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The Wish
by Beverly LewisBack Cover: "LEONA SPEICHER got the 'sister' she always dreamed on the day Gloria Gingerich and her family moved to Lancaster County. The Arkansas newcomers seem to be the answer to Leona's prayers--until Gloria's father is expelled from their Old Order Amish church for reasons no one will discuss. Much to Leona's dismay, the Gingeriches suddenly pack up and disappear. Then, after a silence of several years, Gloria unexpectedly contacts Leona, who makes up her mind to go after her friend. Yet Leona's fiancé--the deacon's son--is alarmed. Will Leona's dearest wish lead to her own undoing?"
A Wish Can Change Your Life: How to Use the Ancient Wisdom of Kabbalah to Make Your Dreams Come True
by Gahl Sasson Steve WeinsteinEngaging, innovative, and fresh, Gahl Sasson's approach to Kabbalah—the ancient teachings of Jewish mysticism—integrates mythology, scholarship, and practical exercises for seekers of both material and spiritual gratification.Based on his popular Tree of Life workshops, which incorporate meditation, dreams, and real-life synchronicities with myths, rituals, and philosophies from around the world, A Wish Can Change Your Life provides a universal path to finding and embracing all of life's riches.
A Wish for Christmas
by Thomas KinkadeIn Cape Light, Christmas brings unexpected gifts that will never be forgotten. This Christmas, the people of Cape Light reflect on their past and revel in their future. David has returned home after serving in Afghanistan to find his widowed father, Jack, remarried, and a young stepsister in the house. Further, his own physical injuries may never heal. He's having trouble joining in the cheer of the Christmas season - but soon realizes that he will have to heal not only his body but also his heart. Meanwhile, Lillian Warwick remains fiercely independent and wily, resisting help from her daughters. When the tables are turned and her old friend Dr. Ezra Elliot is the one in need, Lillian rises to the challenge. Never expecting to love again, she cares for Ezra and begins to wonder if it's possible to let someone else into her life.
A Wish for Christmas: A Cape Light Novel
by Thomas Kinkade Katherine SpencerNothing captures the essence of the holidays like Thomas Kinkade's paintings-and the unforgettable town of Cape Light. Gifts of kindness are never forgotten... After serving in Iraq, the injured David has returned home to find his widowed father remarried and his ex-girlfriend working for him on his tree farm. Trying not to seem bitter or discouraged is even harder than the physical therapy, and David realizes that he not only needs to heal his body but his heart as well. Meanwhile, Lillian Warwick's daughters are concerned about their elderly mother living on her own. But when a friend, Dr. Ezra Elliot, is in need of help, Lillian finds they value each other beyond just friendship. Now, she's wondering if it's not to late to let love into her life.
A Wish for Home: An Uplifting Amish Romance (Secrets of Bliss Valley #1)
by Jo Ann BrownCaught between who she is…and who she was.Lauren Nolt hasn’t forgiven the Amish community of Lancaster County for shunning her parents. But returning as a successful Englischer working for large developers is just what she needs to get a promotion and give her parents the life they deserve. Coming face-to-face with her childhood bully, Amish widower Adam Hershberger, is the last thing she wants. Yet when her world’s shaken by a shocking discovery, Adam’s the only one she can confide in…Adam’s never forgiven himself for the part he played in Lauren’s past, nor what drove him to do it. But as developers threaten his great-grossdawdi’s farm, she’s the only one who can help. And with his little girl determined to bring him and Lauren together at every turn, keeping his distance is impossible. Now they must learn to trust each other—even as their secret feelings grow stronger. But is love enough to bridge the gap between their very different worlds?Secrets of Bliss Valley
A Wish for the Season
by Linda Goodnight Margaret DaleyA holiday filled with hopeA Season for Grace by Linda Goodnight The moment they met, social worker Mia Carano knew Officer Collin Grace was the perfect mentor for a runaway teen in her care. Though a childhood spent in foster care had hardened Collin, Mia was determined to reveal the caring man she knew was inside. After all, breaking through his gruff exterior would fulfill a boy's Christmas wish…and maybe even her own.Heart of the Family by Margaret Daley A former foster child himself, Dr. Jacob Hartman is deeply committed to working with the kids at the Stone's Refuge home for children. But why is social worker Hannah Smith keeping him at such a distance? When he discovers just where their pasts intertwined, he wonders if they can ever hope for a future. But Christmas has a way of bringing hearts together. New York Times Bestselling Author Linda GoodnightUSA TODAY Bestselling Author Margaret Daley2 Uplifting Stories A Season for Grace and Heart of the Family
The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
by Dilgo KhyentseIn the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, devotion to one's guru or spiritual master is considered to be of the utmost importance in spiritual practice. The instructions of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, based upon the teachings of the great eighteenth-century saint and visionary Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa, focus on the devotional practices of Guru Yoga, "Merging with the Mind of the Guru."
Wish I'd Known You Tears Ago (Horse Dreams Trilogy #3)
by Stephen A. BlyIn this closing book of the Horse Dreams trilogy, soul-searching Indiana schoolteacher Develyn Worrell has finally found her groove. Ready to savor the end of summer in a small Wyoming town she once visited as a child, she settles in for a time of peace and contentment. That is, until her daughter pays a visit, an eclectic friend plans to marry, a suspicious stranger enters the picture, and a dear mentor suffers a heart attack. Such confusion would be overwhelming, except for the steady friendship of Cooper Tallon. He may lack the charm and flash of other cowboys, but always seems to have just what Develyn's heart needs. And with her trust in the Lord still growing, she looks forward to whatever follows.
The Wish List
by Barbara Ann KipferThe Wish List is a quirky little gift book that sounds an irresistible call to get out there and start living. In the same chunky format as the authorfs bestselling 14,000 Things to Be Happy About, The Wish List presents a compulsively readable list of unexpected goals. There are wishes large--retrace Odysseus' route around the Mediterranean--and wishes small--find a genuine arrowhead. There are artistic wishes--write a sonnet. Athletic wishes--learn to box. Practical wishes--master the rudiments of plumbing. Whimsical wishes--become a taster at Ben & Jerry's. And fantasy wishes--live in a Venetian palazzo. The Wish List is meant to plant seeds, jog us out of complacency, and articulate unspoken desires.63,000 copies in print.
A Wish on Gardenia Street
by Shelley Shepard GrayBestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray continues her Amish Brides of Pinecraft series with a special addition--a tale of wishing and wanting...and what the heart really needsGood things may come to those who wait, but Mattie Miller is confident that great things come to those who go after what they want...and Mattie wants Danny Brenneman. Danny is the reason she's returned to the sunny Amish community of Pinecraft, Florida--well, that and to see her best friend Leona get married.Mattie's met Danny only once before but she knows the spark between them is sure to lead to something special. Despite a missing cat, wedding day chaos, and Danny himself, she's confident this vacation can only end one way: in an engagement of her very own!
Wish You Were Here: A Novel
by Beth K VogtKissing the wrong guy days before her scheduled wedding leads Allison to become a runaway bride. But can it also lead to happily ever after? Allison Denman is supposed to get married in five days, but everything is all wrong. The huge wedding. The frothy dress. And the groom. Still, kissing the groom's brother, Daniel, in an unguarded moment is decidedly not the right thing to do. How could she have made such a mistake? It seems Allison's life is nothing but mistakes at this point. Daniel's adventures--chronicled through a collection of postcards--have always appealed to Allison's well-hidden desire for something more. But how can betraying her fiancé's trust lead to a true happily ever after? Can Allison find her way out of this mess? Recognizing she doesn't have all the answers won't be easy because she's used to being in control. To find her way again, she will have to believe that God has a plan for her--one outside her carefully defined comfort zone--and find the strength to let Him lead.
Wish You Were Here: Travels Through Loss and Hope
by Amy WelbornWish You Were Here: Travels Through Loss and Hope is the story of Amy Welborn's trip to the island of Sicily with three of her children five months after her husband's sudden death from a heart attack. Her journey through city and countryside, small town and ancient ruins, opens unexpected doors of memory and reflection, a pilgrimage of the heart and an exploration of the soul. It is an observant and wry memoir and travelogue, intensely personal yet speaking to universal experiences of love and loss. Along the narrow roads and hairpin turns, the narrative reveals the beauty of the ordinary and the commonplace and asks stark questions about how we fill the empty places that a loved one leaves behind. It is a meditation on the possibility of faith, one that is unflinching, uncompromising, and altogether unsentimental when confronted by the ultimate test of belief. This book is not only a well-told memoir, but a testimony to the truth that love is stronger than death.
Wishful Thinking: A Seekers ABC
by Frederick BuechnerIn Wishful Thinking, the first book in his much-loved lexical trilogy, Frederick Buechner puts the language of God, the universe, and the human spirit under his wry linguistic microscope. In his often ironic and always keen-sighted reflections on such terms as agnostic, envy, love, and sin, he invited us to look at theses everyday words in new and enlightening ways.
Wishful Thinking: How I Lost My Faith and Why I Want to Find It
by Donna FreitasDonna Freitas wants to believe. Raised Catholic, she sang songs about Jesus as a child and lived in a house where nuns and priests were regular guests, yet she found herself questioning the faith of her family, examining the reasons none of it added up, and distancing herself from the God of Christianity. Despite her questions—or perhaps because of them—she made a career out of trying to understand God, pursuing a PhD in religion. But even as she taught college students about mystics, theologians, and others who wrestled with God, she was never able to embrace a faith of her own. In this searingly honest and deeply personal book, Freitas retraces her roundabout path up and out of the wilderness toward hope, and her dogged—and ongoing—search for faith. She talks about her experience with the Catholic abuse scandal, about being embraced as a speaker at evangelical colleges, about how the death of her mother and the loss of her marriage made her question everything she thought she knew about love, how she cannot reconcile the ways the concept of God makes absolutely no sense, and how she cannot stop trying to believe, despite it all. Real, raw, and beautifully written, Wishful Thinking is a powerful story about the author&’s search for belief in God and about finding God in the most unexpected places.
Wishing
by Elizabeth HarperIf you could make one wish and you knew it would be granted, what would you wish for? Think about it. Visualize it. In Wishing, author Elizabeth Harper provides the tools and wisdom necessary to manifest each and every wish made. Using the basic concepts of the law of attraction, a step-by-step wish process outlines how wishes manifest, why some go unfulfilled, and how you can best realize your wishing potential in all aspects of your life. From wishing the train would come on time to yearning for those six precious little numbers in the lottery that will irrevocably change your life, we all make multiple wishes during the day with the hope some will come true. Wishing's "wish sense" is a time-tested, magical formula for successfully manifesting your heart's desires and a proven way to get the results everyone wants.
Wishing on Buttercups
by Miralee FerrellCan Love Survive When Secrets Collide? She'd kept her secrets safely hidden--those from her past, and those in the present. Some things, Beth Roberts knows, a lady simply doesn't share, even in the 1880's West. The townspeople would never understand. No one ever has. Jeffery Tucker, a handsome young writer, has kept his own secrets. He doesn't have a right to pry into Beth's affairs but finds himself strangely drawn to her and intrigued by the whiff of mystery surrounding her. Beth knows that one day someone will unravel the threads of her past. And when two men from her past arrive, the truth might just hurt . . . Beth's future and her heart. As shadowy memories surface, Beth sketches the scenes she sees and is shocked by what--and who--her illustrations reveal. Dare she risk her heart again?
Wishing on Willows: A Novel (Wildflowers from Winter Series)
by Katie GanshertDoes a second chance at life and love always involve surrender? A three-year old son, a struggling café, and fading memories are all Robin Price has left of her late husband. As the proud owner of Willow Tree Café in small town Peaks, Iowa, she pours her heart into every muffin she bakes and espresso she pulls, thankful for the sense of purpose and community the work provides. So when developer Ian McKay shows up in Peaks with plans to build condos where her café and a vital town ministry are located, she isn't about to let go without a fight. As stubborn as he is handsome, Ian won't give up easily. His family's business depends on his success in Peaks. But as Ian pushes to seal the deal, he wonders if he has met his match. Robin's gracious spirit threatens to undo his resolve, especially when he discovers the beautiful widow harbors a grief that resonates with his own. With polarized opinions forming all over town, business becomes unavoidably personal and Robin and Ian must decide whether to cling to the familiar or surrender their plans to the God of Second Chances.
The Wishing Season
by Denise HunterLiving side-by-side, a fledgling chef anda big-hearted contractor find a delicious attraction.Trouble is, their chemistry could spoiltheir dreams.Spirited PJMcKinley has the touch when it comes to food. Her dream of opening her ownrestaurant is just one building short of reality. So when a Chapel Springsresident offers her beloved ancestral home to the applicant with the best planfor the house, PJ believes it's a contest she was meant to win.Contractor ColeEvans is confident, professional, and swoon-worthy--but this former foster kidknows his life could have turned out very differently. When Cole discovers thecontest, he believes his home for foster kids in transition has found itssaving grace. All he has to do is convince the owner that an out-of-towner witha not-for-profit enterprise is good for the community.But when the eccentric philanthropist sees PJand Cole's proposals, she makes an unexpected decision: the pair will share thehouse for a year to show what their ideas are made of. Now, with Cole and thefoster kids upstairs and PJ and the restaurant below, day-to-day life hasturned into out-and-out competition--with some seriously flirtatious hallwayencounters on the side. Turns out in this competition, it's not just the houseon the line, it's their hearts."An interesting storythat keeps the reader involved with the struggle the main characters havemaking their dreams come true." --Romantic Times, 4-star review". . . sparkling contemporary tale of competing ambitions,wounded personalities, and powerful attraction." --Publishers Weekly"Hunter skillfullycombines elements of romance, family stories, and kitchen disasters." --Library Journal". . . a warm, inspirational tale of ambition, confidence,family, and love." --Booklist
The Wishing Tree: A Novel
by Marybeth WhalenSavvy, determined Ivy Marshall discovers that her husband has cheated on her on the very same day her sister’s perfect boyfriend proposes on national television. When Ivy’s mother asks her to return to her family’s beach home to plan her sister’s upcoming wedding, she decides to use the excuse to escape from the pain of her broken heart. When her return to Sunset Beach, North Carolina, brings Ivy face to face with her former fiancé, old feelings are rekindled and she wonders if there is a future for them. However, when Ivy refuses to talk to her husband, he resorts to tweeting to her, expressing his remorse and making it clear he doesn’t want to give up on their marriage. As she helps prepare the wishing tree for her sister’s wedding, she must examine her dreams for her own future and what true love should be. “A lovely journey of discovery and forgiveness.” —Sheila Roberts, best-selling author of What She Wants “Marybeth Whalen writes with a light hand, skillfully blending issues of faith and the realities of modern life into a compelling and believable read.” —Marie Bostwick, New York Times best-selling author of Between Heaven and Texas
The Wishing Year
by Noelle OxenhandlerA real-life The Secret with a strong dash of Eat Pray Love and Salvation Creek, The Wishing Year will touch anyone who has ever made a wish . . . The Wishing Year is a captivating memoir of one woman's courageous year-long journey to make her most fervent wishes come true. Taking stock of her life one New Year's Day, Noelle Oxenhandler found it sadly wanting. And so, stifling her doubts, she brazenly launched three wishes into the universe: for a new love, a healed soul and a place to call home. So begins both a journey of self-discovery and a mystical exploration of the quintessentially human art of wishing - from primeval magic to contemporary belief in the 'law of attraction'. Ultimately, as Oxenhandler's wishes start to come true, she discovers both the power of wishing and the truth behind the cautionary adage 'Be careful what you wish for'. Delightfully candid, insightful and ripe with promise, The Wishing Year will inspire even the most sceptical reader to wish upon a star.
Wissenschaft und Religion: Zwei Wege eine Wahrheit?
by Ulrich A. BetzDieses Buch bietet eine erfrischend neue Perspektive auf existentielle Fragen und setzt die Erkenntnisse moderner Wissenschaft widerspruchsfrei mit traditionellen Weisheiten der Weltreligionen in einen holistischen Kontext. Es entwickelt eine ganzheitliche Weltanschauung, in der Wissenschaft und Religion sich ergänzen und spart dabei auch kontroverse Themen wie die Frage nach dem Bösen in der Welt oder die Vereinbarkeit von Wundern und Naturgesetzen nicht aus. Wir alle werden in eine Welt voller Geheimnisse geboren, die wir nur partiell durchdringen. Wir wissen nicht, woher wir kommen, warum wir leben oder wohin wir gehen. Wir wissen nicht, wie alles begann; wir wissen nicht einmal, was „alles“ wirklich bedeutet. Dabei erfahren wir derzeit eine Ära des raschen Wandels, geprägt von disruptiven Technologien wie künstlicher Intelligenz oder synthetischer Biologie, die die Welt irreversibel verändern. Gleichzeitig breitet sich das trügerische Gefühl aus, alte Weisheiten der Religion wären überholt und traditionelle Werte und Institutionen, die über Jahrtausende bedeutend waren, verlieren ihre Anziehungskraft. Obwohl die Wissenschaft im Laufe der Jahrhunderte beeindruckende Fortschritte erzielt hat, kann sie dennoch die wichtigste Frage des Lebens nicht beantworten – warum leben wir und was sollen wir tun? Der Autor beginnt mit einem Überblick über die Wissenschaft und unser Verständnis des Universums, zeigt Beispiele erfolgreicher wissenschaftlicher Errungenschaften auf und liefert beeindruckende Einblicke in die Grenzen der Wissenschaft. In den nachfolgenden Kapiteln untersucht der Autor Themen wie die Geheimnisse der Quantenmechanik, die Frage nach dem freien Willen, Bewusstsein, Geist und Seele und wagt sich schließlich an eine Erklärung der Koexistenz von Evolution und Schöpfung, die Vereinbarkeit von Naturgesetzen und Wundern und versucht schließlich die Theodizee-Frage zu beantworten, die Frage wie ein guter und allmächtiger Gott all das Böse und Leid in der Welt zulassen kann. In einzigartiger Weise verbindet er neue wissenschaftliche Entdeckungen mit jahrtausendealten religiösen Weisheiten. Er schließt mit einem Kapitel über Innovation und einem Aufruf, gemeinsam eine bessere Welt zu schaffen. Dieses Buch ist eine fesselnde Lektüre für alle die bereit sind sich auf eine faszinierende intellektuelle Reise einzulassen, vermeintliche Gegensätze zu überbrücken und ihren Horizont zu erweitern.
Witch: Unleashed. Untamed. Unapologetic.
by Lisa ListerReclaim your inner witch with the magical rituals, divination tools, spells and ancient wisdom in this revolutionary book.A witch is a woman in her power. She's wise, a healer, someone who is aligned with the cycles of Mother Nature and the phases of the Moon. Yet for so long, the word 'witch' has had negative connotations - being used as an insult, a slur and to perpetuate fear. In this book, third generation hereditary witch Lisa Lister explains the history behind witchcraft, why in past centuries the word 'witch' has led women to be tortured, drowned and burned at the stake, and why the witch is now waking once again in women across the world today.This book will help women to remember, reconnect and reclaim the word 'witch' and its power. It explores the many different versions of witchcraft and their core principles and practices, and shares ancient wisdom made relevant for waking witches, including how to:· Align your energy with the wheel of the year, the sabbats and the cycles of the Moon· Connect with and trust your intuition· Use divination tools such as oracle cards, scrying and rune reading· Cast circles, create altars and set sacred space· Work with the elements of nature and use herbs and crystals· Discover and work with five different aspects of the witch: the Force of Nature, the Creatrix, the Healer, the Oracle and the Sorceress· Rediscover your powers and manifest your reality with spell castingLisa also shares her own journey to reclaiming the word 'witch', along with personal, hands-on rituals and spells from her family lineage of gypsy witch magic.
Witch Belongs to the World: A Spell of Becoming
by Fio Gede ParmaCast on Yourself a Living Spell of Becoming with this Love Song to WitchesWe are emergent, embedded, arising, collapsing, changing beings in all worlds at all times. You will find that it takes that leap—that fall, that breaking apart of what is considered to be certain—to dance with the queer cunning current of witchery.This book is offered as a spell of becoming that you cast on yourself with every step—a living spell of you and your intimacy with the life-force and the mystery. You will dance with your demons and make pacts with your spirits and gods. You will sing yourself back to life by letting yourself be sung and danced through the eye of the needle by all that calls you to this work. If you take the risk, you will learn to capture the glorious essence of magic and navigate witchcraft with your own heart.Includes a foreword by Courtney Weber, author of Hekate: Goddess of Witches
Witch-Children: From Salem Witch Hunts to Modern Courtrooms
by Hans SebaldThe author begins with an overview of children's roles in the witch hunts of Europe and early New England. The centerpiece is the deposition of a nine-year-old child in Germany, known as Witch-Boy. The final part of the book draws parallels between children's testimony in the witch trials and their testimony in modern court cases regarding Satanism and ritual abuse.
Witch Fulfillment: Adaptation Dramaturgy and Casting the Witch for Stage and Screen
by Jane BarnetteWitch Fulfillment: Adaptation Dramaturgy and Casting the Witch for Stage and Screen addresses the Witch as a theatrical type on twenty-first-century-North American stages and screens, seen through the lenses of casting, design, and adaptation, with attention paid to why these patterns persist, and what wishes they fulfil. Witch Fulfillment examines the Witch in performance, considering how actors embody iconic roles designated as witches (casting), and how dramaturgical choices (adaptation) heighten their witchy power. Through analysis of Witch characters ranging from Elphaba to Medea, classic plays such as The Crucible and Macbeth, feminist adaptations - including Sycorax, Obeah Opera, and Jen Silverman’s Witch - and popular culture offerings, like the Scarlet Witch and Jinkx Monsoon, this book examines the dramaturgical meanings of adapting and embodying witchy roles in the twenty-first century. This book contends that the Witch represents a crucial category of analysis for inclusive theatre and performance and will be of interest to theatre practitioners and designers, along with theatre, witchcraft, and occult studies scholars.