Tell Laney’s story your way.Laney loves to dance, and she especially loves to dance in the rain. In this wordless picture book, she encounters a scowling boy who tries to ruin her fun outside. But Laney finds a way to embrace her true self—and bring joy to herself and her neighbors.

Godgives each of us the same 168 hours every week. Some of us seem to usethat time with incredible efficiency and power. But for many others thisis an area of frustrating deficiency. Time Management for Christian Leaderschallenges leaders to evaluate goals, and teaches practical techniquesfor improvement. Author and coach Ken Willard reveals ways weinadvertently waste time, and offers solutions in a step-by-step processat the reader...

Churches of all types around the country are struggling. The more programs they try the more evident it becomes that there is no quick fix or secret formula to help them out of their rut. John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Movement, once said, “The way to keep a Methodist alive is to keep him moving.”It is time to recapture this simple yet profound truth and get back to the basics of making fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ. The authors developed and launched a highly ...

**Manage your time the way Jesus managed his with a biblical antidote to swamped to-do lists and hurried schedules.“A highly practical road map.”—Mark Batterson, New York Times bestselling author and lead pastor of National Community Church**Despite the overwhelming amount of resources for time management and work-life balance, the ability to cultivate the efficiency and equilibrium needed to manage all our worthy pursuits can often feel frustratingly out of reach....

Five keys to building a small group culture that fosters meaningful, lasting connections within your church community.Small groups are the key to impacting lives in your church. But a healthy small-group environment doesn’t just happen. So pull up a chair. Let’s talk about how to make it happen.Bill Willits and bestselling author Andy Stanley share their successful approach, which has resulted in nearly eight thousand adults becoming invol...

By anchoring your understanding of productivity in God's plan, What's Best Next gives you a practical approach for increasing your effectiveness in everything you do.There are a lot of myths about productivity--what it means to get things done and how to accomplish work that really matters. In our current era of innovation and information overload, it may feel harder than ever to understand the meaning of work or to have a sense of vocation or calling....

Best-selling author of The One-Minute Manager, Ken Blanchard, along with Phil Hodges, offers guidance for how to become a successful modern-day servant leader modeled after Jesus Christ. Based on years of leadership study and proven leadership styles, Blanchard gives established and up-and-coming business leaders solid examples, tools, and methods for life-changing results in their leadership of others.Servant Leader summarizes the Four Dimensions...

Youth ministry veteran and bestselling author, Duffy Robbins, offers an updated and revised edition of his book about the important, behind-the-scenes mechaincs of youth ministry. The tasks of budgeting, decision-making, time management, team ministry, staff relationships, conflict resolution, working with parents, and a range of other issues, are the things that keep a ministry together and functioning well. Nobody gets into youth ministry because they want to think about these things; bu...

Can a Simple Question Foolproof Your Life?When it comes to sorting out the complexities of life, only wisdom can reveal the best path. Let’s face it—we’ve all made some pretty dumb decisions in our lives. For most of us, there are chapters in the past we would like to rewrite. There’s money we wish we had never spent, relationships we wish we had never started, and perhaps a few invitations we wish we had never accepted. Unfortunately, we can’t do anything to rever...

True heroes are the men and women who have left a legacy of character-building wisdom and knowledge which they have passed down to the next generation. In this important book you will find principles to help people rise to their full potential and become the powerful men and women they are capable of being. You only pass this way once and it would be a tragedy if you failed to take what God has allowed you to experience and invest it in the life of someone who desperately needs what you ha...

You have the capacity to become an extraordinary leader—if you are willing to embrace a deeper definition of leadership and take action to apply it.In The 4 Dimensions of Extraordinary Leadership, Jenni Catron, leadership coach, speaker, and author of Clout, reveals the secrets to standout leadership found in the Great Commandment: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength....

All churches like to think that theirs is the friendliest in town. But do visitors see it that way? Church consultant Gary McIntosh invites readers to take a look at their church through the eyes of visitors and potential visitors. His starting point, grounded in an understanding of God as a "welcomer," is that churches should see those who enter their doors as not merely visitors, but as guests, and themselves as gracious hosts. This practical book offers sound advice on assessing and imp...