When Sarah Carr's husband Jamie drowns, her young life is shattered and takes a turn that she never expected. Pregnant and now widowed, she reaches out to Jamie's family for help but they are unwilling. Instead they devise a plan to have her kidnapped and taken to the Colonies to live a life of servitude. In the wilds of Maryland, Sarah endures the hardships of being indentured and the debasement of being a woman. In despair, she offers up faithful prayers that are answered. But Sarah's new life in the Colonies finds her surrounded by a family's whirlwind of secrets, while she hopes the young doctor she loves will bring her freedom.
The color fascinated the people of the village, who said their fire god had
bestowed it upon her. Some believed it had healing powers and would cut a lock
from the nape of her neck. Others thought it powerful magic and treated her kindly
for fear if they did not, bad luck would befall them. Many stones lighter than when
she was taken, Sarah's clothes hung loose over her frame. Her hands were raw
and red from hard work, and when she lifted the basket to her arm, the reeds
scraped ...
A diagnosis of a stage IV cancer is quite a jolt for any family. This is the news that came to Jeff Wisdom, a husband and father in his mid-forties. When the diagnosis of an advanced cancer comes to a family, it can challenge faith and hope. Through the Valley is a biblical-theological reflection on suffering. It details what Scripture says about suffering and what God has promised, both now and in the future. It draws comfort and encouragement from some lessons learned. And it acknowledges and wrestles with some unresolved questions and issues. Jeff's reflections, as one who has endured cancer and chemotherapy, help to bridge Scripture's message and the experience of living with a deadly disease. Excerpts from his wife's journal are included to provide a window into this walk in a dark valley. This book does not address every aspect of the Bible's teaching on suffering, but it makes an important contribution to the topic of the suffering that comes seemingly unexplained as the result of living in a fallen world.
and natural response for fallen people who live in a fallen world—even for
people of faith. This is not to say that fear should be left unchecked or
unchallenged (this is precisely the point of these commands!), but it is merely to
acknowledge that it is a regular and very real part of the experience of suffering in
a fallen world. The trouble oflife often leads to the companionship of fear through
these days oftrouble. I will freely admit that fear was my companion on the
pathway of suffering ...
How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The Valley of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle From the annals of Dr Watson comes this dark tale of Sherlock Holmes' early encounter with Professor Moriarty. When Holmes and Watson receive a cipher from one of Moriarty's henchmen warning of dark doings at a manor house, they find themselves on the trail of a murderer. Almost immediately, they are on their way to Sussex where they discover a corpse with its head blown to pieces. But all is not as it seems. For the origins of this case lie in America, and involve a Pinkerton's man and the doings of a terrible and secretive lodge ...
How is this book unique?
Directory of the Partai Keadilan Sejahtera's faction of the Indonesian People's Representative Council.
Dari situlah ilmu yang dia miliki sejak kuliah, menemukan batu asahnya. Ia
terlibat dalam diskusi bulanan dan harus berinteraksi dengan lembaga politik
keumatan, baik tingkat nasional maupun internasional. "Inilah yang
mengantarkan saya dan teman-teman mendirikan Partai Keadilan," papar pria
yang dicalonkan partainya dari daerah pemilihan Cirebon dan Indramayu ini.
Lulusan pascasarjana di bidang politik ini melihat konstruksi kehidupan
berbangsa sebagai hal mudak ...
"Karya Fikru Hanif ini membuka polemik yang nyaris tidak pernah diulas oleh media massa saat itu. Karya ini sangat layak untuk dibaca." (Zulhasril Nasir, Guru Besar FISIP Universitas Indonesia) Buku ini penting karena mengangkat topik penolakan keras Abdul Malik Ahmad terhadap penghapusan asas Islam di Muhammadiyah. Buku ini menarik karena mengangkat kembali tokoh sejarah yang berpengaruh dan kontroversial. "It's an originial and interesting study!" (David Reeve, Associate Professor New South Wales University). "Sebagai seorang yang pernah menjadi murid pengajian Buya Malik Ahmad di paruh akhir 80-an, membaca buku ini membuat saya seperti kembali mendengar suara Buya. Terutama, analisisnya yang tajam, serta kekokohan pendiriannya walau bertentangan dengan mayoritas sikap ulama pada masa itu yang terkooptasi hegemoni Order Baru. Sebuah telaah yang layak dibaca." (Akmal Nasery Basral, Sastrawan dan Novelis)
Malik Ahmad dan Aktivitas di Muhammadiyah Abdul Malik Ahmad lahir pada
tanggal 7 Juli 1912 di Nagari Sumaniak Kelarasan Tanah Datar.1 Malik Ahmad
demikian panggilan akrabnya, tumbuh di nagari dengan kondisi alam berbukit,
berjarak 10 kilometer dari Van der Capelen (Batu-sangkar). Malik Ahmad tumbuh
di nagari yang kuat pengaruh Islam dan adatnya. Meskipun dalam realitasnya
adat dan Islam merupakan hal yang kontradiktif 1 Surat Ketetapan tentang
Catatan ...
Collective biography of hafiz, Muslims who memorize the Qur'an in Indonesia.
Tentu tidak hanya sampai pada tingkatan membaca dengan baik, pemahaman,
penghayatan, dan pengamalan serta “up date-nya” Al-Qur'an dalam
menuntaskan persoalan dunia serta menjadikan Al-Qur'an sumber ilmu
pengetahuan yang membawa peradaban adalah bagian penting dari Al-Qur'an
itu sendiri.* Di antara sikap Syekh Azra'i Abdurrauf dalam mengajar Al-Qur'an
adalah: 1. Istikamah. 2. Komitmen dengan waktu yang telah disepakati. 3.
Mendahulukan mengajar dari ...
sajak-sajak Sitor Situmorang. BENDERA Untuk Cornel Simanjuntak Hari ni
bendera tua diserahkan, tanda satu kurun zaman telah lalu, Disimpan dalam
lemari pajangan sejarah yang hilang tuju. "For a fighting nation there's no
journey's end!" Panji berkibar di angkasa kenangan, Lambaiannya sepanjang
penindasan, menggema lagu: Maju tak gentar! Membela yang benar ! Membela
yang benar ! TEMBOK PURA GAUTAMA Tembok ini mengelilingi ruang tak lebih
seluas 27 ...
TRAGEDI Seorang pemburu mengikuti jejak kaki hewan buruan Bercak-bercak
darah segar melekap ketiak batu padas Kijang jantan menggebu searah
matahari terbenam Kabur dan hilang berita sekian senja. Kijang betina menanti
dalam rintih memedih Mekar bunga rindu di hulu hati Tiada bau lumpur basah
seputar rimba raya Kijang pun hilir mudik antara tasik dan mulut gua
persembunyian. Ujung dinihari setelah belasan malam memeram rindu Kijang
jantan pulang menebus ...
