A collection of 4 standalone Clean & Wholesome Christian romance short stories with guarantee HEA and no cliffhangers. The City of Eternal Spring Beth isn’t running away. At least that’s what she tells herself when she agrees to take on a temporary mission position teaching English at a children’s home and school near Cuernavaca, Mexico. The truth is, she only took the job, in part, to get away from her alcoholic father and her difficult brother, both of whom have been at each other’s throats since her mother died in a tragic car accident six months ago. Now, she’s looking for a summer full of meaningful work and free of personal conflict. Unfortunately, she only gets half of what she’s looking for. Plenty of personal conflict comes with her fellow teacher at the school, Brent. Brent an American who grew up in Mexico, works full time at the school and is suspicious of and sometimes hostile towards missionaries who come to work in Mexico only for a few months and then leave. None the less, Beth does her best to work with her difficult partner and, as the weeks go on, she finds that she and Brent develop a tentative sort of friendship. But, when family drama from home threatens to interfere with her work in Mexico, Beth finds herself with a difficult choice. Should she stay in Mexico, doing the work that she is sure God wants her to do? Or should she go home and be the peacemaker in her family, as she always has in the past? Can her new partner, Brent, help her discover her true purpose? Sins of the Father Eva Perrault is creating a new life. She has a new name, a new home and, most importantly, a life away from her wealthy, famous and corrupt father. A life away from the affluent world she’s known since she was a child. She’s looking for a life of meaning and purpose. That’s why she takes on a temporary position with a Christian, nonprofit tutoring center in Brooklyn, New York. There she meets the young, hardworking, associate pastor Ian Campbell who runs the charity. As days turn into weeks, Eva becomes much more than a temporary data entry clerk. She proves invaluable to the organization and to Ian, with whom she is becoming much closer than she expected. But, when the tutoring center is threatened, a secret from Eva’s past comes back to haunt her. She has a difficult choice to make. She can tell Ian who she really is and face the wrath of her influential father, or stay silent and allow the center to be caught up in another one of her father’s schemes…. From Prison to the Palace Esther White has spent almost ten years in prison for a crime she never committed. Now, at the age of thirty-five she is ready to be released back into a world in which she has only one friend left, a friend who has always believed in her innocence, and who visited her as often as possible in that dreadful place. It is through Ellen Blake’s loyalty, support, encouragement and advice that Esther becomes a Christian during the time she is incarcerated. Thanks to both the prison chaplain, Jane Bennett, and Ellen’s never ending help, Esther finds the strength to survive her terrible ordeal. Her new found faith in God not only sustains her during her most difficult times, but becomes the inspiration for her need to uncover the truth. After meeting wealthy Christian philanthropist, Jesse Johnson, Esther embarks on a spiritual journey that takes her from the prison to the palace. Prayerfully Yours Macy Lark and her family have lived on their farm for as long as any of them can remember, patiently growing as one with the land and their animals. And Macy wouldn’t have it any other way. But there is one thing missing in their lives: the presence of a man. Having lost her father as a young child, Macy has always grown up without having a strong man to guide her, to serve as her father her on earth while her Heavenly Father looks down from above. And, ever faithful to his children, God provides. His provision came in the form of eighteen-year-old Adam Engels. When three of Macy’s sisters suddenly fall ill, Adam brings them all comfort in more ways than one, and, enchanted by the strong, Godly man, Macy finds herself drawn closer and closer to him. But they had not anticipated God throwing them another curveball, one that would leave the tiny, determined family in absolute shambles, scrabbling to find their footing in a world that was suddenly collapsing down on them.

This is the most accessible work in English on the greatest mystical poet of Islam, providing a survey of the basic Sufi and Islamic doctrines concerning God and the world, the role of man in the cosmos, the need for religion, man's ultimate becoming, the states and stations of the mystical ascent to God, and the means whereby literature employs symbols to express "unseen" realities. William Chittick translates into English for the first time certain aspects of Rumi's work. He selects and rearranges Rumi's poetry and prose in order to leave aside unnecessary complications characteristic of other English translations and to present Rumi's ideas in an orderly fashion, yet in his own words. Thorough, nontechnical introductions to each chapter, and selections that gradually present a greater variety of terms and images, make this work easily accessible to those interested in the spirituality of any tradition.

In this book you will unlock your true Goddess and live on your own terms, you will begin to love yourself unconditionally, create your own path, listen to your inner voice, believe in yourself, trust yourself, create a new path for your kids, speak your truth and live unapologetically regardless of what society believes.

A narrative history of the unlikely Maoist rebellion that terrorized Peru even after the fall of global Communism. On May 17, 1980, on the eve of Peru’s presidential election, five masked men stormed a small town in the Andean heartland. They set election ballots ablaze and vanished into the night, but not before planting a red hammer-and-sickle banner in the town square. The lone man arrested the next morning later swore allegiance to a group called Shining Path. The tale of how this ferocious group of guerrilla insurgents launched a decade-long reign of terror, and how brave police investigators and journalists brought it to justice, may be the most compelling chapter in modern Latin American history, but the full story has never been told. Described by a U.S. State Department cable as “cold-blooded and bestial,” Shining Path orchestrated bombings, assassinations, and massacres across the cities, countryside, and jungles of Peru in a murderous campaign to seize power and impose a Communist government. At its helm was the professor-turned-revolutionary Abimael Guzmán, who launched his single-minded insurrection alongside two women: his charismatic young wife, Augusta La Torre, and the formidable Elena Iparraguirre, who married Guzmán soon after Augusta’s mysterious death. Their fanatical devotion to an outmoded and dogmatic ideology, and the military’s bloody response, led to the death of nearly 70,000 Peruvians. Orin Starn and Miguel La Serna’s narrative history of Shining Path is both panoramic and intimate, set against the socioeconomic upheavals of Peru’s rocky transition from military dictatorship to elected democracy. They take readers deep into the heart of the rebellion, and the lives and country it nearly destroyed. We hear the voices of the mountain villagers who organized a fierce rural resistance, and meet the irrepressible black activist María Elena Moyano and the Nobel Prize–winning novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, who each fought to end the bloodshed. Deftly written, The Shining Path is an exquisitely detailed account of a little-remembered war that must never be forgotten.

Miracles in the Backyard Description: "Miracles in the Backyard"" summarises some aspects of the Divine Love Path, highlighting some of the Universal Laws and their effects upon the body, spirit body and Soul. Divine Truth & Love, the Soul, faith, prayer, forgiveness, humility, Soul-Mates, the Spirit world, parenting, sex and sexuality are also explored from God's perspective. "Miracles in the Backyard" also addresses various concerns such as self-esteem, success, relationships, reincarnation, manifestation, abundance and body weight from both a Natural Love and a Divine Love perspective. Western medicine generally treats only the symptoms of disease and mental illness. The book explores some of the core reasons underpinning addiction, depression, anxiety, illness, co-dependent relationships and parenting challenges. A practical step-by-step healing program involving prayer and the safe expression and release of repressed emotions, including anger, fear, shame and grief are discussed.

Dr. Jol discusses the five types of love from epithumia to agape. With the inclusion of exercises, charts, diagrams, stories, and illustrations the Ph. D. demonstrates how each of us can achieve the perfect state of love. In moving through the five stages, by way of the lessons and worksheets, anyone who desires a change in their love life can do so. The book is an ideal way to self-study, use along with your partner to see his/her true love quotient, or work with a study group to mirror off each other. No matter how you wish to approach the subject we all love, wish to be loved, and desire perfection in that area of our lives.

The love affair heats up as the samurai and the gunslinger spend their nights pressed together and their days avoiding the cult of warriors out to kill them. MacRaith gets another clue on how to activate the path off the island, and we introduce another tribe hiding deep in the mists. FALLING IN LOVE ON THE PATH TO HELL is stabby, shooty, and romantic...and it's your favorite damn comic.

Andrew Errington brings the book of Proverbs into discussion with two significant accounts of the nature and foundation of practical reason in Christian ethics: those of Thomas Aquinas and Oliver O'Donovan. Aiming to move towards a framework for understanding Christian moral reasoning, this book develops a significant critique of aspects of Aquinas's thought and provides a major engagement with O'Donovan's moral theology. Errington argues that the way the Book of Proverbs conceives of wisdom presents an important challenge to the Western theological and philosophical tradition. Instead of a perfection of theoretical knowledge, wisdom in Proverbs is a practical knowledge of how to act well, grounded in the reality of the world God has made. Discussing the complexities of practical reason, moral reasoning in Aquinas, world order and deliberation in the work of O'Donovan, and the place of created order in Christian Ethics, this volume is invaluable for scholars and general readers in reconfiguring moral theology.

After leaving home from the South, Nia found herself in Detroit with her father, sister, and stepmother. She needed a break from the chaos she left behind, including a failed relationship and incomplete college education. Shortly after arriving, she was able to get a steady job and enroll herself in a four-year institution. On the other side of town, Jamal, a smooth-talking gentleman who loved the ladies, also enrolled himself into the same institution after leaving behind an aspiring singing career and mediocre job. The two met and became instant friends. Because of their current situations, Nia and Jamal had no idea that they had a secret entity called the Guiding Force that was going to insert itself into their lives and make all kinds of things happen to get them together. Despite the Guiding Force being on their side, the two friends dealt with a series of lies, deceit, and betrayal before finally testing the waters romantically. Even after finding each other, there is still some unfinished business that keeps trying to pull them apart. Will Jamal and Nia find their happily ever after, or will the Guiding Force fail their mission and allow a more sinister plot twist?