Reflections Over The Long Haul

Author : Robert McAfee Brown
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664224042
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reflections Over the Long Haul written by Robert McAfee Brown and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert McAfee Brown (d. 2001) was a renowned Presbyterian theologian, teacher, and social activist. This is his memoir, the story of a modest man who lived life according to his conscience and his faith, and who was a model for responsible social activism within and outside the church.

Author : Finn Murphy
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393608727
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road written by Finn Murphy and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “There’s nothing semi about Finn Murphy’s trucking tales of The Long Haul.”—Sloane Crosley, Vanity Fair More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Since then he’s covered more than a million miles as a mover, packing, loading, hauling people’s belongings all over America. In The Long Haul, Murphy recounts with wit, candor, and charm the America he has seen change over the decades and the poignant, funny, and often haunting stories of the people he encounters on the job.

Author : Daniel Berrigan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1606085182
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ten Commandments for the Long Haul written by Daniel Berrigan and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-04-02 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have a sense that the times themselves, apart from more or less deliberately created crises, render strong things fragile, and fragile things mortally endangered. The times themselves are a permanent crisis. So writes Daniel Berrigan in this journal of reflections and musings from the late 1970s. First published in 1981, this book traces Berrigan's work after his release from Danbury Prison in 1972 for his part in the Catonsville Nine antiwar demonstration--from his experiences in Palestine, Northern Ireland, and France (where he lived with Thich Nhat Hanh), to his experiences as a teacher in Manitoba and Berkeley. Throughout, Berrigan ponders the commands of Christ, the struggle to be faithful to these commands, and why so few take them seriously. With wit and wisdom, Berrigan shares his faith journey and encourages us to stay faithful to that journey, to be peacemakers for the long haul.

Author : Kathy Obear
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1683508181
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In It for the Long Haul written by Kathy Obear and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes when you’re helping others, you need to learn to help yourself. If you make serving others and engaging in activism a priority—whether as a volunteer or a professional—feeling exhausted and overwhelmed can come with the territory, sometimes leading to despair. When the problems and obstacles feel so big, it’s easy to lose hope, but there is a healthier way. Are you running on empty, having to push yourself to keep going? Then this book is for you. Through engaging stories and practical tips and tools, you’ll learn how to: Recognize the warning signs you’re burning out Take better care of yourself AND spark real change in the world Recommit to self-care so you can be of greater service Navigate the backlash and self-sabotage you’ll inevitably face Avoid burnout and passion fatigue while maintaining a high level of energy, passion, and persistence year after year The world needs more passionate, committed change agents who can go the distance, not flame out in an all-out sprint. Read this book to find out how to recreate your life to sustain your impact in the world over the long haul.

Author : Myles Horton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780807737002
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Long Haul written by Myles Horton and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myles Horton traces the history of the Highlander Folk School, exploring how the school has influenced notable figures in the civil rights movement, including Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Eleanor Roosevelt, and discusses how the school has served as a catalyst for social change.

Author : Ram Dass
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1647224888
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reflections on the Journey written by Ram Dass and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Ram Dass-themed journal for contemplation and reflection, featuring inspiring quotes from Ram Dass that offer writers and seekers a tool for cultivating honesty, compassion and love. Reflections on the Journey is a Ram Dass-inspired journal containing 12 contemplative quotes by Ram Dass and 190 lined pages for writing and reflection. The quotes are carefully curated to inspire readers and writers to search deeper within themselves to witness the truth of their being. Each quote contains loving and heartening Ram Dass wisdom, offering readers and writers a resonant tool to help them follow their life path with honesty, compassion and love.

Author : William Alsup
Publisher : NewSouth Books
ISBN 13 : 1603064524
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Won Over written by William Alsup and published by NewSouth Books. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was it like growing up white in Mississippi as the Civil Rights Movement exploded in the 1950s and '60s. How did white children reconciled the decency and fairness taught by their parents with the indecency and unfairness of the Mississippi Way of Life, the euphemism applied to the pervasive Jim Crow. How did the Civil Rights Movement influence white kids coming of age in the most segregated place in America? Won Over, a memoir, examines these questions as it traces the journey of United States District Judge William Alsup, born white in 1945 to hard-working parents in Mississippi. They believed in segregation. But they also taught their children fairness and decency and therein lay the conflict, a struggle at the core of the human predicament in the South. As Won Over recalls near its outset, the author's earliest doubt about the system came at age twelve when what he'd thought stood as an abandoned shack at the bottom of a sand quarry turned out to be a school for black kids, whom we saw playing in the mud outside its door. At the end, Won Over reflects on a 1966 challenge by the author and his college roommate to the Mississippi Speaker Ban, an official rule against any "controversial" speaker coming onto a college campus in Mississippi, a rule used to quash their invitation to the state president of the NAACP to speak at their college, Mississippi State University. After a tense showdown, the roommates won that challenge. In January 1967, Aaron Henry became the first black ever to speak on a white college campus in Mississippi, receiving a standing ovation. The memoir traces the influences that drew the author from traditional Southern attitudes toward a color-blind ideal. Those influences included his older sister, Willanna, his closest circle of friends, a charismatic mentor in college, and the moral force of the Civil Rights Movement. Won Over recounts their steps along that journey — a counter protest to a John Birch Society billboard calling for the impeachment of Chief Justice Earl Warren; meeting personally with the brother of slain leader Medgar Evers to convey condolences; a letter to the editor of the statewide paper on behalf of his circle of friends declaring "We are for civil rights for Negroes"; joining his college roommate in a rally at Tougaloo College to support the Meredith March Against Racism; and going to the Liberty Baptist Church in Chicago to hear Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. exhort the faithful in their summer-long protest against housing and employment discrimination. In 1967, William Alsup went on to Harvard Law School, then to clerk for Justice William O. Douglas. He briefly practiced civil rights law in Mississippi before moving to San Francisco, where he became a trial attorney and, in 1999, received an appointment as United States District Judge.

Author : Alan D. Wolfelt
Publisher : Companion Press
ISBN 13 : 1617220973
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Journey Through Grief written by Alan D. Wolfelt and published by Companion Press. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This spiritual companion for mourners affirms their need to mourn and invites them to journey through their very unique and personal grief. Detailed are the six needs that all mourners must yield to and eventually embrace if they are to go on to find continued meaning in life and living, including the need to remember the deceased loved one and the need for support from others. Short explanations of each mourning need are followed by brief, spiritual passages that, when read slowly and reflectively, help mourners work through their unique thoughts and feelings. Also included in this revised edition are journaling sections for mourners to write out their personal responses to each of the six needs. This replaces 1879651114.

Author : Delio, Ilia
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608338673
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hours of the Universe written by Delio, Ilia and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2021-01-20 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drawing on work of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and modern science, author offers meditations pointing toward a new understanding of Christianity in terms of evolution"--

Author : Stanley Klein
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071442766
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reflections from a Different Journey written by Stanley Klein and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2004-03-22 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers parents of children with disabilities inspiration and advice from those who've been there Reflections from a Different Journey presents 40 stories by successful adults who grew up with disabilities. They provide insights into what it is like to persevere in the face of community prejudices, and what it takes for families and children with disabilities to work together toward fulfillment. While there are many books for parents on raising a child with a disability, this is the first to help them learn from people with disabilities, and to help children face the unique challenges and rewards of growing up with a disability. Reflections from a Different Journey will also encourage and inspire older children and adults with disabilities, other family members, and education and health care professionals who serve these families.