Charlie Jarvis is haunted by loss that fuels her desire to rid the world of drug traffickers. When her next assignment takes her back to her hometown, she has to confront her painful past. She has no interest in a relationship since God seems to kill everyone she loves. Colton Thomas appreciates material things and the status of being a corporate pilot. When someone approaches him to deliver a package for a large sum of money that could wipe out his debts, temptation knocks loud on his door even as his partner, Marshall, slams it shut. Meeting Charlie challenges his non-committal stance with women. As he considers who he has become and the kind of man he would want to be for Charlie, he confronts his own shallow lifestyle and the fear that he would never be able to help her heal her wounds. As Charlie pursues the man causing high school boys to die of overdoses, she struggles with the secrets she keeps from Colton. With people around them shining the light of God and encouraging their courtship, both Charlie and Colton have to face hard truths about life, death, love, and faith. And maybe find a fresh start for them both.
Kenzie Murrah is graduating mid-year with her early childhood degree. Her parents expect her to join the family chiropractic business, but Kenzie's unsure of what she wants. Her Nana Nita always said that God's Word would guide Kenzie. She doubts it...until the highlighted verses begin to follow her life much too closely. Trevor Wallen overcame an embarrassing incident in order to become a police officer in a small Tennessee town, but his reputation still hasn't fully recovered. He strives to do his best to follow Christian principles, but longs for God to bring someone into his life who shares his morals and values and will overlook his past. It seems Kenzie and Trevor might find a life together until tragedy threatens to end everything. Kenzie begins to shy away from reading the next scripture passage, for fear of what may happen, and Trevor might fall victim to the dangers of his occupation. Will Kenzie learn she can trust God's Word, and will they both get the chance for a happily ever after despite the obstacles that jeopardize their future?
In this 131-page sequel to For Our Good, Nathan Greene hopes to overcome his past by being placed on a new special assignment: Retrieve a witness and bring her to safety. The task seems routine, but Sydney Russell isn't what he expects, and when Nathan has to stall in delivering Sydney to the airport, he begins to feel an unprofessional, and very personal, attraction to her. Despite his feelings, Nathan is determined to complete his mission without allowing Sydney or his heart to be harmed. But Nathan's past comes back to haunt him when the drug trafficker tailing Sydney tries to blackmail Nathan: Hand Sydney over or Nathan's past indiscretions will become public knowledge. Which will prevail? Love and honor or the desire to keep his reputation intact?
Ben Jacobsen never thought he would find himself leaving his role as a soldier and living his life without his beloved wife. But, his two young children need a present parent. Jenna Campbell moves to Myrtle Beach to take a Children's Minister position, much to the disbelief of her boyfriend, Peter Callahan. Through helping Ben's daughter adjust to the church's daycare, Jenna is taken by Ben Jacobsen. The feeling is mutual except Ben worries he is betraying his deceased wife. Can Ben find a way to love again? Will Jenna remain in Myrtle Beach and give love a chance?
The beauty of science may be pure and eternal, but the practice of science costs money. And scientists, being human, respond to incentives and costs, in money and glory. Choosing a research topic, deciding what papers to write and where to publish them, sticking with a familiar area or going into something new—the payoff may be tenure or a job at a highly ranked university or a prestigious award or a bump in salary. The risk may be not getting any of that. At a time when science is seen as an engine of economic growth, Paula Stephan brings a keen understanding of the ongoing cost-benefit calculations made by individuals and institutions as they compete for resources and reputation. She shows how universities offload risks by increasing the percentage of non-tenure-track faculty, requiring tenured faculty to pay salaries from outside grants, and staffing labs with foreign workers on temporary visas. With funding tight, investigators pursue safe projects rather than less fundable ones with uncertain but potentially path-breaking outcomes. Career prospects in science are increasingly dismal for the young because of ever-lengthening apprenticeships, scarcity of permanent academic positions, and the difficulty of getting funded. Vivid, thorough, and bold, How Economics Shapes Science highlights the growing gap between the haves and have-nots—especially the vast imbalance between the biomedical sciences and physics/engineering—and offers a persuasive vision of a more productive, more creative research system that would lead and benefit the world.
Productivity has again moved to center stage in two critical academic and policy debates: the slowing of global growth amid spectacular technological advances, and developing countries’ frustratingly slow progress in catching up to the technological frontier. Productivity Revisited brings together the new conceptual advances of 'second-wave' productivity analysis that have revolutionized the study of productivity, calling much previous analysis into question while providing a new set of tools for approaching these debates. The book extends this analysis and, using unique data sets from multiple developing countries, grounds it in the developing-country context. It calls for rebalancing away from an exclusive focus on misallocation toward a greater focus on upgrading firms and facilitating the emergence of productive new establishments. Such an approach requires a supportive environment and various types of human capital--managerial, technical, and actuarial--necessary to cultivate new transformational firms. The book is the second volume of the World Bank Productivity Project, which seeks to bring frontier thinking on the measurement and determinants of productivity to global policy makers.
Charlie Jarvis is haunted by loss that fuels her desire to rid the world of drug traffickers. When her next assignment takes her back to her hometown, she has to confront her painful past. She has no interest in a relationship since God seems to kill everyone she loves. Colton Thomas appreciates material things and the status of being a corporate pilot. When someone approaches him to deliver a package for a large sum of money that could wipe out his debts, temptation knocks loud on his door even as his partner, Marshall, slams it shut. Meeting Charlie challenges his non-committal stance with women. As he considers who he has become and the kind of man he would want to be for Charlie, he confronts his own shallow lifestyle and the fear that he would never be able to help her heal her wounds. As Charlie pursues the man causing high school boys to die of overdoses, she struggles with the secrets she keeps from Colton. With people around them shining the light of God and encouraging their courtship, both Charlie and Colton have to face hard truths about life, death, love, and faith. And maybe find a fresh start for them both.
Kenzie Murrah is graduating mid-year with her early childhood degree. Her parents expect her to join the family chiropractic business, but Kenzie's unsure of what she wants. Her Nana Nita always said that God's Word would guide Kenzie. She doubts it...until the highlighted verses begin to follow her life much too closely. Trevor Wallen overcame an embarrassing incident in order to become a police officer in a small Tennessee town, but his reputation still hasn't fully recovered. He strives to do his best to follow Christian principles, but longs for God to bring someone into his life who shares his morals and values and will overlook his past. It seems Kenzie and Trevor might find a life together until tragedy threatens to end everything. Kenzie begins to shy away from reading the next scripture passage, for fear of what may happen, and Trevor might fall victim to the dangers of his occupation. Will Kenzie learn she can trust God's Word, and will they both get the chance for a happily ever after despite the obstacles that jeopardize their future?
Ben Jacobsen never thought he would find himself leaving his role as a soldier and living his life without his beloved wife. But, his two young children need a present parent. Jenna Campbell moves to Myrtle Beach to take a Children's Minister position, much to the disbelief of her boyfriend, Peter Callahan. Through helping Ben's daughter adjust to the church's daycare, Jenna is taken by Ben Jacobsen. The feeling is mutual except Ben worries he is betraying his deceased wife. Can Ben find a way to love again? Will Jenna remain in Myrtle Beach and give love a chance?
In this 131-page sequel to For Our Good, Nathan Greene hopes to overcome his past by being placed on a new special assignment: Retrieve a witness and bring her to safety. The task seems routine, but Sydney Russell isn't what he expects, and when Nathan has to stall in delivering Sydney to the airport, he begins to feel an unprofessional, and very personal, attraction to her. Despite his feelings, Nathan is determined to complete his mission without allowing Sydney or his heart to be harmed. But Nathan's past comes back to haunt him when the drug trafficker tailing Sydney tries to blackmail Nathan: Hand Sydney over or Nathan's past indiscretions will become public knowledge. Which will prevail? Love and honor or the desire to keep his reputation intact?
Ever feel like a pretender? Have you experienced the good, the bad, and the ugly of writing for the Lord? This devotional workbook combines contributions from multiple Christian writers, some multi-published, some never-published. But in these reflections, they all share their fears and frustrations, and what God has taught them during the journey. From guilt trips to bad reviews, writers at any stage will find encouragement to get back up and continue their calling to write for Him.
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