An eager little Christmas tree, not very tall or well-shaped, is the last on the lot but when it seems all hope of being covered with lights and ornaments is lost, a special person comes to take him home.
Oscar Dunleavy, a teenager who used to make incredible apple tarts, has gone missing and everyone thinks he is dead, but Oscar's best friend Meg and his little brother Stevie, form a band as they try to figure out what happened to him.
After spending the last seven years of her life in and out of hospitals, sixteen-year-old Cam Cooper is less than thrilled with her family's decision to move to Promise, Maine, where she discovers purple dandelions, a boy named Asher, and an envelope that could help her rekindle her ability to believe in both life and love.
When Bobby Burns moves to a new school it seems to be a very cold and unfriendly place, but when he meets magical Ailsa Spink and fire-eater McNulty, he believes that something miraculous is about to happen.
on the ground and the implications of a Christian eschatology
Moltmann, J?urgen
1975
"The following efforts bear the title Theology of Hope, not because they set out once again to present eschatology as a separate doctrine and to compete with the well known textbooks. Rather, their aim is to show how theology can set out from hope and begin to consider its theme in an eschatological light. For this reason they inquire into the ground of the hope of Christian faith and into the responsible exercise of this hope in thought and action in the world today. The various critical discussions should not be understood as rejections and condemnations. They are necessary conversations on a common subject which is so rich that it demands continual new approaches.".
More than ever before, in this book Jacques Ellul shares with readers not only the darkest forebodings of contemporary man's soul, but also his own struggle to emerge from despair to a stronger level of Christian faith - and hope. He writes of hope - but in a highly original and penetrating manner.
Loosely based on "Cinderella," this story is set in Alaska, the fairy godmother is an eagle, and the hero, the son of a cannery owner, finds his true love through her Sitka slipper, a heavy rubber boot she left at the Silver Salmon Festival.
Using the question "who would refuse rescue?" as a starting point, the renowned preacher and evangelist presents his core message of salvation by encouraging spiritual seekers to consider their present lives in the light of future redemption.
When a famed Russian composer is rumored to be returning to his homeland to conduct his last symphony, a line begins forming in front of a ticket booth and the people in it begin their extended wait for the day tickets go on sale. During their time with one another, these strangers form a sort of miniature community that becomes bound by all its inhabitants' hope that they can see something they never have before.
