The Prime Minister's Secret
Title | The Prime Minister's Secret PDF eBook |
Author | William Holt-White |
Publisher | |
Pages | 319 |
Release | 1910 |
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Open Secrets
Title | Open Secrets PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Lischer |
Publisher | Harmony |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2002-07-16 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0767913175 |
Open Secrets is Richard Lischer's story of his early career as a Lutheran minister. Fresh out of divinity school and full of enthusiasm, Lischer found himself assigned to a small conservative church in an economically depressed town in southern Illinois. This was far from what this overly enthusiastic and optimistic young man expected. The town was bleak, poor, and clearly not a step on his path to a brilliant career. It's an awkward marriage at best, a young man with a Ph.D. in theology, full of ideas and ambitions, determined to improve his parish and bring them into the twenty-first century, and a community that is "as tightly sealed as a jar of home-canned pickles." In their own way, they welcome him and his family, even though they think he's "got bigger fish to fry." Thus begins Richard Lischer's first year as a pastor: bringing communion to the sick (but forgetting to bring the wafers); marrying two unlikely couples--a pregnant teenager and her boyfriend, and two people who can't stop fighting. Often he doesn't understand his congregation, and sometimes they don't understand him; for instance, why does his wife hire a baby-sitter and instead of leaving, put on her bathing suit, grab a stack of novels, and hide from the kids? Or why can't Pastor Lischer see how important it is for a woman with little money to buy an elaborate coffin to bury her husband in? There are also the moments of grace, when pastor and parishioner unite for a common goal: when he asks for prayers for his infant son, and can feel everyone in the congregation ministering to him; when old hurts are put aside to help a desperate young woman finish college and raise her baby; or when he helps save a woman from dying of a drug overdose. In Open Secrets Lischer tells not only his own story but also the story of New Cana and all of its inhabitants--lovable, deeply flawed, imperfect people that stick together. With his sharp eye and keen wit, Lischer perfectly captures the comedy of small town life with all of its feuds, rumors, scandals, and friendships. In the end he learns to appreciate not only the life New Cana has to offer, but also the people who have accepted him, at last, as part of themselves.
The Secret Life of a Pastor
Title | The Secret Life of a Pastor PDF eBook |
Author | Michael A. Milton |
Publisher | Christian Focus |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781781915967 |
Collection of powerful letters Encouraging and uplifting Relevant for students, pastors and the wider church
The Minister's Daughter
Title | The Minister's Daughter PDF eBook |
Author | Julie Hearn |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 293 |
Release | 2010-05-11 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1439108757 |
"Powers of the air, be here now. So mote it be." Conceived on May Morning, Nell is claimed by the piskies and faeries as a merrybegot, one of their own. She is a wild child: herb gatherer and healer, spell-weaver and midwife...and, some say, a witch. Grace is everything Nell is not. She is the Puritan minister's daughter: beautiful and refined, innocent and sweet-natured...to those who think they know her. But she is hiding a secret -- a secret that will bring everlasting shame to her family should it ever come to light. A merrybegot and a minister's daughter -- two girls who could not have less in common. Yet their fates collide when Grace and her younger sister, Patience, are suddenly spitting pins, struck with fits, and speaking in fevered tongues. The minister is convinced his daughters are the victims of witchcraft. And all signs point to Nell as the source of the trouble.... Set during the tumultuous era of the English Civil War, The Minister's Daughter is a spellbinding page-turner -- stunning historical fiction that captures the superstition, passion, madness, and magic of a vanished age.
The king's secret, the secret correspondence of Louis xv. with his diplomatic agents
Title | The king's secret, the secret correspondence of Louis xv. with his diplomatic agents PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Jacques V. Albert duc de Broglie |
Publisher | |
Pages | 412 |
Release | 1879 |
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Bibliotheca Lindesiana
Title | Bibliotheca Lindesiana PDF eBook |
Author | James Ludovic Lindsay Earl of Crawford |
Publisher | |
Pages | 680 |
Release | 1910 |
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The Minister's Black Veil Illustrated
Title | The Minister's Black Veil Illustrated PDF eBook |
Author | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Publisher | |
Pages | 38 |
Release | 2021-04-24 |
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"The Minister's Black Veil" is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was first published in the 1832 edition of The Token and Atlantic Souvenir. It was also included in the 1836 edition of The Token and Atlantic Souvenir, edited by Samuel Goodrich. It later appeared in Twice-Told Tales, a collection of short stories by Hawthorne published in 1837.