is a home-grown product written by members of the church and A Writer?s Workshop! This book has something for everyone. It is great for a rainy day read, or if you need inspiration, comfort, encouragement, prayer, hope or maybe you simply want entertainment. There are confessions, testimonies, poetry and even a short story written by a 10 year old member!

It is imperative that parents learn how to provide the fabric of teaching that leaves a legacy of reaching for more of God. Parents must recognize the python of busyness that coils around families, destroying the fabric of impressionable memories and impassioned teachings. Tonya offers sixteen matchless lessons designed to promote spiritual growth, coupled with practical applications including family activities, songs, Bible readings, and memory verses. As you read "The Fabric of a Passionate Parent," you will refresh your faith and renew your zeal for parenting God's way.

A collaborator with Warner Brothers and Paramount in the early days of sound film, the German film director Ernst Lubitsch (1892-1947) is famous for his sense of ironic detachment and for the eroticism he infused into such comedies as So This Is Paris and Trouble in Paradise. In a general introduction to his silent and early sound films (1914-1932) and in close readings of his comedies, Sabine Hake focuses on the visual strategies Lubitsch used to convey irony and analyzes his contribution to the rise of classical narrative cinema. Exploring Lubitsch's depiction of femininity and the influence of his early German films on his entire career, she argues that his comedies represent an important outlet for dealing with sexual and cultural differences. The readings cover The Oyster Princess, The Doll, The Mountain Cat, Passion, Deception, So This Is Paris, Monte Carlo, and Trouble in Paradise, which are interpreted as part of an underlying process of negotiation between different modes of representation, narration, and spectatorship--a process that comprises the conditions of production in two different national cinemas and the ongoing changes in film technology. Drawing attention to Lubitsch's previously neglected German films, this book presents the years until 1922 as the formative period in his career.

Includes over fifty essays and stories that recount the humorous and harsh realities of a honeymoon of thousands of miles walked on pilgrimage from Auschwitz to Hiroshima; sixty combined years in the farm fields; adventures building and living off the grid; and the launch of a garlic and arts festival with neighbors and a hundred bucks that draws as many as ten thousand people each year.

Reclaim Your Headspace and Find Your One True Voice As a hospital chaplain, J.S. Park encountered hundreds of patients at the edge of life and death, listening as they urgently shared their stories, confessions, and final words. J.S. began to identify patterns in his patients’ lives—patterns he also saw in his own life. He began to see that the events and traumas we experience throughout life become deafening voices that remain within us, even when the events are far in the past. He was surprised to find that in hearing the voices of his patients, he began to identify his own voices and all the ways they could both harm and heal. In The Voices We Carry, J.S. draws from his experiences as a hospital chaplain to present the Voices Model. This model explores the four internal voices of self-doubt, pride, people-pleasing, and judgment, and the four external voices of trauma, guilt, grief, and family dynamics. He also draws from his Asian-American upbringing to examine the challenges of identity and feeling “other.” J.S. outlines how to wrestle with our voices, and even befriend them, how to find our authentic voice in a world of mixed messages, and how to empower those who are voiceless. Filled with evidence-based research, spiritual and psychological insights, and stories of patient encounters, The Voices We Carry is an inspiring memoir of unexpected growth, humor, and what matters most. For those wading through a world of clamor and noise, this is a guide to find your clear, steady voice.

Walee, the Double-Dipped Scoop of Chocolate Deluxe, is back and just one taste of him is STILL never, ever enough. This time around he offers a potpourri of poetic passion that explores the myriad complexity of dreams - wet ones, nightmares and sweet ones all of which are sure to remind you of a love that was lost and found and lost again. Rage, rants, and revenge prose are deliciously balanced with matrimonial bliss, ceremonial testimonies and happily ever afters. You wont want to awaken from the REM induced state this reading will cause. So slip into something comfortable or wear nothing at all. Close your eyes, inhale deeply, exhale slowly, count backwards from ten, and let your dream state take over enjoying the echocolation that will surely leave you spent but feeling oh so good.