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Age of Opportunity Paul Tripp uncovers the heart issues affecting parents and their teenagers during the often chaotic adolescent years.
Branded "Branded is a cogent wake-up call." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review
Contemplative Youth Ministry Youth ministry isn't about what to say, what to do, or how to be; it's about serving the needs of the students God has put in your life. This book is an attitude overhaul that creates a more organic approach to youth ministry that helps you create meaning
Cultural Intelligance This engaging book seeks to tackle the challenges of cross-cultural interaction in the context of Christian ministry. Livermore, an expert in intercultural studies, urges his readers to become more multicultural people so that we might better express love
Daughters and Dads Daughters & Dads is filled with practical help that will nurture your relationship with your daughter as she grows up. You'll learn how to communicate openly and honestly with her and how to be her friend and her father. Filled with letters from adole
Deep Ministry in a Shallow World Whether you re struggling to make anything work in your youth ministry or finding that most things are clicking along, this book will help you develop a practical theology to ask what is happening, what should be happening, and how you can make it happen.
Disconnected Parents worry they don't have the understanding or training to be able to care for their kids in a world that is increasingly superficial, politicized, and performance driven. Disconnected makes the concepts and strategies described in the bestselling Hur
Emerging Adulthood As the demographics of American youth, the American workplace, and adulthood continue to evolve, Emerging Adulthood is indispensable reading for anyone wanting to understand the face of modern America.
Engaging the Soul of Youth Culture Before we can reach today's youth with the turth of the gospel, we need to see what they see and hear what they hear. We need to catch the messages encrypted in their culture and understand what's really being communicated. In Engaging the Soul of Youth
Family Based Youth Ministry Family-based youth ministry is about adults discipling teens one-on-one and in groups. It is about involving not just the nuclear family but the whole church family--from singles to older adults. More important, it's about incorporating youth into the lif
Fitted Pieces This book offers help for parents in fitting together the important components of educating children cross-culturally. It is designed to help parents make informed decisions about an educational plan that is workable and appropriate for their family.
Four Views of Youth Ministry This book delineates four distinct philosophical/ecclesiological views of how youth ministry relates to the church at large.
From Father to Son Chap Clark wrote From Father to Son to encourage dads and give them ideas of how to raise their sons to spiritual maturity. He shares the marks of a disciple to show dads what to aim for, the goals of discipleship to help dads and sons to maintain focus,
God in the Wastelands In this sequel to the widely praised No Place for Truth, David Wells calls for the restoration of the church based on a fresh encounter with the transcendent God. By looking anew at the way God's transcendence and immanence have been taken captive by mode
Grace Based Parenting Parents in our post-modern world tend to be committed to but anxious about their child-rearing responsibilities. They have tried countless parenting books on the market telling moms and dads what to do and how to do it. Many of these are rigid, fear-based
Hidden Immigrants Linda Bell, the wife of a retired diplomat who raised her own children in assignments around the world, recounts the problems and pleasures of living a nomad's life, from the perspective both of the children and their parents.
How We Make Our Kids Angry Drawing on his ministry of Youth for Christ along with a survey of one hundred students of varied ages and backgrounds, Roger Cross has created a practical, helpful book for parents who want to understand why their kids are so angry and what they need to
Hurt If parents, educators, and youth workers were to read only one book about helping adolescence—this would be the one. Chap Clark managed to get inside the world of US teenagers and reveal the depths of angst, pressure and loneliness they feel. Hurt is a il
Letters Never Sent
Raising Global Nomads The world has become globalized, digitalized, and sadly, terrorized. That's the big picture that Pascoe examines in Raising Global Nomads. In her fifth book for expatriate families, the author recounts with honesty and trademark humour what worked for her
Raising Resilient MK's
Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry
Soul Searching Encyclopedic in scope and exhaustive in detail, this study offers an impressive array of data, statistics and concluding hypotheses about American teenage religious identity, with appendixes explaining methodology and extensive endnotes.
Sustainable Youth Ministry "This is the youth ministry book we've all been waiting for. With wit and wisdom, Mark DeVries draws from a deep well of experience as both a youth pastor and youth ministry consultant to teach us how to build the 'dance floor' that will not only keep our
The Art of Coming Home A guide to the re-entry process for persons returning to work or home after an extended absence, such as after working abroad. Addresses issues special to exchange students, international volunteers, military personnel and their families, and missionaries
The Fabric of Faithfulness All kinds of important choices are made during the college years. Young men and women explore what they really believe about the nature of the world and the purpose of life. They choose their work. They build friendships and often choose to marry. They de
The Five Love Languages of Children According to the authors, each child expresses and receives love through one of five different communication styles. A parent's love language may be totally different from that of his or her child, which causes hurt feelings and misunderstandings. With th
The Hip Hop Generation Bakari Kitwana, a former editor at The Source, identifies blacks born between 1965 and 1984 as belonging to the "hip-hop generation" a term he uses interchangeably with black youth culture ("Generation X" applies mainly to whites, he says). He calls hip-h
The Price of Privilege A practicing psychologist in Marin County, Calif., Levine counsels troubled teens from affluent families, and finds it paradoxical that wealth—which can open the door to travel and other enriching opportunities—can produce such depressed, anxious, angry a
The Space Between The changes and challenges of adolescence can leave many parents feeling overwhelmed at times with fear, confusion, frustration, and a lack of understanding. But here you'll find hope to help you understand and effectively parent your teen. Dr. Walt Muell
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To Own a Dragon Join Donald Miller, the best-selling author of Blue Like Jazz, with mentor John MacMurray, as he presents a thought-provoking and humorous chronicle of lessons found in a life without a Dad.