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My Secret

Author	: Frank Warren
Publisher	: William Morrow
Release Date	: 2006-10-24
ISBN 10	: UVA:X004913732
Pages	: 152 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (913 users)

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Download or read book My Secret written by Frank Warren and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 2006-10-24 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Postsecret.com founder Frank Warren is back with a fresh and compelling companion to his wildly popular Los Angeles Times bestseller, PostSecret. For My Secret, a collectible, paper-over-board book that includes a page of vibrant, decorative stickers, Warren has personally selected never-before-seen anonymous postcards created by teens and college students from across the country. Each card bears an intimate and powerful secret—at turns inspirational, shocking, hilarious, and poetic—that is told through original illustrations, photographs, collages, and other creative means. Sample messages include: "I am avoiding you because you are socially below me." "I know the truth to the lie my parents tell... " "My friends think I was homeschooled. I spent high school in juvi." A unique and important book that will appeal to both young adults and their parents, My Secret offers a raw and revealing glimpse into the real lives of today's teens and twentysomethings. Choosing their own handmade postcards over email or text messages, teens and college students express their hopes, fears, and wildest confessions in a way that truly represents their diverse personalities and voices.

Honest to God Preaching

Author	: Brent A. Strawn
Publisher	: Fortress Press
Release Date	: 2021-12-07
ISBN 10	: 9781506461274
Pages	: 232 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (612 users)

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Download or read book Honest to God Preaching written by Brent A. Strawn and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old Testament scholar and interpreter Brent A. Strawn focuses on the importance of honesty in preaching, especially around three challenging Old Testament themes: sin, suffering, and violence. He makes the case that preaching honestly is critical in the church today. Without honesty regarding these topics, there is no way forward to reconciliation, health, and recovery. Further, it is imperative for today's preachers to deal with the questions of faith arising from these themes in the biblical text itself. In addition to key scripture passages, he turns to several contemporary authors and works as dialogue partners on the three themes. Asserting that keeping secrets can lead to a kind of sickness, Strawn uses texts from the Pentateuch and the Psalms to model honesty about sin, without which there can be no reconciliation, and honesty about suffering, without which there can be no healing. He also looks at the book of Joshua and various psalms to model honesty about violence, which can serve as a way to contain, limit, and ultimately transcend violence. Strawn frames these themes specifically for working preachers, so they can create sermons that speak to these thorny themes with depth and clarity.

From Whom No Secrets are Hid

Author	: Walter Brueggemann
Publisher	: Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Release Date	: 2014-01-01
ISBN 10	: 9780664259716
Pages	: 222 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (597 users)

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Download or read book From Whom No Secrets are Hid written by Walter Brueggemann and published by Presbyterian Publishing Corp. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Psalms express the most elemental human emotions, representing situations in which people are most vulnerable, ecstatic, or driven to the extremities of life and faith. Many people may be familiar with a few Psalms, or sing them as part of worship. Here highly respected author Walter Brueggemann offers readers an additional use for the Psalms: as scripted prayers we perform to help us reveal ourselves to God. Brueggemann explores the rich historical, literary, theological, and spiritual content of the Psalms while focusing on various themes such as praise, lament, violence, and wisdom. He skillfully describes Israel's expression of faith as sung through the Psalms, situates the Psalmic liturgical tradition in its ancient context, and encourages contemporary readers to continue to perform them as part of their own worship experiences. Brueggemann's masterful take on the Psalms as prayers will help readers to unveil their hopes and fears before God and, in turn, feel God's grace unveiled to them.

Stories of the Self

Author	: Anna Poletti
Publisher	: NYU Press
Release Date	: 2020-08-25
ISBN 10	: 9781479898961
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (989 users)

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Download or read book Stories of the Self written by Anna Poletti and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of personal storytelling in contemporary culture and politics In an age where our experiences are processed and filtered through a wide variety of mediums, both digital and physical, how do we tell our own story? How do we “get a life,” make sense of who we are and the way we live, and communicate that to others? Stories of the Self takes the literary study of autobiography and opens it up to a broad and fascinating range of material practices beyond the book, investigating the manifold ways people are documenting themselves in contemporary culture. Anna Poletti explores Andy Warhol’s Time Capsules, a collection of six hundred cardboard boxes filled with text objects from the artist’s everyday life; the mid-aughts crowdsourced digital archive PostSecret; queer zine culture and its practices of remixing and collaging; and the bureaucratic processes surrounding surveillance dossiers. Stories of the Self argues that while there is a strong emphasis on the importance of personal storytelling in contemporary culture and politics, mediation is just as important in establishing the credibility and legibility of life writing. Poletti argues that the very media used for writing our lives intrinsically shapes how we are seen to matter.

The Future of Text and Image

Author	: Ofra Amihay
Publisher	: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date	: 2012-01-17
ISBN 10	: 9781443836753
Pages	: 370 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (367 users)

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Download or read book The Future of Text and Image written by Ofra Amihay and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of the relation between the visual and the textual in literature is at the heart of an increasing number of scholarly projects, and in turn, the investigation of evolving visual-verbal dynamics is becoming an independent discipline. This volume explores these profound literary shifts through the work of twelve talented, and in some cases, emerging scholars who study text and image relations in diverse forms and contexts. The inter-medial conjunctures investigated in this book play with and against the traditional roles of the visual and the verbal. The Future of Text and Image presents explorations of the incorporation of visual elements into works of literature, of visual writing modes, and of the textuality and literariness of images. It focuses on the special potential literature offers for the combination of these two functions. Alongside examinations of major forms and genres such as memoirs, novels, and poetry, this volume expands the discussion of text and image relations into more marginal forms, for instance, collage books, the PostSecret collections of anonymous postcards, and digital poetry. In other words, while exploring the destiny of text and image as an independent discipline, this volume simultaneously looks at the very literal future of text and image forms in an ever-changing technological reality. The essays in this book will help to define the emergent practices and politics of this growing field of study, and at the same time, reflect the tremendous significance of the visual in today’s image culture.

A Lifetime of Secrets

Author	: Frank Warren
Publisher	: William Morrow
Release Date	: 2007-10-09
ISBN 10	: 0061238600
Pages	: 0 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 ( users)

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Download or read book A Lifetime of Secrets written by Frank Warren and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 2007-10-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning PostSecret project's most profound and stunning postcards to date For the past three years Frank Warren has invited people of all backgrounds and nationalities to send him creatively decorated postcards bearing secrets they have never before revealed. He has shared these PostSecrets on his award-winning blog, www.PostSecret.com, in an internationally traveling art exhibit, and in three electrifying books: the bestselling PostSecret, My Secret, and The Secret Lives of Men and Women. Now, in his most extraordinary book yet, Warren again delves into our collective confessions, presenting a never-before-seen selection of provocative and moving PostSecrets. A Lifetime of Secrets lays bare our private fears, hopes, regrets, and desires, from people as young as eight and as old as eighty. From painful admissions of infidelity to breathtaking revelations and endearing sentiments, Warren’s latest collection will shock and move readers of every age, revealing secrets that have haunted their creators for a lifetime.

Why Blog?

Author	: Sarah Pedersen
Publisher	: Elsevier
Release Date	: 2010-06-09
ISBN 10	: 9781780631714
Pages	: 162 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (317 users)

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Download or read book Why Blog? written by Sarah Pedersen and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-06-09 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Weblogging' or ‘blogging’ has joined e-mail and Internet home pages as one of the most popular uses of the Internet. This book focuses on the British blogosphere, comparing British bloggers to the more researched US. Motivations covered include the desire to connect with others online, the need to express opinions or blow off steam, or to share experiences, and a growing financial motivation in the blogosphere. Other motivations explored include a desire to become a ‘citizen journalist’, a need for validation, the commercial possibilities of blogging and the possibility of turning your blog into a published ‘book’. Expands the discussion of the blogging phenomenon outside the US Focuses on the British blogosphere, comparing British bloggers to the more researched US Includes a discussion of the motivations of women bloggers

DIY Media in the Classroom

Author	: Barbara Guzzetti
Publisher	: Teachers College Press
Release Date	: 2015-04-17
ISBN 10	: 0807770868
Pages	: 117 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (68 users)

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Download or read book DIY Media in the Classroom written by Barbara Guzzetti and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015-04-17 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows teachers how to bring students' Do-It-Yourself media practices into the classroom (Grades 6–12). In one accessible resource, the authors explain both print-based and digital DIY media, identify their appealing features for content area instruction, and describe the literacy skills and strategies they promote. To help you successfully use DIY media in your classroom, this book provides teaching strategies for using DIY media across the curriculum, including English/language arts, math, social studies, science, art, and music. It offers multiple perspectives, including a classroom teacher who reflects on her own challenges and successes with DIY media in a high school class.

Mediated Youth Cultures

Author	: A. Bennett
Publisher	: Springer
Release Date	: 2014-06-15
ISBN 10	: 9781137287021
Pages	: 255 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (87 users)

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Download or read book Mediated Youth Cultures written by A. Bennett and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-15 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together thirteen timely essays from across the globe that consider a range of 'mediated youth cultures', covering topics such as the phenomenon of dance imitations on YouTube, the circulation of zines online, the resurgence of roller derby on the social web, drinking cultures, Israeli blogs, Korean pop music, and more.

Henri Lefebvre, Boredom, and Everyday Life

Author	: Patrick Gamsby
Publisher	: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date	: 2022-10-15
ISBN 10	: 9781666900989
Pages	: 287 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (9 users)

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Download or read book Henri Lefebvre, Boredom, and Everyday Life written by Patrick Gamsby and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-10-15 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book assembles the fragments of Henri Lefebvre’s unrealized sociology of boredom and explores the sociohistorical and spatial conditions and contradictions of boredom and everyday life in the modern world.

Media, Religion and Culture

Author	: Jeffrey H. Mahan
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2014-06-05
ISBN 10	: 9781317692355
Pages	: 160 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (923 users)

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Download or read book Media, Religion and Culture written by Jeffrey H. Mahan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion has always been shaped by the media of its time, and today we live in a media culture that informs much of what we think and how we behave. Religious believers, communities and institutions use media as tools to communicate, but also as locations where they construct and express identity, practice religion, and build community. This lively book offers a comprehensive introduction to the contemporary field of religion, media, and culture. It explores: the religious content of media texts and the reception of those texts by religious consumers who appropriate and reuse them in their own religious work; how new forms of media provide fresh locations within which new religious voices emerge, people reimagine the "task" of religion, and develop and perform religious identity. Jeffrey H. Mahan includes case study examples from both established and new religions and each chapter is followed by insightful reflections from leading scholars in the field. Illustrated throughout, the book also contains a glossary of key terms, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading.

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Author	: University of Chicago. Center for Children's Books
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2006
ISBN 10	: UCLA:L0099742348
Pages	: 582 pages
Rating	: 4.L/5 (997 users)

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Download or read book Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books written by University of Chicago. Center for Children's Books and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reality Rules II

Author	: Elizabeth Fraser
Publisher	: ABC-CLIO
Release Date	: 2012
ISBN 10	: 9781598847901
Pages	: 251 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (479 users)

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Download or read book Reality Rules II written by Elizabeth Fraser and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2012 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must-have resource for librarians, teachers, and parents on the popular and growing area of teen nonfiction--a genre now mandated by the Common Core Standards. Reality Rules II: A Guide to Teen Nonfiction Reading Interests presents approximately 450 fresh nonfiction titles annotated and organized into genre areas to address the reading interests of today's teens, covering everything from adventure to history, sports, life stories, and how-to. Authored by a member of the first committee for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, this essential guide will help librarians, teachers, and parents find appealing materials for readers interested in nonfiction. The book offers expert guidance on reading levels and provides a list of fiction readalikes at the end of each chapter. It also identifies award-winning books and spotlights titles that appeal to specific groups, such as adult books that teens will enjoy, and books that are ideal for reluctant readers.

More Five Minute Writing

Author	: Margret Geraghty
Publisher	: Hachette UK
Release Date	: 2013-06-20
ISBN 10	: 9781845285319
Pages	: 192 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (853 users)

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Download or read book More Five Minute Writing written by Margret Geraghty and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This follow-up book to Margret Geraghty's bestselling The Five Minute Writer contains 50 more inspirational exercises to inspire you to write - even if you have only five minutes a day to spare. Margret also includes a new feature: snippet triggers, which she has designed in order to show readers how they can develop quirky little anecdotes they find in newspapers and regional broadcasts. Each short section offers you a thought-provoking discussion, followed by a five-minute exercise. These daily warm-up exercises can be taken at random and will help you to: Develop a reliable and enjoyable writing routine. Break through the dreaded writing block. Open your mind, step out of your comfort zone and set free your creative thought. Access your inner self and the personal memories that provide an inexhaustible source of story ideas Develop whole-brain techniques for 'stepping outside the box'.

American Book Publishing Record

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Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2007
ISBN 10	: UOM:39015066180442
Pages	: 838 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (56 users)

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Download or read book American Book Publishing Record written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Third Spaces of Digital Religion

Author	: Nabil Echchaibi
Publisher	: Taylor & Francis
Release Date	: 2023-03-02
ISBN 10	: 9781000841411
Pages	: 122 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (414 users)

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Download or read book The Third Spaces of Digital Religion written by Nabil Echchaibi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-03-02 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting volume explores how religious meaning is generated and performed in our present digital media ecosystem. It uses the spatial metaphor of a third space to visualize the mobility of everyday religion and to explore the dynamic ways in which contemporary subjects imagine, produce, and navigate new religious and spiritual places. Comprised of seven original essays, this book provides a rigorous discussion of the complex intersections of the digital and religion, demonstrating how third spaces of religion stand out by virtue of their in-betweenness. They exist between private and public, between institution and individual, between authority and individual autonomy, between large media framings and individual "pro-sumption," and between local and translocal. Including probing analysis of how Muslim, Catholic, and Neo-Pagan identities are cultivated and developed online, case studies reflect on the creative outcomes of this condition of in-betweenness and the emergence of other places of religious and spiritual meaning. Blending theoretical analysis with grounded empirical research, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of contemporary religion, media and religion, sociology of religion, religion, and popular culture.

Blogging Heroes

Author	: Michael A. Banks
Publisher	: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date	: 2008
ISBN 10	: 9780470197394
Pages	: 321 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (973 users)

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Download or read book Blogging Heroes written by Michael A. Banks and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the true beauties and powers of blogs is that they can give voice to people who are not heard." —Frank Warren, PostSecret postsecret.blogspot.com "Don't write anything in a blog that you wouldn't say to someone face to face." —Scott McNulty, The Unofficial Apple Weblog www.tuaw.com "For me, the future of journalism is blogging." —Mary Jo Foley, All About Microsoft blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/ "I do my best thinking via my blogs." —Chris Anderson, The Long Tail www.thelongtail.com "When I look out at the blogosphere, I don't see lots of inconsequential blogs. I see lots of possibility." —Gina Trapani, Lifehacker www.lifehacker.com why do they blog? It's addictive. It consumes an incredible amount of time, energy, and effort. It is their passion. And these bloggers wouldn't have it any other way. Among more than 102,000,000 blogs, a few stand out as influential, ground-breaking, and singularly successful. These thirty bloggers have been featured in Wired magazine, Popular Science, and on CNN, NPR, MSNBC, and 20/20. In one-on-one conversations with Michael A. Banks, these innovative, creative thinkers have shared their tactics, their philosophies, what drives them, how they mine for subject matter, and their personal secrets for success. Come and learn from the masters.