There’s no scoreboard in the sanctuary, and the only plate is probably for the offering. But every church leader needs to know how to win, and every congregation needs to know when to cheer. This insightful book speaks to every church leader who yearns for a simpler, more effective approach to ministry. An engaging parable about one overwhelmed pastor is followed by an overview of seven successful team practices, each one developed and applied in a ministry setting. Reinforced by relevant ...

When You Talk, Are People Changed?Whether you speak from the pulpit, podium, or the front of a classroom, you don’t need much more than blank stares and faraway looks to tell you you’re not connecting. Take heart before your audience takes leave! You can convey your message in the powerful, life-changing way it deserves to be told. An insightful, entertaining parable that’s an excellent guide for any speaker, Communicating for a Change takes a simple approach to de...

讓聽眾聽了還想再聽！當你站上講台時，你是否發現沒過多久，台下聽眾就已經眼神呆滯，魂飛象外，你好像在對空氣講話……。你不禁自問：這到底是怎麼回事？我不是在神學院學過講道法了嗎？本書以創新的方式，將講道比喻為一趟與聽眾共同進行的卡車旅程。首先你要知道目的地為何，接著要運用地圖和方向燈，帶領乘客到達目的地。因此作者提出七項講道祕訣：設定目標、選擇單點信息、繪製地圖、將信息內化、讓聽眾參與、找到自己的風格、重新思考聽眾要什麼。這七項祕訣將幫助你緊緊抓住聽眾注意力，讓他們聽了還想再聽。當人們願意聽的時候，生命就開始改變！本書特色:本書以創新的方式，將講道比喻為一趟與聽眾共同進行的卡車旅程。首先你要知道目的地為何，接著要運用地圖和方向燈，帶領乘客到達目的地。作者進一步提出七項講道祕訣，內容饒富趣味性，實用可行。真誠推薦黃葳威 政大廣電系教授彭文正 台大多媒體中心主任本書作者提出各種讓講道者可以...

Brought to you by Penguin.During pregnancy, childbirth, and early motherhood, women undergo a far-reaching physiological, psychological and social metamorphosis.There is no other time in a human's life course that entails such dramatic change-other than adolescence. And yet this life-altering transition has been sorely neglected by science, medicine and philosophy. Its seismic effects go largely unrepresented across literature and the arts. Speaking about m...

A dilapidated house, a city girl looking for a tree change, and a rugged vet with a past. Just another day in rural Australia…Just ten days after her fresh start in the isolated Snowy Mountains, Samantha Walker trips over a three hundred pound pig and lands in the arms of Dr. Ethan Granger – and the firing line for gossip. It was hardly a 'date' but sparks of the sensual kind are difficult to smother in a community of only 87 people. Now there's a bet running on how long s...

The launch of the warm and witty new Daughters of Swallow's Fall series, from the author of the internationally bestselling The House on Burra Burra Lane.Actress Edie Granger is in a spot of trouble.When a big–time producer threatens to ruin her career–and possibly the rest of her life–she flees to her remote hometown in the Snowy Mountains and opens a theatre to put on her comedy whodunnit Who Shot the Producer.Childhood friend and ex–commando Ryan Munroe ...

There weekend's paycheck? Embark on an astonishing journey towards fortune by turning every day into a weekend.You can choose to LIVE RICH NOW rather than DIE RICH LATER by using the Fast lane to Wealth, a shortcut made possible by entrepreneurial mathematics.Instead, you've been duped by a horde of so-called financial "experts" who promote the "get rich slow" ideology, which kills dreams.By carelessly staking your financial future on the stock, real estate, and emp...

Encounter the scariest clowns and freakiest curiosities under the big top, in stories by Stephen Graham Jones, Laird Barron, Priya Sharma, and others.With an introduction from Katherine DunnLadies and gentlemen, step right up for fifteen tales of terrifying rides, supernatural sideshows, and petrifying performers guaranteed to keep you up all night—with Hugo and Bram Stoker Award–winning editor Ellen Datlow as the ringmaster.In Stephen Grah...

When we think of bravery at sea, we can't help thinking of John Paul Jones. Numerous times, the enemy outgunned him, but he outthought them and outmaneuvered them. Born in Scotland to servants, going to sea as a young boy was an opportunity to change his place in life, something rarely accomplished in the mid-1700s. From the son of a gardener, he rose to the rank of commodore of the newly established Continental Navy of the United States of America. When he wasn't capturing enemy ships, h...

Sport has long been a stage where identity is contested, visibility is earned, and social change takes root.In Boston, the Black athletic body has historically challenged the city's self image as a beacon of liberalism. Boston's Black Athletes: Identity, Performance, and Activism interprets this contested history through the lives and experiences of African American athletes who used their talent as a vehicle for social justice. Editors Robert Cvornyek and ...

Have you ever felt like you are teetering on the brink of greatness, but something is holding you back? Maybe it seems like there are two versions of yourself—that confident go-getter you keep locked up inside, and the cautious doormat who plays it safe in every circumstance all day, every day. The key to realizing your goals is so easy to see but always seems just out of reach. In reality, there are no tethers stopping you from living the ideal life that you know is within you. It’s just ...

This revised and updated third edition of Best New Horror showcases some of the very best short stories and novellas published in 1991. In this vilifying volume you will rediscover terrifying tales by, amongst many others, Ramsey Campbell, Robert McCammon, Dennis Etchison, Elizabeth Hand, Michael Marshall Smith, Charles L. Grant, Joel Lane and Thomas Tessier, along with an overview of the year in horror by the editors and a nightmare necrology of those who kicked off this mortal coil durin...