Seasons of Smoke: Walking Forward Without Certainty is a straight-talking guide to those seasons of life when the air feels thick, the path ahead is fogged in, and you are still expected to keep going anyway. Drawing on more than 20 years in high-pressure, blue-collar, and public safety work, Mark Hall names the “smoke” most of us live in but rarely see clearly: confusion at crossroads, the strain of commitment, the fight for control, shaken confidence, and the hard work of compas...

You've probably heard the words "Live out your faith" dozens, if not hundreds, of times, but what does that phrase really mean? And how do you really follow Jesus in today's world?In this student adaptation of his book Thrive, Casting Crowns' Mark Hall explores exactly what it means when your faith and your life collide, and how you can take the next steps in making that faith real and evident to those around you. Using relatable stories, applications you can use, as well ...

“Did you hear of the city on the hill?” said one old man to the other / It once shined bright, and it would be shining still / But they all started turning on each other.”City on the Hill is a story for children ages (4-8) and fans of the popular song of the same name by award-winning Christian band Casting Crowns.With full-color illustrations and rhyming verses the book clearly teaches how the church is depicted as the body of Christ in 1 Corinthians 12.Ki...

All dads desire to be better fathers and have a spiritual influence in the life of their kids. They long to improve but struggle to find practical guidance and encouragement along the way. Often, they end up feeling inadequate and don’t even know why.In their new book Fight for Their Hearts: Hope and Help for Every Dad, authors Kenny Dallas and Tim Sexton equip fathers with the resources and encouragement that they need to fight for their families. Develop...

Awaken the Truth Hidden Behind History, Faith, and the Human MindWhat if everything you've ever been taught about reality-about God, power, and even your own mind-was designed to keep you asleep?In The Splinters of the Mind: Escaping the Matrix, Jon Mark Hall peels back the layers of illusion that shape our modern world. Blending ancient wisdom, suppressed history, and modern psychology, Hall reveals how humanity's greatest prison is not made of bars or wa...

Why are so many so close to the Well and still so thirsty? Mark Hall takes the powerful story of the Woman at the Well and her encounter with Jesus to help readers understand that the “wells” we go to for life and sustenance, the “wells” of success, talent, control, favor, religion, etc., are keeping us from relying on Jesus and his abundant life, and we will never be truly satisfied until we realize that and go to Him for our needs.

Taking the Next Step in Your Faith Life toGROW DEEP AND STRONGThe only way to be the hands and feet of Jesus is to love him and serve others out of our love for him. But to do that we must first be deeply rooted in our life with God. In Thrive, Mark Hall, lead singer for the popular band Casting Crowns, shows us what it really looks like to walk with Jesus.In part 1, Digging Deep, Hall demonstrates how to truly engage with ...

Interest in NFIB v. Sebelius has been extraordinarily high, from as soon as the legislation was passed, through lower court rulings, the Supreme Court’s grant of certiorari, and the decision itself, both for its substantive holdings and the purported behind-the-scene dynamics. Legal blogs exploded with analysis, bioethicists opined on our collective responsibilities, and philosophers tackled concepts like ‘coercion’ and the activity/inactivity distinction. This volume aims to brin...

Central to the issue of improving project performance is the application of deterministic, probabilistic processes, and techniques to reduce human error. To that end, we as project managers often endeavour to implement and follow a project management methodology in the belief that we can reduce the scope for emerging ambiguous requirements, ill-matched resource needs and availability, contractual and funding constraints, and other unwanted uncertainties. However, such ‘self-evidently corre...

Around the Texts of Writing Center Work reveals the conceptual frameworks found in and created by ordinary writing center documents. The values and beliefs underlying course syllabi, policy statements, website copy and comments, assessment plans, promotional flyers, and annual reports critically inform writing center practices, including the vital undertaking of tutor education.In each chapter, author R. Mark Hall focuses on a particular document. He examines its origins, ...

The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2. Articles by Lee Breakiron (The Cromlechers, on the fanzine the Cromlech), and Jeffrey Shanks on theosophy in the works of Robert E. Howard. The journal ends with a book review by Mark Finn.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2020, held in Lyon, France, in August 2020.*The 14 full papers and 4 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 53 submissions. TPDL 2020 attempts to facilitate establishing connections and convergences between diverse research communities such as Digital Humanities, Information Sciences and others that could benefit from ecosystems offe...