Follow the journey of Wendy and her family when her father was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Find out how God walked with her through the myriad of experiences she faced at the most difficult time of her life. Hallelujah, gives us a new way to embrace illness, death, and grief and be 'led by the spirit'.

Stressing the healing power of food and how its proper use restores the body to a natural, healthy state, this book provides life-changing and life-saving information, recipes, and eating plans.

This book studies the working efficacy of Leonard Cohen's song Hallelujah in the context of today's network culture. Especially as recorded on YouTube, k.d. lang's interpretation(s) of Cohen's Hallelujah, embody acoustically and visually/viscerally, what Nietzsche named the 'spirit of music'. Today, the working of music is magnified and transformed by recording dynamics and mediated via Facebook exchanges, blog postings and video sites. Given the sexual/religious core of Cohen's Hallelujah, this study poses a phenomenological reading of the objectification of both men and women, raising the question of desire, including gender issues and both homosexual and heterosexual desire. A review of critical thinking about musical performance as 'currency' and consumed commodity takes up Adorno's reading of Benjamin's analysis of the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction as applied to music/radio/sound and the persistent role of 'recording consciousness'. Ultimately, the question of what Nietzsche called the becoming-human-of-dissonance is explored in terms of both ancient tragedy and Beethoven's striking deployment of dissonance as Nietzsche analyses both as playing with suffering, discontent, and pain itself, a playing for the sake not of language or sense but musically, as joy.

Hallelujah Anyhow! Have you ever been in a situation when youve felt like there was no way out? Or that your world was crashing down around you? Or how did I get here, and how do I get out? I think that most of us would say that we have been there, done that and somehow managed to overcome the most challenging circumstances. Some people might say it was luck. Some of us, looking on a more spiritual note, will tell you that the Lord carried you through. There are times when my pastor, the Reverend Dr. William F. Baskerville of Mount Mariah Baptist Church, would say, You ought to shout Hallelujah Anyhow! Life is full of changes and experiences. I guess thats what makes life such a beautiful enigma. We are shaped, molded, and cultivated by the apprehension of material things, thoughts, and emotions that we sense. We are human, and we live to experience and adapt through the accumulation of knowledge. In Hallelujah Anyhow we share our tears, our losses, our fears, our truths, and our joys. Lifes trials become lessons and, ultimately, our testimonies. It is our hope that you can connect with what you read and find some joy out of it, and if not, hopefully you find it worthy of a ... Hallelujah Anyhow!

If you had told Caryn Dahlstrand Rivadeneira while she was crying on the kitchen floor that she could find a way to praise God in this situation, she wouldn’t have believed you. In fact, she might have thrown something at you. Looking around at a life that was disappointingly different from what she’d dreamed, she couldn’t imagine honestly singing out a hallelujah. But then it occurred to her that, well, maybe she could manage to grumble one. Have you been there? During life’s lowest moments, it is so tempting to blame ourselves, our circumstances, or God. But what would happen if we turned to God and managed to praise him instead, in whatever way we could? Might he show up and help us find the things in our lives that he made to be loved? Grumble Hallelujah offers humor, candid stories, and solid scriptural backing that will help you see clearly just how your life is meant to be lived—and loved.

A boy of Mexican immigrants has an unusual gift, the recollection of his birth. As he grows up in Middle America, he is rocked between mischief and love, elation and despair. He becomes entangled in the hippie movement of the 60s. Later, in the midst of his chemistry studies at the University of Illinois, he becomes ensnarled in the Vietnam antiwar movement. It is there, in high school and college, where his life goals are crystallized and he maps out his life. There are things that he must do and must become. Yet somehow, impacting him are three short letters he received in his life and a chance meeting that changes everything. Though he tries, he cannot escape his future. It was made with hands bigger than his own. My friend, Dave Valdez, tells the very personal story of his life journey. Growing up in poverty, he beats the odds, as an unseen hand guides him through many situations and circumstances that would have defeated most. In todays education system, Dave would be labeled gifted and talented. In the 1950s he was labeled Mexican. Dave has a remarkable inner strength that fiercely hangs on to bits of praise and encouragement when life is unfair. He refuses to embrace bitterness. His is truly a story of hope. As Dave navigates his teens years he develops a talent to avoid unwelcome conflicts. He runs. He runs from his mom, his dad, neighbors, and cops. But he could not outrun the unseen hand. At the University of Illinois, in his early 20s, he is challenged to consider the reality of God. So here, the young, rebellious, brilliant, chemistry major begins to stop running. A new chapter in his life begins to unfold. Dave doesnt beat you over the head with his conversion experience, he reveals it as it happened, and asks you to consider the hope he has found. Hallelujah Dave is a great read. It is the true story of my friend, a man who discovers he is blessed and chooses to bless others.

In order for twenty-first century readers to properly understand Revelation, we have to look at it through first century eyes. Their understanding of the book frames our understanding. Start with the assumption that the last book of the Bible is exactly what it purports to be - a revelation, not a mystery. Add to that assumption the fact that it was written by a first century author and that it was originally read by first century readers who were expected to understand and obey the message contained in it. Take into consideration their first century frame-of-reference and the authors familiarity with the Old Testament. Wrap that all up in the popular apocalyptic literary genre of its day with its pervasive use of symbolism. That mixture of elements is what gave rise to the Book of Revelation.