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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
One moment June Nealon was happily looking forward to years full of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next, she was staring into a future that was as empty as her heart. Now her life is a waiting game. Waiting for time to heal her wounds, waiting for justice. In short, waiting for a miracle to happen. For Shay Bourne, life holds no more surprises. The world has given him nothing, and he has nothing to offer the world. In a heartbeat,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
Becoming friends with Josef Weber, an old man who is particularly loved in her community, Sage Singer is shocked when one day he asks her to kill him and reveals why he deserves to die, causing her to question her beliefs.
Author
Series
Fathers of the church volume 96
Publisher
Catholic University of America Press
Pub. Date
2005, c1998
Language
English
18) Joy-bearing grief: tears of contrition in the writings of the early Syrian and Byzantine fathers
Author
Series
Medieval Mediterranean volume 57
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
On repentance applies an ancient framework of repentance and repair to our personal lives today, to the contemporary public square, to institutions, and to national policy in ways that could transform our society and our culture"--
"American culture focuses on letting go of grudges and redemption narratives instead of the perpetrator's obligations or recompense for harmed parties. As survivor communities have pointed out, these emphases have too...