This book contains real life experiences to encourage and bring joy to the readers. The honest stories from the author's life are written to help mommies everywhere know that they can trust God to guide them in their own parenting journey. They offer sound advice as well as sharing choices that didn't end so well for the author. Some are hilarious. Other's are heart wrenching. All are genuine and meant to encourage. After reading only a few of these stories you will understand why she uses the phrase; "Mommy, you got this!
In a state of ontological crisis, all boundaries have been ruptured between nature and culture, human and machine, and object and subject. We find ourselves exhaustively tackling the turmoil of our own designed circumstances, as we emerge to become extensions of the extensions that we built. In this practice-based design theory project, the authors share their experiments in negotiating power with things, hacking mundane objects, and thus their own everyday lives, allowing themselves to be swayed and misled, disrupted and called into question. The experiments delineate a mode of critical cultural inquiry where design and sociology collide to elicit critical perspectives on the ‘designer’ and the ‘designed’ as we act within an entangled politics of things.
A visionary guide for the future of learning and work Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs That Don’t Even Exist Yet offers readers a fascinating glimpse into a near-future where careers last 100 years, and education lasts a lifetime. The book makes the case that learners of the future are going to repeatedly seek out educational opportunities throughout the course of their working lives — which will no longer have a beginning, middle, and end. Long Life Learning focuses on the disruptive and burgeoning innovations that are laying the foundation for a new learning model that includes clear navigation, wraparound and funding supports, targeted education, and clear connections to more transparent hiring processes. Written by the former chief innovation officer of Strada Education Network’s Institute for the Future of Work, the book examines: How will a dramatically extended lifespan affect our careers? How will more time in the workforce shape our educational demands? Will a four-year degree earned at the start of a 100-year career adequately prepare us for the challenges ahead? Perfect for anyone with an interest in the future of education and Clayton Christensen’s theories of disruptive innovation, Long Life Learning provides an invaluable glimpse into a future that many of us have not even begun to imagine.
Although years have passed since the nuclear plant at Chernobyl exploded, the scope of the disaster & its long-term effects are only now coming to light. Especially hard hit are the hundreds of thousands of children exposed to radiation through the dust on their shoes & the food they eat. This book is the heart wrenching & inspiring account of the suffering caused by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster & the valiant international efforts of volunteers as they pooled their resources to deliver lifesaving medicines to the people of Belarus. Olga Korbut, former Olympic gymnast, is from the area of Eastern Europe most heavily affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. As the mother of a child of Chernobyl, she & her family left Minsk because of the dangerous levels of radioactivity. She then established the Olga Korbut Foundation to raise money for bone marrow treatments for children from her home country of Belarus. Michelle Carter is the managing editor of the San Mateo Times & a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. She is founder & chair of a United Church of Christ Children of Chernobyl Project. Michael J. Christensen is the director of the Chernobyl Mental Health Project, sponsored by World Vision & Citihope International. A graduate of Yale University Divinity School & an ordained Nazarene minister, he is the author of CITY STREET, CITY PEOPLE, THE SAMARITAN'S IMPERATIVE, & C.S. LEWIS ON SCRIPTURE. Volume discounts available from the publisher: Augsburg Fortress, 426 South 5th St., Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 54440-1209. (612) 330-3300. Trade paper Code CR9-2677 ISBN 0-8066-2677-1 $14.99 (Canada $17.95). Cloth Code CR9-2685 ISBN 0-8066-2685-2 $24.99 (Canada $29.95).
The Emperor got a new bicycle for his birthday, but he's too busy coveting everyone else's to truly enjoy his gift. He takes all the bicycles in the kingdom for himself, but realizes that no one wants to play with him! He learns an important lesson about sharing with others and enjoying what you have as he looks for other children to play with.
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