates This volume presents the 1994-1997 excavation of the Lower Terraces of the Mycenaean citadel of Midea in the Argolid Plain of Greece. It compliments the author's previous volume on the Lower Terraces of Midea, which was published in 1998. A shrine and megaron were discovered on Terraces 9 and 10. The stratigraphy, architecture, pottery, lithics, small finds, and human and faunal remains dating from the Final Neolithic through Byzantine periods are discussed and cataloged. Additionally, the continuous sequence of LH IIIB-LH IIIC strata on the Lower Terraces revealed the ground plan and expansion of the megaron complex.

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Explore the tenderness and the tensions in the teachings of Jesus. The Gospel of Matthew portrays Jesus and his message as full of tender compassion and urgent warning. This six-part exploration of an enigmatic Gospel takes readers into the themes, topics, and tensions at the heart of Matthew's story about the life and work of Jesus. Chapters focus on blessing and comfort, judgment and retribution, the meaning of discipleship, Jesus’ vision for the Church and world, conflicts and complaints, and how the Gospel of Matthew speaks to believers today. The book can be read alone or used by small groups anytime throughout the year. Components include video teaching sessions featuring Matthew Skinner and a comprehensive Leader Guide.

Part epistolary novel laced with flights of magic realism escapist fantasy, part bellettrist polemic debating a shopping list of culture war topics, Last Refuge of a Scoundrel is an unusual, multifaceted and densely textured book meant to linger on your palate long after you put it down. Much of the action revolves around a bitter, protracted homeowners association dispute in north San Diego County, alternately, hilarious and enraging. It's a novel of ideas, ever strumming the