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Many college students spend substantial amounts of time with student affairs practitioners (professionals) and cultivate meaningful relationships with them during college. So, what do these relationships look like for Black women students and Black women practitioners and how might it influence their identities, experiences, and overall collegiate success? To answer this question, my three-manuscript dissertation investigated the symbiotic relationships and love-centered practices between Black women student affairs practitioners and Black undergraduate women at a predominantly white institution (PWI). My ethnographic study took place over six months at a large research-intensive public PWI in the South. I fused Black Feminist Thought (Collins, 2002) and scholarship from bell hooks (e.g., hooks, 1994, 2001a, 2001b, 2002) focusing on love, relationships, community, and healing to conceptualize this study. I conducted 170 hours of observations, 26 individual semi-structured interviews, and five focus groups with 21 self-identifying Black women participants (both undergraduates and student affairs professionals). The three manuscripts explored: 1) Expansions to Black feminist scholarship through what I refer to as a "hooksian approach" rooted in the scholarship of Black feminist theorist bell hooks, which can be applied to researching, theorizing, and supporting Black women in academia; 2) How Black women practitioners enact love as praxis within student affairs programming and in their relationships with Black women students; and 3) how Black women collegians, who are part of a Black women-led student affairs program, expressed their experiences of love, healing, and relationships with peers and student affairs practitioners. The significance of these manuscripts expands Black feminist scholarship and advocates for new theories in educational research; centers Black women students and how their experiences and relationships with Black women practitioners influence their understandings of self and their overall collegiate experiences and success; and uplifts practitioners and how they enact love-centered praxis within student affairs programming and in their relationships with Black women students. This study has implications for faculty and administrators to learn how to expand their ability to support, fund, and advocate for better collegiate experiences for Black women students, and other marginalized student populations, through transformative student affairs programming at PWIs.

Our nation is currently in a unique and perilous time of division which includes our communities of faith. Unique in the sense that issues of faith are being used by many secular and sacred sources to exploit the divide of our nation further and perilous because if left unchecked, our nation could move to civil war. “Faith for the Times” first describes the political, social, and civil issues facilitating the division in our nation’s faith communities. Following those descriptions are discussions of methods to heal those divides supported by anecdotes and experiences from over thirty years of ministry in various communities of faith in the Washington D.C. area. Divisions in our nation exist in several ways, but in this writing, they are generalized into the three areas of political, social, and civil. What is most alarming about our times is that these divisions combine with the many existing divisions in the communities of faith in our nation. There have always been divisions between types of faith and there have been many conflicts between them throughout history. But it seems that since the turn of the century, beginning with the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York City, that conflicts among some of the major faiths such as Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have escalated. What's more, with the accelerated political polarization of the Evangelical Christian community, divides between denominations of the Evangelical church have grown. In the first part of this writing, the author describes the dividing of our nation, and the role faith has played in that division. This is done by borrowing a technique used by David in the writing of his Psalms using the term "shadows". The author applies that term as the “shadows of faith” as an illustration how our faith influences our political, social, and civil expressions of living. The intent with Part 1 of this writing is to expose the complexity of the divide in our nation and how faith interacts with that divide. In Part 2 the author addresses how to close the divide by faith. There is no pretense in this writing to suggest a nation as big and diverse as ours could be united with this one writing. But there is a confidence portrayed in the text concerning what God has done in the author's faith journey that allows the writing of these words and ideas as something to ponder and perhaps light a spark to begin the healing process required of our nation. The reader is invited to embrace what may be a new conversation of faith. A faith that focuses more on what we have in common with other people of faith than what divides us. That passion has been birthed in the author because of a faith journey not of his choosing but by his experience. Being raised Catholic the author converted to Protestant as a young adult. Moving through several denominations by experiences of faith the result has been a faith and a passion to impact people for God, not for a particular denomination. The reader is invited to join this celebration of faith with the author.

This manuscript documents Shawn's journey of abstinence, rededication, and freedom through the love of Jesus Christ. As a follower of Christ, her goal is to debunk the enemy's lies by using God's transformative truth. The first third of this book is about how Shawn personally fell into the traps of sexual sin, and how it led her into a life of addiction, an abusive relationship, and dissonance with God. But by God's grace, Jesus saved her from a life of fornication and exposed how leading such a life affects the mind, body, and spirit. So instead of just telling people "Don't have sex!", Shawn spends the rest of the book giving fictional examples and personal testimonies of how to remain abstinent in a hypersexualized society. By providing biblical principles and giving practical steps to avoid moral pitfalls, this book is sure to bless, stretch, and empower you with tools to Overcome Sexuality in an Oversexualized World.

MAMA FAITH SAYS... is my first effort. I have been collecting phrases and quotes for many years. I would hear a saying and if I enjoyed it I'd use it. I have also created my own sayings along the way. My coworkers enjoyed hearing these sayings so much I decided to make a list of them. Soon the idea for a book evolved. Included are poems and itty-bitty stories, many based upon my life. There is also a glossary of some of the sayings, similes, and metaphors defined in Mama Faith's style. I pray this book will encourage, entertain and provoke thought. If you are hurting, I want you to know you're not alone and there is always hope in the Lord. Enjoy Mama Faith Says... and share a message with family and friends. Until we meet again, bye, bye!

Pend Oreille County is located in the beautiful, mountainous northeast corner of Washington State. It is approximately 67 miles long and 22 miles wide, with the Pend Oreille River flowing north through a trench valley and bounded on each side by the Selkirk Mountains. In 1911, it was the last county to be established in the state. Its exuberant history gives glimpses of the early days of the Kalispel Indian tribe, the arrival of the Hudson Bay Company fur traders, gold-hungry prospectors, and the establishment of the St. Ignatius Mission by Father DeSmet and Father Hoecken in 1844. The arrival of the Great Northern and the Idaho & Washington Northern Railroads brought floods of energetic pioneers who built new communities and sustained major lumber and mining industries. Today, its scenery lures tourists, businesses, and those who appreciate the rural life.

Inhalt: Shannon Cunningham genießt ihr ruhiges Leben als Landtierärztin im Norden Irlands. Als sie jedoch plötzlich geheimnisvolle Botschaften erhält, wird sie vom dunkelsten Kapitel ihrer Vergangenheit wieder eingeholt. Damals konnte sie nur mit viel Glück den Fängen eines wahnsinnigen Entführers entkommen. Daraufhin bittet ihr Vater den ehemaligen Polizisten Robert Thane um Hilfe, um Shannon zu beschützen und den Spuk zu beenden. Allerdings muss Robert schnell erkennen, dass die üblichen Ermittlungen nur in die Irre führen, da die Geschehnisse auf Cunningham Hall immer mysteriöser werden ... ************************************************************************************ Bisher erschienen von Lara Steel: Die Secrets - Reihe: "Dark Secrets" "Lost Secrets" "Heartbeat" "Secrets of Love - Teil 1 & 2" "Indian Summer" Irland Saga: "Irish Eyes - Lakefield House" "Irish Eyes - Diamond River" "Irish Eyes - Drumcliff Bay" Die Bücher sind in sich abgeschlossen und unabhängig voneinander. Wer jedoch Spass an wiederkehrenden Charakteren hat, mag sie in der Reihenfolge des Erscheinens lesen. Seasons of Love - Reihe: Wintermond Frühlingssturm Mittsommernacht Frühlingssturm Highland-Trilogie: "Highland Nights" Der 2. Teil erscheint Sommer 2016 Megan-Fairchild-Reihe: Mordswind (Highland-Krimi) Oh, du Tödliche (Highland-Krimi) Der 3. Teil erscheint Sommer 2016

In her own words, here is a conversational account of Faith Ringgold's life and work--in an innovative, interactive format. Presented in short sections, such as "Introducing Myself," "Growing Up," and "Being an Artist," the author and illustrator comments on her achievements, how she developed her style, and what some of her works mean to her. Ideal for use in the classroom or at home, the book also contains suggestions for activities and projects.