![]() ![]() Session 1: The Kingdom of Heaven - Matthew 5:1-2 (32:16) -In this video session Jen introduces you to the Sermon on the Mount - some of the most familiar passages in all of Scripture. ![]() Both practical and profound, the sermon asks of us the same questions it posed to its original hearers: How should a disciple relate to sin? To others? To the Law? How does a disciple think, speak, and act? What is the nature of true righteousness? Seat yourself on a mountainside to learn at the feet of Jesus. It was a message intended to turn upside down every expectation His closest followers might have. What does it mean to be a citizen of the kingdom of Heaven? Matthew's gospel opens with three chapters containing Jesus' longest recorded message – a sermon given to His disciples early in His ministry to articulate what the life of a Christ-follower would look like. Sermon on the Mount - Bible Study Book + Streaming Video Access includes the physical Sermon on the Mount study book and perpetual streaming access* to 9 teaching sessions by Jen Wilkin for individual viewing. ![]()
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![]() Magic Binds is the fifteenth story set in this world – the ninth full-length novel – and while a reader might be able to jump into the series in one of the first few books, I would not recommend starting with this one. Then we can dissect the books over the phone have trivia contests during holidays and gain enjoyment in a shared experience of really loving an alternative literary world. I will keep after them until one finally picks up Magic Bites and then systematically consumes all of the rest of this wonderful series. Their lives are extremely busy with work, school and the various activities that adults just starting out in life attend to. I am having a hard time getting any of my grown children to start the Kate Daniels books. I feel somewhat the same way about this urban fantasy series. ![]() We had Harry Potter trivia contests in the car on long trips. We attended midnight themed parties on that red letter day. ![]() We counted down the days until the next book was due to be released. ![]() When my children were small, we were Harry Potter fanatics. ![]() ![]() Later we see a teenage Maggie, and then an older Maggie, perhaps in her early 20s. Maggie is left to her own imagination while her brother, unwillingly goes to school, something that Maggie dreams of doing. It is very clear to the audience from the beginning and Maggie is a very smart woman, she loves to read and learn, but it is quickly stifled by her father, telling her she shouldn’t be reading books. This story is about the oppression of Maggies imagination, intelligence and agency as a woman living in a small town. This adaption is much the same as the book, it is set in 19 th century England, and it spans across 10-15 years of Maggies life starting when Maggie was 9 years old. Optic Nerves adaption of Mill on the Floss was a theatrical re-telling of the story of Maggie Tulliver. ![]() Mill on the Floss is a theatrical adaptation by Optic Nerve of the 1860 novel of the same name written by Mary Ann Evans under the pseudonym George Eliot. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Stephen’s first novel, Tatiana and the Russian Wolves, is the psychological journey of a young Russian émigré as he reconciles his guilt and dishonesty with his mother’s troubled past and suicide. Other stories have appeared in East Lit, an online journal. ![]() “Snake Charmed” appeared in Gem Street, an anthology of short stories published in Ireland. Inspired by Paul Theroux’s Asian collection, The Counsel’s File, Stephen has written a collection of short stories centered in Southeast Asia he won an award from Negative Capability for “Prince Charles and the Texans,” set in Singapore. He describes Chicago as the most dangerous, Singapore the cleanest.ĭespite his initial misgivings, Stephen found living in Asia fascinating, frustrating, and life threatening at times. His banking career involved assignments in San Francisco, Jakarta, Singapore, Chicago, London, and Tanzania. Speaking good Spanish at the time, he was bewildered-but not entirely surprised-when he was assigned to the Asia Division and later transferred to Indonesia. But practicality prevailed, and he opted for business school and joined Bank of America’s International Department. While at Stanford, Stephen discovered art history and considered a career in the arts. ![]() Of his parents’ gifts, love of literature is his most cherished. He grew up in California’s Napa Valley in the 1950s in a family of readers-dinner-table conversations often centered on books. Stephen Jordan’s fiction is often inspired from living and working overseas combined with a passion for history. ![]() ![]() The War of the Five Kings is slowly coming to its end. It has since been adapted, along with A Dance With Dragons, for television as the fifth season of Game of Thrones, though elements of the novel appeared in the series' fourth and sixth seasons. In 2006 the novel was nominated for the Hugo Award, the Locus Award, and the British Fantasy Society Award. Ī Feast for Crows was the first novel in the series to debut at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list, a feat among fantasy writers only previously achieved by Robert Jordan and Neil Gaiman. Martin noted that the A Song of Ice and Fire series would now likely total seven novels. ![]() ![]() The concurrent novel A Dance with Dragons, which focuses on other locations such as the North, the Wall and Essos, was advertised for the following year, but was eventually released six years later in 2011. A Feast for Crows was published months later, and focuses mainly on southern Westeros. Rather than divide the text chronologically in half, Martin instead split the material by plot location, resulting in "two novels taking place simultaneously" with different casts of characters. ![]() īecause of its size, Martin and his publishers split the narrative of the still-unfinished manuscript for A Feast for Crows into two books. The novel was first published on October 17, 2005, in the United Kingdom, with a United States edition following on November 8, 2005. A Feast for Crows is the fourth of seven planned novels in the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by American author George R. ![]() ![]() It halted, sniffing as loudly as a godsdamn barrat, scenting blood. The click and drag of claws drew closer as the weak flame above the lone candle sputtered and then went out, pitching the cell into darkness.Ī thicker mass of shadows appeared in the open archway-a misshapen form on its hands and knees. To end what the Blood Queen has begun, Poppy might have to become what she has been prophesied to be-what she fears the most.Īs the Harbinger of Death and Destruction. Ancient primal powers have already stirred, revealing the horror of what began eons ago. ![]() Together, Poppy and Casteel must embrace traditions old and new to safeguard those they hold dear-to protect those who cannot defend themselves. Not if she has any hope of building a future where both kingdoms can reside in peace. With the strength of the Primal of Life’s guards behind her, and the support of the wolven, Poppy must convince the Atlantian generals to make war her way-because there can be no retreat this time. ![]() Nothing will stop Poppy from freeing her King and destroying everything the Blood Crown stands for. The magnitude of what the Blood Queen has done is almost unthinkable. Casteel Da’Neer knows all too well that very few are as cunning or vicious as the Blood Queen, but no one, not even him, could’ve prepared for the staggering revelations. ![]() ![]() Soon Carly finds her heart opening, little by little, and struggles to ignore the feelings that are growing between them. While they spend most of their time sparring and bickering, an early season hurricane finds them fighting nature – instead of each other – to save the wetlands and the birds that brought them together. Wildlife photographer Pat Ryan is duped into volunteering her talents to the cause, but she wants no part of the overzealous Dr. Having sworn off women and relationships, Carly is perfectly content to live her life alone while she focuses on her latest project. ![]() She is devoted to the environmental cause with a passion usually reserved for a lover – something she hasn’t had since a disastrous love affair ten years earlier. Carly Cambridge, wildlife biologist, returns to the Texas Gulf Coast to manage the latest Habitats for Nature project, restoring the woods and wetlands to their natural state. ![]() ![]() ![]() □□□ I though the narrator did an excellent job bringing the book to life, but I haven’t decided whether I want to continue with the series in the future. Harbinger of death, keeper of souls, frequenter of nightmares. It also felt as though the author was trying too hard with the sex scenes, and there were sooo many… making it a bit boring and so annoying to listen to after a while, even though they were really well written. Elena To most, Kal Anderson is a villain. I personally found the age gap between the MC’s to be an issue (she was 18 (a mere child) and he was 32), so some their interactions were a bit disconnected and frustrating at times. The author’s writing style was really good and did not disappoint, but the storyline, which was loosely based on a modern retelling of Hades and Persephone, was not my favourite… and then again it wasn’t the worst I’ve ever read. Its the first book in the Monsters & Muses series, and while it is a standalone, it contains side plots and themes that are not immediately resolved. I had such mixed feelings this book, especially after all the great reviews this book got, but unfortunately it just didn’t quite hit the mark for me. ![]() ![]() Finally, in an Epilogue, he told three stories about himself not long after he left Wellington, the first of which is the most poignant of all his stories from a Greek love point of view. Mostly devoted to the five years from 1929 he spent as a schoolmaster at a public school he refers to only as “College”, but which is revealed in the introduction by his publisher to have been Wellington College in Berkshire, Flannelled Fool also refers back to his own education at Marlborough College and Cambridge University. ![]() His third and best-known book, Flannelled Fool: a slice of life in the Thirties (London, 1967), from which all the extracts touching on Greek love are here taken, was a memoir. Thomas Cuthbert Worsley (10 December 1907 – 25 February 1977) was an English schoolmaster, writer and drama critic. Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars.Flannelled Fool: a slice of life in the Thirties. ![]() ![]() Marlowe, Sharpe & Mark - Farewell to the Dutchman.Geschenk, Louis - The Alexandre Yersin Case.Drummond, Oliver - Ralph Nicholas Chubb: Prophet and Paiderast. ![]() Davis, Graham - A Boy Scout Whistles And Smiles.Eyes lit with the light of other skies: The joyful life of Edwin Emmanuel Bradford ![]() ![]() ![]() 25, 2018Ī New Enlightenment: An Interview with Steven Pinker - Rain Taxi, Mar. Steven Pinker dares to argue the bright side in dark times - Montreal Gazette, Mar. Playboy Profile: Steven Pinker and the Radical Case for Optimism - Playboy Magazine, Mar./Apr. 2018 Scared by the News? Take the Long View: Progress Gets Overlooked - New York Times, Apr. 10, 2018Ĭounter-Enlightenment Convictions are ‘Surprisingly Resilient’ - Quillette, Apr. Q&A with experimental psychologist Steven Pinker - Financial Times, Apr. The Critical Optimist: Steven Pinker on why the Enlightenment still matters - Spiked Review, May 2018ĭata says we’re healthier, wealthier, freer than those who came before us - The Times of India, Apr. People are safer now than they were several hundred years ago - The Hindu, May 2, 0218 Steven Pinker, Author of Bill Gates's Favorite Book, Says Entrepreneurs Should Trust Stats, Not Their Intuition - Entrepreneur, Jul. How We Evaluate Our Current Circumstances: Talking to Steven Pinker - Los Angeles Review of Books, Jul. 15, 2018ĭoes the Enlightenment Need Defending? - IAI News, Sep. The Gospel According to Pinker: An Interview with Steven Pinker - Przekrój, Sep. Steven Pinker Thinks the Future Is Looking Bright - The New York Times, Nov. Journalists think reporting good news is propaganda or PR, says Harvard professor Steven Pinker - The Times of India, Dec. Steven Pinker: Why our world is getting better - 52 Insights, Jan. Why Do People Love to Hate Steven Pinker? - The Chronicle Review, Mar. 2019 ![]() |