The Tortoise Usually Wins

Author : Brian Harris
Publisher : Authentic Media Inc
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781780783024

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The Tortoise Usually Wins by Brian Harris Pdf

The Tortoise Usually Wins is a delightful exploration of the theory of quiet leadership. Written for reluctant leaders, it interacts with three key biblical images of leadership - the leader as servant, shepherd and steward - and links them with some of the key virtues of quiet leadership - modesty, restraint, tenacity, interdependence and other-centeredness. Exploding the myth that the good is the enemy of the best, it argues that the reverse is more often true, with images of unattainable perfection crippling competent people from getting on with the task of doing genuinely good things. The book strips leadership of some of its mystique, arguing that the bulk of leadership is about helping groups decide the right things to do and then getting on and doing them in an atmosphere that brings the best out of others. Brian Harris is the principal of a highly regarded theological seminary and also pastors a thriving local church, so the book carries the wisdom of both professor and pastor, satisfying the reader both intellectually and practically. These insights are supplemented by interviews with significant quiet leaders from around the world, ensuring a rich feast for prospective and current reluctant leaders. 'Books on leadership are today two a penny. Just occasionally, however, one of these books might stand head and shoulders above most of the others, and to my delight The Tortoise Usually Wins falls into that category. Furthermore, so many books on leadership are written for natural leaders; whereas, as the author makes clear, most churches are led by "quiet leaders" who know they are not great, but nonetheless, are "tenacious and committed to the task and willing to work co-operatively with others to achieve it". I can see many church leaders benefitting from this book. I warmly commend this unusual book.' Paul Beasley-Murray, Senior Minister, Central Baptist Church, Chelmsford; Chair of Ministry Today UK

Author : Bo Sanchez
Publisher : Shepherds Voice Publications, Inc.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789710070558

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The TurtlE Always Wins by Bo Sanchez Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Jenkins
Publisher : Virago
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1844087476

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The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins Pdf

In affairs of the heart the race is not necessarily won by the swift or the fair. Imogen, the beautiful and much younger wife of distinguished barrister Evelyn Gresham, is facing the greatest challenge of her married life. Their neighbour Blanche Silcox, competent, middle-aged and ungainly - the very opposite of Imogen - seems to be vying for Evelyn's attention. And to Imogen's increasing disbelief, she may be succeeding. 'A subtle and beautiful book ... Very few authors combine her acute psychological insight with her grace and style. There is plenty of life in the modern novel, plenty of authors who will shock and amaze you - but who will put on the page a beautiful sentence, a sentence you will want to read twice?' Hilary Mantel, Sunday Times

Author : Christopher Sinkinson
Publisher : Authentic Media Inc
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781842279199

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John Hick and the Universe of Faiths by Christopher Sinkinson Pdf

John Hick was one of the twentieth century's most influential and creative philosophers of religion. In this book, Sinkinson charts the development of Hick's thinking over his life and how this shaped his engagement with world religions. Attention is paid to Hick's epistemology and how this was key in his interpretation of both his own religion and the phenomena of religious pluralism. It can be shown that the development of Hick's thought is the legacy of the liberal theology of the Enlightenment. The project, begun by Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Schleiermacher, is shown to find clear expression in the developed theology of religions proposed by Hick. The book includes a survey of his important books and a transcript of the last recorded radio dialogue that Hick had with an evangelical theologian.

Author : Brian Harris
Publisher : Authentic Media Inc
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781780783413

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When Faith Turns Ugly: Understanding Toxic Faith and How to Avoid It by Brian Harris Pdf

Following the huge success of The Tortoise Usually Wins, 2012, and The Big Picture, 2015, in When Faith Turns Ugly Brian Harris explores why the Christian faith sometimes wears two masks - usually life-serving and transforming, but occasionally escapist, illusionary and even poisonous. What are the warning signs that faith is at risk of turning toxic? What do we mean by the conviction that the gospel liberates? Brian Harris' take on what constitutes life-serving faith is refreshing and will be appreciated by all who would like to be sure that their obedience to Jesus the Christ will help to build a world with a better name.

Author : Aesop
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781404865037

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The Tortoise and the Hare by Aesop Pdf

A boastful hare meets his match in this attractive retelling of Aesop's famed tale.

Author : Matt Little
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-10
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781789292732

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The Way of the Tortoise by Matt Little Pdf

Taking inspiration from the fable of the Hare and the Tortoise, internationally renowned trainer Matt Little reveals the essential strategies for sustainable success.

Author : Kelley T Kemp
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781460220856

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Winning the One Man (or Woman) Show by Kelley T Kemp Pdf

Countless numbers of people dive into the world of self-employment only to discover that they own a job. A few of these brave (or crazy) people grasp the concept of working for retirement, maximizing the best clients and delivering above average performance in their field of skills and passion. If you are wanting to master small business without adding staff, growing an empire and mortgaging the house, then this is a book you need to devour. Sometimes staying small and understanding that you own a job can be better than trying to build an empire!

Author : Martha Beck
Publisher : Rodale
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-18
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781594868122

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The Four-Day Win by Martha Beck Pdf

A life coach columnist for O magazine challenges opinions about will power being a key element in weight loss, introducing an unconventional program that incorporates a series of four-day habit-changing steps that culminate in an overall healthier lifestyle. Reprint.

Author : Jessica Grant
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307373922

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Come, Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant Pdf

A delightfully offbeat story that features an opinionated tortoise and her owner who find themselves in the middle of a life-changing mystery. Audrey (a.k.a. Oddly) Flowers is living quietly in Oregon with Winnifred, her tortoise, when she finds out her dear father has been knocked into a coma back in Newfoundland. Despite her fear of flying, she goes to him, but not before she reluctantly dumps Winnifred with her unreliable friends. Poor Winnifred. When Audrey disarms an Air Marshal en route to St. John’s we begin to realize there’s something, well, odd about her. And we soon know that Audrey’s quest to discover who her father really was – and reunite with Winnifred – will be an adventure like no other. Excerpt: Winnifred is old. She might be three hundred. She came with the apartment. The previous tenant, a rock climber named Cliff, was embarking on a rock-climbing adventure that would not have been much fun for Winnifred. Back then her name was Iris. Cliff had inherited Iris from the previous tenant. Nobody knew how old Iris was or where she had come from originally. Now Cliff was moving out. He said, Would you like a tortoise. I would not say no to a tortoise, I said. I was alone in Portland and the trees were giant. I picked her up and she blinked at me with her upside-down eyelids. I felt instantly calm. Her eyes were soft brown. Her skin felt like an old elbow. I will build you a castle, I whispered. With a pool. And I was true to my word.

Author : Joseph A. Meier
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-08
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781457560019

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Move Better, Eat Smarter, Live Happier by Joseph A. Meier Pdf

What can we really control throughout our lifetime that may have an impact on our health? The answer, to an extent, is: a lot. We can shape our environment to better deal with roadblocks. We can control how and how much we move. We can control what we choose to put into our mouths. We can choose the attitude and outlook we take with us each day. We can choose to let motivation elude us, or figure out new ways to regain it. We can choose who we spend most of our time with and the influence those people have on the decisions we make – with or without them around. Many people feel helpless when it comes to balancing these factors. It doesn’t have to be difficult for it to last. It just has to be done in small, manageable steps. Learn, apply, evaluate, and adjust. MOVE Better EAT Smarter LIVE Happier Joseph A. Meier

Author : Graham Buxton
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781610972215

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An Uncertain Certainty by Graham Buxton Pdf

Many people in Christian ministry are tired of simplistic certainties; what they need is permission to live with uncertainty, with mystery, ambiguity, and paradox. Because we live in a world that is far removed from the modernist version of reality, with its rational, clinical, and superficial presentation of life, we need the courage and wisdom to embrace the presence of uncertainties in the midst of certainty. In this book, the author offers snapshots of a number of central Christian topics--God, the gospel, the church, salvation, ministry--inviting us to treat them as features of a landscape to explore rather than a set of propositional statements to sign up to. Each chapter--short enough to provoke interest and curiosity--will be a catalyst for deeper reflection and enquiry, inviting us to discover a new freedom in ministry as we embrace a more generous "both-and" perspective in place of a more narrow "either-or" interpretation of the Christian faith. In the process, we may find ourselves rediscovering "the Life we have lost in living" as we imaginatively participate in the life, ministry, and mystery of the triune God of grace in our midst.

Author : Carol Campbell
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781415210345

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The Tortoise Cried its Only Tear by Carol Campbell Pdf

It’s a black karoo night and a young woman covered in blood is running along a deserted dust track. Siena must reach Seekoegat Primary School, the only safe place she knows, but it’s a long way to run, a three-day ride on a donkey cart. As Siena runs, her story, and the story of her two friends, comes alive. Growing up with her in the margins was Boetie, neglected and wild, and Kriekie, whose mother worked the n1 truck-stops. When they meet again as grownups, the three must relive the devastating events that set them each on a new path.

Author : Alexander T. Augoustides MD ABIHM FAAFP
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-28
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781982231880

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What Healing Means to Me by Alexander T. Augoustides MD ABIHM FAAFP Pdf

What Healing Means to Me: A Primer serves as a guide to enable the reader to understand in a broad outline Dr. Alexander Augoustides’s perspective on why balance and an active physician-patient relationship is integral to healing on any and all levels. His signature program Balance Rx© is the backbone on which this work has been developed and also serves as the framework that forms the foundation of what he and his staff do daily at Piedmont Integrative Medicine. This program uses seven keys that each constitute an important segment of the whole, and each segment has at least seven sections. Each of these segments and sections are considered and addressed by each individual. Dr. A lovingly challenges his reader with three foundational questions throughout the book. The purpose of asking these questions is to discover an outline and structure with answers that are both specific and definite. In a more specific sense, the three questions enable the reader to bring and define their why into being, outline the framework of the what, and ultimately show you the way forward. Through the thousands of patients Dr. A has had the privilege of working with, he has discovered that this Socratic approach just works.

Author : Clara Sarmento,Silvia Sousa
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443843645

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In Permanent Transit by Clara Sarmento,Silvia Sousa Pdf

In Permanent Transit: Discourses and Maps of the Intercultural Experience builds interdisciplinary approaches to the study of migrations, traffics, globalisation, communication, regulations, arts, literature, and other intercultural processes, in the context of past and present times. The book offers a convergence of perspectives, combining conceptual and empirical work by sociologists, anthropologists, historians, linguists, educators, lawyers, media specialists, and literary studies writers, in their shared attempt to understand the many routes of the intercultural experience. This Permanent Transit generates an overlapping of cultures, characteristic of a site of cultural translation. In their incessant creation of uncertainties, these pages also produce new hypotheses, theories and explanations, while pushing limits, bringing about epistemological changes, and opening new spaces for independent discussion and research. The potential for change is located at peripheries marked by hybridity, where the ‘new arrivals’ and the ‘excluded’ – like this book and many of its contributors – are able to use subversion to undermine the strategies of the powerful, regardless of who they are. Cultural translation – both as Judith Butler’s ‘return of the excluded’ and as Homi Bhabha’s hybridity – is a major force of contemporary democracy, also in the academic field.