Bøger af Margaret Graham

Flowing in Prophetic Worship ... functions as an excellent tool to equip people, churches, and ministries in prophetic worship. With almost forty years of experience in leading worship, Margaret brilliantly communicates the fundamentals of stewarding a worshipful heart and lettingit overflow through corporate worship. She gives practical keys to cultivate a spirit of excellence-while at the same time-speaks straight to our identity as sons and daughters of God. Whetheryou are new at cultivating a life of worship or experienced, I am certain you will take much awayfrom this book. As you read in each word, do so with adoration in your heart towards God. Let the principlesequip and mature you. Let the truths minister to your heart. God wants to set your heart ablaze inworship. There is a sound from heaven waiting to be released through you. - Dr. Luc NiebergallAuthor, Prophetic Voice, International Speaker

Benches features departed characters seated on their memorial benches telling their stories and observing the amusing comings and goings of their busy seafront promenade. What would these 'Benchers' say to each other? What would they have in common? - The 1920's End of the Pier Showgirls; Mark a recently deceased young Biker; Flo a 1950's Nan with a sensitive secret; Richard Townley, a despised Conscientious Objector who met his fate in World War ll? Richard's story is the focal point of the play and includes a tribunal scene written by Harold Goodwin in 1941 which, as with his daughter Margaret's writing, is both comedic and poignant. The seafront's flesh and blood workers and visitors provide amusement and diversion - Colin, the grumpy seafront cleaner; resident psychic Madame Sofia; a riotous hen party; a lovelorn lad on his smartphone; excited families; visitors to Sofia's booth. Why is Richard's bench the only messy one? Why does Richard's now-elderly daughter keep talking to it? And what is she - and Richard - waiting for? 'Benches is an original piece by Margaret Graham adapted from semi-autobiographical musings left by her father ... The concept is wonderful ... that when we die we have the choice to remain and watch over our loved ones ... assuming a timeless pose of the prime self-state we most enjoyed while alive ... A very engaging and entertaining production'Lance Milton, NODA Area Representative 'I loved Benches ... I liked the irony of the spiritualist not sensing all the spirits right next to her booth ... it was a powerful lesson in how damaging war is, and how difficult it is for people who feel they can't take part in it for moral reasons ... A triumph for the Barn to showcase such excellent original writing'Thelma Hedley

This play is set in the 1960s, starting in '62. It goes through several eras, made evident by the music and fashions used - from full skirts, drainpipe trousers and Elvis, through the rise of the miniskirt and The Beatles, to flares and flowery shirts, The Rolling Stones and Aretha Franklin. The main characters are the Greenfield family - three generations of women: Grandma, Mother, and teenage daughter Penny. The theme is the different roles women play throughout their lives and their quests for fulfilment. This is a time for rethinking commitments and expectations as waves of disturbing post-war revolutions in politics, morality, fashion and music affect the whole of society. How will Grandma's Victorian values cope with this? Can Mum find fulfilment within her domestic role? Can Penny's downward spiral into ever-shorter skirts and tartiness be curbed? But most intriguing of all - why is Grandma not what she appears to be? And will the Health Inspector dare to touch her gravy? The narrator is Penny in the present day. Her teenage diaries take her and the audience back to the 1960s and her inevitable teenage angst. In hindsight, as so often happens, baby-boomer Penny views these youthful self-centred confidences in a new light. As she recreates this time for us, we start to see the members of her family afresh. We witness their amusing idiosyncrasies, their fortitude when coping with unexpected events and gradually Grandma's secret is unravelled against the backdrop of Penny and her brother's own daily dramas and concerns.

The sequel to the NODA award-winning Miniskirts & Revelations. In Flowery Shirts & Strange Relations baby boomer Penny is once again looking through her teenage diaries, this time back to the autumn of 1968. We watch with her as the three generations at Greenfields' Guesthouse - Grandma, widowed mother Chris, art student Penny and biker brother Mick -approach the hippie era. We experience again the music, fashions and - some would say the more relaxed - morals of the time. Is young Penny courting disaster as she throws herself into student unrest and peace protests - and into the arms of her Afghan-coat-wearing idol Derek? What is disapproving Mum Chris not owning up to in her own private life? Is Grandma being haunted - or losing her marbles? All is revealed as the play reaches its hilarious conclusion - not least the real mystery at the centre of the plot: exactly who is the unsettling Mr Carr and why has he come to stay at the Greenfield Family Guesthouse? We never know what life will throw at us, nor how any of us will react when unexpected events hit home. You think you know your family? Present Day Penny shows us that you never can tell ...

As the storm clouds gather over Europe, life at Easterleigh Hall is about to change again 1937. Evie and her family have struggled to keep Easterleigh Hall, now a hotel, running during the depression, and with war looming, she worries for the children, who have to find their way in a changing world.

The second novel in a compelling new series set in County Durham just before and during the First World War. England is at war and Easterleigh Hall has been turned into a hospital for the duration of the hostilities.

But standing up for her ideals brings Hannah savage penalties - and conflicts of loyalty. With the outbreak of war in 1914 Hannah is faced with new pressures: the joy of discovering the man she passionately loves, but the strains of knowing that his life is in constant danger.

A heart-wrenching wartime novel of shame, betrayal, loyalty and love. In England in the 1930s, eighteen-year-old Helen Carstairs braves the prejudice of friends and family to marry Heine, a young German photographer who has fled the growing horror of the Nazis.

A compelling and moving novel of life in war-torn 1950s Northumberland and London. In the mid-1950s, Britain looks forward to a prosperous future. When Sarah leaves home for London, Annie is torn between love for her only child and the need to keep her promise to her community...

The first book in a compelling series set in County Durham just before the First World War. Perfect for fans of Longbourn and Downton Abbey. When Evie Forbes starts as an assistant cook at Easterleigh Hall, she goes against her family's wishes.

as a result, she leaves Somerset and follows sheep farmer Patrick Prover to Australia, but finds herself an outsider there too, especially when Patrick leaves her to run the farm alone. She embarks on an ill-advised affair but soon returns to her loveless marriage, pouring all her love into the care of her baby son.

A captivating and heartwarming story of love and loss in a time of war and its aftermath. Born into hardship in a Northumbrian mining village, Annie Manon needs all her strength to survive the bleak years following the First World War.