A Least Expected Heaven Homelessness And The Spirituality Of Meeting

Author : D. Mazza
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1480231991

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A Least Expected Heaven: Homelessness and the Spirituality of Meeting by D. Mazza Pdf

A thread weaves through our lives, connecting our past and present into the timelessness of who we are. We find this same connection as we meet ourselves in others, dispelling the illusion that we are separate beings and opening the door to a heaven we long imagined, yet least expected. Through the eyes of his own homelessness, Carl Mazza takes us with him on an intensely personal journey, a bequest from his immigrant forbears, to tell how ordinary people, living through dislocation and chaos, are awakened through human meeting to a primal and gripping spirituality outside institutional religion. The stories in this book are true and powerful; you will be touched and inspired. It is an individual and engaging search for the meaning of belonging which ends in a surprising and compelling view of heaven: where it is and how we can get there. Through an understanding of life experienced as meeting, the author defines a spirituality of powerful possibilities, a soul-force which is too often minimized by organized religion. Drawing from intimate stories over five decades of friendship with persons who have been homeless, he introduces us to people whose lives, though devastated by misfortune and heartbreak, open a vista on an uncharted horizon of meaning for our lives.

Author : Padma Venkatraman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781524738129

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The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman Pdf

"Readers will be captivated by this beautifully written novel about young people who must use their instincts and grit to survive. Padma shares with us an unflinching peek into the reality millions of homeless children live every day but also infuses her story with hope and bravery that will inspire readers and stay with them long after turning the final page."--Aisha Saeed, author of the New York Times Bestselling Amal Unbound Cover may vary. Four determined homeless children make a life for themselves in Padma Venkatraman's stirring middle-grade debut. Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter--and friendship--on an abandoned bridge. With two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts. And while making a living scavenging the city's trash heaps is the pits, the kids find plenty to laugh about and take pride in too. After all, they are now the bosses of themselves and no longer dependent on untrustworthy adults. But when illness strikes, Viji must decide whether to risk seeking help from strangers or to keep holding on to their fragile, hard-fought freedom.

Author : Dennis Carl Mazza
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1530396859

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A Land Larger Than Earth by Dennis Carl Mazza Pdf

Is there anything lovers can do to change destiny? Daniel Marino is an aging baby-boomer bemoaning the irrelevance of old age and the lost promise of his generation, when he impulsively travels a thousand miles overnight to attend the funeral of Ruthie Fletcher, his tender first love. Still haunted by her memory, he re-lives their tumultuous and passionate romance. He was certain he had found his soul mate for life, but a powerful force is mysteriously pulling his lover away from him.... Desperate to keep her, he must journey to Peru and the high peaks of the Andes to learn the secret she keeps in her heart. There he is stunned as he confronts an unknown universe that is beyond his wildest imagination.... it exposes the emptiness of his religion and may yet destroy him. This story will make you cry and laugh and wonder as you follow young lovers trapped in the wilds of a forbidding destiny, and a young man's intense struggle.... will he be able to alter fate?

Author : Lily Rose
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 685 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781982227326

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The Spiritual Path: How to Create Heaven on Earth by Lily Rose Pdf

If happiness is found within and not in some form of external material trappings, would you let go and let God provide for all your needs? Knowing this, would you make choices that are for the highest good of all concerned? In The Spiritual Path: How to Create Heaven on Earth, ordained CSL minister Lily Rose works to inspire humankind to create a culture of positivity filled with solutionoriented people living harmonious, virtuous lives. As you step on the path, she opens the door to your perception to unveil a way back to the garden through nonduality and the power of personal integrity. Reverend Lily exposes the fallacies present within the collective unconscious that block all that is good from manifesting in your life. You will learn how to think in a new way that is not defined by the limiting ideas of the past, navigating the spectrum of consciousness and building psychic healing love energy using the penny and domino principles to heal your body, mind, and spirit. The Spiritual Path: How to Create Heaven on Earth will help you develop pyramid consciousness to take a quantum leap toward materializing a new you as you tap into the field of infinite possibilities to realize your full potential, reprogram and rewire your brain to nip the self-sabotaging behavior of addiction in the bud, and manifest heaven on earth through the accumulation of grace.

Author : D. Carl Mazza
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1530892082

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A Land Larger Than Earth by D. Carl Mazza Pdf

Is there anything lovers can do to change destiny? Daniel Marino is an aging baby-boomer bemoaning the irrelevance of old age and the lost promise of his generation when he impulsively travels a thousand miles overnight to attend the funeral of Ruthie Fletcher, his tender first love. Still haunted by her memory, he re-lives their tumultuous and passionate romance. He was certain he had found his soul mate for life, but a powerful force is mysteriously pulling his lover away from him.... Desperate to keep her, he must journey to Peru and the high peaks of the Andes to learn the secret she keeps in her heart. There he is stunned as he confronts an unknown universe that is beyond his wildest imagination.... it exposes the emptiness of his religion and may yet destroy him. This story will make you cry and laugh and wonder as you follow young lovers trapped in the wilds of a forbidding destiny, and a young man's intense struggle.... will he be able to alter fate?

Author : Sarah J. Robinson
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780593193532

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I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die by Sarah J. Robinson Pdf

A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.

Author : Gustavo GutiŽrrez
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608331246

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On Job by Gustavo GutiŽrrez Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 946 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Baptists
ISBN : WISC:89077054740

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The Baptist Home Mission Monthly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Christian life
ISBN : HARVARD:AH6KPK

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The Christian by Anonim Pdf

Author : Brenda Brasher
Publisher : Berkshire Publishing Group
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001-10-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781614728344

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Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism: Volume 3 of Religion & Society by Brenda Brasher Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism is the third volume of the acclaimed Religion & Society series. The Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism follows a broad definition of fundamentalism and covers fundamentalism across time and place, although the emphasis remains on its primary manifestation: Protestant fundamentalism in the United States. It draws upon the work of historians, sociologists, religious scholars, anthropologists, political scientists, and others.

Author : David Grant
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781603586054

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The Social Profit Handbook by David Grant Pdf

How to Articulate and Assess What Success Looks Like The Social Profit Handbook offers those who lead, govern, and support mission-driven organizations and businesses new ways to assess their impact in order to improve future work rather than merely judge past performance. For-profit institutions measure their success primarily by monetary gains. But nonprofit institutions are different; they aim for social profit. How do you measure the success of these social profit institutions, where missions are focused on the well-being of people, place, and planet? Drawing upon decades of leadership in schools and the foundation and nonprofit worlds, author David Grant offers strategies—from creating mission time to planning backwards to constructing qualitative assessment rubrics—that help organizations take assessment back into their own hands, and improve their work as a result. His insights, illustrated by numerous case studies, make this book a unique organizational development tool for a wide range of nonprofit organizations, as well as emerging mission-based social venture businesses, such as low-profit corporations and B Corps. The Social Profit Handbook presentsassessment and evaluation not as ends in themselves but as the path toward achieving what matters most in the social sector. The result: more benefits to society and stronger, more unified, more effective organizations prepared to make the world a better place.

Author : Lance Dodes,Zachary Dodes
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780807035870

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The Sober Truth by Lance Dodes,Zachary Dodes Pdf

A powerful exposé of Alcoholics Anonymous, 12-step programs, and the rehab industry—and how a failed addiction treatment model came to dominate America. “A humane, science-based, global view of addiction . . . an essential, bracing critique of the rehab industry and its ideological foundations that we have much to learn from.” —Gabor Maté M.D., author of In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts Alcoholics Anonymous has become so infused in our society that it is practically synonymous with addiction recovery. Yet the evidence shows that AA has only a 5–10 percent success rate—hardly better than no treatment at all. Despite this, doctors, employers, and judges regularly refer addicted people to treatment programs and rehab facilities based on the 12-step model. In The Sober Truth, acclaimed addiction specialist Dr. Lance Dodes exposes the deeply flawed science that the 12-step industry has used to support its programs. Dr. Dodes analyzes dozens of studies to reveal a startling pattern of errors, misjudgments, and biases. He also pores over the research to highlight the best peer-reviewed studies available and discovers that they reach a grim consensus on the program’s overall success. But The Sober Truth is more than a book about addiction. It is also a book about science and how and why AA and rehab became so popular, despite the discouraging data. Drawing from thirty-five years of clinical practice and firsthand accounts submitted by addicts, Dr. Dodes explores the entire story of AA’s rise—from its origins in early fundamentalist religious and mystical beliefs to its present-day place of privilege in politics and media. A powerful response to the monopoly of the 12-step program and the myth that they are a universal solution to addiction, The Sober Truth offers new and actionable information for addicts, their families, and medical providers, and lays out better ways to understand addiction for those seeking a more effective and compassionate approach to this treatable problem.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1674 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015095178276

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Michigan Christian Advocate by Anonim Pdf

Author : American Anthropological Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : UCSC:32106019431250

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Abstracts of the Annual Meeting by American Anthropological Association Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
ISBN : UOM:39015058582035

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The Sunday-school Times by Anonim Pdf