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Ebook Romance Stories
Christian Romance Fiction Novels With a Purpose–By Best Selling Author Staci Stallings
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Ebook Romance Stories: The Easy Way Out, The Story
~ The Friendship Series ~
Landscape designer, Drew Easton thought he had met the perfect girl in Harmony Jordan, but then Harmony married Drew's best friend and business partner, Aaron Foster. Trying to pick up the pieces of the failed relationship and go on with life, Drew is not prepared for the twists the road to true love is about to take. Will his heart still be in one piece at the end of this ride?
Charity Jordan has one feeling about her older sister. Hate. Never able to measure up, always second-choice, Charity's life has been driven by one bad mistake after another. When Harmony's ex begins showing up to landscape her parent's yard, Charity has no intentions of being his second choice either. But when feelings start to change, will she be able to keep herself from once again taking The Easy Way Out…
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Ebook Romance Stories: Eternity, Review
Don't settle for less than Great! (5-stars) D. Austin
This book made me laugh, shake my head, and cheer. A series of relationship blunders follow the characters through this book. An easy, comfortable read- I really liked how the author portrayed the practice of sleeping together after the third or fourth date vs. waiting, and what the real meaning of love is. Not overtly, but quietly working it into the story. I wish more young ladies would read this and catch that. I feel like I should buy this book in print and highlight that part for my daughter. The whole idea that good could be standing in the way of great is something we all can take from this book.
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Ebook Romance Stories: The Easy Way Out, Excerpt
Excerpt from The Easy Way Out
From the second she had awakened late at her parents' house, the day had been one long Excedrin headache for Charity. She felt like the ugly stepsister playing nursemaid to Cinderella. Charity, do this. Hurry up, Charity, we're going to be late to the salon. Just let her do your hair, Charity. Stop complaining. Come on, we don't have all day. You should've done that last night. And they were all in on it, too—even Hart who usually took her side in the confrontations with her family.
No, today was Harmony's day, and basically that meant that Charity was only there to get yelled at, stepped over, and complained about. When Harmony and Aaron made their way over to the three-tiered cake looking as sugary sweet as the cake itself, Charity could take no more. Without bothering to tell anyone where she was going, she pushed out of the hall and headed in the first direction her feet carried her.
October meant the skies darkened much earlier so that although it was only 8:30, Atlanta was already dark save for the amber streetlights blanketing the parking lot. Where she was going didn't matter much. She could walk to Jamaica, and as long as nothing went wrong, no one would notice she was gone.
The worst part was that if it was just this one day, she could've handled that, but Harmony had always been first in their hearts, and Charity was sure she always would be. Harmony was the child who could do no wrong. She caused no trouble in high school, and once she had graduated, she had left home, gone to school, got a job, and found a man—all without so much as lifting her little finger.
Charity had heard the phrase, "Why can't you be more like your sister?" so many times it should've been permanently engraved on her forehead by now. But no matter what she did, she could never be Harmony. No. Charity was the family screw-up. It was well-documented in all her school records.
Fights, cheating, lying, almost being expelled on two separate occasions, and finally dropping out when it all got too hard—that was Charity. To begin with she had tried to be like Harmony, then when it became clear that nothing she ever did would ever be good enough to justify her place in the family, she had given up even trying.
The October air was cool against her bare shoulders, but even as she looked down at her dress, a picture of Harmony in full wedding attire flashed through her mind and what she really wanted to do was rip the dress right off her body and throw it in the garbage.
"Argh!" In frustration she kicked a rock, sending it skittering across the parking lot. It was then that she saw the figure emerge from the shadows of the cars, and for one moment, fear said she should run. However, just before that message reached her feet, she realized who it was. Drew. And in a rush the annoyance with the whole lousy day returned. "What are you doing out here?"
He smiled at her sadly and slowly lifted the bottle in his hand into the light. "I'm not real big on champagne."
Charity laughed the first real laugh she had all day. "You want some company?"
Drew shrugged and leaned back against the car before taking another drink. She walked up and leaned onto the car beside him.
"You want some?" He offered her the bottle, and she took it and tipped it up.
"Hmmm." She closed her eyes as all the friction from the day slid away from her. "So, what are you doing out here?"
He shrugged. "I can only take being on my best behavior so long, and then I start to spontaneously-combust."
"I hear you there. If I have to take one more picture, I might just break that guy's camera."
"Yeah, and this monkey-suit is about as comfortable as a grass sack."
"Here." She turned to him and loosened the bowtie at his neck. "No reason to be so formal out here."
He smiled at her as she resumed her place against the car.
"Okay, so you know my story, what's yours?" he asked off-handedly as he tipped the bottle up and took another drink.
Without asking, she reached for the bottle in his hand, tipped it up, and took a long swallow—enjoying how the liquid burned all the way down her throat and into her stomach.
"Perfection is highly overrated," she finally said, dropping the bottle but not returning it to his hand. "Being reminded that I'm not tends to make me a little squirrelly."
His forehead knotted. "Harmony?"
"My whole family." She took another drink. "The fact that I'm the weak link isn't lost on a single one of them."
"The weak link?"
"Hey, Charity! You out here?" Hart called from the hall doors, and instantly she thrust the bottle back to Drew who quickly stowed it in his car. "Charity!"
"I'm coming!" she yelled back, waiting just long enough for Drew to find his way to her side.
"They're throwing the bouquet."
"Oh, great," Charity said under her breath.
"Hang in there," Drew said softly. "One more hour, and life will go on."
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Ebook Romance Stories: The Easy Way Out, Chapter 1
"I, Harmony, take you, Aaron, to have and to hold from this day forward until death do us part, and even for the eternity after that, you have my love."
Drew Easton stood on the top step of the church, wishing that breathing didn't hurt quite so badly.
"May I have the rings, please?" the minister asked, and Drew dug into his pocket for the ring that at one time he'd thought he would be placing on Harmony Jordan's finger.
After locating it, he and Harmony's sister, Charity, stepped forward, holding the rings out for the blessing. Drew never heard the minister's words, and there wasn't a safe place to put his gaze. Looking at Harmony in her veil and satin tore his heart out. Looking at Aaron, with that smile that hadn't left his face for months, brought a burning jealousy to Drew's chest that he hated himself for. And then there was Charity.
The emerald green of her satin dress rested just below her cream-white shoulders, and with her hair pulled up in ringlets around her face, she looked far too much like Harmony had the first time Drew had met her—no, not even Charity was safe.
Suddenly he became aware of the silence that had invaded the space around him, and he looked up, wondering what he had missed. The minister smiled at him kindly, and then Drew's gaze fell to the minister's out-stretched hand. Quickly he dropped the ring into it and stepped back.
If he could just get through the next couple of hours in one piece, he could escape to his own apartment where his heart could ache in peace. He looked past Aaron at Harmony, and the look in her eyes as she gazed at her new husband brought tears to his own. He was happy for them. He truly and honestly was. They were right together. But his heart couldn't help but say that if he hadn't been dumb enough to let her go in the first place, he would be the one standing in front of her—tying himself to his best friend forever.
"…it is my honor and my privilege to present to you for the first time, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Foster. Aaron, you may kiss your bride."
Drew's gaze traveled not to the newlyweds but across the heads of the congregation as the snapping of his heart cracked in his ears. Somewhere far away from him, he heard the organ swell to life, and he raked in a torturous breath. Just get down the aisle and get some fresh air.
Trying not to think too much, he looked across the step at Charity. For one second their gazes met, and when she smiled at him, he saw the relief that was overflowing through her eyes as well. Gallantly, he reached across the step and took her hand as they turned toward the back.
Like a dove alighting on its perch, she accepted his offered hand, and they stepped down the stairs together. Once in the aisle, he offered her his arm, she accepted it, and together they made their way out of the church.
They were the first ones to make it to the bride and groom, and Drew plastered a smile on his face that he sincerely hoped looked happy. Today was their day, and he wasn't going to do anything to ruin it.
He watched as Aaron enveloped Charity into the lapel of his tuxedo jacket.
"Welcome to the family," Charity said just loud enough for Drew to hear.
"Thanks," Aaron said, and then Charity stepped past him to greet her sister.
"Congratulations, partner." Drew extended his hand to Aaron.
"Drew. Thanks so much for everything," Aaron said, and then for one moment the handshake became a hug. "I'll never be able to repay you, man."
Drew stepped back and looked at his friend. "Just take care of her—that'll be payment enough."
Aaron nodded, and Drew turned his attention to Harmony, whose smile barely masked the tears behind it.
"Harmony."
"Drew," she said, extending her arms to him.
He pulled her into a hug, and they stood like that for several heartbeats. When he finally pulled away, he smiled as he nodded at Aaron. "You take care of this one."
"I will," she said, and with one more, quick hug, he stepped away from her.
His heart could take no more, so quickly he walked out of the church into the cool October breeze. However, his brain had been so focused on the happy couple that he hadn't bothered to keep up with where Charity had gone. As he rounded the corner, he met up with her leaning against the building.
"Oh." He stopped, nearly tripping with the suddenness of it. "Sorry. I didn't see you there."
She smiled at him with sarcasm dripping from the look. "Join the crowd."
"Huh?" His forehead furrowed in concern.
Quickly she shook her head. "Never mind."
He nodded, thankful she wouldn't pummel him for his own feelings. "Well, I'm glad that's over."
"Yeah, me, too." Charity pulled a cigarette out of the small handbag at her wrist and put it to her lips. In two seconds she was puffing away. "Seems a little silly to waste all that money and time just so they can set themselves up for heartache and divorce later."
Drew pulled back in surprise. "That's pretty cynical. Don't you think?" Drew asked, having never seen this side of Charity in all the time they had worked on her parents' yard together.
She shrugged and took another long drag on the cigarette as the brunette ringlets danced around her head. "Yeah? Well, sue me."
"Charity." Her younger brother, Hart, emerged from the church in full tuxedo. "You know what Mom said about smoking today."
In annoyance, she yanked the cigarette out of her mouth and blew the smoke into the air defiantly. "Quit being my babysitter, Hart."
"Well, somebody needs to," he said harshly.
She scowled. "I'm old enough to take care of myself."
"Yeah? Then may I suggest you start acting like it." Hart turned to Drew and extended his hand and a smile. "Hey, Drew. How's business?"
"Pretty good. We're shifting into fall/winter mode. Aaron's got two hotels and several Christmas light orders ready to go. But we've been working our silly heads off trying to keep all those lawns mowed without you around. I sure hope school is worth leaving us high and dry."
"It's okay," Hart said with a nod. "Sixteen hours. It's keeping me busy."
"And out of trouble?" Drew asked.
"Now that would take more than a few classes," Hart said with a grin.
"Hart, Charity, Drew," Mrs. Jordan called from the church doors. "Pictures."
"Ugh." Charity coughed. "Don't they have enough pictures already?"
"Cheer up, Char." Trying to act like this wasn't about to kill him as well, Drew laced his arm through hers. "One more round, and we're off the hook."
She smirked at him and then dropped her cigarette to the concrete and snuffed it out with the emerald green toe of her shoe. "I can't wait."
"Drew," Mr. Jordan said as he leaned back in his chair at the reception, "you're on."
With a slow exhale, Drew closed his eyes, gathering his courage. Pushing his chair backward with a screech, he stood, picked up his glass, and tapped on it with his fork.
"Uh-hmm!" He cleared his throat as gazes throughout the room turned to him. "May I have your attention, please?" The dull roar faded to silence, and extreme self-consciousness descended on him. Somehow when Aaron had asked him to be best man, this moment had never entered his mind, and now inexplicably here he was. "I'd like to say a few words about two of the best people I know.
"First, Aaron, you're my best friend and partner. Sometimes we make decisions in an instant that change the course of our lives forever. Aaron made just such a decision when he put his future on the line to win Harmony's heart. I just want to tell you to never forget what you were willing to sacrifice for her."
Drew raised his glass to Aaron who smiled, and then he shifted his focus to Harmony.
"And, Harmony." Drew exhaled slowly, drawing his bottom lip under his top for a moment, trying to figure out how he was ever going to say any more. He dropped his gaze and then lifted it, knowing she deserved that much. "Don't ever settle for good just because you think you can't have great. Okay? Remember this moment and know that great is always within your reach."
He raised his glass to Harmony, whose smile was laced with tears.
"I wish you both love and peace forever. To Aaron and Harmony."
"Aaron and Harmony!" echoed throughout the room as Drew took a small drink from his glass before sitting back down.
Charity leaned into him even as she picked up her knife and fork again. "That was nice."
"Thanks," Drew said as the tension of the day began to curl around him. "I thought I was a goner there for half-a-second."
"You did good."
Careful to keep his gaze on his meat, Drew ducked and forced the air into his lungs. It's almost over. Just keep your eyes on the end, and you can get through this.
Together they stepped onto the concrete steps of the hall.
"Lead me to the humiliation," Charity said as though the guillotine was waiting on the other side of those doors. The hall was blindingly bright when they walked back in, and an invisible wall of heat wrapped around her.
"Charity, come on," her mother called from the front, and wishing she could run without looking hopelessly dorky, Charity hurried to the small knot of women standing in the middle of the floor.
"Okay, I'm here," she said, joining them.
Harmony looked over the small group and then turned around. "Here we go. One. Two. Three!" She flung the green and yellow bouquet over her head right in Charity's direction; however, Charity side-stepped the press of women lunging for it, and in seconds it was in some other woman's hands.
With a sigh of relief she shrugged at Harmony who shook her head and then laughed happily with the woman who had caught it.
"Okay, okay," Mr. Jordan said, taking the reins as master of ceremonies. "We need Drew and Hart up here."
Charity looked across the floor and immediately saw the pained expression cross Drew's face. He glanced over at her as he strode to Mr. Jordan, and she made a small 'your turn' gesture at him. A smile crossed his face as he tore his gaze away from hers and walked up to Mr. Jordan.
"We're going to need to use the two of you for a chair," Mr. Jordan said. "Here kneel down."
Carefully, the two of them knelt facing each other.
"Harmony," her father said, offering her his hand, which she took with a smile. He seated her on the tops of the two men's thighs.
Despite the fact that everyone else in the room was whooping and hollering, Charity could see that if he had half-a-chance Drew would've disappeared right into the floor. As Aaron slipped the garter off of Harmony's leg, Charity watched Drew. It was obvious, to her anyway, that he was hating every single minute of this.
When the garter was free, Aaron stood and gave his hand to Harmony to help her up. Then stiffly the two groomsmen stood. Aaron laughingly shooed them into the pack of single men waiting for the garter toss. It was funny because as Charity watched him, she thought they must have been cut from exactly the same kind of cloth. He hung back, and when the garter flew in his direction, he deftly side-stepped it.
At the bottom of the pile, Hart came up with it, and proudly slipped it onto his forearm. She watched Aaron high-five Hart for a second, but her gaze followed Drew as he quietly disappeared into the crowd. Without more than a second's worth of thought, she pushed her way in the direction he had gone.
After only a few moments of searching, she found him, pressed firmly against the wall, looking like he could use some more of that drink he'd left in the car.
"What's the matter?" she asked, leaning in to him carefully. "You not interested in doing all this for real?"
"Well, I didn't see you sacrificing your life for the bouquet," he said, and the words had an edge to them.
She shrugged. "I figured I'd let someone who believes in marriage give her life for it."
He tilted his head to the side. "You don't believe in marriage?"
"Not for me."
She considered the question and him for a second and then shrugged. "I'm not permanent enough for marriage."
"Permanent enough?"
"Short attention span," she said, using the exact term countless teachers had in her lifetime.
"Well, maybe you just haven't found anything worth concentrating on."
"Doesn't exist."
"How do you know that?"
"Trust me," she said with a knowing nod. "It doesn't."
Movement from in front of them brought her attention back from the land of deep thought.
"Drew," Aaron said, walking up with Harmony's hand tucked firmly in his own. "You still going to take us to the car?"
"Oh, sure." Drew straightened instantly. He took a step away from Charity and then stopped. "You mind if Charity comes along?"
Aaron shrugged. "The more the merrier."
"We'll go get the car," Drew said, and Charity was thankful she wouldn't have to parade around the hall behind the happy couple. Without being at all obvious, Drew reached into the folds of her dress and rescued her hand. "You ready?"
The heat from his hand pulsed up her arm so that it wouldn't have mattered where he was taking her, she would've gone. Wordlessly she nodded, and they walked out to the parking lot.
"You going to be okay to drive?" she asked, not really knowing where the lines of friendship and loyalty crossed with the duties of responsibility.
"Yeah, I only had a little."
She squinted at him carefully.
"I swear," he said, holding both hands in the air, and one of hers accompanied his.
"But you would tell me, you know, if you didn't think you could…"
"I would tell you," he said, nodding seriously. He unlocked her door, and as she opened it, the bottle lying on her seat caught her attention. Without mention, she stowed it under the passenger's seat.
He got in on his side and sat one moment before he reached up to put the keys in the ignition. She could see the tension creep back onto his face, and gently she reached across the seat and touched his arm. "One more hour."
Gratefully he smiled at her. Neither one wanted to be here, but being here together somehow made that fact less soul-wrenching.
The headlights sliced through the amber light as he drove up to the sidewalk edge.
"Maybe we should let them drive," he said, noticing the crowd beginning to push out of the doors.
"Okay." Deftly she pushed out of her door, pulled the back seat forward and climbed in back, where he met her coming from the other side, and their shoulders collided.
"Ugh. Sorry," he said.
"That's okay," she said, feeling instantly how incredibly small the backseat actually was. "Here they come."
In a flurry of satin, petticoats, and rice, the newlyweds raced from the hall to the car door. Aaron helped Harmony in, slammed her door, and then ran around to the driver's side even as the well-wishers continued to shower rice onto the car.
"You don't want to drive?" Aaron asked, dusting the rice from his hair as he slammed the door.
"You can," Drew said solidly. "I'm fine right here." He leaned back, and the shoulder of his jacket brushed Charity's shoulder. Furtively, he looked over at her, and then he reached down and took her hand.
It was like escaping into a dark corner right under the chaperone's nose, and Charity smiled. Her attention caught on the movement of Harmony's hand in the front as it reached across the seats and rested on Aaron's arm.
"We made it," she said softly, and Charity saw the smile cross Aaron's face in the streak of the streetlight as he looked over at his bride.
The words held a happiness that Charity couldn't remember ever feeling. Watching them was like seeing a testament to the fact that happiness was for everyone else other than her. She turned her gaze out the window, wishing she hadn't agreed to come. At that moment Drew's grip tightened on her hand, and she looked over at him and smiled sadly. The absolute knowledge that neither of them would ever be sitting in the front seat like Aaron and Harmony now were engulfed them both.
After many long minutes the car crossed into the parking lot and into a space. Aaron killed the engine, and the four of them extricated themselves from the midst of the car.
"Well," Aaron said as he wrapped Harmony under his arm and extended his other hand to Drew, "thanks for everything, man."
"No problem." Drew shook his friend's hand. "And don't worry about work. I can handle it for a week."
"I trust you," Aaron said.
Drew leaned in and kissed Harmony's cheek. "Be careful."
"Take care," Charity said, leaning in to give Harmony an awkward hug.
"I will," Harmony said, returning the hug with only one arm.
"And you take care of her," Charity said, sliding to the side to give Aaron a hug as well.
They all stood in a long, uneasy silence.
"Well, we'd better get back," Drew finally said, and Charity nodded. "We'll see you two next week."
Aaron waved slightly as Drew climbed in one side and Charity crawled in the other. Drew started the car and threw his arm over the seat to back out. But Charity's gaze was locked on the couple still standing under the carport. Waving and smiling, they looked like they should be on the top of a cake.
"They're sickening," she said under her breath.
"I know," Drew said sadly. "Wouldn't it be great to be as sickening as they are?"
Tears stung the backs of her eyes. It was like he was reading her thoughts as they streaked across the canvas of her mind, and that was even more annoying than the newlyweds.
When they arrived back at the hall, most of the cars were already gone, so Drew pulled up into one of the front parking spaces. Like emerging from a tomb, they climbed out.
"Hey, Char, where'd you go?" Hart asked in annoyance from behind a mountain of foil-wrapped boxes.
"We took them to their car," Charity said, slamming her door in frustration. No matter what she did, it was always wrong.
"Well, Mom's about to have a conniption if you don't get your little self in there and help clean up."
"So, what else is new?" she asked only loud enough for Drew who was right by her side to hear.
They walked to the door, and he pulled it open for her although she could've used the effort to drain the excess of angry energy flowing through her.
"It's about time you get here," her mother greeted her, holding out a folded tablecloth, the guestbook, and a bridal photo of Harmony. "Take these to the car, and then come help me with the rest of this cake."
Charity accepted the stack placed into her hands, and she turned to Drew and smiled. The torture continued.
"So, do you need a ride home?" Drew asked Charity an hour later when everything had been stowed in the cars.
"I don't know." She glanced over her shoulder hesitantly. "I'm just going to Mom's."
"Well, I just happen to know where that is."
She smiled as her mother walked out of the kitchen. "Come on, Charity, we need to get this meat home before it spoils."
"Drew said he could give me a ride," Charity said softly.
"Oh, don't be silly. That's clear across town. He doesn't have time to be taxiing you around."
She hated being treated like she was ten. She hated it. "But he offered."
"Can you hit that light switch?" her mother asked as though Charity hadn't said anything.
With a sigh of resignation, Charity pushed her feet across the floor and hit the switch, plunging the room into darkness. Slowly she crossed back to the door where Drew still stood.
"I guess I'd better go home with them," she said reluctantly.
He nodded, his eyes full of sadness and acceptance. "That's okay. I understand."
But she doubted the truth of that statement. And what she knew he did understand, she wished he didn't.
"Can I call you sometime?" he asked softly as they stepped into the night air.
She shrugged. "It's a free country."
"Charity, come on," Hart called from the car.
Quickly she closed the door and checked the lock. Then as she turned to the car, Drew caught her hand for one more brief second. "Thanks for tonight. It was nice to have a friend."
Her smile cracked right through the annoyance with her family. "Yeah, it was."
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Ebook Romance Stories: Eternity, Excerpt
~The Friendship Series ~
(Excerpt)
Aaron's heart constricted as he forced himself to close the door, slowly fitting it back into its frame. He stood there, hand on the doorknob fighting for every breath. Crying at this point seemed hopelessly stupid. It was obvious she had moved on. Curling and uncurling his fist, he stood there, knowing there was not one thing he could do to alter the situation he now found himself in.
He was trapped. When he turned and leaned on the door, his gaze fell to the phone. In a flash he had it in his hand, and in less than a second the other end was ringing.
"Hello?" Harmony's voice drifted over the lines.
"It's her," he said in utter desperation.
"Aaron?"
"They're downstairs."
"Right now?"
"On my couch. They are making out on my couch!"
"Oh, no."
"Could you give me something a little more than oh, no?"
"Crud."
"Yeah, that's closer. Oh, man. What am I going to do?"
"Are you sure it's her?"
"Okay. Of course you're sure. Okay. Okay. Let me think. Where are you?"
"In my room."
"Do they know you're home?"
"No. I don't know. I don't think so."
Her side went silent for a moment. "The fire escape's on your window isn't it?"
He looked at the window in trepidation. "Yeah, but it's only for emergencies."
The plan was looking better and better all the time. "But where am I supposed to go? It's 12:30 in the morning!"
Without more than a second's pause, her voice softened. "You could come over here."
That stopped him. In all the time he had known her, he had never been to her place, not even once. "Your place? Are you sure?"
"You're in trouble," she said as if stating the case for a jury. "When a friend's in trouble, you do whatever you have to to help them out."
"Even this?"
She didn't say anything for a long moment. "I think I'll live." Quickly she gave him the directions.
He smiled, momentarily forgetting the disaster downstairs as he wrote them down. "I'll be there in ten minutes."
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Ebook Romance Stories: For Real, Review
~ The Courage Series ~
"There I was just enjoying the heck out of this story when those dreaded words came up. "Epilogue." What? NO! It can't be over yet.
Staci Stalling has done it again. She's taken a handful of characters that we can easily associate with and shown us some of their flaws and hidden insecurities. She does a masterful job of describing how people tend to lie and/or manipulate the truth so others will be impressed. And then they have to cover the lies with other lies and pretty soon it gets easier and easier to tell more lies. They play a lot of games in life trying to impress, gain attention or make others jealous.
"As he went, person by person through those in his life, he saw their desperate attempts to hide the hurt and fear with… what? Everything. Clothes. Shoes. Money. Cars. Education. Position. Status. And down the other spectrum drugs, alcohol, anger, violence, selfishness. As he thought about it, he realized that it was the same disease just with different symptoms."
In this story we have Blaine who is a really nice guy, but insecure about who and what he is because his father pulled a fast one on the family 10 years earlier. Yes, for 10 years he's had these issues. We briefly met Blaine in book 2 of the Courage Series, "White Knight", when he worked with Eve. Wanting to impress Eve he borrows a top of the line sports car from his buddy to go on a group date with Eve and everyone thinks he's a spoiled rich guy. What a stretch from the truth. He's really an incredibly nice guy who is trying to get an education, hold down a job, take care of his little brother and mother, and do it all while keeping everyone from seeing who he really is and what his life really looks like. Blaine met Melody on that group date and when she got sick he drove her home, which involved her losing her lunch all over his borrowed car. Not the ideal situation for starting a relationship.
Now in For Real they meet up a few months later and things progress to the point where they can have a relationship. But he's already established the lie of being a rich guy and they have to learn how to be REAL with each other, thus, the title of this novel.
"It was a long moment before she continued. "For what it's worth, I think the nice guy fits you much better, but I think you're scared to be him."
"Why would I be scared of that?"
"I don't know. Why would you?"
Pain tore through him so deep it felt like it ripped the middle of him apart. "Because being a jerk is so much easier.""
Ms. Stallings does a fine job of describing life of college coeds and bringing back all the memories of my own college days. Too many nights of staying up late studying, working, trying to balance it all out with a bit of a social life. I enjoyed watching the resolving of conflict between old relationships and bringing them to the point of being able to have meaningful relationships as friends who went on to play a major role in each others lives. As Melody figured out her own life and that things aren't always as they seem, she is able to see that other people also hide behind their insecurities but when you can get past them, your perceived enemies can actually become your best friends.
The story was full of emotion and conflict and I was cheering them on to figure out that they weren't the only ones with misconceived notions.There were a LOT of issues brought up in this book but they were handled in such a way that it didn't overwhelm the senses. They just sort of followed a natural chain of events. This issue leads to the next which leads to the next which… As a reader we can see what the characters can't, that it's just in their head, so it's kind of comical and keeps the story light enough to enjoy.
"What he wouldn't give to be able to just be as honest with her as she was with him."
This line from For Real, by Staci Stallings sums it up in a nutshell for me."
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Blaine sensed movement toward the door, and he ducked into the bathroom just as the door down the hall swung open. Flattening against the bathroom wall, he left the door open enough to be able to hear. A.J. plowed down the hallway with Eve right behind him. They stopped on the other side of the bathroom threshold.
"A.J., come on. Tonight was supposed to be special." She stopped him by grabbing his elbow and swinging him around. "Lisa and Jeff knocked themselves out to make this nice for us. Please, please, don't ruin it."
The pleading in Eve's voice was so desperate, it wafted over Blaine's heart as well.
"Please." She moved toward A.J., and Blaine let his gaze fall to the darkness. It was such a private moment between the two of them, how could he not? "I know you think the world of Melody, and I love you for that. I know you want to protect her, but please don't cause a scene tonight. Tomorrow you can call her and let her know how you feel about Bobby."
"What? Am I supposed to just let him have a wide open shot at her tonight?"
Eve backed up from the intensity of his voice. "Maybe… Maybe, we could… I don't know. Do something so she doesn't go home with Bobby, but with someone else."
"Like who? Except for Dante who's like 12 years older than her…"
"Maybe Blaine. He's here too."
A huge whoosh of air went into Blaine's lungs and clung there.
"Blaine? Spoiled little rich jerk Blaine? Oh, yeah. Like that's an improvement."
Eve softened. She really was trying. "Come on, A.J. Blaine's a nice guy. You should give him a chance."
It was like forever passed before either of them spoke again. There wasn't a fiber of Blaine that had moved, and his muscles had begun to atrophy. Yet how could he move? Not only would they know he had heard everything, A.J.'s already dim view of him would surely be set in concrete from then on.
"Fine," A.J. spat. "Fine. I won't say anything tonight. I'll call her tomorrow."
The breath Eve breathed coupled with the soft kiss she put on A.J.'s cheek about did Blaine in. A.J. Knight didn't deserve her. He wondered at that moment if any man did. With that they moved on down the hall. Long after they were gone, quietly, slowly Blaine closed the door and counted to 70 before he turned on the light.
When he did, the first thing he saw was his reflection in the mirror over the double sinks. He wanted A.J. not to be right. He would've fought it with his fists had he had the chance. But looking into his own eyes, what did he really see? A guy who was living a flagrant lie and flaunting a life he could only dream of living. With a shake of his head, he dropped his gaze and gave up trying to figure it out. There was no answer. Not a good one anyway. So it was better to forget it, and move on.
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Серге́й Ви́кторович Алексе́ев (род. , Москва) — российский историк. Доктор исторических наук. Область научных интересов: история Восточной Европы в древности и раннем Средневековье, источниковедение, история культуры, история религии. Имеет также работы, посвящённые истории политических процессов нового времени, новейшей истории России. Кроме того, занимается литературной критикой в области фантастики.

Биография
В 1993 году окончил Историко-архивный институт Российского государственного гуманитарного университета. В 1997 году в РГГУ под научным руководством С. О. Шмидта защитил кандидатскую диссертацию «Отечественные повествовательные источники XI—XV вв. о древней истории восточных славян».

С 1995 года работал на кафедре истории Института молодёжи — Московской гуманитарно-социальной академии — Московского гуманитарного университета в качестве преподавателя, старшего преподавателя, доцента. В 2003 году присвоено ученое звание доцента.

С 1999 года — Председатель Правления Историко-просветительского общества, главный редактор ежегодного альманаха «Историческое обозрение». В 2002—2006 годах сотрудничал с издательством «Аванта+» в качестве научного редактора, ответственного редактора ряда изданий.

В 2006 году в Московском гуманитарном университете защитил докторскую диссертацию «Предания о дописьменной эпохе в истории славянской культуры XI—XV вв.». В 2007 году назначен на должность профессора кафедры истории. С 2010 по 2017 год — заведующий кафедрой истории МосГУ, в 2013—2014 годах также главный редактор журнала «Научные труды Московского гуманитарного университета». В 2012 году присвоено учёное звание профессора. С 2018 года профессор кафедры истории и исторического архивоведения Московского государственного института культуры.

Автор более 350 научных, научно-популярных и учебных работ.

С 1997 года пишет статьи, посвящённые истории зарубежной фантастики. Рецензии на фантастическую литературу публиковались в журнале «Если» и др.

Общественная и научно-общественная деятельность
Председатель Историко-Просветительского общества «Радетель». Действительный член Императорского православного палестинского общества. Действительный член общественной организации Международная академия наук (IAS). Являлся членом редколлегии рецензируемого научного журнала «Знание. Понимание. Умение», членом Ученого совета МосГУ и Диссертационного совета по историческим наукам при МосГУ.

Награды
Лауреат Макарьевской премии (2021) — за труд "Аристократия Древней Руси IX—XII вв."

Имеет ряд общественных наград, в том числе:
 Золотая медаль им. Н. Н. Моисеева «За заслуги в образовании и науке» (2003).
 Премия «Карамзинский крест» (2006) — за монографию «Владимир Святой»
 Премия «Карамзинский крест» (2010) — за произведение «Скифы: исчезнувшие владыки степей» с Александром Инковым

Основные работы
Диссертации

 Алексеев С. В. Предания о дописьменной эпохе в истории славянской культуры XI—XV вв. : Автореф. дисс. … доктора исторических наук. — М.: МосГУ, 2006.

Научные и научно-популярные монографии, публикации источников

 Алексеев С. В., Александров Д. Н., Мельников С. А. Очерки по истории княжеской власти и соправительства на Руси IX—XV вв. М.: Мосты, 1995.
 Алексеев С. В. Древние верования восточных славян. М. : Социум, 1996.
 Начальная летопись. Пер. и комм. С. В. Алексеева. М. : ИПО, 1999.
 Сага о Финнбоги Сильном / Ред. С. В. Алексеева. М. : ИПО, 2002. Тир. 1000 экз.
 Алексеев С. В. История славян в V—VIII вв. Т. 1-2. М. : ИПО, 2002—2004.
 Алексеев С. В. Славянская Европа V—VI вв. М. : Вече, 2005. Тир. 5000 экз. (2-е изд. — М. : Вече, 2008. Тир. 3000 экз.).
 Алексеев С. В. Дописьменная эпоха в средневековой славянской литературе. М. : Московский городской университет управления, 2005.
 Алексеев С. В. Ярослав Мудрый: Самовластец Киевской Руси. М. : Вече, 2006. Тир. 5000 экз.
 Алексеев С. В. Предания о дописьменной эпохе в истории славянской культуры XI—XV вв. М. : Национальный институт бизнеса, 2006.
 Алексеев С. В. Владимир Святой: Создатель русской цивилизации. М. : Вече, 2006. Тир. 3000 экз.
 Алексеев С. В. Славянская Европа VII—VIII вв. М. : Вече, 2007. Тир. 3000 экз.
 Алексеев С. В. Славянская Европа V—VIII вв. М. : Вече, 2009. Тир. 3000 экз.
 Алексеев С. В., Инков А. А. Скифы: Исчезнувшие владыки степей. М. : Вече, 2010. Тир. 5000 экз.
 Алексеев С. В. Великие князья русские. М. : Воздушный транспорт, 2012.
 Алексеев С. В. Средневековые славянские предания о дописьменной эпохе: Избранные материалы. Saarbrücken: LAP, 2012.
 Алексеев С. В. Дж. Р. Р. Толкин. М. : Вече, 2013. Тир. 3000 экз.
 Алексеев С. В. Игорь Святославич. М. : Молодая гвардия, 2013. Тир. 4000 экз.
 Плотникова О. А., Алексеев С. В., Ручкин Б. А. и др. Историческое сознание российской молодёжи. М.: Московский гуманитарный университет. 2015.
 Плотникова О. А., Алексеев С. В. Эта неизвестная Куликовская битва. М.: Историко-просветительское общество «Радетель». 2015.
 Алексеев С. В. Праславяне: опыт историко-культурной реконструкции. М. : Академический проект, 2015. Тир. 1000 экз.

 Алексеев С. В. Памятники сербской средневековой историографии XIII—XVII вв.: Жития. Родословы. Летописи. М. : ИПО «Радетель», 2015.
 Алексеев С. В. Памятники сербской средневековой историографии XIII—XVII вв.: Переводы и исследование. Т. 1. Жития святых Симеона и Савы. Жития королей и архиепископов сербских. СПб. : Петербургское востоковедение, 2016.
 Алексеев С. В. Памятники сербской средневековой историографии XIII—XVII вв.: Переводы и исследование. Т. 2. Жития XIV—XVII вв. Родословы. Летописи. СПб. : Петербургское востоковедение, 2017.
 Алексеев С. В. Аристократия Древней Руси IX—XII вв. М. : Академический проект, 2020.
 Алексеев С. В., Плотникова О. А. От предания к литературе: Устная историко-эпическая традиция в древнейших памятниках славянской словесности. М. : Академический проект, 2021.

Основные научно-популярные издания

 Алексеев С. В., Елисеев Г. А. Все религии мира. Энциклопедический справочник. М. : Вече, 2007. Тир. 3000 экз.
 Россия в трудах великих историков. Т. 1-6. М. : Вече, 2009 (руководитель проекта: автор предисловия и составитель первых двух томов «Русь изначальная» и «Русь княжеская»). Тир. 5000 экз.
 Алексеев С. В., Володихин Д. М., Экштут С. А. Россия: великие моменты истории. М. : Аванта+, 2009. Тир. 5000 экз.

Основные учебные издания

 Хрестоматия по истории России (с древнейших времен до 1380 г.) / Сост. С. В. Алексеев. М. : Социум, 1998.
 Алексеев С. В. История религии. М. : Московский гуманитарный университет, 2005.
 Алексеев С. В. Религиозная ситуация современной Европы. М.: Московский гуманитарный университет, 2007.
 Алексеев С. В. Всеобщая история. М. : Московский гуманитарный университет, 2008.
 Алексеев С. В., Королев А. А. Новые религиозные движения. М. : Московский гуманитарный университет, 2004 (2-е изд. — М.: МосГУ, 2011).
 Алексеев С. В., Володихин Д. М., Елисеев Г. А. Отечественная история. М. : Форум, 2006 (допущено Минобрнауки в качестве учебного пособия для СПО). Тир. 4000 экз.
 Алексеев С. В. Религии мира: история и современность. М. : Воздушный транспорт, 2012.
 Алексеев С. В. Всемирная история. М. : Московский гуманитарный университет, 2012.

Участие в соавторстве в других изданиях

 Учебник «История России. 1945—2008. 11 класс». М. : Просвещение, 2009 (рекомендовано Минобрнауки для учащихся общеобразовательных учреждений).
 «Энциклопедия для детей», издаваемая издательством «Аванта+» (в томах, выходивших с 1997 года — статьи, редактирование отдельных томов).

Кроме того, являлся ответственным редактором «Универсальной школьной энциклопедии» (М., 2003) и «Большой универсальной школьной энциклопедии» (М., 2006), изданных издательством «Аванта+».

Статьи и рецензии в рецензируемых научных журналах

 Алексеев С. В. Не листья на ветру… О книге «Персональная история» // Диалог со временем. Альманах интеллектуальной истории. Вып. 5. М., 2001. С. 380—384.
 Алексеев С. В. Рецензия на книгу: Богданов А. П. Московская публицистика последней четверти XVII века // Отечественная история. 2004. № 6. С. 158—160.

 Алексеев С. В. Древнерусские летописи о дописьменной эпохе // Преподавание истории в школе. 2005. № 10. С. 5-11.
 Алексеев С. В. От предания к летописи: эволюция исторического сознания древних славян // Вопросы истории. 2006. № 1. С. 97-105.

 Алексеев С. В., Плотникова О. А. Мечты о Новом Иерусалиме. Христианское обоснование власти: Византия, Болгария, Русь // Родина. 2012. № 5. С. 51-52.
 Алексеев С. В. Русский мир за океаном // Родина. 2012. № 8. С. 30.
 Алексеев С. В. «Храбр и наряден муж». Опыт биографии боярина Х столетия // Родина. 2012. № 9. С. 93-95.

 Плотникова О. А., Алексеев С. В. Мифы и фальсификации в российской истории // Знание. Понимание. Умение. № 1. 2015. С. 162—171.

 Плотникова О. А., Алексеев С. В. Между учебником и Интернетом: об историческом знании современной российской молодежи // Родина. № 6. 2015. С. 132-134.
 Плотникова О. А., Алексеев С. В. Владимир Святославич. Святой. Красное Солнышко // Родина. № 7. 2015. С. 10-15.

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Gaby Dohm (born 23 September 1943 in Salzburg) is a German actress. She is the daughter of actor Will Dohm and actress Heli Finkenzeller.

Selected filmography
 When Mother Went on Strike (1974)
 The Serpent's Egg (1977)
 Doktor Faustus (1982)
 The Black Forest Clinic (1985–1989, TV series)
 Rosenstrasse (2003)

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1943 births
German film actresses
German television actresses
Living people
Actors from Salzburg
20th-century German actresses
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Bible > Parallel > Joshua 5:4
◄ Joshua 5:4 ►
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Modern Translations
Now this is why he did so: All those who came out of Egypt--all the men of military age--died in the wilderness on the way after leaving Egypt.
Joshua had to circumcise them because all the men who were old enough to fight in battle when they left Egypt had died in the wilderness.
And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way after they had come out of Egypt.
Now this is why Joshua circumcised them: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of war—had died on the journey in the wilderness after they had left Egypt.
This is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness along the way after they came out of Egypt.
NASB 1995
And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness along the way, after they came out of Egypt.
Amplified Bible
This is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness along the way after they left Egypt.
This is the reason Joshua circumcised them: All the people who came out of Egypt who were males—all the men of war—had died in the wilderness along the way after they had come out of Egypt.
This is the reason Joshua circumcised them: All the people who came out of Egypt who were males--all the men of war--had died in the wilderness along the way after they had come out of Egypt.
GOD'S WORD® Translation
This is the reason Joshua circumcised them: All the soldiers had died on the way through the desert after they left Egypt.
Joshua circumcised them because all of the males among the people who came out of Egypt—that is, all the warriors—had died during their journey through the wilderness following their departure from Egypt.
This is why Joshua had to circumcise them: All the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt died on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt.
Classic Translations
And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: All the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way, after they had come out of Egypt.
King James 2000 Bible
And this is the reason why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
This is the reason Joshua circumcised: all the people who came out of Egypt, who were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
American King James Version
And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: all the people that came forth out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came forth out of Egypt.
And this is the reason why Joshua had them circumcised. All the people that came out of Egypt, the males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the wayside after they came out of Egypt,
Darby Bible Translation
And this is the cause why Joshua circumcised [them]: all the people that had come out of Egypt, the males, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way, after they came out of Egypt.
Webster's Bible Translation
And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
Geneva Bible of 1587
And this is the cause why Ioshua circumcised all the people, euen the males that came out of Egypt, because all the men of warre were dead in the wildernesse by the way after they came out of Egypt.
Bishops' Bible of 1568
And this is the cause why Iosuah circumcised all the people, euen the males that came out of Egypt: because that al the men of warre died in the wildernes by ye way, after they came out of Egypt.
Coverdale Bible of 1535
And the cause why Iosua circumcysed all the males of the people yt were come out of Egipte, is this: for all the men of warre dyed in ye wildernesse by the waye, after they were departed out of Egipte:
Literal Standard Version
And this [is] the thing [for] which Joshua circumcises [them]: all the people who are coming out of Egypt, who are males, all the men of war have died in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out of Egypt,
And this is the thing for which Joshua circumciseth them: all the people who are coming out of Egypt, who are males, all the men of war have died in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out of Egypt,
Smith's Literal Translation
And this the reason that Joshua circumcised: all the people came forth out of Egypt, the males, all the men of war, died in the desert in the way, in their coming out of Egypt.
Catholic Translations
Now this is the cause of the second circumcision: All the people that came out of Egypt that were males, all the men fit for war, died in the desert, during the time of the long going about in the way.
Now this is the reason for the second circumcision: All the people who departed from Egypt of the male gender, all the men fit for war, died in the desert during the very long wandering way;
Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And these are those whom Yeshua circumcised: every child of the people who had gone out from Egypt, the males, because all of the men workers of war had died in the wilderness in the way when they went out from Egypt
Lamsa Bible
And these are the men whom Joshua did circumcise: every male child who had been born after they had come out of Egypt, because all the men of war had died in the wilderness on the journey, after they came out of Egypt.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Brenton Septuagint Translation
And this is the way in which Joshua purified the children of Israel; as many as were born in the way, and as many as were uncircumcised of them that came out of Egypt,
Parallel Strong's
Now this is why Joshua circumcised them: All those who came out of Egypt— all the men of war— had died on the journey in the wilderness after they had left Egypt.
And this [is] the thing [for] which Joshua circumciseth [them]: all the people who are coming out of Egypt, who are males, all the men of war have died in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out of Egypt,
This is the reason Joshua circumcised them: All the people who came out of Egypt who were males  — all the men of war  — had died in the wilderness along the way after they had come out of Egypt.
And this [is] the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, [that were] males, [even] all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.

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Q: Why are users created on the domain controller always part of the domain?
Why are users created on the domain controller always part of the domain?

When I want to create a local user on the domain controller, net user <username> <password> /add, I find that the user is automatically included in the Domain Users group.
I want to create a local administrator account on the domain controller, not part of the domain, that is able to log onto the domain controller interactively and carry out administrative tasks.
Is this possible?

A: Local accounts are stored in a file called the SAM database. This exists on a domain controller - if you boot a domain controller in restore mode then the account you use to do this is just the local administrator account in the SAM database. However when Windows is running normally access to the SAM database is disabled and none of the accounts in it can be used. That means it is impossible to log on with a local account on a domain controller.
However this can be sort of done if you are happy to work from a command line and if you don't require network access. The trick is to log on as the local system account. Windows does not provide any way to do this but I have done it by writing a simple telnet server then running it as a service using the local system account. When you connect to the telnet server you are logged in as the system account not a domain account. The only restrictions are that it's command line only and the system account has no network access. If you're going to use a hack like this be very, very careful about security!
Though all this sounds like a horrible hack it does have legitimate uses. For example at work we use a management tool called N-able that allows remote access to a console on servers, and it does it using basically the technique I describe above. If I open a console on one of our domain controllers and use the whoami command I get:

Footnote
Windows has no built in method for opening a remote command prompt, but as grawity mentions in a comment The SysInternals psexec utility can do this, and the SysInternals utilities are provided and supported by Microsoft so this is at least semi official. Using psexec on one of my servers I get:
D:\temp\psexec>psexec64 \\cheddar -s cmd.exe

PsExec v2.2 - Execute processes remotely
Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.345]
(c) 2018 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>whoami
nt authority\system

C:\Windows\system32>exit
cmd.exe exited on cheddar with error code 0.

A: No, this is not possible. Domain controllers don't have their own authentication database. It is replaced by Active Directory when promoted to a Domain Controller.

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The Apostolate of the Knights of Mary Immaculate
This is a Marian Apostolic movement founded by Father Maximilian Maria Kolbe. Its members dedicate their life to Mary Immaculate, giving of themselves completely to do her will. They pray that Christ will reign in their hearts and in the hearts of all people. In the Apostolate of the Knights of Mary Immaculate the main emphasis is on prayer, piously wearing the Miraculous Medal, and reading and promulgating Catholic publications.
For more information, please contact Fr. Błażejak or J. Prymicz, (416) 662-8962.
One of our new parish initiatives is The Mothers' Prayers movement, founded in England in 1995 by two lay women: Veronica Williams and her sister-in-law, Sandra. It is a movement dedicated to mothers (biological and spiritual) whose desire is to pray for their children. The charisma of the movement is a full dedication of children to Jesus by their mothers, in faith that He loves them and has a unique plan for each one of them. It is an ecumenical movement of Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant communities. The movement is currently present in 110 countries.
THE MOTHER'S PRAYERS MOVEMENT – have their meetings every Tuesday at 8:00pm in Sr. Faustina Room. To obtain more information please call Ewa Ciesielka at 416 908-6152 or 905 676-9227
You are cordially invited to prayer evenings with the Blessed Sacrament led by the Praise and Worship Group ADOREMUS every first Saturday of the month following the evening Mass 20:00 – 21:30. We praise and worship God in joyful songs, listen to a formation talk on selected themes in spirituality, do a guided meditation on the Gospel, pray for healing and receive individually a blessing with the Blessed Sacrament.
Holy Rosary Society
The Holy Rosary Family is a prayer community made up of "Rosary Roses", each of which consists of 20 individuals. Each member of this community prays at least one mystery of the Rosary daily. In our parish 60 "Roses" (i.e. 1200 people) pray in this fashion. Our Parish Rosary Family was begun in 1981 by a group of parishioners who met in private homes under the direction of Sr. Alice Kwiecień to pray the Rosary. As interest grew, the formal structure of the Rosary family was adopted in 1986.
The responsibilities of the participants of the Living Rosary include praying a decade of the Rosary daily; participating in monthly exchanges of the Mysteries; receiving the Holy Sacraments regularly; and participating in monthly processions to the Rosary Garden from May to October. In addition, members ought to promulgate the Cult of Mary through a living example and apostolic works, and bravely defend the faith and the Church following the example of St. Dominic.
The Holy Rosary is prayed after the 8am weekday masses, and at 6:30pm, before the evening weekday masses. On Saturdays, it is said after the 8am Mass. The Rosary is led by individual members of the Roses of the Living Rosary. On the first Sunday of the month, at 7:30am (Polish Group), and at 9.30am (English Group), the Mysteries are exchanged, and members receive Papal prayer intentions for the coming month.
Both English and Polish rosary groups are led by Jan Prymicz, who can be reached at (416) 662-8962
The beginnings of the Home Church in our parish go back to 1989. The first moderator of this movement in our parish was Father Teofil Szendzielarz, who for many years was responsible for the "Circles" of the Home Church in Mississauga. The Home Church emphasizes spirituality within the marriage relationship and the quest to be closer to God through unity with one's spouse. It is a movement whose goal is to assist couples in sacramental marriages to build true unity with one another, thereby creating optimal conditions for bringing up children in the spirit of Christianity. Members of the Home Church strive to renew their unions and their family through living the Word of God, engaging in prayer as a personal meeting with Christ our Saviour, living a sacramental life through the Eucharist, giving witness to their personal relationship with Christ to others, and using their individual gifts to serve their Church community.
Thanks to living these practices, members become closer to God and are able to fulfill the spirit of their marriage union. Monthly meetings of the Circle of Families consist of sharing joys and challenges of everyday life, prayer and sharing the Word of God through the Scriptures or the Mysteries of the Rosary.
Whether you are a mother who is awaiting the birth of her first child, or a mother whose children have left the home, this group is for you. The purpose of this group is to help us guide our lives in the light of our Catholic faith, while sharing our experiences through friendship and prayer.
During our meetings we touch upon a variety of topics related to motherhood, our experiences, and our daily expectations within our family and professional lives. We utilize Catholic materials specifically intended for this purpose. Our meetings lead to mutual self-acceptance, and help
strengthen the bond amongst the members of our parish family. Our patron is St. Rita. Our meetings take place every second Friday of the month after the evening mass, in St. Faustina's Room. For more information please email kolbemama@gmail.com
The Apostolate of the Golden Rose is a lay community initiative within the Church, which prays for clergy and consecrated persons, while also caring for new vocations to priestly and religious life. The Apostolate began as a response to the call from Pope John Paul II, who in his exhortation, Pastores dabo vobis, and numerous other writings, invited the faithful to pray for vocations to the priesthood. The "Gold Rose" Apostolate was instituted on October 4 th , 2012, in our parish by Pastor Fr. Janusz Blazejak, OMI. From 2013, Sr. Karolina Szymkowiak, MChR, has overseen the spiritual care of this group. Currently, our parish has five "Roses", which translates into five individuals praying the Joyful Mystery of the Rosary and fasting for clergy and consecrated persons on a daily basis. Each "Golden Rose" constitutes a group of 21 persons, where each individual (upon a discussion with the group's spiritual director) selects one day (every three weeks) during which s/he contemplates one mystery of the Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet, and fasts. In addition, a person can also offer one's participation in Mass, Adoration of Blessed Sacrament, suffering, work, etc.
The "Golden Rose" community meets on the first Thursday of the month for Adoration and Mass, after which there is a social. For more information please contact Sr. Karolina Szymkowiak, MChR, at the parish office.
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Food and drinks containing additives linked to behavioural problems in children should carry health warnings similar to those found on medicines, according to experts.
A number of preservatives and colourings, some of which can irritate the skin or cause breathing difficulties, are used in popular brands such as Irn-Bru, Diet Coke, Ribena and Robinsons Orange Squash.
When they are used in medicines, they are required to carry health warnings. But in food and drinks, no such regulations apply.
The Food Commission is calling for the warnings to be enforced on all products containing the chemicals.
Health campaigners yesterday welcomed the call, which came as the Food Standards Agency (FSA) prepared to publish a report expected to confirm a link between additives and temper tantrums, poor concentration, asthma and rashes.
Though the results have not yet been released, they may have explosive consequences for the food industry, as manufacturers might need to reformulate a vast array of products.
Manufacturers point out that additives such as E numbers are currently deemed safe by the FSA.
When used in medicines, warnings are given for artificial colourings such as E102 (tartrazine), E110 (sunset yellow) and E124 (ponceau red) and for preservatives such as E211 (sodium benzoate), E220 (sodium dioxide) and E223 (sodium metabisulphite).
Ian Tokelove, spokesman for the Food Commission, said: "The government and the food industry continue to assure us that all food additives are safe for us to eat, but here we have clear medical guidelines which state that over a dozen common additives should carry a health warning.
"For many people the additives appear to pose no immediate risk, but better labelling would ensure that susceptible adults and children would at least have a chance of identifying, and avoiding, the additives that may cause them harm."
A spokeswoman for the Food and Drink Federation said: "E numbers are given their name because they have been approved at a European level for consumption. Manufacturers and consumers look to the FSA for guidance and the current guidance is that these are safe."
Nick Giovanelli, of the Hyperactive Children Support Group, said: "We believe the way forward is through educating parents about ingredients so that they can make an informed choice about what they are giving their children.
"In an ideal world, the shops and supermarkets would not sell any food or drink containing additives so there would not be a problem. There is only so much information you can fit on a label and it is important not to confuse parents by putting too much on the side of a packet."
He added: "All we know is what parents tell us all the time - that when they take additives out of their children's diet, it improves their health and their behaviour."
A spokeswoman for the FSA in Scotland said: "Research carried out on behalf of the FSA by the University of Southampton is looking at the effects of certain food additives on the behaviour of children.
"The agency is currently working with the scientists who carried out this study to ensure the findings go through a rigorous peer-review process and are published in a scientific journal. Peer review is the process of submitting scientific findings for review by other experts in the field, via publication in a scientific journal.
"If a food additive has an E number this shows it has passed safety tests and been approved for use throughout the European Union. This approval is monitored, reviewed and amended in light of new scientific data."
Last month, Vyvyan Howard, an adviser to the FSA, called on parents and the industry to protect children. He said: "I personally do not feed these sorts of foods to my 15-month-old daughter."
Critics have complained in the past that manufacturers use these additives to make poor-quality cheap food more appealing to the eye.
Some companies have already responded to mounting evidence against additives. Smarties has dropped artificial colours with the result that the blue variety has been axed.
Sainsbury's recently announced a ban on artificial colours and flavours in 120 of its own-label soft drinks. This followed similar moves by Marks & Spencer and the Co-op.
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