Raising My Voice
Title | Raising My Voice PDF eBook |
Author | Malalai Joya |
Publisher | Pan Australia |
Total Pages | 289 |
Release | 2009-07-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1741987385 |
Malalai Joya has been described as the bravest woman in the world. As a teenager she worked as a woman's rights activist under the Taliban, running underground classes and clinics in her native Afghanistan that would have resulted in her torture and execution if she'd been caught. After the fall of the Taliban, Malalai was elected as one of the few women to represent her province at the first assembly to frame a new Afghan constitution. Here she dared to speak out against the crimes of the war lords, who - backed by the Americans - now ruled the country. To her their crimes were almost as bad as those of the hated Taliban, yet the West seemed content to support them as part of their Realpolitik approach to Afghanistan - my enemy's enemy is my friend. Her public denunciation resulted in several attempts to assassinate her, and for the last five years she's lived under constant threat, moving from safe house to safe house. It hasn't stopped her speaking out though, and on the back of her courage she was elected to Afghan's first parliament. She represents the voiceless, the oppressed, the victims and the innocents of Afghanistan's endless cycle of violence. She's outspoken, passionate and fearless - an extraordinary woman to emerge from decades of brutal and misogynistic repression. Her book and her voice are set to resonate around the world.
Raise Your Voice
Title | Raise Your Voice PDF eBook |
Author | Kathy Khang |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | 190 |
Release | 2018-07-31 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830885323 |
You have a voice. And you have God's permission to use it. In some communities, certain voices are amplified and elevated while others are erased and suppressed. It can be hard to speak up, especially in the ugliness of social media. Power dynamics keep us silent and marginalized, especially when race, ethnicity, and gender are factors. What can we do about it? Activist Kathy Khang roots our voice and identity in the image of God. Because God created us in our ethnicity and gender, our voice is uniquely expressed through the totality of who we are. We are created to speak, and we can both speak up for ourselves and speak out on behalf of others. Khang offers insights from faithful heroes who raised their voices for the sake of God's justice, and she shows how we can do the same today, in person, in social media, in organizations, and in the public square. Be silent no more. If you have wondered when and how to speak, hear God's invitation to you to find and steward your authentic voice, whether in word or deed, to communicate the good news in a messed-up world. As you discern God's voice calling you to speak, you will discover how your voice sounds as you express God's heart to others. And the world will hear you loud and clear.
Raise Your Kids Without Raising Your Voice
Title | Raise Your Kids Without Raising Your Voice PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Chana Radcliffe |
Publisher | BPS Books |
Total Pages | 291 |
Release | 2007-09 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 0978440250 |
Radcliffe shows parents how to eliminate yelling, criticism, and other unpleasant communications and foster a family-wide atmosphere of cooperation, closeness, love, and respect.
Raising Your Child, Not Your Voice
Title | Raising Your Child, Not Your Voice PDF eBook |
Author | Duane Cuthbertson |
Publisher | Victor |
Total Pages | 148 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 9780896933422 |
How can you change a child's strong will without breaking his spirit? If you want totestablish sound discipline strategies, this book will help you teach your child without straining your vocal cords.
Raise Your Voice
Title | Raise Your Voice PDF eBook |
Author | Jaime Vendera |
Publisher | Diana Vendera |
Total Pages | 400 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0974941158 |
The owner's guide to the voice, this book will help you develop an understanding of the voice and how it works.
Finding Your Voice
Title | Finding Your Voice PDF eBook |
Author | Natalie Grant |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Total Pages | 192 |
Release | 2016-09-13 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 031034476X |
In a culture that praises blending in over standing out, productivity over purpose, and noise over truth, many women find their God-given voice compromised, quieted, or even mocked. We all long to live out our divinely designed passions and unique talents, yet too often it becomes so much easier in the face of opposition to stay silent altogether. What if God is calling you to so much more? As a working mom, wife, artist, and abolitionist, Natalie Grant has struggled to live on purpose while battling the worldly demands of keeping up the appearance of perfection. Emerging from her own dark spiral of suffocating inadequacy, Natalie found fresh hope in the truth that God has already given women everything they need to live out their God-given identity, passions, and calling. Finding Your Voice offers the heart-rallying, life-giving truth that a woman’s voice is not an uncalled for interference to be silenced, but a gift to be used for God's Kingdom purposes. In voice lessons as in life, a strong vocal identity requires us to first stand firm, breath deep, and finally, go for it--loud and clear. With rich scriptural study and personal stories infusing every chapter, Finding Your Voice reveals how to discover your own unique talent, train it according to God's Word, and start using it for the good of others--without guilt and apology.
Hands Free Mama
Title | Hands Free Mama PDF eBook |
Author | Rachel Macy Stafford |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Total Pages | 240 |
Release | 2014-01-07 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 031033814X |
“Rachel Macy Stafford's post "The Day I Stopped Saying Hurry Up" was a true phenomenon on The Huffington Post, igniting countless conversations online and off about freeing ourselves from the vicious cycle of keeping up with our overstuffed agendas. Hands Free Mama has the power to keep that conversation going and remind us that we must not let our lives pass us by.” --Arianna Huffington, Chair, President, and Editor-in-Chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, nationally syndicated columnist, and author of thirteen books http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ DISCOVER THE POWER, JOY, AND LOVE of Living “Hands Free” If technology is the new addiction, then multi-tasking is the new marching order. We check our email while cooking dinner, send a text while bathing the kids, and spend more time looking into electronic screens than into the eyes of our loved ones. With our never-ending to-do lists and jam-packed schedules, it’s no wonder we’re distracted. But this isn’t the way it has to be. In July 2010, special education teacher and mother Rachel Macy Stafford decided enough was enough. Tired of losing track of what matters most in life, Rachel began practicing simple strategies that enabled her to momentarily let go of largely meaningless distractions and engage in meaningful soul-to-soul connections. She started a blog to chronicle her endeavors and soon saw how both external and internal distractions had been sabotaging her happiness and preventing her from bonding with the people she loves most. Hands Free Mama is the digital society’s answer to finding balance in a media-saturated, perfection-obsessed world. It doesn’t mean giving up all technology forever. It doesn’t mean forgoing our jobs and responsibilities. What it does mean is seizing the little moments that life offers us to engage in real and meaningful interaction. It means looking our loved ones in the eye and giving them the gift of our undivided attention, leaving the laundry till later to dance with our kids in the rain, and living a present, authentic, and intentional life despite a world full of distractions. So join Rachel and go hands-free. Discover what happens when you choose to open your heart—and your hands—to the possibilities of each God-given moment.