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Ruth’s 2025 Year in Books
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Go for a walk. Journal. Be kind to myself. Talk with my writing buddies. Pray. Juggle all the other things in my life until the time is right.
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| This gripping tale counts down to the day and the minutes, the timeline before Melbourne's West Gate bridge collapsed in 1970. With it, Coral Vass builds foreboding and tension after Ray Johnston overhears a conversation about a fault in the construc ...more | |
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"Everything historical fiction should be for a teen reader: authentic, accessible, well researched, character driven and compelling. The Day the Bridge Fell tells the story of Melbourne's West Gate Bridge disaster through the eyes of teen protagonist,"
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"Set in Melbourne during the building of the Westgate Bridge, teenager Ray is obsessed with its construction. He loves to visit the building site, where his dad is involved in the bridge’s construction. When he overhears concerns about the stability o"
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"I enjoyed this book and the story it told. The characters are well drawn and the timeline approach to the impending disaster makes it a compelling read. Fictionalising historical events in this short punchy format is a great way to start btw rest and"
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“Strive for excellence, rather than perfection, and the audience may so enjoy your beautiful, expressive tone that they will readily forgive a few stray notes.”
― Confident Music Performance
― Confident Music Performance
“A few mistakes do not a fiasco make. Professionals throw them off casually but file them away to reinvent as an endearing anecdote in later presentations. Make them part of the performance! Put them behind you and keep going whatever happens.”
― Speak Out - Don't Freak Out
― Speak Out - Don't Freak Out
“A first recorded instance of “presentation anxiety” occurred around 1300BC when God commissioned Moses to urge Pharaoh to free the Hebrew slaves. “Please send someone else!” pleaded Moses to God. “I'm a nobody. I'm not eloquent. I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.” Perhaps he stuttered.
Poor Moses. As well as having to argue with God and Pharaoh – and convince the Hebrews they should follow him to the Promised Land – he had to overcome his insecurity as a speaker.
Moses’ story reveals an important truth – the more we speak in public, the less our fears intrude and the more we grow in confidence. If Moses, the self-confessed “nobody”, could surmount his fears, so too can we.”
― Speak Out - Don't Freak Out
Poor Moses. As well as having to argue with God and Pharaoh – and convince the Hebrews they should follow him to the Promised Land – he had to overcome his insecurity as a speaker.
Moses’ story reveals an important truth – the more we speak in public, the less our fears intrude and the more we grow in confidence. If Moses, the self-confessed “nobody”, could surmount his fears, so too can we.”
― Speak Out - Don't Freak Out
“To gain your own voice, forget about having it heard. Become a saint of your own province and your own consciousness.”
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“Take a good long look at The Lord’s Prayer. It’s all ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’. There is no ‘me’, ‘I’ or ‘mine’ anywhere.”
― God's Poetry: The Identity and Destiny Encoded In Your Name
― God's Poetry: The Identity and Destiny Encoded In Your Name
“Throughout the ancient world, naming was a sacred act. It was the word by which a child was called into his calling. It was the voice of destiny, summoning the child into his future with all its glorious promise.”
― God's Panoply: The Armour of God and the Kiss of Heaven
― God's Panoply: The Armour of God and the Kiss of Heaven
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Thanks for friending RuthCheck out *Bailey Beats the Blah
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