From snowy days to gray skies, a little girl watches and waits and wonders, will spring ever come? And then one day... Sophie listens and watches for the signs of spring. Day after day, the same snow is frozen outside her window and the skies above are as gray as the day before. And then Sophie thinks will spring ever come and how will I know it is here?
Twelve-year-old Jack Storm moves to New Orleans a year after Hurricane Katrina. Little does he know that has been chosen by the legendary Hoodoo Queen to protect the city from the bad ghosts and evil spirits unleashed by the hurricane. "I highly recommend this book to anyone, young or old, who loves to read about history, interesting characters and the supernatural. It will capture your attention, entertain you and take you on a journey to the historical and mysterious city of New Orleans, LA." -- Jerrye Sumrall, author of Middle Grade series THE BAYSHORE MYSTERIES
My story is a dream, a dream that came true against all odds and proved that dreams have no age nor boundaries. This book will tell my life story, my special story of difficulties, coping, sadness, joy and hope and, above all - of fulfillment. It's a story about a poor childhood within an interracial family, a story about a dream I held for sixty years during my difficult days - a dream that always remained behind the scenes, until it came true and proved that faith can make even the impossible achievable. Through my personal experiences I bring you with love to the province of my childhood, in Neve-Tzedek in Tel Aviv, the night of the establishment of the state of Israel; and embark on a journey from the tastes of the market, to the aroma burner, to the sound of the muezzin, to the grouping of the cultures, to a life of loyalty, betrayal and love - with optimism as a way of life. I hope you find in this book what I have found in my life: the humor and sadness, the difficulty and beauty, hope and faith, the dream and the fulfillment.
At the dawn of the twentieth century, while Lima’s aristocrats hotly debated the future of a nation filled with “Indians,” thousands of Aymara and Quechua Indians left the pews of the Catholic Church and were baptized into Seventh-day Adventism. One of the most staggering Christian phenomena of our time, the mass conversion from Catholicism to various forms of Protestantism in Latin America was so successful that Catholic contemporaries became extremely anxious on noticing that parts of the Indigenous population in the Andean plateau had joined a Protestant church. In Sacrifice and Regeneration Yael Mabat focuses on the extraordinary success of Seventh-day Adventism in the Andean highlands at the beginning of the twentieth century and sheds light on the historical trajectories of Protestantism in Latin America. By approaching the religious conversion among Indigenous populations in the Andes as a multifaceted and dynamic interaction between converts, missionaries, and their social settings and networks, Mabat demonstrates how the religious and spiritual needs of converts also brought salvation to the missionaries. Conversion had important ramifications on the way social, political, and economic institutions on the local and national level functioned. At the same time, socioeconomic currents had both short-term and long-term impacts on idiosyncratic religious practices and beliefs that both accelerated and impeded religious change. Mabat’s innovative historical perspective on religious transformation allows us to better comprehend the complex and often contradictory way in which Protestantism took shape in Latin America.
At the dawn of the twentieth century, while Lima’s aristocrats hotly debated the future of a nation filled with “Indians,” thousands of Aymara and Quechua Indians left the pews of the Catholic Church and were baptized into Seventh-day Adventism. One of the most staggering Christian phenomena of our time, the mass conversion from Catholicism to various forms of Protestantism in Latin America was so successful that Catholic contemporaries became extremely anxious on noticing that parts of the Indigenous population in the Andean plateau had joined a Protestant church. In Sacrifice and Regeneration Yael Mabat focuses on the extraordinary success of Seventh-day Adventism in the Andean highlands at the beginning of the twentieth century and sheds light on the historical trajectories of Protestantism in Latin America. By approaching the religious conversion among Indigenous populations in the Andes as a multifaceted and dynamic interaction between converts, missionaries, and their social settings and networks, Mabat demonstrates how the religious and spiritual needs of converts also brought salvation to the missionaries. Conversion had important ramifications on the way social, political, and economic institutions on the local and national level functioned. At the same time, socioeconomic currents had both short-term and long-term impacts on idiosyncratic religious practices and beliefs that both accelerated and impeded religious change. Mabat’s innovative historical perspective on religious transformation allows us to better comprehend the complex and often contradictory way in which Protestantism took shape in Latin America.
Historical Continuity in the Emergence of Modern Hebrew offers a new perspective on the emergence processes of Modern Hebrew and its relationship to earlier forms of Hebrew. Based on a textual examination of select case studies of language use throughout the modernization of Hebrew, this book shows that due to the unconventional sociolinguistic circumstances in the budding speech community, linguistic processes did not necessarily evolve in a linear manner, blurring the distinction between true and apparent historical continuity. The emergent language’s standardization involved the restructuring of linguistic habits that had initially taken root among the first speakers, often leading to a retreat from early contact-induced or non-classical phenomena. Yael Reshef demonstrates that as a result, superficial similarity to earlier forms of Hebrew did not necessarily stem from continuity, and deviation from canonical Hebrew features does not necessarily stem from change.
How do you define morality? More importantly, is morality relevant in our secular, harried lives? Morality has little to do with religion or church or strict requirements for a so-called "clean" life; morality is the glue that binds us all as a unified community; it is the social grease that enhances our relationships with each other, and through those relationships permits us to live peacefully, to give of ourselves, and by extension, enhance our own lives.
Unique, fascinating, eye opening journey of a catholic nun when facing a life changing event as she was diagnosed with malignant breast cancer. Her struggles when she chose to break away from tradition mainstream medicine and use natural methods for her recovery. The book will open everyone's eyes to see our inner truth.Guided by Dr.Yael Shany this book chronicles the trials and tribulations Sister Paula experienced on her journey. Yael takes us step by step through the growth, discovery and emotional roller coaster, as if it was happening to you. Unfortunately, we all could encounter such adversity at some point in our life. This book does a beautiful job in preparing us for such journey and teaches the natural way to cure what is mostly believed to be incurable.
