The Story of Us in the Loving Image of the Father

Arjomand's Kalayeh's poetry demonstrates his unflinching search for truth as experienced in the dynamic of all human interrelationships. Since he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, Arjomand wants to assure readers that his poetry exudes a quest for what inhabits the frail core of human beings everywhere in the world. Reading his poetry allows the reader to savor multiple realms. Some experiences are uplifting and inspiring; other experiences are filled with challenge of suffering. In his poetical works, Arjomand has surrendered his devotion and his gift to the degree that each poem is filled with power. The residue of polemical power is garnered from two sources: first, an acceptance for the past with its vast array of unresolved issues, and second, a great gratitude for all the insight and knowledge received during life's arduous and inspiring journey.Essential to an understanding of Arjomand's poetry is the poet's belief in the power of compassion that he believes is the salve that heals all wounds. Upon reading his works, the reader may be called upon to reevaluate the meaning behind life's priorities and central purpose. Thus, the reader may be called upon to reconnect with an intense sense of compassionate humanity indwelling within each human heart.Arjomand's poetry expresses the poet's belief in virtues: such as honor, loyalty, love, and truth. In short, his poems are ablaze with an inferno of lamentation and love. All in all, his poems touch on our collective humanity and build new pathways for empathy, and moments recollected in the tranquillity's cherished sense of memory. Poetry is a testimony to poetry's power of memory.Specifically, the subject matter for Arjomand's poems center on themes that are urgent for this time during humanity's global awakening. Arjomand paints emotional landscapes and portraits through which unseen tragedies are constantly unfolding in every day situations. Arjomand's poetry sharpens our cognitive perceptions so that we can finally glimpse rays of hope despite life's constant barrage of vicissitudes, pain, and suffering.To conclude, readers will be glad to find that each of Arjomand's poems peel away the complexities of love, loss, betrayal, and sacrifice. Each poem serves as a testimony for poetry's ability to transform despair into hope and gratitude. His poetry collection demonstrates his continuous struggle through pain and heartache. A cure is needed and a new kind of treatment that will save the poet from the deadly disease of pancreatic cancer.

Warren C. Brannon defines the process in which a religious leader offers his or her services during Christian worship and how to effectively enhance consultation skills in the event of a wedding or a funeral. A meaningful read for Christian Ministers and those who aspire to lead worship in the church.

This book presents a biblical and practical look at Christians and their emotions, building off of the concept that most contemporary Christians have misconceptions about why we have emotions and how we should handle them. Trusting God doesn’t mean being consistently tranquil or subdued. Truth is, such a view makes life flat and two dimensional. We often forget that emotions are a gift; to fear them or stow them away would be to deny a huge part of what makes us human. This book explores the significance of the gift and the benefits of living a robust life of thought, action, and feeling. Illuminating the emotional life of Christ and his followers, As Dr. Gerald Peterman asks: If I’m forgiven, why do I feel guilt and shame? What about anger? What if I’m angry with God? What is the place of sadness in the Christian life? Is love only an action? Emotions don’t just happen to us like the virus or the flu, they are inherently part of us. Readers will find that the discussion extends beyond “good” and “bad”, as many emotions are neutral and it is up to them to figure out how to glorify God with them. Extended chapters on love and anger are included.

“When you first view Rose-Lynn Fisher’s photographs, you might think you’re looking down at the world from an airplane, at dunes, skyscrapers or shorelines. In fact, you’re looking at her tears. . . . [There’s] poetry in the idea that our emotional terrain bears visual resemblance to the physical world; that our tears can look like the vistas we see out an airplane window. Fisher’s images are the only remaining trace of these places, which exist during a moment of intense feeling—and then vanish.” —NPR “[A] delicate, intimate book. . . . In The Topography of Tears photographer Rose-Lynn Fisher shows us a place where language strains to express grief, longing, pride, frustration, joy, the confrontation with something beautiful, the confrontation with an onion.” —Boston Globe Does a tear shed while chopping onions look different from a tear of happiness? In this powerful collection of images, an award-winning photographer trains her optical microscope and camera on her own tears and those of men, women, and children, released in moments of grief, pain, gratitude, and joy, and captured upon glass slides. These duotone photographs reveal the beauty of recurring patterns in nature and present evocative, crystalline imagery for contemplation. Underscored by poetic captions, they translate the mysterious act of crying into an atlas mapping the structure and magnificence of our interior lives. Rose-Lynn Fisher is an artist and author of the International Photography Award-winning studies Bee and The Topography of Tears. Her photographs are exhibited in galleries, festivals, and museums across the world and have been featured by the Dr. Oz Show, NPR, Smithsonian, Harper’s, New Yorker, Time, Wired, Reader’s Digest, Discover, Brain Pickings, and elsewhere. She received her BFA from Otis Art Institute and lives in Los Angeles.

A book of poetic essays written in English, Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet is full of religious inspirations. With the twelve illustrations drawn by the author himself, the book took more than eleven years to be formulated and perfected and is Gibran's best-known work. It represents the height of his literary career as he came to be noted as ‘the Bard of Washington Street.’ Captivating and vivified with feeling, The Prophet has been translated into forty languages throughout the world, and is considered the most widely read book of the twentieth century. Its first edition of 1300 copies sold out within a month.

The story of Armenag Bagdasarian and his journeys and life in the form of historical prose. It follows Armenag around the world through war and love to his final destiny in the New World of the United States of America.

A rabbi, meditation teacher, and scholar of religion, the author found himself returning to some of the core teachings of contemplative Judaism and Theravadan Buddhism after his mother passed away following a battle with cancer. The result is this collection of eighty meditations on spirituality, poetry, alchemy, and loss.--Adapted from publisher description.