The Wonder Of It All

After her ability to heal physical ailments is revealed to the world, thirteen-year-old Ava has trouble dealing with all the people who come seeking a miracle, especially since, with each healing, she grows weaker.

This portfolio of poems, songs, writings, and visual imagery communicates the blessings of Gods benevolence and uncovers the wonders God has placed on our plate. In The Wonder of it All, author Roger Goodman shares the rewards and reveals the fruits of seeking Gods attention. The Wonder of it All reflects Goodmans life journey as he traveled from spiritual negativism and depression, to hope, and to greater understanding of Gods wondrous gifts and lifes true purpose. The journey took him from frustration and confusion to confidence in his faith. Through poems, hymns, and scriptures, this compilation provides insight into faith, prayer, sin, salvation, forgiveness, redemption, love, blessings, the wonders of nature, and peace. Accented with colorful stained glass art created by Goodman, The Wonder of it All serves to inspire a deep gratitude for Gods creative genius and celebrates Christs redemptive grace. Through words and pictures Goodman instills a sense that there is hope for all on the horizon. Through Christ there is everlasting hope.

The Wonder of It All is a collection of rhymed and free verse poems by Earl Fee covering a wide range in five sections -Live, Love, Laugh, Pathos, and Spirit/ Spirituality. The 71 beautiful colored professional photos, carefully selected-support the theme and atmosphere of the 118 poems and assist to bring the poems to life. Many of these poems have an important message or story. These down-to-earth poems will help awaken and sharpen your senses of taste, sight, hearing and particularly feelings associated with the heart and spirit; and will increase appreciation of the nature all around you,- and increase your empathy for your fellow man. Every day can then become an Earth Day, instead of just one day a year-in appreciation and gratitude for our planet Earth and its nature. And then ideally, everyday becomes for you a People Day (my invention) -a great appreciation, love and empathy for our fellow man, leading to helping each other. Then you will truly be in awe of the wonder of it all.

From the Forward, Life can be viewed as a rat race full of drudgery and reactive responses -- or instead -- a wondrous journey, full of twists, turns and experiences which awaken our senses and spirituality in new ways. In The Wonder of It All, William Judge shares the inspirations of his life experiences and profound reflections that have shaped his view of the world around him. His incredibly beautiful and descriptive moments of joy and awakening make one stop and pause to capture and share the moment. This is a collection of stories that will make you think and look at every aspect of your life differently, about embracing the joys and wonders of life, and the importance of achieving spiritual peace and the fullness of a life well lived. -Linda Gardner Crandall

From New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford comes the long-anticipated final novel in the House of Falconer trilogy. James Falconer--a tycoon and a self-made man--seems to have the world in the palm of his hand. But the Great War looms, and James decides to fight for king and country. The fighting is bloody and brutal, and James returns a changed man, with wounds both physical and mental. His beloved wife is dead, but a new woman returns to help nurse him back to health. Georgiana Ward once held James in her thrall, but years have passed and bitterness has set in. Still, the old attraction is there and James is determined to make amends to both Georgiana and his child Leonie--now a grown woman and someone he hasn't seen in decades. Leonie is having none of it, and is embarking on a dangerous journey with a man who might very well destroy her. As James fights to return to the man he once was, he needs to find a way to heal his body, soul, and family. Told with Barbara Taylor Bradford's inimitable style and flair for period detail, The Wonder of It All concludes House of Falconer trilogy that has followed the story of this remarkable family from Victorian times to the 20th century.

Looking for something that will put a smile on your face, make you laugh from deep within, or lift your spirit? The Wonder of It All will do just that! It is a book of poems written by Valerie J. Borgal, beautifully combined with illustrated artwork. Her poems are fun, whimsical, and will make you laugh out loud; some are somber, some will make you think a little deeper, but all will challenge your daily walk with God and others. These poems are creatively portrayed in watercolor and pen and ink, or a combination of both, as well as graphite and scratchboard, to bring a visual complement to each subject.

This book has been written to advance a vision, to foster the nurture and sustenance of human life on the precious biosphere we call earth—our one and only home. Any vision without foundation is vacuous. So what is our foundation? There are only two basic assumptions about human nature: that we all have spiritual qualities and that our spirits aspire to reach and attain states of being, qualities of life and other things that are higher and better for ourselves and our families. It is an unerring focus on life—one that builds on its relentless force in each of us—reaching for the stars.