You Don’t Have to Dread ConflictEvery church will experience conflict at some point. But it doesn’t have to destroy you. In fact, conflict can be an incredible opportunity, if you know how to seize it. Unfortunately, very few churches use the opportunity well, but your church can.Michael Hare, PhD, has been helping churches recover (and even grow) from conflict for over 20 years, and now he can help you too. Learn:how to recognize hea...

This is a story about a girl named Jennifer Conner who woke up in a bus station and knew not how she got there. She went back in her memory trying to figure out how she got there. Soon many of her friends began to show up. This tells the story about a way station between heaven and hell. It tells people just because you go to church every week doesn’t mean you’ll make it to heaven. This is religious fantasy and a romance that Jennifer had becoming a church secretary. How her friends went t...

This is a story about a girl named Jennifer Conner whowoke up in a bus station and knew not how she got there.She went back in her memory trying to figure out how shegot there. Soon many of her friends began to show up. Thistells the story about a way station between heaven and hell.It tells people just because you go to church every weekdoesn't mean you'll make it to heaven. This is religiousfantasy and a romance that Jennifer had be...

as long as anyone could remember, the "Deep" meant only the lightless, echoing caverns beneath the mountain roots.There, in the quiet dark, lived the six. Zip, Sizzle, Dew, Ashlin, Fang, and Spark were mini dragons, no larger than housecats, yet they carried the weight of the world's magic on their tiny shoulders. They were the Crystal Keepers. Their days were spent in simple, rhythmic harmony: Zip darting through the tunnels to map the shifting stones, Sizzle and Spark keeping the...

The galaxy of Draconis had known peace, but it was a fragile thing, built on the backs of those who remembered the cost of war. In the wake of the Ancients' first awakening, the mini dragons had stood firm, guarding the Galactic Water Crystals that pulsed with the rhythm of life itself. But peace is often just the breath before the scream.Now, the stars shimmer like scattered sapphires, but beneath their beauty lies a growing darkness. The Ancients have returned, not as mere conque...

In the swirling nebulae of the Draconis Galaxy, lived a race of beings known as the Mini Dragons. They weren't the fire-breathing behemoths of ancient tales, but intelligent, iridescent creatures, no larger than a human hand, with scales shimmering like captured starlight. Their home, a cluster of vibrant, water-rich planets known as the Aquaverse, was a paradise of lush coral forests, bioluminescent kelp, and skies painted with perpetual aurora borealis

In a realm dominated by colossal, sky-soaring dragons, the smallest creatures hold the greatest secret.Hidden deep within the embers of the Great Caldera live the Mini Dragons. No larger than house cats, these diminutive wyverns have long been dismissed by their towering elders as harmless runts. But they possess something the giants do not: highly specialized micro-magics and a profound connection to the realm's forgotten lore.Ember, a fiercely loyal mini dragon with a rar...

In a realm of colossal dragons, the smallest heroes hold the greatest power. When a mysterious blight drains the giant elders' magic, Ember and her misfit squad of miniature dragons must step from the shadows. Armed with unique micro-magics, they must decipher the lost Draconis Chronicles to save their world. True strength isn't measured by wing size, but by the fire in your heart.

Born from stardust and cosmic storms, Mini Dragons are hand-sized, ancient guardians whose shimmering, moonlit scales and humming wings allow them to ride gravity waves across the floating ocean-spheres of the Galaxy of Waters. Though tiny, they carry profound wisdom and an innate "song of tides"-a melodic resonance that calms celestial storms, purifies cosmic currents, and sustains the delicate balance of light and life. Their sacred counterparts are the Galactic Water Crystals, luminous ...

Scotland Yard's director and a school headmaster team up to find a missing biological warfare expert in this classic, Cold War–era mystery thriller.At the height of the Cold War, one of Britain's top-secret scientists is missing. Prof. Howard Juniper was last seen leaving his lab where he conducted research on biological warfare. What's even more troubling is he may have a virulent, deadly sample with him. He must be found as quickly—and with as little publicity—as ...

"Delves into O'Hare's past and present, based on Branigan's extensive research and his interviews with aviation professionals and enthusiasts" ( Chicago Tribune ).In 1942, a stretch of Illinois prairie that had served as a battleground and a railroad depot became the site of a major manufacturing plant, producing Douglas C-54 Skymasters for World War II. Less than twenty years later, that plot of land boasted the biggest a...

Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Since Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions first appeared, David Benatar's distinctive anthology designed to introduce students to the key existential questions of philosophy has won a devoted following among users in a variety of upper-level and even introductory courses.