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This book combines the often too rare qualities of faith, humility, inspiration and love. By sharing her experiences and parts of her life-story, Beverly has graced us with a glimpse of her true gifts. Her courage and honesty in writing this book will long be remembered and cherished.

Meg and Don Duncan are two lawyers from Washington, DC. But when Meg's beloved Uncle Win dies unexepectedly, and leaves them his houseboat in Key West, the Duncans, intrigued, decide to pack up their careers and move there.

In Key West, they meet several exciting new people, including a little girl, Calliope, whose wealthy parents don't seem to pay much attention to her. Don is happy to have retired from the law, and begins to develop a new interest in local horticulture. But Meg misses being a lawyer, and wonders how she can ease back into being an attorney with their new lifestyle. Also, Calliope's presence awakens the childless Duncans to the possibility of becoming parents themselves. How will they resolve their issues?

I really enjoyed this book! The colorful background of Key West added a special element to this story. It makes me want to visit this city. Although I thought the dialogue was a little slick in places, ("Right on the bell for snacktime"), I still think this book has a lot going for it. Highly recommended.

This is one of the funniest books I've ever read! This is the third in a series of three called the Victoria Books, a sensational series by Francine Pascal (when she actually wrote her own books, rather than just 'created' them). Here is where you really learn what's going on in a teenager's mind as Victoria Martin takes her reader on disaster after disaster with funny quips and hilarious encounters! Really a must read for anyone, not just young adults. I discovered this series when I was about 19, so it really appeals to all.

Of the slew of personal finance books for women the past few years, this is the only one that sounds like it was written by a woman who didn't already have a fat, profitable investment portfolio, her dream house, and Prince Charming as her mate. Nearly all of the other books were written by people promoting their financial consulting businesses (until they got too rich to bother with that, like Suze Orman, although she's good, too). Leonard is a lawyer, and the legal counsel for the Older Women's League (OWL), a terrific organization.

Leonard writes in a down-to-earth, no-nonsense, but friendly voice, and gives specific, useful guidance about things most of would never know even to investigate -- much of it about Social Security benefits for widows and divorced women. If you're either of those, worried about becoming one, or just want to be proactive about protecting your own future and security, this book mandatory reading.

It was reissued the year after it came out, but is apparently out of print now. It deserves to be updated and republished.

A MUST READ for everyone that's wondering how to defend Christianity in the sea of false faiths. I'm buying more copies for several high school students to use as a study guide for doing battle with the world!

What are the practical benefits of Christianity? • What are the four duties of every committed Christian? • What does a humanist believe? • What should every Christian student know before going to college? • Can I really defend the biblical account of creation to my secular friends? • What evidence is there to prove the Bible is of supernatural nature? • Can prophecy be used to prove the Bible? • Why is the Christian worldview superior to all others? • Why should Christians never operate out of fear and defeat? And More!

Check out these contributing authors: Ken Ham, David Barton, David Noebel, Marshall Foster, Brannon Howse, Don Wildmon, Rob Lindsted and Bill Jack

This will be some of the best money you've ever spent!

The spirit unleashed by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ella Baker of SCLC, John Lewis and Fannie Lou Hamer of SNCC, and James Farmer, Goodman, Chaney and Schwerner of CORE, and the deep South spiritually based civil rights movement lives on in this medium sized (250 member plus) church in the Decatur, Georgia suburb of Atlanta.

Co-pastors, and man and wife, Nibs Stroupe, and Caroline Leach, tell the story of the 'resurrection' of this church from its former 'all-white' self, which had reduced to a few members, due to 'white flight' when a succession of Presbyterian pastors, with the support of the larger church, and nearby Columbia Seminary, of which both authors are graduates, and a determined bi-racial congregation gradually rebuilt itself to reflect the energy and values of 'the movement.'

The book is a work of denominational church history, as Stroupe briefly outlines the S.Presbyterian church's historical theological racism, an outgrowth of slavery and segregation apologetics, as well as a particular congregation's history, and details its transformation, as both pastors give short story after short story of how images, music, Sunday School curriculum, worship service, and congregational priorities gradually adapted to the African-American presence, which presence indeed eventually energized, transformed the worship service, and congregation, and attracted a broad base of whites to the now 'racially balanced' congregation.

Beginning the book with quotations from major media outlets, such as Time Magazine, which have featured the church, it goes back again and again to lessons learned from key individuals in the church's 20 year history under the co-pastorate of Leach and Stroupe. From the transformation of the original glass pastel Jesus, to a darker Jesus figure, more representative of the real historical figures 'african and Egyptian' hue, to the inclusion of gospel music, and extension of the time of service to include more congregational interaction, Stroupe and Leach demonstrate how a deep theological 'listening' is as true a religious process, and 'revitalizing of the church body' as can be found in our time.

The book does not make this process out to have been an easy one. It deals with struggle after struggle as whites and blacks worked to listen to each other, and arrived at compromises, coalitions, and evolving concensus, which has made Oakhurst Presbyterian one of the denomination's most exciting churches,
and a hopeful demonstration of what 'real integration' promises.

Stroupe quotes the African-American elder who said of gay folk, 'let all who want to come be welcome,' and settled an
issue that still roils the larger, now united Presbyterian denomination. He quotes a young Spelman graduate who did her field research on the church, emphasizing its musical ministry, which is led by an American Methodist Episcopal choir director Ms.Price, while the church retains its more traditional but very flexible chancery choir under Nancy Buss, (both 'integrated' of course..yes, white folks sing gospel music, and the church is the location of an annual gospel choir 'singing event.')

Since I have been attending for several years, I've witnessed a Reggae Christmas, as the President of the church is originally from Jamaica, and I've witnessed an 'Appalachian' emphasis Christmas, as Caroline Leach very much identifies with her Tennesee mountain heritage, and its musical tradition.

At a recent youth Sunday, there was a young couple of Ghanian singers, as well as African dancers, and a young woman giving the sermon who was gifted with what I recognize as a British accent, whether from 'the islands' or Nigeria, I'm not sure.

Week to week, Nibs Stroupe is the primary giver of sermons, although both pastors often do a dialogue sermon, and there is almost always an intern, a woman, or African American student intern, from nearby Columbia Seminary, and many visiting ministers, to vary the pulpit perspective. It is Stroupe's constant theme that the contemporary idols of race, sex, gender, money, power and violence, among others, that are the real threats to the rejuvenated Christianity that our civilization caught a glimpse of in the sixties, and which each week, finds new, and unique expression at this church, of which I am very proud to be a member.

God loves diversity, say Stroupe and Lynch, or he wouldn't have made us so, diverse that is..and this church celebrates diversity.

There are a lot of people who think that divorce is wrong, or a full-blown sin. I believe all of those people, as well as others, should read this book. Dr. Forward points out that leaving a relationship is a right, not a privilege, and gives an insightful portrait into the motivations of people, married, divorced, or single, who just can't let go. PLEASE READ!

I am glad someone took the time to bring together all the aspects involved in making a powerful presentation. It takes you through all stages developing goals, creating an opener, creating transitions between topics, closures, preparing, dealing with anxiety and stress, getting feedback, rehearsing, giving the actual presentation, handling Q&A....The guide also provides tips to handle hecklers, physical disasters during presentation, analyzing audience and most importantly preparing ahead of time for the presentation.

Lainey left Gabe on their wedding day, when she learned from her mother Gabe married Lainey for her ranch, and the money that came with it.
Five years later Lainey's mother dies,and Lainey finds out her Mother had lied to her, and spent all of the money Lainey had received from her father, and that it wasn't alot of money.
Gabe didn't what to make out of Lainey showing up just year a few months before she would come into all of her money she though he was after.
When she asked him to forgive her, Gabe felt she was just trying to find out how much she could take him for. But he waited and watched. Sure enough Lainey was telling the truth, and he loved her more now than before.
Lainey took the ragging of Gabe's hired help, and a woman who had been mean to her since she was little.
Lainey hung in there until she convinced Gabe she was serious, and Gabe came through with flying colors.
Susan Fox writes a delightful story.

For many, aging is like an unwelcome guest! Behaviors that at first seem charming, even endearing, quickly become annoying, obnoxious, and even, at times, unbearable. Aging steals the wisdom and goodness we have won through the timeless practice of trial and error. Just on the verge on getting it right (finally), some oldsters become as children. This time, they have no adulthood to look forward to.

Should we accept such a fate gracefully? Author Barbara Morris says no. She believes there is plenty we can all do, starting today, to persuade the #$%^&* ducks of aging to nest in someone else's backyard. In a delightful, conversational tone, Morris, a registered pharmacist, offers solutions in three important areas: health, retirement, and attitude.

Morris suggests that a healthy lifestyle is a great defense against aging. Through her own experiences in her pharmacy, she has come to believe that over-medication creates some of the ills of aging. She offers common-sense solutions in the areas of diet, exercise and life-style choices to create a life where growing older does not equate to aging.

The life of the retiree is not for Morris. She continues to contribute to the community around her as a practicing pharmacist and as a productive author and lecturer. She believes the choice to retire may in itself contribute to aging and that remaining active and employed will help keep us young.

Perhaps her most important contribution is that Morris tackles attitudes as key players in aging. How many times have you excused a lapse of memory as a "senior moment?" Or avoided learning a new skill because "I'm too old?" For that matter, how many times has a physician told you to expect certain (unpleasant) changes because "you're getting older"? Morris makes the case that changing our attitudes will change our outcomes and Put Old on Hold.

Her photo on the book's back cover shows a woman who looks at least 20 years younger than her chronological age. In person, she's even younger. With results like these, you know she's on to something significant.

I'm on my third reading of Boomers Really Can Put Old on Hold. I find something new - something I'm sure she put there just for me - each time I read it. This is an important book. Get it, read it, and reread it. You can, and you should, Put Old on Hold.