The Memoirs of God

The Memoirs of God
Author: Mark S. Smith
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2004
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781451413977

This insightful work examines the variety of ways that collective memory, oral tradition, history, and history writing intersect. Integral to all this are the ways in which ancient Israel was shaped by the monarchy, the Babylonian exile, and the dispersions of Judeans and the ways in which Israel conceptualized and interacted with the divine-Yahweh as well as other deities.

God, Family, Country

God, Family, Country
Author: Craig Morgan
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2022-09-27
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1665058668

Country music icon, army veteran, father, outdoorsman—Craig Morgan shares all aspects of his life, revealing stories even his most avid fans don’t know. Written with Jim DeFelice, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller American Sniper In 1989, as US news outlets declared an end to Operation Just Cause, Craig Morgan was part of an elite group of military operatives jumping into the jungle along the Panamanian border on a covert operation. Fans know the country music star from his hit songs and acclaimed albums, but there’s a lot more to him—a soldier who worked with the CIA in Panama, an undercover agent who fought sex traffickers in Thailand, and a dedicated family man who lives the values he sings. Craig details these many facets of his life and more in God, Family, Country. An on-stage appearance with his father’s band at age ten may have planted the seeds for life as a country star, but first he trained as a paratrooper in the army. After earning numerous distinctions, his path to sergeant major was all but assured. Then came a momentous decision: he left the active military to pursue music. With unwavering support from his wife and a pack of part-time jobs, he toughed out the lean years and achieved his first big success with the poignant ballad “Almost Home.” Other hits soon followed, from party songs like “Redneck Yacht Club” to the soul-rending “The Father, My Son, and the Holy Ghost.” Born from the anguish of his son Jerry’s passing, the song’s tribute has consoled and inspired millions across the world. Duty to country has been a constant throughout his life and globe-spanning career. In 2006, as “That’s What I Love about Sunday” topped country radio charts, Craig was riding in a convoy of Humvees in Iraq. An avid outdoorsman, a former sheriff’s deputy who’s still a member of the auxiliary, and always a husband and father first, Craig Morgan will inspire you with his life lived by the deepest values: God, family, country.

Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor

Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor
Author: D. A. Carson
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2008-02-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433522101

D. A. Carson's father was a pioneering church-planter and pastor in Quebec. But still, an ordinary pastor-except that he ministered during the decades that brought French Canada from the brutal challenges of persecution and imprisonment for Baptist ministers to spectacular growth and revival in the 1970s. It is a story, and an era, that few in the English-speaking world know anything about. But through Tom Carson's journals and written prayers, and the narrative and historical background supplied by his son, readers will be given a firsthand account of not only this trying time in North American church history, but of one pastor's life and times, dreams and disappointments. With words that will ring true for every person who has devoted themselves to the Lord's work, this unique book serves to remind readers that though the sacrifices of serving God are great, the sweetness of living a faithful, obedient life is greater still.

A Mission from God

A Mission from God
Author: James Meredith
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2012-08-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1451674740

“I am not a civil rights hero. I am a warrior, and I am on a mission from God.” —James Meredith James Meredith engineered two of the most epic events of the American civil rights era: the desegregation of the University of Mississippi in 1962, which helped open the doors of education to all Americans; and the March Against Fear in 1966, which helped open the floodgates of voter registration in the South. Part memoir, part manifesto, A Mission from God is James Meredith’s look back at his courageous and action-packed life and his challenge to America to address the most critical issue of our day: how to educate and uplift the millions of black and white Americans who remain locked in the chains of poverty by improving our public education system. Born on a small farm in Mississippi, Meredith returned home in 1960 after nine years in the U.S. Air Force, with a master plan to shatter the system of state terror and white supremacy in America. He waged a fourteen-month legal campaign to force the state of Mississippi to honor his rights as an American citizen and admit him to the University of Mississippi. He fought the case all the way to the Supreme Court and won. Meredith endured months of death threats, daily verbal abuse, and round-the-clock protection from federal marshals and thousands of troops to became the first black graduate of the University of Mississippi in 1963. In 1966 he was shot by a sniper on the second day of his “Walk Against Fear” to inspire voter registration in Mississippi. Though Meredith never allied with traditional civil rights groups, leaders of civil rights organizations flocked to help him complete the march, one of the last great marches of the civil rights era. Decades later, Meredith says, “Now it is time for our next great mission from God. . . . You and I have a divine responsibility to transform America.”

God Grew Tired of Us

God Grew Tired of Us
Author: John Bul Dau
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2008
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1426202121

Explores the indomitable spirit of three "Lost boys" from the Sudan who are forced to leave their homeland because of a civil war. They triumph over adversities and relocate to the U.S., where they remain deeply committed to helping the friends and family they left behind.

The Tongs and the Bones

The Tongs and the Bones
Author: George Henry Hubert Lascelles Earl of Harewood
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages: 386
Release: 1981
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Memoirs of a Girl Who Loves God

Memoirs of a Girl Who Loves God
Author: C L Wells
Publisher: C.L. Wells
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2015-06-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9780996431705

Fourteen-year-old Krystal finds herself flailing when her parents separate. Unable to cope, she begins cutting. No one knows. At her new school, she makes one single friend, Em, who invites her to volunteer at the local homeless shelter. There, Krystal discovers fellow misfits, including Brandon, a boy from her school. How can Krystal start a new life when the scars of her old one will never fully heal? theclwells.com/Press

How Do We Know when It's God?

How Do We Know when It's God?
Author: Dan Wakefield
Publisher: Beech River Books
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0982521456

"A memoir of a ten-year period that began when a profound religious reawakening interrupted decades of atheism and hard-living. The unexpected challenge of maintaining his faith over the long haul brings Wakefield to the realization that spirituality is not static and that each day holds the promise of renewal"--Provided by publisher.