The Embrace Of Hope

Author : Kate Fuglei
Publisher : Barbera Foundation
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Embrace of Hope by Kate Fuglei Pdf

“Friend, you are a divine mingle-mangle of guts and stardust. So hang in there! If doors opened for me, they can open for anyone.”—Frank Capra Crossing the Atlantic Ocean was going to be the biggest adventure of Frank Capra’s life, but the five-year-old Sicilian boy’s dreams were soon hobbled by the cramped steamship’s unsanitary conditions. Feverish and weak, Frank suffered the seemingly endless nightmare through rolling seas torn from his family and frightened in the isolated sick bay. Emerging from the darkness into a new world, Frank craned his neck to see the torch atop Lady Liberty’s reaching arm. Awestruck, his heart swelled with a hope and gratitude that came to define his life and his work. Frank Capra’s movies celebrated the individual’s power to define their own destiny through hard work and selflessness. Today, It Happened One Night, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and other classics elicit nostalgia for an America that was, and continue to inspire audiences with the deep-rooted sense of patriotism and optimism held by their creator.

Author : Rebecca Solnit
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781608465798

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Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit Pdf

“[A] landmark book . . . Solnit illustrates how the uprisings that begin on the streets can upend the status quo and topple authoritarian regimes” (Vice). A book as powerful and influential as Rebecca Solnit’s Men Explain Things to Me, her Hope in the Dark was written to counter the despair of activists at a moment when they were focused on their losses and had turned their back to the victories behind them—and the unimaginable changes soon to come. In it, she makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a world whose future remains uncertain and unknowable. Drawing on her decades of activism and a wide reading of environmental, cultural, and political history, Solnit argues that radicals have a long, neglected history of transformative victories, that the positive consequences of our acts are not always immediately seen, directly knowable, or even measurable, and that pessimism and despair rest on an unwarranted confidence about what is going to happen next. Now, with a moving new introduction explaining how the book came about and a new afterword that helps teach us how to hope and act in our unnerving world, she brings a new illumination to the darkness of our times in an unforgettable new edition of this classic book. “One of the best books of the 21st century.” —The Guardian “No writer has better understood the mix of fear and possibility, peril and exuberance that’s marked this new millennium.” —Bill McKibben, New York Times–bestselling author of Falter “An elegant reminder that activist victories are easily forgotten, and that they often come in extremely unexpected, roundabout ways.” —The New Yorker

Author : Kate Fuglei
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9798201014810

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The Embrace of Hope by Kate Fuglei Pdf

Author : Fern E.M. Buszowski
Publisher : Word Alive Press
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781486623709

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Embrace Life, Embrace Hope by Fern E.M. Buszowski Pdf

Is life not turning out the way you planned? Do crises push out all hope making it seem impossible to grasp? Drawing from personal stories author Fern E.M. Buszowski invites you to consider ways to Embrace Life, Embrace Hope through the unexpected. Whatever crisis you or your loved ones are going through, she extends an invitation to join her as she shares her walk toward hope and wholeness. She uniquely weaves concepts and practices from different fields to help you learn new ways to: cultivate sacred space for your soul; be inspired to live well even in difficult places; create space for your heart, body, mind, and soul to flourish; build resilient ways, uncover wholeness and hope; andnot just survive but thrive.

Author : Miguel A. De La Torre
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506433424

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Embracing Hopelessness by Miguel A. De La Torre Pdf

This book will attempt to explore faith-based responses to unending injustices by embracing the reality of hopelessness. It rejects the pontifications of some salvation history that move the faithful toward an eschatological promise that, when looking back at history, makes sense of all Christian-led brutalities, mayhem, and carnage. To embrace hopelessness moves away from a middle-class privilege that assumes all is going to work out in the end. By upsetting the norm, an opportunity might arise that can lead us to a more just situation, although such acts of defiance usually lead to crucifixion. Hopelessness is what leads to radical liberative praxis.

Author : Sandra Gulland
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780735262652

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The Game of Hope by Sandra Gulland Pdf

For Napoleon's stepdaughter, nothing is simple -- especially love. Paris, 1798. Hortense de Beauharnais is engrossed in her studies at a boarding school for aristocratic girls, most of whom suffered tragic losses during the tumultuous days of the French Revolution. She loves to play and compose music, read and paint, and daydream about Christophe, her brother's dashing fellow officer. But Hortense is not an ordinary girl. Her beautiful, charming mother Josephine has married Napoleon Bonaparte, soon to become the most powerful man in France, but viewed by Hortense as a coarse, unworthy successor to her elegant father, who was guillotined during the Terror. Where will Hortense's future lie? Inspired by Hortense's real-life autobiography with charming glimpses of teen life long ago, this is the story of a girl chosen by fate to play a role she didn't choose.

Author : Gleb Raygorodetsky
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781681775968

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The Archipelago of Hope by Gleb Raygorodetsky Pdf

While our politicians argue, the truth is that climate change is already here. Nobody knows this better than Indigenous peoples who, having developed an intimate relationship with ecosystems over generations, have observed these changes for decades. For them, climate change is not an abstract concept or policy issue, but the reality of daily life.After two decades of working with indigenous communities, Gleb Raygorodetsky shows how these communities are actually islands of biological and cultural diversity in the ever-rising sea of development and urbanization. They are an “archipelago of hope” as we enter the Anthropocene, for here lies humankind’s best chance to remember our roots and how to take care of the Earth.We meet the Skolt Sami of Finland, the Nenets and Altai of Russia, the Sapara of Ecuador, the Karen of Myanmar, and the Tla-o-qui-aht of Canada. Intimate portraits of these men and women, youth and elders, emerge against the backdrop of their traditional practices on land and water. Though there are brutal realities—pollution, corruption, forced assimilation—Raygorodetsky's prose resonates with the positive, the adaptive, the spiritual—and hope.

Author : Miroslav Volf
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781426712333

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Exclusion & Embrace by Miroslav Volf Pdf

Life at the end of the twentieth century presents us with a disturbing reality. Otherness, the simple fact of being different in some way, has come to be defined as in and of itself evil. Miroslav Volf contends that if the healing word of the gospel is to be heard today, Christian theology must find ways of speaking that address the hatred of the other. Reaching back to the New Testament metaphor of salvation as reconciliation, Volf proposes the idea of embrace as a theological response to the problem of exclusion. Increasingly we see that exclusion has become the primary sin, skewing our perceptions of reality and causing us to react out of fear and anger to all those who are not within our (ever-narrowing) circle. In light of this, Christians must learn that salvation comes, not only as we are reconciled to God, and not only as we "learn to live with one another", but as we take the dangerous and costly step of opening ourselves to the other, of enfolding him or her in the same embrace with which we have been enfolded by God.

Author : Chuck Black
Publisher : Multnomah
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780307562685

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Kingdom's Hope by Chuck Black Pdf

A Riveting Medieval Parallel to the Bible Good and evil clash. Leinad and Cedric are determined to not only survive, but claim hope and victory! In Kingdom’s Dawn, Leinad and Tess, along with all the king’s people, must escape slavery by the powerful Lord Fairos. Kingdom’s Hope finds them free and arriving in the Chessington Valley . But when they forget the king, will Kergon and the Kessons capture them for good? After many years, Kingdom’s Edge finds Cedric living a hopeless life until a stranger appears with powerful words of a new kingdom and a grand army. Finally, Kingdom’s Reign marches you through the danger of earth’s last days as the evil dark knight threatens to defeat the prince once and for all. Swords, knights, and battles define these captivating tales that parallel biblical events from Genesis to Revelation! Fierce castle lords hold the kingdom hostage. But a champion is coming… Fairos thought he had sentenced Leinad to death in the Banteen desert. But he was wrong. Leinad survived. Now, trained by the King himself, Leinad returns—a true Knight of the King. His skill with the sword is unmatched this side of the Great Sea ; his resolve is unshakeable. He is determined to fulfill the mission given him by the King and to free the people from their bondage to Lord Fairos. Leinad’s quest takes him from the chains of slavery, near the jaws of dragons, and close to the arms of love. And when the rest of the kingdom turns away from the King and the Code, Leinad turns to his most faithful ally, Tess. With her help, Leinad struggles to conquer his own doubt. But he must do so soon, for the King’s archenemy, the Dark Knight, is about to unleash his entire evil force, and only Leinad can stop them… Journey to Arrethtrae, where the King and His Son implement a bold plan to save their kingdom; where courage, faith, and loyalty stand tall in the face of opposition; where good will not bow to evil; where the future of the kingdom is at the threshold of either victory or defeat—and one man holds the key. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS INCLUDED Story Behind the Book “When my six kids’ eyes glossed over during a reading from the Bible, I paused to explain the significance of redemption to a sin-sick soul. I was rewarded with patronizing elephant nods and more blank stares. Shortly thereafter, I awoke in the middle of the night with a medieval story enveloping my mind. I wrote it down and later read it to my children. Their waning attention transformed into complete anticipation. I was amazed and disappointed. Why did it take a fictional story, not a Bible passage, to get that response? Then I realized—that is how Jesus taught! Parables are powerful! I penned the Kingdom series to help young people get excited about the supremely significant story of Jesus Christ and His mission to save mankind.” —Chuck Black

Author : United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publisher : United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1601375840

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Pope Francis Embrace of Hope by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Pdf

"This work is a collection of Pope Francis's most significant words to the sick. It is a series of ... reflections, considerations, and prayers taken from his speeches, messages, homilies, and 'Angeluses' over a period of about four years, from his election to the See of Peter to June 2017."--

Author : Daniel Pierce,Amber Pierce
Publisher : Charisma Media
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781629999838

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Joy In the War by Daniel Pierce,Amber Pierce Pdf

If you don’t have joy, you won’t have the strength to overcome. This book will help you better understand how even in the midst of crisis and chaos, God wants to use joy as a weapon to tear down the attacks of the enemy and give you the spiritual bandwidth to overcome. Joy in the War is a unique book about finding joy in the midst of devastating events, including those happening in America and around the world. The Lord desires that His children know He is a covenant God. When we choose to align with His purposes, even the conflict and warfare surrounding us cannot stop His joy from manifesting and releasing a strength and purpose that empowers us to triumph. We can learn not to fear war or impending doom as we realize that overcoming joy can be our portion even in times of hardship. These lessons from Daniel and Amber Pierce—part of the legacy family of Chuck Pierce—have been walked out over the past decade as they have lived in the Land of Israel: a place where war is a constant threat and lessons for America and the church can be gleaned.

Author : Sanskriti Choudhry
Publisher : Blue Rose Publishers
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Embrace of the Frostborn by Sanskriti Choudhry Pdf

Within the pages of this book, love takes on the guise of sacrifice, weaving the destinies of cursed souls bound by an uncontrollable force. The story digs into the lives of those entwined by an unforgiving curse, witnessing the weight of their sacrifices and the toll on their souls. As the inscrutable Moira shapes their futures, love's plea clashes with the epitome of power and authority. This unconventional love story challenges our notions of devotion, forcing us to question the boundaries of love and the sacrifices we'd make for our cherished ones. Prepare to embark on a journey that tests the limits of love, unravelling the secrets that lie in the shadows, and ultimately answering the age-old question—what is love's true price?

Author : Anne E. Streaty Wimberly
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608992348

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Nurturing Faith and Hope by Anne E. Streaty Wimberly Pdf

""Wimberly's latest work presents pastors, church lay leaders and scholars with a new lens to think critically and joyously about how Christian education undergirds and supports the worship experience in nurturing faith and hope in black parishioners."" --David L. Wallace, Sr., Dean, Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary The Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Georgia ""This highly recommended work provides a thoughtful yet comprehensive framework of the black Christian worshipping community as the context where faith and hope are nurtured."" --Marsha Snulligan Haney, Associate Professor of Missiology and Religions of the World, The Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Georgia ""This is a must read for all pastors and worship designers who desire to make worship relevant for African American Congregations."" --Cecelia M. Long, former General Secretariat of the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women in the United Methodist Church ""Innovative, dynamic, thought provoking, and inspiring. A must read for pastors, church leaders, Christian educators, and anyone interested in revitalizing Christian education in the 21st Century."" --Yolanda Y. Smith, Assistant Professor of Christian Education, Yale University Divinity School, and author of Reclaiming the Spirituals: New Possibilities for African American Christian Education ""Dr. Wimberly has seized upon the, heretofore, unspoken wisdom of the black church . . . Local church laity and clergy will easily access this fine work for local churches."" --Lynne Westfield, Assistant Professor of Christian Education, Drew Theological School, Madison, New Jersey ""Wimberly understands comprehensively the ways education is embodied in congregational life. Indeed, she invites us to nurture faith and hope."" --Jack L. Seymour, Professor of Religious Education and Academic Dean, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston. Illinois Anne E. Streaty Wimberly is Professor of Christian Education at The Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the author of several books including Soul Stories: African American Christian Education (1994).

Author : PHYLLIS G. MCDANIEL
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781304784476

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EMBRACE YOUR LIFE: NEW FAITH, NEW DREAMS, NEW HOPE by PHYLLIS G. MCDANIEL Pdf

New hope for life. Embrace life again rather than just plodding along day by day. Strengthen your faith, your hope and your dreams for the future. Inspirational and motivational scriptures, guidelines and quotations to give new happiness, meaning and dynamism to your life!!

Author : Eric Miller
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780802817693

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Hope in a Scattering Time by Eric Miller Pdf

This is the first biography of the best-selling author of The culture of narcissism and other modern American classics. His brand of historically and psychologically informed social criticism was uncommonly prescient and remains surprisingly relevant to our cultural dilemmas. So does his example, as Eric Miller shows in this vivid and engaging book. Lasch's uncompromising independence cast him as Socrates in an age of sophists, and the sweeping range, critical intensity, high seriousness, and rigorous honesty of his writings won him warm admirers, many fierce critics, and a circle of brilliant and devoted students. Miller's biography offers lasch's life as a ringing case for the dignity of the intellectual's calling.