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I just loved this book! I thought it was really cute and my daughter just loved it.

I loved the whole concept of the book. It was put together very well, it was entertaining,fun,emotional,and I loved it. Once you start reading it you do not want to put it down. I sent it to school with my 13 yr. old daughter, for her Language Arts teacher to read, and she loved it. I am especially fond of the story "On the Yellow Line" by Sandra Pinkerton. I think the way it was written was great, and it made me cry. I highly recommend this book.

I purchased this book (PAPER BACK) in Nova Sciota 6 years ago for my grandchildren. 3 and 5 years old. Not only was it a favorite book of theirs but many children who visited their home. The art is delightful, story, lots of fantasy. Bright beautiful colors. I just purchased 2 hardcover ones for Christmas gifts. I collect Children's books and I have PURCHASED one for a gift to myself!!
"The Magic Boot" by Remy Simard & Pierre Pratt
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This book was awesome. I read it in one sitting. It was so insightful in identifying the components of a "True Man". It gave great specific instructions on how to be a man of God.

One of the 20th century's greatest philosophers offers a rational and empirical defense for the existence of God based upon reason and love. The ground for the book is "a conviction that a magnificent intellectual content is implicit in the religious faith most briefly expressed into three words, `God is love,' which words I sincerely believe are contradicted as truly as they are embodied in the best known of the older theologies, as they certainly have been misunderstood by atheists and skeptics" (ix).

Hartshorne offers a solution to the problem of evil that is based upon a notion of divine power that is in harmony with creaturely power. "In their ultimate individuality things can only be influenced, they cannot be surely coerced" (xvi). Hartshorne's understanding of God as both absolute and relative provides a fundamental thesis for process theology's doctrine of God. In some respects, God is unchanging; in some respects, God changes. Because God is unchanging love, God's experiencing of love and gift of love must change in moment by moment existence.

Hartshorne's understanding of love plays a pivotal role in the development of the book's themes. He argues that "love is the desire for the good of others, ideally all others" (14). Divine love includes social awareness and action from that awareness. It includes both selfish and unselfish acts by God. "In God there is a perfect agreement between altruism and egoism" (161). He argues that theologians went through many contortions to show that God's love both was love and nothing of the kind. "They sought to maintain a distinction between love as desire, with an element of possible gain or loss to the self, and love as purely altruistic benevolence; or again between sensuous and spiritual love, eros and agape. But benevolence is a form of desire" (116).

"The whole idea of religion," says Hartshorne, "is that we can know God as He is in Himself, though vaguely, for we know Him through love. We know ourselves and everything else in relation to a dim but direct sense of God's love. Love of God is the norm of creaturely love; for religion, all other human love is deficient" (127). In words sound poetic but that Hartshorne takes seriously, he writes, "the divine as love is the only theme adequate to the cosmic symphony" (216).

A really big book, 10 works in one. Ideal for long journeys (which Twain took a few of himself!).

This book is not only extremely helpful with great resources for young writers to send material, the names of the contests and magazines are categorized with a decription of criteria the company wants in manuscripts, pay, time it takes for them to get back to you, and recent publicatons byt the company. These small decriptions are very brief with all of the needed details right in front of you. This is a great resource for writers who are just getting started and even writers who have written for a long time and are looking for new experiences.

All the books in this series are terrific, and this one is no exception. The images are clear, colorful, and varied. I like having each image printed on quality paper which can be cut out (images are printed on only one side of the paper) or used as a reference to what is on the CD. I love having the CD so that images can be collaged and resized. If you need a good libary of clip art, I recommend this book and others in the same series.

I was amazed at the poeverty level of the Migrant workers in California. I was not aware that any Migrant families actually lived in housing the way these families did. This is a must read for every one to truly understand what Migrant life is all about.

I really like this little book. Hudson serves on the pastoral team at Northfield Methodist Church in Benoni, South Africa. The book is primarily about cultivating compassion but I believe it has much to say about spiritual formation and living a missional life as well.

In chapter one Hudson describes the birth of a Pilgrimage of Pain and Hope, an eight day pilgrimage experience for his largely middle-class suburban congregation. Hudson describes it as an "immersion into the struggles and joys of our suffering neighbors."

Illustrating that Christian groups have not always approached such attempts with the proper posture, I appreciated that Hudson shared the concerns of friends and colleagues who ministered in possible pilgrimage sites with comments like "come as pilgrims, not tourists; as learners, not teachers; as listeners, not as talkers."

After the first Pilgrimage of Pain and Hope Hudson committed to three things: (1) He would plan for his congregation an annual, week long pilgrimage; (2) he would try to shape the pilgrimage experience into an effective means of spiritual formation; and (3) on a personal level he would seek to become a "pilgrim" in daily life. Throughout the remainder of the book Hudson provides very practical and insightful encouragement on each of these points.

After reflecting on almost a decade worth of leading his congregation on Pilgrimages of Pain and Hope, Hudson concluded that the concept rested upon three essential ingredients: Encounter, Reflection, and Transformation. While Hudson explores each ingredient more fully in later chapters, he introduces each in chapter one with a brief explanation.

With the element of encounter Hudson writes:

"First, the Pilgrimage of Pain and Hope is a personal encounter with the pain of our shattered and fragmented societies. . . . Alongside this encounter with pain in pilgrimage experience comes an encounter with hope. Throughout these deprived communities we discover those who resiliently refuse to become prisoners of helplessness and despair. Often unsung and anonymous, these hidden saints bring rays of faith, hope, and love to the lives they touch. . . . Encountering these signs of hope challenges the pilgrims to examine their own faith response within their lives and communities."

With the element of reflection Hudson writes:

"Reflection on experience constitutes the next ingredient in the pilgrimage process. The pilgrims experience daily a wide range of emotions, circumstances, and people. Without reflection they run the risk of losing the transforming insights."

With the last element of transformation he writes:

"Transformation into greater Christ-likeness comes as a gift to those generously open to the Holy Spirit."

While each of the above ingredients were obviously important in the Pilgrimages of Pain and Hope, they are equally crucial in the routines of daily life. On incorporating these key ingredients in daily life Hudson writes:

"As the pilgrims returned home and shared their stories, many who listened expressed their disappointment that family and work responsibilities precluded their participation in this annual event. As I thought through this aspect I began to see that these three essential ingredients, Encounter - Reflection - Transformation, represent three critical movements of the authentic Christ-following life. . . . In other words, Christ-followers need to find a practical way of making the pilgrimage experience part of their daily lives. . . . Alongside the usual activities of solitude and silence, prayer and fasting, Bible study and meditation, I began to see the possibilities of the pilgrimage experience as a regular spiritual discipline undergirding our daily walk with God."

In chapter two of A Mile In My Shoes, Trevor Hudson talks about preparing for a pilgrimage by cultivating a pilgrim attitude. Developing such an attitude is not only crucial for a week long type of excursion illustrated by the Pilgrimage of Pain and Hope but it is equally important in our daily lives. Hudson writes:

"How, then, do we go about cultivating a pilgrim attitude? Applicable to every apprentice pilgrim, whether embarking upon a planned pilgrimage experience or not, the question deserves careful attention. Otherwise our lives run the risk of becoming characterized by aimless drifting, smug self-concern, and bland superficiality. Based upon the biblical witness, insights from mentors, and my personal experience with the Pilgrimage of Pain and Hope, I will outline three interwoven ingredients of a pilgrim posture."

So what are these three ingredients? Hudson unpacks the need to first, learn to be present; second, learn to listen; and third, learn to notice.

In remaining chapters Hudson speaks much more on reflecting on the pilgrimage experience, how to prevent compassion fatigue, and how to make the pilgrimage a part of daily life. He also includes a simple planning guide for leading a local congregation on a Pilgrimage of Pain and Hope.