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The connected parent: Real-life strategies for building trust and attachment.
There Is Hope for Every Child, Every Parent, and Every Family Parenting under the best of circumstances can be difficult. And raising children who have come to your home from “hard places,” who have their own set of unique needs, brings even more challenges. You may have discovered that the techniques that worked with your…
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The connected child: Bring hope and healing to your adoptive family
“An extremely useful parenting handbook…truly outstanding…strongly recommended.” (Library Journal, starred review) “A tremendous resource for parents and professionals alike.” (Thomas Atwood, president and CEO, National Council for Adoption) The adoption of a child is always a joyous moment in the life of a family. Some adoptions, though, present unique challenges. Welcoming these children into your…
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Becoming friends of time: Disability, timefullness, and gentle discipleship
Part I. Time and DisabilityChapter 1. Thinking about Time: The Tyranny of the ClockChapter 2. Time and Progress: Disability and the Wrong Kind of Time Part II. Learning to Live in God’s TimeChapter 3. Time and Christ: A Brief Theology of TimeChapter 4. Becoming Friends of Time: Love Has a Speed Part III. From Inclusion…
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Welcoming the stranger: Justice, compassion & truth in the immigration debate
Soerens, M., Yang, J., & Anderson, L. (2018). Welcoming the stranger: Justice, compassion & truth in the immigration debate. Revised and Expanded. IVP. Puts a human face on the issue and offers concrete ways for churches to welcome immigrants. Immigration is one of the most complicated issues of our time. Voices on all sides argue…
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Becoming human
Vanier, J. (1998). Becoming human. Paulist Press. A vision of dignity, belonging, and shared life shaped by L’Arche communities. In this deeply compassionate work, Jean Vanier shares his profoundly human vision for creating a common good that radically changes our communities, our relationships and ourselves. He proposes that by opening ourselves to others, those we…
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A walking disaster: What surviving Katrina and cancer taught me about faith and resilience
Thrust into a battle for his life, with cancer cells and chemotherapy ravaging his body, Aten found his professional interest taking on new meaning. His ordeal taught him firsthand how we can sustain ourselves when burdened with seemingly unbearable suffering. Some of his counterintuitive insights include: to find hope, be cautious of optimism; when you…
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Developing and maintaining emergency operations plans
Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101 provides guidance from FEMA on the fundamentals of planning and developing emergency operations plans. The guide describes the steps to produce an emergency operations plan, possible plan structures and components of a base plan and its annexes. Other FEMA guides provide detailed information about planning considerations for specific functions, hazards…
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Disaster ministry handbook
When disasters happen, people turn to local churches as centers for response and assistance. When floods or tornadoes devastate an area, or when shootings and violence shock a community, knowing what to do can be the difference between calm and chaos, courage and fear, life and death. But few churches plan in advance for what…
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Saving us: A climate scientist’s case for hope and healing in a divided world. Atria/One Signal
Katharine Hayhoe Katharine Hayhoe is a climate scientist and chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy. She is also the Endowed Professor in Public Policy and Public Law and Paul W. Horn Distinguished Professor at Texas Tech University. She has been named a United Nations Champion of the Earth and one of Time’s 100 Most Influential…
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Creation care: A biblical theology of the natural world
textbookplus+ Creation Care A Biblical Theology of the Natural World Douglas J. Moo (Author) , Jonathan A. Moo (Author) , Jonathan Lunde (General Editor) Sale price $17.49 Regular price $24.99 Request an Exam Copy Description What does the Bible say about the natural world and its place within God’s purpose? From Genesis to Revelation, the…