Parenting comes with stresses that can make the most laid-back among us feel irritable, frustrated, and angry. Even parents who sincerely love their children sometimes use the wrong methods of anger and frustration in an attempt to control their children. But angry parenting doesn’t just weaken relationships between parents and their children; it can, over time, destroy them. Few parents set out to become yelling meanies who no longer enjoy their children. Yet many feel stuck, unable to pu...

Taming the Meanie MonsterIf you are a parent, you have been there. Children do things that test the limits of those of us who admire rationality and common sense. Our innate default in such moments is to respond badly. We all struggle with anger to some extent. It is only through learning what God has to say on the subject of anger, and through appropriating the power of the Holy Spirit, that we can escape the tyranny of our own tendencies and addictions....

Science and Religion: Perspectives Across Disciplines interweaves science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields with the arts, humanities, theology, and psychology to cultivate discussion on science and religion alongside biblical interpretation. This anthology is paradoxically ecumenical, for it embraces unifying and disparate positions without being prescriptive or exclusive. It is both synergistic and disruptive. Building on this premise, the Advent and Easter stories are exa...

The legal profession stands on the precipice of transformative change. The Law Firm of 2030: How the future law firm might look delves into the dynamic and rapidly evolving landscape of law, offering a visionary glimpse into what the future holds for legal practitioners. This insightful book brings together the perspectives of leading thought leaders, providing a comprehensive guide to staying ahead in an era of exponential growth and innovation. From the integration of artificial intellig...

Social and political history of the modern South.This collection of essays on the social and political history of the modern South consider the region’s poor, racial mores and race relations, economic opportunity, Protestant activism, political coalitions and interest groups, social justice, and progressive reform. History and Hope in the Heart of Dixie illuminates the dual role of historian and public advocate in modern America. In a time when the nation’...

Joy is ours when we walk pleasing to the Lord. We please Him by believing in Him.“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”Romans 15:13.As we experience this joy we are given new strength.“For the joy of the LORD is your strength.”Nehemiah 8:10b.With this strength we can do more work.“This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” John 6:29b.

From the legendary Lincoln scholar Wayne C. Temple comes the long-awaited full-length biography of Noah Brooks, the influential Illinois journalist who championed Abraham Lincoln in Illinois state politics and became his almost daily companion at the White House.Best remembered as one of the president's few true intimates, Brooks was also a nationally recognized man of letters, who mingled with the likes of Mark Twain and Bret Harte. Temple draws on archives and papers long thought...

All teachers and administrators must know how to educate multilingual students, particularly English language learners!Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners: Research, Theory, Policy, and Practice by Wayne E. Wright is a comprehensive course text on ELL education for pre-service elementary and secondary teachers as well as literacy, special education, English as a second language (ESL), and bilingual specialists. This foundational text also targets educational...

Prepare the next generation of educators to effectively teach multilingual students classified as English language learners (ELLs) with this comprehensive fourth edition of a cornerstone text. Written by one of today’s leading authors and researchers on ELL and bilingual education, this is the authoritative textbook for getting K–12 teachers and administrators ready to meet state competency requirements and help their multilingual students thrive.Designed for foundations c...

How Black musicians and composers used their craft to define and influence public discourse.This groundbreaking work examines how Black music functions as rhetoric, considering its subject not merely reflective of but central to African American public discourse. Author, musician, and scholar Earl H. Brooks argues that there would have been no Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Movement, or Black Arts Movement as we know these phenomena without Black music. Through r...

Aligned with the Association for Positive Behavior Support’s Standards of Practice, this graduate-level text is an authoritative PBS primer for professionals preparing for work in educational and community-based settings. More than 60 leading scholars present the critical skills and knowledge professionals need to translate the principles and science of PBS into person-centered interventions that improve lives. Covering a broad range of ages, disabilities, and settings, this comprehensiv...

From Randy Wayne White, the New York Times bestselling author of the Doc Ford series for adults, comes Fins, a high-stakes, masterfully plotted story of courage, friendship…and sharks!The world's shark population is in trouble for a sad, simple reason: shark fin soup. And although it's illegal, poachers have been targeting Florida's biannual migration of blacktip sharks.Marine biologist Doc Ford needs some assistance protecting the sharks an...