Leadership is essential.Maybe you've shied away from leadership because you don't know what it will involve, or you feel too unsure of your own abilities. But your leadership is needed! In every sector of society, from families to businesses to churches, leadership roles remain empty, waiting for people willing and able to step up and make wise decisions that bring positive change. And, in a world with priorities vastly different from Christ's, Christian leaders are especially need...

Sam Adams, sixteen-year-old wizard, has zero interest in saving the world—but staying out of the line of fire isn’t an option for wizards.When a new designer drug hits the streets, giving ordinary humans magical powers and leaving a trail of bodies in its wake, it threatens to turn his city of Williamsport’s long-simmering conflict between the haves and the have-nots into a full-scale war.The only one with the skills to protect the city, Sam finds himself thrust into a cons...

In saving his city of Williamsport, sixteen-year-old wizard Sam Adams uncovered dark revelations that left him shattered.Abby, the girl he loved, was murdered. His memories of her last day were magically erased. And the person responsible is hiding in plain sight. A new threat emerges when an infamous necromancer appears in Williamsport, with a dark agenda that may be connected to her killer. As the undead threaten to tear the city apart, Sam is forced to ally with the very people ...

We know the radical difference the gospel of Jesus Christ makes, and we want others to see and enjoy its benefits. In fact, we don't want them to just pray a prayer and move on to the next interesting thing. We want them to sink their roots deeplyinto the grace of God.So often, though, we feel that we are inadequate to this important task--that we don't know enough or that we will offend our friends. Daniel Meyer has provided the tools you need to move forward:the bas...

There's been enough death in the Hatcher family—brother Billy died as a teen in a game gone wrong. Now, after returning home to settle the family estate, brothers Mark and Benjamin discover that some old memories have yet to die. And maybe the same goes for Billy. After all, the body was never discovered.Father Frank Timmons delivers the eulogy for Mrs. Hatcher, and also senses a malignant force in their small community of Kosmosdale, Kentucky. And it seems to hold more power over ...

In order to save his city, teenage wizard Sam Adams agreed to do a favor for Elise, vampire assassin. And she just showed up looking to collect.Turns out Elise stole a nuclear warhead, and now she's being pursued by a magic-hating death cult that wants it back. And she's brought along a group of bloodthirsty vampires to serve as backup, threatening to turn the streets of Williamsport into a war zone—and a vampire hunting ground.With the stakes higher than ever before, Sam h...

Numerous plays have professionals as major characters, but academia has ignored them to a large extent. The Professions in Contemporary British Drama fills this extraordinary gap with a series of nine papers discussing the educational professions (Bennett, Mangan), the medical profession (Shields, Buse, ), priests (Kurdi), archaeologists (Forsyth) and artists (Di Benedetto, Meyer-Dinkgräfe, Edwards). The book is of relevance to theatre academics and students at both undergraduate and postg...

This is volume 1, part 4 of the Performing Arts International forum. This collection of essays covers a breadth of topics on the theme of consciousness; addressing the trend of studies trying to put human experience into more concrete, cogent, less poetic and metaphorical terms. Major issues raised by the essays are summarised, and a hypothesis serving as a stimulus for further research and debate is suggested by the volume's conclusion.

For the last ten to fifteen years, many disciplines of scholarship have been involved in the study of consciousness, often on an interdisciplinary basis. They include philosophy, neurosciences, psychology, physics and biology, and approaches focusing on human experience. The Centre for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson spearheaded this development with its bi-annual conferences since 1994, and a wide range of associations, journals and book publications bear witn...

This book is written for those who suffer from severe and persistant mental illness. It is about the trials of a man with the illness and how he reached from poverty and despair to the heights of obtaining an MSW and LCSW. It is also written for Literary students with a specific style of writing. Students of Counseling, Social Work, Psychology, and Psychiatry will get a realistic view of what the illness is like and can do. It is an autobiographical, educational,and inspirational experienc...

If you want to learn German without having to relocate to a German-speaking country for months or even years, then keep reading...Learning a new language can seem difficult, if not impossible at the very beginning. If you are an adult, then it probably seems even scarier. You may have had a bad experience trying to learn a second language in school.You have wanted to learn German for some time now. It could just be because you are in love with the language or you may live in ...

Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatre is a lively and accessible biographical guide to the key figures in contemporary drama. All who enjoy the theatre will find their pleasure enhanced and their knowledge extended by this fascinating work of reference. Its distinctive blend of information, analysis and anecdote makes for entertaining and enlightening reading. Hugely influential innovators, household names, and a whole host of less familiar, international figures - all have thei...