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Spiritual gifts are given to all of us. It is through these gifts our lives take flight.... In a relationship with Princess Juliana Radcliffe of Liechtenstein, Jonathan Baker became a father. He never thought her a princess Or that loving her would be dangerous Until a political threat arose Forcing their flight to protect their young family. Years have passed and now their children, Princess-Apparent Catherine and Prince –Apparent Trevor, are poised for their irrevocable futures. The spiritual gifts of others guide their journey. For Catherine, a chance encounter with a high school friend leads to motherhood’s door. The spiritual connection to her and her brother’s past finds its advent with this new life. Her journey finds its roots in the spiritual gifts of others, gaining momentum through unsurpassable love, deep secrets, prophecies and shocking revelations. Can she pull the pieces together to help her family return to normalcy and their thrones?
In this profoundly original and far-reaching study, Robert M. Polhemus shows how novels have helped to make erotic love a matter of faith in modern life. Erotic faith, Polhemus argues, is an emotional conviction—ultimately religious in nature—that meaning, value, hope, and even the possibility of transcendence can be found in love. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, Polhemus shows the reciprocity of love as subject, the novel as form, and faith as motive in important works by Jane Austen, Walter Scott, the Brontës, Dickens, George Eliot, Trollope, Thomas Hardy, Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, and Samuel Beckett. Throughout, Polhemus relates the novelists' representation of love to that of such artists as Botticelli, Vermeer, Claude Lorrain, Redon, and Klimt. Juxtaposing their paintings with nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts both reveals the ways in which novels develop and individualize common erotic and religious themes and illustrates how the novel has influenced our perception of all art.
Hope appears to be a typical young Christian woman at a Christian college, but behind the door of her dorm lies a secret life of past abuse, depression, eating disorders and self-mutilation. When her secrets become known, the past and present collide, and Hope finds her life spiraling out of control. Disowned and homeless, Hope realizes that, while she's known about God her entire life, she has never really understood unconditional love. Determined, and with a new-found faith, Hope returns home, attempting to reconcile with her family, and embarks on a journey of learning to find hope through life's roughest storms. Can Hope find acceptance and love? Can she sort through the lies she's learned, and find the truth of who she is, and who God is? Will the scars of past hurts ever fade, and allow her to have peace? From the mirror in her college dorm, to the mirror in her home today, follow Hope's journey of self-discovery, as she realizes her own strength, and allows her heart to heal.
Are you equipped for the journey? The journey of life is full of unexpected encounters that will challenge our faith in God. On some days we will be turned around. On others, we will have the wind knocked out of us. We are prone to stumble and fall, be wounded, make mistakes, and wonder where God is in the midst of all that swirls around us. Faith: A Journey Worth Taking is a devotional meant to encourage readers on those days when the sun is hiding behind the clouds and the silver lining has yet to appear. More importantly, it draws readers' hearts closer to God as they embark upon the most epic quest that they will ever take... the journey of faith. Jaymes W. Carter has been writing and sending devotionals for several years to encourage people to trust God with the measure of faith that God has given them. In addition, Jaymes writes poetry and has had many of his short plays performed in different venues. He practices architecture, is part of the Diaconate ministry in his church, and lives in North Carolina with his wife.
Do you ever feel lost, discouraged and disconnected from God? Do you miss the invigorating joy and life that a relationship with Christ is supposed to bring? If so, this book is for you! In Disconnected Faith, Christian psychotherapist, Juliet West tells how up to 95% of Christians are not experiencing the abundant life that Jesus spoke of in John 10:10. But you don't have to be one of them!In this refreshing and heartfelt guide, Juliet reveals: * How your weakness and desperation can actually lead you to God;* What faith and surrender really mean, and how they connect you to Him;* What are the barriers that lead to disconnection;* How to remove these blocks to intimacy;* How to connect deep...
This fascinating new book explores what life was like during the Templars' stay in Somerset during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. It reveals the struggles over land ownership in the county, and introduces the reader to little known historical characters including William de Marisco, revealing his struggle with the Templars, and claim to the throne of England. The final chapter explores the controversy surrounding a carved wooden man's head discovered in a Somerset church. The author has found compelling evidence to suggest the church was not only built on Templar land, but had a connection with the Grand Master of the Order himself. Richly illustrated and compiled using original research, this book is sure to appeal to everyone interested in medieval history.
In Ironies of Faith, celebrated Dante scholar and translator Anthony Esolen provides a profound meditation upon the use and place of irony in Christian art and in the Christian life. Beginning with an extended analysis of irony as an essentially dramatic device, Esolen explores those manifestations of irony that appear prominently in Christian thinking and art: ironies of time (for Christians believe in divine Providence, but live in a world whose moments pass away); ironies of power (for Christians believe in an almighty God who took on human flesh, and whose "weakness" is stronger than our greatest enemy, death); ironies of love (for man seldom knows whom to love, or how, or even whom it i...
"The Power of Faith" by Isabella Graham. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
"Thomas Wingfold, Curate or The Curate's Awakening" is the first novel of the series that begins with the story of a compliant and lifeless curate in the Church of England and the profound changes that happen in his life and the people around him. Thomas Wingfold is a clergyman who is losing belief in the faith, but he goes through many transformations as the story unfolds. "Paul Faber, Surgeon or The Lady's Confession" is the sequel to The Curate's Awakening and it tells the story of a village doctor and a proven atheist. His friend and village curate, Thomas Wingfold is trying to bring him closer to the Church, but constantly ends up failing in those attempts. Doctor believes that only vic...
AS SEEN IN THE TIMES Maria Compton was born and raised in the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. Encouraged to keep her distance from outsiders, she grew up in a world of Church meetings, banishments and with the fear that the end of the world - known as the Rapture - was nigh. When she was still in her late teens, she married a man she barely knew. To those around her she lived the perfect life; dutiful wife, loving mother, devout Brethren woman. But underneath the surface, this life was far from perfect. Plagued by spiritual doubts, stuck in an abusive marriage and with her mental health in severe decline, Maria came to realise that she simply could not go on. And so, although knowing eve...