Böcker av Michael Lamb

What happens when you can't even realize that you are not navigating your own life. When you become so consumed with hard times, trauma, heartache, grief, and resentment from things of the past. That your present becomes a nightmare and the future, nonexistent. You begin to feel boxed in like there is no way out. Sadly, some of us are dealt this negative reality at birth. We fall victim to our circumstances and become products of our environments. Everyone knows what happens after that...they throw us in a cage and trap us like animals. Reek's story was just slightly more complicated then that. Follow along in these short mini-series that depict the tumultuous lifestyles of individuals who are not only trapped physically or mentally but captured and confined in the clutches of their past. You won't be able to escape these novels! This is...TRAPPED!!!

In this thought-provoking and intriguing fantasy, set in a parallel world to our own, the reader must accompany the biblically-styled character of Joshua, as he slips easily and compellingly between different time-perspectives and across various continents.

A bold new interpretation of Augustine's virtue of hope and its place in political life When it comes to politics, Augustine of Hippo is renowned as one of history's great pessimists, with his sights set firmly on the heavenly city rather than the public square. Many have enlisted him to chasten political hopes, highlighting the realities of evil and encouraging citizens instead to cast their hopes on heaven. A Commonwealth of Hope challenges prevailing interpretations of Augustinian pessimism, offering a new vision of his political thought that can also help today's citizens sustain hope in the face of despair. Amid rising inequality, injustice, and political division, many citizens wonder what to hope for in politics and whether it is possible to forge common hopes in a deeply polarized society. Michael Lamb takes up this challenge, offering the first in-depth analysis of Augustine's virtue of hope and its profound implications for political life. He draws on a wide range of Augustine's writings--including neglected sermons, letters, and treatises--and integrates insights from political theory, religious studies, theology, and philosophy. Lamb shows how diverse citizens, both religious and secular, can unite around common hopes for the commonwealth. Recovering this understudied virtue and situating Augustine within his political, rhetorical, and religious contexts, A Commonwealth of Hope reveals how Augustine's virtue of hope can help us resist the politics of presumption and despair and confront the challenges of our time.