![]() ![]() We’re not gonna wait till we’re graduated and trying to make ends-meet before we step up to the plate: We’re doing it now while we have plenty of time and our knees still work. Whether that’s serving our church, starting a kids club in our neighborhood, writing a book, starting a non-profit, or simply taking our little brother out for ice-cream–we’re ready to step into the opportunities God has laid right in front of us. We believe God has given us the gifts, talents, time, and energy to enter the fray of world-changers and start bringing God’s kingdom to earth “as it is in heaven.” ![]() When culture tells us we don’t have anything to offer until we’ve drained our teen years wasting our “meaningless” time on ourselves, we beg to differ. We are a teenage rebellion against low-expectations. ![]() ![]() Here’s the deal, though: It’s not just a fantasy we’re imagining, it’s already happening. Imagine if teens woke up in the morning energized and ready to get out of bed because they knew they had a purpose and were needed in the world. Let’s make it personal: Imagine what your community would look like if the young people knew they had a place and something to offer the world around them? Imagine a world where teenagers spent their time transforming their communities. What if we told you that teenagers can make a difference in transforming the world? What if we told you, teenager, that your community needed you to step up and wield your God give talents and gifts? ![]()
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![]() ![]() Helen Maria Williams), Paul et Virginie (first published 1788) Richard Whatmore at the University of St AndrewsĬaroline Warman at the University of Oxfordĭenis McManus at the University of Southamptonīernardin de Saint-Pierre (trans. Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton Professor of French Literature and Thought at Jesus College, Oxford Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews and Co-Director of the St Andrews Institute of Intellectual History The image above is of Emile playing with a mask on his mother's lap, from a Milanese edition published in 1805. It was also banned and burned, and Rousseau was attacked for not following these principles with his own children, who he abandoned, and for proposing a subordinate role for women in this scheme. Rousseau viewed Emile as his most imporant work, and it became very influential. ![]() In particular, he was keen to stop infants forming the view that human relations were based on domination and subordination. He held that children are born with natural goodness, which he sought to protect as they developed, allowing each to form their own conclusions from experience, avoiding the domineering influence of others. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) on the education of children, as set out in his novel or treatise Emile, published in 1762. ![]() ![]() ![]() They select casks they love and mature them. This exceptional collection explores different styles with an array of colours, aromas, and flavours. So, it is Dhall & Nash’s distinct privilege to unveil The Whisky Cellar’s Series 003 of highly anticipated, rare, collectible, and guaranteed-to-sell-out, exclusive Scotch Whiskies. The seemingly endless pursuit of exceptional flavours is a habit of whisky drinkers the world over! The fervour surrounding a great whisky should not be a surprise to anyone. Incredibly, there is this parallel universe out there with people who are as aggressively passionate about fine whisky as we are about fine wine. To appreciate the complexity and intricacies of a fine bottle of Scotch, one develops an adoration, indeed, an obsession with Scotch whisky. To some, this may seem astonishing, but for true connoisseurs of fine scotch whisky, nothing will do but the absolute best.Īnd Scotland has produced some of the best whiskies the world has ever seen. Why so much you ask? Well, the 1926 vintage malt was drawn from a legendary barrel, prized by collectors for its near-mystical characteristics. ![]() The Macallan Fine and Rare 60-Year-Old fetched a staggering $1.9 million USD. ![]() In the halcyon days not so long ago, a single bottle of scotch whisky shattered the record for most expensive wine or spirit ever sold at auction. ![]() ![]() ![]() Will true love find a foothold in this small beach town before it's too late and disaster strikes? Told with Mary Kay Andrews inimitable wit and charm, Beach Town is this year's summer beach read. The only problem is that he finds Greer way too attractive for his own good, and knows that her motivation is in direct conflict with his. The bay has only recently been re-bom, a fishing industry has sprung up, and Eben has no intention of letting anybody screw with his town again. MARY KAY ANDREWS is the New York Times bestselling author of 27 novels (including Hello, Summer Sunset Beach The High Tide Club The Weekenders Beach Town Save the Date Christmas Bliss Ladies' Night Spring Fever and Summer Rental, all from St. Eben is a born-again environmentalist who has seen huge damage done to the town by a big paper company. ![]() There's just one problem: the town mayor, Eben Thinadeaux. There's one motel, a marina, a long stretch of pristine beach, and an old fishing pier with a community casino - which will be perfect for the film's explosive climax. She zeroes in on a sleepy Florida panhandle town. Now Greer has been given one more chance - a shot at finding the perfect undiscovered beach town for a big budget movie. Her last project literally went up in flames, and her career is on the verge of flaming out. Greer Hennessy is a struggling movie location scout. ![]() ![]() Year after year, we watched species disappear, landscapes rendered unrecognisable, seasons happening out of joint, communities poisoned with chemicals. At the time of writing, despite everything we already knew, fossil fuel companies were still opening up new oil and gas fields. That is not how it felt for us, right now, when we had all the information but hadn’t acted radically enough. If things have improved between my lifetime and yours, perhaps you look back and see humanity gradually coming to its senses, correcting our ways. ![]() ![]() From this view, the future felt less like a distant horizon and more like the oncoming edge of a towering waterfall. I know that doing so has always been a challenge, but in my time, there was a felt certainty about the decline of the human-habitable world that had become especially pervasive. I am writing to you from a moment when it was very hard for some of us to think about the future. ![]() Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size ![]() ![]() ![]() There’s just something about the etiquette of that time which really works for me and I’ve read several Historical Romance novels that I absolutely adored. If you know me and my blog, you probably know I’m definitely into Historical Romance novels. But how can prove that he wants to love and care for her.until death do they part? If only he could find a way to show Avalon who he really is on the inside―a good, true soul looking for its other half. But she’ll have nothing to do with vicar with a wild reputation―even though he’s never given his heart and body to another. Devan wishes he didn’t have to meddle in her affairs he’s not one to trod on a woman’s independent nature and keen sense of convictions. Can he convince her to take another chance at happily ever after? Devan Farris―charming vicar, reputed rake, and the brother of Avalon’s son’s guardian―is reluctantly sent to town to keep tabs on Avalon and her son. She’s lived these past ten years with no desire to remarry―that is, until Mr. Finally, Avalon can live freely and do the work she loves: helping fallen women become businesswomen. Arrogant, selfish, and cruel, it’s a blessing when she’s widowed and left to raise her son all by herself. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lady Avalon Warwyck never did love her husband. ![]() ![]() Georgie doesn’t want to be anyone’s sacrifice, and besides, they could never think of each other as anything more than childhood friends… or could theyīut as they embark upon their unorthodox courtship they discover a new twist to the age-old rhyme. It might not have been the most romantic of proposals, but Nicholas never thought she’d say no. ![]() But when he discovers that Georgie Bridgerton-his literal girl-next-door-is facing ruin, he knows what he must do. ![]() He has a life in Edinburgh, where he’s close to completing his medical studies, and he has no time-or interest-to find a wife. But with her reputation hanging by a thread after she’s abducted for her dowry, Georgie is given two options: live out her life as a spinster or marry the rogue who has ruined her life.Īs the fourth son of an earl, Nicholas Rokesby is prepared to chart his own course. She’d just thought she’d have some say in the matter. Georgiana Bridgerton isn’t against the idea of marriage. from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn In the fourth of the Bridgerton prequel series, following The Other Miss Bridgerton, we go back to where it all began. There were Bridgertons before the eight alphabetically named siblings. ![]() ![]() ![]() Each move brings Alice closer to her destiny. The pieces are set and the game has already begun. ![]() Still, Alice and Hatcher are on a mission to find his daughter, a quest they will not forsake even as it takes them deep into the clutches of the mad White Queen and her goblin or into the realm of the twisted and cruel Black King. But the verdant fields are nothing but ash-and hope is nowhere to be found. A place where Alice could finally rest, no longer the plaything of the Rabbit, the pawn of Cheshire, or the prey of the Jabberwocky. ![]() The land outside of the Old City was supposed to be green, lush, hopeful. The author of Alice takes readers back down the rabbit hole to a dark, twisted, and fascinating world based on the works of Lewis Carroll. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nearly every page has some reference to music, and the plot itself is threaded with musical undertones. Jackson uses music as an incredibly moving tool throughout the novel. ![]() I want to start off this post by sharing some links to resources that you can use to learn more about the current social justice movement and ways you can get involved. The themes in this book are powerful, and a great learning tool, but please keep in mind as we go through this analysis how important books like these are. It is an important story and I want to be clear: I am white, and this story was not aimed at me. Jackson is a story of Black joy, power, and hope. Please be advised that this analysis contains spoilers! If you’re like me, you hate accidentally reading spoilers for books. ![]() ![]() Allison carefully addresses the checkered American military record during the Revolutionary War. Such corrections are timely in an era of neo–Tea Party fundamentalism, which holds the founding fathers blameless and the British fonts of evil. However, correcting the popular record, he adds that the American colonists’ tax burdens were comparatively light, and those colonists were generally more prosperous than Britons back home. ![]() Wrote Virginia’s governor to the British secretary of state, the law was “insufficient to restrain the Americans, and that they will do and will remove as their avidity and restlessness incite them.” Allison notes that American revolutionaries did indeed object, vocally and violently, to the notion that they should be taxed without parliamentary representation. He locates one in the much-hated Proclamation of 1763, which forbade English colonists in North America from settling across the Appalachians, and which stirred up resentments even as colonists disobeyed it. In the space of little more than 100 pages, the author covers a tremendous amount of ground, including the complex precipitating causes of the struggle for American independence. Revolutionary Sites of Greater Boston, 2005, etc.) aims to correct a few of those mistruths. “The history of our Revolution will be one continued lie from one end to the other,” prophesied John Adams. ![]() |