The Accidental Pilgrim

Download or read book The Accidental Pilgrim written by Anna Kappa and published by Anna Kappa. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talian Unsuana has never been better than average - in fact, average, for her, is pretty good. When she's not being average, she's more or less insane. The birds and the beasts, even the weather, talk direct to her head. She tries to drown them all out with EDDs (electronic distraction devices). She prefers computer games to the real world, and often gets the two mixed up. Hence, when Talian finds herself hanging upside down in the midst of a storm on a deserted mountainside one day, she's not sure how seriously to take her situation. It looks real enough; it feels real... If only the voices in her head would cut it out! Voices. The strangest thing about them is that they consistently give her good advice. Seems the thing that keeps her alive also keeps her insane? Whatever, the mountain is full of monsters and disasters, and the voices are telling her to run... Must she run forever? Can she fight back? If the world is fake, is there any point? If it's real, what could she possibly do? She's average. No question there. With so much self-doubt to overcome, Talian seems poorly placed to vanquish the worst monster of them all, the one in her own mind. But that's the monster she must harness if she wants to avert the catastrophe that threatens not only Lellia, but the whole Hasserican Empire. The Accidental Pilgrim describes a little known period of the Hasserican Empire. Based on primary sources and written by a first-hand witness, it has good claim to being the most authoritative account ever published. This newly translated edition is the first to appear in English. More information: http://cheravel.wikidot.com

Download or read book The Accidental Pilgrim written by Maggi Dawn and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2011-07-21 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pilgrimage has been an important practice for Christians since the fourth century, but for many people these days it is no more than a relic of church history, utterly irrelevant to their lives. In THE ACCIDENTAL PILGRIM author and theologian Maggi Dawn shares her own gradual discovery of what it means to be a pilgrim, and suggests ways in which we can rediscover this ancient spiritual discipline in our global, twenty-first century world. Study trips to the Holy Land, frustrated pilgrimages as a young mother and internal journeys of soul all feature in this beautiful and inspiring memoir. Exploring both the past and the present of pilgrimage, it is a compelling invitation to all on the journey of faith.

Download or read book The Accidental Pilgrim written by Judith Sornberger and published by Shanti Arts Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once a "nice pagan girl," acclaimed poet and scholar Judith Sornberger recounts her journey through faith in this beautiful personal memoir, highlighted by a trip to Italy. As a professor of English and Women's Studies, Sornberger had long been interested in the female role in scripture, iconography, and religious literature. When she began questioning her personal choices regarding Church and religion, Sornberger was drawn to art to find some answers. Her journey through the churches and museums of Italy, gazing upon powerful images of scriptural scenes, led her to insights into the place of Mary, along with other women, in a life of faith and service. Within this carefully told narrative and full-color images of many of the works of art that inspired Sornberger, the reader will find much to influence his or her own remarkable journey of faith.

Download or read book The Accidental Pilgrim written by David Moore and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After one Silicon Valley project meeting too many, David Moore returned to Dublin with too much money to get a real job, and no idea what to do next. The Accidental Pilgrim follows the recovering dotcommer as he rides two thousand miles across Europe in pursuit of himself and the Celtic saint Columbanus - the Roy Keane of the early medieval Church. A bad-ass early Irish saint who wouldn't stand for such ephemeral notions as identity crises, if anyone could sort the craic-loving but well-mannered young man, Columbanus would. On the way to the saint's final resting place in Northern Italy, there are bee-stings in Malin Head, melting roads along the Loire, and instant celebrity in eastern France. A freewheeling traveller's tale with a dash of medieval history thrown in, The Accidental Pilgrim presents an unlikely double-act and a rewarding journey.

Download or read book Accidental Pharisees written by Larry Osborne and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zealous faith can have a dangerous, dark side. While recent calls for radical Christians have challenged many to be more passionate about their faith, the down side can be a budding arrogance and self-righteousness that “accidentally” sneaks into our outlook. In Accidental Pharisees, bestselling author Larry Osborne diagnoses nine of the most common traps that can ensnare Christians on the road to a deeper life of faith. Rejecting attempts to turn the call to follow Christ into a new form of legalism, he shows readers how to avoid the temptations of pride, exclusivity, legalism, and hypocrisy, Larry reminds us that attempts to fan the flames of full-on discipleship and call people to Christlikeness should be rooted in love and humility. Christians stirred by calls to radical discipleship, but unsure how to respond, will be challenged and encouraged to develop a truly Christlike zeal for God.

Download or read book Accidental Saints written by Bolz-Weber Nadia and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if the annoying person you try to avoid is actually an accidental saint in your life? What if, even in our failings, holy moments are waiting to happen? Nadia Bolz-Weber demonstrates what happens when ordinary people meet to explore the Christian faith. Their faltering steps towards wholeness will ring true for believer and sceptic alike.

Download or read book The Way Things Were. written by Aatish Taseer and published by Dylan Fazel. This book was released on 2016 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Skanda's father Toby dies, estranged from Skanda's mother and from the India he once loved, it falls to Skanda to return his body to his birthplace. This is a journey that takes him halfway around the world and deep within three generations of his family, whose fractures, frailties and toxic legacies he has always sought to elude. Both an intimate portrait of a marriage and its aftershocks, and a panoramic vision of India's half-century - in which a rapacious new energy supplants an ineffectual elite - 'The way things were' is an epic novel about the pressures of history upon the present moment. It is also a meditation on the stories we tell and the stories we forget; their tenderness and violence in forging bonds and in breaking them apart. Set in modern Delhi and at flashpoints from the past four decades, fusing private and political, classical and contemporary to thrilling effect, this book confirms Aatish Taseer as one of the most arresting voices of his generation.