Book of Common Worship, Daily Prayer
Book of Common Worship, Daily Prayer

Author: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9780664220327

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This easy-to-carry and very practical devotional resource will help all individuals, congregations, families, and small groups looking for assistance in prayer and in leading groups in prayer. It includes all the material from the Daily Prayer section of the full-sized edition of theBook of Common Worship. It features rubrics and blue and maroon ribbons. The cover is also a brilliant maroon. Orders for morning and evening prayer are provided, as well as the psalms and the daily lectionary. Prayers are also included for family and personal life, the church, national life, world issues, and environmental concerns.

Paradise
Paradise

Author: Elena Castedo

Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

Published: 2007-12-01

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 0802196039

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National Book Award-finalist: an “ingenious social satire” of the “arrogance, folly, injustice, and debauchery” among Spain’s privileged class (The Atlantic). Solita, a young daughter of refugees from Francisco Franco’s dictatorship in Spain, is whisked from the urban ghetto of Galmeda to El Topaz, the lush hacienda of a wealthy eccentric, which Solita’s mother assures her will be paradise. But behind its beautiful facade, El Topaz is a quagmire of social subterfuge, from its politicking adults to its spiteful children, and Solita finds herself alone in a glittery world where “you couldn’t trust anything. Or anybody. You had to navigate completely on your own.” Yet somehow, with only her sharp eye for separating truth from insincerity, Solita must weave her way through the social minefield of this supposed Spanish Shangri-La, searching for the happiness and harmony promised by her family’s liberation. Nominated for the National Book Award, Elena Castedo’s Paradise wickedly skewers the follies and falsehoods, conniving and cluelessness, of society’s so-called elite.

The Musical World
The Musical World

Author: J. Novello

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2024-09-25

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 3385614112

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1837.

Time and the Gods
Time and the Gods

Author: Lord Dunsany

Publisher: Graphic Arts Books

Published: 2022-01-11

Total Pages: 91

ISBN-13: 1513223968

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Time and the Gods (1906) is a short story collection by Lord Dunsany. Published at the beginning of his career, Time and the Gods, a sequel to The Gods of Pegāna (1905), would influence such writers as J. R. R. Tolkein, Ursula K. Le Guin, and H. P. Lovecraft. Recognized as a pioneering author of fantasy and science fiction, Dunsany is a man whose work, in the words of Lovecraft, remains “unexcelled in the sorcery of crystalline singing prose, and supreme in the creation of a gorgeous and languorous world of incandescently exotic vision.” “Once when the gods were young and only Their swarthy servant Time was without age, the gods lay sleeping by a broad river upon earth. There in a valley that from all the earth the gods had set apart for Their repose the gods dreamed marble dreams.” Time and the Gods, Dunsany’s second collection of stories, contains some of his finest tales of fantasy and adventure. From their “marble dreams” arose a city fit for the gods, a sweeping expanse of towers, terraces, lawns, and fountains known as Sardathrion. Protected by mountains and a vast desert, safe in the heart of a fertile valley, the city of the gods is a place to which few humans go, and from which none can return. Dunsany’s tales of high fantasy continue to delight over a century after they first appeared in print. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Lord Dunsany’s Time and the Gods is a classic of Irish fantasy fiction reimagined for modern readers.

90-Day Bible Reading Challenge
90-Day Bible Reading Challenge

Author: Mary DeMuth

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2023-09-26

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1493443968

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Supercharge your walk with God by reading the entire Bible. If your time in the Bible has felt tedious and you are longing to revitalize your faith, the 90-Day Bible Reading Challenge is here to help. With this book as your guide, you can grow your faith in ways you never have before by reading the Bible for the next 90 days--cover to cover. It may sound impossible, but it's absolutely not. Having briskly read through the Bible for years, author Mary DeMuth knows the profound impact this spiritual reset can have. Here she gives you her own comprehensive--and achievable--reading plan, fresh devotionals and insights, and encouragement to keep you going. You'll not only read the entire Bible in three months, you'll also: · savor the life-changing power of God's timeless truths · trace the presence of Jesus throughout the entirety of the Bible · emerge with freedom and healing · learn to navigate your world with wisdom and joy We all need a reset. This is your invitation to wrest yourself away from the siren call of the world and reorient your heart to worship the One who gave his life for you.

Basics for Believers
Basics for Believers

Author: William L. Thrasher, Jr.

Publisher: Moody Publishers

Published: 1998-09-30

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 157567646X

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Just as athletes must master certain physical skills to dominate their sport, Christians must master certain basic principles of the faith to reach spiritual maturity. But because many of us don't have a good grasp of the fundamentals, we find our spiritual lives stagnant. With 54 brief topical discussions, Basics for Believers includes subjects like the Trinity, life goals, worship, budgeting and evangelism - making the basics of Christianity accessible and understandable for everyone.