Bøker av Dr John Gilmore

For almost a thousand years, a prehistoric people living on the Greek islands carved highly stylized sculptures of the female body in marble. The Cycladic figurines, with their folded arms and blank faces, inspired Picasso and Modigliani, but continue to baffle archaeologists. No one knows what they mean or why they were buried with the dead. The Broken Notebooks is the story of one man's search for answers.Moved by their austere beauty, haunted by loss, his journey takes him from museums in London and Athens to looted graves on the hillsides of Greek islands, from meetings with marble workers and archaeologists to solitary encounters with his own past. The Broken Notebooks is a daring, unsettling novel - a montage of fact and fiction, reflections, readings, and voices. It's also a deeply personal meditation on death, failure, loss, and our place in a crumbling world.

Description:Did biblical characters gamble in casting lots?Did reliance on casting lots encourage gambling?Do all risk-taking decisions have a gambling element?Are Stock Exchange investments a form of gambling?As more and more Christians are buying lottery tickets, Lotto: Is the Lottery Fun or Folly? examines and argues cogently the biblical, theological, historical, and ethical dimensions of lotteries. It provides up-to-date information on many of the increasingly popular forms of gambling, including charity gambling, but with particular emphasis on lotteries. It explores theological issues and examines biblical and historical viewpoints often overlooked by other works.This book is highly readable style and nonjudgmental in its approach. It offers practical and pastorally sensitive advice on the control of gambling, and each chapter concludes with discussion questions to prompt further study.

This book is a deep exploration of what it means to be both human and divine. Since the beginning of authentic religion and higher philosophy the mystics from every tradition have given us one message: "You are a divine being and we (humans, animals, the earth, the sky, the divine) are one." Jesus, Lao Tze, The Buddha, Meister Eckhart, Hildegard of Bingen, have provided us with techniques that shake off the ego--the false identity realize our greater identity. For we are as those who are the "birthers" of the light and co-creators with God. You are the light of the world. You are a co-creator with god/goddess. All of the peace that you need and the power to live a joyful life dwells within you. This book and the exercises within are one of the doors to your greater self. Do you dare enter into the struggle that will lead you to your greatness?