Joyce Thompson: 4 books
Sailing My Shoe to Timbuktu
A Woman's Adventurous Search for Family, Spirit, and Love
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
In this fiercely candid and moving book, novelist Joyce Thompson recounts a difficult yet transforming period in her life. In words that will ring true to anyone in the "sandwich" generation, Thompson tells the story of her troubled marriage ending, her adjustment to single motherhood, finding...
Sister of Sacrifice
Biography of Sister M. Optata Fries Fspa
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2009
The book is a biography of a Roman Catholic nun, Sister M. Optata Fries, who devoted her life in sacrifice to others. The story was written using the actual letters she wrote from 1939 to her death in 1997. There are also several interviews she gave to complete her early years of life and years in...
A History of Midwifery in the United States
The Midwife Said Fear Not
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2015
Written by two of the profession’s most prominent midwifery leaders, this authoritative history of midwifery in the United States, from the 1600s to the present, is distinguished by its vast breadth and depth. The book spans the historical evolution of midwives as respected, autonomous health care...
God and Nature
A Theologian and a Scientist Conversing on the Divine Promise of Possibility
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
The current religion and science dialogue begs for greater clarity on the relation of God to nature. In God and Nature two scholars who embrace contemporary insights from science and religion explore the complexities of this debate.
As the narrative unfolds, classical and contemporary thinkers...