Download or read book Helping Youth Grieve written by Bob Yoder and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suicide, depression, eating disorders, and other mental health illnesses have dramatically increased among adolescents in recent decades. Our American culture demands high levels of success and propagates a "feel good" attitude that denies pain, loss, and failure. Churches contribute to these distressing realities among youth. Our theology associates "being happy" with "true faithfulness" to God, overemphasizing praise and thanksgiving while neglecting lament, even though lament comprises the largest number of Psalms. There is much good in the lives of today's adolescents, but there is also much grief and woundedness. Helping Youth Grieve exposes the warped view of God modeled and taught to our young people. This book portrays a God who yearns to hear the honest cries of our youth, even when that involves blaming God! Spiritual caregivers will discover good news in biblical lament for its role in pastoral care and faith formation of adolescents.

Download or read book Along the Way written by Ron Bruner and published by ACU Press. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A call for the church, the whole church, to enter into a serious conversation about the spiritual nourishment of our children Conversations about children and faith draw us close to the heart of God, among the people of God, these talks are justifiably nuanced and passionate. The authors of "Along the Way" lead everyone in the church, parents, grandparents, teachers, friends, ministers, and leaders, in a careful yet understandable dialogue about nurturing children spiritually. Along the way, we discover that the individuality of each child and the distinctiveness of their context call us to see each child's walk with God as a unique journey of discovery. We also learn that sharing these paths with children changes and bless us at least as much as it does them.

Download or read book Have Faith written by Michael Carotta and published by Twenty-Third Publications. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A supplemental resource for confirmation preparation that focuses on spiritual growth and personal development for teenagers and their sponsors.

Download or read book Teaching Activities Manual for the Catholic Youth Prayer Book written by Rebecca Rushing and published by Saint Mary's Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The teaching activities manual provides activities and prayers to incorporate into a theology class, following the PRAY IT! STUDY IT! LIVE IT!(R) model found in many Saint Mary's Press resources. It is not a comprehensive teaching manual, but it presents the tools to introduce different prayer elements into the classroom in a way that complements and enhances a teacher's current curriculum.

Download or read book Sometimes We Dance Sometimes We Wrestle written by Michael Carotta and published by Harcourt Religious Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author describes four general ways teachers, administrators, ministers, parents, coaches, and any faithful adult can intentionally participate in the spiritual growth of adolescents. The book blends supporting research with stories and real-life examples gleaned from 25 years' experience of working and living with adolescents in clinical, educational, and pastoral settings.

Download or read book As I Sometimes See It written by Susan Oniovosa Nwajei and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’ll enjoy reading these short but wonderful glimpses of life from the author who has a terrific way of revealing her wise understandings. She opens your eyes to new ways of observing everyday life as well as inspirational ways to handle the uncertain future. You’ll get a feel for her Nigerian background plus her American influences on her family. You’ll chuckle at the unexpected analogies and you’ll tear up at the ideas that touch your heart.

Download or read book OMG written by Roland D. Martinson and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Most contemporary young people operate far enough from Moses’ moral compass that it never occurs to them that “OMG” (“oh my God,” in teenspeak) has anything to do with the Ten Commandments, much less that it breaks one of them. After all, the phrase is a nearly ubiquitous adolescent throw-away line...Yet Christians should hear the phrase “oh my God” differently. Youth ministers, parents, teachers—anyone who has ever loved an adolescent—know that “OMG” can be a prayer, a plea, a petition, a note of praise, or an unbidden entreaty that escapes our lips as we seek Christ for the young people we love." from the book Using six lens the authors detail current practices and tease out underlying questions as youth ministry becomes more self-consciously aligned with practical theology. Contributors include: Kenda Creasy Dean, Mike Carotta, Roland Martinson, Rodger Nishioka, Don Richter, Dayle Gillespie Rounds, and Amy Scott Vaughn.

Download or read book The Deepest Longing of Young People written by Jerry Goebel and published by Saint Mary's Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best way to teach young people that they are valuable and meaningful is to offer them uninterrupted attention. By that simple yet powerful act, we are showing young people that it isn't what they can do for us that matters. What matters is their inalienable right to unconditional love. This is the deepest longing of our young people today, consistent, transparent relationship--not a new program or curriculum to tell them what to do or what they should value, but a caring, compassionate adult who will walk the path to wholeness with them. In The Deepest Longing of Young People, Jerry Goebel reminds us that the greatest statement we make to young people is to spend time with them--to come to them especially when they have been most inconsistent and, at that time, be least judgmental. Every parent and everyone who works with youth should read this book.

Download or read book John Carter in the Barsoom Series written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by Tantor eBooks. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 1392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the first five installments of Edgar Rice Burroughs' beloved Barsoom Series: A Princess of Mars The Gods of Mars The Warlord of Mars Thuvia, Maid of Mars The Chessmen of Mars

Download or read book The Chessmen of Mars written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tara, princess of the great city state of Helium, is initially impervious to the courtship attempts of Gahan, prince of the city state Gathol. But when she loses control of her craft in a storm and is captured by the Kaldanes, horrific crab-like creatures who've sacrificed their bodies in the pursuit of intellect, the deeply smitten Gahan sets out to rescue his princess and prove his worth. But this is a challenge that may forfeit his life and hers, as he and his companions are forced to become pawns in a game of Jetan, Barsoomian Chess on a life-size board that uses the living as its pieces and the dead as its conquests.

Download or read book Your Touch Can Heal written by Malcolm H. Miner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how your touch can heal. Episcopal priest Malcolm Miner shares his 60 plus years of experiences with Healing Touch. Learn how you can help others and yourself to heal. Miracles happen and peace is found through spiritual and physical healing.

Download or read book The Emergency Transformation of Human Beings written by Jason Liosatos and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-11-29 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We stand at critical fork in the road, a turning point in our human history. We can carry on our current course and face disaster, or we can embrace a higher evolutionary path of transformation and sanity which is desperately and urgently calling us towards it. This book is dedicated to that emergency evolution and development. The choice is simply ours, because we are all the midwives and artists of ourselves and ultimately the future, we paint the future into being because we create and manifest with thought.

Download or read book The Chessmen of Mars written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Impetuous and headstrong, Tara, Princess of Helium and daughter of John Carter, defies the elements by flying into a rare, fierce Martian storm. Hurtled half a planet from her home she is threatened by grotesque, flesh eating monsters and barbarous warriors.

Download or read book I Never Quit Trying written by Ruthie Lanigan and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Never Quit Trying is a book based on courage, strength, perseverance and most importantly, love. Ruthie walks you through her journey of breast cancer from the day of diagnosis through the day she finished this book. Ruthie was subjected to an abusive childhood that led her to believe she could only depend on herself. Her breast cancer journey taught her to lean on others for support and trust that they would be there for her. And they were. With her husband at her side and her friends surrounding her, she learned to surrender and trust. Her journey takes us through her vanity, her fear, her perseverance and her survival. Her writings are honest and raw and show the emotions that accompany hair loss, surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. And once it’s all over, how to move forward. You will find humor and anger, love and hatred and in the end, a true appreciation for life. Her spirituality is strong throughout her journey and there are many instances of her spirits guiding her. Ruthie also walks us through “cancer in the workplace” and how she navigated her career in commercial real estate during this time. Walking through this type of journey is hard. Knowing that others have walked the same path is comforting. She wants to spread the word to Never Quit Trying.

Download or read book Ice Capades written by Sean Avery and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **One of Sports Illustrated's Best Sports Books of 2017** Controversial hockey star Sean Avery's no-holds-barred memoir of high living and bad behavior in the NHL—coupled with the behind-the-scenes glitter of celebrity and media nightlife in New York and LA. As one of the NHL’s most polarizing players, Sean Avery turned the rules of professional hockey on its head. For thirteen seasons, Avery played for some of the toughest, most storied franchises in the league, including the Detroit Red Wings, the Los Angeles Kings, and the New York Rangers, making his mark in each city as a player that was sometimes loved, often despised, but always controversial. In Ice Capades, Avery takes his trademark candidness about the world of pro hockey and does for it what Jim Bouton's game-changing Ball Four did for baseball. Avery goes deep inside the sport to reveal every aspect of an athlete’s life, from what they do with their money and nights off to how they stay sharp and competitive in the league. While playing the talented villain in the NHL, Avery broke far away from his on-ice character in the off-season, and Ice Capades takes the reader inside the other unexpected and unprecedented roles that Avery inhabited—Vogue intern, fashion model, advertising executive, restauranteur, gay rights advocate, and many more. Love him or hate him, Sean Avery changed the way professional hockey is played today. Rollickingly honest and compelling throughout, Ice Capades transcends the “sports book” genre and offers a rare, unvarnished glimpse into the world of 21st century hockey through the eyes of one of its most original and memorable players.

Download or read book The Gathering Storm written by Robert Jordan and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2009-10-27 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine! With Robert Jordan’s untimely passing in 2007, Brandon Sanderson, the New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn novels and the Stormlight Archive, was chosen by Jordan’s editor—his wife, Harriet McDougal—to complete the final volume in The Wheel of Time®, later expanded to three books. The Gathering Storm, the twelfth novel in Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, begins the story’s dramatic conclusion as Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to unite a fractured network of kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle. War is coming. The Dark One’s forces are brutal and unrelenting. Rand must forge a united front, but the Seanchan remain an immediate threat, as do the Forsaken. With so many shadows swirling around him, Rand is consumed by his responsibilities, turning heartless in the eyes of his allies, and even more merciless to his enemies. Meanwhile the Seanchan march on the White Tower, where Egwene al'Vere works to rally the disparate factions of the Aes Sedai together, even as their tyrannical leader schemes against her. Providing leadership in the face of increasing uncertainty and despair, Egwene’s fight will prove the mettle of the Aes Sedai, and her conflict will decide the future of the White Tower—and possibly the world itself. Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. The Wheel of Time® New Spring: The Novel #1 The Eye of the World #2 The Great Hunt #3 The Dragon Reborn #4 The Shadow Rising #5 The Fires of Heaven #6 Lord of Chaos #7 A Crown of Swords #8 The Path of Daggers #9 Winter's Heart #10 Crossroads of Twilight #11 Knife of Dreams By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson #12 The Gathering Storm #13 Towers of Midnight #14 A Memory of Light By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons The Wheel of Time Companion By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book We Danced written by Lin Sons and published by Inspiring Voices. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In We Danced, author Lin Sons presents a story-like couples devotional using her 40-year marriage intertwined with a theme of dance. Lin offers life lessons applicable to any couple, whatever their own personal story. Each life lesson is followed by a dance tip designed to bring couples finesse in their dance of marriage."--Jacket.