Destined to become a children's classic, "Painting Sunsets with Angels" is a compassionate story that helps satisfy the natural curiosity all children have about death. The words and colorful paintings allow young readers to explore this timeless topic in a warm and gentle way. Full color.
It rises suddenly out of the Sonoran Desert landscape, towering over the tallest tree or cactus, a commanding building with a sensuous dome, elliptical vaults, and sturdy bell towers. There is nothing else like it around, nor does it seem there should be. This incongruity of setting is what strikes first-time visitors to Mission San Xavier del Bac. This great church is of another place and another time, while its beauty is universal and timeless. Mission San Xavier del Bac is a two-century-old Spanish church in southern Arizona located just a few miles from downtown Tucson, a metropolis of more than half a million people in the American Southwest. A National Historic Landmark since 1963, the mission’s graceful baroque art and architecture have drawn visitors from all over the world. Now Bernard Fontana—the leading expert on San Xavier—and award-winning photographer Edward McCain team up to bring us a comprehensive view of the mission as we’ve never seen it before. With 200 stunning full-color photographs and incisive text illuminating the religious, historical, and motivational context of these images, A Gift of Angels is a must-have for tourists, scholars, and other visitors to San Xavier. From its glorious architecture all the way down to the finest details of its art, Mission San Xavier del Bac is indeed a gift of angels.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes the second novel in a brand-new series about divine intervention and the trials and triumphs of life—the dramatic story of a woman desperate to find deeper meaning in her life. Growing up in a comfortable home, Mary Catherine wanted for nothing. Though she loves her wealthy parents, their lifestyle never appealed to her. Instead, Mary Catherine pursues meaning through charity work, giving away a part of herself but never giving away her heart. Mary Catherine lives in Los Angeles with her roommate, Sami, and volunteers at a local youth center with coach Tyler Ames and LA Dodger Marcus Dillinger. Despite Mary Catherine’s intention to stay single, she finds herself drawing close to Marcus, and their budding romance offers an exciting life she never dreamed of. That is, until she receives devastating news from her doctor. News that alters her future and forces her to make a rash decision. Inspirational and moving, Chasing Sunsets is the story of one woman’s deep longings of the soul, and the sacrifices she’s willing to make in search of healing.
Explores the rich history of angels in America from Spanish colonialism and Puritan culture to modern incarnations found on TV, in movies, in comic books, and on bumper stickers. Finds that Americans have constructed the "useful angel" as a servant of man rather than an agent of God.
In 1970, scandal rocks a small village in the Adirondack Mountains. The wealthy summer community dissolves overnight, and the town falls into a dark, downward spiral. Years later, a beautiful stranger moves to town, awakening the townspeople's long buried guilt and fear. One man has the courage to befriend her. With fatherly devotion, Ben Chapman tries to shield Devon Wells from Glendon Lake's hostility, but she seems oblivious to it. Gradually, Ben becomes aware of the strange split in Devon's mind that causes her to drift between fantasy and reality, the past and present. Missy Carson, two teenagers whose love transcended the boundaries between class lines with tragic results. characters in HEARTSONG, their own matrix of reality. Are past and present, this life and the next, separate realities or echoes of each other? immediately into the fabric of their lives. It's beautifully written, and holds one's interest causing the reader to go just one more chapter. And then another, and another.
Children's literature continues to be one of the most rapidly expanding and exciting of interdisciplinary academic studies, of interest to anyone concerned with literature, education, internationalism, childhood or culture in general. The second edition of Peter Hunt's bestselling International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature offers comprehensive coverage of the subject across the world, with substantial, accessible, articles by specialists and world-ranking experts. Almost everything is here, from advanced theory to the latest practice – from bibliographical research to working with books and children with special needs. This edition has been expanded and includes over fifty new articles. All of the other articles have been updated, substantially revised or rewritten, or have revised bibliographies. New topics include Postcolonialism, Comparative Studies, Ancient Texts, Contemporary Children's Rhymes and Folklore, Contemporary Comics, War, Horror, Series Fiction, Film, Creative Writing, and 'Crossover' literature. The international section has been expanded to reflect world events, and now includes separate articles on countries such as the Baltic states, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Iran, Korea, Mexico and Central America, Slovenia, and Taiwan.
The artist; Alison Knox shares her own, up close and very personal, story of awakening to working with angels, told in her own inimitable voice. A journey of challenge; discovery, and at times a little stubborn resistance, unfolds to fully embrace the miracle that has become so readily identifiable as EVeRYDaY ANGeLS. Since the first angel showed up through Alison brushes on November 22nd 2001, narrowly avoiding being thrown in the bin, she has learned to welcome and deliver untold thousands into the world, undertaking her work with a serious amount of alacrity, commitment and a warm embrace of the Divine. This book is a labour of love: a collaborative accord between human and angels. Thanks for this lovely book. It is wonderful! I am moved many times as the story unfolds, and appreciate your frankness, clarity, and vulnerability. You have done a great job searching your soul and offering ways for others to view the journey of spiritual and heart unfolding as the ordinary and extraordinary being that you are. You have truly captured the ins and outs, through your revelations, that we all have to move through in order to balance the worlds of the above and below. I send you many blessings and auspiciousness in its publication and the wide readership that will be affected through your heart, your story, your journey and your souls path. In gratitude and appreciation, x Flo Aeveia Magdalena author of I Remember Union and Sunlight on Water , Founder of Soul Support Systems
Children's literature continues to be one of the most rapidly expanding and exciting of interdisciplinary academic studies, of interest to anyone concerned with literature, education, internationalism, childhood or culture in general. This edition has been expanded and includes over 50 new articles. New topics include Postcolonialism, Comparative Studies, Ancient Texts, Contemporary Children's Rhymes and Folklore, Contemporary Comics, War, Horror, Series Fiction, Film, Creative Writing, and 'Crossover' literature. The international section has been expanded to reflect world events.
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When angel encounters happened in my own family, with healing messages for me, and with my Sons angel appearing to him at the age of six, I began sharing our story with others. As they listened, many then began sharing their own miraculous stories with me. These are true stories about life changing, divine interventions and angelic encounters. When angels appeared, many came with beautiful, and inspirational messages, full of loving guidance. Some stories are about individuals who were saved by their guardian angel. In some instances, their divine intervention helped to change the course they were on in their lives through the messages given to them by their angel. Many went on to complete their lifes destiny because of their blessed experience. God has blessed us by providing each and every one of us guardian angels to guide and protect us throughout our lifetimes, until the day an angel leads our soul back to Heaven with God. As you read about these heavenly interventions, you will be inspired by each one of these beautiful and amazing stories.