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By nearly every metric, Earth's ecosystems are thriving and the human condition is improving. This notion of a prospering planet is entirely contrary to the claims of a climate crisis and a looming disaster around every corner, as proclaimed by the Climate Industrial Complex.

There are many paths to travel in life's journey. How do we decide which path to take? It is comforting to know God has not put us here and left us to try to navigate this journey by ourselves. When God Leads gives us a glimpse of what it looks like to be led by God from a biblical standpoint and the author's personal testimonies. God has a plan for each of us according to Jeremiah 29:11. Why not trust the One who created us and holds our lives in His hands? It is not always easy to submit to God's leading, and there are times we choose our own path to take, oftentimes to our regret, but IF we can ever come to the place of completely trusting God and following His leading, He will position us to be a blessing, not only to ourselves, but to many others. Anna C. Jones is happily married to one husband, Benjamin Jones, and they reside in Mississippi with their two children God has blessed them with. She serves faithfully in her local church in various capacities. Anna is the Co-Founder of B & A Jones' Productions alongside her husband. It was during a filming for their DocuSeries, The Church: Remembering as We Move Towards a Victorious End, that can be viewed on Facebook or YouTube that the name of this book was given to her by the Holy Spirit. She published her first book, Learning to Love: My Story, God's Glory, in 2017. Anna enjoys being with family as much as possible. She yet seeks to bring glory to God by allowing Him to lead her until the day she hears him say, "Well done thou good and faithful servant".

"Treasury of Prayer: Blooms of Hope" is an inspirational journal of Meditations and Scriptures from God's Word. Also included, are "Words of Hope" in messages as delivered, spoken, and given in my church. Inspirational songs have been incorporated throughout the chapters. The reader is encouraged to believe and hope in spite of life's challenges, crisis, and struggles in life. Mary Alyce Clay is a mother, Church Mother, licensed evangelist missionary in Church of God In Christ. Mary Alyce is a retired educator with 38 years of professional teaching experience. In retirement she has spent her years volunteering as a Guest Reader in the elementary classrooms of her beloved school, Douglass KK-8 Grades School in Memphis, Tennessee. She also is actively involved in church ministry work, as an Instructor in Missionary Candidate Institute, and community involvement activities. Mary Alyce enjoys journal writing, reading, traveling, growing house plants, and spending time with her loving supportive family. Mary Alyce was inspired to write this book during the Covid-19 pandemic, after experiencing personal loss of her two brothers, close together, from Covid-19. She has compiled journal writings throughout the years.

Growing up in an Arab American household, rich traditional Arabic dishes were central to Blanche's family's life. However she noticed that previous generations of her family did not document these heirloom recipes on paper, but passed the cooking techniques only by word of mouth. So Blanche began a mission of cultural preservation, taking down the cooking methods and exact ingredients of these hundreds of year old recipes. She launched a popular YouTube cooking show called ''Feast in the Middle East'' to not only share these recipes with her family, but with the world. Some of these dishes are classical favorites, like smoky Syrian Muhammara dip with walnuts, pomegranate molasses and roasted peppers, ''Warak Enab, '' or rice and lamb rolled into tender grape leaves and cooked in a tomato broth, or Lebanese semolina custard scented with rose water called ''Layali Lubnan'' or ''Lebanese Nights''. Other dishes, like Musakhan, come from small and obscure villages like Ein Erik in the Palestinian West Bank. Musakhan is a sumac spiced chicken roasted on bread and smothered with caramelized onions and toasted pine nuts. Ancient recipes like chewy semolina date ring cookies called Ma'moul commemorate both Easter and Ramadan, while an over 1000 year old cinnamon spiced bulgur wheat porridge called Burbarra celebrates the Feast of Santa Barbara in the Arab Levant, Malta, and even Eastern Europe. While many of these dishes used to take hours to make, Blanche modernized these recipes to adapt to today's western palate and busy lifestyles. Readers will be able to recreate street foods like Chicken Shawarma and crispy Felafel in their own kitchens using easy techniques and familiar ingredients. Fusion dishes like Baklava Granola with pistachios and cardamom, Middle Eastern Nachos or ''Machos'' with pita chips and cucumber yogurt sauce, and a Lemon Cheesecake made with creamy labneh cheese adapt middle eastern spices and ingredients to western tastes. Today the ''Feast in the Middle East'' YouTube series has brought together a global cooking community in an unexpected and beautiful way. Now viewers are making these recipes in the United States, Canada, India, Australia, Spain, Korea and beyond. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY: Blanche Araj Shaheen is the YouTube personality and host of the popular cooking show, Feast in the Middle East. Prior to her foray into food, she was a television host and reporter in both entertainment and news. She reported and hosted programs for PBS, G4 Television, and Link Media's ''Mosaic World News of the Middle East.'' She also became the first Arab American entertainment reporter, as a contributor for the ABC live show called ''View From the Bay.'' In 2010 Blanche made the switch to hosting her own YouTube cooking show, sharing heirloom recipes preserved by her mother and grandmother. With her journalism background, she decided to document the recipes in this cookbook, and Feast in the Middle East was born. She gives the historical relevance of many signature dishes, and shares personal stories from her own family traditions and trips to the Middle East. Aside from her ongoing cooking series on YouTube, Blanche's Feast In the Middle East has been featured on Virgin America Airlines AUTHOR HOME: Los Altos, C