From the Jar of Blessings
From the Jar of Blessings

Author: Shawn Wells

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2024-06-10

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13:

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From the Jar of Blessings is a compilation of about 270 blessings and/or inspirational quotes that were sent to me by family and friends over a period of eleven years. I would write each blessing/quote on bright-colored squares of paper, fold them up, and put them in a big glass olive jar I have. For this book, I have taken each blessing and/or quote and written my thoughts about them. Some of the blessings/quotes are deeply personal while others are quite funny. This book reminds us that God sends us blessings and inspiration on a regular basis, whether it be a simple blessing such as a small act of kindness or a huge blessing such as sparing a life after what could have been a fatal accident. All too often, we are so busy that we don’t take the time to focus on the blessings all around us. Some of the blessings in this book were sent to me by adults, and others were sent by kids. For some reason, kids have an easier time recognizing blessings. One boy sent in the following blessing: “I am thankful a boy in my class spoke up and stopped someone from bullying me.” I was so blessed to know that there were students at the school who were willing to stand up for others. Bullying is such a problem in our schools, and it is so important that children and adults stand up against it. The blessings/quotes in this book deal with topics such as Alzheimer’s disease, caregiving, lack of finances, cancer, and many more. Hopefully, the blessings and/or quotes in this book will cause you to look at day-to-day life from a different perspective.

Home Made Lovely
Home Made Lovely

Author: Shannon Acheson

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2020-09-08

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1493428225

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Everyone wants a home that is beautiful and clutter free. But most of us are unsure how to get there without breaking the bank. Popular interior designer Shannon Acheson takes the guesswork out of creating a lovely home. Home Made Lovely is a mind-set: decorating should be about those who live there, rather than making your home into a magazine-worthy spread. Shannon walks you through how to · decorate in a way that suits your family's real life · declutter in seven simple steps · perform a house blessing to dedicate your home to God · be thankful for your current home and what you already have · brush up on hospitality with more than 20 actionable ideas that will make anyone feel welcome and loved in your home In Home Made Lovely, Shannon meets you right where you are on your home-decorating journey, helping you share the peace of Christ with family members and guests.

The Future of Jewish Theology
The Future of Jewish Theology

Author: Steven Kepnes

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-10-25

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1118320956

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This engaging argument for the future of Jewish theology, written by a renowned Jewish scholar, provides a rounded introduction to the faith, its history, and its place in the modern world. Explores foundational Jewish structures and concepts through the discussion and interpretation of Jewish texts Argues that we must acknowledge holiness as a ritual and ethical reality in order to heal the rift between different forms of Jewish practice and theology Covers historical context as well as the relations between Judaism, Israel and the wider world today Speaks to both Jews and non-Jews and demonstrates through textual readings how Jews, Christians, and Muslims can understand and share their theological riches

99 Blessings
99 Blessings

Author: David Steindl-Rast

Publisher: Image

Published: 2013-02-12

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 0385347502

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Source of all blessings, you bless us with dreams-dreams while we sleep and dreams in our most wakeful moments. May I be responsive to both forms of dreams and pass these blessings on by living a life that is faithful to their guidance. From beloved author Brother David Steindl-Rast comes this beautiful collection of original blessings meant to guide readers through each day with wisdom and spirit. This gift book of ninety-nine personal and original blessings from Brother David Steindl-Rast, known for his pioneering work in interfaith dialogue, marks the first time the member of the Benedictine Order of Catholic monks has crafted a series of prayers for the general reader-from Catholics to Protestants, Jews and Muslims, agnostics and uncertain. Blessings are life-giving only as long as we pass them on, so this book is meant to be shared with friends, family, coworkers, strangers, and anyone in need of a few words of inspiration and guidance.

The Cure for Sorrow
The Cure for Sorrow

Author: Jan Richardson

Publisher:

Published: 2020-08

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9781735161204

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When Jan Richardson unexpectedly lost her husband and creative partner, the singer/songwriter Garrison Doles, she did what she had long known how to do: she wrote blessings. These were no sugar-coated blessings. They minimized none of the pain and bewilderment that came in the wake of a wrenching death. With these blessings, Jan entered, instead, into the depths of the shock, anger, and sorrow. From those depths, she has brought forth words that, with heartbreaking honesty, offer surprising comfort and stunning grace. Those who know loss will find kinship among these pages. In these blessings that move through the anguish of rending into the unexpected shelters of solace and hope, there shimmers a light that helps us see we do not walk alone. From her own path of grief, Jan offers a luminous, unforgettable gift that invites us to know the tenacity of hope and to recognize the presence of love that, as she writes, is "sorrow's most lasting cure."

54-Day Blessed Rosary Novena Devotion to Our Lady's Grace
54-Day Blessed Rosary Novena Devotion to Our Lady's Grace

Author: Fr. Sebastian Callistus

Publisher: Fr. Sebastian Callistus

Published: 2023-11-29

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13:

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This "54-Day Blessed Rosary Novena: Devotion to Our Lady's Grace" is a powerful spiritual manual that invites Catholics to develop a closer relationship with God. Its focal point is the venerable 54-day rosary novena, a long-standing custom in Catholic devotion. This book explains the significance of this prayer hour and how it can foster a close relationship with Our Lady's grace, helping believers make significant spiritual progress. It features twenty-one unique Marian prayers in honor of Mother Mary, the Undoer of Knots. These prayers present a novel approach to asking Mary to intercede on behalf of believers in resolving the knots that represent the complexity of life. Drawing inspiration from both Old and New Testament passages, these prayers help believers navigate difficulties, and find direction, and comfort in Mary's loving embrace. This book offers comprehensive rosary exploration, helping readers develop a deeper connection with this holy practice by gaining a thorough grasp of the rosary's design, intent, and significance of each mystery. It also encourages devotion to Our Lady as a source of inspiration and direction on the spiritual path. Through the 54-day novena, readers can deepen their relationship with Mary and God, experiencing the transformational power of prolonged prayer. The book also teaches practical application, showing readers how to incorporate the rosary into their everyday activities to make prayer a meaningful and regular component of their spiritual practice. Finally, meditation is an essential part of this book. Every prayer includes scriptural references to help readers become more spiritual. More than just a book, this "54-Day Blessed Rosary Novena: Devotion to Our Lady's Grace" invites you on a sacred journey and strengthen your relationship with God. It offers comfort in Mother Mary's gentle embrace, the Undoer of Knots, and inspires believers to seek spiritual development, direction, and grace. Making this book an invaluable ally on the faith journey. Invest in your spirituality today and order your copy of this excellent resource. With its straightforward and expert guidance, this book is sure to be a valuable addition to your library. The ideal pricing makes it a great deal. Click on the "Buy Now" button to make this book yours. You will be grateful that you did! Wishing you a most fulfilling and rewarding spiritual adventure.

The Literature of the Jewish People in the Period of the Second Temple and the Talmud, Volume 3: The Literature of the Sages
The Literature of the Jewish People in the Period of the Second Temple and the Talmud, Volume 3: The Literature of the Sages

Author: Shmuel Safrai z”l

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 791

ISBN-13: 9004275126

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This long-awaited companion volume to The Literature of the Sages, First Part (Fortress Press, 1987) brings to completion Section II of the renowned Compendia series. The Literature of the Sages, Second Part, explores the literary creation of thousands of ancient Jewish teachers, the often- anonymous Sages of late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Essays by premier scholars provide a careful and succinct analysis of the content and character of various documents, their textual and literary forms, with particular attention to the ongoing discovery and publication of new textual material. Incorporating groundbreaking developments in research, these essays give a comprehensive presentation published here for the first time. This volume will prove an important reference work for all students of ancient Judaism, the origins of Jewish tradition, and the Jewish background of Christianity. The literary creation of the ancient Jewish teachers or Sages – also called rabbinic literature – consists of the teachings of thousands of Sages, many of them anonymous. For a long period, their teachings existed orally, which implied a great deal of flexibility in arrangement and form. Only gradually, as parts of this amorphous oral tradition became fixed, was the literature written down, a process that began in the third century C.E. and continued into the Middle Ages. Thus the documents of rabbinic literature are the result of a remarkably long and complex process of creation and editing. This long-awaited companion volume to 'The Literature of the Sages, First Part' (1987) gives a careful and succinct analysis both of the content and specific nature of the various documents, and of their textual and literary forms, paying special attention to the continuing discovery and publication of new textual material. Incorporating ground-breaking developments in research, these essays give a comprehensive presentation published here for the first time. 'The Literature of the Sages, Second Part' is an important reference work for all students of ancient Judaism, as well as for those interested in the origins of Jewish tradition and the Jewish background of Christianity.

The Hebrew Bible in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Hebrew Bible in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Author: Armin Lange

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Published: 2013-06-11

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 3647535559

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Until recently, most non-biblical manuscripts attested in the Qumran library were regarded as copies of texts that were composed after the books of the Hebrew Bible were written. Students of the Hebrew Bible found the Dead Sea Scrolls therefore mostly of interest for the textual and interpretative histories of these books. The present collection confirms the importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls for both areas, by showing that they have revolutionized our understanding of how the text of the biblical books developed and how they were interpreted. Beyond the textual and interpretative histories, though, many texts attested in the Qumran library illuminate the time in which the later books of the Hebrew Bible were composed and reworked as well as Jewish life and law in the time when the canon of the Hebrew Bible developed. This volume gives important examples as to how the early texts attested in the Dead Sea Scrolls help to better understand individual biblical books and as to how the later texts among them illustrate Jewish life and law when the canon of the Hebrew Bible evolved. In order to find an adequate expertise for the seminar »The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hebrew Bible«, the editors invited both junior and senior specialists in the fields of Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, Dead Sea Scrolls and Rabbinics to Rome.

Diachronic Pragmatics
Diachronic Pragmatics

Author: Leslie K. Arnovick

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2000-02-15

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9027299021

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The purpose of Diachronic Pragmatics is to exemplify historical pragmatics in its twofold sense of constituting both a subject matter and a methodology. This book demonstrates how diachronic pragmatics, with its complementary diachronic function-to-form mapping and diachronic form-to-function mapping, can be used to trace pragmatic developments within the English language. Through a set of case studies it explores the evolution of such speech acts as promises, curses, blessings, and greetings and such speech events as flyting and sounding. Collectively these “illocutionary biographies” manifest the workings of several important pragmatic processes and trends: increased epistemicity, subjectification, and discursization (a special kind of pragmaticalization). It also establishes the centrality of cultural traditions in diachronic reconstruction, examining various de-institutionalizations of extra-linguistic context and their affect on speech act performance. Taken together, the case studies presented in Diachronic Pragmatics highlight the complex interactions of formal, semantic, and pragmatic processes over time. Illustrating the possibilities of historical pragmatic pursuit, this book stands as an invitation to further research in a new and important discipline.