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This new book, NO LIFE IS A FAILURE, is a must read for anyone
seeking a better understanding of how faith and good character
function. It is also for historians interested in reviewing how ten
famous people from history responded to success and failure, and
how these results dramatically challenged them. Like many of us
today, each of these ten -- Robert Edward Lee, Abraham Lincoln,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Thomas Alva Edison, Anne Mansfield
Sullivan, Helen Adams Keller, Harry S. Truman, Richard Milhous
Nixon, Dr. Martin Luther, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- had to
confront success and failure. Occasionally, some proved unable to
capitalize on their great successes, while others proved incapable
of understanding how to deal with tragic failures. In either
instance, those of the ten who had the wisdom and character to
handle such challenging results, lived to make lasting
contributions to future generations, both in America and on the
world stage. This is why we remember them today. No Life Is A
Failure marks Chaplain Turner's third book. His earlier works were
entitled Love and Forgiveness and An American Heritage. The former
described his quarter century of involvement with ministering to
jail and prison inmates. While the second described his family's
presence in America, from 1640 to 2012, during major events in
America's rise to greatness."
Today he is credited with laying out every piece of parkland in
Britain, while others accuse him of single-handedly sweeping away
all the formal gardens that preceded the Landscape Movement. If he
was indeed the greatest of all designers of man-made landscapes,
how should we properly understand and appreciate his work and
legacy? The author follows an introduction to the culture and
society of 18th-century England by tracing the rise of the
Landscape Movement. He then provides a carefully researched account
of Lancelot Brown's humble origins and rising fortunes, his
marriage and family, the course of his career and mounting fame and
recognition, culminating in his appointment as Master Gardener to
George III. For those whose interests lie in understanding the
history of gardening, landscape design or 18th-century society
there is much to be found here, but equally this book will sharpen
the appreciation of Brown's work for all those who have visited his
estates an enjoyed his enduring achievements.
Love & Forgiveness is a book about walking with God. It follows
the all-too-typical believer's path of initially ignoring God, to
searching for Him, and finally to serving Him. In its pages are a
generous sharing of stories of faith, of how God reaches out to us
regardless of our circumstances, and of how He can change our lives
both now and in the hereafter."Chuck Colson and I got to know Roger
Turner in 1993 on our trip to India and South East Asian capitals,
where we visited a number of prisons. It was evident then that
Chaplain Turner was far more interested in the inmates than merely
in inspecting the prisons or their environment. He was focused on
them as sons and daughters of our loving, Heavenly Father. The
insights in his book reflect the journey of a man who was called to
reach out to prisoners..."This is a book worth reading for it is as
relevant to the man and woman on the street as it is to the prison
inmate."-Ron Nikkel, President and CEO of Prison Fellowship
InternationalChaplain Roger Turner may have retired vocationally,
but his faith in Christ remains strong and active in the pages of
this book. He shares stories from his own life, and those gleaned
from years of work with prison ministries both before and after his
retirement from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
This new book, NO LIFE IS A FAILURE, is a must read for anyone
seeking a better understanding of how faith and good character
function. It is also for historians interested in reviewing how ten
famous people from history responded to success and failure, and
how these results dramatically challenged them. Like many of us
today, each of these ten -- Robert Edward Lee, Abraham Lincoln,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Thomas Alva Edison, Anne Mansfield
Sullivan, Helen Adams Keller, Harry S. Truman, Richard Milhous
Nixon, Dr. Martin Luther, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- had to
confront success and failure. Occasionally, some proved unable to
capitalize on their great successes, while others proved incapable
of understanding how to deal with tragic failures. In either
instance, those of the ten who had the wisdom and character to
handle such challenging results, lived to make lasting
contributions to future generations, both in America and on the
world stage. This is why we remember them today. No Life Is A
Failure marks Chaplain Turner's third book. His earlier works were
entitled Love and Forgiveness and An American Heritage. The former
described his quarter century of involvement with ministering to
jail and prison inmates. While the second described his family's
presence in America, from 1640 to 2012, during major events in
America's rise to greatness."
Love & Forgiveness is a book about walking with God. It follows
the all-too-typical believer's path of initially ignoring God, to
searching for Him, and finally to serving Him. In its pages are a
generous sharing of stories of faith, of how God reaches out to us
regardless of our circumstances, and of how He can change our lives
both now and in the hereafter."Chuck Colson and I got to know Roger
Turner in 1993 on our trip to India and South East Asian capitals,
where we visited a number of prisons. It was evident then that
Chaplain Turner was far more interested in the inmates than merely
in inspecting the prisons or their environment. He was focused on
them as sons and daughters of our loving, Heavenly Father. The
insights in his book reflect the journey of a man who was called to
reach out to prisoners..."This is a book worth reading for it is as
relevant to the man and woman on the street as it is to the prison
inmate."-Ron Nikkel, President and CEO of Prison Fellowship
InternationalChaplain Roger Turner may have retired vocationally,
but his faith in Christ remains strong and active in the pages of
this book. He shares stories from his own life, and those gleaned
from years of work with prison ministries both before and after his
retirement from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
As a newcomer to writing I decided that I would not make any last
minute corrections to my writings, as this is Story is about a
Yorkshireman that has had to endure the pain and frightening
experience of being penalised by a Stroke. Only I have written
this, my account of what has happened since that fateful day back
in June 2014, whilst being a one handed typist, I have got things
wrong with my typing but I think that this makes you realise as you
reads it that this Story is what it is, AUTHENTIC and not one
written by a ghost writer or Associate. To all Survivors, press on
with vigour, to all victims, start to fight and challenge yourself
more so every day. Good Luck and Best Wishes Roger Turner
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