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Linda Carleton likes to describe her memoir All God, If God There Be as what might have resulted if the medieval German abbess Hildegard of Bingen had encountered Me Too. It chronicles her healing journey from childhood sexual abuse through a variety of spiritual paths and employs the practice of mandala journaling to explore both theology and her inner life.Written with sensitivity and compassion, All God, If God There Be examines the deep wounds inflicted by childhood trauma, the exhilaration of mystical experiences, the joy of teaching comparative religions, her struggle with Christian doctrine, the challenges of working in refugee resettlement, and the insights drawn from New Age philosophies. While gratified by these experiences, Linda still feels something is missing in her soul. Slowly she comes to realize that to find peace, she must fully confront her past. Through a variety of healing modalities, she explores the depth of her childhood abuse and comes to integrate her myriad spiritual paths into a joyful life embraced by Incarnate Light.A unique survivor story, All God, If God There Beshares a path of healing that will appeal to those looking for an anchor in today's spiritual marketplace. It dives into the power of the Spirit to bring holistic healing to the souls of hurting people.

Raquel Reyes Major has been walking with God for over eight decades, taking His word to heart, committing her life to Him, and trusting that He was always there, even when it seemed like He wasn't.In an inspirational retelling of her life journey, Major begins by sharing insight into how she first came to know God through Jesus Christ at an early age, and then chronicles her experiences as a young missionary teacher in a Muslim area in the Southern Philippines, her emigration to the United States, her leadership as a pastor's wife and missionary who served God in Indonesia and Germany, and then her work in government and with politicians in the San Francisco City Hall. Throughout her stones of remembrance, Major relays beautiful stories and life lessons that candidly reveal how she met the challenges of her varied experiences by drawing strength, direction, and wisdom from her faith in God."... A beautiful tapestry of one life unveiled, revealed. Through the author's simple, powerful, picturesque words, we see glimpses of her keen eye, understanding heart, thoughtful musings, and an unswerving faith and love for the living and personal God."-Lina Luz Castaneda, MD

Are you tired of journaling with no direction? Do you find yourself journaling anything and everything? Do you have a habit of only journaling when something big-positive or negative-happens? Do you have a negative perception of yourself? Do you feel unworthy?Knowing where to begin when journaling can be confusing at times. The Winning Is in My DNA: 15 Minutes of Daily Self-Reflection Journal offers guidance on journaling effectively and purposefully in a no-judgment zone. This journal provides a unique way of journaling that pushes you to reflect on your wins, allows you to acknowledge your feelings about the successes, and identifies areas to improve or conquer. It also offers a place for self-awareness and self-reflection on who you have been, who you are, and who you want to become-a winner. In just fifteen minutes a day, this journal can help you establish a consistent daily habit to refresh your self-perception and tackle the goals that matter most to you!

For years the subject of mental illness has been taboo. Those that are struggling suffer in thesilence of quilt and shame. Society fears them because they don't understand them.Phyllis Kraps' open and honest approach about her struggles and the changes she had to make toimprove her quality of life living with bipolar disorder are refreshing and insightful.This book will open up your hearts and mind to better understand the challenges those whosuffer with a mental illness like bipolar go through.Opening up and talking about mental illness is the first step in getting the proper help that isnecessary for all those involved.

The day before Robert died was an otherwise perfect June day in Connecticut: warm but not hot, with a bit of a breeze, flawless blue sky, puffy white clouds-the sort of weather a sailor loves, and Robert was a sailor. So begins Tara Kelly's moving memoir of her life with Robert Willis, her husband, father of their children, restauranteur, sailor, bon vivant, and alcoholic. From an enchanted start in Manhattan to a townhouse in Brooklyn, from an island in Maine and back to rural Connecticut, in fast cars, sleek boats, and on horseback, Tara and Robert seemed to live a charmed life. But beneath the glittering exterior was the struggle of money, alcohol, and ultimately self-control and hard-won sobriety. When this couple seems to have reached an impasse, separation brings renewed love, and then tragedy brings new challenges. Tara Kelly's memoir is a clear-eyed excavation of the lives lived together and apart by two charismatic modern Americans, a story told in love and compassion for herself and others, a story "...never unsympathetic, and refreshingly free from sentimentality and the temptation to settle old scores" (Michael Korda). A story readers will savor and remember.

Our Names Do Not Appear: A Memoir by Judy Lev tells the harrowing story of silenced childhood grief, a search for answers, and unresolved trauma that lasts a lifetime.

Sand Paper Stone is the story of a British man from Liverpool living in London where he works in a decent job, with good friends from different backgrounds, yet as a muslim convert and with a landmark moment in his life approaching he finds himself compelled to embark on his pilgrimage to Mecca. Despite encountering obstacles at the consulate in London and also on arrival at Jeddah he is taken in as a 'wayfarer' by a large extended family who assist in instructing him in the rituals and requirements of attendance at Islam's holiest shrine and watch on at his astonishment at the scenes that they witness together. However, just at the moment when he begins to come close to realising the spiritual ambitions of his journey, the practicalities of life invade the peace in the form of what seems petty officialdom and he finds himself launched into a bureaucratic maze, at first trapped in baffling meetings with lofty government ministers and lethargic administrators before finally running alone in the night through an empty terminal onto a runway looking for a plane to Geneva.

Throughout your life, you experience milestones worth commemorating. This Book of Days is a place to record landmark achievements, meaningful events, and special memories to Cherish.Use this Book of Days to inspire new adventures, track current successes, and memorialize what you do forYourselfYour loved onesYour LegacyDon't count the days, make every day count!

Working dead-end blue-collar jobs your whole life can take a dramatic physical and emotional toll-unless you learn to embrace the absurdity.Kevin Cramer has almost died at work three separate times, surviving each incident only through a minor miracle. It got him asking the question-why? Why do so many of us get up and trudge to a place we dislike every day? American Grunt: Ridiculous Stories of a Life Lived at $8.00 an Hour is Cramer's quest to find meaning in a career spanning nearly a hundred forgettable jobs from paper boy to construction laborer, including all the warehouses, bars, parking lots, schools, and delivery trucks in between.American Grunt is a book for all of us whose dreams never quite materialized and who found ourselves both laughing and weeping at the insanity of where we got stuck. This story provides hope that despite all the frustration, it's possible to live a modern blue-collar life without the oft-attached bitterness.

Demontre ThePoet was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 8, 1980. "Beautifully Flawed," his first published book, is his poetic journey into giving the world his thoughts at the moment. It is a book that touches on love, hate, addiction, and the struggles of life. It's all the highs and lows that we all experience and can relate to. It is expression at its highest form, and every word is sincere. This is a humble and heartfelt life journey from his point of view.

ARRATISJA SPEKTAKOLARETregim i një ngjarje të vërtetënga BURHAN AL DIN SEJDI FILI

When an elderly Texan couple and their dying cat set out to have some fun by driving a vintage VW camper from Austin to Puget Sound, they find answers to questions they didn't know they were asking and are compelled to move to New York City.This travel narrative/memoir "is funny, sad, exuberant.... I am almost giddy with pleasure." Carolyn Osborn, author of Durations, A Memoir and Personal Essays."One thing a writer can do is create a life into which the reader can slip for just a while and think it would be pleasant to stay. That's what Willcott does." Award citation, National Association of Newspaper Columnists.

Wundervolle 2800 km zu FußDer Jakobsweg begeistert jedes Jahre Hunderttausende, nimmt sie in seinen Bann wie uns zwei Pilger.Wir sind von unserer Haustüre in Süddeutschland losgelaufen ohne großen Plan und nur das Nötigste im Rucksack. Am ersten Tag starteten wir um 7 Uhr und sollten an diesem Tag nach über 40 km in Braunsbach die erste Tagesetappe beenden. Unterwegs bei einer Rast kam ein Mofafahrer vorbei, hielt kurz an, schüttelte den Kopf und fuhr weiter. Als wir unsere Wanderung fortsetzten bemerkten wir den Grund, denn neben unserer Bank lagen drei leere Flaschen Rotwein.Und so erlebten wir über die 10 Etappen immer wieder skurrile Begebenheiten, lernten viele nette Menschen aus der ganzen Welt kennen, kamen durch unterschiedlichste Regionen, oft auch mit kulinarischen Köstlichkeiten, was für den Pilger auch eine Belohnung nach einer anstrengenden Etappe ist.

Whether he was trying to geld a spooked stallion in a blizzard or found himself in the middle of an all-out fracas involving a monkey's abscessed tooth and a shotgun, he took it in stride, with great affection for both his four-legged patients and his two-legged clients.

A 30th anniversary reissue of Michael Bamberger’s widely beloved classic golf pilgrimage To the Linksland, including a new introduction by Michael Murphy, author of Golf in the Kingdom.