"With an elegant and timeless package, this collection of readings is a must-have for any couple planning their wedding. The readings range from the romantic, traditional, and religious - such as Shakespearean sonnets, biblical verses, or passages from the Qu'ran - to the modern, fresh, and humorous - such as popular song lyrics, the Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage, or an excerpt from a stand-up comedy routine - ensuring that there's something that appeals to everyone. Engaged couples will enjoy perusing these pages in search of the perfect reading, and the thoroughly romantic presentation - with a textural, foil-stamped cover and satin bookmark - makes this anthology a lovely keepsake for newlyweds long after their wedding is over"--
For All Our Days is a sweeping collection of 50 poems and musings to read at a wedding ceremony. Readings range from Shakespearean sonnets and historical love letters to excerpts from classic novels and children's books—and even stand-up comedy routines. Covering a wide range of speech themes and styles, this book ensures there is something for every couple. • A must-have for any couple planning their wedding • Organized into secular and spiritual sections, with religious texts from five major faiths • A sweet reminder of what marriage is all about Engaged couples will love exploring For All Our Days before the big day. This elegant collection of readings is also wonderful for wedding officiants and planners alike. You'll love this book if you love books like The Knot Guide to Wedding Vows and Traditions: Readings, Rituals, Music, Dances, and Toasts by Carley Roney; The Wedding Ceremony Planner: The Essential Guide to the Most Important Part of Your Wedding Day by Judith Johnson; and A Wedding Ceremony To Remember: Perfect Words For The Perfect Wedding by Marty Younkin.
Do you need a miracle in your life? This book will help you discover miracles. Youll explore adventures with wild horses, gangs, angels, sharks, and love. It may become easier to raise your children. Finding a new dream home could be a reality. You and your family may live with more health and healing. Most of all, this book will bring you closer to God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and Heaven. (After all, you have to spend eternity somewhere.) The miracles will involve paradise. ********************************************************************* This book contains a variety of stories. Even the style of writing varies from one selection to the next. As you read, be open to the different methods that tell each tale. ********************************************************************* The stories are written to prompt your spirit. Think in your mind a thought something like this, What does this writing have to do with my life? Maybe a story will focus on a topic you havent experienced. Thats called learning. Find out more about those unfamiliar topics. Let your life be changed. Recognize your own miracles. ********************************************************************* The questions and contemplations after each selection could be discussed in a group, if you are meeting with others to share the book. Some lined pages have been provided after each story, so you may journal personal answers right in the book. Reading the Bible references will be like nurturing ideas with God. The purpose of this book is to bring the reader further on a faith journey. The Contemplations are made as mini-posters. They could be cut out and posted as reminders of new ideas. *********************************************************************** Like any book, your feelings should be engaged. Some of the stories may shock you. There are parts where you may even have some tears. Hopefully, youll find some humor. Most of all may your heart be touched by the sharing of love.
Raising Praise for All Our Days: New Lyrics for Familiar and Beloved American Tunes draws from the deep reservoir of classic and beloved tunes known to generations of Americans and pairs them with lyrics that proclaim the love of God and the joy that comes from living with that love. Carol Carlson, the lyricist, has tapped into the insights she has gained from homeschooling her children. Working with them has shown her how powerfully singing aids memory. That realization sparked her desire to help others learn about and live with the love of God. The presentation of each song in Raising Praise for All Our Days suggests the tune to which the new lyrics fit. So, for instance, O, Give Me a Heart pairs with the classic tune for Home on the Range. The verse lifts up a life that brings God glory: O, give me a heart, yes, a big happy heart / That cares for Your children each day. / Make me happy to be Your hands and Your feet / So glory to You can be raised. Raising Praise for All Our Days: New Lyrics for Familiar and Beloved American Tunes promises to breathe new life into old tunes while bringing those time-tested and beloved melodies to the joyous task of giving voice to praises that celebrate Gods love for His children.
Paris 1926: Les Annees folles as the French called it, "The Crazy Years." It was the Roaring Twenties. It was the dawn of the Age of Modernism, feminism, the flappers, the birth of cinema; it was the decade of the automobile and radio. It was the reckless years of wealth and exuberance, where stock markets toyed with ideas of fanaticism, and where legends lived, loved, and died. Paris France was at the heart of a new cultural revolution that was reshaping and changing the world. Thomas E. McCann came to Paris to change his life. His life ended up changing everyone around him. There were parties, class privileges, there were flowing rivers of champagne, there was extravagant wealth, and everyone lived and loved like no one thought the wild celebrations of this Golden decade would ever come to an end."
