Poetry. Various urgent, lively, and sometimes haunting poems appear here alongside stark black and white photos of Jones' homeless subjects. Jones takes on the plight of the homeless in different voices, echoing the thoughts of people on the streets,
Are you still angry at God for having lost a loved one due to sickness or unexpected circumstances? This book will give you a better understanding of death, God’s role in it, and what decision is before each of us that would allow us to see them agai
Jeff Rasley is an author of eight books, a writing coach, and Himalayan trek organizer. He teaches in the Honors Program at Butler University.
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Jeff Rasley has published numerous articles and photos in academic and mainstream periodicals, including Newsweek, Chicago Magazine, ABA Journal, Family Law Review, Pacific Magazine, Indy's Child, The Journal of Communal Societies, The Chrysalis Reader, Faith & Fitness Magazine, Friends Journal, Shout! Outdoor Lifestyle Magazine, and Real Travel Adventures International Magazine.
Rasley gives slide show programs about adventure travel and philanthropy to service clubs, community organizations and churches. He currently serves on five nonprofit corporate boards. He is an avid outdoorsman and recreational athlete. He leads trekking-mountaineering expeditions in Nepal and has solo-kayaked around several Pacific island groups. His greatest reading adventure was Marcel Proust's 3600 page Remembrance of Things Past.
Favorite authors and literary influences are Proust, Pynchon, David Foster Wallace, Dostoyevski, Tolstoy, Plato, Aristotle, and Claire Bee.
Rasley is married to Alicia Rasley, who is a multi-published author, RITA Award winner, and college professor. Son James is an officer in the National Guard and Andrew is a tech supervisor with a film/TV production company.
Accomplishments
Jeff Rasley is a graduate of the University of Chicago B.A. magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, All-Academic All-State Football Team and letter winner in swimming and football; Indiana University School of Law J.D. cum laude, Moot Court and Indiana Law Review; Christian Theological Seminary M.Div. magna cum laude, co-valedictorian and Faculty Award Scholar. Rasley was admitted to the Indiana, U.S. District Court and the U.S. Supreme Court Bars. He practiced law in Indianapolis for thirty years. He is currently president of the Basa Village Foundation USA Inc. and expedition organizer for Adventure GeoTreks Ltd.
For chairing the Indiana-Tennessee Civic Memorial Commission Rasley and the Commission received Proclamations of Salutation from the Governors of Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Pennsylvania and he was made an honorary Lieutenant Colonel Aide-de-Camp of the Alabama State Militia, a Kentucky Colonel and honorary Citizen of Tennessee. He was given a Key to the City of Indianapolis for serving as an intern to Mayor Hudnut and preparing a report on the safety conditions of all Indy Parks. Rasley has received the Man of the Year award from the Arthur Jordan YMCA and the Alumni Service Award from the University of Chicago Alumni Board of Governors.
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