Another Laugh and Another Tear
Another Laugh and Another Tear

Author: John W. Telman

Publisher: Word Alive Press

Published: 2020-06-15

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1486616658

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"I really don’t know John. I really only know of John, by virtue of pastoring in the same province and denomination together. I mention this to say that by reading his book, I finally had the chance to get to know him! In doing so, I felt that I’d met a kindred spirit. Sharing a common Dutch heritage, being former worship ministers, and growing up in a loving, musical home established an easy common ground between us. In picking up a copy of his book, I anticipated sitting down to read an autobiographical account of this life. I was wrong. Instead I sat down to discover stories of friends and family who had shaped his life. It’s a tribute really. What a wonderful way to get to know a person! Instead of making himself the focus of his own writing, he instead shines a spotlight in the direction of the relationships that were most meaningful to him." —Phil Spoelstra Assistant Superintendent, British Columbia and Yukon District of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada

A Good Cry
A Good Cry

Author: Nikki Giovanni

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2017-10-24

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0062399470

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The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements, turned hearts and informed generations. She’s been hailed as a firebrand, a radical, a courageous activist who has spoken out on the sensitive issues that touch our national consciousness, including race and gender, social justice, protest, violence in the home and in the streets, and why black lives matter. One of America’s most celebrated poets looks inward in this powerful collection, a rumination on her life and the people who have shaped her. As energetic and relevant as ever, Nikki now offers us an intimate, affecting, and illuminating look at her personal history and the mysteries of her own heart. In A Good Cry, she takes us into her confidence, describing the joy and peril of aging and recalling the violence that permeated her parents’ marriage and her early life. She pays homage to the people who have given her life meaning and joy: her grandparents, who took her in and saved her life; the poets and thinkers who have influenced her; and the students who have surrounded her. Nikki also celebrates her good friend, Maya Angelou, and the many years of friendship, poetry, and kitchen-table laughter they shared before Angelou’s death in 2014.

In Every Laugh a Tear
In Every Laugh a Tear

Author: Lesléa Newman

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780934678926

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Shayna Steinblatt is outraged at her parents when they put her beloved Bubbe (grandmother) in a nursing home. Nor are they very supportive of Shayna's new relationship with a handsome Puerto Rican, who might just be the love of her life.

Sarah’s Laughter
Sarah’s Laughter

Author: Vinoth Ramachandra

Publisher: Langham Publishing

Published: 2020-05-31

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1783688580

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Sarah’s Laughter provides a reflection on suffering that is deeply personal and both theologically and philosophically astute. Vinoth Ramachandra draws on his distinctive positioning as a Sri Lankan Christian theologian – one who has lived and ministered in contexts shaped by the destruction of natural disasters and the violence of human evil – to confront the intellectual, moral, and political challenges posed to faith in the increasingly broken world of the twenty-first century. Yet far from being an abstract discussion of theodicy, this book is intimate and vulnerable, embracing the biblical practice of lament and inviting an authentic response to grief – one that makes space for serious doubt and profound questioning. Sharing his own ongoing journey with suffering and a questing faith, Ramachandra reminds us that lament and joy, faith and protest, clarity and ambiguity, belong together in faithful Christian discipleship. It is not in bypassing the darkness of the world, but in embracing it – in imitation of the incarnate God – that we may glimpse the new creation.

Through Tears and Laughter
Through Tears and Laughter

Author: Holger H. Goerlitz

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2022-03-11

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1685178979

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Having decided to approach this work as based on our family history via the critters (horses, dogs, cats, etc.) that came and sometimes tragically passed through our lives. I intended this work as a prequel to what I considered my main work, which will follow this book.

Laughter Through Tears
Laughter Through Tears

Author: J.M.G. Lailvaux

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-10-18

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 0244936943

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I am sixty-five years old. I have lived a beautiful life with many stories to tell. I have cancer. Throughout his life, Gilbert Lailvaux has faced many challenges, but Laughter Through Tears tells the story of his toughest one: cancer. From childhood memories of growing up in South Africa, to a new life in England, with many anecdotes along the way, this is the true story of how Gilbert came face to face with the awful disease, but never allowed it to destroy him or his faith. Through a series of memoirs, Laughter Through Tears will make you laugh, cry and feel grateful for every day that you have. It is the story of how love, family and mental strength can keep you going, even in the most trying of times.

A BUCKET OF TEARS A PAIL OF LAUGHTER
A BUCKET OF TEARS A PAIL OF LAUGHTER

Author: Bill MacNabb

Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.

Published: 2020-01-10

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1645596850

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What if various members of a Christian family experienced a life-threatening illness, a kidney donation, the death of a baby, spiritual warfare, and an unexpected healing on hands and knees, most of it, in the span of a few years? How would they handle it as individuals and as a family? This true story promises lots of humor to make you laugh; overwhelming heartbreak to make you cry; and spiritual events that might cause you to wonder if they are really true, which they are. "In a nutshell," the author says, "everybody needs God and a sense of humor." Please feel free to contact Bill at the following email address: [email protected]

Greek Laughter and Tears
Greek Laughter and Tears

Author: Margaret Alexiou

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2017-06-05

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 1474403816

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Explores the range and complexity of human emotions and their transmission across cultural traditionsWhat makes us laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time? How do these two primal, seemingly discrete and non-verbal modes of expression intersect in everyday life and ritual, and what range of emotions do they evoke? How may they be voiced, shaped and coloured in literature and liturgy, art and music?Bringing together scholars from diverse periods and disciplines of Hellenic and Byzantine studies, this volume explores the shifting shapes and functions of laughter and tears. With a focus on the tragic, the comic and the tragicomic dimensions of laughter and tears in art, literature and performance, as well as on their emotional, socio-cultural and religious significance, it breaks new ground in the study of ancient and Byzantine affectivity.Key featuresIncludes an international cast of 25 distinguished contributors Prominence is given to performative arts and to interactions with other cultures Transitions from Late Antiquity to Byzantium, and from Byzantium to the Renaissance, form focal points from which contributors look backwards, forwards and sidewaysHighlights the variety, audacity and quality of the finest Byzantine works and the extent to which they anticipated the renaissance

Will not forget both laughter and tears
Will not forget both laughter and tears

Author: Tomoko Mitani

Publisher: University of Alberta

Published: 2014-01-15

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0888647484

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Geishas and samurai, manga and animé come to mind when Japan enters the conversation. While these traditional and modern images about the island nation have been widely disseminated in North America, most of us cannot imagine what everyday life is like in Japan. Tomoko Mitani's work addresses this gap with honest responses to the male-dominated society of Japan in a down-to-earth style that looks inward, with stories that are at once intriguing and amusing. Translator Yukari F. Meldrum finds the fine balance in translation between domestication and foreignization, letting a new vantage point emerge. This collection of short stories and a novella will interest scholars and students of Translation Studies, Japanese Studies, and Women's Studies, as well all of those who are interested in this genre.

Laughter, Tears, Silence
Laughter, Tears, Silence

Author: Pragito Dove

Publisher: New World Library

Published: 2010-10-04

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1577316843

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Using the principles she teaches, Pragito Dove transformed her fear and grief into joy and inner peace. Her accessible, innovative methods allow you to reap the benefits of meditation in thirty seconds, four minutes, or twenty-four hours, wherever you are and whenever you need a moment of calm. Emphasizing expression, rather than repression, of emotion, these dynamic practices can begin with a variety of movements and sounds, or with silence. Meeting practitioners where they are — in sadness, fear, stress, anger, or joy — the techniques can be done in the midst of work, play, and home life, and either alone or with others. Drawing on such traditions as Sufism and Buddhism and such teachers as the twentieth-century mystics Osho and Gurdjieff, Dove’s synthesis meets the needs of contemporary life with attention to the full range of human experience and reverence for the peace and joy possible in every moment.