Author: Pamela T. Hardiman
Publisher: LiturgyTrainingPublications
ISBN: 9781568543680
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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A practical guide to help you create beautiful and expressive processional banners for use in the liturgy, Sunday by Sunday, throughout the seasons of the church's year. Also includes guidance on using banners in the celebrations of baptism, confirmation, first communion, marriage and ordination, as well as on other special occasions in the life of the congregation.
Author: Jeremy Hicks
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822987961
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 275
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In one of the most iconic images from World War II, a Russian soldier raises a red flag atop the ruins of the German Reichstag on April 30, 1945. Known as the Victory Banner, this piece of fabric has come to symbolize Russian triumph, glory, and patriotism. Facsimiles are used in public celebrations all over the country, and an exact replica is the centerpiece in the annual Victory Parade in Moscow’s Red Square. The Victory Banner Over the Reichstag examines how and why this symbol was created, the changing media of its expression, and the contested evolution of its message. From association with Stalinism and communism to its acquisition of Russian nationalist meaning, Jeremy Hicks demonstrates how this symbol was used to construct a collective Russian memory of the war. He traces how the Soviets, and then Vladimir Putin, have used this image and the banner itself to build a remarkably powerful mythology of Russian greatness.
Author: Kit Ying Lye
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040027873
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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What insights can we gain from the rituals, actions, and interactions around death and the afterlife? This edited collection offers a multidisciplinary perspective on how individuals and collectives “do” death and interact with the dead. Through case studies of Singaporean Chinese religion communities, the authors bring a myriad of knowledge and experience from eight different but interconnected disciplines to examine, map, document, and theorise the practices of death and the afterlife. Heritage here is not just a point of nostalgia or historical snapshot, but becomes a significant resource for the shaping of and grappling with diasporic and contemporary Singaporean Chinese identities. This edited collection moves beyond “western” sites of knowledge by offering a series of multidisciplinary perspectives on death practices, drawn from research with individuals, groups, and organisations that identify themselves as Singaporean Chinese, and the spaces and places often referred to as "Chinese Singapore". This collection will appeal to a wide and diverse audience of scholars, students, and practitioners. In particular, key target audiences would include, but are not limited to those interested in Asia, particularly Chinese studies and Chinese migrant/diasporic communities, and scholars in sociology, history, anthropology, and social/cultural geography.
Author: Donna J. Bosn
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781469745213
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Legends are said to be those individuals who soar above the limitations of the average human experience. These special souls leave eternal footprints in the hearts of even the casual observer, and their message remains timeless. History books are full of stories about these remarkable people. While some of these dynamic leaders affect only their generation, others are birthed for the purposes of eternity. Arthur Lee Crume Sr. is such a man. Arthur is the owner, manager and longest active member of the widely acclaimed Soul Stirrers Gospel Quartet. Historians herald this group as the greatest quartet in the history of gospel music. Arthurs musical talents catapulted and held him at the top of his field for several decades. Although he enjoyed all the attention and accolades he received, he had one serious problem. Arthur did not have a personal relationship with the God he was singing about. All the notoriety and fame stroked his already inflated ego and caused him to become even more self-absorbed. His poor choices and fleshly appetites scarred the lives of those who loved him the most, leaving broken hearts littered along lifes highway. But God, who is rich in mercy, never gave up on Arthur.
Author: Riaan Engelbrecht
Publisher: XinXii
ISBN: 3987627913
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 219
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The noun of this word crescendo speaks of the loudest point reached in a gradually increasing sound. It also speaks of the highest point reached in a progressive increase of intensity. The verb speaks of an increase in loudness or intensity, such as the “reluctant cheers began to crescendo". We are in a spiritual season that is reaching such a crescendo. Several years ago the Lord first spoke about how we are heading into a “season”, therefore, a period of time not determined in length, during which things will get very “intense”. It means that as we consider the word “crescendo”, we are right now in a time where the hostility against God is reaching a very intense stage, and such intensity has progressively increased over the years. It will be a season of great spiritual warfare, where many people will struggle to remain standing. So intense is the hostility and the onslaught, that many believers will actually fall away if they are not found to be settled upon the Rock of Jesus. It is a time of quickening what the Lord is doing, but also a time of a quickening regarding the devil’s work. In such stormy and intense times, we need to learn how to thrive, still make an impact for Christ and fulfil the Great commission. This is a collection of prophetic insights and spontaneous prophetic utterances to unveil the scope, magnitude and ramification of the Crescendo season.
Author: J. Donna J. Bosn &. Arthur Lee Crume Sr
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453536086
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 549
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Legends are said to be those individuals who soar above the limitations of the average human experience. These special souls leave eternal footprints in the hearts of even the casual observer, and their message remains timeless. History books are full of stories about these remarkable people. While some of these dynamic leaders affect only their generation, others are birthed for the purposes of eternity. Arthur Lee Crume Sr. is such a man. Arthur is the owner, manager, and longest active member of the widely acclaimed Soul Stirrers's Gospel Quartet. Historians herald this group as the greatest quartet in the history of gospel music. Arthur's musical talents catapulted and held him at the top of his field for several decades. Although he enjoyed all the attention and accolades he received, he had one serious problem. Arthur did not have a personal relationship with the God he was singing about. All the notoriety and fame stroked his already inflated ego and caused him to become even more self-absorbed. His poor choices and fleshly appetites scarred the lives of those who loved him the most, leaving broken hearts littered along life's highway. But God, who is rich in mercy, never gave up on Arthur. Editing by Dixie Phillips and Karen Burkett of ChristianWritingServices.com.
Author: Linda Goldman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135933057
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 373
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In this timely and much-needed book, Linda Goldman addresses the many frightening events that impact our children by providing the reader with a seamless mixture of theory and practice garnered from her extensive experience in the field. Raising Our Children to Be Resilient includes trauma resolution techniques and case studies, discussions of the respective roles played by parents, teachers and the larger community as well as additional resources for those in a position to help children who have been traumatized. The goal of Raising Our Children to Be Resilient is exactly what its title promises: to help children through their pain and confusion and guide them into a flexible and compassionate adulthood.
Author: Tan Nget Hong
Publisher: 文桥传播中心
ISBN:
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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The great novelist Mark Twain once described the Jews this way: If statistics are right, the Jews constituted but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of stardust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly, the Jews ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his commercial importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk. His contributions to the world’s list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine, and abstruse learning are also always out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers. He has made a marvelous fight in this world, in all the ages; and has done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself, and be excused for it. The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greek and the Roman followed; and made a vast noise, and they are gone; other people have sprung up and held their torch high for a time, but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished. The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality? What is the secret of the immortality of the Jews? As Mark Twain wrote in 1897, the civilizations of Egypt, Babylon, Greece and Rome, which flourished at the same time as the ancient Jewish civilization, were once glorious, but they all had long ceased to exist, and today only some excavated artifacts are left in the museums to prove their existence. But the ancient Jewish people are still as vigorous today as they were in ancient time. Not only that, but in the fifty years after Mark Twain wrote the article, or two thousand years after the destruction of the nation by the Romans, the nation Israel was miraculously reborn! The Jews who had been exiled and scattered all over the world were miraculously regathered back to the land of their ancestor, and today the nation is a strong and prosperous state in the Middle East. Not only that, Hebrew, the Jewish language that had been declared 'dead' for more than a thousand years, was brought back to life again with the return of the Jews to Israel. Today, Hebrew is the official language of the State of Israel, used by 10 million Israelis. In human history, no other nation that has been destroyed is ever restored after two thousand years; nor has the language of any other nation that was dead for nearly two thousand years and then come back to life again. What is the secret of the immortality of the Jews? The answer to this question is actually quite simple: the secret of the immortality of the Jews is that God's hand continues to be upon them, because God is keeping them alive! And this is because the Jews have a very important role to play in God's end times plan. To put it simply, the secret of the immortality of the Jews is the hand of God is on them! That's the theme of this book. **Here the author will explore the roles of the Jews and the nation of Israel in God's plan for the end times in the Bible, and provide more detailed historical facts about the restoration of the Jews in our generation. These historical facts are evidences that the restoration of modern Israel is God's work. In this book, we will also explore the spiritual significance of Israel's restoration and how we, as Christians, should respond to God's work of restoration of Israel in these last days. ▊ABOUT THE AUTHOR **Dr Tan Nget Hong is the Elder of the Chinese Church of the Petaling Jaya Evangelical Free Church in Malaysia. He is also a council member of the Association of Malaysian Chinese Christian Writers. He holds a BSc degree from National Taiwan University and a MSc and PhD degree in chemistry from the University of Chicago. He was a professor at the Department of Molecular Medicine at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. He is also the author of "The Call of Jerusalem" "The Iron Tree in Blossom – The Restoration of Israel and Fulfillment of Biblical Prophecies" "O Istanbul, My Heart Cries! Decline of Middle Eastern Christianity" "He who has an Ear, Let Him hear: The Seven Churches of Revelation and Patmos Island, Travel Journal and Reflections"and "Ancient Footsteps: Following the Footsteps of St Paul in Greece and Rome".
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Languages : en
Pages : 1070
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Author: Kim Hjardar
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1612004547
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
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An illustrated guide to Viking warfare from strategy and weapons to culture and tradition: “a very excellent introduction to the Viking age as a whole” (Justin Pollard, historical consultant for the Amazon television series Vikings). From the time when sailing was first introduced to Scandinavia, Vikings reached virtually every corner of Europe and even America with their raids and conquests. Wherever Viking ships roamed, enormous suffering followed in their wake, but the encounters between cultures also brought immense change to both European and Nordic societies. In Vikings at War, historian Kim Hjardar presents a comprehensive overview of Viking weapons technology, military traditions and tactics, offensive and defensive strategies, fortifications, ships, and command structure. The most crucial element of the Viking’s success was their strategy of arriving by sea, attacking with great force, and withdrawing quickly. In their militarized society, honor was everything, and ruining one’s posthumous reputation was considered worse than death itself. Vikings at War features more than 380 color illustrations, including beautiful reconstruction drawings, maps, cross-section drawings of ships, line-drawings of fortifications, battle plan reconstructions, and photos of surviving artifacts, including weapons and jewelry. Winner of Norway’s Saga Prize, Vikings at War is now available in English with this new translation. “A magnificent piece of work [that] I’d recommend to anyone with an interest in the Viking period.” —Justin Pollard, historical consultant for the Amazon television series Vikings
