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The Gentle Art of Blessing: A Simple Practice That Will Transform You and Your World
by Pierre PradervandHow can a blessing change the world? According to Pierre Pradervand, making the conscious choice to bless every person or being around you can truly make a world of difference in yourself and in others around you. In The Gentle Art of Blessing, Pradervand shows that the practice of blessing has the power to create more than just a renewed perspective. It unleashes tangible benefits throughout your entire life -- through your daily interactions, your life-long relationships, and in the way your approach your place in the world. Pradervand describes blessing as genuinely wishing the best for another person through seeing their individual worth and honoring them for it. By looking at several different perspectives -- providing spiritual inspiration from Hinduism, Taoism, the Koran, the Bible, and other important spiritual sources -- The Gentle Art of Blessing explores the potential in shifting one's attitude from confrontation and negativity to acceptance and enthusiasm. A powerfully simple way of perceiving and shaping our surroundings, blessings can reflect the unconditional love and acceptance that is necessary for world -- and inner -- peace.
The Gentle Art of Spiritual Discernment: A Guide to Discovering Your Personal Path
by Pierre PradervandSupport for those embarking on an authentic spiritual search• Focuses in depth on helping you answer three fundamental questions: &“Who am I deep down?&”, &“What am I really looking for in my spiritual quest?&”, and &“What is the deep motivation of my search?&”• Shows how integrity, perseverance, generosity, and discernment are essential components of any lasting spiritual path• Reveals the author&’s own spiritual difficulties and how he reoriented his spiritual quest in a straightforward, less dogmatic wayThroughout his decades as a social activist and self-transformation teacher, as well as through his spiritual work with death row inmates, Pierre Pradervand saw more and more people moving away from organized religion. He also realized that many were still seeking a spiritual dimension in their lives. Yet with so many options available, especially so many &“spiritual fast food&” options, selecting the right spiritual path can be difficult.In this guide, Pierre offers support for those embarking on an authentic spiritual search. He focuses in depth on helping you answer three fundamental questions: Who am I deep down? What am I really looking for in my spiritual quest? What is the deep motivation of my search? He shows how integrity, generosity, and discernment are essential components of any lasting spiritual path. The author shares his journey to rediscover his spiritual power after losing it all. He explains how he reoriented his spiritual quest in a straightforward, less dogmatic way—which led him to discover the gentle art of blessing and the simple path to becoming an embodiment of divine love.Showing how to cultivate your inner voice and intuition to become your own empowered spiritual authority, this guide reveals how to see more clearly, open your spiritual horizons, and move toward your own unique spiritual path.
The Gentle Breeze of Jesus
by Mel TariIn this book, Mel Tari adds to the documentation he began in Like a Mighty Wind . On his native island in Indonesia, he says Moslems and animists are still coming to accept Jesus Christ and many other miracles and spiritual awakenings are continuing to happen.
Gentle Bridges: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of Mind
by Jeremy W. Hayward Francisco J. VarelaWhat is the essence of the mind? Could computers ever have consciousness? Can compassion be learned? When does consciousness enter the human embryo? These are just some of the many questions that were discussed during a historic meeting that took place between several prominent Western scientists and the Dalai Lama. Gentle Bridges is a chronicle of this extraordinary exchange of ideas.
A Gentle Fragrance
by Pamela GriffinSarah rescues Bill from the ocean and her dad leads him to the saviour. Bill then takes Sarah to New York to start a new life.
The Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill: The Untold Story of Arthur Shores and His Family's Fight for Civil Rights
by Denise George Helen Shores Lee Barbara S. ShoresThese are the firsthand accounts of sisters Helen and Barbara Shores growing up with their father, Arthur Shores, a prominent Civil Rights attorney, during the 60s in the Jim Crow south Birmingham district—a frequent target of the Ku Klux Klan. Between 1948 and 1963, some 50 unsolved Klan bombings happened in Smithfield where the Shores family lived, earning their neighborhood the nickname “Dynamite Hill.”Due to his work, Shores’ daughter, Barbara, barely survived a kidnapping attempt. Twice, in 1963, Klan members bombed their home, sending Theodora to the hospital with a brain concussion and killing Tasso, the family’s cocker spaniel. The family narrowly escaped a third bombing attempt on their home in the spring of 1965. The Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill is an incredible story of a family’s unfair suffering, but also of the Shores’ overcoming. This family’s sacrificial commitment, courage, determination, and triumph inspire us today through this story and the selfless service, work, and lives of Helen Shores Lee and Barbara Sylvia Shores.
Gentle Passages: Guiding Your Daughter into Womanhood
by Robin Jones GunnEvery woman who has an adolescent daughter recognizes her own forgotten questions and insecurities mirrored in those bright young eyes. How can she let her know that she understands these changes, too strange and intimate for her daughter to mention? How can she make the passage into womanhood not a shameful, unpleasant experience but a harmonious and joyful one -- an invitation to a treasured role in God's eyes? Robin Jones Gunn shares stories of how this uncertain transition can become the loveliest time in the life of a mother and daughter, inspiring women with special traditions to carry on for generations to come.
Gentle Persuasion
by Joe AldrichGentle Persuasion is an encouraging appeal of all Christians of all ages and abilities to become part of God's strategy for brings needy men and women to Christ. Join Joe as he explains how cherry pies, hammers and saws, lawn mowers, broken-down cars, chariots of fire, babysitters, duck hunters, llama farmers--and even attack lambs with steel wool--can draw your friends to the Savior.
The Gentle Rebel (House of Winslow, #4)
by Gilbert MorrisThe Gentle Rebel brings the dynamic saga of the Winslow family into the American Revolution. Starting with the first Pilgrim settlement at Plymouth, The House of Winslow novels have vividly described the forces that shaped early American history and its people. Book 3, The Indentured Heart, brought the story to pre-Revolution days. Nathan Winslow, the son of Adam and Molly, was at first opposed to the idea of revolution against the British Crown, but eventually he becomes an American patriot. His love for the beautiful Abigail Howland, a proud and spoiled Tory, lies in direct conflict with his mission to help free his land. From the hotbed of patriotic activity in Boston to the green fields of Lexington, from Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill to the deadly overland winter trip toward Fort Ticonderoga- Winslow carries the banner of his family heritage and faith. Faith and courage-confirmed or denied?
Gentle Regrets: Thoughts from a life
by Roger ScrutonIn this book the author takes us on a few autobiographical excursions and shares in a moving account the ways in which life brought him to think what he thinks, and to be what he is.
Gentle Shepherding: Pastoral Ethics and Leadership
by Joseph E. Bush Jr.Gentle Shepherding offers a rare balance in an introduction to pastoral ethics, one that identifies deeply with the pastoral vocation and brings it into conversation with a developed body of ethical theory.
A Gentle Thunder: Hearing God Through the Storm
by Max LucadoHow far do you want God to go in getting your attention? Don't answer too quickly. What if God moved you to another land? (As He did Abraham.) What if He called you out of retirement? (Remember Moses?) How about the voice of an angel or the bowel of a fish (Gideon and Jonah.) God does what it takes to get our attention. That's the message of this book: the relentless pursuit of God.
A Gentleman for Dry Creek (Dry Creek Series #2)
by Janet TronstadGarth Elkton finds Sylvia's car in a ditch and rescues her from freezing weather and other adventures. Despite his heroic efforts, Sylvia doesn't treat him like her knight in shining armor. An abusive marriage has made her wary of all men. When troubled teens in her church-sponsored youth center need a camp retreat, Garth volunteers his ranch and sets out to prove to Sylvia he was a gentleman to be trusted.
The Gentleman Spy (Serendipity & Secrets #2)
by Erica VetschHe only wanted a duchess for a day--but she’s determined to make it a marriage for lifeWhen his father and older brother suddenly pass away, the new Duke of Haverly is saddled with a title he never expected to bear. To thwart the plans of his scheming family, the duke impulsively marries a wallflower. After all, she’s meek and mild; it should be easy to sequester her in the country and get on with his life--as a secret agent for the Crown.But his bride has other ideas. She’s determined to take her place not only as his duchess but as his wife. As a duchess, she can use her position to help the lowest of society--the women forced into prostitution because they have no skills or hope. Her endeavors are not met favorably in society, nor by her husband who wishes she’d remain in the background as he ordered.Can the duke succeed in relegating her to the sidelines of his life? When his secrets are threatened with exposure, will his new wife be an asset or a liability?
Gentleman's Agreement: A Novel
by Laura Z. HobsonThis book concerns the experiences of a young Gentile writer who poses as a Jew in order to secure material on anti-Semitism for a series of magazine articles. A thesis novel concerning the social and economic aspects of anti-Semitism in American life.
The Gentleman's Bride Search
by Deborah HaleMatchmaking with a Mission If Jasper Chase won't trouble himself to find a new governess, Evangeline Fairfax must find her employer a wife. That way, his children will be well cared for once she leaves to start a charity school. Jasper reluctantly agrees to a matchmaking house party with one condition-that Evangeline give him lessons in courtship. Devoted to improving conditions at his mill, Jasper unwittingly ignored matters at home. Only now, as Evangeline teaches him how to win a wife, does he realize what it means to be a true father and husband. And if this independent young woman would just say yes, her plan could have the perfect ending.... Glass Slipper Brides: From governess to Cinderella bride
Gentling the Bull
by Irmgard SchloeglThe Venerable Myokyo-ni is one of today's most distinguished teachers in the Rinzai Zen tradition. In Gentling the Bull she offers an insightful explanation of the .Ten Ox-Herding Pictures, showing how they are a metaphor of both one's Zen training and spiritual journey.The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures, also known as the Ten Bull Pictures, are believed to have been drawn by Kakuan, a twelfth century Chinese Zen master, but became widely used as a means of Zen study in fifteenth-century Japan. They are used in formal Zen training to this day to show the stages of one's realization of enlightenment. Each of the ten pictures is presented here with a preface and general foreword to the series by Chi-Yuan, a monk in the direct line of Kakuan. Myokyo-ni provides a lucid introduction that sets the pictures in their historical context and shows their relevance to modern Zen training. In her own comments on each picture, she discusses how they are representative of our own search for "oneness"- spiritual fulfillment.
Gentling the Bull
by Irmgard SchloeglThe Venerable Myokyo-ni is one of today's most distinguished teachers in the Rinzai Zen tradition. In Gentling the Bull she offers an insightful explanation of the .Ten Ox-Herding Pictures, showing how they are a metaphor of both one's Zen training and spiritual journey.The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures, also known as the Ten Bull Pictures, are believed to have been drawn by Kakuan, a twelfth century Chinese Zen master, but became widely used as a means of Zen study in fifteenth-century Japan. They are used in formal Zen training to this day to show the stages of one's realization of enlightenment. Each of the ten pictures is presented here with a preface and general foreword to the series by Chi-Yuan, a monk in the direct line of Kakuan. Myokyo-ni provides a lucid introduction that sets the pictures in their historical context and shows their relevance to modern Zen training. In her own comments on each picture, she discusses how they are representative of our own search for "oneness"- spiritual fulfillment.
Gently Between the Words: Essays and Poems
by Andrew Taylor-TroutmanGently Between the Words guides and instructs our heartsIn his latest collection of essays and poems Taylor-Troutman guides readers through seemingly simple stories of death, life, parenting struggles, successes and failures that speak to larger questions we all face: How do we best spend our time? How can we raise our kids to be kind and confident? Who gives us guidance and wisdom? What does love look like in our lives on a day-to-day basis?In simple and important gestures like cleaning spilled milk with toilet paper, flipping the perfect pancake with your partner, and walking down the beach with your young child, readers find universal truths to guide their own lives regardless of personal circumstances.Gently Between the Words guides and instructs our hearts to keep the endangered language of beauty, love, forgiveness, grace, and sensitivity alive in order that we all might become more and more necessary to the urgency of our times and the dreams of our children. —Jaki Shelton Green, NC Poet Laureate
Gently Down This Dream: Notes on My Sudden Departure
by Hugh Prather Gayle PratherA beautiful final note from the pioneering author of the classic Notes to Myself Gently Down This Dream is a book for those who are tired of striving and suffering and want to awaken to the peace and love that are within us all. When bestselling author Hugh Prather completed this book in 2010, he gave it to his wife and writing partner, Gayle, to shape and edit. He died the next day. The book’s essays, poems, and aphorisms — bravely self-revelatory, relentlessly compassionate, and born out of a lifetime of contemplative practice and counseling work — make for a lovely, and loving, PS to his millions of fans and a winning introduction to his beautiful mind for new fans to come. They present the self-improvement practices that Hugh and Gayle learned in their long life together and later taught. The Prathers’ authentic humor, comfort, and spiritual insights are perfect for the divisive times we live in, offering a way through what can often seem the prison of the self, a reliable means for navigating a world that sometimes feels out of control, and a path to love.
Gentrification: Research and Policy on Urban Displacement Processes (essentials)
by Frank EckardtThis essential presents the state of urban research on gentrification in a condensed form. This term, which has been used in the scientific community since the 1960s, has now also become established in the public debate. It describes how rising rents in the cities and the lack of affordable housing lead to poorer residents being driven out of their neighbourhoods. It becomes clear in what way gentrification is a general principle of urban development and thus poses a considerable challenge to the social mix of our cities. It also shows what political measures should be taken from the perspective of research in order to prevent gentrification.This Springer essential is a translation of the original German 1st edition essentials, Gentrifizierung by Frank Eckardt, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2018. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.
Gentrification around the World, Volume I: Gentrifiers and the Displaced (Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology)
by Jerome Krase Judith N. DeSenaBringing together scholarly but readable essays on the process of gentrification, this two-volume collection addresses the broad question: In what ways does gentrification affect cities, neighborhoods, and the everyday experiences of ordinary people? In this first volume of Gentrification around the World, contributors from various academic disciplines provide individual case studies on gentrification and displacement from around the globe: chapters cover the United States of America, Spain, Brazil, Sweden, Japan, Korea, Morocco, Great Britain, Canada, France, Finland, Peru, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Syria, and Iceland. The qualitative methodologies used in each chapter—which emphasize ethnographic, participatory, and visual approaches that interrogate the representation of gentrification in the arts, film, and other mass media—are themselves a unique and pioneering way of studying gentrification and its consequences worldwide.
Gentrification around the World, Volume II: Innovative Approaches (Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology)
by Jerome Krase Judith N. DeSenaBringing together scholarly but readable essays on the process of gentrification, this two-volume collection addresses the broad question: In what ways does gentrification affect cities, neighborhoods, and the everyday experiences of ordinary people? In this second volume of Gentrification around the World, contributors contemplate different ways of thinking about gentrification and displacement in the abstract and “on-the-ground.” Chapters examine, among other topics, social class, development, im/migration, housing, race relations, political economy, power dynamics, inequality, displacement, social segregation, homogenization, urban policy, planning, and design. The qualitative methodologies used in each chapter—which emphasize ethnographic, participatory, and visual approaches that interrogate the representation of gentrification in the arts, film, and other mass media—are themselves a unique and pioneering way of studying gentrification and its consequences worldwide.
Gentrifizierung: Forschung Und Politik Zu Städtischen Verdrängungsprozessen (Essentials)
by Frank EckardtDieses essential stellt in komprimierter Form den Stand der Stadtforschung zum Thema Gentrifizierung dar. Dieser in der Wissenschaft bereits seit den 1960iger-Jahren verwendete Begriff hat sich inzwischen auch in der öffentlichen Debatte eingebürgert. Er beschreibt, wie steigende Mieten in den Städten und der Mangel an bezahlbaren Wohnraum dazu führen, dass ärmere Bewohnerinnen und -bewohner aus ihren Vierteln verdrängt werden. Dabei wird deutlich, in welcher Weise es sich bei der Gentrifizierung um ein allgemeines Prinzip von Stadtentwicklung handelt und damit eine erhebliche Herausforderung der sozialen Mischung unserer Städte einhergeht. Es wird auch dargestellt, welche politischen Maßnahmen aus Sicht der Forschung ergriffen werden müssten, um Verdrängungen zu verhindern.
Genuine Mediumship Or Invisible Powers
by Swami Bhakta VishitaGenuine Mediumship Or Invisible Powers by Swami Bhakta Vishita is an enlightening and comprehensive guide to the world of mediumship and the exploration of unseen spiritual forces. Written by a master of the occult, this book serves as both a practical manual and a deep philosophical treatise on the nature of mediumistic abilities and the invisible powers that shape our existence.Swami Bhakta Vishita delves into the various types of mediumship, including clairvoyance, clairaudience, psychometry, and spirit communication, providing detailed explanations of how these abilities work and how they can be developed. He offers practical exercises and techniques to help readers cultivate their own mediumistic talents, whether they are beginners or experienced practitioners.Genuine Mediumship also explores the spiritual and ethical dimensions of mediumship, emphasizing the importance of purity of intent and the responsible use of these powers. Swami Bhakta Vishita discusses the role of the medium as a bridge between the physical and spiritual worlds, highlighting the profound impact that genuine mediumship can have on personal growth, healing, and understanding the mysteries of life and death.In addition to practical guidance, the book offers insights into the broader metaphysical principles that govern the interaction between the material and spiritual realms. Vishita’s teachings are rooted in ancient wisdom and esoteric knowledge, making this book a valuable resource for those interested in the deeper aspects of spirituality and the occult.Genuine Mediumship Or Invisible Powers is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand or develop their psychic abilities. Swami Bhakta Vishita’s clear, concise, and compassionate approach makes this book accessible to all who are drawn to the exploration of mediumship and the invisible forces that influence our lives.This timeless work continues to inspire and empower readers, offering a path to unlocking the latent spiritual abilities within us all and connecting with the higher realms of existence.