This Remarkable Gift

This Remarkable Gift
Author: Maurice Shinnick
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1997-10-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1742696996

'This book should be read by every bishop, priest and lay pastor in the Catholic Church as well as every gay or lesbian person who has concluded that being happily gay and Catholic is not possible. The author provides an extremely accessible guide to Catholic teaching, social theory and gay and lesbian theology which will enable every reader to truly appreciate the 'remarkable gift' of being gay and Catholic.' - Elizabeth Stuart, Senior Lecturer in Theology, University of Glamorgan, Wales. For generations, gays and lesbians from Catholic backgrounds have struggled to reconcile their sexual orientation with their Church's rigid anti-homosexual stance. Some leave the Church in despair while others suppress their sexuality in order to remain in the Church. Maurice Shinnick argues that homosexuality should be seen as a gift from God, rather than a curse. He shows how attitudes to homosexuality have developed in different Christian denominations around the world and offers a careful re-reading of Catholic teaching. This Remarkable Gift calls for a genuine dialogue between the Church and gay and lesbian people and offers a guide to the paths such a dialogue could follow.

Gifts of Age

Gifts of Age
Author: Charlotte Painter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1985-10
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Writer Charlotte Painter and artist/photographer Pamela Valois have combined their impressive talents to present these intimate glimpses into the lives of thirty-two remarkable women, each of whom has discovered in maturity the opportunity of exploring new and exciting challenges. These are the Gifts of Age: the time, the freedom, and hopefully the wisdom to develop creative new images of oneself and one's place in the complexities of a long life. All of the women in this book are more than sixty-five years of age, and included are such well-known personalities as Julia Child, M.F.K. Fisher, Joan Baez Senior, and Louise M. Davies. No two have followed the same path, but each has been successful in achieving some new, frequently unanticipated distinction in her latter years. Gifts of Age is a fascinating insight into just how productive one's extended life can be, and inspiration for anyone who believes that the creative talent for living need not diminish with the passage of years.

Daisy’s Gift

Daisy’s Gift
Author: Claire Guest
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2016-07-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0753552019

Claire Guest was walking her dogs when Daisy, a fox red Labrador, nudged her breast insistently and stared up into her face with her big brown eyes. Sensing something was wrong, Claire visited her GP and soon found out she had a very deep – and difficult to diagnose – form of breast cancer. Daisy had saved her life, simply by smelling her cancer. With her scientific background and deep love of dogs, Claire intuited that Daisy and her canine pals could save many more lives, and set up the charity Medical Detection Dogs. Though faced with many challenges, Claire and her dogs have proven to be a remarkable asset to cancer detection, and have changed the lives of many seriously ill people and their families. This is the story of how our relationship with dogs can unleash life-saving talents, changing not only the medical world, but our own lives too.

The Raven's Gift

The Raven's Gift
Author: Jon Turk
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2010-01-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1429964707

Noted scientist and kayak adventurer undertakes a journey of spiritual healing Jon Turk has kayaked around Cape Horn and paddled across the Pacific Ocean to retrace the voyages of ancient people. But, the strangest trip he ever took was the journey he made as a man of science into the realm of the spiritual. In a remote Siberian village, Turk met an elderly Koryak shaman named Moolynaut who invoked the help of a Spirit Raven to mend his fractured pelvis. When the healing was complete, he was able to walk without pain. Turk, finding no rational explanation, sought understanding by traversing the frozen tundra where Moolynaut was born, camping with bands of reindeer herders, and recording stories of their lives and spirituality. Framed by high adventure across the vast and forbidding Siberian landscape, The Raven's Gift creates a vision of natural and spiritual realms interwoven by one man's awakening.

The Gift

The Gift
Author: Barbara Browning
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2017-04-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1566894778

In the midst of Occupy, Barbara Andersen begins spamming people indiscriminately with ukulele covers of sentimental songs. A series of inappropriate intimacies ensued, including an erotically charged correspondence and then collaboration with an extraordinarily gifted and troubled musician living in Germany.

YOU ARE REMARKABLE.

YOU ARE REMARKABLE.
Author: kelly cashman
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2010-02-13
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 0557200245

This is the first book for the website You Are Remarkable (youareremarkable.wordpress.com). It is a scrapbook of sorts to read when you're feeling blue or when you need to hear that someone believes in you.

The Gift of Administration

The Gift of Administration
Author: Donald P. Senior
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2015-12-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0814647413

In his First Letter to the Corinthians Paul cites “administrators” as one of God’s gifts to the Christian community (1 Cor 12:28). But many who serve in administrative service today have difficulty seeing how their everyday work is an expression of discipleship. This book, written by an experienced administrator and noted biblical scholar, shows how the various functions of institutional administration are deeply rooted in the Scriptures and are a genuine expression of our call to discipleship. Leadership, mission statements and planning, finances and fund raising, personnel issues, communications, and public relations—all of these seemingly “secular” activities serve to build up the Body of Christ and deserve to be recognized as authentic Christian ministry. To see administrative service as a biblically rooted gift can help those involved in this way of life to find deeper and more satisfying spiritual meaning in what they do.

The Traveler's Summit

The Traveler's Summit
Author: Andy Andrews
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2018-06-12
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0785220062

The Traveler’s Summit explores the historically proven principles that have guided our greatest leaders for centuries, and how we might restore these principles in our own lives…before it’s too late. Dave Ponder is back, and this time, the fate of civilization may be in his hands. Centuries of greed, pride, and hate have sent humankind hurtling toward disaster, far from our original purpose. There is only one solution that can reset the compass and right the ship, and that answer is only two words. With time running out, it’s up to David Ponder and a cast of history’s best and brightest minds to uncover this solution before it is too late. The catch? They are allowed only five tries to solve the ominous challenge. Readers first encountered David Ponder in the New York Times bestseller The Traveler’s Gift. Now, in The Traveler’s Summit, Andrews combines a riveting narrative with astounding history to show us the one thing we must do when we don’t know what to do. Released in a previous edition as The Final Summit.

The Gift

The Gift
Author: Lewis Hyde
Publisher:
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1999
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Starting with the premise that the work of art is a gift and not a commodity, this revolutionary book ranges across anthropology, literature, economics, and psychology to show how the 'commerce of the creative spirit' functions in the lives of artists and in culture as a whole.

It’s a Gift

It’s a Gift
Author: Tami Walker
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2022-05-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1664265147

This book gives a new perspective on suffering that often isn’t taught: It’s a Gift. With this new perspective, the reader will be guided through six biblical reasons why born-again believers experience suffering; more importantly, why each of these reasons are ultimately gifts. They will not only walk away with a renewed faith in God’s sovereignty, but will also gain a new appreciation for the trials He has ordained for them.