Primary Gift

Primary Gift

Author: Kelly F. Holland

Publisher: Balboa Press

Published: 2014-05-15

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1452594155

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Early in my life, I faced great challenges. I could not be a child like my siblings or my classmates. My journey was different. In my school, I learned about schizophrenia and physical violence. My teacher was very powerful. As an adolescent I lost my way. I became a ward of the court and completed my high school education while living in a state group home. In 1989, at age twenty-six, I met an exemplary professional who began to show me the way. For the next twenty years and beyond, I learned lessons of discipline, love, and respect for self and others. Soon, my lifes success began to unfold. At age twenty-six, I received my lifes primary gift. In 1999, I became on fire for my life, because of the excellence that I had witnessed in another person. I began to dream of talking to the world about the excellence that lives within each one of us. I relocated my life to the desert Southwest. It was there that I began to hear my hearts song and awaken to the excellence of my lifes journey. It was there that I discovered the wisdom of my lifes teachings. I believe that no matter what circumstances you may find yourself in, excellence is present. And, no matter how desolate you may feel, when you find the fire, the inspiration, and the music of your heart there isnt anything that can keep you from living your lifes dreams. ???


My Own Mass Booklet

My Own Mass Booklet

Author: Loyola Press

Publisher:

Published: 2008-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780829426687

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These keepsake booklets are tailored to each sacrament. Each provides an opportunity for children and parents to actively grow in prayer and knowledge of the Mass.


The Gift Economy

The Gift Economy

Author: David Cheal

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-07-03

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1317401336

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Until recently we have known more about gift giving practices in pre-industrial societies than about those of industrial western society. In this book, first published in 1988, David Cheal shows that the process of present giving and receiving is a vital element in contemporary social life, relevant to some of the most important theoretical traditions in sociology, particularly those of Durkheim and Weber, and to the social constructionism of Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann. This volume is the result of a major study of gift rituals carried out by David Cheal and his associates in which general themes are richly illustrated with details from individual case histories gathered during the research. It is highly significant that in western society women are more active gift givers than men and, while their voices explain how emotions and interests are interrelated within the gift economy, the author shows how that in turn is related to current theories about family, gender and religion.