What kind of leader are you when no one is watching?The Virtuous Leader makes a compelling case that effective leadership is, first and foremost, a moral activity, and that competence without character is never enough. Drawing on decades of experience leading some of Australia's most respected independent schools, Dr Timothy Wright and Clive Logan argue that the leaders who earn lasting trust and create genuinely thriving organisations are those who do not merely hold good...

Death, Resurrection, and Human Destiny: Christian and Muslim Perspectives is a record of the 2012 Building Bridges seminar for leading Christian and Muslim scholars, convened by Rowan Williams, then Archbishop of Canterbury. The essays in this volume explore what the Bible and Qurān—and the Christian and Islamic theological traditions—have to say about death, resurrection, and human destiny. Special attention is given to the writings of al-Ghazali and Dante. Other essays explore t...

Prayer: Christian and Muslim Perspectives is a rich collection of essays, scriptural texts, and personal reflections featuring leading scholars analyzing the meaning and function of prayer within their traditions. Drawn from the 2011 Building Bridges seminar in Doha, Qatar, the essays in this volume explore the devotional practices of each tradition and how these practices are taught and learned. Relevant texts are included, with commentary, as are personal reflections on prayer b...

What I Might Tell My Younger SelfBy Timothy C. Wright, Ed.D.Have you ever wished you could sit down with your younger self and share the lessons that only time and experience can teach? In What I Might Tell My Younger Self, Dr. Timothy C. Wright invites you to do just that-through his deeply personal reflections, hard-earned wisdom, and a roadmap for turning life's questions into purpose-filled action.From his humble beginnings in ...

As the age of globalization and New Media unite disparate groups of people in new ways, the continual transformation and interconnections between ethnicity, class, and gender become increasingly complex. This reader, comprised of a diverse array of sources ranging from the New York Times to the journals of leading research universities, explores these issues as systems of stratification that work to reinforce one another. Understanding Inequality provides students and academics with the ba...

This is my third book out of seven that I will be publishing in my Maddy series. I am anxious to get them all published, but God is anxious to teach me patience. All the books are aimed at connecting kids to Jesus not just with Bible stories but also with real-life struggles that they face.This book is going to take the reader inside Maddy’s heart. When her best friend moves away, God moves in. Maddy is learning that losing her best friend is never easy, and that God is someone who...

Drugs, Alcohol, and Social Problems, a collection edited James D. Orcutt and David R. Rudy, includes 14 clearly written articles that exemplify the best of sociological scholarship on drug and alcohol problems. The readings strike a balance between constructionist, epidemiological, and ethnographic approaches to the study of drinking, drug use, and related problems such as domestic violence, crime, and the spread of HIV/AIDS. A general introduction and five section introductions w...

Crowdfunding is already transforming the way many entrepreneurs and enterprises around the globe think about community engagement and fundraising for various causes. This book puts forth the belief that policymakers, public servants and various governments, municipalities and regions can significantly benefit from crowdfunding through employing crowd-related mechanisms within their frameworks and using their crowd as an asset — a crowdasset. Using real-world examples, this book explores th...

“The Red Devil started laughing with his husky voice. “Hey, there, Walter, is that you asking for God’s help? I’m disappointed in you.” Then he started laughing again. “All your adult life you didn’t believe in God and you signed a bill to take prayer out of school. You were my favorite pupil.” Walter was writhing in pain as he stared at the bucket of water, too weak to respond to the chastisement of the devil. The devil saw what he was staring at. “You want that, don’t you?” Poor Walter w...

The Warrior Way: Moongates Book TwoBy: Timothy R. WrightThe Warrior Way: Moongates Book Two is the first sequel in the ongoing series that began with The Pygmalion Plot. New allies join familiar heroes racing to stop a band of corrupt wizards from igniting all out war across multiple worlds while facing a deadly new threat beyond their imagination. This tale of fantasy and science fiction is a page-turning adventure with magic, monsters, and mystery unfolding at every turn.

I would like to tell you about how many degrees I have or maybe the hundreds of books I have read. But the truth is I am 62 years Old and the Bible is about the only book I read. My wife tells me that I am dyslexic, but I think it is a gift from God to help me with my poetry. He has always reminded me that in my weakness his strength is made strong. Over and over again in life's trials I find his strength is made perfect in my weakness. So why not try something that in the world's eyes wou...