They Called Me Retard

They Called Me Retard
Author: Gordon Walsh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2018-01-19
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9781640795815

Avoidance in dealing with childhood trauma can ensnare one into a life of despair and the lack of a sense of purpose. The darkened words spoken over you as a child, or the unspeakable actions which defy any boundaries set, can essentially become part of our DNA and become a huge hindrance in our adult life. This book is about true traumatic events that have occurred, and in his quest you will acquire skills to overcome your past despite the fractured foundation that was laid in one's youth. These teachings will not only help you to overcome, but provide understanding about the various foundations, which encompasses us as humans. For example, you will learn: Foundations of Faith Foundations of Discipline Foundations of Intimacy Just to name a few. Learn how you too can overcome childhood trauma by a person that overcame physical and mental abuse. What began initially as a journey of being victimized turned to discovering a relationship with Jesus Christ, which then turned these tragic events into one becoming victorious. The label "Retard" was a title that became part of his DNA, but a new identify was birthed and his journey lead him from brokenness to becoming a Green Beret to now finishing his Doctoral degree in Organizational Leadership emphasis in Ministry. This triumphant story and teachings will leave you with not only a better understanding of how childhood trauma becomes graphed into one's DNA, but provide the tools to overcome any obstacle.

God Is Not Great

God Is Not Great
Author: Christopher Hitchens
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2008-11-19
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1551991764

Christopher Hitchens, described in the London Observer as “one of the most prolific, as well as brilliant, journalists of our time” takes on his biggest subject yet–the increasingly dangerous role of religion in the world. In the tradition of Bertrand Russell’s Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris’s recent bestseller, The End Of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. With eloquent clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and reason, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope’s awesome view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty and symmetry of the double helix.

God Knows His Name

God Knows His Name
Author: David Bakke
Publisher: SIU Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2000-10-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0809381907

Police found John Doe No. 24 in the early morning hours of October 11, 1945, in Jacksonville, Illinois. Unable to communicate, the deaf and mute teenager was labeled “feeble minded” and sentenced by a judge to the nightmarish jumble of the Lincoln State School and Colony in Jacksonville. He remained in the Illinois mental health care system for over thirty years and died at the Sharon Oaks Nursing Home in Peoria on November 28, 1993. Deaf, mute, and later blind, the young black man survived institutionalized hell: beatings, hunger, overcrowding, and the dehumanizing treatment that characterized state institutions through the 1950s. In spite of his environment, he made friends, took on responsibilities, and developed a sense of humor. People who knew him found him remarkable. Award-winning journalist Dave Bakke reconstructs the life of John Doe No. 24 through research into a half-century of the state mental health system, personal interviews with people who knew him at various points during his life, and sixteen black-and-white illustrations. After reading a story about John Doe in the New York Times, acclaimed singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter wrote and recorded “John Doe No. 24” and purchased a headstone for his unmarked grave. She contributes a foreword to this book. As death approached for the man known only as John Doe No. 24, his one-time nurse Donna Romine reflected sadly on his mystery. “Ah, well,” she said, “God knows his name.”

Who Needs God

Who Needs God
Author: Harold Kushner
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2002
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0743234774

Full of the ideas on which Kushner has based his own life, "Who Needs God" will help readers bring depth and order to their lives through spirituality. It is a book for anyone who has ever stepped back and thought, "there must be more to life than this?"

Heaven Is for Real

Heaven Is for Real
Author: Todd Burpo
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2016-07-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781535195683

A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven. Heaven Is for Real is the true story of the four-year old son of a small town Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven. He survives and begins talking about being able to look down and see the doctor operating and his dad praying in the waiting room. The family didn't know what to believe but soon the evidence was clear. Colton said he met his miscarried sister, whom no one had told him about, and his great grandfather who died 30 years before Colton was born, then shared impossible-to-know details about each. He describes the horse that only Jesus could ride, about how "reaaally big" God and his chair are, and how the Holy Spirit "shoots down power" from heaven to help us. Told by the father, but often in Colton's own words, the disarmingly simple message is heaven is a real place, Jesus really loves children, and be ready, there is a coming last battle.

Caring for the Mentally Retarded from a Spiritual Perspective

Caring for the Mentally Retarded from a Spiritual Perspective
Author: Margaret Gibson
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2013-01-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 147976681X

Margaret Gibson is an evangelist seeking to promote the Word of GOD through writing and broadcasting. Caring For the Mentally Retarded From a Spiritual Perspective is designed to help families create a positive environment to nourish the growth and development of their love one. GOD is the source who facilitates change in our lives. GOD is the creator of all things. We must seek HIM more to solve matters that we are unable to resolve.

The Pastoral Voice of Robert Perske

The Pastoral Voice of Robert Perske
Author: William C. Gaventa
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2003
Genre: Christianity
ISBN: 9780789022561

Well known in mental health circles for his writing on mental retardation and community inclusion, Robert Perske is an important advocate for the developmentally disabled today. The Pastoral Voice of Robert Perske examines the earlier works (from 1963 to 1971) of Robert Perske, focusing on his role as a pastor and chaplain at the Kansas Neurological Institute. These articles were some of the first on ministry and mental retardation, yet they can easily be applied to the mental health and pastoral issues of today. Not only is this collection useful to clergy and spiritual administrators as well as mental health professionals, but the words of Robert Perske can be enlightening to the families of those who are developmentally disabled.

Augustine and Nicene Theology

Augustine and Nicene Theology
Author: Michel Rene Barnes
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2023-02-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725292157

This book draws together a collection of thirteen published and unpublished articles which together constitute a new reading of the character and development of Latin Trinitarian theology in the fourth and fifth centuries. The focus of the essays is on Augustine of Hippo (354–430 CE), but Augustine is treated here as an inheritor of earlier Latin tradition. Many of the figures of that tradition here receive a new interpretation—particularly Marius Victorinus. Augustine himself is explored from many angles; at every turn the developments in his theology are shown to be a response to the anti-Nicene theologies of the period. The beginning of the book discusses the manner in which modern “systematic” theology has engaged Augustine only through a simplified version of late-nineteenth-century categories. In conclusion, the broader question of how far modern theology can actually engage Patristic theology is explored at length.