Margaret Mead said: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.” My version of that quote is: “Never doubt that a community of thoughtful, committed women, filled with the power and love of God, using gifts they have identified and developed, and pursuing passionsplanted in them by God—never doubt that these women can change the world.”—Lynne HybelsNice Girls are taught early that serving God means earning God’s love and sacrificing oneself to meet the needs of others. Unfortunately, after living a life she thought was what God demanded, her husband wanted, her kids needed, and her church expected, Lynne Hybels felt utterly lost—both to herself and to God.In this wise and tender book, Hybels tells of her struggle to stop living someone else’s life and to reclaim the unique gifts, strengths, and passions God gave her. And she reveals how turning away from her false view ofGod as a harsh and demanding taskmaster enabled her to rest at last in God’s sustaining love. As she explains, it’s never too late to discover that who you really are is exactly what delights God and what the world needs.
Travel Wisdom is a book for all travelers.or those who dream about travel. It is not a destination book, but a how-to-travel guide. If you want to travel smart.or travel smarter, it's all here for you in Travel Wisdom.
A vacation home rental allows us to briefly become "locals" rather than tourists. We tend to slow down our pace and experience more of the lifestyles of our destination. A vacation rental is a good base for exploring the immediate area, venturing forth on entertaining and educational day trips knowing we will be returning to the luxury and privacy of "home" at night. Invariably, we meet interesting people in neighborhood markets and sidewalk cafes that we might not encounter in a traditional hotel setting and some of these acquaintances become friends. One of the greatest pleasures about travel writing is the opportunity to share travel discoveries and unique travel experiences.
As quickly as we tick off destinations on our cruise dream list, we find new itineraries, cruise lines and ships and our must-see list continues to grow. Each cruise offers a bounty of new ways to pursue our passions for exploring ports, sampling cuisine and wines and delving into lifelong learning experiences. Every cruise introduces new acquaintances; some of these fellow cruisers become lifelong friends. And with each cruise we discover new tips, tools and tactics to improve and enhance the next cruise. If you have never cruised, I hope that 101 Tips for New Cruisers will tickle your travel fancy and inspire you to book your first cruise. If you cruised many years ago, no doubt you will feel like a "new" cruiser today. Modern cruises offer many more intriguing destinations, indulgent amenities and personal choices than in the past. No matter what your travel style and budget; there is a cruise for you.
An astonishing memoir about finding the threads of God in everyday life, highlighting the profound messages the women of the Bible can bring to all of us. From Genesis to Revelation, Bundesen offers women a new key to understanding their sacred, female identity.
Travel Wisdom is a book for all travelers.or those who dream about travel. It is not a destination book, but a how-to-travel guide. If you want to travel smart.or travel smarter, it's all here for you in Travel Wisdom.
As a theological biography of Professor Walter J. Hollenweger, this book surveys his extensive interests, varied methods and wide-ranging reflection. But Price also incorporates an enquiry into the nature and function of western academic theology relating to to Christian practice today. Hollenweger's research into Pentecostalism, Ecumenism and Intercultural Theology is here brought together in a synthetic overview. Issues such as the unity and diversity of the Bible and its interpretations, the particular and universal dimensions of worldwide Chrsitianity, and relations between Christians and between Christians and 'the others' are all exploited in order to stimulate fresh thinking on the mission of the churches.
In the irresistible sequel to Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat, Emmy, Joe, and Ratty rescue other children Miss Barmy has preyed upon Emmy Addison is an ordinary girl -- almost. If you don't count the fact that her parents are rich (very), her best friend is a boy (and a soccer star), and she can talk to rodents (and they talk back), she's very ordinary indeed. But she hasn't been that way for long . . . It was only a few weeks ago that Emmy and her friends Ratty and Joe got rid of the evil Miss Barmy, the nanny who had nearly ruined Emmy's life -- and the lives of five other girls who went missing. Miss Barmy is now a rat. How much harm can she do?
Dancing to Learn: Cognition, Emotion, and Movement explores the rationale for dance as a medium of learning to help engage educators and scientists to explore the underpinnings of dance, and dancers as well as members of the general public who are curious about new ways of comprehending dance. Among policy-makers, teachers, and parents, there is a heightened concern for successful pedagogical strategies. They want to know what can work with learners. This book approaches the subject of learning in, about, and through dance by triangulating knowledge from the arts and humanities, social and behavioral sciences, and cognitive and neurological sciences to challenge dismissive views of the cognitive importance of the physical dance. Insights come from theories and research findings in aesthetics, anthropology, cognitive science, dance, education, feminist theory, linguistics, neuroscience, phenomenology, psychology, and sociology. Using a single theory puts blinders on to other ways of description and analysis. Of course, all knowledge is tentative. Experiments necessarily must focus on a narrow topic and often use a special demographic—university students, and we don’t know the representativeness of case studies.
The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography explores the vast international scope of twentieth-century photography and explains that history with a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary manner. This unique approach covers the aesthetic history of photography as an evolving art and documentary form, while also recognizing it as a developing technology and cultural force. This Encyclopedia presents the important developments, movements, photographers, photographic institutions, and theoretical aspects of the field along with information about equipment, techniques, and practical applications of photography. To bring this history alive for the reader, the set is illustrated in black and white throughout, and each volume contains a color plate section. A useful glossary of terms is also included.
The literary character of Nancy Drew, created by the Stratemeyer publishing syndicate in the 1930s, has endured for more than eighty years. Successfully solving complicated mysteries, Nancy Drew offered girls the role model of a confident, independent young woman, functioning simultaneously within what was considered appropriate within the sphere of her gender and outside of that sphere in terms of her so-called moxie. Nancy Drew’s portrayal in the books has changed over the years, reflecting changing social norms, becoming a more obedient and less independent in the 1940s as women returned to traditional roles after World War II. Surprisingly, the Nancy Drew of the 1970s and 1980s did not reflect the changes brought about by the women’s movement and instead was transformed into a glamorous, globe-trotting professional private investigator in The Nancy Drew Files. The publishers soon came to their senses and brought back the plucky Nancy of old. In addition to analyzing Nancy Drew as a proto-feminist role model, Lynne Byall Benson provides a comprehensive bibliography of sources that can be used by scholars and teachers.
Readers Theater and Beyond: A Phonics Boost for Reluctant Readers Grades 3-6 takes the best from several bodies of research dealing with phonics, fluency, and character education to create a supportive text for teachers. It's the first book of its kind to take this integrated approach.
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