I Leap Over The Wall

Author : Monica Baldwin
Publisher : Robert Hale
ISBN 13 : 0719816440
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Leap Over the Wall written by Monica Baldwin and published by Robert Hale. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of twenty-one, Monica Baldwin - the niece of Stanley Baldwin - entered one of the oldest and most strictly enclosed contemplative orders of the Roman Catholic Church. At the age of forty-eight, and after struggling with her vocation for many years, she obtained a special rescript from Rome and left the convent. But the world Monica had known and forsaken in 1914 was very different to the world into which she emerged at the height of the Second World War ...This is the fascinating account of one woman's two very different lives, with revealing descriptions of the world of a novice, the duties of a nun's day, and the spiritual aspects of convent life. Interwoven with these are the trials and tribulations of coping with a new and alien world, as the author is confronted with fashions, interventions, politics and art totally unfamiliar to her. Written in the post-war years, this re-issue is as fresh and engaging today as it ever was. Humour, intelligence, an endearing humility and a searing honesty all characterize this remarkable classic, giving readers both a glimpse into a hidden world and a unique view on one more familiar.

Author : Eugene H. Peterson
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062032585
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leap Over a Wall written by Eugene H. Peterson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the characters in the Bible, it is David who is most human. His life is lived on the "rough-edged actuality" of real life, and his relationship with God is an energetic one. Through the passions, the trials, and the lyrical poetry of this beloved figure, we gain powerful insights into the role of God in our own lives. In this inspirational volume, Professor Eugene H. Peterson, translator of The Message, uses stories from David's epic life as vivid lessons in everyday faith and spirituality. Exploring David's experiences of friendship, grief, love, sin, and suffering, as well as sanctuary, beauty, and wilderness, he reawakens us to the enduring truths behind these beloved stories.

Author : Monica Baldwin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780719816437
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Leap Over the Wall written by Monica Baldwin and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of twenty-one, Monica Baldwin entered a cloistered order. After struggling with her vocation she left after twenty-eight years. This account records the differences in her experiences both inside and outside the convent.

Author : A. Deborah Baker
Publisher : Tordotcom
ISBN 13 : 0765399261
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Over the Woodward Wall written by A. Deborah Baker and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing as A. Deborah Baker, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Seanan McGuire introduces readers to a world of talking trees and sarcastic owls, of dangerous mermaids and captivating queens in Over the Woodward Wall, an exceptional tale for readers who are young at heart. If you trust her you’ll never make it home... A 2021 Locus Award Finalist! Avery is an exceptional child. Everything he does is precise, from the way he washes his face in the morning, to the way he completes his homework – without complaint, without fuss, without prompt. Zib is also an exceptional child, because all children are, in their own way. But where everything Avery does and is can be measured, nothing Zib does can possibly be predicted, except for the fact that she can always be relied upon to be unpredictable. They live on the same street. They live in different worlds. On an unplanned detour from home to school one morning, Avery and Zib find themselves climbing over a stone wall into the Up and Under – an impossible land filled with mystery, adventure and the strangest creatures. And they must find themselves and each other if they are to also find their way out and back to their own lives. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Pema Chodron
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1590308433
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taking the Leap written by Pema Chodron and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the Buddhist concept of shenpa in order to describe how to become free from the destructive energy experienced during moments of conflict.

Author : David Hu
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691204160
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls written by David Hu and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Insects walk on water, snakes slither, and fish swim. Animals move with astounding grace, speed, and versatility: how do they do it, and what can we learn from them? In How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls, David Hu takes readers on an accessible, wondrous journey into the world of animal motion. From basement labs at MIT to the rain forests of Panama, Hu shows how animals have adapted and evolved to traverse their environments, taking advantage of physical laws with results that are startling and ingenious. In turn, the latest discoveries about animal mechanics are inspiring scientists to invent robots and devices that move with similar elegance and efficiency. Hu follows scientists as they investigate a multitude of animal movements, from the undulations of sandfish and the way that dogs shake off water in fractions of a second to the seemingly crash-resistant characteristics of insect flight. Not limiting his exploration to individual organisms, Hu describes the ways animals enact swarm intelligence, such as when army ants cooperate and link their bodies to create bridges that span ravines. He also looks at what scientists learn from nature's unexpected feats--such as snakes that fly, mosquitoes that survive rainstorms, and dead fish that swim upstream. As researchers better understand such issues as energy, flexibility, and water repellency in animal movement, they are applying this knowledge to the development of cutting-edge technology. Integrating biology, engineering, physics, and robotics, [this book] demystifies the remarkable mechanics behind animal locomotion"--Page 4 of cover.

Author : Anne Lamott
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0375409173
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traveling Mercies written by Anne Lamott and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2000-09-05 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of Bird by Bird comes a personal, wise, very funny, and “life-affirming” book (People) that shows us how to find meaning and hope through shining the light of faith on the darkest part of ordinary life. "Anne Lamott is walking proof that a person can be both reverent and irreverent in the same lifetime. Sometimes even in the same breath." —San Francisco Chronicle Lamott claims the two best prayers she knows are: "Help me, help me, help me" and "Thank you, thank you, thank you." She has a friend whose morning prayer each day is "Whatever," and whose evening prayer is "Oh, well." Anne thinks of Jesus as "Casper the friendly savior" and describes God as "one crafty mother." Despite—or because of—her irreverence, faith is a natural subject for Anne Lamott. Since Operating Instructions and Bird by Bird, her fans have been waiting for her to write the book that explained how she came to the big-hearted, grateful, generous faith that she so often alluded to in her two earlier nonfiction books. The people in Anne Lamott's real life are like beloved characters in a favorite series for her readers—her friend Pammy, her son, Sam, and the many funny and wise folks who attend her church are all familiar. And Traveling Mercies is a welcome return to those lives, as well as an introduction to new companions Lamott treats with the same candor, insight, and tenderness. Lamott's faith isn't about easy answers, which is part of what endears her to believers as well as nonbelievers. Against all odds, she came to believe in God and then, even more miraculously, in herself. As she puts it, "My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers."

Author : Phillip J. Long
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1630870331
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jesus the Bridegroom written by Phillip J. Long and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-11-06 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did Jesus claim to be the "bridegroom"? If so, what did he mean by this claim? When Jesus says that the wedding guests should not fast "while the bridegroom is with them" (Mark 2:19), he is claiming to be a bridegroom by intentionally alluding to a rich tradition from the Hebrew Bible. By eating and drinking with "tax collectors and other sinners," Jesus was inviting people to join him in celebrating the eschatological banquet. While there is no single text in the Hebrew Bible or the literature of the Second Temple Period which states the "messiah is like a bridegroom," the elements for such a claim are present in several texts in Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Hosea. By claiming that his ministry was an ongoing wedding celebration he signaled the end of the Exile and the restoration of Israel to her position as the Lord's beloved wife. This book argues that Jesus combined the tradition of an eschatological banquet with a marriage metaphor in order to describe the end of the Exile as a wedding banquet.

Author : Sinclair B. Ferguson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781642893199
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lessons from the Upper Room written by Sinclair B. Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you give to spend an evening with Jesus, hearing Him teach and listening to Him pray? This is what we encounter in the Farewell Discourse of John 13-17. As the shadow of the cross loomed, Christ shared His final hours with the disciples to prepare them for His death, quiet their troubled hearts, and intercede on their behalf before the Father. In Lessons from the Upper Room, Dr. Sinclair Ferguson draws us into these intimate hours from the night when Jesus was betrayed. This vivid picture of Christ's ministry, from His washing the disciples' feet to His High Priestly Prayer, shows us the heart of Jesus. Discover His deepest desires for His people and take delight in the suffering Savior who has overcome the world.

Author : Ellen Leventhal
Publisher : Spork
ISBN 13 : 9781946101747
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lola Can't Leap written by Ellen Leventhal and published by Spork. This book was released on 2018-09 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lola comes from a long line of leapers. Can she carry on the family tradition? Join Lola as she trips, slips, and flips into a journey of self-discovery. In this newest book from Ellen Leventhal of Don't Eat the Bluebonnets Fame.