A Rope and a Prayer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Rope and a Prayer write by David Rohde. This book was released on 2011-11-01. A Rope and a Prayer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The compelling and insightful account of a New York Times reporter's abduction by the Taliban, and his wife's struggle to free him. In November 2008, David Rohde, a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for The New York Times, was kidnapped by the Taliban and held captive for seven months in the tribal areas of Pakistan. In the process, Rohde became the first American to witness how Pakistan's powerful military turns a blind eye toward a Taliban ministate thriving inside its borders. In New York, David's wife Kristen Mulvihill, together with his family, kept the kidnapping secret for David's safety and struggled to navigate a labyrinth of conflicting agendas, misinformation, and lies. Part memoir, part work of journalism, A Rope and a Prayer is a story of duplicity, faith, resilience, and love.
The Rope of God
The Rope of God - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Rope of God write by James T. Siegel. This book was released on 2000. The Rope of God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Acehnese, a Muslim people of Sumatra, fought Dutch attempts to colonize them for forty years. After its "pacification," Acehnese society evolved peacefully, yet nonetheless the Acehnese participated fully in the Indonesian revolution and in a rebellion against the Indonesian central government not long after. Based on field work done in the early 1960s, James Siegel's The Rope of God, traces the evolution in Islam, in the economy, and in the structure of the family to show how it was that Aceh mobilized itself as a society from the time of the colonial war to the emergence of the republic. At a time when this Indonesian society is once again in movement, this influential study has gained a certain new relevance. To bridge this span of time since its initial publication in 1969, Siegel has added two additional chapters to his original volume: one a description of political elements today and the other a previously published piece on Acehnese domestic politics. Important when it first appeared, The Rope of God continues to be of enduring importance today and will be warmly welcomed back into print. James Siegel is Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies, Cornell University and is the author of New Criminal Type in Jakarta: A Counter-Revolution Today, among other books.
Praying the Jesus Prayer
Praying the Jesus Prayer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Praying the Jesus Prayer write by Frederica Mathewes-Green. This book was released on 2011-08-01. Praying the Jesus Prayer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me.” This very simple prayer was developed in the deserts of Egypt and Palestine during the early centuries of Christian faith, and has been practiced in the Eastern Orthodox Church ever since. It is a prayer inspired by St. Paul’s exhortation to “pray constantly” (1 Thessalonians 5:17), and its purpose is to tune one’s inner attention to the presence of the Lord. This series of “little books” is designed to enable you to grasp the meaning of one ancient method of Christian prayer in a relatively short amount of time. In Praying the Jesus Prayer, one of today’s most respected voices on Orthodoxy in America introduces you to: • The history and meaning of this popular but rarely understood method of talking to God • What it means to really pray with both heart and mind • How to get started incorporating the Jesus Prayer into your life.
On a Wing and a Prayer with
On a Wing and a Prayer with - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook On a Wing and a Prayer with write by Gordon G. G. Gebert. This book was released on 2005-01-01. On a Wing and a Prayer with available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Prayers by the Lake
Prayers by the Lake - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prayers by the Lake write by St Nikolai Velimirovich. This book was released on 2018-08-11. Prayers by the Lake available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work is written during his resting periods at Lake Ochrid (1921) in poetic-prose style, similar in spirituality to the Psalms of David. Can those who are themselves homeless really build the temple for the Teacher of all builders? (...) When you build the best for Him, you are setting an example for your soul, showing her what she should be building within herself (...) You build Him expensive edifices, in order to remind your soul that she was intended for, a royal palace, and not for hovels of clay (...) But what will become of your temples (...) If the domes of your temples are forever higher than your souls? (...) If the width of your temples is forever wider than the narrowness of your souls? (...) If your altars are forever shining more brightly than the shrines of your souls? (...) They will become the dead monuments of dead souls. Meet one of the greatest Orthodox bishops of the 20th century, an theological writer and a highly gifted orator, known as "The New Chrysostom." Saint Nikolai Velimirovich of Ohrid and Zhicha (1880 - 1956) was bishop in the Serbian Orthodox Church and the author of many Orthodox books.
