Get inside the heart, soul and mind of a recovering heroin addict as John Michael Weber gives you a year, one day at a time, of his ponders, passions and poems.

Follow John Michael Weber as he chronicles life at the bottom of a heroin addict. This true story of his addiction sheds light into the darkness of addiction and a brighter light on the Salvation that saves many like himself.

Giving and receiving mercy is central to living a life of passion and is central to living the life God calls us to. We all need mercy at different times in our lives, and we all have an obligation to give mercy to others at different times in our lives. If you think about it, God’s mercy is overwhelmingly generous. He calls us to respond with the same spirit of generosity. The perfect companion for the Year of Mercy called for by Pope Francis, Beautiful Mercy provides an encounter with th...

For four decades, Ideas has presented more than 400,000 CBC Radio listeners in Canada and the United States with the most challenging contemporary thought of the day. Now, to mark the program’s 40th anniversary, executive producer Bernie Lucht has selected the most striking interviews and lectures for Ideas: Brilliant Thinker Speak Their Minds. Featuring some the best thinkers from North America and around the world that have appeared on the program since its beginnings in 1965, Ideas: Bri...

Liebe Leserin, lieber Leser, auch nach jahrelanger Tätigkeit in meiner Ordination gibt es Fragen, die ich nicht ohne weiteres beantworten kann. Erst unlängst wurde ich von einer Patientin – bei ihr war wenige Jahre zuvor eine Krebserkrankung diagnostiziert worden – nach der gut verlaufenen Operation und Chemotherapie mit Fragen konfrontiert, um deren Antwort sie auch selbst rang: Warum ist sie krank geworden? Wie kann sie in ihrem weiteren Leben von den gemachten Erfahrungen profitieren un...

Ob in Philosophie, Literatur, Bildenden Künsten, Publizistik oder Politik - katholische deutsche Intellektuelle haben die geistige Landschaft des 20. Jahrhunderts wesentlich mitgeprägt. Sie stellten Fragen an die Zeit und ihre Mitmenschen, die anderen nicht einfielen oder die sie nicht zu stellen wagten. Hans-Rüdiger Schwab hat 39 Porträts ganz unterschiedlicher Männer und Frauen - Laien allesamt - zusammengestellt, die den großen Spannungsbogen katholischen Geisteslebens im 20. Jahrhunder...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad of success stories are being forged among educational institutions, supporting industries, and educational consortia that are embracing innovative approaches to all aspects of the higher edu...

Chartered in 1869, Southern Illinois University has been a stalwart presence on the southern Illinois landscape for a century and a half. This book celebrates the 150th anniversary of the university’s founding by exploring in depth its history since 1969, when the last book to celebrate a major anniversary was published.Chapters reflect on SIU’s successful athletics program, the various colleges and departments within the university, the diverse holdings and collections of the libr...

Darkness looms over the Realm of Hope. The Maggirdym is damaged, its rules broken; the land is strange and empty.Classrooms and dorms stand vacant; students no longer fill the School's halls.No more do Souls train to be Magirai, for you see, the Queen has given them new purpose...

Ten Magirai now walk the Earth; the internet buzzes with their deeds.Fans praise these magical superheroes; others rush to condemn.Instantly famous the world over, the Ten Sisters work tirelessly to free Humanity from Darkness.But, between Demons, and the court of public opinion, another enemy exists.

A golden gateway leads to another universemeant to protect us from cataclysm.But our greed wants that reality now.Who will protect it from us?