This incisive book provides a critical history and analysis of community organizing, the tradition of bringing groups together to build power and forge grassroots leadership for social, economic, racial, and environmental justice. Begun by Saul Alinsky in the 1930s, there are today nearly 200 institution-based groups active in 40 U.S. states, and the movement is spreading internationally.David Walls charts how community organizing has transcended the neighborhood to seek power and ...

The seconds become minutes, the minutes become hours, and the hours never seem to end. It’s always dark here; this is the rabbit hole. Once you start down, there’s no going back. Daylight never comes for those who never sleep, at least not the kind of daylight you might think. This is where the sinners go, the bad people your mommy always told you about. They travel this road, some hoping for a second chance, some forever damned.Yeah, that’s this place alright. No saints allowed.

Venus and Virtue are a match made in heaven. While popular culture often tends to think of Christianity as negative about sexuality and sexual pleasure, the fact is that Christians have the best of reasons to joyfully celebrate sex as a gift. Unfortunately, there is as much confusion about sex in Christian circles as there is in the culture at large. The authors of this book believe that this confusion can only be adequately addressed by drawing from the deep wells of biblical truth and tr...

One in a series of twelve New Testament verse-by-verse commentary books edited by Max Anders. Includes discussion starters, teaching plan, and more. Great for lay teachers and pastors alike.

A verse from the Old Testament came to Avery from the book of Lamentations. Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the bitterness, surely my soul remembers and is bowed down within me. He looked out the door of the railcar. The sun was breaking through the morning clouds. The light of a new day was before him. He couldnt live in the past, but it was the past that made him what he was today; no longer the nave child, but a man hardened and bitter, very bitter he thought. ...

Morning, the time of day between sunrise and noon, or the time of day between midnight and sunrise, the dawn, or, mourning, an emotional response caused by the loss of a loved one, an empty feeling of helplessness that over comes the heart with sadness, a time of great reflection.This morning I sat alone and watched the sun rise, a new dawn approaches and the air is cool, it is my favorite time of day. But this morning is filled with a sense of emptiness that only the ...

"The first song that was ever sung was sung by angels.”As a cup filled from the fountain of hope, I saw the beauty of an angel and felt the peace of heaven fill my soul while upon bended knee.The darkness that covers the world will be dispelled by the light that shines in a young boy’s heart. It will become the tempest of the storm in him, ever raging. He shall raise his hand against the enemies of light and destroy them. Making just the things that are unjust and setting f...

"I have walked many paths in my life, been given direction along the way from friends and teachers. Shown different colors to use in my painting the walls of my life, yet for some reason as I look around, the colors seem a bit off. Not exactly what I had in mind when I picked them out."David Walls

While many architects use PHP for projects, they are often not aware of the power of PHP in creating enterprise-level applications. This book covers the latest version of PHP – version 5 -- and focuses on its capabilities within a multi-tier application framework. It contains numerous coding samples and commentaries on them. A chapter discusses object orientation in PHP as it applies to the multi-tier architecture and other chapters discuss HTTP and SOAP, the two communication protocols mo...

Perform genome analysis and sequencing of data with Amazon Web ServicesGenomics in the AWS Cloud: Analyzing Genetic Code Using Amazon Web Services enables a person who has moderate familiarity with AWS Cloud to perform full genome analysis and research. Using the information in this book, you'll be able to take a FASTQ file containing raw data from a lab or a BAM file from a service provider and perform genome analysis on it. You'll also be able to identif...

“The Sacred Balance has a beautiful spirit.”—E.O. WilsonWith a new foreword from Robin Wall Kimmerer, New York Times-bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass—and an afterword from Bill McKibben—this special 25th anniversary edition of a beloved bestseller invites readers to see ourselves as part of nature, not separate.The world is changing at a relentless pace. How can we slow down and act from a place of respec...

The Good, the Right, and the Real: Is Value a Fact? argues for a strongly objective understanding of ethics. This book offers a cumulative case for robust moral objectivity, the combination of both prescriptivity and objectivity. It provides positive arguments to believe in morality realistically construed, from Moorean arguments to indispensability arguments; from partners in guilt arguments to C. S. Lewis's arguments in The Abolition of Man, and more. This book outlines...