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Class: A memoir
Par Stephanie Land. 2023
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick "Raw and inspiring." — People "Land is not just exploring her own story,…
but also the larger implications of what it means to fall between the cracks of American capitalism." — The New York Times From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling mother barely making ends meet as a housecleaner—a gripping memoir about college, motherhood, poverty, and life after Maid . When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir Maid , she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books of 2019, it was called "an eye-opening journey into the lives of the working poor" ( People ). Later it was adapted into the hit Netflix series Maid , which was viewed by 67 million households and was Netflix's fourth most-watched show in 2021, garnering three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Stephanie's escape out of poverty and abuse in search of a better life inspired millions. Maid was a story about a housecleaner, but it was also a story about a woman with a dream. In Class , Land takes us with her as she finishes college and pursues her writing career. Facing barriers at every turn including a byzantine loan system, not having enough money for food, navigating the judgments of professors and fellow students who didn't understand the demands of attending college while under the poverty line—Land finds a way to survive once again, finally graduating in her mid-thirties. Class paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition. Who has the right to create art? Who has the right to go to college? And what kind of work is valued in our culture? In clear, candid, and moving prose, Class grapples with these questions, offering a searing indictment of America's educational system and an inspiring testimony of a mother's triumph against all oddsMa première histoire de saint François: livre audio (Livre sonore)
Par Antoana Oreski, Jean-François Kieffer. 2021
Face au dieu vivant (Collection Témoins de vie)
Par Ruth Burrows. 2021
Ruth Burrows (Soeur Rachel Gregory), carmélite anglaise du monastère de Quidenham, Norfolk depuis 1948, est l'auteur d'une dizaine d'ouvrages sur…
la prière et la vie spirituelle, elle a déjà acquis une grande notoriété en Angleterre et aux Etats-Unis. Elle est "à notre époque, l'une des figures les plus stimulantes et les plus profondes de la tradition carmélitaine" (R. Williams)La très longue attente
Par Alison Brewis. 2023
«Tic tac-tic tac. Murmure l'horloge doucement, tandis que les heures s'écoulent lentement. La longue attente est bientôt terminée, nous attendons…
celui qu'on nous a annoncé.» Lis l'histoire de ceux qui attendent patiemment l'arrivée de Noël et découvre pourquoi la naissance de Jésus est une si bonne nouvelle pour le monde entier! À proposer aux enfants de 3 à 8 ans! Retrouvez également la version audio de ce livre , un complément indispensable pour que votre enfant puisse lire son livre préféré en totale autonomie: il peut s'installer avec son livre et suivre l'histoire racontée grâce au signal sonore qui lui indique les changements de page!Chuuut... ne réveille pas le bébé !
Par Helen Buckley. 2023
À Noël, le plus merveilleux de tout c'est que Jésus a quitté sa place auprès de Dieu pour se faire…
tout petit. Il est devenu un bébé qui ressemblait à tous les autres bébés. Parce qu'il nous aime, oui, toi et moi. Inspiré des texte de Philippiens 2 et Luc 2, l'incarnation est présentée aux tout-petits comme le cœur de l'histoire du premier Noël. Un texte admirablement illustré par Jenny Brake. Découvrez la version audio de ce livre , un complément indispensable pour que votre enfant puisse lire son livre préféré en totale autonomie: il peut s'installer avec son livre et suivre l'histoire racontée grâce au signal sonore qui lui indique les changements de page!Discover the inspiring, unknown, against-all-odds story of how the classic animated holiday special A Charlie Brown Christmas almost never made…
it on to television. Professor and cultural historian Michael Keane reveals much in this nostalgia-inducing book packed with original research and interviews. Keane compellingly shows that the ultimate broadcast of the Christmas special—given its incredibly tight five-month production schedule and the decidedly unfavorable reception it received by the skeptical network executives who first screened it—was nothing short of a miracle. Keane explains why the show, despite its technical shortcomings, has become an uplifting and enduring triumph embraced by millions of families every Christmas season, even more than fifty years after its premiere. This gripping and joyful behind-the-scenes story of how the creators of A Charlie Brown Christmas struggled to bring the program to life will also help readers (and loyal fans) understand how America's favorite Christmas special changed our popular culture forever. Keane masterfully weaves the momentous events of 1965 (the turbulent year of the program's production) into his story, providing critical context for a profound new understanding of the program's famous climactic scene, Linus's spot-lit soliloquy answering the question repeatedly posed by Charlie Brown—"Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?"The scary book of christmas lore: 50 terrifying yuletide tales from around the world
Par Tim Rayborn. 2023
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen...but do you recall the most petrifying Christmas figures of all? Not…
all children fear just a lump of coal in their stockings. Discover the terrifying Yuletide fables that have horrified kids for generations. He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake. He knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness' sake. This lighthearted song is a bit more ominous in the context of other Christmas traditions. From beasts that threaten to cook children into stew to sinister crones who snatch little ones from their beds, you won't find any dancing sugar plums here. Outside of the heartwarming Christmas tales we all know and love, there are an abundance of frightening stories to chill all who hear them to the bone. Discover folklore from all corners of the world, including: Krampus (Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, and northern Italy), a demonic half-goat monster who drags chains and whips bad children with birch sticks, or stuffs them in his sack to take away The Kallikantzari (Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Turkey), goblins who come out during Advent to cause mischief Père Fouettard (France, Belgium, Switzerland), Saint Nicholas' eternal cannibal manservant who deals with naughty children Hans Trapp (Alsace-Lorraine, France), who roams the countryside disguised as a scarecrow and goes door to door on Christmas looking for children to feast upon Gryla (Iceland), the giant ogre who emerges from her cave on Christmas to hunt children and cook them into stew Mari Lwyd (Wales), a creature with a horse's skull and a long cloak that is followed by a group of chanting people Frau Perchta (Austria and Bavaria), who slits the bellies of bad children and stuffs them with straw These tales are sure to leave you wishing for the Grinch. Whether you are a fan of history and folklore, you love learning about different cultures, or you just want to give a holiday gift that will bring the joy of Christmas to that lucky someone (just kidding), The Scary Book of Christmas Lore is for you. 'Tis the season! Is it beginning look a lot like Christmas, yet?The gifts of christmas: 25 joy-filled devotions for advent
Par Sheila Walsh. 2023
When you think of Christmas, what do you see? Glittering lights, decked-out trees, brightly wrapped gifts, a tightly packed schedule?…
Look closer. What do you hear? Ringing bells, familiar carols, Mariah Carey on an endless loop at the grocery store? Listen harder. In a season that is busy and bustling, there is a deeper, softer, quieter truth that we too often miss in the mayhem. God in our midst. God with us. The greatest gift. The only reason for the season. And the source of all our joy. If you've been feeling overwhelmed and exhausted by what Christmas has become, this beautiful Advent devotional will refresh your faith, reactivate your wonder, and restore your joy. With stories of simple Christmases past, inspiration from Scripture, and pearls of wisdom from beloved author Sheila Walsh, The Gifts of Christmas offers you grace, peace, hope, and a sense of expectation for what truly can be the most wonderful time of the yearReal: Rewilding The Heart Of Ministry From The Inside Out
Par Earl Buchan. 2023
In this practical and eminently inspiring work, pastor and church planter Earl Buchan takes readers on a rich and real…
ride through the ups and downs of Christian ministry, offering down-to-earth insights and advice buoyed by grace and grit. "This book isn't about tearing into the church," writes Buchan in the Introduction. "It's about building up the person, you, me, those of us who know we are called to a kingdom life. This is all about rewilding ministry from he inside out." Honest and uplifting, there's no fire-breathing dragons or hellfire and brimstone here. No legalistic list of Dos and Don'ts. Just a heaping helping of "battle-hardened lessons" about "how to do the ministry in which you are called." Sensitive and sensible, Real is saturated in Scripture and soaked in hard-won sagacity. The tone is warm and winsome. There is so much to love about this book. At just over one hundred pages, it's relatively brief and written in down-to-earth terms that everyone can understand, both lay and clergy. Chapter 5, Broken, may be the stand-out chapter of the book. "Mariella." (You'll have to read the book to get that.) Recommended Reading and a FAQ section are also included (Dietrich Bonhoeffer! Miguel de Cervantes!). The text is challenging in places. It's forthright. Clear eyed. Refreshing. No pre-packaged, cellophane-wrapped sermons or pie in the sky by and by here. Real asks the reader some pretty pointed questions about the condition of their own heart. It also tells it like it is – that sometimes ministry is difficult, thankless, and dull. Meanwhile, page after page offers gentle, practical insights illustrated with personal life experiences and lessons learned. Each chapter glides seamlessly into the next, with smooth transitions that are natural and relaxed. Indeed, reading Real is like sitting down at the kitchen table with a hot cuppa and sharing a conversation with an old friend. Talk about a breath of fresh airRead by the authors. We are currently experiencing the largest and fastest religious shift in US history. It is greater…
than the First and Second Great Awakening and every revival in our country combined...but in the opposite direction. Yet precious little rigorous study has been done on the broad phenomenon of dechurching in America. Jim Davis and Michael Graham have commissioned the largest and most comprehensive study of dechurching in America by renowned sociologists Dr. Ryan Burge and Dr. Paul Djupe. The Great Dechurching takes the insights gleaned from this study to drill down on how exactly people are dechurching with respect to beliefs, behavior, and belonging. This book gives the church in America its first ever deep dive into the dechurched phenomenon. You'll learn about the dechurched through a detailed sketch of demographics, size, core concerns, church off-ramps, historical roots, and the gravity of what is at stake. Then you'll explore what can be done to slow the bleed, engage the pertinent issues winsomely and wisely, and hopefully re-church some of the dechurchedThe kingdom, the power, and the glory: American evangelicals in an age of extremism
Par Tim Alberta. 2023
The award-winning journalist and staff writer for The Atlantic follows up his New York Times bestseller American Carnage with this…
timely, rigorously reported, and deeply personal examination of the divisions that threaten to destroy the American evangelical movement. Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in America today. In his seminal new book, The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory, journalist Tim Alberta, himself a practicing Christian and the son of an evangelical pastor, paints an expansive and profoundly troubling portrait of the American evangelical movement. Through the eyes of televangelists and small-town preachers, celebrity revivalists and everyday churchgoers, Alberta tells the story of a faith cheapened by ephemeral fear, a promise corrupted by partisan subterfuge, and a reputation stained by perpetual scandal. For millions of conservative Christians, America is their kingdom—a land set apart, a nation uniquely blessed, a people in special covenant with God. This love of country, however, has given way to right-wing nationalist fervor, a reckless blood-and-soil idolatry that trivializes the kingdom of Jesus Christ. Alberta retraces the arc of the modern evangelical movement, placing political and cultural inflection points in the context of church teachings and traditions, explaining how Donald Trump's presidency and the COVID-19 pandemic only accelerated historical trends that long pointed toward disaster. Reporting from half-empty sanctuaries and standing-room-only convention halls across the country, the author documents a growing fracture inside American Christianity and journeys with readers through this strange new environment in which loving your enemies is "woke" and owning the libs is the answer to WWJD. Accessing the highest echelons of the American evangelical movement, Alberta investigates the ways in which conservative Christians have pursued, exercised, and often abused power in the name of securing this earthly kingdom. He highlights the battles evangelicals are fighting—and the weapons of their warfare—to demonstrate the disconnect from scripture: Contra the dictates of the New Testament, today's believers are struggling mightily against flesh and blood, eyes fixed on the here and now, desperate for a power that is frivolous and fleeting. Lingering at the intersection of real cultural displacement and perceived religious persecution, Alberta portrays a rapidly secularizing America that has come to distrust the evangelical church, and weaves together present-day narratives of individual pastors and their churches as they confront the twin challenges of lost status and diminished standing. Sifting through the wreckage—pastors broken, congregations battered, believers losing their religion because of sex scandals and political schemes—Alberta asks: If the American evangelical movement has ceased to glorify God, what is its purpose?Poverty, by america
Par Matthew Desmond. 2023
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a “provocative…
and compelling” (NPR) argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it. “Urgent and accessible . . . Its moral force is a gut punch.”— The New Yorker A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Oprah Daily, Time, Chicago Public Library Winner of the Inc. Non-Obvious Book Award • Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages? In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. Those of us who are financially secure exploit the poor, driving down their wages while forcing them to overpay for housing and access to cash and credit. We prioritize the subsidization of our wealth over the alleviation of poverty, designing a welfare state that gives the most to those who need the least. And we stockpile opportunity in exclusive communities, creating zones of concentrated riches alongside those of concentrated despair. Some lives are made small so that others may grow. Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty. He calls on us all to become poverty abolitionists, engaged in a politics of collective belonging to usher in a new age of shared prosperity and, at last, true freedomAgathe de Saint-Père connut un destin à la mesure de son tempérament. Audacieuse, elle créa la première manufacture de tissage…
au Canada et devint une commerçante prospère. Ce fut elle aussi qui commercialisa le sucre d'érable, qu'elle fit connaître en France. Une maîtresse femme et une femme de passion!Au pays de Dieu
Par Douglas Kennedy. 2004
L'auteur est parti à la rencontre de ces Américains qui, dans les endroits les plus reculés du Sud des Etats-Unis,…
ont trouvé Dieu. Ce récit de voyage est le récit des expériences individuelles des hommes et des femmes que Douglas Kennedy a croisés.Propose les huit chapitres de la biographie du dominicain Henri Suso (mort en 1366) qui ne sont pas consacrés à…
sa vie mais à sa vie spirituelle et au discernement mystique.Louis le magnétiseur
Par Serge Gauthier. 2005
En 1837, Louis Larouche, un habitant de la paroisse de Sainte-Agnès dans la région de Charlevoix, prétend connaître le magnétisme…
et posséder des pouvoirs quasi surnaturels. L’abbé Godefroy Tremblay, curé de cette même paroisse et chargé par son évêque de trouver l’argent nécessaire pour la construction d’une belle église de pierre, est d’abord choqué par les présomptions du magnétiseur, mais, peu à peu, fasciné malgré lui, il se prend à écouter d’une oreille beaucoup plus attentive les propos de Larouche, qui affirme connaître l’emplacement d’un trésor fabuleux. Envoûté, le curé de Sainte-Agnès se met à rêver, à croire que cet improbable trésor pourrait enfin permettre à sa paroisse de se doter de l’église qu’elle mérite. Ainsi donc, malgré les objurgations de certains de ses fidèles, il plonge aveuglément dans cette aventure étrange, aux charmes maléfiques… Inspiré de documents d’archives, ce court récit présente un Canada français du XIXe siècle moins uniforme, où la foi catholique est moins monolithique et incontestée que ne le voudrait l’imagerie courante de la vie paysanne de cette époque. Certaines pratiques magiques, dont la base est une recherche spirituelle, ont connu leur vogue aussi bien en ce temps-là que de nos jours. Louis le Magnétiseur en est une démonstration brillante, digne de nos légendes les plus belles.Un franciscain chez les SS: le témoignage véridique de Géréon Goldmann
Par Géréon Goldmann. 2008
« Voici l'histoire époustouflante d'un jeune séminariste plongé, à l'aube de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, dans la sinistre légion de…
Hitler : les SS. Karl Goldmann (1916-2003) n'avait pas huit ans lorsque naquit en lui le désir de devenir franciscain et de partir comme missionnaire pour le Japon, rêve qu'il devait concrétiser bien des années plus tard. Mais en 1933, le totalitarisme hitlérien s'abat sur l'Allemagne. Dans l'enfer du nazisme, puis de la guerre, Karl, devenu le frère Géréon Goldmann, homme d'une trempe exceptionnelle, résista de toute son âme, et souvent avec un panache déconcertant, tout en mettant à profit sa situation pour venir en aide aux populations civiles. Renvoyé dans la Wehrmacht, il continue son service comme infirmier. Ayant obtenu du pape, dans des circonstances peu ordinaires, l'autorisation de recevoir la prêtrise avant d'avoir achevé ses études, il sera ordonné après avoir été fait prisonnier et exercera un ministère extrêmement fructueux dans plusieurs camps de prisonniers d'Afrique du Nord [...]. » -- 4e de couvMesdames, prenez vos affaires en main! (Collection Affaires plus)
Par Lison Chèvrefils. 2000
« Les femmes ne voient pas l'argent de la même façon que les hommes, dit Lison Chèvrefils, planificatrice financière d'expérience.…
La gestion des finances personnelles est perçue par beaucoup d'entre elles, même parmi les plus jeunes, comme une affaire de chiffres... qu'elles laissent aux spécialistes ou à leur conjoint! Pourtant, gérer ses avoirs, c'est se donner la liberté de choisir la vie qu'on aime, avec les moyens qu'on a. Et ça, c'est dans les cordes des femmes! » -- 4e de couvBiographie de Jésus
Par Jean Barreau. 1993
Comment distinguer le Jésus de la foi de celui de l'Histoire alors que ce personnage historique ne nous est connu…
que par les Evangiles ? Il se trouve que les historiens savent faire aujourd'hui ce qui était encore impossible hier. Ils savent opérer le tri entre les faits authentiques d'Histoire, les paroles réellement prononcées et les ajouts de la théologie chrétienne. Comme en peinture, les techniciens savent désormais distinguer dans un tableau la main du maître, des couches ajoutées par les disciples. Personne, pourtant, n'avait osé rassembler pour le grand public la synthèse des travaux dus aux exégètes et aux historiens. Parce que Jean-Claude Barreau a relevé ce défi, que Jésus n'appartient pas seulement aux Églises, mais qu'il éclaire de son exemple l'humanité tout entière, celle qui croit et celle qui ne croit pas. Après des dizaines de "vies de Jésus," voici la première "biographie du Christ" ! On pouvait craindre que la vérité des faits soit moins belle que celle de la foi ; il n'en est rien : l'Histoire nous restitue de Jésus un portrait d'une actualité éternelle.Un homme d'influence: Sir Siegmund Warburg, 1902-1982
Par Jacques Attali. 1985
Né avec le siècle dans une très ancienne famille de banquiers juifs, Siegmund Warburg, à l'exemple de ses plus grands…
ancêtres, commence sa carrière comme banquier et conseiller du Prince en Allemagne. Dans les tourbillons de Weimar qui ruinent son père, il participe aux tortueux financements des réparations allemandes. Et lorsque l'économie de la dette laisse place à l'économie de la guerre, l'avènement de Hitler l'envoie à Londres, avec son nom pour tout capital. Il y fonde une petite société financière, y invente les modes de financement des Alliés en guerre, et contribue à briser ceux de l'Allemagne au moment où Hitler détruit, avec son peuple, la banque que sa famille a mis plus de deux siècles à bâtir.