TalkSheets have been working for youth group leaders for more than a decade. Now they are radically updated and ready to stimulate high schoolers toward in-depth discussions on real issues--everything from drinking to social justice.

Start Discussions That Matter to Your Junior Highers & Middle Schoolers About God. About themselves, their, beliefs, their questions, their lives. More Junior High-Middle School TalkSheets--Updated! contains the same kind of provocative, compelling, discussion-starting questions that are hallmarks of the best-selling TalkSheets series--now updated for new-millennium students. Here are 50 more creative discussions that focus on relevant, real-life topics: The Future Death Priorities AIDS He...

Start Discussions That Matter to Your High Schoolers About God. About themselves, their, beliefs, their questions, their lives.[Burst: More than a quarter-million copies sold in this series!]More High School TalkSheets—Updated! contains the same kind of provocative, compelling, discussion-starting questions that are hallmarks of the best-selling TalkSheets series—now updated for new-millennium high schoolers. Here are 50 more creative discussions that focus on relevant, real-life topics:Th...

"The stories of this collection occupy the gray borderland where betrayal mixes with trust, violence with affection, humiliation with lust. The effect is quietly haunting."--Publishers Weekly"Lynn writes with virtuosity about angry people, the complexities of love and betrayal, and the effect of the past on present lives."--Booklist

No matter where you are in your own spiritual journey, no matter how little you know about the Bible, no matter how busy your schedule, you CAN grow your kids in Christian faith!Parents of faith are the most influential people in the lives of children - more than pastors, Sunday School teachers, youth workers, or teachers. Passing our faith to our kids is the responsibility of the church (home grown faith versus church grown faith).There are certain conditions that parents ...

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The story is told from the point of view of Baltimore reporter, Jason Currant. He is a recently divorced, Viet Nam veteran. His ex-brother in law has been accused of rape in a small Iowa town and he is asked to look into it. Lynn tells this story in a way that causes the reader to really consider all possibilities.

A secret agency must face an ancient beast deep within the Amazon—and powerful forces out to profit from its legend—in this supernatural thriller.Brazil, 1533: A Spanish expedition finds the legendary El Dorado, the largest gold deposit in the world. But in the lost valley hidden from the march of time, the explorers also awakened a devil. A beast of the Amazon rises to destroy any who threaten the secret of the Incas. But one soldier survives long enough t...

Author David L. Lyons grew up during the 1950s and 60s in the small community of Whitehall in northern Alabama. As a child, he dealt with abject poverty and the stigma of being born to an unwed mother, which greatly affected his childhood. Lyons realized he was different from other children on the first day of school, when teachers asked students to tell the class who their fathers were and what they did. He never knew his father. Instead, he was raised by a single mothera rarity in 1947, ...

As a young boy from the poor side of town, Sonny found that working as a caddie at the local golf course was a way to earn some dimes and dollars. But the lessons learned from golf and life became the valued takeaways from Sonny's childhood.Are you a frustrated weekend-warrior golfer or simply want to level up your game? Mastering the basics of golf and friendships can go a long way toward improving your experience on the links.How does a good swing feel?What's the ...

The title itself reflects on where we are and the difficulties that we, as mortals, have in this world of ours. It also reflects on the author's personal recollections in his life and in the lives of others. Whereas, some poems will pertain to his own life, other poems to the lives of others, including several that were requested by friends for their own use and purpose. "Religion has always played a large part in my life, and it will be cast about here and there throughout my poetry." Thi...

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