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Gratitude Works!: A 21-Day Program for Creating Emotional Prosperity

Robert A. Emmons — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

A purposeful guide for cultivating gratitude as a way of life

Recent dramatic advances in our understanding of gratitude have changed the question from "does gratitude work?" to "how do we get more of it?" This book explores evidence-based practices in a compelling and accessible way and provides a step-by-step guide to cultivating gratitude in their lives. Gratitude Works! also shows how religious, philosophical, and spiritual traditions validate

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Prodigal Christianity: 10 Signposts into the Missional Frontier

David E. Fitch, Geoff Holsclaw — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT

An engaging and thoughtful book that guides readers into the frontiers of being a missional Christian

Prodigal Christianity offers a down-to-earth, accessible, and yet provocative understanding of God's mission of redemption in the world, and how followers of Christ can participate in this work. It speaks into the discontent of all those who have exhausted conservative, liberal, and even emergent ways of being Christian and are looking for a new way

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Transformative Conversations: A Guide to Mentoring Communities Among Colleagues in Higher Education

Peter Felten, H-Dirksen L. Bauman, Aaron Kheriaty, Edward Taylor — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT

From the Inter-generational Mentoring Community project, which develops the next generation of academic leaders, comes formation mentoring, a process to enable faculty to recover, sustain, and further develop a sense of vocation, mission, and purpose. This book is a concise and practical guide to convening and sustaining these kinds of formation mentoring groups in higher education. It provides the necessary direction and structure to orient the process

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Just Lead!: A No Whining, No Complaining, No Nonsense Practical Guide for Women Leaders in the Church

Sherry Surratt, Jenni Catron — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Become the effective woman leader God intended you to be

Just Lead! provides practical leadership help for women to develop skills to lead themselves and others with the character, confidence and authenticity of a godly woman. The book shows what holds women back and then focuses the skills women need to lead others effectively. Using this hands-on, practical resource will inspire women leaders in the church to use its ideas to gain strength and lead

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