Children Touching Heaven

Children have always been close to the heart of God. It is when children are sick, even dying, that they can suddenly bring us closer to God ourselves. Children's minister and former children's hospital chaplain Leanne Hadley has been ministering to hurting children for years. In Touching Heaven, she recounts the poignant stories and simple faith of the remarkable children she has been privileged to serve. She shares their encounters with God, Jesus, and angels. And with humor and tenderness, she offers their inspiring testimonies to the presence of God in our lives--even as earthly life is ending. Anyone who has lost a child or another loved one, or anyone who is currently supporting a dying person along the journey, will find in these stories comfort, inspiration, and hope of everlasting life.

Hey, kids, Have you ever stopped and wondered what prayer was? What about who should you pray to? Yes! Well then, this book is just for you! Calling all stages, shapes, and sizes! Here's a cool book to read with a friend or a loved one that's full of heavenly surprises. Everyone can read it, whether you're big or small in God's eyes. Just ask Mom, Dad, or a guardian to help be your reading guide! As you travel through this book, joyful things you will find. Hope, happiness, and, yes, a peace of mind. Once the reading begins, the prayers will end never As children from everywhere will be touching heaven together.

How a doctor's glimpses of eternity confirmed everything he believed about God, suffering, life on earth, and what happens after death.Dr. Chauncey Crandall knows his patients well. When they are dying, he sits at the bedside with them and holds their hands. He prays with them. Sometimes he can feel what they feel and see what they see. At other times his patients have near-death experiences and "come back" with astonishing descriptions of the afterlife. In TOUCHING HEAVEN, Dr. Crandall reveals how what he has seen and heard has convinced him that God is real, that we are created for a divine purpose, that death is not the end, that we will see our departed loved ones again, and that we are closer to the next world than we think.

This is a story about finding love and then losing love. Set initially in the 1960's in a small village, two teenagers fall in love only to be tragically torn apart. Later in life they are re-united, but all is not well as the heroine of this story Julia, is dying of cancer. Her one time boyfriend Robert is now happily married but his wife knowing that Julia still desparately loves Robert suggests he goes to be with her in her dying days. This is a story about relationships and selflessness and above all about hope.

6 lectures and an essay, 1919-1920 (CW 297) World War I destroyed the structures, values, and self-confidence that created the seeming greatness of the nineteenth century. In its place stood ruins and the shards of a civilization. In response to this, Emil Molt--the director of the Waldorf-Astoria Cigarette Factory and a student of Rudolf Steiner--decided to establish a school to educate people who could create a new culture. Thus, the Waldorf school movement was begun. Rudolf Steiner agreed to act as the school's consultant, and his insights guided the school in accomplishing this ambitious task. The goal of this education was that, through living inner work guided by the insights of Rudolf Steiner, the teachers would develop in the children such power of thought, depth of feeling, and strength of will that they would emerge from their school years as full members of the human community, able to meet and transform the world. These lectures occurred around the opening of the first Waldorf school. They serve as an excellent, inspiring introduction to Waldorf education as a whole. Here Steiner outlines--with freshness, immediacy, and excitement--the goals and intentions of a new form of education and speaks to parents of prospective students. He explains the school's guiding principles and describes how parents must participate, with understanding and interest, in the awakening of their children's creative forces so that a healthier society can come about. German sources: Die Waldorfschule und ihr Geist (GA 297); "Die pädagogische Zielsetzung der Waldorfschule in Stuttgart," from Soziale Zukunft, Feb. 1920 (GA 24).

A gripping account of what drew the author into the deep waters of Christianity through a life-changing pilgrimage to ancient Valaam monastery.

Katherine was a biologist. She taught physical science, biology, and chemistry; she understood the way the world worked, including the intricate functions of the human body until she made the trek to Ethiopia. Her husband suggested the trip on a whim. Katherine agreed, but how could she have known that her moment of agreement would change her life forever? Brother Benedict, a monk, led her over the mountains of Ethiopia. He led her to the very highest cliffs, and that daythat momentmade her doubt every bit of science she had ever known. She found God on that mountain. She touched heaven, and when she touched heaven, she felt its power and promise. Her guide calmly told her, You have experienced the Lalibella Moment. Katherine discovered a hidden holy land. She had her moment, when the divine broke through and altered her life. But there is more to be learned in the hills of Ethiopia. Katherine soon comes upon secrets of the human body that render her speechless as she struggles to accept the enlightenment of the untouched holy land. Join Katherinean unintended pilgrimon her journey of the soul, and feel the tugging of the divine on your own heart, as well.