Jenna's Journey is the first book in The Hope trilogy. Jenna, a disabled orphan, finds herself in a chapel where she asks Mary if she will be her mother. Instantly, she is transported to a land where she begins a quest to find the answers she seeks. Along the way, she encounters a rosary tree, a protective bread, and a new spiritual friend. Her greedy aunt and whining cousin bring some comic relief to this adorable story for middle-grade children, teenagers, and adults alike.
"An often moving portrait of brotherly love." —Kirkus "...compelling...memorable... The story presents aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic with care and clarity. " —Kirkus "...a timely and moving ode to the lengths we will go for our family." —BookLife "A fast-paced and timely exploration of brotherly love in the midst of family and political turmoil." —BookLife "Jenna Marcus’ incredible story captures the depths of brotherly love and the determination of a spirit faced with insurmountable odds." — Manhattan Book Review "I loved Breathe Deep & Swim by Jenna Marcus and want to share it with the world. This book speaks of hope, innocence, and challenges from the perspectives of teenagers. Highly recommended." —Vernita Naylor, Readers' Favorite Perfect for fans of Gayle Forman’s If I Stay and Jandy Nelson’s The Sky is Everywhere, this witty and achingly beautiful coming of age story will tackle what it means to be alive, loved, and trusting in a world gone mad... All 14-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Thomas wants is normalcy. But a global pandemic prevents him from having anything close to a typical teenager's life. When Wolfgang discovers his father dead in bed from the coronavirus, his world is thrust into even more turmoil and chaos. Wolfgang and his 16-year-old brother, Van Gogh, know that they must do everything they can to stay together and avoid foster care. In a cross-country road trip, they hit the road in their father's Pontiac to find their only hope: the mother who abandoned them a decade ago. As they journey for answers to their mother's whereabouts, they uncover devastating mysteries about her that they never could have imagined. Just as they near their destination, tragedy strikes once more. Wolfgang is drowning in fear and pain, but he must pull it together or lose his family for good. Can this broken adolescent find the strength and courage to Breathe Deep & Swim?
Meet the Sisters of the Last Straw, a community of Sisters trying hard to overcome their bad habits. Join these loveable misfit nuns as they learn to love God and forgive one another. When their new chapel seems to be haunted, the Sisters have to work together to uncover the mystery.
How can we celebrate when our prayers feel unheard? How can we hold onto hope when the miracle never shows up? When the doctor delivers the worst diagnosis, how can God still be good? In this raw, heart-wrenching journey, Jenna gives us a gift; an example of how to walk through our worst fears faithfully, even when the outcome is not what we want.
Qualified nurse, personal trainer, fitness instructor, massage therapist and mother of two, Rachel Tomkinson, has spent the past four years researching ways to prevent her youngest daughter from suffering the severe eczema and 24 food allergies she was diagnosed with. Her investigation has brought to the fore that real food provided by mother nature is the answer, without the chemicals, additives and industrial food processing, which are responsible for triggering our "modern" diseases. Learn from the steps Rachel took to heal her daughter and create a healthier life for your family too.
"I thought comfort food was supposed to comfort me!" Do you obsess over food? Do you wish you could understand why? Do you have a hard time sticking to a program that helps you lose weight, eat right, exercise, and overall be a healthier and happier you? Did you lose the weight only to gain it back? In a digital age with an endless flow of information, you may be attempting to answer why you emotionally eat with how-to programs. If only knowing how to eat better and lose weight was all it took, you probably wouldn't have picked up this book. When food is used as an emotional coping mechanism, it holds a certain power over you. Author Jenna Barbosa knows this frustrating struggle all too well. Through her journey of understanding why she has felt powerless under the pull of food, she invites you to join her in this journey of looking at the spiritual, mental, and physical components of the emotional eating cycle. Inside this book: -Discover why you emotionally eat. -Destroy the hold shame has on you. -Delight in the freedom of enjoying food as fuel - which happens to taste amazing.
Choreographing Creativity: Teaching as Artistic and Technical within the Curriculum of Composition views teaching as a combination of artistic and technical elements, similar to a figure skating or dance routine. Dr. Jennifer Bird presents a fictional story founded in factual teaching methods to illustrate this concept. The fifteen teachers in 'Cohort for Change' join her on this journey to share snapshots of their classroom experiences and advice for educators who wish to reclaim classroom creativity in the current 'teach to the test' culture of education.
In the 1880s, Luke Middleton is the brave sheriff of Custer City, South Dakota. While stopping some robbers, hes shot in the line of duty. Dying in the dirt, he makes a plea for divine intervention. Hes not ready to die, and he certainly doesnt deserve to be killed at the hands of such cowardly criminals. Imagine his surprise when he wakes up later. Present-day Custer City deputy Jenna Reynolds patrols the town during the Sturgis motorcycle rally. Shes on the prowl for bikers causing trouble when she discovers a body with fresh gunshot wounds by the local church. Is the mysterious man a victim or perpetrator? Jenna soon starts to unravel a mystery that gives her more questions than answers. It seems her victims name is Luke, and hes a time traveler. Shot over a century ago, Luke wakes to the modern world and must adjust to his new surroundings. With Jennas help, he searches for the robbers lost treasure, rights a wrong done to his family, and finds unexpected love in the woman who saved him. His deeds done, will Luke return to his own time or remain at Jennas side to become a lawman of the future?
Trust is a mechanism of people’s decision-making processes that mediates nearly every interaction in their lives. Identifying and discussing the specific issues or behaviors that increase or decrease one’s willingness to trust—to be vulnerable to the actions of others—helps leaders increase their comfort in dealing with today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world. Developing fluency in initiating trust conversations helps both leaders and their colleagues open up to the possibility of creating greater responsibility throughout their relationships, teams, and business units.
