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Childhood summer vacations are always special, but the summer before a life-changing event like your first year of high school can be particularly memorable. The great unknown of venturing out of your neighborhood comfort zone and meeting new friends can be stressful but also holds out the promise of meeting lifelong friends.The Summer of 1964 tells the story of Marty McAlynn, a fourteen-year-old boy, as he experiences his last summer before entering secondary school. As the summer develops, it is shaping up as the greatest summer of his young life for several reasons. His favorite team, the almost always hapless Philadelphia Phillies, are defying all expectations and are in the thick of a red-hot pennant race. Marty is also indulging his creative passion and love of the classic Universal horror movies by making his very own home movie, a monster film about Frankenstein and the Wolfman. Marty lives in the heart of South Philadelphia with his large family headed by his dad, Martin Senior, a Philadelphia fireman; his mom, Veronica, a stay-at-home mother of ten children; and his maternal grandfather, Adolph, a World War I veteran and refugee from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Marty discovers the joys and heartache of a summer that will never be forgotten. It is also a bittersweet tale of how baseball can bind three generations with agonizing thrills, heartbreaking defeats and lifetime memories.

It is incumbent upon man to become aware of the powerful forces that surround him and may be leading him to a possible unexpected outcome. He must come out of complacency and see his purpose for what it is was meant to be by the Creator. The status quo of oil should be slowly but unequivocally phased out. When it first oozed from the ground, it became the driving force of the economy. It was meant to be that way. God made sure of that. But man has decided today to abuse that purpose by using it to manipulate economies and start wars in the name of peace, only to lead man in the path of destruction by the way of an agenda. Man feels he must take control of man, contrary to the wishes of God. But man can save himself by bringing about the change that is waiting to be unveiled in the ushering in of free energy. It is real but must be given the proper venue.My life tells a metaphor as a connection, like thunder as the voice of God and lighting as the glare of his eyes that foretell a warning, though it is so common, man tends not to see the connection. He must look at things differently. It is not for me to judge. The Creator has the last word on that, just as He has the last word in the written prophesies. However, I can suggest, though controversial it might seem, but not to dismiss that perhaps it is a destiny to fit within the context of prophetical events.My inquisitiveness, with its very humble beginnings and all of its twists and turns, brought me to these times and led me to a quest to seek a truth that must be acknowledged. It is the key to avert war and bring about peace. It is the simple inventions in search of that truth that so many are seeking, including me. It is the connection between God and man just as certain as Jesus was His begotten son to serve as the check and balance for the assurance of peace if man chooses. And it is the complete story a metaphor that parallels the troubles of man with the possible outcomes and in congruence with the vigilance of the angels who don't sleep but are paying attention, who will allow peace, lest man bring wrath upon himself. He is the magnet that holds the truth as is the physical magnet that holds that secret, the secret to Finding Free Energy.

This is Linda Perrotti's personal account of her journey through the darkness of MentalIllness and her rise to health and wellness. This book is incredibly inspirational, and at times, a heart wrenching read. It is an equally wonderful read, cover to cover, or revisited a chapter at a time for daily inspiration. Breakdown to Breakthrough provides endless encouragement and practical guidance. Linda expresses her struggles and perseverance with Grace and Gratitude. It is a brave and courageous account told honestly and with love. Linda offers this book selflessly so that others find HOPE!! She is an inspiration.

These are the daily thoughts of Susan Hadden. For five months she lay in bed, knowing time was short. They begin in November and continue into January, when she could no longer concentrate and type. They are personal and full of love and hope. They end with two words: Love Jesus!

Brown Dog: His life and Dreams tells the story of a gentle little dog and his life and the things he does with the family he loves. The artwork depicts the dreams he has, of the activities they include him in. It is meant for younger children and is a quiet-time read. It is hoped to encourage thought, imagination, memories, and discussion.

For anyone seeking deeper spiritual formation and/or a closer walk with God this book will be a guide using Scripture and the Twelve Steps adopted by many addiction treatment programs. Finding a quiet, comfortable space where one can spend an hour, or even thirty minutes, working these steps will bring one the joy of a more mature spiritual relationship with God and deepen faith in one’s self. This work is designed that you may take as much of the ritual as you wish and leave the rest. It is advised by the author that you meditate on the scripture reading and compare that with the step you are working on before you read his commentary. Be as honest with yourself as you can in working this program, remembering that our denial can cover a lot of hidden things.* The author suggests that you begin with Step One (January 1st) no matter the calendar date.

Have you ever wondered how God deals with a Christian who chooses addiction?The life of one alcoholic affects hundreds of other lives, especially when the active drinker is a teacher, a parent, a grandparent, an involved church and community member.This is the story of a Christian marriage that weathers the storm of alcoholism at its deepest level. It is the story of bare survival in hopeless situations of repeated failure. It is the spiritual destruction of a respected Christian woman who seeks restoration. Written in honest, heartfelt language, this memoir demonstrates God's heart and longing for those trapped in the prodigal circumstances of addiction.Loss eventually becomes strength. Illness becomes a turn-around time of life.

"I love you just the way you areEvery bit that makes up you."A sister's love knows no bounds. It doesn't see size, color, shape, or ability. It's forgiving, honest, and true. It's love.

Enjoy Your Dog, written by Bailey the Golden Retriever, is meant to make you laugh, smile, and be happy. That's what Bailey does with so many people, every day, everywhere she goes. Bailey wants to share that with you and give you some ideas from our wonderful life to help you really enjoy your dog and life with them.

As you read Bethany Anne's story, you may be reminded of similar things from your childhood. You may cry a little with her as she learns how to deal with loss. You may "high five" her for being creative enough to solve some of her own problems, like finding a little refuge in a quiet space for a nap. You may laugh out loud to some of her reactions to situations when she tells it like it is, from a four-year-old's point of view, especially if it involves anything about food. Join her adventures as she introduces you to a way of looking at life, through the eyes of a four-year-old.

Come along and join Sandi Borowsky on a wondrous adventure starting with London, then Liverpool and finally back to London in the United Kingdom. Seeing and exploring many significant Beatle landmarks along the way.Her trip starts with London at a hotel near the London Eye. It ends in London at a hotel in Baywater. With many stops along the way.From the Cavern, to Woolton Baths, to Strawberry Field gates in one of its rarest forms; Her friends and she will be your tour guides.Explore with her places that many people don't get to see. From the Baths to inside St. Peter's church hall, she was there. Along the way, yup there are hiccups and giggles. It's life, you need to embrace it and enjoy.Then, she heads off to London and well it was different. What woman does not long to fall into the arms of a strange man? Yup, it was different, but fun!She hopes you enjoy going on this adventure with her as much as she did. Sit back, put your feet up and enjoy that coffee. Here we go!Sandi wishes you peace and love. "I felt you and knew that you loved me" (a quote from Liverpool).

The approach of this book is to speak directly to YOU regarding how to live the way of God's servant even through life's pains, struggles, and distractions. As you surrender to God, obey the counsel of the Holy Spirit, and follow Jesus Christ, you will come to understand your true identity, your purpose in life, what is most important in life, and what you are to do in life. You will also learn specific ways to overcome spiritual challenges.

Civilizations of this world rise, and civilizations fall, and the process has repeated many times through history. Even at the height of modern culture as we are now, we are not immune to the possibility. Journey to a Throne is a work of fiction about the human spirit surviving and thriving after such a collapse and a warning to us to avoid the fall in the first place.Journey to a Throne is a romantic suspense novel and takes place more than 1,500 years in the future, long after a global catastrophe. In a new Dark Ages, legends about the ancient people have spread everywhere. Civilization settled into a new normal.Leandra is the heir to the throne of a small country called Indiga. Her royal parents sent her away as a baby for her safety, and her adoptive parents took her far from Indiga and settled in a village called Jabethin. She grew up thinking she was a country girl named Brina. She is happy living a simple country life.Vail, a man from Indiga, travels to the small village of Jabethin on a mission concerning Leandra. He is attacked near his destination by a strange hooded man. Brina finds him in the woods and brings help from Jabethin. Keeping his mission a secret, Vail finds himself falling in love with Brina, not knowing she is Leandra.A man named Kerr is sent to bring Leandra back home because the king is dying. Someone doesn't want him to succeed and sends several men ahead of Kerr to various locations, including the man coerced into the mission against his will.When Kerr arrives in Jabethin, Vail finds out Brina is Leandra. Brina discovers she's heir to the throne in a distant country and is angry. Her life has been a lie, and now Kerr plans to take her away from the only home she's known. Kerr spotted the enemies planted to cause trouble on their return trip and realizes they must go home by a different route.They begin a perilous journey through a hostile land. Brina slowly accepts her destiny. Between his love for Brina and his mission, Vail doesn't know what to do and withdraws. Brina is troubled by the change in him. She thinks she knows what to expect in Indiga but finds danger and surprises.

In 2004, thirty-five years after she died while a patient in a mental hospital in Las Vegas, New Mexico, Nana came to her granddaughter, Carol Wawrychuk, in a vision."Take me home, Carol. Take me home." Little did Wawrychuk know those few words would take her on an odyssey that lasted two years and literally uncovered thousands of lost souls in a forgotten and eroding cemetery. Expecting to find a manicured cemetery with flowers and century old headstones, she instead found cement slabs with dates and names crudely etched by hand, mangled metal markers stamped with patient numbers and human remains that found their way to the surface.A Letter to Nana is not only about a cemetery cleanup, slicing through rolls of bureaucratic red tape, but it is a journey of Wawrychuk's reliance on God. In her quest to find Nana, she unintentionally uncovered skeletons in the closet and realized she had to free herself from her own barbed-wire fences. Through acceptance, redemption, courage and faith, Wawrychuk discovers the destination is the journey.

Sally has a longing to be adopted that began when she was placed in a kennel permanently. A Home for Sally shares the story of a young poodle who considers she is unlovable and unadoptable because of her disability. Sally believed that her dream of once again having a family may never come true.

Inspired by people who shared the beauty of laughter with her up until the day they died, Patricia Daletas recently found a way to put down on paper an accumulation of life events that led to one conclusion: Laughter comes with healing. Laughter brings joy. Laughter can be found in even the most difficult of situations. Laughter is a gift from God and can help sustain the heart for a lifetime.In her book Laugh 'til You Die, Patricia endeavors to take her readers on a journey through everyday life, with all its ups and downs, and help them to see that no matter the circumstances life might throw them into, laughter really is the best medicine. Through the sharing of personal experience and scripture, Laugh 'til You Die shows how laughter coupled with faith can bring joy to the soul, to the end of this life, and into the better life that awaits the child of God.Laugh 'til You Die is intended to be read as much or as little at a time as desired to refresh the heart. To provide hope for a weary soul and give confirmation to the life full of joy and laughter that it really is okay to be lighthearted in any circumstance.

Dear Kobe is a letter from a seventy-something former Cambodian army spy and Khmer Rouge survivor to his little boy, the child of his old age. In the letter, he tells a story that seven-year-old Kobe is still too young to comprehend. It is a story drenched in the blood of some two million victims of Pol Pot and his murderous Khmer Rouge. It is a story of survival and escape from the unimaginable horrors of the 1975-1979 genocide.One day, when Kobe is grown up, his daddy probably won't be here anymore. But Kobe will want to know his family history. This is that story.

Police officers, firefighters, paramedics, and military members all see the innermost of our dark and fallen world. Jonathan Hickory gives us a veteran police officer's intimate perspective into the struggle that many of our heroes battle in their hearts.Drowning in the depths of depression and sadness, burning with anger, and chained down by alcoholism, Jonathan couldn't do any more. After the death of his father as a young boy, facing countless horrific death scenes in the line of duty, and the loss of his first son, Jonathan turned to the world for answers-finding only darkness. Facing the threat of losing his job as a police officer, the loss of his wife and daughter, and contemplating suicide, Jonathan turns to the only one who can truly save-Jesus.Read the powerful true story of how a step into faith saved Jonathan from the clutches of sin and addiction, changing his life forever. This amazing story of grace and the life-changing power of Jesus Christ is guaranteed to encourage everyone who reads it.

Salvation history can be thought of as twofold: one is that God Himself personally takes action and the other is God has humans act. An example of the latter is Exodus in which God had Moses lead the Israelites from Egypt to Canaan. The skin garment that God made with slain animals for the fallen Adam is an example of the former.Adam's fall is the very starting point of God's saving acts in human history. In His saving acts, God utilized his sin as the means of salvation. However, God's plan on saving human beings began far ahead of the creation of Adam, for omniscient God already knew of Adam's fall before the world had begun. As Apostle Peter confirms, God's will to save lost sinners was planned from the very beginning and Jesus Christ was chosen before the creation of the world as our Savior. In His saving plan, Almighty God reversed all the negatives that would arise from Adam's fall into positives, triumphing over them by the cross.We need to be clothed in the robe of righteousness, the garments of salvation through Jesus Christ. The fig leaf coverings sewn by human efforts cannot cover our nakedness. In essence, the grace of salvation originates from God, not from fallible humans. Current human history has been heading towards a thorough restoration of God's image. When the full and perfect restoration of God's image is accomplished, salvation history will finally be complete. Although heavily infected by sin, we have constantly been advancing towards the perfect restoration of God's image and likeness. When Jesus Christ returns to us, our defiled image of God will be transformed into His perfect likeness. On the day when He appears, as Apostle John says, we shall be like Him. That day will be the very end of human history. On that very day, at long last, God's redemptive plan will be completed.

A Strictly Biblical Perspective Ministries Inc. has strategically designed a biblical cognitive character-based training curriculum. It is designed to equip pastors, chaplains, and faith-based instructors with insight for preparing reentry volunteers as mentors to be matched with returning citizens upon their release from prison or while incarcerated. The curriculum is designed with six modules to assist faith-based volunteers in developing a biblical perspective into God's fourfold purpose for their lives: relationships, character development, service, and reproduction. The fifth module is designed to address the spiritual warfare that ministry leaders and faith-based volunteers will encounter in mentoring the "returning citizen population." The final module is designed to assist ministry leaders and faith-based volunteers in understanding how to assist returning citizens in overcoming the effects of alcohol and drug addiction. This course will build the capacity of members within the faith-based community to minister to returning citizens in restoration from crime and addiction. The curriculum is designed to enhance the quality of care to the "ex offender population" by producing spiritually mature mentors walking in close fellowship with God. The curriculum is extremely comprehensive and highly interactive and will assist volunteers in developing a functional understanding of their roles in mentoring returning citizens through the use of scriptures, a series of individual and small group exercises.

"There was so much to see with her newly formed eyes, but her attention was fixed on the glorious being in front of her. The light of His face illuminated the entire world around her, and for a moment that seemed like eternity, she saw and understood love."From Creation to the cross and on to the Lord's resurrection, Eve deals with her penalty and looks ahead through Biblical history to see in her dreams the "future" of her offspring as she lives out her life on earth after the fall. Eve, Wake Up is a look at the highlights of the Old Testament and the people whose lives represent the golden thread of God's plan through the ages, from the very beginning of time to the birth, death, and resurrection of the Savior of humanity, Jesus the Christ. Eve, Wake Up is a fictional account of original Eve drawn out of the author's imagination but founded on Biblical truth recorded in the Holy Word of God. The author continues to share her lifelong passion, for the deep and personal intimacy with God through the story of Eve.For more about the author, please visit her website: www.thespiritiscalling.com

Home is where a child develops a love of reading and coloring. Integrating reading, coloring, and sound will hopefully entertain, enlighten, and encourage an interest in reading where none exist and increase the number of books read by the child who has an interest in reading.Berthella's Animal Sounds is the first for fun reading book in the INJ Collection of Berthella's Fun with Reading series.Berthella's Animal Sounds is a coloring book designed to spark an interest in reading while having fun improving coloring and listening skills. It will carry a child on an adventure through reading, sounds, and coloring activities.Coloring activities will help a child notice the abundance of beautiful colors bursting out all around them while drawing attention to the variety of animals found on a farm.There is an expectation that every child will have fun reading, coloring, listening to, and learning sounds. Through the participation of parents in the reading and fun-focused activities, it is believed that they will see-with pride and joy-their influence in cultivating the skills of their child.It is hoped that presenting reading in this manner will help to create a stimulating reading environment thereby resulting in increased comprehension.

Discover what the Bible says about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. God provides everyone with spirit-given abilities for their walk of faith. Learn about those gifts and put that knowledge to action in the Spiritual Gifts Challenge.

Every sporting moment is a moment of grace. Our God is with us through it all, challenging us to be our best, supporting us through suffering and loss, and calling us to respond to the call of Jesus to live lives of integrity, sacrifice, forgiveness, and love. Sometimes our sporting lives can seem full of overscheduling, selfishness, and pressures that make our participation more burdensome than freeing and life-giving. This is true for parents, coaches, and players alike. Thankfully, Coach God has a game plan for us!Coach God shares the true stories of athletes, parents, and coaches who have demonstrated humility, courage, and openness to enter into the mystery of God's game plan for them. The inspirational stories of Peter Frates, Pat Connaughton, Mark Bavaro, and other famous and not-so-famous athletes witness to the presence of God in their lives. These stories take the reader on a journey of faith in God's Spirit and remind us that we are always in the game and God is always with us. Sometimes God sends assistant coaches-namely our parents, coaches, or teammates-to deliver a message of hope or encouragement. One thing is for certain, as our ultimate coach, Coach God believes that we will be that good until we are that good. We just need to take a knee, look, listen, and believe!

Jesus said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you,” and He has certainly made good on that promise for the past thirty years. During this time, Jesus has walked with me while providing insights and realizations based on Godly principles that have molded me into who and what I am today. It is my hope that, as you read each devotional in this book, you get a sense of how God goes about His business of molding and shaping us into the image of His precious Son.I once heard a story about how Michelangelo created the statue of David. He simply removed everything that wasn’t David. And so it is with us. God keeps chipping away, removing everything that prevents us from being what He created us to be, and from doing the things he created us to do. I have a long way to go, but I am excited about what God has done and is doing in my life. I look forward to, one day, looking into a mirror and seeing, for the first time, the masterpiece God creates from a life that was once so ugly and covered in sin. Praise the holy name of Jesus!

What does an ordinary community do when the state department settles refugees in their city? How does the arrival of refugees challenge the hearts and minds of residents? These are the questions Reverend Thomas Giles asks himself and his congregation as they wrestle with the ways that compassion is manifested in the city of Portland, Maine.This book of fiction explores the stories of refugees fleeing violence in their homeland as well as in their own backyard.

 As a highly sensitive person (HSP) these are my thoughts and reflections as I saw the world around me and as I perceived things to be. As an adult I see why I have been misunderstood and perceived as difficult. The nature of an HSP is different. It is genetic. I saw things different. This book is for ages 18-35. Young girls can relate and the events in our lives that we let define us and we overcome and survive. We have influences and perspectives from adults, parents, and friends, and then our demon and friendly voices that all fight for a place in this big world. A little girl fighting demons, emotional neglect from parents, cannot create an HSP but it can contribute to more difficult understandings of self and unnecessary hardship. Even if parents provide for their children and they have everything they need, being emotionally neglected for a child that is a highly sensitive person is almost as having nothing at all, so search for self becomes even more complicated than if parents are able to provide emotional support.