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The amazing and true story of a fan making it into the
NFL....
The story begins on January 15, 1982, when the Washington
Redskins were playing the hometown Minnesota Vikings on an old RCA
television in the corner of his parents' living room. It was love
at first sight. The game captivated the young boy's heart and his
imagination.
The years continued to go by and his passion continued growing.
Then on his seventeenth birthday, he was given a book that forever
changed his life. It was a book about scouting. This was it This is
what he wanted to be He wanted to be an NFL scout
Despite the many obstacles he faced along the way, from the
volatile house he grew up in to never fitting in, he never lost
sight of his dream. He barely finished high school and soon after
failed out of a small community college, but that did not matter to
him. His dream was football....
More adversities kept coming at him, but no matter how trying
the situations, he believed he could make it into the National
Football League. Even when his life was on the brink of being
shattered, he believed deep down he could make it.
One day while working as a loan officer, he was sitting in a
meeting and had this thought go through his mind, "What am I doing
here?" Right then and there in the midst of that meeting, ideas
began popping into his head and he began putting together a plan
that would prove to cost him nearly everything, but he had to go
for it. He just had to go for it.
After seven months of working relentlessly on something that had
never been done before, the call came and Daniel was hired by the
New York Jets to work in Pro Scouting. Out of nowhere and against
all the odds he found himself working on one of the best staffs in
league history.
Through the eyes of a fan, is an unprecedented look of what it's
like to work in the day-to-day operations of an NFL team and what
it is like to be around many of the biggest names in the game.
Woven in, is life itself.
Whatever it Takes is beyond words; it's an experience.
When Alfred Schwab was given the opportunity to meet a "contact"-an
incorporeal entity who had been communicating with someone Alfred
barely knew-he was skeptical, to say the least. But his curiosity
and open mind encouraged him to at least explore the
possibility.Orifi, a non-physical being with a special affection
for humans, was willing and able to share his insights from beyond
our understanding. Over the course of many years, he and Alfred
shared countless conversations filled with humor and earthly
give-and-take. Orifi shared generously about our reality, fate,
free will, health, love, religion, and our physical world-past,
present, and future. When Alfred was faced with unimaginable
tragedy in the death of his child, he turned to Orifi for guidance
and hope. And what Orifi shared allowed the grieving father to view
his life experiences in a new and optimistic way. "You are never
alone," Orifi promised his friend, and that sentiment rings through
Alfred's story and words.
In September 2002 she married the man of her dreams. In June 2005
they purchased their home in paradise. It was the perfect love
nest, the kind of home most people can only dream about. Their
private get-a-way was nestled in 5.75 acres of plush exotic land,
with a towering forest of landscape and natural habitat,
overlooking several creeks and streams with breath taking sunset
views from every angle. It was secretly hidden from the world, a
place where deer's and rabbits seek refuge; where the falcons
soared and roamed freely without fear of discovery. It was the
summer of their lives, with a newly built wrap-around deck that lit
up the night. They were the envy of all their friends and
neighbors. Until one day the perfect dream they once shared came
crashing down around them Their once perfect marriage would be put
to the test. Voluntary humility is an honor and privilege best
served with a willing, sincere and open heart. To be humbled by
God, is an indescribable devastation of heartache and pain for
which they would soon discover. September 2009 the flood they once
mocked and avoided two years prior, returns with a wicked
vengeance, only this time it would take most of the city and their
home in paradise with it Being homeless with only the clothes on
their backs, they did not sin nor did they charge God with wrong.
They were hard-pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed,
but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but
not destroyed. In this faith based book, Bernita Weston shares with
the world how they were able to turn their tragedy into triumph.
Find out, "How to Count it ALL Joy, When Faced with Insurmountable
Circumstances "
The Greatness of men are not based on struggling alone, neither on
their own idea nor effort; but only through the divine Grace of
GOD. It was consequently the grace of God that David was promoted
from been a Shepherd to a king. Each and every body desires to be
successful; but this success can only be obtained through the
divine power and Grace of the Almighty GOD. It is true that no body
wants to be identify with a poor man who is a failure. The desire
of every man is to be prosperous but only those that accepts GOD'S
word can enjoy "GOD' KINGDOM PROSPERITY
From a life of unimaginable tragedy hails a story of triumph,
redemption, and grace. Robin Leigh unfolds her decades-old journey
as a trail of breadcrumbs leading from what she describes as the
"gates of hell" all the way to the foot of the cross and into the
arms of Jesus Christ Himself. Don't let your journey end here. Read
more and follow her online at www.deepwaterfaith.net.
Ocean of Compassion: A Guide to the Life of Universal Loving
provides inspirational guidance for the cultivation of the
essential virtues necessary to live a life whose purpose is to
overcome our mistaken ways of acting and thinking and become a
Buddha for the benefit of all. It explains how to cultivate this
motivation, called Bodhichitta in Buddhism, and how to shape
universal loving into a truly transformational life through the
practice of the virtues of generosity, patience, effort, moral
discipline, concentration, and wisdom. Expressed in poetic form,
the book can help you change your thoughts, words, and actions so
as to live a meaningful life of service to others--one in which you
truly love your neighbor as yourself.
The Spirit of the Heart is a collection of poems with most written
during late 2012 through mid-2013. Each of them resulted from
personal thoughts and experiences and from studying God's Word.
Before writing down these words I processed them through my heart
to be blessed by the Holy Spirit. With the Holy Spirit dwelling in
the human heart, the heart opens up to the Truth of being. It takes
practice, patience and faith to hear and understand as the Holy
Spirit responds, conveys and directs the Truth through the magic of
the heart. My hope is that each reader will use these poems as a
guide and a catalyst to gain insight into the power and love of the
Holy Spirit, who was sent as a Comforter by the love and grace of
Jesus Christ.
We as a people of a proud and historic nation have watched as our
economy was fractured badly during the 2001 period through 2009.
The lust for big power and wealth has caused some leaders of
government, business, and religion to have more ambition to achieve
their own personal success than to care about those persons they
are responsible in leading and protecting. Our political system has
lost the ability or desire to have bi-partisan teamwork to make the
quality of life better for our children and grandchildren. My goal
is to get us to seek and find solutions to problems and not just
whine and gripe among ourselves for self gain. I am a small town
boy from Kentucky who was fortunate to get to go to college on a
basketball scholarship. My college education may not have been
possible without athletics. Three years as a young Marine Corps
Officer gave me an opportunity to see life from another vantage
point. Forty years as an Executive in the Auto Industry and an
opportunity to live in eleven different states and one territory
and raise a family of five gave me another good perspective on
life. This book has been born from the memories and actual
experiences I have enjoyed from relationships and friendships with
many interesting personalities from Baseball Great Roberto Clemente
to former Governor George Nigh of Oklahoma to many top executives
in industry. I have seen the "Good, the Bad" and even the Ugly" of
life. Fortunately I have seen so many good and kind people that the
bad and the ugly have been overcome.
No matter what we would make of Jesus, says Schalom Ben-Chorin, he
was first a Jewish man in a Jewish land. Brother Jesus leads us
through the twists and turns of history to reveal the figure who
extends a "brotherly hand" to the author as a fellow Jew.
Ben-Chorin's reach is astounding as he moves easily between
literature, law, etymology, psychology, and theology to recover
"Jesus' picture from the Christian overpainting." A commanding
scholar of the historical Jesus who also devoted his life to
widening Jewish-Christian dialogue, Ben-Chorin ranges across such
events as the wedding at Cana, the Last Supper, and the crucifixion
to reveal, in contemporary Christianity, traces of the Jewish codes
and customs in which Jesus was immersed. Not only do we see how and
why these events also resonate with Jews, but we are brought closer
to Christianity in its primitive state: radical, directionless,
even pagan. Early in his book, Ben-Chorin writes, "the belief of
Jesus unifies us, but the belief in Jesus divides us." It is the
kind of paradox from which arise endless questions or, as
Ben-Chorin would have it, endless opportunities for Jews and
Christians to come together for meaningful, mutual discovery.
Experience the sweet fragrance of God's presence throughout these
anointed pages. . Simplistic expression of the love and power of
God. . Great bible study tool. . Scripturally based.
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