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God Hides in Plain Sight

How to See the Sacred in a Chaotic World

By: Dean Nelson

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God Hides in Plain Sight

How to See the Sacred in a Chaotic World

By: Dean Nelson

Have you ever had a conversation that went far deeper than the words spoken or an experience where you felt you had participated in something sacred? Although these situations may seem unexplainable, they are reminders that God's grace surrounds us constantly and shows up in manifold ways. In this colorful, story-driven introduction to sacramental living, veteran journalist Dean Nelson offers all Christians a way to see the presence of God amid the chaos and monotony of everyday life. Each chapter emphasizes a different kind of sacramental moment, showing how it can be a lens through which we can see more of God.

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Brazos Press

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1441204830

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9781441204837

Foundations for Youth Ministry

Theological Engagement with Teen Life and Culture

By: Dean Borgman

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Foundations for Youth Ministry

Theological Engagement with Teen Life and Culture

By: Dean Borgman

Dean Borgman, a nationally known youth ministry expert, offers a new edition of his influential classic. Reaching a broadly ecumenical audience, this book challenges readers to think about the theological nature of youth ministry. Questions for discussion and reflection are included. This thoroughly updated edition was previously published as When Kumbaya Is Not Enough. Praise for the first edition "Writing with the lens of a theologian, the heart of a pastor, and welcome doctrinal breadth, Borgman has provided a 'field book' of pastoral theologies that takes seriously the social systems shaping the lives of adolescents. This book is a significant step toward the long-awaited conversation about theology and youth ministry in postmodern culture."--Kenda Creasy Dean, Princeton Theological Seminary; author of Almost Christian "In this excellent work Borgman brings theological integrity, depth, and years of wisdom like nothing else I have seen in our field."--Jim Burns, author of Teenology: The Art of Raising Great Teenagers

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292

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Baker Academic

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1441241507

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9781441241504

Finding Myself Sober

By: Dean S. Anderson

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Finding Myself Sober

By: Dean S. Anderson

Have you struggled with drinking or some form of addiction for some time now? Maybe even years? Have you stopped but still feel emotionally or spiritually bankrupt? Have you tried several times to quit but simply can't stay stopped? Have you been told by many others that you need to cut back? Have consequences from your addiction piled up to the point it's overwhelming? If so, this book might be for you. It discusses twelve principles that one can learn in the journey of recovery. Most people think life is over if they must quit drinking or using drugs. The truth is if you're truly an alcoholic or an addict, sobriety is where life begins. These twelve principles were likely taught to you as a child before the addiction began. However, maybe your addiction wiped all those away and that's when the trouble started and began to accumulate problems in health, money, relationships, or spirituality. You deserve a life of happiness, abundance, and love. You simply have to be willing to put down the drink or the drug and follow a few suggestions. A twelve-step program can help with that, but this book talks in detail about the principles that come alive again within us and bring us back to being the person that we were created to be in the first place. What are you waiting for? How free do you want to be? I hope this book sparks an interest in you to get sober. Or if you're already in recovery, it makes you believe that true happiness is possible when these principles are put into practice. Think of how many alcoholics or addicts you can help once you recover yourself. Your story could change or save someone's life. These principles are paramount in that journey. I wish you much success.

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Fulton Books, Inc.

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9798887310800

The Adventure of Sustainable Performance

Beyond ESG Compliance to Leadership in the New Era

By: Stuart McLachlan,Dean Sanders

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The Adventure of Sustainable Performance

Beyond ESG Compliance to Leadership in the New Era

By: Stuart McLachlan,Dean Sanders

A guidebook for leaders to create value from sustainability and organisational performance. The Adventure of Sustainable Performance seeks out bold pioneers or forgotten pioneers who need reinvigorating and to be inspired with renewed purpose. Leaders who want more than just modest incremental efficiency gains, who want to create value, to deliver positive impact and meaningful change, should welcome this book. In a time of disruption like never before, boundaries will need revisiting, systems need reimagining, and assets need repurposing through wise stewardship. The authors share their many years of experience serving clients and driving performance as the world transitions to a net zero carbon future. A future that uses resources sustainably and that seeks social justice. Through storytelling and interviews from many international leaders in business and sustainability, and by anchoring practical advice with evidence and truth, you will find: The avalanche of new regulations and changes to the compliance landscape The opportunity for value creation beyond compliance box ticking Inspirational stories on how ambitions can be reset A destination that supports ongoing prosperity for humanity from sustainable performance models How purpose driven brands generate superior value The role of 'Total Value Systems' as we move from shareholder to stakeholder capitalism models. The relationship between sustainability, talent and customer attraction How digital will play an increasingly important role as the world pivots in response to the climate crisis Be in no doubt, The Adventure of Sustainable Performance describes an adventurous journey, uncomfortable at times, where a new and cold reality is dawning. But, in a period when the world will continue to play at denial or talk more of ruins, this book helps leaders to instead see foundations. Foundations upon which the new era will be built, and new systems of value will be realised. Perfect for executives, managers, directors, and other business leaders, The Adventure of Sustainable Performance is an actionable guidebook for the implementation of value-add sustainability programmes.

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295

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John Wiley & Sons

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1394187254

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9781394187256

Classic Questions and Contemporary Film

An Introduction to Philosophy

By: Dean A. Kowalski

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Classic Questions and Contemporary Film

An Introduction to Philosophy

By: Dean A. Kowalski

Featuring significant revisions and updates, Classic Questions and Contemporary Film: An Introduction to Philosophy, 2nd Edition uses popular movies as a highly accessible framework for introducing key philosophical concepts Explores 28 films with 18 new to this edition, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Hotel Rwanda, V for Vendetta, and Memento Discusses numerous philosophical issues not covered in the first edition, including a new chapter covering issues of personal identity, the meaningfulness of life and death, and existentialism Offers a rich pedagogical framework comprised of key classic readings, chapter learning outcomes, jargon-free argument analysis, critical thinking and trivia questions, a glossary of terms, and textboxes with notes on the movies discussed Revised to be even more accessible to beginning philosophers

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118585607

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9781118585603

Great Flicks

Scientific Studies of Cinematic Creativity and Aesthetics

By: Dr. Dean Keith Simonton

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Great Flicks

Scientific Studies of Cinematic Creativity and Aesthetics

By: Dr. Dean Keith Simonton

What does it take to make a great motion picture? What do we even mean by cinematic greatness? What is more important: movie awards, critical acclaim, or box office success? Who has the biggest impact: the writer, the director, or the actors? Scientific research has provided some provocative answers. This review of cinematic creativity and aesthetics is confined to scientific studies carried out by a multidisciplinary group of researchers. Do great films receive both shiny trophies and five stars? Chapter 2 concentrates on movie awards, including the Oscars and Golden Globes, and how those awards relate to critical acclaim. How do the dramatic awards compare with the visual, technical, and music awards? Chapter 3 studies more closely how these awards cluster together and which of these clusters best predict cinematic success. How does box office compare with critical evaluations and movie awards? Chapter 4 adds a new consideration, namely the film's financial performance. The following four chapters focus on specific contributions to a film's impact: Chapter 5 covers the script (including writers), Chapter 6 the director (or "auteur"), Chapter 7 the actors (especially gender differences), and Chapter 8 the music (both scores and songs). Chapter 9 addresses the question of whether the same cinematic factors that make some films great also make other films bad: Are bombs the exact opposite of masterpieces? The book closes with an epilogue on future directions in scientific studies of cinematic creativity and aesthetics. What do researchers need to do if we want a complete understanding of what it takes to create a powerful cinematic experience? This volume will be invaluable to anyone interested in film, including any aficionado who is open to a scientific approach, and researchers in the areas of creativity, aesthetics, and cultural economics. The reported research comes from many disciplines, including psychology, sociology, economics, management, marketing, communications, journalism, broadcasting, history, musicology, and statistics.

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238

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Oxford University Press

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0199838070

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9780199838073

Not Today

By: J. Dean

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Not Today

By: J. Dean

When writing about fifty years of any human life, one can only be humbled by the period of history through which so many of us survive. Life takes so many turns that the cultural changes, unfelt from day-to-day, feel like seismic shifts when surmised and stockpiled. Any man’s life is one that changes so much every year. You can go from looking in the mirror at someone you wish to grow old when you’re a teenager to wishing you were younger in a heartbeat. Some of the memories that you’ll read may strike you as unbelievable – they do to me recalling them. But no matter how thrilling, traumatic or incredible the events of my life have been, I have not “embellished or exaggerated” in any of the telling of these events. With my co-writer, I have constructed my memories which stands up to the time elapsed, even if sometimes my life has felt too fantastic to be real. In short, every word of what you’re about to read is the truth…whether I wish it was or not.

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Outskirts Press

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1478713348

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Blood Water

By: Dean Vincent Carter

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Blood Water

By: Dean Vincent Carter

They're all dead now. I am the last one. Dr Morrow can't identify the 'thing' he found living in the lake but he knows it's dangerous . . . then it goes missing . . . Caught in the flood that is devastating the town, brothers Sean and James stumble across Morrow and the carnage left at his lab. The missing specimen is some kind of deadly parasite that moves from person to person, destroying its hosts in disgusting, gory ways. The death toll will rise along with the waters unless the brothers can track down the homicidal specimen and find a way to destroy it.

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Random House

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1407048511

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Breaking Into Prison to Save Lives at Rioting Ohio Penitentiary

Deadly Assault to Rescue Hostages

By: L. Dean McCrary

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Breaking Into Prison to Save Lives at Rioting Ohio Penitentiary

Deadly Assault to Rescue Hostages

By: L. Dean McCrary

Breaking Into Prison to Save Lives at Rioting Ohio Penitentiary By: L. Dean McCrary This book dives into the Prison system and ghosts. Mr. McCrary goes into great detail of his experiences of visiting the Ohio Penitentiary and the prisoners’. There is a spooky and mysterious history that is unfolded in this book.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1480982830

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The Husband

By: Dean Koontz,Dean Ray Koontz

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The Husband

By: Dean Koontz,Dean Ray Koontz

Classics in the Modern World brings together a collection of distinguished international contributors to discuss the features and implications of a 'democratic turn' in modern perceptions of ancient Greece and Rome. It examines how Greek and Roman material has been involved with issues of democracy, both in political culture and in the greater diffusion of classics in recent times outside the elite classes. By looking at individual case studies fromtheatre, film, fiction, TV, radio, museums, and popular media, and through area studies that consider trends over time in particular societies, the volume explores the relationship between Greek and Roman ways of thinking and modern definitions of democratic practices and approaches, enabling a widerre-evaluation of the role of ancient Greece and Rome in the modern world.

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Random House Large Print Publishing

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0739326619

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9780739326619

Odd Thomas

By: Dean Koontz

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Odd Thomas

By: Dean Koontz

De döda pratar inte. Jag vet inte varför. Men de försöker kommunicera, och Odd Thomas, kock på en snabbmatsrestaurang i en liten stad mitt i öknen är deras motvillige förtrogne. Kanske är det en gåva, kanske en förbannelse, men Odd försöker göra vad han kan för de tysta själar som söker upp honom. Ibland vill de skipa rättvisa, och Odds tips till stadens polischef kan ibland lösa ett brott, och då och då förhindra ett. Men den här gången är det annorlunda. En mystisk man kommer till staden med en glupande aptit, ett arkivskåp sprängfyllt med information om världens värsta mördare, och ett följe av hyenaaktiga skuggor. Vem mannen är och vad han vill kan inte ens Odds bortgångna informatörer berätta för honom. Den mest illavarslande ledtråden är en sida riven ur en kalender med datumet 15 augusti. Idag är det den 14:e. Om tjugofyra timmar kommer staden att vakna till en dag präglad av kaos. När ondskan rullar ihop sig under den brännande ökensolen kämpar Odd för att undvika en hägrande katastrof med hjälp av sin själsfrände och en oväntad grupp allierade som inkluderar kungen av rock 'n' roll. Hans berättelse om hur det förflutna och nuet och ödets bestämmelser löper samman är det stoff våra värsta mardrömmar är vävda av.

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455

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Stockholm Text

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9187173565

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9789187173561

Book's by Dean Shomshank

God Hides in Plain Sight

God Hides in Plain Sight

Foundations for Youth Ministry

Foundations for Youth Ministry

Finding Myself Sober

Finding Myself Sober

The Adventure of Sustainable Performance

The Adventure of Sustainable Performance

Classic Questions and Contemporary Film

Classic Questions and Contemporary Film

Great Flicks

Great Flicks

Not Today

Not Today

Blood Water

Blood Water

Breaking Into Prison to Save Lives at Rioting Ohio Penitentiary

Breaking Into Prison to Save Lives at Rioting Ohio Penitentiary

The Husband

The Husband

Odd Thomas

Odd Thomas

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