Women Are Spiritual Bridges

Author : Bren Gandy-Wilson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781438909813

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Women Are Spiritual Bridges by Bren Gandy-Wilson Pdf

This is not 52nd Street. The rich, white academics will no longer be given their structured, easy-to-listen-to jazz. This is Milton's Playhouse. This is the heart of music. Structure time form and proper scales are dead here. This is the place that jazz progresses. 52nd Street is stale and lifeless. The bridge to 52nd Street has been burned down. This is Improvisational Writing. It lives through every typo misspelling misuse and grammatical mistake. It is music without sound. Without measures. Without Scales. Without time. Without prisons. It is a hope to give life to something that has become so confined it can no longer breathe. It may be one continuous mistake. But it is honest true uncompromising and unconfined. In a world that has a million bookshelves lined with street maps to 52nd Street, this is a fresh note. It may be a flat note, nonetheless, it is a note.

Author : Sarah Simon,Joyce Carlson,Alf Dumont
Publisher : United Church Publishing House
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Christian women
ISBN : 1551340631

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Bridges in Spirituality by Sarah Simon,Joyce Carlson,Alf Dumont Pdf

Author : Cheryl Bridges Johns
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493422289

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Seven Transforming Gifts of Menopause by Cheryl Bridges Johns Pdf

Menopause is a dramatic but largely overlooked developmental window to the second half of life. Although today's women are more aware of and actively involved in mapping their menopausal journey than generations before, many still do not see menopause as a time of important psychological and spiritual transformation. This book goes far beyond hot flashes and gets to the very heart of the midlife journey, helping women find their unique voice and speak their truth in an era of #MeToo and #ChurchToo. Coming alongside readers as a wise spiritual guide, pastor and theologian Cheryl Bridges Johns identifies seven key developmental "tasks" of menopause and gives practical ways women can embrace each one. She encourages women to view these tasks as gifts as they experience the remarkable physical, emotional, and spiritual transformation that occurs in this stage of life. Written in a warm and conversational tone, this book helps women chart a course for the future, leading them to a renewed sense of identity, a more focused vision for life, and a deeper spirituality. Each chapter includes guided questions for personal reflection and study questions for group discussion.

Author : Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781580234788

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The Bridge to Forgiveness by Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar Pdf

Embrace forgiveness as a spiritual principle and discover a new closeness with the Divine. Forgiveness is a spiritual path that you embark on with intention and vision, purposefully seeking to bridge the gap between your hurt and suffering and your sense of wholeness and resilient inner light—the light of God. This inspiring guide for healing and wholeness supplies you with a map to help you along your forgiveness journey. Deeply personal stories, comforting prayers and intimate meditations gently lead you through the steps that allow for the evolution of forgiving—loss, anger, acceptance, learning, forgiveness and restoration. Tapping both ancient and contemporary sources for the nourishment and strength needed as you seek to rekindle inner peace, this book tenderly whispers encouragement as you are brought to—and realize you are able to cross—your own bridge to forgiveness.

Author : Bren Gandy-Wilson
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781490806839

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Dancing Through the Storms by Bren Gandy-Wilson Pdf

Dancing through the Storm focuses on these concepts: You can recognize and resist abuse in relationships. Love can only be expressed properly through knowing God intimately and knowing yourself. A healthy relationship doesnt just happen. It is the fruit resulting from heeding the promptings of the Holy Spirit and applying Gods Word in every situation. Marriage is a God thing, created by God before sin entered the world. A blessed marriage is a synthesis of three not two because Christ is to be the head. Through Christ, you can fully recover from an abusive situation.

Author : Elaine Voci
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 142088722X

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Bridge Builders by Elaine Voci Pdf

In the cutthroat world of business, many aspiring moguls reject kindness as a virtue and develop a sharp competitive edge that can wound struggling colleagues. For those who wish to rise to the top without knocking others down, Michael Solomon offers guidance in Success By Default: The Depersonalization of Corporate America "No matter what business you are in, no matter what your product or service, the only thing that runs a business is people," Solomon writes. Through his own struggles with unscrupulous entrepreneurs, he has developed a business plan steeped in humanism, which he now shares with readers. Success By Default takes readers through Solomon's action-packed career in law enforcement and a chain of events that led him to reinvent himself as a corporate player. Immersed in a sea of successful executives, Solomon was first excited, then disillusioned, as he witnessed the actions of his colleagues. He boldly details the misplaced priorities, stolen ideas and unethical practices that left him dismayed. Instead of wallowing in Self-pity, Solomon followed his father's advice and forged ahead. This, he writes, is what led to Success By Default. Each chapter delivers witty anecdotes, simple wisdom and straightforward advice on how to avoid trampling people in the mad rush to achieve. An insightful guide to ethical business practices, Success By Default offers readers pages of wisdom gleaned from the front lines of corporate battles.

Author : Noris Binet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Arts, American
ISBN : 1555236464

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Women on the Inner Journey by Noris Binet Pdf

Author : Gloria Anzaldúa,AnaLouise Keating
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135351526

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this bridge we call home by Gloria Anzaldúa,AnaLouise Keating Pdf

More than twenty years after the ground-breaking anthology This Bridge Called My Back called upon feminists to envision new forms of communities and practices, Gloria E. Anzaldúa and AnaLouise Keating have painstakingly assembled a new collection of over eighty original writings that offers a bold new vision of women-of-color consciousness for the twenty-first century. Written by women and men--both "of color" and "white"--this bridge we call home will challenge readers to rethink existing categories and invent new individual and collective identities.

Author : Cheryl Bridges Johns
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493436675

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Re-enchanting the Text by Cheryl Bridges Johns Pdf

In an age when the Bible has been stripped of its sacredness and functional biblical illiteracy reigns, this book makes the case that we must work to re-enchant the text in order to return the Bible to its rightful place in the lives of Christians. Cheryl Bridges Johns explains how the Enlightenment's turn to the rational human subject made it possible to objectify the Bible and has distorted our interpretations of Scripture. This move generated a belief that studying the Bible was primarily a means of supporting facts and providing evidence of competing visions of reality. This "modern" version of the Bible does not trouble our nights with apocalyptic images. It has been stripped of its power. She also shows that both "liberal" and "fundamentalist" interpretation are failed forms of disenchanted readings. Johns argues that we must rediscover the Bible as a sacred, dangerous, mysterious, and presence-filled wonderland to counteract biblical illiteracy in an increasingly post-Christian landscape.

Author : Mar Gallego Durán
Publisher : Universitat de València
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9788437083995

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The Dialectics of Diaspora: Memory, Location and Gender by Mar Gallego Durán Pdf

Aquest llibre reflecteix l'evolució en el camp dels estudis diaspòrics. Els articles han estat agrupats en dues seccions. La primera té com objectiu les experiències dels africans diaspòrics; la segona secció, àmplia el radi de recerca i se centra en les representacions literàries de la diàspora dels asiàtic-americans, porto-riquenys i als anglo-europeus. De la mateixa manera, un aspecte no menys interessant d'aquest llibre són les múltiples maneres en les que s'han tornat a teoritzar les idees de Paul Gilroy i a aplicar-se a una infinitat d'escrits. De fet, els articles testifiquen la diàspora com una experiència que potencialment pot -com així succeeix- afectar a tot el món, pel que la diàspora es converteix en una representació metonímica de la pròpia experiència.

Author : Minlib Dallh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000958027

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Sufi Women and Mystics by Minlib Dallh Pdf

This book focuses on women’s important contribution to Sufism by analysing the lives and seminal contributions of six mystic Sufi women to Islamic spirituality. To help reverse the sidelining of Sufi women in the recorded academic literature, the author has selected a representative sample of figures from diverse Islamic dynasties with varying backgrounds, social status, and devotional contributions. Taking a historical approach attentive to specific political contexts, readers will be introduced to the contributions of Umm Ali al-Balkhi and Fātima of Nishāpūr in the ninth-century Khurāsān, Aisha al-Mannūbiyya of the Hafsid dynasty in Afriqya, Aisha al-Bā‘únīyya of the Mamlūk dynasties of Egypt and Syria, the Mughal princess Jahan Ara Begum, and the daughter of the Caliph of Sokoto, Nana Asma’u. It is argued that these ascetic and Sufi women were recognized by their male and female peers, became political leaders in their communities, and were honored as examples of sanctity and erudition. Their works influenced mystical discourse, hagiographical writings, religious language and models of religious authority to secure legacies of Islamic orthopraxis. The book will appeal to anyone interested in Sufism and Sufi history, as well as to those wishing to delve into the understudied topic of Muslim women’s spirituality.

Author : Sara Ann Levinsky
Publisher : SteinerBooks
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0892810637

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A Bridge of Dreams by Sara Ann Levinsky Pdf

Paramananda, a disciple of Vive-kananda in the Ramakrishna lineage, came to the United States in 1906. A Bridge of Dreams tells the story of his life and community.

Author : Gloria Anzaldúa,AnaLouise Keating
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135351595

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this bridge we call home by Gloria Anzaldúa,AnaLouise Keating Pdf

More than twenty years after the ground-breaking anthology This Bridge Called My Back called upon feminists to envision new forms of communities and practices, Gloria E. Anzaldúa and AnaLouise Keating have painstakingly assembled a new collection of over eighty original writings that offers a bold new vision of women-of-color consciousness for the twenty-first century. Written by women and men--both "of color" and "white"--this bridge we call home will challenge readers to rethink existing categories and invent new individual and collective identities.

Author : Ms Anne Wagner,Professor Le Cheng
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781409497653

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Exploring Courtroom Discourse by Ms Anne Wagner,Professor Le Cheng Pdf

This volume presents a combination of practical, empirical research data and theoretical reflection to provide a comparative view of language and discourse in the courtroom. The work explores how the various disciplines of law and linguistics can help us understand the nature of "Power and Control" - both oral and written - and how it might be clarified to unravel linguistic representation of legal reality. It presents and examines the most recent research and theories at national and international levels. The book represents a valuable contribution to the study and analysis of courtroom discourse and courtroom cultures more generally. It will be of interest to students and researchers working in the areas of language and law, legal theory, interpretation, and semiotics of law.

Author : Michelle Osterfeld Li
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780804771061

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Ambiguous Bodies by Michelle Osterfeld Li Pdf

Ambiguous Bodies draws from theories of the grotesque to examine many of the strange and extraordinary creatures and phenomena in the premodern Japanese tales called setsuwa. Grotesque representations in general typically direct our attention to unfinished and unrefined things; they are marked by an earthy sense of the body and an interest in the physical. Because they have many meanings, they can both sustain and undermine authority. This book aims to make sense of grotesque representations in setsuwa—animated detached body parts, unusual sexual encounters, demons and shape-shifting or otherwise wondrous animals—and, in a broader sense, to show what this type of critical focus can reveal about the mentality of Japanese people in the ancient, classical, and early medieval periods. It is the first study to place Japanese tales of this nature, which have received little critical attention in English, within a sophisticated theoretical framework. Li masterfully and rigorously focuses on these fascinating tales in the context of the historical periods in which they were created and compiled.