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I have some books nearing completion that I'd like to have reviewed when they are ready to publish. Do you have interest in fiction oriented to positive social change as well as non-fiction?- Ross
Hello Ross, I would be happy to read whichever of the multiple fiction books that are near completion you think would be of interest to me after you look at what I have reviewed and written to get a sense of what I would be drawn to. I would only be able to read and review one book. So when you have the one you think I would like the most completed, let me know. And congratulations on being a finalist for the 2015 National Indie Excellence Awards Young Adult Fiction category!
Peter
Thanks, Peter. The first book in the series is a complete rewrite, as a more mature young adult novel, of that story. I expect to complete its preparation in about a week, and I'd appreciate your looking at it. Would an electronic version work for you, and, if so, would you prefer a PDF or a Microsoft Word file?Ross
Congratulations on your grandchild. I'll send the PDF when I have it ready and look forward to your take on it when you have the chance.Ross
Peter wrote: "Hello love and social change supporters. I have spent over 40 years as a consultant, teacher, writer and youth advocate helping people to identify and reach their goals in a way that will help them..."Nice to meet you, Peter. You sound like a mover and a shaker. Thank you for being awake and present!
The Creative Life Force, Power, God Being, by what ever name or language you use, cannot be limited to just the male sex, as the feminine half is equally part. Just as the universally found Golden Rule of Loving others as you are able to Love, applies equally to others.
Some narrow Love to only those like themselves, a narrow definition and form of selfishness that turns into a negative, because it limits and isolates the Holiness = wholeness or fullness of Love.
Just as the practice of inequality and unfair hoarding of profits of a few, profits mostly created by workers and consumers, are needed for the people’s needs and not just for power, or destructive wars, as has been for hundreds of years!
And maybe why I was shown God’s Hand at five years old, and not another such sign for over 25 years when given just the One Word of “Equality”.
“Equality” means people, regardless of their sex or race each have Equal Rights. Like the Golden Rule: to treat each other with Equal Respect and Concern!
Males in control when writing scriptures, hid the feminine nature of God with Patriarchal languages using only male nouns or pronouns to limit God, creating a form of idolatry. Yet the first and official Priestly version in Genesis 1:27, and the third Creation story beginning in Chapter 5:1, tell us male and female were both created in the God’s Image.
In the Aramaic language spoken in Jesus time. “ABBA” for God meant “Our Heavenly Parent” (AB for Dad and BA for Mom), not just a “Father” as later translated. *
*Jerusalem's Old City Armenian Library Dictionary, the oldest Aramaic definition of "ABBA".
Pope Francis could help most to end discrimination, inequality, especially for the female half as a Christian example to our world, and as clearly stated to do since Vatican II, in the Pastoral Constitution, article 29+, “to end discrimination because of race or sex…as not the Will of God”. Please share especially with a copy to His Holiness Pope Francis. May need international stamp for the Vatican City State, in Rome, Italy 00120.
For Blessings, Peace.
I hope to contribute to this group in four ways. First, I have written reviews on Goodreads of books that promote social change in a powerful way. These books are Margaret Wheatley’s Who Do We Choose to Be? Facing Reality, Claiming Leadership, Restoring Sanity…. Courtney Martin’s The New Better Off: Reinventing the American Dream with a shout out about her earlier book Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists…and Danny Goldberg’s Dispatches from the Culture Wars: How the Left Lost Teen Spirit, a book written in 2003 that foretells why the 2016 presidential election turned out the way it did.
Second, my blog - https://workliveandleadforthecommongo... - provides information about books that offer very practical advice for people who want to work, live and/or lead for the common good and social change. Three books featured recently were Edgar Schein’s Career Anchors: Discovering Your Real Values…Jim Collin’s bestseller Good to Great with a reference to his monograph Good to Great and the Social Sectors…and Random Acts of Kindness Then and Now: The 20th Anniversary of a Simple Idea That Changes Lives by Conari Press.
Third, there are dozens of books featured on my website – www.workforthecommongood.com – that help people understand how to have a positive impact on our world. There is a free power point slide deck and participant guide available on that site that people who are interested in finding out more about what they can do to promote social change and the common good might find helpful. A second free power point deck and participant guide provides ideas about how to make the most of your 2nd fifty years. Both of those resources provide suggestions about topic relevant books, articles and websites.
Finally, I have written two novels titled Dawn of Hope and Dawn of the Tobacco Wars about a female teenage activist named Dawn Mortenson who has a social change mission to lessen the instances of sexual assault and bullying on and use of tobacco products by young people. There are resources in the appendix of Dawn of Hope listing organizations that are doing amazing work around hers and my mission.
I look forward to contributing to the ongoing conversation about Love and Social Change by providing practical suggestions about books and actions that promote this admirable focus.