"Dan Sharp has provided our church and family with a biblically rich and reflective resource, urging us to go deeper with Christ during this important liturgical season. I know this book will bless many!"--Laura Story, Contemporary Christian Musician, GeorgiaPriorities and time are frequent topics in heartfelt discussions. The result is that we are often trying to fit our spiritual lives into our daily routines rather than the other way around. A walk through the Christian ...

Ethan Calloway has spent nineteen years becoming the kind of son people do not have to worry about. He is the one with the grades, the girlfriend, the clean reputation. Veritas likes boys like him. His family likes the version of him that photographs well and never makes a scene.Then his mother remarries.Nico Mercer is twenty-one when he moves into the house. He is not interested in being anyone's project, and he does not treat Ethan like a finished product. He watches too ...

An exploration of the hidden mysteries of time, space, and the eternal journey of the human spirit. This book uncovers symbolic connections between the Fountain of Youth, the rainbow's pot of gold, and the wisdom hidden within creation. Through reflections on meditation, consciousness, and the power of the mind, it invites readers to seek deeper understanding of life, spirituality, and the secrets that shape our existence.

It is 1966, and the Cold War is hot! The Prime Minister knows that Canadian Sovereignty is only being given lip service by the worlds two Super Powers, but when a team of Soviet commandos is discovered in Labrador on a mission to disrupt NORADs Pinetree Line communications, he realizes he must act swiftly or risk Canada forever becoming a mere puppet on the world stage.The President of the United States, also aware of the Soviet incursion and brushing aside Canadas jurisdiction, or...

Daniel L. Schacter, chairman of Harvard University's Psychology Department, is internationally recognised as one of the world's authorities on memory, explains that just as the seven deadly sins, the seven memory sins appear routinely in everyday life, and why it is a good thing that they happen and surprisingly vital to a keen mind.The author explains how transience reflects a weakening of memory over time, how absent-mindedness occurs when failures of attention sabotage memory an...

Selected as one of NPR's Best Books of 2016, this book offers superior learning tools for teachers and students, from A to Z.An explosive growth in research on how people learn has revealed many ways to improve teaching and catalyze learning at all ages. The purpose of this book is to present this new science of learning so that educators can creatively translate the science into exceptional practice. The book is highly appropriate for the preparation and professio...

From a linguist and anthropologist, "a fascinating argument" about culture, cognition, and the concept of human nature ( Choice).Is it in our nature to be altruistic, or evil, to make art, use tools, or create language? Is it in our nature to think in any particular way? For Daniel L. Everett, the answer is a resounding no: it isn't in our nature to do any of these things because human nature does not exist—at least not as we usually think of it. Flying in ...

Sports, and the fans that follow them, are everywhere. The third edition of Sport Fans: The Psychology and Social Impact of Fandom examines the affective, behavioral, and cognitive reactions of fans to better comprehend how sport impacts individual fans and society as a whole.Using up-to-date research and theory from multiple disciplines including psychology, sociology, marketing, history, and religious studies, this textbook provides a deeper understanding of topics such ...

The revised edition of A Theology for the Church retains its original structure, organized under these traditional theological categories: revelation, God, humanity, Christ, the Holy Spirit, salvation, the church, and last things.Each chapter within these sections contains answers to the following four questions: What does the Bible say? What has the church believed? How does it all fit together? How does this doctrine impact the church today?Contributions from lea...

Choosing ten films that were considered "suspicious," "un-American," or even "dangerous" by the conservative media, and especially the infamous "House Un-American Affairs Committee" (HUAC) between 1947-1953, each chapter briefly outlines how progressive Christians should have supported the message of the film rather than condemned it. Each chapter explains why the film was considered controversial, and then proposes a number of arguments drawing heavily on Scripture, arguing that Christian...

"Soul Journeys provides a profound conversation between Shamanic practice and experiences of Christian prayer. We are guided by seasoned practitioners, with deep theological understanding. Ancient practices of Christian life are animated in fresh ways through this conversation. The energies of the earth, often neglected in Christian practice, are given voice through Shamanic understanding. We are encouraged to embrace the interior life through the prayer of the imagination of St. Ignatius ...

The drama of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson is the foundational story of America-courage, loyalty, hope, fanaticism, greatness, failure, forgiveness, love.Agony and Eloquence is the story of the greatest friendship in American history and the revolutionary times in which it was made, ruined, and finally renewed.In the wake of Washington’s retirement, longtime friends Thomas Jefferson and John Adams came to represent the opposing political forces s...