Author: Mike Foster
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 1601428553
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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A powerful message of hope for anyone burdened by shame and for everyone who longs for a fresh, passionate, and fierce life. Now in convenient trade paperback and featuring a bonus section for guided reflection. This retitled edition of People of the Second Chance centers on HOPE. Every fierce and free life starts with that at the core. And every reader longs for a passionate and unstoppable spirit. This book will equip the reader to fight for hope and victory for others and also themselves. Foster's examination of hope is one part challenge, two parts encouragement. He forces the reader to ask the following questions: How did I lose it? How do I get? How do I give it? Each question is broken down into core concepts that are essential to a life devoted to the power of fierce and free living: awareness, discovery, ownership, forgiveness, acceptance, and freedom.
Author: Craig Grossi
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063009544
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
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The author of the heartwarming Craig and Fred tells the deeply emotional and inspiring story of the next phase of their lives together: working closely with prison inmates in Maine who raise and train puppies to become service dogs. Former US Marine Craig Grossi and his dog Fred appeared on the "Today Show' and 'Rachael Ray', and in schools, bookstores, and military bases across America as they told the uplifting story of how Craig found Fred, a stray, while serving in Afghanistan--and brought him home. During their travels, Craig was invited to speak at Maine State Prison—the penitentiary that inspired Stephen King’s famous “Shawshank.” While there, he met a group of very special inmates, participants in a program run by the non-profit America’s Vet Dogs. Craig discovered that many of the prisoners are veterans—former soldiers serving their country in an entirely different way: by transforming purebred Labrador Retrievers from floppy puppies into indispensable companions for disabled vets. These service dogs literally and figuratively open doors for men and women, offering hope and a renewed sense of freedom. Yet these disabled vets are not the only lives changed by these dogs. The inmates who train them “are given a purpose, they’re given experience, and most importantly they’re given a sense of self-worth,” Craig explains. “The men at Maine State are given a second chance—something that I believe everyone deserves.” For Craig, the visit had a profound impact. “There was something special going on inside its walls and it was calling out to me. I quickly realized that the program and its men had something to show the world.” In this emotionally powerful book, he introduces these men and challenges us to look deeper, to see them as human beings deserving of a new shot at life. “We’re quick to give second chances to celebrities, politicians and famous athletes when they screw up,” Craig reminds us, “but when it comes to those who’ve been convicted for their mistakes, we too often dismiss them as forever lost.” Second Chances poignantly shows that no life is irredeemable and that each of us can make a difference if given the opportunity.
Author: Catherine Hoke
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780999669501
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Author: Joe Vasicek
Publisher: Joe Vasicek
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
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Clones were meant to be obedient, but to what? Or to whom? Two sister-clones, torn apart by the rigid expectations of their interstellar society. One rebels, while the other conforms. But when they reunite on a desolate planet, their conflicting beliefs ignite a fierce debate over the nature of freedom, the value of human life, and whether duty to family endures after that family has fallen apart.
Author: Jeffrey Ellner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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What does the statement "We the People" really mean? How many understand The Declaration of Independence and its basic idea that All Men are Equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? Why hasn't America been the land of freedom for all people? What about the stained history she carries-slavery, lack of voting rights, and oppression of women? America's history is powerful, and we can learn much from it, but after looking back, what do we do with our future? Do you watch the news, the stream of stories about racial injustice, muffled cries, shouts, screams, the unrest, and the division happening to America? Is there a way to change it? There is a Second Chance for everyone, even America. Second Chances will: Tell the true history to see why America is a mess and offer a solution to get out of it; Give untold stories of our heroes that demonstrate that all humans are flawed, no one should put themselves hirer than anyone else; Ask why throughout the book to get you thinking and researching; Get you thinking about the future and that there is hope despite America's stained history. Warning! This book is not going to share the story you learned in school. Second Chances will share truths that I have researched for over 50 years. Some might be hard to swallow, so give yourself time, and I challenge you to review my academic opinion to see a perspective that will make you ask why. Second Chances shatters the lies, opens the truth, and leads the reader to find; Hope instead of hopelessness for America's future, Acceptance of truth and a pathway forward, and Empowering questions of why to help shape the present and the future.
Author: Scott Craig
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1682895610
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
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Inga Klein’s life was destroyed when Adolf Hitler took over Germany. Over the next several years, the Nazis took her family, her freedom, and Fritz, her one true love. When the Allies crushed the Third Reich, they not only freed Inga from the horrors of Buchenwald but also gave her a second chance at life and love in America. But when demons from her past surface in her new life, will those second chances prove to be her opportunity for revenge?
Author: Jessica Bailey
Publisher: Starlight
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
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"I, Amelie Ashwood, Reject you, Tate Cozad, as my mate. I REJECT YOU!" I screamed. I took the silver blade dipped in my own blood to my mate mark. Amelie only ever wanted to live a simple life out of the spotlight of her Alpha bloodline. She felt she had that when she found her first mate. After years together, her mate was not the man he claimed to be. Amelie is forced to perform the Rejection Ritual to set herself feel. Her freedom comes at a price, one of which is an ugly black scar. "Nothing! There's nothing! Bring her back!" I scream with every part of my being. I knew before he said anything. I felt her in my heart say goodbye and let go. At that moment, an unimaginable pain radiated to my core. Alpha Gideon Alios loses his mate, which should be the happiest day of his life, the birth of his twins. Gideon doesn't have time to grieve, left mateless, alone, and a newly single father of infant daughters. Gideon never lets his sadness show as it would be showing weakness. Only he knows the extent of his pain and loneliness.
Author: Yael Mermelstein
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781422610701
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287
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Author: William Umansky
Publisher: Higherlife Development Service
ISBN: 9781935245490
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Celebrate the resilience of the human spirit through the stories of everydayspeople whose ordeals allowed them to experience first-hand the healing powersof second chances.sMeet Vanessa-a teenage runaway who turns to a life of prostitution but finds herway back home. Discover mothers reunited with daughters, daughters reunitedswith fathers, and a drug dealer who befriends a priest and finds the couragesto start his life over again. Learn that forgiveness-even between a mother and the man who killed her son-is truly possible. See how one person's life can positively impact and change the pathway for another. In this powerful collection of stories, you will find hope, peace of mind, and proof that whatever the circumstances may be in your life, it is never too late for a fresh start at life.
Author: Gilbert Allen
Publisher: Orchises Press
ISBN: 9780914061205
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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