Faith formation resource for young adults on human sexuality.Our inherent value and worth comes from God’s love for us, but our modern world is filled with sexual expression that too often leads us away from the life of Christ. As Christians seeking to live a life worthy of our calling and desiring to pass along these values to our children and youth, these books (Leader Guide and Participant Book) offer session plans with activities for Young Adults (ages 18–30) t...

An examination of how the Jews—real and imagined—so challenged the Christian majority in medieval Europe that it became a society that was religiously and culturally antisemitic in new waysIn medieval Europe, Jews were not passive victims of the Christian community, as is often assumed, but rather were startlingly assertive, forming a Jewish civilization within Latin Christian society. Both Jews and Christians considered themselves to be God’s chosen people. These ...

In medieval times, when a Jewish boy of five began religious schooling, he was carried from home to a teacher and placed on the teacher's lap. He was then asked to recite the Hebrew alphabet and lick honey from the slate on which it was written, to eat magically inscribed cooked peeled eggs and cakes, to recite an incantation against a demon of forgetfulness, and then to go down to the riverbank with the teacher, where he was told that his future study of the Torah, like the rushing rive...

These studies explore the history of the Jewish minority of Ashkenaz (northern France and the German Empire) during the High Middle Ages. Although the Jews in medieval Europe are usually thought to have been isolated from the Christian majority, they actually were part of a 'Jewish-Christian symbiosis.' A number of studies in the collection focus on Jewish-Christian cultural and social interactions, the foundations of the community ascribed to Charlemagne, and especially on the fashioning ...

What's InsideThe Sovereign Wealth Engine: Learn to build a portfolio that acts as a powerhouse for long-term growth.Multimodal Mastery: Insights into trading diverse assets including BTC, ETH, and high-volatility ETFs like SOXS.The TRG Blueprint: A look into the philosophy behind The Triangle Royalty Group—balancing intellectual property, precious metals, and equities.Emo...

Corporate domination of public policy during the Reagan years resulted not only in increasing inequality and deteriorating living standards for millions of Americans, but in a diminution in the capacity of government to solve basic problems that are not amenable to market-oriented solutions.The authors of The State and Democracy (originally published in 1988) propose a new public philosophy for America: one which comprises communitarian values; governments at all levels wh...

It's 1959 and fifteen-year-old Karny Wilson hates his small Tennessee town and school. So, he hops a railroad freight car and runs away to Florida and the circus. He hopes to find a job and his father.Teacher Guide available.

Composed in Germany in the early thirteenth century by Judah ben Samuel he-hasid, Sefer Hasidim, or "Book of the Pietists," is a compendium of religious instruction that portrays the everyday life of Jews as they lived together with and apart from Christians in towns such as Speyer, Worms, Mainz, and Regensburg. A charismatic religious teacher who recorded hundreds of original stories that mirrored situations in medieval social living, Judah's messages advocated praying s...

Composed in Germany in the early thirteenth century by Judah ben Samuel he-hasid, Sefer Hasidim, or "Book of the Pietists," is a compendium of religious instruction that portrays the everyday life of Jews as they lived together with and apart from Christians in towns such as Speyer, Worms, Mainz, and Regensburg. A charismatic religious teacher who recorded hundreds of original stories that mirrored situations in medieval social living, Judah's messages advocated praying s...

In this original and sweeping review of Jewish culture and history, Ivan Marcus examines how and why various rites and customs celebrating stages in the life cycle have evolved through the ages and persisted to this day. For each phase of life--from childhood and adolescence to adulthood and the advanced years—the book traces the origin and development of specific rites associated with the events of birth, circumcision, and schooling; bar and bat mitzvah and confirmation; engagement, betro...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Are you exhausted from saying yes when every cell in your body is screaming no? Do you feel trapped in a cycle of over-giving, guilt, and silent resentment — desperate for boundaries but terrified of being seen as selfish?In The Art of Saying No, Prince Penman delivers the definitive guide for chronic people-pleasers ready to break free from codependency and reclaim their lives. This is not another vague self-help book ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Reclaim your focus. Transform your remote work life. Build a system that fits your brain.If working from home leaves you feeling scattered, overwhelmed, and convinced you've failed at yet another productivity method, this book offers a different path. Focus From Home isn't a rigid schedule or one-size-fits-all set of rules. It's a compassionate, brain-aligned system built for the remote worker with ADHD.Author Prince Pen...