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Book Synopsis Beyond the Stained Glass Ceiling by : Christine A. Smith
Download or read book Beyond the Stained Glass Ceiling written by Christine A. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reality of a stained glass ceiling is familiar to most women called to the pastorate. Despite being more likely to be seminary educated, female clergy constitute less than 10 percent of Protestant leading pastorates and those who do hold such pastorates are generally paid less than their male counterparts. In light of such statistics, Pastor Chris Smith explores how to overcome the challenges in breaking through the stained glass ceiling and she goes a step further. She shares the lessons learned and best practices of the success stories those women who are currently serving in solo or senior pastorates. Based on a national survey of female clergy, this volume is rich in insights based on data as well as personal anecdotes insights that will empower not only women called to the pastorate but also their male colleagues and denominational leaders who want to support them.
Book Synopsis Beyond the Stained-Glass Window by : Neville Hodgson
Download or read book Beyond the Stained-Glass Window written by Neville Hodgson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-07-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about one man’s journey to find himself and his place in the world, both spiritually and career-wise, and how his conventional views of the world, encompassing orthodox religion and old conforming and traditional ways, were radically changed by some extraordinary events during early education, travel, a career-switch to clinical psychology, and a powerful dream that led to a profound spiritual awakening. He worked in mental hospitals during the apartheid era and at the time of the un-banning of the ANC, and later began a private practice. The book has some historical value since the author’s grandfather was a great friend of General Smuts and was the Mayor of Benoni, a South African gold-mining town, during the turbulent wild-strike days of 1922, when his grandfather’s house was burned down by white strikers. The author’s mother attended the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games and sat near Adolf Hitler during the swimming events.
Book Synopsis Beyond the Island by : Karenne Griffin
Download or read book Beyond the Island written by Karenne Griffin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis She Lives! by : Rev. Jann Aldredge-Clanton, PhD
Download or read book She Lives! written by Rev. Jann Aldredge-Clanton, PhD and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-10-08 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the ministers and laypeople driving foundational Christian theological change and restoring awareness of the sacred value of women and girls. "The Bible teaches that we are made in the image and likeness of God; therefore, I must believe that there is a male and female expression of God.... Claim your divinity and walk in it every day, because you are fearfully and wonderfully made." —Rev. Dr. Susan Newman, “Claiming Our Divinity” In a world filled with injustice and violence, we long for a new sacred symbolism to inspire transformation. Our yearning includes a widespread hunger for visions of the Female Divine in church life and worship to restore gender balance and finally achieve just, equal and inclusive faith communities. This collection of engrossing narratives of women and men trying to change the institutional church—and society—illuminates how reclaiming multicultural female images of God extends beyond the sanctuary and into the community. Whether you're searching for your own place in the church or you want to explore this growing movement, these fascinating pioneers invite you to join the adventure of creating rituals that include Her, affirming the sacred value of all people and all creation.
Download or read book Beyond the Storm written by Carolyn Zane and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a tornado rips through her town, store owner Abigail comes across a piece of fabric from a wedding dress among the devastation. Abigail is moved to start collecting other swatches of fabric she finds – her neighbor’s kitchen curtains, a man’s necktie, a dog’s bed – which she stashes in shopping bags. As she pursues her seemingly absurd quest, horrible realities spark the question, “What kind of a God would allow such tragedy?” As she struggles to reconcile her right to happiness amidst the destruction, Abigail begins piecing together a patchwork quilt from the salvaged fabric in hopes it will bring some peace. But a new relationship with Justin, a contractor, may require too much of her fragile heart. Will her pain and questions of faith give way to the courage to love?
Book Synopsis Preacher Woman by : Katie Lauve-Moon
Download or read book Preacher Woman written by Katie Lauve-Moon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When organizations are committed to gender equality, what gets in the way of their achieving it? How and why do well-intentioned people end up reinforcing sexism? Katie Lauve-Moon examines these questions by focusing on religious congregations that separated from their mainline denomination in order to support women's equal leadership. In Preacher Woman, Lauve-Moon concentrates on congregations affiliated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF). Women are enrolling in Baptist seminaries at almost equal rates as men and CBF identifies the equal leadership of women as a core component of its collective identity, yet only five percent of CBF congregations employ women as solo senior pastors. Preacher Woman explores how congregations can be committed to ideas of gender parity while still falling short in practice. Lauve-Moon investigates how institutional sexism is upheld through both unconscious and conscious biases. In doing so, she demonstrates that addressing issues of sexism and gender inequality within organizations must extend beyond good intentions and inclusive policies.
Book Synopsis Beyond the Veil by : David A. Gatwood
Download or read book Beyond the Veil written by David A. Gatwood and published by Gatwood Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes a story has more than two sides—this one, for example. When both sides in an intergalactic civil war believe that the other side is committing terrorist acts, only one thing is certain: both sides are wrong. The truth lies beyond the veil. When two civilians and a space station engineer discover who destroyed the starship Hrabrost, they must find each other and find help before the killers find them. Only by working together with Admiral Jenkins and his daughter, Amanda, can they stop the killers before they destroy the Terran Alliance from the inside. From mechlizards to anthropoveils, from political asylum to the insane asylum, this book peels away another layer of the onion-like story first told by the first two books in the series, Traitors In Waiting and Enemies From Within. Intricately woven around the previous stories, this book tells a new tale that will leave you reinterpreting everything you have read so far. Klern waited in the short hall that led to a maintenance tube along the outer perimeter of the landing pad—a tube that, in turn, led to the port weapons battery. Klern brandished the machete, running his finger gently along the length of the blade, carefully checking its sharpness without drawing blood. The trap was set and baited, his breath bated, his bloodlust nearly sated. It would only be a matter of time before Pierre came around the corner. Klern could hear his footsteps in the distance. Yes. Yes, he thought. Come closer. Closer. It will all be over soon. When worlds collide, only two things are certain: everything you thought you knew is wrong, and the people you thought you knew are no longer who they appear to be.
Download or read book Beyond written by Philip Ross Norman and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-08-28 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BEYOND is the first in a series, a sci-fi fantasy adventure set in a mysterious and sometimes nightmarish world, weaving fast action narrative around plucky children fighting against a brutal system. By turns comic and absurd, there is a dark undercurrent that sweeps up from time to time to engulf the unwary.
Download or read book Beyond the Mist written by Susan Thomas and published by Author House. This book was released on 2012-11-21 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the nail-biting sequel to Mist on the Window, follow the antics and excitement of Susan, Kathy, and Peter as the mystery deepens. Spiders biting and cockroaches swerving to escape horrified children. Peter, hair greased back, strumming his badminton racquet andwhoops, sorry, Susan! With hands reaching through the glass into the picture, the children come to the rescue. But will they manage to save those dearest to them? Only time will tell.
Book Synopsis The Pentecostal Gender Paradox by : Joseph Lee Dutko
Download or read book The Pentecostal Gender Paradox written by Joseph Lee Dutko and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-16 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The distinct subjects of eschatology and gender equality have seen an explosion of interest in recent decades, particularly within Pentecostal scholarship. Pentecostalism is regarded ideally as both an eschatological and egalitarian movement. However, many Pentecostals have lamented the inconsistency between the early egalitarian impulse of the movement and its current restrictive practices. This situation has been described as the so-called Pentecostal gender paradox, referring to the conflicting freedoms and limitations experienced by Pentecostal women. Pentecostals have also recognized the waning eschatological fervor within the movement and its shifting eschatological convictions, leading to calls to rediscover the eschatological heart of the movement. Despite the renewed interest in both eschatology and women's equality, little research has been done to put these two areas into conversation with each other: eschatological convictions are often absent in the debate on gender roles in the church. For Pentecostals, eschatology has often been about urgency in saving souls rather than attending to social issues, but could Pentecostal eschatology be the key to (re)discovering greater equality for women in the church? Is the waning of both eschatology and women's equality within Pentecostalism potentially interrelated? For over one hundred years the role of women in Pentecostalism has been debated without a firm consensus. By examining gender solely through an eschatological lens in history, Scripture, and praxis, this work provides a valuable and creative contribution to one of the most important theological and global issues of our time, women's (in)equality. This book is also one of the first comprehensive studies to approach a single social issue solely through an eschatological lens and to provide attention to developing a thorough and methodologically connected eschatological praxis. By uncovering the unified eschatological-egalitarian narrative thread within both the Pentecostal and biblical story, this work suggests that the present end of women's inequality begins with fidelity to the future eschaton of gender equality.
Book Synopsis Behind the Stained-Glass Window by : Patzi Raven
Download or read book Behind the Stained-Glass Window written by Patzi Raven and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2003-03-17 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At St Philomena Academy convent school, Aurora finds more that just religious mystery to explore. The arbitrary cruelty the nuns inflict upon the pupils and the shameful secrets that like dormant in the academy provoke Aurora and her close-knit group of friends to ingenious feats of cunning and guile. In Behind the Stained-Glass Window, Patzi Raven allows the reader to witness the workings of a world where the oppression of children is institutionalized and the rites of growing up are soiled by guilt. In prose that weaves the past and present into an almost Proustian translucence, Raven takes on the urgent themes of adolescent piety, sexual awakening and the intensity of female friendship. Against the austere backdrop of the convent, a charming and touching tale emerges of the persistence of the sense of justice and the value of friendship through time.
Book Synopsis Beyond the Local Church by : Sam Metcalf
Download or read book Beyond the Local Church written by Sam Metcalf and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2015-09-25 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2016 IVP Readers' Choice Award Many people have given up on the church. But that doesn't mean that they've given up on God or Christianity. In many cases, it was merely that local church congregations were not the best context for missional people to live out their sense of God's call. The good news is that God is raising up vibrant movements of Christians in a vast array of vocations around the world: disciple-making ministries, missions, relief and development, social activism, advocacy and much more. These are all strategic ways to live for the kingdom—in venues beyond the local church. Wherever movements of the gospel have occurred, visionary people and apostolic structures have been essential. Mission leader Sam Metcalf shows how God has always worked through entrepreneurial individuals and organizations that launched out in fresh ways. He gives biblical and missiological foundations for missional movements, showing that what has often been called "parachurch" is an equally valid manifestation of the church. Affirming the strengths of apostolic personalities, Metcalf shows how they can be deployed to cross cultural barriers, renew secular societies and transform the nations with the power of the gospel. God may be inviting you to join what he is doing around the world. Answer the call and discover how God can use you beyond your imagination.
Book Synopsis Gate of Hope and Beyond by : Theresa Ng
Download or read book Gate of Hope and Beyond written by Theresa Ng and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2024-02-08 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writer, also known as Sumaiya, was one of the abandoned babies dedicatedly cared for by nuns at the CHIJ orphanage on Victoria Street until her early teens. She developed a passion for reading and never thought she would have the opportunity to visit London or other parts of the world. However, as she grew older, she was determined to make her dream a reality. With borrowed money, she managed to travel to London, where she landed a job as a resident housekeeper for an aristocratic couple and stayed with them for three years. From here, her unexpected adventures begin.
Book Synopsis Beyond the Macrocosm by : Konn Lavery
Download or read book Beyond the Macrocosm written by Konn Lavery and published by Konn Lavery. This book was released on 2022-07-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A choose your path shorts collection. Gather the clues, save the universe. The Nameless One and their ghoulish companion are locked in an endless time loop as the Macrocosm collapses. Unfortunately, they don’t remember what, how, or why this occurred. You, the reader, must navigate through the collection of 22 short stories to gather clues and discover how to break the loop. Experience award-winning author Konn Lavery’s expanding Macrocosm, sharing the same universe as his previous works. Enter the fantasy-rich past with reptilians and paladins; fast-forward to the future with DNA-shifting robbers; witness the modern world of gritty horrors. Only you, the Nameless One, have the power to save the universe before everything collapses and the Macrocosm is erased forever. Praise for the Macrocosm Volume I "Captivating characters and a cleverly designed, fantastical plot. A highly recommended set of shorts." – The Wishing Shelf Book Awards "Into the Macrocosm is a short-story collection of some of the best dark fantasy, horror, and speculative fiction stories I've ever read . . . Konn Lavery is a brilliant writer and I give him credit for weaving complete stories in the short story format. If you're a fan of Poe, The Twilight Zone, or Lovecraft, you need to read Into the Macrocosm. Highly recommend!" – N.N. Light’s Book Heaven
Book Synopsis Behind the Beyond by : Stephen Leacock
Download or read book Behind the Beyond written by Stephen Leacock and published by Binker North. This book was released on 1913 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind the Beyond is a Canadian literature collection by Stephen Leacock consisting of a truly funny burlesque on the typical modern problem play, followed by humorous sketches of various subjects. The cleverness of Mr Leacock's work lies in his keen observation and apt portrayal of the foibles of humanity and not merely in a turn of words.Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock, FRSC (30 December 1869 - 28 March 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humourist in the world. He is known for his light humour along with criticisms of people's follies. The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour was named in his honour. Stephen Leacock was born in Swanmore, a village near Southampton in southern England. He was the third of the eleven children born to (Walter) Peter Leacock (b.1834), who was born and grew up at Oak Hill on the Isle of Wight, an estate that his grandfather had purchased after returning from Madeira where his family had made a fortune out of plantations and Leacock's Madeira wine, founded in 1760. Stephen's mother, Agnes, was born at Soberton, the youngest daughter by his second wife (Caroline Linton Palmer) of the Rev. Stephen Butler, of Bury Lodge, the Butler estate that overlooked the village of Hambledon, Hampshire. Stephen Butler (for whom Leacock was named), was the maternal grandson of Admiral James Richard Dacres and a brother of Sir Thomas Dacres Butler, Usher of the Black Rod. Leacock's mother was the half-sister of Major Thomas Adair Butler, who won the Victoria Cross at the siege and capture of Lucknow.Peter's father, Thomas Murdock Leacock J.P., had already conceived plans eventually to send his son out to the colonies, but when he discovered that at age eighteen Peter had married Agnes Butler without his permission, almost immediately he shipped them out to South Africa where he had bought them a farm. The farm in South Africa failed and Stephen's parents returned to Hampshire, where he was born.[4] When Stephen was six, he came out with his family to Canada, where they settled on a farm near the village of Sutton, Ontario, and the shores of Lake Simcoe.[5] Their farm in the township of Georgina in York County was also unsuccessful, and the family was kept afloat by money sent from Leacock's paternal grandfather.
Book Synopsis Diabolos Darkness by : Aaron Ziegler
Download or read book Diabolos Darkness written by Aaron Ziegler and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zen van Nihil and the Shadow Society of Shadow Knights, Chaos Magi, Nightwatch, Deathwatch, and Keepers of Secret wage war against an Multiversal Great Old One known as Diabolos Darkness which through it eldritch entropy is devouring worlds into the desperation of darkness where aberrations and monsters roam and lawless anarchy reigns among the sentient individuals as all of creation depends on the Shadow Society.
Book Synopsis Behind the Beyond, and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge by : Stephen Leacock
Download or read book Behind the Beyond, and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge written by Stephen Leacock and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
