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Author: Sharon Mehdi
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9780670034604
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwo grandmothers decide to stand all day in the park without speaking as their way of protesting for peace in the world and when other people begin to take notice of them their action has a transforming effect.
Author: Sharon Mehdi
Publisher:
Published: 2018-06-30
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9780692143971
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new and much-needed edition of a beloved book that sold many thousands of copies in its first edition, and was translated into half a dozen languages and made into a stage play. It's a little story about two grandmothers who stood in the park to save the world. More than ever we need the grandmothers, their daughters and their granddaughters.
Author: Sharon Mehdi
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: 2005-04-07
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ISBN-13: 9780670783892
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Christina Baldwin
Publisher: New World Library
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 1577316037
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Story is the heart of language. Story moves us to love and hate and can motivate us to change the whole course of our lives. Story can lift us beyond our individual borders to imagine the realities of other people, times, and places. Storytelling - both oral tradition and written word - is the foundation of being human. In this powerful book, Christina Baldwin, one of the visionaries who started the personal writing movement, explores the vital necessity of re-creating a sacred common ground for each other's stories. Each chapter in Storycatcher is carried by a fascinating narrative - about people, family, or community - intertwined with practical instruction about the nature of story, how it works, and how we can practice it in our lives. Whether exploring the personal stories revealed in our private journals, the stories of family legacy, the underlying stories that drive our organizations, or the stories that define our personal identity, Christina's book encourages us all to become storycatchers - and shows us how new stories lay the framework for a new world."--Publisher.
Author: Margaret J. Wheatley
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Published: 2010-05
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 1458755495
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy the author of Leadership and the New Science (over 250,000 copies sold); Shows how the simple but long neglected act of conversation-of thoughtfully talking and listening to one another-has the power to change lives; Offers insightful advice on how to conduct conversations that will help us to genuinely connect with each other and restore hope to our individual lives; Provides ten ''conversation starters'' to provoke rich and meaningful exchange ''I believe we can change the world if we start talking to one another again.'' With this simple declaration, Margaret Wheatley proposes that people band together with their colleagues and friends to create the solutions for real social change, both locally and globally, that are so badly needed. Such change will not come from governments or corporations, she argues, but from the ageless process of thinking together in conversation. Turning to One Another encourages this process. Part I explores the power of conversation and the conditions-simplicity, personal courage, real listening, and diversity-that support it. Part II contains quotes and images to encourage the reader to pause and reflect, and to prepare for the work ahead-convening truly meaningful conversations. Part III provides ten ''conversation starters''-questions that in Wheatley's experience have led people to share their deepest beliefs, fears, and hopes.
Author: Jean Shinoda Bolen
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
Published: 2011-04-01
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 1609255119
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe internationally known author and speaker provides an insightful look into the fusion of ecological issues and global gender politics. This book on the importance of trees grew out of Bolen’s experience mourning the loss of a Monterey pine that was cut down in her neighborhood. That, combined with her practice of walking among tall trees, led to her deep connection with trees and an understanding of their many complexities. She expertly explores the dynamics of ecological activism, spiritual activism, and sacred feminism. And, she invites us to join the movement to save trees. While there is still much work to be done to address environmental problems, there are many stories of individuals and organizations rising up to make a change and help save our planet. The words and stories that Bolen weaves throughout this book are both inspirational and down-to-earth, calling us to realize what is happening to not only our trees, but our people. In Like a Tree learn more about: The dynamic nature of trees — from their anatomy to their role as an archetypal symbol Pressing social issues such as deforestation, global warming, and overpopulation What it means to be a “tree person” “You will never again see [a tree] without knowing it has a novel inside, it’s supporting your life, and it’s more spiritual than any church, temple or mosque. Like a Tree is the rare book that not only informs, but offers a larger consciousness of life itself.” —Gloria Steinem
Author: June G. Paul
Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: 2013-07
Total Pages: 147
ISBN-13: 1449798586
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book can be used individually or in groups. Readers will first learn about the manifestations and dangers of unresolved stress. How do we respond to stress? What causes the stress in our lives and how did Jesus respond to stress? From the Sermon on the Mount through the Lord's prayer learn healthier ways of managing stress and helping others to do the same. Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they will be called Children of God. - Matthew 5:9 NRSV "I highly recommend this book Praying Our Way through Stress: Drawing Wisdom from the Lord's Prayer and Life. June Paul has a passion for reaching out to all those suffering from the various stressors in their lives. She uses her compassion and her intimate knowledge of God's Word to share with the reader His love, grace and mercy for them" -Ken Manthey, Portage Police Chief "This book will touch a very important area in our current society." -The Rev. U. Dean Hekel, VA Chaplain and Priest
Author: Marsha Donner
Publisher: FriesenPress
Published: 2024-07-26
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 1038307821
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTerminating an unplanned pregnancy is often an unacknowledged trauma due to silence and lack of support. The process is too much, too soon and too fast. Numbing of emotions is a normal reaction that provides emotional safety for the moment. Yet, the suppressed experiences create consequences over time as they cry out to be felt more fully and within supportive relationships. The poignant stories within this book are intended to embrace you and remind you that you are not alone. You are invited to go at your own pace and use the prompts for writing and reflection while facing what lingers from that pivotal choice with self-compassion. Your journey through the canyon of silence will be a reclamation, a process of mending fractures and integrating all that is discovered. New possibilities open when emotional movement is restored.
Author: Patricia Iles
Publisher: Patricia Iles
Published: 2014-06-24
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnion soldier Lieutenant Hixson Morris is dying on the battlefield, gut shot. But instead of dying he finds himself in the care of beautiful, mysterious Sarah Westbay who has a miraculous gift. Sarah's tragic and troubled history is turned toward a new hope and a new beginning. In saving Hixson she saves herself. Hixson learns that he can offer Sarah something that no one else can.
Author: Anne Enright
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Published: 2007-12-01
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 1555848079
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA crowd of siblings gathers in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother in this “stunning” novel by the award-winning author of Actress (The Washington Post). The surviving children of the Hegarty clan are gathering for the wake of their wayward, alcoholic brother, Liam, drowned in the sea after filling his pockets with stones. He is the third of the twelve Hegarty siblings to die. His sister, Veronica, collects the body and keeps the dead man company, guarding the secret she shares with him—something that happened in their grandmother’s house in the winter of 1968. As prize-winning author Anne Enright traces the line of betrayal and redemption through three generations, her distinctive intelligence twists the world a fraction and gives it back to us in a new and unforgettable light. The Gathering is an “wonderfully elegant and unsparing” epic of an Irish family (Los Angeles Times)—a novel about love and disappointment, how memories warp and secrets fester, and how fate is written in the body, not in the stars. “Entrancing…a haunting look at a broken family stifled by generations of hurt and disappointment, struggling to make peace with the irreparable.”—Entertainment Weekly “A melancholic love and rage bubbles just beneath the surface of this Dublin clan, and Enright explores it unflinchingly.”—Publishers Weekly “Her sympathy for her characters is as tender and subtle as Alice McDermott’s; her vision of Ireland is as brave and original as Edna O’Brien’s. The Gathering is her best book.”—Colm Toibin “Hypnotic.”—Booklist (starred review)
