An Ordinary Girl's Dialogue with God

An Ordinary Girl's Dialogue with God
Author: Wendy Alane Wright
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2008-09
Genre:
ISBN: 143891248X

Tapping into the panic over the SARS outbreak, Bone Dust is a timely tale that paints an all-too-believable scenario. In a smooth writing style that flows evenly and easily, Maier's first book is a fascinating story sure to catch a reader's attention. Set in Macon, Georgia, the main character, Mike Spiker, is a busy executive at Bio Lab Research. A deadly outbreak of the flu in the Philippines doesn't concern him or his colleagues. After all, this sleepy little town in the deep South has always been far from the front lines of any big trouble. But the outbreak becomes a modern-day disaster, an influenza pandemic that affects the lives of everyone. How they deal with it, who succumbs and a myriad of subplots involving infidelity, fraud, race relations and more keep the story moving with palpable excitement. Maier has blended his fascination with life in the South with his in-depth study of the 1918 flu epidemic. He weaves a tale full of intrigue, little-known facts and realistic fiction. In our terror-filled, post 9-11 existence, Maier presents a fascinating story sure to force you to spend a sleepless night or two. As Macon Telegraph columnist Ed Grisamore wrote: "Turning each page is like putting your hand on an electric fence."

Paperdoll

Paperdoll
Author: Natalie Lloyd
Publisher: Revell
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2009-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441225374

What happens when an ordinary girl finds the extraordinary love of God? By a well in Samaria, one girl found out when she came face to face with Jesus. Today's young women may be in a different culture, but they have something in common with that girl by the well: Sometimes they go looking for love in all the wrong places. Just as the Samaritan woman carried an empty jar to the well, they carry their empty hearts, looking for that one person, one more award, one glowing accolade, to fill it up and make it whole. True love is waiting at the well. In the eyes of the One, the woman at the well had infinite worth, meaning, and purpose, and there's a secret waiting for girls who take the time to listen to what Jesus had to say to her that day: When an ordinary girl fills up on the love of an extraordinary God, unforgettable things happen.

Ordinary Girl Extraordinary God

Ordinary Girl Extraordinary God
Author: Tonya Lunsford Christiansen
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 77
Release: 2018-05-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781980892274

Do you feel as if your life is just so ordinary? Are you growing tired of the day to day doing laundry, car pooling kids, sitting in traffic, attending board meetings kind of existence? Try looking at it with a fresh perspective.In Ordinary Girl Extraordinary God, Tonya Christiansen shares a collection of personal testimonies in which God did extaordinary works in her and her family's ordinary day to day lives. She shares difficult times in her life when everything seemed to be against her, her parents dying of cancer, financial struggles, and a viscious dog attack. Tonya also expands on the way God used her seemingly small and insignificant prayers to show Himself real to her. Through it all she will reveal how God showed up in a big way to turn the ordinary into extraordinary.

Hearing God in Conversation

Hearing God in Conversation
Author: Sam Williamson
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2016-06-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0825444241

"I picked it up out of curiosity and I couldn’t put it down."--Eugene Peterson Christians are comfortable saying that Christianity is about a relationship with God. Yet many might also say that they sense little meaningful relationship with God in their own lives. After all, the foundation of good relationship is communication—-but conversation with God often seems to go only one way. We may sing of walking and talking with God in the garden, His voice falling on our ears, but few have heard that beloved voice themselves. Sam Williamson acknowledges the fundamental human longing to hear God’s voice and offers a hopeful supposition: God is always speaking—-we’ve just never been taught how to recognize His voice. Williamson handles this potentially heady topic with his characteristic straightforwardness and leavening humor. This book deftly bridges the gap between solid biblical theology and practical application, addressing topics such as how to truly pray without ceasing, how to brainstorm with God, how to navigate our emotions, how to answer God’s questions, and how to hear God’s voice for others. Hearing God in Conversation offers simple, step-by-step lessons on how to hear God. Williamson begins with Scripture meditation. He then expands the practice of listening for that voice everywhere—in the checkout line, on the job, in a movie theater, and even in silence. From there, he demonstrates how to hear God’s guidance when making any decision. By the end, readers’ eyes and ears will be opened to the limitless methods through which God speaks.

Underneath the Tapestry

Underneath the Tapestry
Author: Janice M. Stockman
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2015-10-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1490891978

Janice Stockman has been an educator for nineteen years and is currently a middle school principal in Prattville, Alabama. She loves laughing, running, cookie dough, adventures, and most of all, her husband and her twin boys. As the former Assistant Principal of the Year for Alabama, she has served as guest and keynote speaker for numerous seminars and workshops. Her inspirational anecdotes encourage audience members to appreciate the tough times, to savor the good times, and to constantly seek Gods purpose in all of lifes experiences. A fervent list-maker and a self-proclaimed low-maintenance girl, Janice lives by the motto, Faith, family, friends, and fun. This is her first publication. Each of us travels a unique and personal path along lifes journey. It can be marvelous and messy, fantastic and frightening, pleasant and painful. But what matters most is that through every twist and turn, in every dark valley and on every glorious mountaintop, God is there, holding us up, forgiving us, loving us. Underneath the Tapestry is a personal memoir of how Gods grace, faithfulness, mercy, and eternal love are revealed in both the big and seemingly small occurrences of daily life. Author Janice Stockman shares her most treasured and in-your-face Jesus moments and reveals the challenges along her journey to living a life that matters. Her inspiring words remind us to hold fervently to the hand of God and trust Him to perfectly weave the beautiful tapestry of our own incredible life story

Conversations Between a Girl and Her God

Conversations Between a Girl and Her God
Author: Teri Copley
Publisher: Treasure House
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2003
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780768430172

The former movie star shares her spiritual passion in this conversational dialog between a seeking soul and the God she loves.

Girl Talk with God

Girl Talk with God
Author: Susie Shellenberger
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2001
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780849942907

Shares the eye-opening private communication between one young woman and God. These intimate conversations show how amazing it can be to talk to God about anything.

Finding God in My Loneliness

Finding God in My Loneliness
Author: Lydia Brownback
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2017-02-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433553961

Young or old, single or married, male or female—at some point in life, we're all confronted with loneliness. We try to fill the void or change our circumstances so we no longer feel the pain. But what if our pangs of loneliness are meant to point us to something greater? Looking at various aspects of loneliness, Lydia Brownback reminds us of God's power to redeem our loneliness and use it in our lives to draw us to himself. Ultimately, she helps us see that even when we feel misunderstood, forsaken, or abandoned, we're never really alone. God is always with us, and only he can meet all of our needs in Christ Jesus.

From Indifference to Dialogue?

From Indifference to Dialogue?
Author: Olga Schihalejev
Publisher: Waxmann Verlag
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2010
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3830972881

This case study contributes to discussions about religious education and its relation to young people's concerns and to social cohesion in Estonia. However, the book also makes an important contribution to the international debate about religions and education. It brings together empirical studies conducted in Estonia in the framework of a major European project, REDCo (Religion in Education: A contribution to Dialogue or a factor of Conflict in transforming societies of European Countries?) setting the research in the context of wider international debates. The mixed methods research investigates the attitudes of 14-16 years old Estonians towards religion and religious diversity, exploring their views on the role of the school in promoting dialogue and tolerance among representatives of different worldviews, and establishing the ways in which their experience of religious education affects their views on these issues. Dr Schihalejev draws on three of her empirical studies, each utilising a different methodology. The qualitative and the quantitative studies investigate students' attitudes to religion and religious diversity, while two contrasting classroom-based studies of religious education explore patterns of interaction, both using video-ethnography and incident-analysis respectively to collect and interpret the data. Grounded in the findings of the empirical studies, the author explores dialogical pedagogies for non-confessional approaches to religious education and discusses policies for strengthening active tolerance in the school context. Dr. Olga Schihalejev is a researcher and a lecturer in the Faculty of Theology at Tartu University, Estonia. She has worked as a teacher of religious education and has written teaching-learning resources for students in Estonia. She is a board member of the Estonian RE Teachers' Association, actively involved in improving the national syllabus for RE and organising annual conferences for RE teachers in Estonia. She worked on the EC Framework 6 project REDCo (Religion in Education. A contribution to dialogue or a factor of conflict in transforming societies of European Countries). Within the REDCo Project her research was on how religion is perceived by young people in a secular context. Additionally she is interested in the perception of religion and tolerance by different ethnic groups in Estonia. Her current research interest is the study of the competences young teachers of different subjects have for implemeting values education.

Dialogue and Conflict on Religion. Studies of Classroom Interaction in European Countries

Dialogue and Conflict on Religion. Studies of Classroom Interaction in European Countries
Author: Ina ter Avest
Publisher: Waxmann Verlag
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3830972725

Regarding teaching about religions and worldviews, there is a gap between the ambitions of educational policies and our knowledge about what really happens in the classroom. Research on classroom interaction about religion is not very far developed, either nationally or as international and as comparative research. There is a growing awareness, however, that research on pupils’ perspectives on religion in education is needed in order to develop sustainable approaches for future education, and this book is a contribution to this research. The classroom can be seen as an arena both for learning and for micro-politics. This arena is shaped, and sometimes challenged and restricted, or even curtailed, by the wider societal and political context. In this book we present studies of classroom interaction that focus on the micro-sociological level of research. The studies presented open up a rather unexplored field of international comparative research on religion in education and the role of diversity for classroom interaction, giving deeper insights into what happens in classrooms, displaying varieties of interactive patterns and relating these to their specific contexts.