Author: Erin VanLaningham Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0197691919 Category : Collective settlements Languages : en Pages : 361
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Higher education today faces challenges from all sides, but college can provide young people with an opportunity to explore what it means to live a meaningful life. Increasingly, undergraduate education encourages students to reflect on their many callings in life, but this does not need to be a purely individual pursuit. This volume provides an argument for helping students to think about the interconnectedness of individual and communal life as they reflect on their various vocations.
Author: , The Arbinger Institute Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers ISBN: 1626567174 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 189
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Unknowingly, too many of us operate from an inward mindset—a narrow-minded focus on self-centered goals and objectives. When faced with personal ineffectiveness or lagging organizational performance, most of us instinctively look for quick-fix behavioral band-aids, not recognizing the underlying mindset at the heart of our most persistent challenges. Through true stories and simple yet profound guidance and tools, The Outward Mindset enables individuals and organizations to make the one change that most dramatically improves performance, sparks collaboration, and accelerates innovation—a shift to an outward mindset.
Author: D. Kroeker Publisher: WestBow Press ISBN: 1490832033 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 156
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So often in the Christian community we hear the question, What do we need to do to reach the unreached? While this appears to be a good question, perhaps its the wrong question. Instead of focusing on what might be best practices, our answers tend to revolve around what are best practices for us. The better question is, How can the unreached be reached? This takes us out of the center of the story and seeks to find the best methods and means to reach those who need to clearly hear the good news of Gods grace.
Author: Patricia J. Romero Publisher: WestBow Press ISBN: 1490856307 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 303
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The War Between the States was a particularly difficult time for those who lived in the South, especially those in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, who quickly became witnesses to many battles and other ravages of that awful conflict. Among those who were beginning to wonder how they could endure all of this was Julia Claiborne, who held great concern for her family and almost daily had to fight off the fear of losing that which had become a big part of herselftheir beloved, ancestral plantation, Beulah Land.
Author: N. T. Hettigei Publisher: John Hunt Publishing ISBN: 1803414758 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 167
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Addressing a dilemma that spiritual seekers and others face in their pursuit of happiness, Beyond Our Self-Image presents a unique and simple approach to experiencing true happiness - free from confusing thoughts and wavering satisfaction. You may be an experienced meditator facing difficulty receiving the full benefits of your meditation, stuck at one level of absorption, or you may be on the brink of transcendence. The practices in this book resolve those obstacles and help you experience your true self. While its purpose is primarily to enhance your first-hand experiences of well-being through practices in this book, Beyond Our Self-Image also attempts to heal a world divided by petty differences and wakes its readers up to a wiser civilization, resulting in widespread peace in this world.
Author: Patrick B. Reyes Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press ISBN: 164698191X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 282
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In The Purpose Gap, Patrick Reyes reflects on a family member's death after a long struggle with incarceration and homelessness. As he asks himself why his cousin's life had turned out so differently from his own, he realizes that it was a matter of conditions. While they both grew up in the same marginalized Chicano community in central California, Patrick found himself surrounded by a host of family, friends, and supporters. They created a different narrative for him than the one the rest of the world had succeeded in imposing on his cousin. In short, they created the conditions in which Patrick could not only survive but thrive. Far too much of the literature on leadership tells the story of heroic individuals creating their success by their own efforts. Such stories fail to recognize the structural obstacles to thriving faced by those in marginalized communities. If young people in these communities are to grow up to lives of purpose, others must help create the conditions to make that happen. Pastors, organizational leaders, educators, family, and friends must all perceive their calling to create new stories and new conditions of thriving for those most marginalized. This book offers both inspiration and practical guidance for how to do that. It offers advice on creating safe space for failure, nurturing networks that support young people of color, and professional guidance for how to implement these strategies in one's congregation, school, or community organization.
Author: Nancy Missler Publisher: King's High Way ISBN: 9780974517704 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 172
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How can we get beyond our emotions when we are so hurt we can feel it in the deepest part of our stomach? We are so programmed to feel everything we choose. When we don't feel our choices, are they still genuine? Will God honor something we choose by faith, but don't really feel? How is it possible to go against the tide and choose to follow God when everything within us is screaming to do just the opposite?
Author: Roger Morgan Publisher: The Mathetes Trust ISBN: 1912124114 Category : Christian life Languages : en Pages : 118
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'Beyond Ourselves' is the first part of a three part practical discipleship programme, 'The God Who is There.' Designed to be accessible to those with no church background, Beyond Ourselves invites participants, Christian and not yet Christian, to discover together what it means to develop a living relationship with God. Topics covered include creation, suffering, life after death, the life and resurrection of Jesus and the gift of the Holy Spirit. 'The God Who is There' is a response to the increasingly voiced need for simple, interactive and relational discipleship material. It is commended by the Anglican Communion.
Author: Deena Burnett Publisher: Advantage Inspirational ISBN: 9781597550376 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 252
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Burnett, widow of Flight 93 hero Tom Burnett, tells the story of how she fought back to find purpose and joy in her life again, after her husband was killed on that fateful day.
Author: Erin VanLaningham
Author: Catherine Marshall
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Author: D. Kroeker
Author: Patricia J. Romero
Author: N. T. Hettigei
Author: Patrick B. Reyes
Author: Nancy Missler
Author: Roger Morgan
Author: Deena Burnett