Patrick Greak has 3 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators. The most-rated is A Face like a Flint...Forging Faith, Fitness, and Fortitude.
Can Muscles Talk?
Summary
Believe it or not, your brain has greater intelligence than the smartest smartphone! The best iPhone you've ever used does not even come close to being able to perform the many functions of the nervous system and how it interacts with muscles. The motor control centers of your body contain secrets which help you move. This book is an adventurous journey for children delving into how muscles work with the brain to create movement. The purpose of this book is to educate children ages seven and up to foster the desire to know how exercise is good for them. Parents, educators, youth fitness professionals, and coaches can also glean wisdom from this book on how to apply these directions into specific conditioning programs that are safe and effective. Exercise can impart tremendous character qualities including healthy social skills, self-esteem and confidence, body and mind discipline, respect for elders, and the value of honest, hard-work ethics. Movement patterns and training techniques for five different sports are examined. Also included is a definitions and deliberations section where children can learn new fitness terms and have questions posed to them designed to enumerate critical thinking skills in the discipline of kinesiology.
©2018 Waldorf Publishing (P)2018 Waldorf Publishing
God and Football: Why Men Love the Sport
Summary
Men love the game of football because it mimics the eternal war perpetually existing between good and evil. This recondite battle is analogous to football because like human beings themselves, football is half a physical game and half a spiritual undertaking. Football is fierce in nature because tests the hearts of men via healthy competition while simultaneously offering a healthy means of catharsis for deep-seated masculine fervor and release of emotion put there by God. Football makes men better by reminding us of our mortality, because severe injuries and even deaths have resulted from partaking in the game. Being cognizant of this transience of life in turn instills a deep sense of awe and humility because the gifts brevity dawns on us. While playing football might not be able to source the evangelistic sprout of becoming a Christian, it can implant and nurture the seed of faith given to mankind in the anagogical nature of the Bible. The game of football has many parallels to the word of God, everyday life challenges that mature adult face, and aids in spiritual development while being an effective tool of discipleship. Has the spiritual effect of football on Americas youth ever been researched in the short and long-term? It is my hope that this book carries both theoretical and practical implications for athletes, coaches, and even more so to those entrusted with carrying out the calling of Jesus great commission commandment.
©2019 Waldorf Publishing (P)2019 Waldorf Publishing
A Face like a Flint...Forging Faith, Fitness, and Fortitude
Summary
Jesus was stone-faced in his resolve and yet had compassion on those he ministered to. Exercise imparts a steely disposition to not let ourselves be corrupted by this world, but rather, look forward to eternity. Participating in exercise, whether for fitness or athletics, begins in the theoretical realm of the heart and extends distally to the animation of the body through movement. A literal overcoming of resistance is relayed, thus linking us to Christ in mind-set and behavior, as he suffered in various forms throughout his life, too.
©2020 Waldorf Publishing (P)2020 Waldorf Publishing