Pastors play a fundamental role in churches across the globe, yet more and more are finding themselves struggling with the stress of ministry life and experiencing burnout. The consequences of pastoral burnout can be severe and impact not only individuals' physical, mental, and emotional well-being, but spillover to their families and congregations as well. Despite this increasingly common problem, the subject of pastors and their unique experiences has not been well studied. Caring for ou...

Identity, Calling, and Workplace Spirituality integrates theological scholarship on the construct of work and calling with organizational psychology research on workplace spirituality and career fit. Thomas V. Frederick and Scott E. Dunbar integrate these two domains to advance theological scholarship on vocation, work, and human nature. This focus provides crucial insights in terms of understanding how a Christian’s work fulfills a God-given calling and reflects the Christian doctrine of ...

In A Christian Approach to Work and Family Burnout: Calling, Caring, and Connecting, Thomas V. Frederick and Scott E. Dunbar provide a Christian spiritual model to prevent and cope with burnout caused by the workplace and conflict with family. Coupled with indifference and lack of urgency, burnout eliminates a sense of purposefulness and results in psychological depletion. To counter this, Frederick and Dunbar stress the importance of connecting with God in order to understand intrinsic mo...

Contemplative Prayer for Christians with Chronic Worry presents an eight-week approach for working with recurrent worry. Each chapter offers an introduction for the week, goals, techniques, and homework. Six free audio recordings are also available to download for use when practicing the guided meditations. Clinicians and their clients will find that the workbook helps them explore ways to lessen daily worries through contemplative prayer. Relying on scriptural support, the contem...

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A powerful and thought-provoking novel, The One Woman explores the complexities of love, loyalty, ambition, and social ideals in a rapidly changing world. Through compelling characters and emotionally charged storytelling, Thomas Frederick Dixon presents a dramatic tale that challenges beliefs, tests convictions, and examines the influence of personal choices on both individual lives and society as a whole. At the center of the story lies a web of relationships shaped by passion, sacrifice...

In the desolate wilderness of the Canadian Rockies, a fierce snowstorm rages, threatening to consume all in its path. Amidst the blinding snow and howling winds, a group of travelers find themselves stranded and fighting for survival. As the storm intensifies, tensions rise and secrets are revealed. A young woman haunted by a tragic past, a hardened trapper seeking redemption, and a mysterious stranger with a hidden agenda are thrown together in a desperate struggle against the unforgiving...

In "Italian Popular Tales," Thomas Frederick Crane presents a captivating anthology of folk stories that encapsulate the rich tapestry of Italian cultural heritage. The collection, characterized by its vivid narrative style and folkloric themes, weaves together tales of magic, morality, and the everyday struggles of the peasant class. Crane's scholarly approach is evident in his meticulous collection and translation of these oral stories, allowing them to retain their authenticity while ma...

The Greeks and Romans, either from national pride, or from a want of philological talent, were extremely deficient in their knowledge of all such languages as they called barbarous, and they frequently made up for their ignorance by the positiveness of their assertions, with regard to facts which were created by their own imagination. It was very currently believed, on their authority, not only that Egypt was the parent of all arts and sciences, but that the hieroglyphical inscriptions, on...

Part of the Twelve English Statesmen series of books. Edward I, was one of the greatest of the medieval monarchs, driven either by a deep commitment to the well being of his people, or a fierce determination to enhance his own power, depending on your viewpoint. He began the unification of the United Kingdom, and left a string of impressive monuments, in the shape of the castles that line the countryside.

"The Curse of the Seven Children" is a fairy tale about a king and queen who already have six sons. When the seventh child is due, the king must travel away. He tells his wife that when the baby is born, she should hang a lance out of the window if it is a boy and a distaff if it is girl. Shortly after this the queen bears a daughter. But a mistake is made and a lance is hung out of the window. Desperate for a daughter, the king returns and curses his seven sons. When he realizes his mista...

Italian tales collected region by region - the Sicilian versions, the Tuscan, the Venetian - with notes on where each turns up elsewhere in Europe. Crane was the first American to do this work properly and the collection is still cited. This edition binds sixty plates of Italian painting with the tales, among them Pompeo Mariani, Noè Bordignon and Domenico Induno.