A READ-TO-ME picture book for children, about a little boy named Daniel, who hears noises in the attic and goes to investigate. The ensuing story is about a squirrel on the loose inside the house, and how Daniel and his family are trying to get him out.Delightful, laugh-out-loud story for little people.
A quarterly journal showcasing poetry, short fiction, flash-fiction, haiku, and any writing that drips with authenticity.
What happens when our freedoms begin to disappear? What are the end results of the Patriot Act, the John Werner Defense Authorization Act, the countless databases, spying on American citizens? Why is nothing truly done with revelations such as Snowdens?What happens when an innocent American family living in a small town, Petoskey, Michigan, becomes a target of the federal government? Where can all of these databases lead to? Who are those on the terrorist watchlists?This is our story of how our family became targeted by the federal government and we had to flee for our lives. Unknown to family as why we were missing and being pushed by police agencies to use media to locate us, our story quickly climbed up the charts, eventually hitting Good Morning America, front page Yahoo! news, as well as countless other outlets.This is our side of the story in this day and age of political repression for those who dare to stand up for what is right and refuse to go along with the crowds.Visit our website: www.ofmissingpersons.com for current and updated documentation.
Inside the largest public fraud scandal in US history-how novice, experienced, and professional fraudsters from around the world stole hundreds of billions of US pandemic relief dollars. "Part history, part thriller, part biography...," Left Holding the Bag is a compelling inside account from former inspector general and pandemic watchdog Bob Westbrooks. Part cop/part auditor, Westbrooks takes you behind the scenes as he chronicles how Washington responded to its COVID test and how American taxpayers lost roughly $500 billion to pandemic relief fraud and waste. With a mask-wearing nation under stay-at-home orders while a deadly virus ravaged the population, during PPE shortages and people dying alone in ICUs, before vaccines and immunity and time reopened the American way of life after three years, the federal government, through six hastily written COVID-19 relief laws provided the largest infusion of emergency relief spending in US history. The federal government distributed an unfathomable $5 trillion, through a jumble of federal programs in the hundreds, to a menagerie of recipients in the millions. Some federal programs were poorly designed and easily exploited by unscrupulous operators. Competing crises soon distracted the nation, while homegrown and global pirates looted federal pandemic relief programs and plundered roughly $500 billion in relief funds-and left American taxpayers holding the bag. This book takes you back to this extraordinary time, the federal government's unprecedented response, and the exemplary work of the inspectors general and their federal law enforcement partners as they followed the money, flagged fraud risks, disrupted fraud schemes, and chased bad guys through a stunning true crime wave. Our country literally can't afford another financial hit like this, and Westbrooks provides a blueprint to help ensure it never happens again.
Exploring the connection between Scripture and Nature in the theology of Jonathan Edwards, Thunder God, Wonder God reveals a vast network of emblematic thought. It speaks to a renewed appreciation of our natural world as a divine revelation, and invites readers to contemplate Edwards' theocentric and poetic vision of the cosmos. Through Scripture, Church history, Edwards' writings, early modern emblem writers, and Evangelical theologians, this book shows how the universe is filled with insight for those who have eyes to see - everything from insects to elephants, molecules to mountains, has a story to tell.
Imagine you're in a store trying on shoes that are not comfortable. An experienced salesperson hands you a custom fit insole so each shoe fits you perfectly. Wow! Now imagine you're at home. Across the room sits your Bible. Except for dust, it's in pristine condition, because it has not been opened in a while. Perhaps you felt intimidated or frustrated trying to read it or find scriptures relevant to your life today. It was years of experiencing joy in the scriptures and guidance for today that led to creating this first Just A Pinch book to be your custom fit insole. It navigates you to the best of the Bible for living today -- like practical footsteps fitted for your shoes. This book speaks to you right where you are. It extends a gentle hand and walks with you to confidently open your Bible.
Sometimes the people we love the most are the people who hurt us the most, but this pain does not need to define us. We can write our future in any light we like, free from the pains of our past. Trauma by Rowan McKiernan is a powerful and poignant collection of poetry that delves deep into the human experience of pain, heartbreak, and trauma. Raw and vulnerable, Trauma takes readers on a journey of survival and healing, offering a road to solace and hope in the darkest moments of their lives.
From her grandfather, a 12-year-old girl learns to love fishing in Cindy Sue and the Lunker Club. Although she discovers the sport is about more than catching fish, she also finds that battling a big one is "better than flying downhill on a roller coaster."Nature is beautiful. Go outside and see what you're missing. Fishing is exciting, not boring. Spending time with family makes everything more fun. Go fishing with friends and/or family and see what you've been missing!
Leoma Gilley has been a member of Wycliffe Bible Translators and SIL International for over 30 years. She has a deep reverence for the Bible and a desire to pray in more effective ways. During an Ash Wednesday service, many areas for confession were mentioned. It seems more reflection was needed. These prayers are the result of those reflections.
Secret Place Poems For Meditation and Inspiration are an invitation to still away from the busyness of life and meditate on scripture hidden within the poems. The poems uniquely interact with valuable themes such as identity, purpose, and our ability to surrender to God. Many of the poems also take on a prophetic voice and can assist the reader in learning to hear and recognize the voice of God. Secret Place Poems can be spoken aloud as a decree or daily confession. Create greater intimacy with God as you engage in the poetic dialogue.
Is a good and gracious God really at work in this world through ordinary people in commonplace congregations in unexceptional places? In a time when it is all too easy to write off churches and pastors with a cynic's sneer, would it be heartening to read a collection of stories seasoned with a pastor's genuine affection and enduring respect for a congregation of refreshingly humble, eminently likeable people, stories that provide a conduit of comfort, humor, and hope? David Shirey has been in ministry for over forty years, but he has never forgotten his first love, a small county-seat church nestled in east central Tennessee. Though there were but two dozen people in the congregation, there was no shortage of glimpses of God's goodness and grace breaking forth from their midst. In It Don't Get Any Better Than This, readers will find three dozen stories seasoned with warmth, humor, and tenderness and a cast of inimitable characters, including: Chet and his peculiar mandolin ("Them rattlesnake rattles make it sound better!") Margaret, the feisty octogenarian pianist Harry bolting for the men's room mid-sermon Miz Ella promising homemade banana cream pie from her deathbed And many more The stories told in It Don't Get Any Better Than This transcend time and place and will delight anyone who relishes a good tale told in tones of the gospel story. It's a book that will have you saying, "I needed that." Tuck a napkin in your collar and pull up to the table. You're in for a treat.
Rumors. Secrets. Lies. Can Kyla Lewis uncover the truth before it's too late?>Walker Dean has seen too much. Captured and tortured as a Navy SEAL, Walker wants to put his past behind him when he becomes a bodyguard for Watchdog Security. But the past is not done with Walker. It may not repeat but it certainly echoes when he catches his bosses whispering about an invisible threat that's closing in for revenge. And it all centers on the most beautiful woman Walker has ever seen. A woman who he's not allowed to trust even as he's falling in love. Can Walker and the Watchdog Team keep Kyla safe from the growing forces of darkness surrounding her?
The summer of 1969 fast approaches and Marcus Clemens is entering into a critical and pivotal time in his life. With his goblins and demons vanquished two years ago, Marcus is confident that those horrors and heartaches are firmly in the rearview mirror. The future is aglow with promise as Marcus looks forward to his monumental eighteenth birthday. But life constantly evolves. Friends and foes come and go. Now, in 1969, Marcus is confronted by a varied and interesting cast of characters - some familiar, some new, some friendly, and some ... well ..... Mystery and suspense continue as haunting hallmarks in the lives of Marcus and his girlfriend Cassie. Their summer is alternately consumed by exhilaration and disappointment. Discoveries are made, devastating secrets are revealed, and consequences must be weighed; all culminating in the most onerous and difficult trial of Marcus' life. The Fourth Chair will have you squirming in your seat.
How many times does it take before you realize that you're not the solution to a problem when it comes to marriage? You're not even the right person to give advice when asked. This is how the world treats someone who has never been married, yet these are the first people who are asked when there is a problem in a marriage.Let's analyze this concept for a moment. One, who told you to get married in the first place, was it God or was it your decision? Two, why did you get married? Was it for love or money, or even some other reason?Three, the one who says, "I DO" may just be saying that because they "Don't" want to be alone.Find out where your inside told your outside that marriage was the right thing for you. The outcome may help you determine and help you realize who was the real person who kept you in a place where you did not belong and who wanted to have someone, who they could just boss around. You may find that when released from a marriage that was not yours to begin with or was not in its proper time will always result in turmoil and even misery in some cases. In others, there could be a reunion as a friend or even a person who wants to be a husband without the paperwork. Either way, somebody must change and there is never a clear picture of who that is when it comes to a marriage.What if it's both of you and you don't even know it until you are alone and have had time to assess what really happened? The real truth about your marriage comes from God and he is a marriage counselor from the inside and of course, he does solo sessions when you make your appointment.In time, all marriages are more than meets the eye. They are happy, sad, moody, loving, and even impossible but never blame each other for what you think the other person should or should not be doing as you're not the boss of anything but yourself. You're not even the boss of that either without God so take a step back and get together with him to get the answers to the who, what, and whys of your life. Your marriage is not the whole picture, it's just a minor adjustment to the bigger plan which you were supposed to understand first, marriage second, and Love until death do you part third.The single humans are not in the wrong for being single, they are in it to win it, with or without the other person to make them feel whole. Two do become one but not without God as the merger and until you merge with God first, you're going in circles.
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