Speaker and author Kayla Stoecklein delivers an inspiring message of how she came face-to-face with crushing personal loss and discovered how to rebuild a beautiful life. Fall in Love with Life Again In the midst of hardship and loss, what you long for most is hope—hope for a way forward, hope that purpose can come from this difficult season, hope that God is still with you. Since losing her pastor-husband to suicide in August 2018, Kayla Stoecklein has been passionate about bringing hope to those who wonder if life will ever hold beauty again. In Rebuilding Beautiful, Kayla shares the hard-won truths she has embraced in these years of grief and new beginnings to help you: discover practical and spiritual ways to welcome your pain so that you can ultimately surrender it. step into community in order to be held as well as hold space for the pain of others. understand the ways your body remembers trauma and find avenues for physical and mental healing. awaken to the splendor of a life in which sadness and joy coexist, and dare to dream again—spiritually, relationally, vocationally—as you discover more of who God made you to be in Christ. The journey from agony to awe takes time. Kayla’s words, ideas, and inspiration offer the road map and companionship you need to move forward even when you feel stuck—to wake up excited about a life that holds a new kind of beautiful.

On October 30, 2016, I was shown a vision:: I was shown destruction. Ruins. Fires were out, and there was smoke coming from the ruins. Under the ruins were BRIGHT, BRILLIANT LIGHTS. Th ese beautiful lights of hope were shining brightly through various small holes within the ruins. I heard these words: “Tell them everything will be okay. We will rebuild in light.” Karen Cesario Rizzo, Author, Rebuilding in Light Rebuilding in Light is inspirational, profound, yet lighthearted, with a touch of humor. This book is a must-read to assist in lighting the light within you. At the end of each honest and relatable chapter is a “chapter takeaway”; simple life lessons to inspire you and enlighten your soul. We’ve been given the opportunity to heal and illuminate the recesses of our internal workspace so we may shine our light on others. Our internal workspace. Where we work, think, create, co-create, grow, shift , where we transform. Where we love. Where we are inspired and inspire others. What does your internal workspace look like?

This book critiques the traditional practice of community organization, change and development, and concludes that the present practice of Community Development (CD) and Social Policy and Planning (SP&P) is no longer capable of meeting the current challenges at the local or national level. The aim of this book is to identify the underlying motivations for the individual aggressive and collective antisocial behaviour that we witness in democratic society today and offer changes to the orientation of the current community change practice in order to build a system that can better address the present needs of society. This work identifies the factors that are moving society toward extremism and authoritarianism focusing particularly on the community level. Given the turmoil in communities that is degrading democracy and leading to authoritarianism today, the issues of Community Solidarity and Pluralism (CS&P) must be attended to before the traditional political, economic, and material issues that are regularly addressed by CD and SP&P practice can become the focus for change and development once again. This book will have widespread appeal to academics, researchers, and postgraduate students throughout the social sciences including sociology, social work, political science, economics, philosophy, environmental studies, and international and community development studies. It is also intended for the general reader who is interested in understanding the authoritarian forces that are attempting to infiltrate the democratic process.

Rebuilding the United States is a cohesive, common sense based list of improvements for the United States of America. The ultimate purpose is to improve the health and success of the American Middle Class. By extension, if these goals are realized, the American Dream may once again be enjoyed by the majority of Americans, not just the elite. Some people might suggest that America is doing fine and doesn't need to be rebuilt. But, there are too many statistics, graphics, general information, empirical observations and warning signs, which conflict with that belief. And, if nothing else, I doubt many would argue that there isn't plenty of room for improvement. Please read on to see what I have in mind per our Principles and good old American common sense. We can rebuild our country for our mutual benefit, including the Special Interests, since what is best for us, the average citizens, is best for them too.

A breakthrough therapy in the mental health field, Rebuilding Therapy was developed by psychologist Michael Gass, primarily, as a means of assisting individuals and families in rebuilding psychologically from past mistreatment, dysfunction, or trauma. It incorporates methodology, techniques, and theory from Psychodrama, a vital part of Rebuilding Therapy, while integrating Transactional Analysis, primarily Structural Analysis and the influence of Script Analysis, and Redecision Therapy to create its distinctive theoretical foundations, methods, and approaches. Relaxation exercises or relaxation, which is equivalent to hypnosis, is used as needed. Rebuilding Therapy is based on the belief that a person is basically the product of his or her past. Its primary focus is for the patient to clinically relive major abusive, rejecting, traumatic, or negative life experiences in order to face unhealthy feelings, thinking, and decisions associated with them, which the patient can then release, change, and rebuild from. In addition to postbirth experiences, Rebuilding Therapy pays attention to prenatal influences and the birth process, regarding their effect on psychological functioning and personality development, while also addressing these factors therapeutically. Rebuilding Therapy also has the methodology to solely work with present issues as needed. In the first book on this reconstructive therapy, Gass details its theoretical foundations, methodology, and approaches to acquaint mental health and related professionals with its value on a short and long term basis; to expand on the understanding of personality development and psychological functioning; and to further expose this and related psychotherapies for use in other arenas on the local, state, and international levels in such areas as law enforcement, corrections, education, religion, business, politics, and international relations, with the aim of reducing conflict and inappropriate behavior and improving human relationships.

Are you ready to rebuild the walls of your life? Tear down the old walls and build anew. I am ready to rebuild the walls of my life. There's no need to feel burdened or discouraged because the walls of your life have been torn down. Let us take encouragement from Nehemiah and other biblical characters, as encouragement on how to pursue not just strong walls, but God Himself, who is our fortress and deliverer. God is our stronghold, our deliverer. He is our fort, our bastion. God is our castle and our citadel. Failure is not fatal. One mistake doesn't make you a loser. You are not a mistake. A mistake is what you did not what you are. Our scars represent strength not weakness. Yes they can and they will be a great army in the name of Jesus. Your situation may look as hopeless as it did for the Assyrians but I can almost guarantee. What God has is for you. Even though your blessings may delayed I believe in my heart they your blessings won't be denied. Abundance and blessings are on the way! In Jesus Name.

Chase the Moon: A Historical Romance is the latest book from Lynn Hubbard, Bestselling Author of Run into the Wind Back Cover: Amelia is enraptured by Chase's charm and his touch. Will she fit into his world? Or, will Chase give up everything to fit into hers? Set in Mississippi 1886 Meet Chase Stafford. Chase inherited his mother's Comanche blood and his father's sense of humor. After receiving a wedding invitation from his brother Brock, he heads off on a train to Mississippi. Along the way, he runs into Amelia. Half asleep, he mistakes her flowing alabaster hair for that of a banshee. After starting off on the wrong foot can Chase's charm persuade her to give him another chance? Amelia's initial encounter with Chase was unsettling to say the least. The glamorous city girl was taken aback by Chase's forwardness. Nevertheless, she is bound and determined to awaken the sensations that only he can unleash. www.lynnhubbard.com

Standing in the ashes of intense suffering, you stare at the ruins of your life, unable to return to the life you had and paralyzed to survive the life ahead. Your soul aches, your body withers, and your heart bleeds invisible blood. It is imperceptible soul suffering, and it will bind you in a pit of despair if you let it. Take a deep breath, loved one, for you ARE NOT ALONE. Others have been where you are, and I have been where you are. God's Word has glorious hope for such suffering, and God Himself can restore you! The book of Nehemiah tells of God's chosen people sitting in agony and wreckage, desperately in need of rebuilding. It is the account of God directing, protecting, and reviving what was once dead back into glorious life! That same God sees you today! Hear me, wounded soul, God can resurrect beauty from your darkest of ashes.