I Am a Seed


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In his debut book, I Am a Seed, author Yves Doucet offers his reflections on living a life of perpetual growth. Sharing intensely private stories of his career and family, he gives genuine examples of how journaling can impact one's existence. He explains how journaling helped him identify the most important things in his life, and how it helped him start again and grow. Doucet tells how journaling your thoughts exposes you to the truth of the confusion, enables unbridled personal growth, and frees you from the weight of a complex world. With sixty-six days' worth of thoughtful considerations to get you started, I Am a Seed presents a living book inspiring you to begin a journaling practice. Once you establish your journaling routine, your life will become less complicated, and your purpose will become much brighter. Through Doucet's messages, he communicates how regularly documenting your thoughts, feelings, and story leads to a better life.




ASPoetry


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In this illustrated collection of poems and short prose pieces, including some from her teenage years, Wendy engages with her past and present, writing about childhood, self-discovery, adulthood and friendship. Her poetry also conveys the challenges presented by divorce, bereavement, emigration, disclosing homosexuality and Asperger's Syndrome.




I.A.M.


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I.A.M. is an empowering book of poems for Middle Graders and up. In this collection, invaluable life lessons are delivered in a gentle but affirming voice that aim to ground, uplift and prepare every child to walk the road of life with a newfound sense of awareness, respect, confidence and purpose. The 35 poems in this collection, designed in stunning colors and typographies, offer a wonderous journey of E X P L O R A T I O N where every turn of the page unravels an heartening and surprising poetic twist of life's invitation to dare, to love, to care, to share, to serve, to lead...The rest is absolutely yours to discover.




I Am a Servant


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The Gospel of Mark tells about many things that Jesus did. It is the action gospel that shows us what it means to be a servant. Mark shows us that Jesus came to show us how to serve. Being a servant is a choice we have to make. We live in a selfish world where it is not easy to think of others before you think of yourself. In these thirty-nine studies for small groups or individuals, you will find help to follow Jesuss example of serving others. Most of the verses in the Gospel of Mark are covered in these studies. The key to finding lasting JOY in life is found in putting Jesus first, Others next, and Yourself last. This book is not meant to be a commentary on the Gospel of Mark. Each study has questions at the end that can be used to review or start discussions. This book will help you understand the gospel better, and you will have a better understanding of what it means to be a servant.




Sex, Sexuality and the Autism Spectrum


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Written by an 'insider', an openly gay autistic adult, Wendy draws upon her own experience to examine the implications of being autistic on relationships, sex and sexuality. Discussing subjects such as basic sex education and autism, she then explores interpersonal relationships, same sex attraction, bisexuality and transgender issues.




The Art of Appreciation


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"The Art of Appreciation", by Peggy Halevi uplifts its readers with personal encouragement to create a much better life through responsible positive thinking and thought-heart-emotional connections. The reader is inspired to utilize the procedures described to relax into a growing awareness of their own happiness and self-worth through the simple act of "Appreciating". The book entwines real experiences, stories, feelings and profound wisdom into contributing factors of enlightenment based upon the Law of Attraction.




Making Identity Count


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Constructivism, despite being one of the three main streams of IR theory, along with realism and liberalism, is rarely, if ever, tested in large-n quantitative work. Constructivists almost unanimously eschew quantitative approaches, assuming that variables of interest to constructivists, defy quantification. Quantitative scholars mostly ignore constructivist variables as too fuzzy and vague. And the rare instances in which quantitative scholars have operationalized identity as a variable, they have unfortunately realized all the constructivists' worst fears about reducing national identity to a single measure, such as language, religion, or ethnicity, thereby violating one of the foundational assumptions of constructivism: intersubjectivity. Making Identity Count presents a new method for the recovery of national identity, applies the method in 9 country cases, and draws conclusions from the empirical evidence for hegemonic transitions and a variety of quantitative theories of identity. Ted Hopf and Bentley B. Allan make the constructivist variable of national identity a valid measure that can be used by large-n International Relations scholars in a variety of ways. They lay out what is wrong with how identity has been conceptualized, operationalized and measured in quantitative IR so far and specify a methodological approach that allows scholars to recover the predominant national identities of states in a more valid and systematic fashion. The book includes "national identity reports" on China, the US, UK, Germany, France, Brazil, Japan, and India to both test the authors' method and demonstrate the promise of the approach. Hopf and Allan use these data to test a constructivist hypothesis about the future of Western neoliberal democratic hegemony. Finally, the book concludes with an assessment of the method, including areas of possible improvement, as well as a description of what an intersubjective national identity data base of great powers from 1810-2010 could mean for IR scholarship.




Marked For Life, Not Scarred


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In this compelling real-life novel, Cynthia Demola-Oliveira exposes the secret shame that held her bound and how she courageously faced her fear to redirect her own path to her destiny. This gripping, heartfelt story chronicles her life. You will ride on an emotional roller coaster that details the true story of heartache, deception, and painful relationships. Everyone has setbacks and triumphs, but when Cynthia began to realize the fulfillment of childhood dreams, the prison of betrayal and romantic failures she found herself trapped in for much of her young life became dismantled. Her desire is that while reading this story, you will be set free from whatever it is that is holding you back from reaching your destiny.




Twin Shining Lights


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You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth ... Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness; for even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable. -Khalil Gibran Humanity continues to evolve. Today’s children have unique qualities that are helping the planet evolve spiritually by moving from the “old” energy of fear (greed, corruption, competition, and stress) into the “new” energy of love (integrity, manifestation, and cooperation). The New Children possess specific characteristics to help them fulfill their purpose to bring the planet into a space where Peace and Honesty reign, where Harmony between all living creatures is the norm, and where Cooperation is given and expected as we realize that we are all connected to each other by Love. Differing from previous generations, these New Children are becoming more and more connected to Divine; they remember our spiritual connection. Even though each child expresses this gift in a unique way, as a group they are a more intuitive, more telepathic, more sensitive generation. Twin Shining Lights is a beautiful narrative that introduces readers to this perspective on life—because story matters.




Prince of Peace


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The birth of Christ is not only about the coming of the Messiah to the world—it is the Incarnation. By striving to understand Christ, we can understand what it is to be a follower of Jesus. Exploring the idea of the Incarnation also helps us get a grip on why God came in human form and what our purpose is as we respond with faith in Him. That is just one of the many insights from Tom Kingery, a United Methodist pastor, in his sixth book about Christian life. Like a photo album, each Christmas message in the Bible gives us part of the whole picture. While we may not ever get the entire picture, we can see enough of it to know what we are looking at and what we’re called on to do because of it. Most of the sermons in this book were offered as a series of messages during the weeks up to and including Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Kingery presents them as different parts of a “gallery” of images and impressions, encouraging you to enjoy the offerings and as you move closer to the Lord.