Does your life feel out of control? If there is one thing business professionals are good at, it is maximizing their career potential. If there is one thing they struggle with, it is maximizing their life potential. In LifeMastery, readers will discover how to mesh their personal goals with their relationships with God and with others. Marketplace mentor Bob Shank unpacks a mission-driven plan that can move readers from the frustration of goal overload to the excellence and satisf...

Parents in our post-modern world tend to be committed to but anxious about their child-rearing responsibilities. They've tried the countless parenting books on the market, but many of these are strident, fear-based books that loving parents instinctively reject, while still searching for direction.Now Dr. Tim Kimmel, founder of Family Matters ministries, offers a refreshing new look at parenting. Rejecting rigid rules and checklists that don't work, Dr. Kimmel recommends a parentin...

Words are powerful when they are used correctly. If readers want to motivate their kids or employees, convince bosses to give them a raise, speak with confidence to large groups of people, or give a report that won't leave people snoozing, How to Talk So People Will Listen is the classic resource they need. Expert communicator Steve Brown shows readers how to speak with authority, win an argument, overcome their fears of public speaking, and more.

Why closing the back door of your church is even more important than opening the front door wider.In Sticky Church, author and pastor Larry Osborne offers a time-tested strategy for doing so: sermon-based small groups that dig deeper into the weekend message and tightly velcro members to the ministry. It's a strategy that enabled Osborne's congregation to grow from a handful of people to one of the larger churches in the nation—without any marketing or spe...

Why do so many of our conversations with one another lead to misunderstanding and hurt feelings? Brady Boyd turns to the example of Jesus Christ to show that the health of our conversations can be only as vibrant as the health of our interactions with Go****d.In Speak Life, Boyd explores:How to tune into God in order to tune up your relationshipsHow to listen to the Holy Spirit’s guidance in conversationWhy healthier self-...

Learn the secrets to building and maintaining a healthy, productive, and unified ministry team that sticks together for the long haul.Serving as a church leader can be a tough calling. Whatever your role, odds are you've known your share of the frustration and disillusionment that comes with turf battles, conflicting vision, and marathon meetings. You may have asked yourself, "How did it get this way?"With twenty years of front-line ministry experience, Lar...

Turn your fleeting minutes into defining moments.What can you do in 30 minutes? Have lunch? Watch television? Check Facebook?How about change your life?Why do some people achieve far more than others? We all get the same 24 hours in a day, yet a special few seem to have superhuman abilities when it comes to accomplishing great things in life.Tommy Barnett, a proven master at “getting things done,” says the key to maximizing your productivity...

When you imagine what it would take for your life to be truly great—for you to become your best, most fulfilled self—do you dream of something more than what you have now? More money . . . more attention . . . more significance? What you may be missing is the one thing that actually gives your life ultimate value, meaning, and purpose.Your Best Destiny helps you find it through a highly insightful personal assessment tool that will reveal eight keys God has placed deep wit...

The work you do today matters for eternity.We were created by an infinitely creative God to reflect his love and character to the world. One way we do that is by continuing his creative work.In this energizing book, serial entrepreneur and bestselling author Jordan Raynor helps artists, entrepreneurs, writers, and other creatives reimagine our work as service to God and others, addressing such penetrating questions as● Is my work as a creative reall...

Join self-made billionaire David Green, founder of America's craft store giant Hobby Lobby, as he shares the key to building a powerful legacy: generosity. In Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again, Green unpacks time-tested principles that will help you reap the benefits of generosity for multiple generations to come.In 1970, David Green began making picture frames in his garage. With hard work, he and his wife, Barbara, turned that humble begin...

Youth ministry veteran and bestselling author, Duffy Robbins, offers an updated and revised edition of his book about the important, behind-the-scenes mechaincs of youth ministry. The tasks of budgeting, decision-making, time management, team ministry, staff relationships, conflict resolution, working with parents, and a range of other issues, are the things that keep a ministry together and functioning well. Nobody gets into youth ministry because they want to think about these things; bu...

"Your legacy, regardless of where you are in your leadership journey, starts now. Leading well now means finishing well later." - Brad LomenickWe need great leaders. More than ever we need authentic, collaborative, inspiring men and women of integrity at the helm of society- and too often our leaders fall short. Some focus on personal success, alienating those they lead. Others shift their principles when it is convenient.There is a better way. You can ener...