Bøger af Terry Dalrymple

Co-authors Terry Dalrymple, Jerry Craven and Andrew Geyer deliver the excitement promised in the title and then some as they propel the reader through pages of love, lust, betrayal and redemption. The sixteen interlocked narratives move at a clip through time and space, from the Civil War to the present, from sun-scorched brush country to the lush and sometimes lethal Piney Woods. Although readers may detect shades of Hawthorne and Faulkner in the haunted houses, serial characters, disembodied voices and rattling family skeletons appearing in these stories, their ethos is distinctly Texan, complete with fields of swaying bluebonnets, sprawling ranches, a champion roping horse and plenty of three-alarm chile. The authors deftly sidestep stereotypes, however, instead showcasing such unexpected characters as a cowboy who hates cattle, a parrot that curses mailmen, and a Hill Country farmer who prays to the Roman goddess Fortuna. Reading this story cycle is like doing a jigsaw puzzle--there's no mistaking the satisfaction of snapping that final piece into place and admiring the master narrative that suddenly emerges.

"Far from being chivalric romances, these stories vividly illustrate real people in love, real people like all of us. The characters in this assemblage get by as best they can in often humorous and always poignant ways. Among the characters are: an idealistic eleven-year-old with a gift for pencil drawing and a crush on his teacher; a forty-seven-year-old real estate agent looking for another ego-bolstering bedpost notch; and a beautiful, lonely young woman whose only knowledge of love comes from classical literature and her mother's dire warnings about nasty things boys seek."--

In their own ways, the stories in TexasSoundtrack are as musical as the songs thatinspired them, each with its own rhythm, itsown beat, its own insights into Texas peopleand Texas places. They resonate in the mindlong after you read them.

Answering the Cry of the Poor in a Million Villages The church is facing a strategic opportunity-85 percent¿of people living in extreme poverty¿around the world reside in villages.¿These villages are¿also home to¿the¿majority of¿the world's least reached¿people.¿The church has historically played an active role in wholistic ministry and alleviating global poverty with a goal of encouraging sustainable community¿development. However,¿while¿these¿outreaches¿may succeed in "helping without hurting," they¿still¿often¿focus on¿limited-scope projects that provide¿good¿solutions¿to¿äsingle¿community. In¿Beyond Poverty,¿Terry¿Dalrymple calls us to move¿beyond sustainable projects in a single village¿to transformational¿movements that multiply change from village to village and sweep the countryside. Through multiple case studies¿based on the actual experiences of more than 900 organizations in 135 different countries, this book tells the story of a large and growing network of ministries around the world using the strategy of Community Health Evangelism to change the life of the poor forever.¿The principles in this book are not just¿a theory, but¿proven¿strategy. The Church is uniquely positioned to accelerate poverty alleviation worldwide. This book will help you understand the fundamentals of catalyzing transformational movements that make disciples among the poor while lifting whole communities out of cycles of poverty and disease.¿This is our moment! This is your opportunity to advance a global movement and answer the cry of the poor in a million villages.