A Sample Meditation: Loss on the Way to Enlightenment Avoidance, rationalization, religion, reality, projection, distraction Acknowledging that we often grow tired of the painful truth about poverty, illness, racism, discrimination, environmental ruin, and warfare, we confess that we have escaped through distraction using food, entertainment, alcohol, and personal isolation. We regret most deeply that we have fashioned religions to mask reality, often blaming our cruel indifference on a di...

 After the EMP - Building a FutureForced to leave Wisconsin or risk a civil war between his loyal subordinates and those of Major Charles Windham the third, the saga continues as our heroes and their families desperately struggle to survive the journey. Now, in a post-apocalyptic world, they must rely on their knowledge, training and instincts to escape destruction, disease and death.Battling their way up the Missouri, our stalwart group reaches the small town of Independence...

Do you need a quick hint about what to bid? Do you know what you are supposed to lead from KJ10x? Have you forgotten what a reverse is? If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, this is the book that you need!

"It's beautifulYour life, the overwhelming happiness and excruciating painThe disappointments and hurt you've hidden behind a battered heartThe beauty is that despite it all, you're still here"- Ray Lee GabrielsAre you or anyone you know currently in a dark cloud of depression?Depression and suicide are conversations less discussed in social circles and is the causeof thousands of deaths per year.At times hope might seem far off an...

After a generation of being a leading progressive voice both in the pulpit and in the print media of Springfield, Missouri, Roger Ray has collected one hundred of his essays on topics of social justice, religion, sex, economics, warfare, and race as a collection for use in college classrooms, in adult discussion groups, and as an enjoyable collection of thought provoking articles that once appeared on the opinion page of the Springfield NewsLeader.

Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel has said that there is a new commandment: "Thou shalt not stand idly by." This book articulates a progressive faith that represents a true marriage of the academic work of the modern biblical critical movement and the historical Jesus work of the Jesus Seminar applied within the life of an active parish. Setting aside the magic and superstition found in much of traditional religious life and affirming an evidence-based approach to faith...

Based on a true story.It's a new house in a new city, right after the most traumatic event of the three Smith siblings' young lives ... and weird stuff starts happening. It goes on for years.Events could be what might be called "spooky." And the house is called "haunted." Yet there could be "real" scientific explanations. The quantum world "behind the curtain."Aspects of reality in the universe are beyond our understanding. The ghostly truth may be stranger than fic...

This dramatic science fiction story is based upon an imaginative mixture of real-world facts and reasoned scientific and religious speculation. It begins a decade before and mostly takes place over the past four years of the present day.A new organization's activities--some call them miraculous while others think they are blasphemous--have literally changed the whole world. The story may inspire a reevaluation of one's fundamental beliefs and perhaps even require one to contemplate...

George Atkins, a successful twenty-six year old architect living in South London whose whole life changes in a split second. He relocates to a sleepy village in Dorset where he makes new friends and tries to build a new life.Some of the people he meets along the way affect his life in a way he could never have imagined. One of whom, the organist at the village Church, sends him on a journey to rescue a local woman. He becomes embroiled in family feuds and underhand dealings. He mee...

The term "1992 Project" refers to the portion of the 1987 Single European Act that commits the European Community to the completion of a single integrated market by 1992. The project has brought about a dramatic revival of interest in the EC and this volume is a product of that revival. It provides evaluations and estimates of the future of the integration process and of the EC itself. The contributors share two broad themes. The first is a view of the integration process as a multilevel g...

Brothers Peter and James discover a secret entrance to a magical forest where they are able to talk to the animals. Even the trees can talk! They make lots of new friends including wizards, elves, pixies, and fairies. They also meet the King and Queen of the forest. Together with their friend, Sally, they go on many adventures.These stories are ideal bed time reading. Follow the three friends as they explore this magical world. This is the first book in a series which will take you...

Accessible and practical overview to help social reseachers make the most of information technology in relation to research design and selection, management and analysis of research data. The book pinpoints current and future trends in computer-assisted methods.; This book is intended for postgraduate and undergraduate social research methods courses and professional social researchers in sociology, social policy and administration, social psychology and geography. Particular appeal to cou...