Ancient Celts saw "thin places" where heaven and earth came strangely close to touching. Stephen Copeland experienced something similar when his mentor took him to the Double Door Inn, an historic hole-in-the-wall blues venue in Charlotte, North Carolina. This unassuming place invited Copeland further into a spiritual journey that calls out to each of us: to open our senses and "tune our ears" to thin places all around; to become aware of sacred spaces in everyday places. When Copeland lea...

In Where the Colors Blend, Stephen Copeland's self-discovery and God-discovery is told over a period of six years in the context of an annual retreat to the Blue Ridge Mountains in Roanoke, Virginia, where an obscure, forty-year-old church softball tournament takes place each summer to raise funds for mission work in Paraguay. In stepping into these stories, and sharing them with the reader, Stephen simultaneously journeys deeper within himself, discovering the divine in the proce...

Hong Kong is one of the world’s top trading, banking and financial centres. It is an exciting and vibrant place to visit. The territory is made up of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories with over 200 islands. The largest area is the New Territories in the north bordering Shenzhen in mainland China.TABLE OF CONTENTS: Welcome to Hong Kong - Overview - Culture - Location & Orientation - Climate & When to Visit - Sightseeing Highlights - Hong Kong Island - Lan Kwai Fong -...

With its picturesque harbor along the Adriatic Sea, it is easy to see why the pretty city of Rovinj in Croatia is referred to as the "Venice of of Istria.” A few centuries of Venetian rule has left its elegant mark on the city's architecture and its close proximity to Venice has led to a steady flow of ocean traffic between the two cities. In fact, to save money it makes great sense to book a stay in Rovinj and combine it with a daytrip to Venice. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Welcome to Rovinj & the...

Franciscan Lectio is for all those on a spiritual journey who long to see the world more beautifully and deeply and become more attentive and present."This unique Franciscan reader is like nothing else in its field—and so well put together!" —Fr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M.An ancient tradition dating back to the third century, lectio divina has long served as an avenue of contemplative prayer, but the practice has often been systematized, ...

L'implantation d'une prothèse d'épaule est aujourd'hui un geste largement pratiqué dont les patients tirent un grand bénéfice. Il est toutefois nécessaire, pour des résultats optimisés, de connaître les dernières avancées en la matière, les indications et contre-indications ainsi que les problèmes chirurgicaux spécifiques. Cet ouvrage répond à l'ensemble des questions que vous pouvez vous poser concernant les prothèses d'épaule. Après un rappel des équilibres musculaires et de la cinématiq...

Faith, hope, and love, traditionally called theological virtues, are central to Christianity. This book renews faith, hope, and love in the context of the many contemporary challenges in many unique ways. It is an ecumenical collection of papers, equally divided between Catholic and Protestant positions, that seek to radically renew the classical doctrine of faith, hope, and love, and argues for their essential connection to the praxis of justice. It contains eight different approaches, ea...

Learn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: "Where did the universe come from?"Stephen Hawking was born exactly three hundred years after the death of the scientist Galileo, so maybe it was written in the stars that he would become a famous scientist in his own right. Although he was diagnosed with a neurological disease at age 21, Stephen did not let the illness define his life. ...

Enfleshing Theology honors and engages the life work of M. Shawn Copeland, whose theology is groundbreaking and prophetic, traversing the fields of Catholic Theology, Black Theology, Womanist Thought, and Semiotics. The book opens with a brief introduction, and then moves to an interview with Copeland, which connects her theology to her life stories. The conversation with Copeland also provides a backdrop to the seventeen essays that follow, extending Copeland’s theological worldview. The ...

What if the peace we're desperately seeking-for ourselves and our world-isn't somewhere out there, but buried within each of us?For decades, Holly Copeland devoted her life to protecting Earth's wild places as a conservation scientist. But when mold illness and profound burnout brought her to her knees, she discovered a truth that would change everything: we cannot save the world while severed from ourselves.Inner Rewilding is the story of...

Over a decade has passed since the publication of the First Edition; we have yet to understand the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis and there is still no cure. A wide range of developments in techniques, materials, imaging and understanding of biological processes justify this rewrite. Above all, the experience of many colleagues worldwide with commitments to a particular anatomical or technical area has led to a more balanced and refined approach to the problems of rheumatoid surgery....

In former NFL football player and Super Bowl XII runner-up Randy Rich's new book, Nothing Wasted: Learning to Believe You Are Enough in a World of Labels, Rich walks readers through his personal journey of attempting to compensate for his deep-seated insecurities, the mistakes his lack of awareness led to, and his spiritual awakening to a God of love and grace. As he journeys inward and evaluates the voids in his life and where they came from, he invites readers to do the same in their own...