A Blessing, Caring & Sharing


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A Blessing, Caring & Sharing takes you to that place we all long for "inner peace." This collection of poems also brings you spiritual and inspirational messages of hope, love, and the world of Autism. Finding that inner peace can do so much for the soul. If your looking for that peace of mind through everyday living, if your looking to relax after a stressful day, if you live with Autism, or if your searching the beauty of life in a vast changing world, then this book is for you. Imagine your dreams fulfilled, to be encouraged, to enjoy life. In the poem "You" the author expresses healing in searching God's peace for self. In "John" she expresses her son's uniqueness, his gift to the world, as she pleads for public understanding of Autism. And in her poem "Choices" she expresses how we can choose to live life. Doris Washington brings you her thoughts about inner peace, love, and living with Autism. A Blessing, Caring & Sharing will enlighten, inspire, and touch your life more than you can imagine. Author Doris Washington Featured on Showcase Newspaper December 2008 www.poetdoriswashington.com This Day, A Dream, A Promise Fulfilled By Doris Washington One's dream fulfills the hope of love and humanity for all (Dedication to Barack Obama The President of the United States of America ) A dream has come this day, Filled with hopes, Opportunities, To live our best life, To be all we can be, Explore all possibilities beyond our most imagination. To discover our own uniqueness. To open our minds, To listen, To hear always with Love. A dream has come this day, With a leader whose voice speaks not only for self, But for others as well. Building a foundation To Grow, To Prosper, To Achieve, Dreams we all wish for ourselves. A dream has come this day, To fulfill the promise we can build a world Of Hope, Of Opportunity, Of Tolerance, Of Understanding - And Love. This Day, A Dream, A Promised Fulfilled copyright (c) Doris Washington, November 2008. All rights reserved. Note of Poem Acknowledgement from the President of the United States Thank you for your recent note, and for sharing your thoughts with me. Your kind words echo the messages of millions of Americans who have welcomed me and my family to the White House with an outpouring of goodwill. On January 20th, Americans spoke with one voice, choosing hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord. Our Nation faces serious challenges, but we will overcome them if our imagination is joined to common purpose. Now is our time to work together, reaffirm our enduring spirit, and choose our better history. With your help, we will renew our Nation's promise to carry forth the great gift of freedom to our future generations, as our forebears have delivered it to us.




The Blessings Already Are


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Revealing a profound spiritual perspective for day-to-day living, this book covers a variety of real-life subjects and offers an opportunity to view life through the eyes of loving and acceptance. The blessings contained in this book are intended to inspire and uplift into an expanded awareness of the perfection in all things.




Loving People to Jesus


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Do you have friends who need to know your friend Jesus? If so, Loving People to Jesus is for you. Loving People to Jesus will help you bring joy to Jesus and to your friends as your prayers release his grace into their lives, as your caring channels his love into their hearts, and as your sharing opens their eyes to the good news of a new life. This book will help you Live out a prayer-care-share lifestyle Reach out effectively to friends and neighbors Become spiritually equipped by digging deeply into God’s Word Do together with others what you could never do alone




When You Love a Prodigal


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Loving a prodigal is a long and desperate journey, filled with fear, worry, anger, self- recrimination. You wait for the phone call--will it be from jail or the hospital? You plead with your loved one. You search for help. You feel the shame. You cry out to God, "How long, Lord?" Author Judy Douglass knows these lovers of prodigals well. She is one herself and has created a large and growing community with others. When You Love a Prodigal is a collection of 90 essays--90 days of perspective on what God offers to you as you love your prodigal. At the end of each brief essay, response questions will help you process how God intends to use the wilderness journey to mold your spiritual life. You can work through it day by day, or you can read it straight through. Judy has traveled this road with her own prodigal--reading, learning, praying, and seeking God. Over and over he continued to give her wisdom, he sustained her, he covered her with grace, and he filled her with hope. May you, too, be strengthened and filled with hope as together you discover how God will take you through your own valley.







Teaching for God's Glory


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Congratulations! You may have just finished up your student-teaching and landed your first teaching position. You begin to think about your first year with your new students. Student teaching was a great experience, but now you may be searching for answers of how to get started running your own classroom. This practical and inspirational daily guide for teachers was comprised over many years and through interviews of teachers at all grade levels. The collective years of teaching experience interviewed was over 500 years of experience from K-12 educators both in private and public schools across the country! Teaching for God’s Glory is a daily walk with the new teacher to help the new educator plan for their first years of teaching. The first section, Before the School Year Begins, gives practical advice on ways to set up your classroom, communication with parents and students, as well as orienting yourself with your new surroundings. The rest of the year is divided into quarters of the year with applicable and inspiring advice and wisdom that new teachers can use right away in their classrooms. At the end of each school week, there is a place for reflection on what worked well that week, areas for growth, and prayer requests for you or your students. This book makes the perfect gift for those starting their own career in education. Years later, they will be able to look back and reflect on how much they have grown in their craft! Tyler Harms has over a decade of experience serving students and families at the elementary and secondary levels. He graduated from Calvin College with a BA in Education and went on to get two Master’s Degrees in Special Education and Mathematics. Tyler spent many hours interviewing master teachers across the country and reflecting on his own journey as an educator. Teaching for God’s Glory is the book we all wish we had read in college before becoming a teacher. The book gives practical advice and inspiration to those who are in the trenches each day educating our future leaders.




Unexpected Blessings


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Unexpected Blessings helps special-needs families move past the pain and confusion of their circumstances and slowly, firmly face the future with hope. Speaking honestly about struggles that accompany a variety of disabilities, Sandra Peoples shows readers how to · let go of false beliefs that hold them back · work through the cycles of grief · focus on self-care and healthy routines · understand disability based on what the Bible says · rebuild a strong faith foundation · create support systems for themselves and others Filled with real-life stories and hard-earned wisdom, this book shines a light on the possibilities and blessings that come when parents see their new purpose in life--which was God's purpose for them all along.




Profound Blessings


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Reeling from the loss of a lifetime has brought her to the cliffs of Lake Superior to let her heart run free. A long arduous journey of rediscovery had landed her here. And on this extraordinary day, she would have a serendipitous encounter with an old man who carried pockets full of field corn, that changed the course of her life. An encounter that taught her the truest meaning of love, how to keep her memories warm, and most profoundly, gave her heart the courage to find its way home. Based on the story of an journey of personal triumph over incredible loss through love, laughter, serendipity, and the most amazing red "lady shoes".




Caring, Sharing, Daring


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Blessed Broken & Scared


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Blessed, Broken, and Scared. What does that mean? We know that Jesus took bread, blessed it, broke it, and shared it with His friends saying, "This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me." The Last Supper challenges us to live in such a way that we actually become the sacred food of Jesus Christ for others as we share our lives with them. And that can be scary! Blessed, Broken, and Scared calls the reader to a conversion from living a scared life to living a shared life. It is in sharing our life with others that we find the healing and peace we truly seek. All people are wounded by the world and have areas of hidden brokenness in their life. This book offers hope, healing, and change as it explores the profound implications of God's mercy, forgiveness, and love. "Brian addresses some very important issues in a conversational style that invites you into his book. Let this book, in a "sea of purple," be a place for us to share and be blessed. This book will truly encourage us to be Eucharist for one another." Fr. Martin Schratz OFM Cap. Brian has been sharing his Blessed, Broken, and Scared retreats around the country for years. Now the message has been captured in this book. Here is what some past retreatants have had to say: "Brian opens himself to all and helped us see that our brokenness isn't a deterrent to God's love and healing. Our retreat was truly a special day." "Should be required for today's Christians and Catholics." "One of the best day retreats that I have attended in nearly 40 years! So much to reflect on and put into action." "I have been to many seminars, webinars, retreats and have been blessed to have read many great books, but I have to say...this retreat impacted my life as to learning more about God's will in my life than any other book, resource, event ever has! Thanks be to God!" Brian Pusateri is a Christian author and speaker. Brian felt his life was forever changed when God spoke to his heart while attending a retreat in 2011. With the God-inspired message of mercy and unconditional love, Brian has been impacting others all over the country and around the world with his weekly letters, talks, and retreats. Brian and his wife of 45 years, Mary Beth, live in, and love the Carolina mountains.