I Ll Learn To Love Again

I’ll Learn to Love Again is a love story for the ages. We join these lovers on their journey of trials and tribulations as they navigate through identity, family, cultural norms, social constructs, and love. We learn of a hopeless love story, a love so deep that it would be earth-shattering to lose, of revelations so devastating and ultimately life-changing which alter the destiny of the lives of so many over the course of multiple generations. I’ll Learn to Love Again is a story of grappling with dysfunction, grieving of lost love, self-discovery, and self-love and how you can find love in the strangest places and with people whom one would never expect to find love from, one who helps one to discover the meaning of true love throughout their journey in life. This book exemplifies love, family, passion, loss, grief, and ultimately, healing.

From Mel Krantzler, a licensed marriage and family counselor, the nationally acclaimed, bestselling author of Creative Divorce, and director of the Creative Divorce/Learning to Love Again Counseling Centers, comes another insightful, helpful, and energizing book that brings hope to those emotionally devastated by the loss of a love. What happens next? Just when you thought it would never happen again, love comes back into your life. You can survive the explosive realities that losing love brings, but how do you know when, and if, you are ready for love again? Are you having trouble finding the “right” man or woman? Are you afraid of making another “mistake”? Do you keep getting involved in short-term relationships? Are you beginning to think that finding love is a matter of luck? Mel Krantzler has led ongoing seminars on the subject of finding love, and Learning to Love Again provides clear guidelines and challenging steps that lead from loneliness to love: The Remembered-Pain Stage—absorbing a blow from the past The Questing-Experimental Stage—surveying the possibilities The Selective-Distancing Stage—a cautious step forward The Creative-Commitment Stage—where enduring love begins Mel Krantzler draws on the real stories of real people who are learning to love again, to live together, to marry, to be step-parents, and to build satisfying new lives. He shares his experiences in applying the principles of creative commitment to his own remarriage. Learning to Love Again is the best guide for married, single, or divorced men and women. Here is how you can create a new beginning by learning to love again today!

Finn loves Rachel and he knows they are endgame. Does he want to wait? Or should he start the game now? Finn finally knows what he wants to do with his life. Is it real if he can't share it with Rachel? Finn gets accepted in a respected NYC school and when Football comes knocking will he answer the door on his dead dream? Rachel lands the role she was born to play. But is it real if she can't share it with Finn? Rachel knows one thing, she can't and doesn't want to do it without Finn by her side. Rachel fights for her happy ending and won't let no one or nothing stop her this time. Finn loves Rachel and he knows they are endgame. Does he want to wait? Or should he start the game now? Finn finally knows what he wants to do with his life. Is it real if he can't share it with Rachel? Finn gets accepted in a respected NYC school and when Football comes knocking will he answer the door on his dead dream?

Contains essays which explore the interrelationships among African American music, literature, and popular culture. This book first lays out the case for the blues as constituting a body of literature, and then offers a tour of the movement through classic jazz, bop, and the explosions of the free jazz era, followed by a section on R & B and Soul.

Growing numbers of church leaders are discovering that many films are able to impact viewers with gospel truths almost as well as a good sermon. Ed McNulty, a former pastor and longtime reviewer of films, offers this guide to help church leaders enter into dialogue with contemporary films. McNulty carefully crafts a theology of movies and then provides practical suggestions for creating and leading movie discussions with groups. In addition, he provides people from all across the theological spectrum with a framework to understand whether the overall message of a film outweighs concerns over profanity, violence, or sex in the film. He concludes by introducing twenty-seven films and including provocative questions about each that will prepare leaders to assemble and facilitate a group. Popular films explored include The Color Purple; Crash; Hotel Rwanda; The Matrix; Million Dollar Baby; O Brother, Where Art Thou? and The Shawshank Redemption.

Gallerist Tim Hart has recently faced the sudden death of his long-term partner—with uneven success. Sure, he can keep his gallery running and keep his dog cared for. But what about the possibility of a bright future which includes new love? Tim is not so willing to consider that—until he realizes that the hot young guy who has been working for him may be the one to help him find healing. Now that his employer is suddenly single, Seth Greenly realizes that he has loved Tim—quietly—for nearly a year. Watching the two of them try to move their relationship from business-like to one-to-one is part of the fun of GIVING THANKS, Book Four of Bruce K Beck’s Holiday Novella Series. The rest of the fun is in reconnecting with all the delicious characters from the previous books. Everyone readers fell in love with in A BUCKSKIN CHRISTMAS, MY EASTER MIRACLE, and INDEPENDENCE DAZE joins Tim and Seth’s story to give it context, complexity, and richness. And there are a few new characters who lend new spice. By the time they meet for Thanksgiving dinner at the Blackwell’s country house in New Jersey, there is gratitude flowing all around.