A ninety-six-year-old man, on admission to a nursing home, was interviewed by a social worker. She asked, "Did you have a happy childhood?" With a twinkle in his eye, he replied: "So far, so good " One of the undeniable facts of life is that we are all aging. Many people dread growing old. It was Bette Davis who said, "Old age ain't no place for sissies " And yet Dr. Cook believes that what really matters as we age is not the condition of the body, but that of the spirit. We can find meaning and purpose no matter what our age. Growing Old Isn't for Sissies focuses on the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual challenges we encounter as we age, primarily after age sixty-five, and what our Christian faith has to say to those challenges and changes. Our faith in God can help us in our journey through life, no matter what our age. This book will help those who are growing older to understand some of the changes and problems associated with growing older, whether you are twenty, forty, sixty or eighty. It will help you understand the spiritual resources that are important in coping with growing older.

Life has proven to show that we are born explorers. We're always searching, trying to discover for ourselves who we really are. The Million Boxes of a Heart is a journey starting from the outside, from how we appear to the inside of ourselves, to who we really are. It is a walk toward finding inner peace and freedom from the many memories we have forced ourselves into forgetting and memories that still haunts us today. The Million Boxes of a Heart is a set of internal compartments that exposes our weaknesses, pardon our wrongs, and grants us everlasting salvation.

Every person on earth has been through something or will go through something! Whether it is dealing with sickness, the passing of a loved one, abuse, problems in their relationship, children who give them the blues...something. The key to going through something, is to be determined to come out of it. The way to do that, is by maintaining a positive mindset and trusting that God will work things out for you. The Determination of I is a peek into the lives of real people who have been through the storms of life, yet managed to weather the storm.

Under any description of the start of my life, the odds were against me. With the untimely death of my mother at age 31 in September and the suicide of my father on the following Christmas Day, I was orphaned at the age of two along with six siblings. Through the efforts of a Methodist pastor, we were placed in the Methodist Orphans Home in Waco, Texas on January 21, 1937. This is the story of my life and how I was able to overcome those gigantic odds. Who would believe that the two-year-old orphan boy would later serve for the last twenty-five years of his career as the President/CEO of the agency that rescued him and his six siblings? The journey from orphan boy to President took many twists and turns. Stages on this journey included growing up in an unusual setting of 400 children, pursuit of a solid education, life as a church pastor, administrator of three child care agencies, establishing a successful family, and a return as President to where it all started. This journey unfolds through many unusual stories and experiences ranging from humorous events to dealing with some very important and traumatic situations. History and special traditions play an important role at Methodist Home. I was a student at the time of the 50th anniversary, an employee at the 75th anniversary and President/CEO at the 100th anniversary. A cherished memory of the 100th anniversary was the honor of hosting Mrs. Barbara Bush as our guest speaker. I recall sitting in our den at home with my wife and our children reflecting on the occasion and saying, "Only in America can an East Texas farm girl and an orphan boy entertain the president's wife." The most unique experience of my entire life was my role in avery significant historical event that I have written about as "The Branch Davidian Incident." This event captured the news world-wide February 28 through the end of April in 1993. My involvement of taking the lead in caring for the 21 children released from the Davidian compound gave me the opportunity of being on the inside of many activities unknown to even the most interested in this event. This part of my story will reveal the inner workings of caring for the children, relationships with law enforcement at all levels, and working with the local, national, and international news media. Another traumatic experience I had dealt with what became known as "Waco's Triple Murders." Two of the three young people murdered were former Methodist Home students.

Embedded in the soul and renowned for its versatility, the mind interfaces between the spirit and the body and, in the process, determines the outcome of the twosome. It operates optimally on divinely gifted keys, which unlocks its abounding treasures. However, by reason of its abuse, these keys can be lost, misplaced, or stolen. The ensuing consequences are misery, chaos, and finally, death. Its discovery and right application births life anew and leads to the recovery for divine exploits in congruence with life's purpose. Ostensibly written using a very practical approach, Your Mind Is a Treasure captures the place of the mind in the quest for self-discovery and workability in the universal space. It targets using the instrumentality of the mind to achieve quintessential excellence based on biblical principles. Also, it expounds on the potency of the mind and its pivotal essence in the attainment and sustenance of good success in life. It is a book that speaks to your mind.

Nestled along the shore of the Penobscot River, Orrington, Maine became the home of a small group of worshippers called by God to organize into a Congregational Church in 1833. From that humble beginning and being declared destitute in 1837, this church grew to become the largest church in the Congregational Christian Council of Maine. Drawing on original documents and interviews, this history of the East Orrington Congregational Church delivers a well-researched, fascinating look at the struggles and triumphs of this church and her congregation. The Rev. Dr. David H. Lester traces the church's original small membership under the guidance of Rev. Cyril Pearl in 1833 through its struggle to keep the doors open in the mid-1970s to its current status as one of the biggest congregational churches in the area. Through a true commitment to time, trust, and thankfulness, this group of dedicated Christians held fast to the resolve to be the Body of Christ outside the walls of the meeting house. A History of East Orrington Congregational Church, Orrington, Maine serves as a worthy testament to their unwavering faith in God and his direction for their ministry.

This book is dedicated to an analysis of the writings of modern religious Jewish thinkers who adopted a neo-fundamentalist, illusionary, apologetic approach, opposing the notion that there may sometimes be a contradiction between reason and revelation. The book deals with the thought of Eliezer Goldman, Norman Lamm, David Hartman, Aharon Lichtenstein, Jonathan Sacks, and Michael Abraham. According to these thinkers, it is possible to resolve all of the difficulties that arise from the encounter between religion and science, between reason and revelation, between the morality of halakhah and Western morality, between academic scholarship and tradition, and between scientific discoveries and statements found in the Torah. This position runs counter to the stance of other Jewish thinkers who espouse a different, more daring approach. According to the latter view, irresolvable contradictions between reason and faith sometimes face the modern Jewish believer, who must reconcile himself to these two conflicting truths and learn to live with them. This dialectic position was discussed in Between Religion and Reason, Part I (Academic Studies Press, 2020). The present volume, Part II, completes the discussion of this topic. This book concludes a trilogy of works by the author dealing with modern Jewish thought that attempts to integrate tradition and modernity. The first in the series was The Middle Way (Academic Studies Press, 2014), followed by The Dual Truth (Academic Studies Press, 2018).

Dia con dia nos encontramos con diversas situaciones de la vida, buenas y malas. Cada dia es un despertar distinto. Hay dia que pensamos que todo esta bien y de repente en un segundo todo cambia. Debes saber que en la historia de nuestras vidas existen fracasos obstaculos que tenemos que vencer y que cada fracaso es una leccion que nos ayuda a crecer. No te desanimes. Aprende de ellos y sigue adelante. Para triunfar simplemente hay que llegar levantandose cada vez que sea necesario. Tienes que esforzarte al maximo. Si quieres triunfar, esfuerzate. Utiliza tu imaginacion y lograras lo inimaginable. Nuestra gloria mas grande no consiste en no haberse caido nunca sino en haberse levantado despues de cada caida.

Most people who heard of my story referred to it as near-death experience. However there was no out-of-body perception involved. I was just somewhere, but not in this world. It 's like being all eyes and heart for I saw, and felt, but did not exist - bodily For some who might have similar experiences, this might be a time of sharing a story. Mysterious. Mystical. Yet, very hopeful While trying to understand what happened, I studied the supernatural experiences of Saints, and others. It was quite an eye-opener for a regular Catholic who is suddenly faced with a new, life-changing outlook. Life became more challenging, but also spiritually rewarding.

What does it take to succeed in High School? You have four years to prove you want to go to college. It's called high school - and getting there is not as difficult as you might think. Make it Plain is an excellent resource for any middle or high school student dreaming of great things in the future. In Make it Plain, author Dr. Marvin L. Byrd plainly tells students how to graduate from high school with a key that will open the golden door that leads to a bright future. Make it Plain will help students... Create a vision Sustain effective effort toward making the vision a reality Properly establish priorities Manage work and play time effectively Make wise decisions And much more

When the Honeymoon is over Kelly comes home from a trip only to be blindsided by a note left on the coffee table from her husband saying he is no longer interested in being married to her. She fights the emotional roller coaster most relationships experience. Jada loves her life, her husband, and daughter but craves the attention from her man to give her the business like he use to when they first said I do however, her boss Cole don't mind giving her the attention she desires putting everything she believes in at risk. Madison hides behind her I can do bad by myself attitude by pushing the one man she loved out of her life only to do it again while going to school raising her only son and finding herself truly alone and broken. Kobe is a man, who believes in working hard and providing for his family, but his wife is a selfish She Devil that provides him grief on daily basis, his daughter is the only reason he remains in this mess of a marriage. He simply doesn't know how much more he can take. Jalen loves Reagan and couldn't ask for a better woman, she's everything a black man could ever want fine, smart, and supportive but why he didn't want to put a ring on it was something he had to figure out for himself. Cory the super model is finding himself picking up the pieces of his life after starting over from a relationship that went sour and could affect his future dramatically. Honeymoon happy and peacock proud is how this all begin but when the honeymoon is over and the dust settle and reality comes in like a flood will they remain or face the most challenging situations life throws their way.

In my early years of life, I grew up in an abusive home. My father was a good man to me when he was not drunk, but when he got drunk he would become someone else. I will describe him as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He did not abuse me but he abused my mother numerous times. My mother finally decided to leave him and she took my youngest brother, sister and I and we all moved to Miami, Florida in 1973. I did not understand at the time why she made the move but as I got older, I understood. Many things happened in my family during our life here in Miami. As I got older, I began to seek God for answers to many of my questions about why bad things happened to my family. It was many years later when I saw my father again, but he was a different man. I knew he was different - not because of something he did but because of something that was allowed to happen to him.

Forging a strong connection with God is paramount to our faith, and one way to create that bond is through daily worship. A life committed to worshipping Him is the greatest blessing a community or an individual can have-and it doesn't just occur on Sunday morning.

If you're seeking to live a life of worship in your day-to-day existence, then "Constants of Delightful Worship" can set you upon the correct path. Clergyman Daniel Eze addresses this pivotal aspect in a Christian's walk by using pertinent Scripture and shows how Christians throughout history have sought to incorporate worship into their lives.

With reverence and love, Eze emphasizes the importance of including regular Bible teaching, Bible study, and prayer into our daily worship-therefore turning our life into a living testimony of faith. He also discusses modern-day problems that hamper our worship and provides practical applications to help you grow closer to God through exalting Him.

Learn to identify your true self, solidify a gratifying worship relationship with God, and achieve joy with "Constants of Delightful Worship. "

This book informs the readers about the life of a Southeastern Kentuckian and his struggles with 17 years of religious teachings coupled with, once into real world employment, corruption in the government of the United States of America and treasonous acts by members of the executive and legislative branches of the federal government.