In New Memoir, Even Broken Brains Can Heal


Colorado Springs, Colo. (PRWEB) February 21, 2012

After being released from Craig Hospital, world renowned for spinal cord and brain injury rehabilitation, author Kimberly Faye began writing. ?This book began as therapy and developed into something so much greater,? she says. In her new ?Memoir of a Broken Brain: Falling Down and Getting Up Gracefully? (published by WestBow Press) she recounts her tale. Incapable of speech when she began, Faye?s story is a model of triumph of adversity.

?Memoir of a Broken Brain? is Faye?s story of surviving three accidents ? in two months ? that caused a life-altering traumatic brain injury. Readers will journey with her through the impasse of a broken brain, and experience her courage and determination to embrace her new identity and overcome obstacles from her past.

The book inspires readers to look for the miraculous in uncertain times:

Kimberly?s quest for survival sent her in search of the missing pieces of her past. She learned that survival is a multifaceted anvil that shapes our decisions and forges our future. Merely existing then becomes a double-edged sword: you may have managed to keep breathing, but are you really living? The only way for survival to triumph is to acknowledge the role of fear in the face of crisis: affirmed fear liberates; coddled fear incapacitates. Denial keeps us stuck!

?Life is an obstacle course,? Faye reminds readers, ?that provides an opportunity to face challenges and achieve goals. There are times when it seems the odds are stacked against you. When you are faced with loss, be it physical and/or emotional health, financial security, divorce, or death, how will you face the obstacles in your life??

About the Author

Kimberly Faye is an acclaimed orator and author. She has been featured on television and radio, and in magazines and newspapers. Faye is an expert at overcoming tragedy and casting vision for new beginnings. She resides in Colorado Springs, where she enjoys hiking and outdoor activities. She has two children and three grandchildren. A minister?s daughter, she has served in church planting and grassroots ministries. Her experience and training inspired her to create Find Your Shine, a service designed to assist others in finding their own uniqueness.

WestBow Press is a strategic self-publishing alliance of Thomas Nelson, Inc., the world?s largest Christian publisher, and Author Solutions, Inc. (ASI) ? the world leader in the popular self-publishing industry segment. Through this partnership, authors benefit from the rich publishing heritage of Thomas Nelson and the speed-to-market advantages of the ASI self-publishing model. Titles published through WestBow Press are evaluated for sales potential and considered for publication under the Thomas Nelson imprint. Thomas Nelson, Inc. continues to ?inspire the world? with distribution of products in more than 100 countries worldwide. For more information, or to start publishing today, visit http://www.westbowpress.com or call (866)-928-1240. Follow us @westbowpress on Twitter for the latest news.

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Love Letter From God

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Colosseum II

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From Wikipedia: The Colosseum or Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre, is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering.

Occupying a site just east of the Roman Forum, its construction started between 70 and 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian’s reign (81–96). The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian’s and Titus’s family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia).

Originally capable of seating around 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles. It remained in use for nearly 500 years with the last recorded games being held there as late as the 6th century. As well as the traditional gladiatorial games, many other public spectacles were held there, such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. The building eventually ceased to be used for entertainment in the early medieval era. It was later reused for such varied purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a quarry and a Christian shrine.

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From Wikipedia: The Colosseum or Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre, is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering.

Occupying a site just east of the Roman Forum, its construction started between 70 and 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian’s reign (81–96). The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian’s and Titus’s family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia).

Originally capable of seating around 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles. It remained in use for nearly 500 years with the last recorded games being held there as late as the 6th century. As well as the traditional gladiatorial games, many other public spectacles were held there, such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. The building eventually ceased to be used for entertainment in the early medieval era. It was later reused for such varied purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a quarry and a Christian shrine.

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The Plight Of Mideast Christians – Dennis Prager reads Michael Oren

3/9/12 – Dennis Prager introduces this segment and then reads an article by Michael Oren in the Wall Street Journal (online.wsj.com Transcript: “Those of you who have faith in world opinion, please know, it is doing nothing. As far as the United Nations is concerned, they devote massive amounts of time to Islamophobia. So let me assert, for the record, that what there is in this world is Christianophobia. But there’s no word for it, because the Left makes up our political vocabulary, and they are uninterested in persecution of Christians. If what were happening to Christians were happening to Jews or Muslims, there would be a worldwide outcry. But there is not only no worldwide outcry of the decimation of Christian communities in the middle east, there isn’t even a worldwide Christian outcry. Christians have gone from 20% of the Middle East a century ago to less than 5% today. In Egypt 200 thousand Coptic Christians fled their homes last year, after beatings and massacres by Muslim Extremist mobs. Since 2003, 70 Iraqi churches have been burned, and nearly a thousand Christians killed in Baghdad alone, causing more than half of the million Iraqi Christians to flee. Conversion to Christianity is a capitol offense in Iran, where last month Pastor Yusuf Nadarkhani was sentenced to death. Saudi Arabia outlaws private Christian prayer. As 800 thousand Jews were once expelled from Arab countries, so are Christians being forced from lands they have inhabited for centuries …
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There’s a country called Israel, why do some people call Hebrew a dead language?

Question by Swimmer: There’s a country called Israel, why do some people call Hebrew a dead language?
I’m not Jewish. I’m a Christian fluent in Hebrew.

I’ve traveled to Israel. It’s an entire country where people speak Hebrew.

There are entire TV networks in Hebrew. Radio stations in Hebrew. There are street signs, ads, menus, libraries with books, all of them in HEBREW.

There are millions of web sites and YouTube videos in Hebrew.

Here in America, whenever I say I speak Hebrew, people say: “Why are you wasting time with a dead language?”

It’s an entire country of people who speak the language.

How can anyone call Hebrew a dead language?

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Answer by Lord Ugh of the Dwarven Peeps
Some people are ignorant (intentionally or unintentionally), others intend to be insulting.
Perhaps to those people, since they don’t think it has any effect on their lives, it has never been “alive”.

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New Book Encourages Believers to Return to Biblical Path


Thurman, OH (PRWEB) February 09, 2012

Author Rick Richards introduces his new book ?Simply God: Gods Messages of Love and Encouragement? as “? no ordinary book. It has no beginning, middle, or end. The first 10 chapters are telling us what we need, to be children of God and be like Jesus. The last 14 chapters are single devotionals, which are God thoughts; to love and encourage his children to finish the Great Commission.?

Unlike pastors and evangelists, who Richards believes are forced to rush toward ideas and plans designed to get their listeners to ?change their lives now!? rather than contemplate change, Richards ask readers to remember that equipping and preparing means giving one the tools of the trade. ?That is living God?s Word and how to plan to do this. The Word teaches that pastors are to equip the servants. All that time convincing and not equipping is destroying God?s world. Jesus equipped and encouraged God?s children and changed the world. What is our excuse??

Richards is certain, despite his own past mistakes, of God?s presence. ?I ran a motorcycle into a house. I hit headfirst at 60 mph and never broke a bone or had a bruise. God was there. In a car accident that left nothing of the jeep I had no broken bones or a cut or bruises. God was there. I fell 18 feet off a ladder onto my head and heard my neck snap. God was there.?

Richards believes everyone needs to divert all their mental and physical abilities to become like Jesus. ?It is not luck that gets us through suffering and hard times,? he says. ?Luck is an imaginary thought process that makes your mind a slave for pleasures you may not receive.

About the Author

Rick Richards lives on an orchard in southern Ohio with his wife of 41 years. They have two kids and two grandkids. Richards struggled for many years trying to understand God?s plan for reaching the kingdom. He knew that the Word was the answer, and God had to make it simple. Richards was saved when he was 12, and he knew who God was, but at 18, he was lost and confused. He had no idea what he wanted to be. God finally sat him down the hard way and gave him two choices. Richards has been writing God?s messages for more than 20 years and never knew why until now.

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Q&A: Is Islam the fastest growing religion in the world, should Christians be worried?

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Question by Joey: Is Islam the fastest growing religion in the world, should Christians be worried?
Is Islam the fastest growing religion in the world, should Christians be worried?
The following table has been quoted as taken from the 2005 Encyclopædia Britannica. Its figures for percentage growth come from the 1990 to 2000 version of the World Christian Database given above.

ReligionBirthsConversionsNew adherents per yearGrowth rate
Christianity 22,708,7992,501,396 25,210,195 1.36%
Islam 21,723,118 865,558 22,588,676 1.48%
Hinduism 13,194,111 660,377 13,533,734 1.14%
Buddhism 3,530,918156,6093,687,5271.09%
Sikhism 363,677 28,961 392,638 1.87%
Judaism 194,962 -70,447 124,515 0.91%
Baha’i Faith 117,158 26,333 143,491 2.28%
Confucianism 55,739 -11,434 44,305 0.73%
Jainism 74,539 -39,588 34,951 0.87%
Shinto 8,534 -40,527 -31,993 -1.09%
Taoism 25,397 -155 25,242 1.00%
Zoroastrianism 45,391 13,080 58,471 2.65%
Global population 78,860,791N/A 78,860,7911.41%
By all the reliable sources, Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. It has been verified by many independent sources, many of which are listed below.
CNN World News ( 14 November 1997 Report — See link below )
World Christian Database ( 200-2005 Survey — See link Below )
Foreign Policy ( May 2007 Report — See link Below )
And also, by many other websites like,
People’s Daily Online ( 2 Nov, 2006 — See link Below )
Islam is Growing ( — See link Below )
And, the number of adherents of Protestants and Catholics is decreasing. So, as people are accepting christianity, they are leaving it at a greater rate as reported in leading newspaper. The New York Times ( 25 Feb, 2008 Report — See link Below )
Therefore, as verified by indepedant news media, western sources and even by the christian organisation itself, Islam is indeed the fastest growing religion in the world.

Another answer
In short- By percentage growth: Unknown
By real person growth: Christianity
By percentage growth the fastest growing religions in the world are the smaller religions. This is because with a smaller sample size, every additional adherent accounts for a higher percentage increase.
Therefore, by percentage growth we are uncertain what the fastest growing religions in the world are. However, logically speaking with statistics in mind by percentage growth the larger religions including Christianity (2.2 Billion Adherents), Islam (1.3 Billion) and Hinduism (900 million) are the least likely to be the fastest by percentage growth. An example to illustrate this point is Deism in the United States of America. Although in the period of 1990-2000 it experienced a growth rate of 717% the amount of new followers was very small and the large percentage increase is attributed to a smaller sample size.
The alternative measure for fastest growing religion in the world is growth by the number of new adherents. That is, the religion to gain more new believers each period would be the fastest growing religion.
As it stands the fastest growing religion by this measure is Christianity. Using the most up to date figures we determine that on average in 2007 Christianity gained 7-8million more adherents than any other religion (i.e. Islam, followed by Hinduism at 17million less).
In conclusion, the fastest growing religion by percentage growth is unknown as smaller religions are not usually account for. By number of new adherents per period Christianity is the fastest growing religion.
A side note, any argument that a religion is true because it is the largest or fastest growing is a logical fallacy. The amount of adherents or growth rate does not imply validity.

Sources: World Christian Database, 2006 World Christian Encyclopedia, 2001 FastestGrowingReligion.tk

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Deists or Deism by 717% which was the religion of most founding fathers of USA.
Religion 1990 Est. Adult Pop. 2001 Est. Adult Pop. % of U.S. Pop., 2000 % Change 1990 – 2000 Deity (Deist) 6,000 49,000 +717%
Taken from Sullivan county website.
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According to the ARIS survey, “deity” at a growth rate of 717 is not the fastest growing. “Wiccan” (for example) had a growth rate of 1,550%. In America it was Wicca.

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By number of new adherents Christianity is the fastest growing religion in the world with 30,360,000 new adherents annually (from 2000-2005). This is followed by Islam with 23,000,000 new adherents annually and Hinduism at 13,000,000.
Islam.

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Answer by Awesome Arcane Advent Avatar
No, we should not care.

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Me and my gf just broke up?

Question by Peter M: Me and my gf just broke up?
I’ve been on and off this site for ages about stuff with mf gf. We just broke up this morning. She says what ive said before is right, that we’re different (she’s a christian and i’m agnostic), so children would be difficult.Also, i want to travel but she probably doesn’t. This morning has been really hard and i want her back to work through things. She told me she doesn’t want to break up, she feels there’s no other options.What can i say to save this!!!???

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Answer by Susan C
you two need to compromise if you wish to continue the relationship…

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Are there any Christian singles clubs in Chicago?

Question by gabe92577: Are there any Christian singles clubs in Chicago?
If so can you post an address or website.

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Answer by Julie C
I don’t know any personally, but you might want to check on meetup.com–you can search for groups (or post one of your own.) That might be a good place to start. Good luck. 🙂

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