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JOSHUA'S JOURNAL
News
and views from Joshua Books ... making
a difference!
Issue #009 December 20, 2003
E-mail: admin@joshuabooks.com
Website: http://www.joshuabooks.com
Copyright © 2003 Joshua Books
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CONTENTS
1)
Expression in the Information Age
2) Interesting Links
3) Quick Quotes
4) Vondell's Story
5) New Releases
6) Do you believe in Santa Clause?
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Hello,
Well,
it's that time of year when we think
of friends and family and
we get together in a spirit of friendship
and comradery. Hasn't the
time flown this year? Remember when
we first entered the new
millennium. It was just yesterday
wasn't it? Now it's 2004!! It
just goes to show how time flies by
and we must not let those special
moments and friends go unnoticed.
We
regard you as one of our special friends
and I thank you for
purchasing from us in the last year.
Because you have supported us,
we are able to grow and support you
in the future.
At
Joshua Books, we receive letters and
emails from all parts of the
globe complimenting us on our service
and commitment to you, our
customer. We are proud of that and
you may not know that all our
orders are dispatched from our warehouse
within 48 hours of receipt
(subject to credit approval). Sometimes
the same day! Our team is
constantly looking for ways to excel
in all that they do so you can
have confidence that you are dealing
with a reputable company when
you buy from us.
Admittedly,
we have had a couple of hiccups with
delivery and
currency exchange over the last month
or so and I do apologise for
any inconvenience that may have caused.
We learn form our
experiences and we will endeavour
not to have them happen in the
future. And we shall endeavour to
alleviate these challenges in the
future.
As
you know, Tony Bushby's second book
of his trilogy *The Secret in
the Bible* has been released and,
as with his first book *The Bible
Fraud*, is now available for immediate
dispatch. Testimonials and
accolades for these books continue
to roll in and Tony is really
making a difference with his writing.
If you haven't read either of
these books, I highly recommend that
you do so irrespective of your
religious beliefs and we would like
to receive your comments after
reading them. More information is
available on www.thebiblefraud.com
As
usual, this issue of Joshua's Journal
is just packed with all
things interesting so let's get on
with this holiday issue....
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1) EXPRESSION IN THE INFORMATION AGE
by Andrew Lam
Thanks
to the Internet, I have over the years
managed to get back in
touch with many long-lost friends.
But one of them recently sent me
an e-mail complaining that, now that
we are communicating on a
regular basis, she actually misses
me more, not less.
Astounded by the seemingly paradoxical
statement I immediately hit
reply: "L. what on earth do you
mean?"
Within
half-an-hour or so, her e-mail came
back with a strangely
familiar passage in quotation marks.
Click
here to continue
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17182
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2) INTERESTING LINKS
An
excellent way to start & finish
your day ….
http://www.positivepause.com/
You
have read *The Bible Fraud*, *The
Secret in the Bible* and
*Masters of the Mystical Rose*. Now,
you have whetted your appetite
and want more ….
http://www.hermes-press.com/high_myst.htm
Ellie
lives in Brooklyn and her site is
amazing. She writes on many
topics and her archives are enormous.
I know you will enjoy browsing
her site….
http://www.crystalinks.com/
For
some more background music….
http://www.time-co.com/zcafe/variety/jukebox1.htm
And
for something to eat …
http://www.recipesunlimited.com/
I wish to thank those people who took
the time to send me their
links especially Leanda Zerbe. If
you have some interesting links,
let me know at admin@joshuabooks.com
and, if they complement our
journey together, I shall put them
in future editions of Joshua's
Journal.
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3)
QUICK QUOTES
Don't
tell me how rocky the sea is, just
bring in the ship.
--Vince Lombardi
"You
can have everything in life you want
if you'll just help enough
other people to get what they want!"
-- Zig Ziglar
Your
success in your career will be in
direct proportion to what you
do after you've done what you are
expected to do.
--Brian Tracy
And finally, some insight from *Flowers
from the Tree of Wisdom* by
Eskandar
de Voss
***
Without a problem, how can there be
freedom? Without conflict,
how can there be peace? Without tension,
how can you know relaxation?
*** When you know yourself, there
is peace.
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4) VONDELL'S STORY
As
you know, we had three winners in
our competition "How my life
changed after reading *The Bible Fraud*".
All entries were very good
and it was difficult for the judges
to select the winners. However,
they did and Vondell Smoak was one
of them. Here is his story…
"Myths,
lore, legend, tradition, dogma, an
authoritative principle
considered absolutely true. What we
call The Holy Bible today can be
viewed as none of these things or
all of them. There are those who
select certain phrases and insist
that the rest of us must abide by
them or be cast out of free society.
But then such hard liners can
be found in all organized institutions,
especially religions.
As
a child I lacked the wisdom to see
the many ways of using the
Bible and, because of the use given
by the church of my parents, as
soon as I was old enough to leave
home, I left organized religions.
I began the search for my God in the
streets and by ways. I was
angry, resentful and intolerant of
the anger, resentment and
intolerance I continued to witness
from churches.
However,
even at the edges of other forms of
spiritual pursuits
anger, resentment and intolerance
can be found. These didn't bother
me so much as by then I recognized
my own. Yet the focus of my
prejudices remained with all groups
that used the Bible as their
guide.
Ultimately,
in my seventh and eighth decades,
I no longer cared so
much what others had to say, but had
begun to find all my answers
from within. Yet the weight of all
of those words in the Old and New
Testaments that said how things were
supposed to be understood hung -
just hung there - in the way of any
direction my heart would take me.
Like the invisible elephant in the
living room.
On
a message board, I heard about Tony
Bushby's book and I ordered it.
I
have read it cover-to-cover probably
eight times and certain
sections many, many more times. I've
made charts, genealogies,
looked up each reference in several
different Bible translations. I
have searched the Internet for specific
topics and nouns. And every
point and idea Tony Bushby puts forth
rings true and cannot be shown
wrong.
Now
I love the Bible and all that it has
contributed to my life in
whatever form. It has frightened me,
dominated me, told me I am
sinful and very bad. I have yelled
at it, damned it, avoided it,
pretended it wasn't important, exhausted
myself dragging it around on
my back forgetting it is there. A
very worthy adversary, teacher,
partner.
I
no longer doubt that these are God's
words, just for me. A
brilliant fiction, a grand myth. Something
to be taken very seriously
and is sacred as am I.
And
I am freed from its oppression. And
hadn't even noticed it had
been there.
Now
I am reaching to know the true Jesus
and Judas and the messages
that they each found so important
to offer the general public - the
whole of humanity.
Tony,
what is the Secret in the Bible?"
Thank you Vondell and for more info,
see http://www.thebiblefraud.com
and
http://www.thesecret.thebiblefraud.com
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5) NEW RELEASES
I
was hoping to give you a brief overview
of some of our new
releases but time escaped me on this.
After the holiday break, you
will see many new titles posted up
on our site www.joshuabooks.com
So do visit us in the near future
to see what we have especially for
you.
Our
new titles include...
*Flowers
from the Tree of Wisdom* by Eskandar
de Vos
*The
Practical Magic of Numerology* by
Beryl Saunders (new edition)
*Risking being Alive* by Yaro Starak,
James Oldham and Tony Keys
*The Power of Subconscious Goal Setting*
by Scott Groves
*Living
a Powerful Life* by Christopher Power
* Angels and Guides* by Kerrie Edwards-Ticehurst
(on it's fifth
reprint).
Visit
http://www.joshuabooks.com/
for more information
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6)
DO YOU BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUSE?
It
has been a long while since I have
completely read "Twas the
Night before Christmas" so I
thought I would include it here to
finish of this December newsletter.
Until
recently, it was believed that this
ballad was written in 1822
for Clement Clarke Moore's two daughters,
Margaret and Charity, and
later anonymously published in the
Troy [New York] Sentinel on
December 23, 1823. But, according
to University of Toronto English
Library in 2000, Don Foster, in his
book *Author Unknown: On the
Trail of Anonymous* was able to demonstrate
that Moore could not have
been the author. Foster concluded
that it was probably written by
Major Henry Livingston Jr.
'TWAS
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
or
An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas
by
Major Henry Livingston Jr. (1748-1828)
(previously believed to be by Clement
Clarke Moore)
'Twas
the night before Christmas, when all
through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even
a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney
with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would
be there;
The
children were nestled all snug in
their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced
in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I
in my cap,
Had just settled down for a long winter's
nap,
When
out on the lawn there arose such a
clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what
was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up
the sash.
The
moon on the breast of the new-fallen
snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects
below,
When, what to my wondering eyes should
appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight
tiny reindeer,
With
a little old driver, so lively and
quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St.
Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers
they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and
called them by name;
"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now,
Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on Cupid! on, Donder and
Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top
of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away
all!"
As
dry leaves that before the wild hurricane
fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount
to the sky,
So up to the house-top the coursers
they flew,
With the sleigh full of toys, and
St. Nicholas too.
And
then, in a twinkling, I heard on the
roof
The prancing and pawing of each little
hoof.
As I drew in my hand, and was turning
around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came
with a bound.
He
was dressed all in fur, from his head
to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished
with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his
back,
And he looked like a peddler just
opening his pack.
His
eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples
how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose
like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up
like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white
as the snow;
The
stump of a pipe he held tight in his
teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head
like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round
belly,
That shook, when he laughed like a
bowlful of jelly.
He
was chubby and plump, a right jolly
old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite
of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his
head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing
to dread;
He
spoke not a word, but went straight
to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then
turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his
nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he
rose;
He
sprang to his sleigh, to his team
gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down
of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove
out of sight,
"HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND
TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT!"
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Well, that's it for this issue and
this year.
Again,
I thank you for your support over
the last year and we look
forward to looking after your needs
in your journey of growth. As
someone said "Where you will
be in the future will only depend
on the
people you meet and the books you
read." At Joshua Books, we may
not
be in a position to help you with
the former but certainly the latter.
Another
reminder that if you have some links
or articles that you
think our readers would find interesting,
you are very welcome to
pass them on to me at admin@joshuabooks.com
All
of us at Joshua Books wish you and
your family a happy Winter
(or Summer) Solstice, a safe and cheerful
Christmas and a prosperous
and healthy New Year and we look forward
to your company in 2004.
Happy reading,
John
Bannister & The Joshua Books Team
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