A practical and theologically sound guide for celebrating the sacraments that identifies their historical and theological roots, then offers suggestions for making them come alive in a congregation.
There will always be those among us who are unable to fully provide for themselves. In Sacramental Cocoa, Lynn Perry writes of her experiences with the marginalized and disenfranchised, who, not unlike their more prosperous counterparts, long for connection with others and God.
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is the most common behavioraldisorder in American children. Teens with ADHD have an extremely high risk offailing in school, becoming drug abusers or alcoholics, breaking the law, andbecoming teenage parents. This manual offers practical advice to help parentscope with these problems.
Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) is one of the few American scientists who have become public - and controversial - figures in the twentieth century. This book adds a new dimension to the Oppenheimer story by offering a look at the private man behind the public figure. It consists of letters spanning the period from his Harvard student days in 1922 to his departure from Los Alamos in 1945. The letters are supplemented by recollections of those w...
A comprehensive study text for students beginning a serious study of jazz. The first part of the book begins by teaching elements of jazz phrasing, articulation, vibrato and interpretation of rhythms through exercises and original pieces. Next, the book encourages improvisational skills through both theoretical and technical studies of scales and chords. The second half of the book builds on the skills learned in the first part with an in-dept...
This book gives a new mentor practical advice about proper support, care, boundaries and how to pray for a disciple. An excellent resource for beginners! Table of Contents Chapter1: The Mentor's Lifestyle Chapter2: Jesus and His Cell Group Chapter3: Mentoring and Accountability Chapter4: Six Thingsa Mentor Does Chapter5: The Mentor's Ministry Chapter6: The Mentor's Mission Chapter7: Your Weekly Meetings Chapter8: Principles to Remember Chapter...
This is a complete guide to the multiage grouping of students. Learning Together discusses the theory behind and practice of multiage classrooms, and explores its curricular, instructional and assessment elements. The book incorporates case studies of four schools which have implemented a multiage configuration.
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There are several blank pages near the back of this book which were added to accommodate even signatures in the original. These pages, as well as the backlist pages which are the last printed pages in the book, should be deleted from the reprint.
It is taken for granted today among theologians that the principal achievement of the Second Vatican Council was its Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium. It is beginning to be equally taken for granted that the core of this central document is its vision of Church as communion. "Communion, " Pope John Paul II has said, "is the very mystery of the Church." Church: A Spirited Communion grows out of the ecclesiology of the Council ...
If you want to get an audience's attention quickly and be remembered, begin with a tremendous quote, end with a tremendous quote, and season your remarks with tremendous quotes. With hundreds of quotes in 102 categories, Quotes are Tremendous has just the quote you need.
Los medios de comunicación nos llenan de noticias constantemente. Si nos tomamos el tiempo de analizarlas a la luz de las Escrituras, encontramos que nos afirman en la sublime esperanza de la Segunda Venida de Cristo. Esto se debe a que todo lo que sucede ya está profetizado en la Palabra. La mayor de las noticias del siglo correrá como pólvora por todo el mundo cuando anuncien la desaparición de miles de personas. ¿Serás tú de los que escuche...
This practical volume offers administrators and teacher leaders advice on how to maximize the benefit of staff development programmes. The authors address three challenges: How and what trainers should observe in a classroom, how they should analyze these observations, and how they can translate observations into feedback which will encourage teachers to enhance their professional effectiveness.
A pygmy shrew is small, it's among the smallest of mammals. What could be smaller? A ladybug? A protozoa? Yes, there are smaller things than a pygmy shrew, and in this delightful book, Wells introduces readers to all of them--right down to the atoms and quarks!
Since the first subway opened in 1904, the New York subway system and its trains have provided millions of New Yorkers with cheap, fast, and remarkably reliable transportation. The New York subway system lacks the electronic complexity of such modern operations as the Washington Metro or San Francisco's BART, and New Yorkers have few qualms in admitting that theirs is not the world's most beautiful subway. But as it is in no other city on eart...
This innovative anthology is the first comparative primary source collection of focus on France and the British Isles in a period critical to their development as great powers. It takes a fresh approach to the history of these two pre-industrial states, with the emphasis being on the regions and nations of which they were composed rather than the monolithic states.
It's the Day of the Dead and Nando and his mother are going to honor TÃo Fernando. Nando, named for Uncle Fernando, listens as his mother tells him that later, at the cemetery, they will meet with TÃo Fernando's spirit. SPANISH DESCRIPTION Es el DÃa de los Muertos y Nando y su Madre van a honrar a TÃo Fernando. Nando, nombrado en honor de TÃo Fernando, escucha a su Madre decirle que mas adelante en el cementerio se van a encontrarse con e...
An important chorus of our south of the border sisters for us Latinas to hear... Here we have much knowing and glorying from Argentina to Brazil to my own Dominican Republic -- toes to waist to breasts of the hemisphere!" -- Julia Alvarez.
Irish literature exists in two languages. A dual approach is necessary if the tradition, with its historical, political and semantic tensions, is to be understood-indeed, if some of its features are to be appreciated at all.Separate Gaelic and Anglo-Irish anthologies and commentaries have long been readily available, but commentaries dealing with the total Irish literary response are rare. In "The Dual Tradition" Thomas Kinsella presents a vie...
On a summer vacation at the seashore, three little Swedish brothers almost float away in a washtub before they learn to swim well enough to place first, second, and third in the boys races.
