Dusty Sandals

Dusty Sandals
Author: Nancy Gemaehlich
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-01-13
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I'm continually amazed by the fulfillment of Old Testament Scriptures regarding our Savior and King. They never fail to take my breath away! The disciple, Matthew, learned from his Master how to bring "out of his treasure things new and old" (Matthew 13:52). In other words, more than any other gospel writer, Matthew ties Old Testament Scriptures to the realities of our New Testament messianic King. Matthew gained wisdom by being covered in his Rabbi's dust. This expression relates to this former tax collector's willingness to leave all and follow Jesus. Christ and his disciples walked together, ate, ministered, rested, and celebrated together. Jesus' wisdom was imparted to these committed followers. In Dusty Sandals: A Woman's Walk Through the Prophecies and Promises of Matthew, we learn that disciples of all times have been commissioned to not only be disciples, but to go on to maturity and to make disciples (Matthew 28:18-20). Matthew does this as he composes his account, passing on words of life, shaping a new generation of disciples like you and me. So, let's jump in with Matthew to walk the dusty roads of Israel, learning from our Rabbi, Lord, and King! Dusty Sandals: A Woman's Walk Through the Prophecies and Promises of Matthew is a three volume Bible study. Volume 1 covers the Gospel of Matthew chapters 1-10. The study is divided into 10 lessons with each lesson further divided into three days. Author, Nancy Gemaehlich, has a passion to equip and encourage women in the Scriptures. She works alongside her husband, Bill Gemaehlich, as a pastor's wife and is the Director of Women's Ministries at Calvary Chapel Honey Creek in Weston, Texas. Nancy earned a Master of Arts in Christian Education with an emphasis on Ministry with Women in 2019 from Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas.

Busted

Busted
Author: Fred von Kamecke
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2009
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310283205

People say a lot of things about the Bible, God, Jesus, and Christianity that are simply not true. So in the style of the popular cable show Mythbusters, a New Testament scholar uses biblical and historical evidence---and humor---to do a little myth busting of his own.

Without Her

Without Her
Author: Rosalind Brackenbury
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2019-07-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504059077

The author of Becoming George Sand has crafted a “standout novel of a tested friendship . . . highlighted by fine prose and finely drawn characters” (Publishers Weekly). When her old friend Hannah doesn’t show up at her house in the south of France, everyone assumes that Claudia, who has known Hannah since their shared years at boarding school, will know where she is and what has happened. But as Claudia travels from the United States to France to help her friend’s husband and children conduct their search, she is forced to deal with her old jealousy of Hannah, as well as her own relationship in the present with her French lover, Alexandre. As events unfold, Claudia begins to wonder if Hannah and Alexandre may have had an affair and if that has something to do with Hannah’s mysterious disappearance. In this exquisitely written, Ferrante-esque novel the question of whether or not Hannah will come back becomes urgent and bewildering. And if she doesn’t return, what will the lives of her friends and family be without her?

Sparrow

Sparrow
Author: Jennifer R. Durant
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2016-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0819232483

Jennifer R. Durant, busy career woman, wife, and mom of two, made a drastic career change. In the lexicon of ministry, God called her to be an Episcopal priest, and Jennifer answered. Several years later, in the final weeks of seminary, Durant's world changed dramatically again, when the persistent weakness in one of her hands was diagnosed as ALS (aka Lou Gehrig's disease). In Sparrow, completed with her husband, Matthew, Durant recounts her battle and brings the reader with her on her spiritual journey through her priesthood and ministry which, despite her illness, continued to her death—with the aid of a speech box, she preached her final sermon on the Sunday before her death. Durant leads readers forward through the confusion of our caffeine-fueled and perpetually exhausted world to discover, as she did, a renewing sense of God-given purpose and sacred light which even the darkest of circumstances cannot extinguish, a place where even in silence, God is present, whispering through us. An inspiration to any who suffer from a debilitating disease (or know someone who does) and those who provide pastoral care to others. It is a story of God's redemption and new life.

Starfields

Starfields
Author: Carolyn Marsden
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2011-09-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0763656224

An ancient calendar comes to an end in 2012-- and many predict the world will end with it. Can one Mayan girl make a difference? Rosalba is a nine-year-old Mayan girl living in rural Mexico. Like her mother and grandmother, she weaves stories of her people onto blouses, ensuring that the age-old traditions continue. But new in? uences are entering her life. A ladina girl from the city, visiting with her scientist father, passes on the astonishing news that the Mayan calendar predicts the end of the world in 2012. Rosalba knows nothing about that, but her village is faced with a bulldozer tearing through the forest, dying wildlife, and corn? elds in danger. Rosalba's new friend tells her she must do something to help, but what? As she ponders, she dreams of an ancient Mayan boy, eyes bound in a shamanistic ritual, who hints at a way she can make her voice heard. Interweaving a contemporary story with a mythical dream narrative, Carolyn Marsden spins a gripping tale of friendship, cultural identity, and urgent environmental themes.

Ivory From Paradise

Ivory From Paradise
Author: David Schmahmann
Publisher: ChicagoReviewPress + ORM
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2011-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0897336216

“A beautifully realized exposition of family, myth, the stories we tell ourselves about our lives and of apartheid itself.”—Shelf Awareness Helga Divin, matriarch of a prominent white family from Durban, South Africa, lies dying in the London mansion of her second husband, industrialist Arnold Miro. Her children, Danny and Bridget, rush to her side. The pair soon realize that Arnold plans to steal a collection of African artifacts their late father spent a lifetime assembling, including majestic ivory tusks whose provenance traces to the legendary king Shaka Zulu. To Danny and Bridget, the tusks have personal meaning and great historic value. When the siblings move to thwart Arnold, they find themselves facing the layers of myth surrounding their family under apartheid. Returning to Durban, amid the turbulence of contemporary South Africa reinventing itself as a multi-racial democracy, Danny and Bridget discover that what they have always believed about themselves is as fragile and suspect as the stories they once accepted as truth. “Schmahmann handily portrays the cruelty of apartheid . . . What distinguishes his take on the subject is an insistent focus on aspects of race-relations far more complicated than egregious discrimination.” —Miami Herald “An entrancing literary effort drawn from authentic characters and settings.” —Kirkus Reviews “[H]aunting. . . . [A] sad, revisionist book about the moment we realize that our paradise was in reality far from an idyll.” —Publishers Weekly “[A] rich and arresting tale of human need and national rebirth.” —Tampa Bay Online “Sure to spark discussion, the novel vividly evokes white culture in South Africa, past and present, and the myths it has engendered.” —Booklist

The Skeleton Woman

The Skeleton Woman
Author: Ren�e
Publisher: Huia Publishers
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2002-05-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1869694651

A baby on the doorstep, a skeleton woman biding time before the truth comes out. Rose Anthony�s life has just become much more complicated � Soon-to-be-fifty Rose Anthony finds an abandoned baby outside her kitchen door. Bogged down in the drama of an impending birthday, a serious row with her lover, and the anxiety of waiting to hear how her wall hanging has fared in the Stacy Competition, there�s no room for this dilemma. Scrawled on a card in black felt tip, the words For Rose Anthony leave no doubt that the baby was left for her, but whose baby is it?

It's No Secret

It's No Secret
Author: Rachel Olsen
Publisher: David C Cook
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2010-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1434702596

Are you tired of life as usual? Done with feeling exhausted, or worse, bored? Ready to trade your issues and hang-ups for greater intimacy and fulfillment? Then it’s time you did some digging for biblical “bling” and discovered the shining secrets to life in God’s kingdom. Rachel’s writing is lighthearted and even fun, but she’s serious about helping you uncover biblical secrets that can make your life shine. This book will help you: • Overcome the comparisons and competitive urges that leave you lonely • Accept help from others • Discover God’s surprising source of spiritual beauty and strength. • Embrace your need for rest. • Handle conflict and criticism with grace • Find adventure as you yield whole-heartedly to God • Dig into the Bible for yourself, and understand what you find there Grab your Bible, your girlfriend, and come discover 12 secrets the world doesn’t know.

The Fountain

The Fountain
Author: Horatio Hastings Weld
Publisher:
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1847
Genre: Didactic fiction, American
ISBN:

Thompson: "Points out the virtues of temperance and the evils of smoking and gambling."