Background
Truman, Ruth Dixon was born on October 5, 1931 in Ashland, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Rexford Maitland and Allene G. (Barber) Dixon.
(The story focuses on Joan, a girl who is naïve, father do...)
The story focuses on Joan, a girl who is naïve, father dominated, and the first of her family to go to college. Her parents send her to an isolated religious school, thinking she will be safe from what is happening at other colleges. From the time she meets her roommates, her freshman world becomes one of uncertainty as she allows peer pressure to lead her into poor choices that keep her from the positive experiences available to her on campus. Joan, now in midlife, tells the story to her daughter in the hope that even though her daughter will have to face all she did and much more, she will make better choices in college and truly be safe. Drawn from the author's college counseling and administrative experiences, this novel is a "must read" for parents and pre college students alike, who can then discuss the importance of choices made in that crucial freshman year.
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(True spiritual freedom--a liberating of the whole person ...)
True spiritual freedom--a liberating of the whole person in Christ--is an essential part of mature Christian living. Ruth Truman has discovered it for her life, and in this encouraging book, she shows readers how to acquire this freedom and wholeness for their own lives. Speaking from personal experiences of examining, discarding, and arriving at solutions, she plots a course for maturity in Christian living today. Dr. Truman includes the basics of becoming a Christian; learning to pray; reading the Scriptures; rejoicing; dealing with special attitudes and problems of singles, singles-again, and married persons; parenting; feelings; and coping with todays society. Its all here, the entire sequence of choices to be faced and decisions to be made as you move along into a successful liberating Christian life-style. The result is a life totally committed to Christ, knowing yourself, recognizing the possibilities in that self through Christ, and projecting your new self-image into the world around you. This honest, revealing book opens up new and endless possibilities for continuing creative Christianity.
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(Who is this wounded Male lying in the escape zone of the ...)
Who is this wounded Male lying in the escape zone of the Planet of Light? Where has he come from? Darvo and Raiker, the Goldskins who find him, are about to have their lives and their planet changed forever.
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(They were young and in love and called to serve the Lord....)
They were young and in love and called to serve the Lord. And perhaps if Ruth and Lee Truman had even suspected what lay ahead, they might have turned and fled, but thank goodness they didn't. Or we would have missed this warm and often hilarious look at life within the goldfish bowl of the ministry. From their very first church appointment, it became obvious what the Trumans would attract humorous and bizarre situations throughout their lives. How else can they explain the Bali dancer at the church social? Or the frozen chickens that spilled across the highway and nearly caused hypothermia? Or the church that looked like a half-buried septic tank? Or the parishioner who served coffee from her hot-water bottle?
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administrator consultant lecturer writer
Truman, Ruth Dixon was born on October 5, 1931 in Ashland, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Rexford Maitland and Allene G. (Barber) Dixon.
Bachelor of Science, Taylor University, 1952. Master of Science, California State University, Los Angeles, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy in Higher Education, University of California at Los Angeles, 1978.
Graduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1978.
Teacher Atco (New Jersey) Elementary School, 1954. Teacher home economics Chatham (New Jersey) High School, 1955. Counselor, instructor Citrus College, Azusa, California, 1967—1970.
Director counseling California Lutheran College, Thousand Oaks, 1971—1974. Consultant Women's Educational Improvement Program, Los Angeles, 1978—1980. Women's center facilitator Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, California, 1981—1982.
Free-lance writer, lecturer, consultant, 1982—1983. Coordinator Cancer Management Network, University Southern California, 1983. Associate director office cancer information service Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1984—1985.
Director Cancer Information Service California, University Southern California, 1985—1986. Director certified programs California State University, Fullerton, 1986—1988, director extended education, program services, 1988—1990, acting associate vice president extended education, research, 1990—1991, director program services, 1991—1992. Retired, 1992; commencement speaker University of California at Los Angeles, 1978.
Trustee Baker Home Retired Ministers, Rowland Heights, California, 1982—1988. Chairman Committee Status and Role of Women, California Pacific Conference, United Methodist Church, 1980—1982. Member Board Higher Education, 1983—1984.
Member executive committee Ventura County Council Drug Abuse, 1972—1973.
(Who is this wounded Male lying in the escape zone of the ...)
(True spiritual freedom--a liberating of the whole person ...)
(The story focuses on Joan, a girl who is naïve, father do...)
(They were young and in love and called to serve the Lord....)
Member of University of California at Los Angeles Doctoral Association, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Wallace Leroy Truman, June 5, 1952. Children: Mark, Rebecca, Timothy, Nathan.