We Count We Matter

Author : Christopher Steed
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351394154

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We Count, We Matter by Christopher Steed Pdf

This book examines the meaning of Brexit, the election of Trump and the rising tide of populist revolt on the right amidst the collapse of the left. Exploring the reaction against the establishment or ‘the system’, the author contends that we are witnessing a new divide between those who wish to see an interconnected world and those who seek distance: as transport and technology shrink the world, we witness a backlash that favours protectionism and opposes immigration. Distance is the new frontier: for some, remote players are rejected in favour of identities closer to home. This divide plays out in relation to the notion of ‘face’, as individuals react to ‘faceless’ organisations and processes such as globalisation and automation, responding to a sense of alienation on social media and developing a conception of themselves as networked individuals. Thus, we move towards a type of society characterised not by honour and dishonour, or right and wrong, but by voice and choice. A fascinating and very accessible analysis of the divisions and transformations that have come to dominate the contemporary landscape, this book will appeal to political leaders and social scientists with interests in globalisation, social movements and social theory.

Author : K. Bradley Watson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666767575

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A Path Called Compelling by K. Bradley Watson Pdf

While hiking in 2010, an ill-advised, off-trail climb left debut author K. Bradley Watson dangling precariously over the edge of a cliff. Narrowly escaping disaster, Watson then found himself lost in the woods, bushwhacking for hours before he found his way out of a dense canyon forest. The haphazard hiking moment became an epiphany for him, underscoring the importance of following trails. As in hiking, so it is in life and faith: to find our way, we need the direction of a path to guide us. In A Path Called Compelling, Watson reimagines the Christian faith as the Jesus Path, where three key events from Jesus's life (birth, baptism, temptations) are revealed to be more than events to believe in, but a path meant to be entered, travelled, and lived. Acting as an expedition guide, raconteur, and pastor, Watson weaves masterful storytelling with thoughtful reflections on Scripture that will have readers chuckling to themselves in one moment while readying themselves to travel the Jesus Path in the next. Fresh and urgent, the book invites readers to rediscover faith as they walk and explore A Path Called Compelling.

Author : Deborah Stone
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781631495939

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Counting: How We Use Numbers to Decide What Matters by Deborah Stone Pdf

“Required reading for anyone who’s interested in the truth.” —Robert Reich In a post-Trumpian world where COVID rates soar and Americans wage near–civil war about election results, Deborah Stone’s Counting promises to transform how we think about numbers. Contrary to what you learned in kindergarten, counting is more art than arithmetic. In fact, numbers are just as much creatures of the human imagination as poetry and painting; the simplest tally starts with judgments about what counts. In a nation whose Constitution originally counted a slave as three-fifths of a person and where algorithms disproportionately consign Black Americans to prison, it is now more important than ever to understand how numbers can be both weapons of the powerful and tools of resistance. With her “signature brilliance” (Robert Kuttner), eminent political scientist Deborah Stone delivers a “mild-altering” work (Jacob Hacker) that shows “how being in thrall to numbers is misguided and dangerous” (New York Times Book Review).

Author : The Arbinger Institute,Jim Ferrell,Duane Boyce
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781626564329

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The Anatomy of Peace by The Arbinger Institute,Jim Ferrell,Duane Boyce Pdf

This phenomenal bestseller—over 525,000 copies sold—explores how we often misunderstand the causes of our conflicts and shows us the paths to achieving true peace within ourselves and our relationships. From the authors of Leadership and Self-Deception comes a new edition of an international bestseller that instills hope and inspires reconciliation. What if conflicts at home, conflicts at work, and conflicts in the world stem from the same root cause? What if we systematically misunderstand that cause? And what if, as a result, we unwittingly perpetuate the very problems we think we are trying to solve? This book unfolds as a story. Yusuf al-Falah, an Arab, and Avi Rozen, a Jew, each lost his father at the hands of the other's ethnic cousins. The Anatomy of Peace is the story of how they came together, how they help warring parents and children come together, and how we too can find our way out of the personal, professional, and global conflicts that weigh us down, even when war is upon us.

Author : Jamie Glowacki
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781982109745

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Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler by Jamie Glowacki Pdf

Real-world, from-the-trenches toddler parenting advice from the author of the bestselling Oh Crap! Potty Training. Toddlers—commonly defined as children aged between two and five years old—can be a horribly misunderstood bunch. What most parents view as bad behavior is in fact just curious behavior. Toddlerdom is the age of individuation, seeking control, and above all, learning how the world works. But this misunderstanding between parents and child can lead to power struggles, tantrums, and even diminished growth and creativity. The recent push of early intellectualism coupled with a desire to “make childhood magical” has created a strange paradox—we have three-year-olds with math and Mandarin tutors who don’t know how to dress themselves and are sitting in their own poop. We are pushing the toddler mind beyond its limit but simultaneously keeping them far below their own natural capabilities. In the frank, funny, and totally authentic Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler, social worker Jamie Glowacki helps parents work through what she considers the five essential components of raising toddlers: —Engaging the toddler mind —Working with the toddler body —Understanding and dealing with the toddler behavior —Creating a good toddler environment —You, the parent Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler is about doing more with less—and bringing real childhood back from the brink of over-scheduled, over-stimulated, helicopter parenting. With her signature down-and-dirty, friend-to-friend advice, Jamie is here to help you experience the joy of parenting again and giving your child—and yourself—the freedom to let them grow at their own pace and become who they are.

Author : Jennie Allen
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780785229094

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Made for This by Jennie Allen Pdf

Have you ever asked yourself, “Why am I here?” Recognize your calling, find your place of service, and follow God to a life of purpose. This 40-day journey is for you—and it might surprise you. What if God hasn’t hidden His purposes for your life from you? That life doesn’t have to be so exhausting and heavy and confusing all the time? That God has given you everything you need to live out the calling He has placed on your life right this minute as you read this? In Made for This, a beautiful blend of bestselling books Anything and Restless, join Bible teacher Jennie Allen on a 40-day interactive journey that takes you through a step-by-step process to guide you in answering life’s ultimate question. This unique book will help you: Stop living afraid and insecure by discovering how God can use your dreams and passions for a greater purpose Identify the threads in your life and how they intentionally weave together Trade control and safety for a life of God-honoring adventure by praying one prayer Discover how to fully surrender to God and identify the threads of gifts, passions, places, relationships, and sufferings in your life—not to get what you want, but to find what God wants of you.

Author : Jennie Allen
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780849949494

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Restless by Jennie Allen Pdf

Do you live for something? Or do you feel like you're just waiting to find your purpose? Many of us feel restless, but that might not be a bad thing. When our restlessness awakens our longing to be woven into God's story, it can launch us into living the life of purpose God designed for us. In Restless, Bible study teacher and bestselling author Jennie Allen will help you discover a practical plan to identify the loose threads of your life and how to weave them together for God's glory and purpose. Jennie uses the story of Joseph in the book of Genesis to explain how his suffering, gifts, story, and relationships fit into the greater tapestry of God's narrative—and how our story can do the same. In this book you will: Explore practical ways to identify the threads of your life. Learn how to intentionally weave those threads together. Discover how your gifts, passions, places, and relationships are deliberate and meaningful, not random. Speak the truth about your suffering: it's possible it has produced the very thing you want to give back to the world. What would happen if you spent the rest of your life running without reservation after His purposes for you? To dive deeper into the Restless message and further explore Threads, look for the Restless Study Guide and Video Study from HarperChristian Resources.

Author : John Pepper
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781619847682

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Looking Back, Looking Forward by John Pepper Pdf

Author : James L. Gritter
Publisher : CWLA
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781587601231

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Hospitious Adoption by James L. Gritter Pdf

Jim Gritter's third book for CWLA examines the next step after open adoption. Building on his previous books, which promote the inclusion of birthparents, Gritter takes the approach that practicing goodwill, respect, and courage within the realm of adoption makes the process move smoother and enriches children's lives.

Author : Aristophanes,
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-10
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781472503961

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Aristophanes Plays: 2 by Aristophanes, Pdf

Reissue of Aristophanes' most famous plays in the Methuen Classical Greek Dramatists series Aristophanes is the oldest comedic writer in Western literature. Although only eleven of the some forty plays he wrote survive, his unique blend of slapstick, fantasy, bawy and political satire provide us with a vivid picture of the ancient Athenians - their social mores, their beliefs and their exuberant sense of occasion. Wasps is a lawcourt satire, Clouds a lighthearted look at education, Birds a search for the perfect society, Festival Time a feminist trial of Euripides and Frogs a celebration of and debate around the theatre.Aristophanes was a unique writer for the comic stage as well as one of the most revealing about the society for which he wrote.

Author : Jacqueline Kennelly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317337010

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Olympic Exclusions by Jacqueline Kennelly Pdf

Olympic Games are sold to host city populations on the basis of legacy commitments that incorporate aid for the young and the poor. Yet little is known about the realities of marginalized young people living in host cities. Do they benefit from social housing and employment opportunities? Or do they fall victim to increased policing and evaporating social assistance? This book answers these questions through an original ethnographic study of young people living in the shadow of Vancouver 2010 and London 2012. Setting qualitative research alongside critical analysis of policy documents, bidding reports and media accounts, this study explores the tension between promises made and lived reality. Its eight chapters offer a rich and complex account of marginalized young people’s experiences as they navigate the possibilities and contradictions of living in an Olympic host city. Their stories illustrate the limits to the promises made by Olympic bidding and organizing committees and raise important questions about the ethics of public funding for such mega‐events. This book will be fascinating reading for anyone interested in the Olympics, sport and social exclusion, and sport and politics, as well as for those working in the fields of youth studies, social policy and urban studies.

Author : Dr. Merry C. Lin, PhD
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493445769

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Rebecoming by Dr. Merry C. Lin, PhD Pdf

Finding our true selves has become the call of authentic living. But this is where we can get it wrong and inadvertently pursue the wrong things. Living out of our true selves isn't just about becoming--it's about unbecoming all the things we believed we had to be to be loved and rebecoming our essential, God-given selves. In this practical book, clinical psychologist Dr. Merry C. Lin guides you through a self-discovery process toward life-changing, daily transformation. She shows you how to · understand what motivates you and why you do what you do · identify things you do out of fear and self-protection · develop true resilience to handle the challenges of life · experience joy as you experience success in pursuing your dreams · and more Ready to live out of your healthiest, most integrated self to fulfill God's purposes for your life? It's time to embark on your own journey of rebecoming.

Author : , The Arbinger Institute
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781523089840

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The Anatomy of Peace by , The Arbinger Institute Pdf

This phenomenal bestseller—over 525,000 copies sold—expanded in a new third edition, explores how we often misunderstand the causes of our conflicts and shows us the paths to achieving true peace within ourselves and our relationships. In this day and age, perhaps there is nothing more important than knowing how to heal relationships that are breaking and how to maintain connections when people are pulling apart. So many of our conflicts seem unsolvable, but what if conflicts at home, at work, and in the world stem from the same root cause? What if we systematically misunderstand that cause? And what if, as a result, we unwittingly perpetuate the very problems we think we are trying to solve? This book unfolds as a story. Yusuf al-Falah, an Arab, and Avi Rozen, a Jew, each lost his father at the hands of each other's cousins. The Anatomy of Peace is the story of how they come together, how they help their warring parents and children come together, and how we too can find our way out of the personal, professional, and global conflicts that weigh us down. This expanded third edition includes diagrams and discussions that further explain some of the book's approaches, current research about key ideas, and how the transformation approach in the book relates to Arbinger's comprehensive organizational mindset-change process.

Author : Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher : Solaris
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781849974943

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Solaris Rising 2 by Adrian Tchaikovsky Pdf

Having re-affirmed Solaris’ proud reputation for producing high quality science fiction anthologies in the first volume, Solaris Rising 2 is the next collection in this exciting series. Featuring stories by Allan Steele, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Kim Lakin-Smith, Paul Cornell, Eugie Foster, Nick Harkaway, Nancy Kress, Kay Kenyon, James Lovegrove, Robert Reed, Mercurio D. Rivera, Norman Spinrad, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Liz Williams, Vandana Singh, Martin Sketchley and more. These stories are guaranteed to surprise, thrill and delight, and maintain our mission to demonstrate why science fiction remains the most exiting, varied and inspiring of all fiction genres. In Solaris Rising we showed both the quality and variety that modern SF can produce. In Solaris Rising 2, we’re taking that much, much further.

Author : Morning Sun Yellow Pony
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781512734713

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His Morning Sun by Morning Sun Yellow Pony Pdf

To read this book is to take an incredible journey. It is almost unbelievable that one person could live through so much and survive it all, much less go on to heal the emotional damage done to her heart mind and soul. A tissue may be required as His Morning Sun, shares the authors own life story as heart rending as it was. However, the biggest mistake the reader could do is to put the book down where her story ends. The second half of the book is about your own healing. Morning Sun takes the exact same teachings that God used to heal her life and presents them to you the reader for your own healing. She walks the reader through each step of their healing and uses her own life as the example. Morning Sun shows you her heart, then takes you on a journey into the very depths of your own heart.