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An unorthodox arrangement creates the family Sylvia so desperately wants. But everything beings to unravel when a pregnant teen is found murdered. As Seattle Detective Peter Ball pieces the crime together, he uncovers deception and an illegal adoption that threatens to destroy a family and rip motherhood from Sylvia's grasp.

Constance Mansfield had a perfect life: a successful writing career, a beloved daughter, a beautiful home, loving friends, and perhaps, most importantly, her privacy. But after Constance is killed, her grieving daughter Sutton begins to unravel her mother's secrets amidst the grief of unexpected loss. And it seems that Constance's privacy was not for her protection, but for something - or someone - else entirely.

Two years after the murder of Sadie Cambridge, Hope Hadley is still reeling over her friend's death. When Walter Clayton is put on trial for the murder, Hope believes that at least justice will be served. So when Walter is astonishingly acquitted, it sends shock waves through the entire community. But Walter's freedom doesn't last long. The next day, he is found murdered. This is one case that Hope wants nothing to do with. Unfortunately, when members of the Cambridge family become prime suspects in Walter's murder, Hope begins investigating in hopes of exonerating them.

Reese Jackson has tried to live up to the expectations everyone else set for her, but it isn't easy to do. At times, she feels as if the world is going to swallow her whole and like she can't breathe. Detective Dane Hunter has loved Reese since the first moment he met her more than a decade ago, but her social standing dictated he would never be good enough for her. Still, he longs for her, and his heart waits hoping she will one day love him back. Danger that is a part of both of their pasts comes back to haunt them. Dane is tasked with protecting.

This program explains Paul’s success in a corrupt urban society and how certain passages that have been used to vilify Paul as anti-woman were interpolations into the text. Hedonist Corinthians transformed into the Body of Christ.

Fr. Doyle answers challenges that Paul was anti-woman, anti-Semitic and anti-marriage. Rather he shows Paul to be a genius, a pastor and a tender spiritual guide who reveals to us what it means to be followers of the Lord. He explains the relationship between proclaiming the Kingdom and the Church.

Paul’s great letter is presented as an extension of the Sermon on the Mount. Under the power of the Spirit, he cast a light on a darkened and depraved world so that his readers could be transformed into instruments of light and become powerful manifestations of God’s love and forgiveness in the midst of the world.

Prior to his death Paul confronted the question of Jesus’ place in the cosmos. He experienced Jesus as his source of grace and was challenged to reflect on his role in creation. Paul proclaimed that Jesus does not fit into the worldview of the Ephesians and Colossians: rather Jesus is the worldview. Program covers the Biblical theology of creation, from Genesis to St. Paul’s mature theology as found in Ephesians and Colossians.

Jesus was a Jew. His mother, Mary was a Jew. - Finally, contemporary scholarship brings into focus Jesus’ Jewish roots/heritage. For centuries, the Jewishness of Jesus was ignored and this had enormous consequences, the attempts over the centuries to suppress this truth have led to heresies. The 1st Century Jewish conception of the role of the priest, prophet, and messiah are all explained. Fr. Doyle shows how the Jewish prayer life and feasts affected Jesus.

Nashi sootechestvenniki v nachale XX veka organizujut jekspediciju na Mars i nahodjat tam civilizaciju, kotoruju obrazovali vyhodcy s pogibshej Atlantidy. Ajelita, doch' glavy Marsa, vljubljaetsja v zemljanina - inzhenera Losja.

Negative Nine is intended to plant the seed of the negative numbers concept in the minds of children 0-10. Follow this "negative" negative number as he quests for his place on the great number line. Children will learn the basic concept of negative numbers along with valuable lessons in perseverance. Opposites abound as you pass zero into the realm of negatives, leaving the positive numbers behind. See if you can find them all!

What does it mean to be close to God? In this course, Fr. Jeffrey Kirby will guide you through the most basic principles of the Spiritual Life, defining key terms and analyzing specific biblical verses that will greatly aid both newcomers to Christianity and those who have been Christian for years.

In Bitterroot Susan Devan Harness traces her journey to understand the complexities and struggles of being an American Indian child adopted by a white couple and living in the rural American West. When Harness was fifteen years old, she questioned her adoptive father about her “real” parents. He replied that they had died in a car accident not long after she was born—except they hadn’t, as Harness would learn in a conversation with a social worker a few years later.

The sun dipped below the horizon, casting long shadows across the sprawling paintball arena. Laughter and shouts filled the air as players donned their gear, the vibrant colors of their uniforms contrasting sharply against the ominous backdrop of the overgrown woods. It was a typical Saturday for the local paintball enthusiasts, and the promise of an adrenaline-fueled day had everyone buzzing with excitement. Little did they know, the thrill of the game would soon take a deadly turn, shattering their perception of safety and plunging them into a nightmare.

In the sun-drenched Greek Islands, Elena and Alex’s idyllic engagement is thrown into turmoil when Elena’s estranged twin sister, Sophia, unexpectedly returns. Sophia’s arrival brings buried family secrets and old rivalries to the surface, unraveling the bond between the sisters and testing Elena and Alex’s love. As jealousy and betrayal threaten their future, Elena must confront painful truths about her family’s past while navigating Sophia’s manipulative intentions.

In the heart of a crumbling old psychic emporium, something sinister is unfolding. Once a bustling sanctuary for those seeking answers from beyond, the mysterious store is now the scene of a chilling and inexplicable series of deaths. When a renowned psychic medium is found dead under suspicious circumstances, the remaining residents of the emporium are left reeling. Each of them has the ability to peer into the future, but none of them can foresee who will be next.

Now that Katya Sparhardt has reached eighteen years of age, she is finally ready to be inducted into the dance ensemble at Trantonia's Metapeet Temple. After years of training, she feels ready to devote her life to worshipping the Lord through her art even if it means making some personal sacrifices—no one at the temple may practice magic, get married, or have children. But she starts to question her choices when her best friend Amalia Tansy abruptly leaves the temple.

Mateo is riding high in life. He’s got a high-profile career, a tight-knit family, and enough wealth to afford the finer things he craves. What he doesn’t want, though, is a woman to ruin it all. While he’s not a selfish lover, he’s quite content to love-‘em-and-leave-‘em.

Descubre la extraña idea que la España del siglo XVII tenía del honor de las mujeres. Cervantes cuenta la historia de Leocadia, una hermosa joven que es raptada y violada por un joven desconocido. Como consecuencia, la joven tiene un hijo al que sus padres hacen pasar por su sobrino para salvar el honor de su hija. Pero el destino tiene preparada una sorpresa.

Conoce las historias que los padres contaban a sus hijos en el siglo XIV en España. El conde Lucanor es un libro de cuentos escrito por don Juan Manuel, sobrino del rey Alfonso X. Todos los cuentos tienen la misma estructura: el joven Lucanor le pide consejo a Patronio, su consejero, sobre algo que le preocupa. Para ayudarlo, Patronio le cuenta un cuento como ejemplo. Estos cuentos están basados en relatos populares, ya conocidos en muchos países, que los padres contaban a sus hijos porque, en aquella época, casi nadie sabía leer ni escribir.