Broken Mirror Reflections

Her Silence is BROKEN. Her voice is now heard. Echoing loud, vibrant and FREE. A decade's long journey will now be told. from successfully single to married with five children in one year. Chronicling homelessness, marital affairs, grief, loss, divorce, and joy. All while learning to listen to that still small voice. Crying God where are you. Learning to find him in the murkiest of waters. These are her personal reflections.

Broken Mirror Reflections is an uplifting composition based on life and its diverse tribulations. The quotes, poems and stories within, aim to inspire and provoke reflection, enabling the reader to view the fragments that make up life in a new and refreshing light. Broken Mirror Reflections delves into with the complexities of depression, anxiety, hate, fear, love, hope, happiness and self-growth."If you learn to understand the world, you will learn to fear it less. And, in the light of that diminishing fear, you will learn to love it more.""When we cease being slaves to our wicked desires, and become their masters instead, we become committed to fulfilling our destinies."

Poetry that has been written from the experiences, ideas, and beliefs of Kalai.

"John and Christ administered baptism totins corpore submersione, by the submission of the whole body The very word 'baptize' signifies to immerse entirely, and it is certain that immersion was the practice of the ancient Church." John Calvin "The Greek word baptizo means 'immerse' or 'plunge', and the word baptisma means 'immersion'." Martin Luther "Immersion of the whole body was used from the beginning, which expresses the force of the word 'baptize', whence John baptized in a river. It was afterward changed into sprinkling, though it is uncertain when or by whom." Ulrich Zwingli "Baptism is immersion in water." Philip Melancthon "It is true that there is no express command to baptize infants in the New Testament, no express record of the baptism of infants, and no passages so stringently implying it that we must infer from them that infants were baptized." B. B. Warfield "There is no Biblical basis for infant baptism-this tradition is simply an old error of the church." Karl Barth

Tony Alum's Images from a Broken Mirror is a factional account of the fractious, violent, vicious circle in which African immigrants are trapped in Europe. Set in France and Italy, the story dwells on the trafficking of Nigerian women to Italy. Using the persona, Efe, a trafficked Nigerian girl, the author explores the pressures that come together to propel the men and women, young and old, from Africa to Europe. Efe goes through the tedious and dangerous life of an immigrant commercial sex worker in Italy. She falls in love with Carlo, her first client. Carlo proposes marriage to Efe who accepts and becomes pregnant. However, Efe takes a decision, in a moment of frustration, that will change her destiny, that of Carlo and the unborn child. Tony Alum has used this novel in a dialectical manner to x-ray the multifarious conflicts that dovetail to make life for the African immigrant in Italy a nightmare. Like most works of fiction, the author has reflected aspects of his experiences in Italy. The evidences of this closeness abound. For instance, the descriptions in the book are so graphically represented that one nearly for

'I attacked her much like those horribly dressed women on Jerry Springer, including the shoving and yelling. Although, I believe I was far better dressed and much more dignified than the people on television. At one point, I grabbed (the trollop) so forcefully I literally threw her from her shoes. It reminded me of the Wicked Witch of the East with her ruby slippers left behind.' Reflections in a Broken Mirror explores the damage of verbal, physical, and sexual abuse. While Melanie suffered from being wounded by others, she also struggled with the side effects of prescription drugs. Her personal insight and wit are sprinkled throughout the memoir.