Books with title Reflections

When Sarah’s parents divorced, she never thought the judge would give her mentally ill mother custody. But now, Sarah spends every weekend with her mother. Instead of hanging out with her friends or going to the movies, Sarah fights to survive her mother’s violent mood swings and wicked temper. Thrust into a depression of her own, Sarah struggles to find her place, to become more than just a victim of abuse. As she grieves the loss of the mother she once knew, Sarah’s voice resonates throughout her poems. Sometimes despairing, sometimes angry, Sarah somehow manages to be hopeful as she begins to make important decisions that will change her life. Beginning with simply shedding her dark clothes and depressed-girl image, Sarah takes small steps that she hopes will give her a fresh start. But as her poems reveal, Sarah must make choices with greater impact. As her mother becomes more and more abusive, as Sarah’s life becomes more and more chaotic, Sarah must find a way to keep on going.

Have you ever felt alone, facing the challenges life presents? Have you ever felt like you were parachuted onto an unpredictable path of leadership, with no road map? Then join us! Mirrored Reflections arose from the alienating experiences of a group of evangelical Christian women leaders known as AAWOL (Asian American Women On Leadership), who formed a community with the motto ""Never Alone Again."" Reflecting on how the stories of select biblical characters mirror their own stories, AAWOL core sisters reframe these biblical stories through a Yinist lens and envision fresh, powerful leadership principles. Reflection questions at the end of each chapter guide readers to discover and articulate their own stories and imagine how their own parallel those of the biblical characters. Read and be nourished, finding mirrored reflections of your own broken or unvoiced story--both female and male--and enjoy the redemptive nature of the stories' multivocality. ""Mirrored Reflections is a ground-breaking and paradigmatic book for Christian theology in general and evangelical biblical hermeneutics in particular. It opens up space for Asian American women's readings of the Bible without mimicking other feminist agendas; it embraces reader-response approaches while honoring the scriptural horizon; it boldly explores a countercultural contextualism, polyphonous multivocalism, and intersubjective perspectivism without lapsing into relativism; and it insists on the need for us to come to terms with pluralism, globalization, and transnationalism in the pursuit of faithful Christian discipleship in our time. Simply put, this is biblical interpretation and theological reflection at its best: engaging, subversive, transformative, and salvific--for women and men. Evangelical Bible reading will never be the same!"" -Amos Yong, J. Rodman Williams Professor of Theology, Regent University School of Divinity, Virginia Beach, Virginia ""Mirrored Reflections is a unique and engaging work. Like Ernesto Cardenal's class trilogy The Gospel in Solentiname, it presents innovative engagements of persons with the transformative power of biblical narratives. In it eight Asian American women deftly intertwine their personal stories of struggle to authenticity and liberation with those of selected biblical women. The authors' reward will be if you, the reader, are stimulated to find biblical parallels to your own journey toward self-fulfillment."" -Norm Thomas, Professor Emeritus of World Christianity, United Theological Seminary Young Lee Hertig is the ISAAC/AAWOL Southern California Regional Director and has been engaged in theological education for two decades. Chloe Sun is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Logos Evangelical Seminary in El Monte, California.

In the sequel to the young adult book, Dangerous Reflections, Alexis Davenport is learning to come to grips with her ability to travel through time, but she still hasn't been able to stop the evil Drifter and his Master from trying to alter the past. When she travels back to ancient Egypt, Alex gets a most unexpected surprise; she meets someone who can help her figure out how to use her powers, another Traveler like herself. But can Alex learn how to control her gift before Drifter finds a way to stop her from meddling in his Master's plans?

Since 1971 Birute Galdikas has lived and worked in the forests of Borneo, documenting the lives of the orangutans. This text describes her groundbreaking scientific and conservation work that has been recorded in more than a dozen television documentaries. This book presents close-up portraits of mothers with their young, adolescents, combat between males, birth and death. It reveals how the traits we think of as quintessentially human are shared with our pongid relatives. It describes how Galdikas battled poachers, loggers and joined the fight against the illicit trade in infant orangutans. Some of the many individual apes she has rescued and rehabilitated are described.

Excerpt from Dual ReflectionMadge wilton, much against her normal inclinations, was a colonel's wife. She had never wanted to be one, but during a hectic week at the beginning Of the first Great War she had fallen in love with her husband, who was a man who believed in fearing God, honouring the King, and marital relations, so there was no help for it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The poems in this collection have been written over a span of several years, and reflect the poets responses to experiences and observations of a deep and personal nature; experiences which are sometimes real, sometimes imaginary.They not only explore the intensity of human emotions triggered by spontaneous moments of realization, they also trace the poets journey through different realms of exploration of the Self as her growth continues in different continents. The thoughts evoked give voice to the emotions of many who can relate to similar stirrings of the heart. Several of these poems were aired, in the early years, over the Voice of Kenya. Kitheka Mutui, producer of a program Books and Bookmen, talked about the echoing void expressed in much of the poetry, which demands of us a concerted re-discovery of ourselves and our purpose in life.

Luc Mitterrand is a French boy of fourteen. His mother is deceased, and his father mysteriously disappeared a few years ago. One day, he accidentally kills a burglar. So, he decides to flee and search for his father. He comes into possession of a box, which was known as the Golden Tear. He sensed that it has something to do with his father. But what was the connection? During his journey, he learns more and more about him and about the legend of the Golden Tear. This is an adventure story about a quest full of mysteries. Yara Vrolijks (1994) wrote several short stories and poems while she was in elementary school. In high school, her written work was all about fun and adventure. Her first book was inspired by a Dutch school assignment. She also trained at an Amsterdam theater school. Her curiosity and broad interests are reflected in this book.

Life is volatile with its seemingly infinite ups and downs, with situations and circumstances constantly changing before our very eyes. What better way is there, to express the human responses to such changes, than poetic prose? Poetic Reflections is a collection of poetry that addresses the conditions that act as catalysts for such changes, including the conditions of the human spirit, the trials and troubles of this world, dreams and aspirations of the pursuers of excellence, the artistry of nature, vicarious moments shared with those around us and the considerable issues of time and eternity. In Poetic Reflections, you get to experience the vast range of emotions conveyed to us through the eyes of its author, Vickie Elaine Dean. You will laugh, you will cry; you may even get a little angry. In the end, however, it is hoped that you will walk away inspired and enlightened as to where one's strength really lies in every event of life, and that you will come to embrace the Source of that strength. While some historic references are present, it is truly a book that is relevant to our time. So enjoy your journey, as you read Poetic Reflections!