The Civility Solution: What to Do When People Are Rude Many of us find ourselves confronted with rudeness every day and don’t know how to respond.  From the intrusive cell-phone user who holds loud conversations in public to the hostile highway driver who cuts one off with a quick swerve of his car, p ...

Running with the Giants: What the Old Testament Heroes Want You to Know About Life and Leadership How would the legendary figures in the Bible advise us today? We're running the race of our lives and it's a long one. We need encouragement along the way-a cheering grandstand or a personal trainer or two. John Maxwell reminds us that even in a mode ...

The Power of Focus: What the Worlds Greatest Achievers Know about The Secret of Financial Freedom and Success Whether they are corporate professionals, budding entrepreneurs, or they own a home business, most people are looking to achieve more in less time, while earning enough money to live comfortably. This book reveals the proven techniques thousands of ...

What a Difference a Daddy Makes - The Lasting Imprint a Dad Leaves on His Daughter's Life Study after study shows that fathers set up their daughters for success. Involved fathers-whether or not they live in the same house as their daughters-boost their daughters' academic achievement, promote their emotional health, increase their compas ...

What Happened at Vatican II During four years in session, Vatican Council II held television audiences rapt with its elegant, magnificently choreographed public ceremonies, while its debates generated front-page news on a near-weekly basis. By virtually any assessment, it was t ...

9 Things You Simply Must Do to Succeed in Love and Life: A Psychologist Learns from His Patients What Really Works and What Doesn't Many years of counseling have enabled Dr. Henry Cloud to observe people trying to work out the most important issues of life: relationships, career, fulfillment, meaning, pain, hurt, loss, despair, and addictions. If we sincerely want to "get life ri ...

What now? Based on her lauded commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College, this stirring essay by bestselling author Ann Patchett offers hope and inspiration for anyone at a crossroads, whether graduating, changing careers, or transitioning from one life st ...

Quitting Church: Why the Faithful are Fleeing and What to Do about It Several recent studies reveal that churches across America are hemorrhaging--they are losing members at a life-threatening rate. Intrigued and disturbed by what appears to be an epidemic, Julia Duin, a religion reporter for the Washington Times, amas ...

We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry The heart of the biblical understanding of idolatry, argues Gregory Beale, is that we take on the characteristics of what we worship. Employing Isaiah 6 as his interpretive lens, Beale demonstrates that this understanding of idolatry permeates the ...

Family Driven Faith: Doing What It Takes to Raise Sons and Daughters Who Walk with God I thought this was a good book but is geared for the family that hasn't been involved in regular family worship and hasn't thought much about homeschooling their children. If you find yourself in one of those two categories and are looking to get ser ...