Argues in behalf of transforming main-line congregations into "missional communities," which will give hope to declining churches in the twenty-first century.
Biblical scholar Robert Wall and pastoral leader Anthony Robinson here join forces to bring the Acts of the Apostles forward to our time as a resource for congregational renewal and transformation.Featuring both careful exegetical study and exciting contemporary exposition, the fifteen chapters of Called to Be Church each first interpret the text of Acts as Scripture and then engage Acts for today's church. The book dives into many of the most vexing issues faced by the church then and now -- such issues as conflict resolution, pluralism and multiculturalism, sexuality, money, church and state, the role of the Holy Spirit, and more.Enhanced by study questions at the end of each chapter, Called to Be Church will lend itself especially well to small-group study within congregations. Pastors, lay readers, students, and ordinary believers alike will find the book helpful and inspiring.
“We’ve got a list of questions, issues, stuff we’re dealing with. We want your input, your thoughts on this stuff.” Such were the origins of this little book. Two young clergy, early in their first call, imagined that I might have some useful wisdom to pass on based on my own years in ministry. Something like this was once standard preparation. Young people learned a profession like law, ministry, or medicine by apprenticing themselves to one seasoned in the practice. Not only has that way of learning largely vanished but we now live in times of increasing segregation and suspicion between different generations. Still, these two millennials bucked the trends. They thought they might have something to learn from an old boomer. The result is this collection of letters: personal, wry, direct, and honest. Full of both hope and realism about the church and ministry. This collection will be a welcome companion for young, and for many not so young, clergy trying to get a handle on ministry in the midst of a time that is full of change and challenge.
With the recognition of the sweeping changes now taking place in North American society comes the realization that Protestant mainline churches no longer enjoy the status they once did. In this forward-looking contribution to pastoral theology, three leading ministers attempt to identify what has changed in various aspects of the life of the church and to trace the implications of those changes. From a perspective grounded in the realities of the parishes where they serve, Martin Copenhaver, Anthony Robinson, and William Willimon explore the particular opportunities that our new world offers the church and provide a clear picture of what a "postliberal" church can look like in practice.
Following up on their previous volume, Called to Be Church: The Book of Acts for a New Day, biblical scholar Robert Wall and pastoral leader Anthony Robinson here join forces again. Featuring both exegetical study and dynamic contemporary exposition, each chapter of Called to Lead first interprets the text of 1 and 2 Timothy as Scripture and then engages 1 and 2 Timothy for today's church leaders. The book covers many vexing issues faced by church leaders then and now -- such issues as the use of money, leadership succession, pastoral authority, and the role of Scripture. Through it all, Called to Lead shows how Timothy remains a text of great value for the church today
A sequel to his best-selling Transforming Congregational Culture (2003), Changing the Conversationoffers Anthony Robinson's latest work and thinking on congregational renewal and leadership. Robinson here invites church leaders and members into ten crucial conversations that will change their congregation's culture and help them respond with greater vitality, effectiveness, and faithfulness to our postmodern culture and its challenges.
Charlie Kingston, an American PGA tour player suffering personal and professional losses at home, goes to the village in Ireland where his great-grandmother was born, for a rest and change of pace. Charlie falls in love with Lora, a beautiful Irish woman whose husband, a wealthy Brit, owns an estate with its own ultra-private golf course. The simmering politics of Ireland, political intrigue on the local level, and personal revelations, all act to change the direction of Charlie's life. There is plenty of golf in the novel, but one need not be a player or lover of the game to embrace The American Golfer.--publisher.
For congregations seeking renewed purpose and vitality this book gets to the heart of the matter. One of the leading voices on congregational life and leadership, Anthony Robinson makes the case that congregations should openly express their beliefs and values to clarify their purpose. Doing so opens up new avenues for transforming worship, promoting spiritual formation, and forwarding a church's mission. The wisdom invested in this book is powerful enough to shape a ministry and lead a congregation to its call.
The Greek philosopher Plato presented the Allegory of the Cave in his work The Republic. The allegory is related to Plato's Theory of Forms. The material world is known to us through sensation. Plato's Forms possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality. In mathematical terms, we perceive the material world by means of remote sensing. For example, physicists see images in the bubble chamber, but not the elementary particles themselves. Geophysicists see seismic images, but not the underground earth itself. The received images correspond to Plato's shadows. Historically geophysicists used to look at the recorded seismic records without any processing at all. From their mental analysis, they ascribed a structure to the underground earth, but they would mistake appearance for reality. In 1952, digital signal processing (DSP) freed geophysicists from this practice. They could deconvolve the recorded seismic records and thereby obtained the true form of the underground structure of earth. They found Plato's reality. Deconvolution is now used in all fields of science. A person speaks into a mobile phone. It's DSP (Digital Signal Processing) chip deconvolves the speaker's voice. The deconvolved signal is transmitted and is received by the listener's phone. Its DSP chip re-convolves the signal thereby reproducing the speaker's voice. This book presents the basic elements of digital signal processing. It is self-contained. The chapters are 1. Review of mathematics; 2. Frequency; 3. Z-transform and frequency spectrum; 4. Convolution; 5. Wavelets; 6. FIR filters; 7. Deconvolution; 8. Crosscorrelation; 9. IIR filters; 10. Wavelet processing; and 11. Miscellaneous items. The book is suitable for colleges and for self-study.
Life is full of pitfalls - there is no escaping them, but Anthony J. Robinson has found a way to turn those unexpected stumbling blocks into building blocks for success. Robinson believes life has a way of giving us exactly what we need, and pitfalls are significant pieces to the puzzle of life. Instead of surrendering to the agony of defeat, Robinson discovered that one's response to adversity is the key to recognizing doors of opportunity which eventually guide us to our individual success. Robinson says, "Pitfalls are purposeful, and they are tailor-made." Growing up in the streets of Plainfield, New Jersey, and moving to a much slower paced Pensacola, Florida (with no family or friends) was the route life chose for Robinson's success as an entrepreneur. Going Postal...For Success, a transparent sharing is an account of the author's challenging journey. Readers will be inspired to use those seemingly adverse occurrences as tools to assist in conquering the pitfalls of life.
Fly fishing in the golden mean, revenge served cold on the therapeutic cliffside, ski slope consequences for the lothario's braggadocio, neighbor giveth good cheer and taketh all peace, the bad art scene, man vs. Navy, gin vs. bureaucracy, small town boyhood tragedy. This collection is that dream store in the countryside you go searching for on weekend drives, the one that stocks the real goods. Tony Robinson's stories find the listening part of your soul and then he's got you.
In 1772, Michael and Mary Robinson sold their house in Fredericksburg, Virginia, to George Washington. He purchased the house for his mother, Mary Washington. Mrs. Washington received in her house from time to time not only her son George Washington but also George Mason, Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, several of the Lees, and General Lafayette.In 1826, John Waller Robinson, the great grandson of Michael and Mary, immigrated with his family to the then new state of Missouri. The journey was performed in the only way then practicable, overland, the old-fashioned emigrant wagons covered with canvas, top loaded with provisions for man and beast, containing the cooking utensils, bedding and such other housekeeping conveniences as have to be transported to a primitive country. Having the whole state before him, he selected, for a farm, land about seven miles north of Fulton, in Callaway County, Missouri.About 600 French Huguenots came to Virginia in the years around 1700. Many settled near Richmond, Virginia. John Waller Robinson's wife was Mary Bondurant Ayres, a descendant of the noted Huguenot Dr. Jean Pierre Bondurant, born in France in 1677.The honorable Michael Waller Robinson was a judge in Chicago. He was the son of John Waller Robinson. Charles F. Foster, a cousin, was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. He was involved in the acquisition of exhibits for the Fair. The Mary Washington house in Fredericksburg was scheduled to be disassembled and transported by rail to the Chicago World's Fair for display. However, ladies from Fredericksburg were successful in preventing the house from being disturbed. Today the beautiful old house is operated by Preservation Virginia and is open for visitors.John Waller Robinson's grandson E. Arthur Robinson, as an engineer at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, learned firsthand from Nikola Tesla. At the fair Tesla introduced a new technology, namely alternating current, which made electric power transmission a reality. In 1894 E. Arthur Robinson formed Robinson Company, which electrically staged the Vitascope, the first moving picture ever put on in Chicago. Robinson Company designed and made electric-light signs that hang over the street. In 1896, Robinson Company jumped from being theatrical engineers to being manufacturers of X-ray apparatus. This book contains illustrations of x-ray images taken by Robinson Company in 1896.John Waller Robinson's great grandson Enders Anthony Robinson, as director of the MIT Geophysical Analysis Group in 1952-1954, developed the first digital signal processing methods to analyze seismic records used in oil exploration.
Would you like to learn how your congregation could create a culture of giving and generosity? Lay leaders and clergy will appreciate and benefit from Anthony Robinson's "Stewardship for Vital Congregations." Robinson provides practical tools to engage you in the spiritual practice of Christian stewardship. Theologically and biblically informed, it offers particular strategies and "how-to's" relating to money and giving. Stewardship for Vital Congregations includes questions for reflection, discussion, and action in each chapter.
When you think of a map of the United States, what do you see? Now think of the Seattle that begot Jimi Hendrix. The Dallas that shaped Erykah Badu. The Holly Springs, Mississippi, that compelled Ida B. Wells to activism against lynching. The Birmingham where Martin Luther King, Jr., penned his most famous missive. Now how do you see the United States? Chocolate Cities offers a new cartography of the United States—a “Black Map” that more accurately reflects the lived experiences and the future of Black life in America. Drawing on cultural sources such as film, music, fiction, and plays, and on traditional resources like Census data, oral histories, ethnographies, and health and wealth data, the book offers a new perspective for analyzing, mapping, and understanding the ebbs and flows of the Black American experience—all in the cities, towns, neighborhoods, and communities that Black Americans have created and defended. Black maps are consequentially different from our current geographical understanding of race and place in America. And as the United States moves toward a majority minority society, Chocolate Cities provides a broad and necessary assessment of how racial and ethnic minorities make and change America’s social, economic, and political landscape.
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An excellent supplemental confirmation resource, or meaningful confirmation or graduation gift, Words for the Journey: Letters to Our Teenagers About Life and Faith, first published in 2003, is an original collection of letters written by Martin Copenhaver and Anthony Robinson to their teenagers. They discuss a wide variety of topics - God, church, Bible, vocation, relationships, difficult matters, faith, doubt, prayer, sex, abortion, race, and homosexuality - and share what God and their faith means to them.
Derogatory remarks, Late payments, Hard Inquiries, Loans, Credit utilization, Charge offs, and Dispute letters are things we may or may not have been taught in life. Because of that, we may have made a few bad decisions. From absolutely bad decisions or rather out of ignorance many of us have not so good credit. In this read, you will learn to face those bad decisions and turn them into positive ones. Repairing/Fixing your credit is something you can do yourself with the right information. Let's get rid of the doubts, and any fears you may have and start confidently rebuilding your credit.
The Johns Hopkins Manual for GI Endoscopic Nurses, Third Edition outlines nursing care before, during, and after endoscopic procedures. Written with both the novice and experienced nurse in mind, the Third Edition of The Johns Hopkins Manual for GI Endoscopic Nurses provides practical tips for all basic and advanced endoscopic procedures. Dr. Anthony Kalloo is joined by Mouen Khashab and Toshunia Robinson on the Third Edition of this popular manual. The Johns Hopkins Manual for GI Endoscopic Nurses features up-to-date guides to new endoscopic procedures and techniques, such as fiducial placement, balloon-assisted enteroscopy, Barrett’s ablation, Spyglass cholangioscopy, and pancreatoscopy. Additional chapters cover sedation, antibiotic prophylaxis, disinfection, and the management of patients on anticoagulation medication. General guidelines for moderate sedation, equipment disinfection, and sterilization are also discussed, as well as special considerations for patients with specific medical conditions who are undergoing endoscopy. Endoscopy nurses, gastroenterology fellows, and gastroenterology practitioners alike can use The Johns Hopkins Manual for GI Endoscopic Nurses, Third Edition’s endoscopic preparation regimens to facilitate the correct instruction of patients, reducing the likelihood of unsuccessful procedures. This spiral-bound resource also includes the definitions and indications for both common and advanced endoscopic procedures along with listings of necessary equipment. The Johns Hopkins Manual for GI Endoscopic Nurses, Third Edition is easy to read and comprehend, with photographs and illustrations replacing cumbersome long descriptions, making this the ideal reference for a nurse on the go.
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