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In The Mother Earth Effect, award-winning producer and Earthing ambassador Olivia Ramirez Smith invites readers to rediscover the healing power beneath their feet-offering a transformative path to freedom, self-empowerment, and renewed connection through the wisdom of Mother Earth.

"Olivia has done it again! Sharing life-changing transformational stories of healing through grounding. Humans learn through stories."

Perry Nickelston, DC, stopchasingpain.com

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Christian Leadership: Tools of the Trade is a practical and Scripture-driven guide designed to equip pastors, ministry leaders, and committed believers with the principles needed to lead effectively within the work of God. Drawing heavily from biblical examples and patterns found throughout Scripture, the book presents leadership not as a modern management technique but as a spiritual calling that must be grounded in faith, obedience, and godliness.

Author Jeff Wade walks readers through the foundational qualities required of Christian leaders and shows how leadership within the church differs fundamentally from leadership in the secular world. While business models emphasize profit, efficiency, and organizational success, biblical leadership focuses on spiritual growth, obedience to God, and guiding people toward a deeper relationship with Christ. According to the author, true leadership begins with personal holiness and grows through disciplined study of Scripture, faithful prayer, and a commitment to follow Gods patterns for ministry.

The book explores essential leadership topics including recognizing Gods call, developing godly character, building order from chaos, delegating authority, recruiting and training leaders, and establishing healthy ministry structures. Wade emphasizes that successful ministry leadership requires more than enthusiasm or good intentions. Leaders must learn to follow the biblical patterns that God established for organizing people, developing teams, and building ministries that honor Him.

Throughout the book, readers are encouraged to study the lives of biblical leaders such as Abraham, Moses, David, and the apostles in order to understand how God works through individuals who step forward in faith. The author also provides practical insights into creating systems within the church that support growth, unity, and long-term ministry sustainability.

Christian Leadership: Tools of the Trade is written for pastors, ministry workers, church planters, and lay leaders who feel called to serve and want to grow in their ability to lead others effectively. By combining biblical teaching with practical leadership guidance, the book challenges readers to step out in faith, develop their leadership gifts, and build ministries that reflect the order, wisdom, and character of God.

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Inclusion without equity is an illusion.

Based on Latavia Sturdivant's powerful TEDx talk, The Illusion of Inclusion, this reflective journal and action guide is designed for anyone ready to move beyond diversity checkboxes and go deeper in creating authentic, equitable belonging in their communities.

Inside, you'll find:

Guided reflection and journal prompts

Thought-provoking discussion questions for

individuals and groups

Real-life "In Practice" scenarios that explore where

inclusion falls short - and what it looks like to

get it right

Whether you're a member of the ably different community, a family member, educator, or ally, this book invites you to reflect honestly, challenge what you've accepted as inclusion, and turn awareness into lasting change.

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" One' s own happiness exclusive of others is not true happiness. We cannot be happy while others suffer. Seeking happiness for oneself and others is genuine happiness. The original purpose of Buddhism and the profound wish of the Buddha is to help the suffering and enable as many people as possible to become happy." a Daisaku Ikeda In these lectures dedicated to new SGI members, SGI President Ikeda delves into five core themes of Nichiren Buddhism: 1. The Oneness of Mentor and Disciple 2. Happiness for Self and Others 3. Courageous Faith 4. A Solidarity of Good Friends 5. Religious Revolution

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Ever to Emmaus describes the theological journey of a Lutheran pastor and professor who was shaped by his doctoral work on the Emmaus story from Luke 24. It is a theological memoir that narrates how his theology has deepened in both his exegetical work on the Gospels and Paul, and in his teaching and writing about liturgy, preaching, catechesis, diakonia, and the reading of literature. The story of the road to Emmaus is the lens through which he interprets both Scripture and the church. This is also evident in how his work in global theological education was shaped by Jesus teaching on the road and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread. Emmaus not only gives us Word and Meal as the structures of the liturgy, but they are also the means for mission.

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Can nationalism be heresy? Augustines social thought resisted both the religious nationalism of those who saw Romes conquest of neighboring nations as Gods redemptive work, and the religious isolationism of the Donatist sect that rejected all Christian involvement in Romes public life. Augustine diagnosed both the nationalist and the isolationist temptation, not merely as unethical and imprudent, but as unorthodox and hereticaltrusting in salvation by human works. His arguments against nationalism and isolationism mirror those he was using at the same time against the Pelagians; for Augustine, religious nationalism was missiological Pelagianism, while religious isolationism was ecclesiological Pelagianism. His writings against these two errors establish that fidelity to the gospel requires us to distinguish, but not separate, religious institutions and identities from political institutions and identities, creating a complex and ambiguous shared space within which the city of God and the worldly city engage in spiritual struggle. This fresh and innovative look at Augustines social thought, from an interdisciplinary perspective that draws on theology and social science, speaks directly to questions that are urgent in every age of the church, including our own. <br />

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Analytic Essays in Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology

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The contributors to this volume inhabit the land between two streams: Pentecostal and charismatic theology and analytic theology. While this imagery might bring up images of fruitfulness, productivity, and fertile grounds, the fruitfulness of this particular interfluve has been left largely unconsidered or has been plainly dismissed. The aim of this volume is to plant a tree which might begin to yield fruit in this otherwise barren space. It is the conviction of the editors that these two streams have a lot to offer each other, and indeed we have found fourteen contributors occupying the space between. As a first installment that we hope inspires further work, we seek a conversation in which Pentecostal and charismatic traditionswhich have sometimes eschewed the academy and its trappingscan learn from analytic theologys commitment to clarity, rigor, and precision, and analytic theologywhich can be at times dry and abstractcan be renewed by the life in the Spirit which marks Pentecostal and charismatic worship. The contributors of this volume do this by bringing to bear the tools of analytic theology on issues of methodology, key doctrines, and practices and spirituality, planting the seed that will fertilize the land between the streams. <br />

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Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, D. T. Everhart, Joanna Leidenhag, Christopher Woznicki

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The Twenty-First Century New Way of Seeing

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Fully abstracted art numbs the viewer as if reaching for oblivion with a martini or a toke. Art in the twenty-first century must be grounded in science, substance, and ethical inquiry. Millions paid for exploding bananas and stuffed plastic sharks is obscene. Total abstraction fails because it avoids the tough questions: Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? What is this art about and why? Within the Scientific Revolution of the twenty-first century, both artists and scientists are visionaries offering substance to guide our future.

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The Story of a Congregations Courageous Ending and Enduring Legacy

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On All Saints Day in 2009, St. Peters Lutheran Church in North Plainfield, New Jersey, closed its doors for a final time. This book is a love story, a eulogy, good words spoken from and about the last years of a congregations ministry.

This book is not an instructional handbook, its a memoir of a pastor and her people written to provide comfort and encouragement for others walking through similar journeys. The chapters narrate the challenging conversations, bold generosity, and faithful witness they chose in closing.

Eulogy for a Faithful Church speaks of a congregation who looked at their resources and capacity and asked, Given this reality, how do we be the church? How can we best make the gospel known? Then, with grief, sacrifice, and trust in God, the people chose to say goodbye to both a sacred place and a beloved community. Their story, woven together with Scripture, names the faithfulness of a community of faith which chose to die and, in doing so, found new life.

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What Jesus Crucifixion Accomplished For Us

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A Theological Examination of the Purpose and Meaning of Jesus Death

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Everyone knows of the crucifixion of Jesus, the most significant event in human history. But how many know the true purpose and meaning of his crucifixion? Why did the Father send his Son to the cross? Why did Jesus have to die? What did his death accomplish? This book answers these and other questions. Imagine bearing the weight of every sin committed by every person who has ever lived. Or think of how Jesus death restored our severed relationship with God. And his death accomplished something truly amazing. It was the deciding blow against Satan, ending his long war with God. These and other reasons for the Saviors death may not be the usual theology textbook reasons, yet each one explored is both biblical and personal. Readers will find themselves in these pages, just as they find themselves in Gods redemptive story that played out one Friday at a place called Calvary.

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Vulnerability: A Journey of Discovery launches a vital discussion about the kinds of vulnerability needed to bring about healing in the emerging generations and what each generation can do to encourage positive transformation that will ensure future leadership is healthy and thriving. The book explores the generational distinctions between vulnerability and transparency, the impact of trauma and resilience on the emerging generations, attachment and its influence on relationships with God and others, and ultimately, restoration and recovery of identity in Christ. On his own personal pilgrimage, the author has discovered the risk and overwhelming reward of living and loving vulnerably. Readers hearts will resonate with his as he shares personal stories, reflections, and lessons learned from his journey. Let this book be the beginning of a journey of discovery!<br />

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The Wiley Handbook of What Works with Adolescents Who Have Offended

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Promising, evidence-based practices in prevention and intervention work with adolescents involved with the youth justice system With scholarly discussions of theory, policy, and research defining the field, What Works with Adolescents Who Have Offended delivers the latest evidence-based practices in prevention and intervention work with adolescents involved with the youth justice system. This book explicitly addresses the evidence bases for best practices in applied work and covers influential jurisprudence, policies, and programs implemented across geographical jurisdictions. The book is divided into four sections. The first section covers clinical presentations and disorders, such as substance use, ADHD, intellectual disabilities, autism, PTSD, and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). The second section covers distinct groups including adolescent girls, gangs, sexual offenders, and firesetters, along with general race, ethnicity, and cultural considerations. The third section covers the nature of interventions, with information on family therapy approaches, dialectical behavior therapy, and cognitive-behavioral interventions. The last section covers broad considerations and approaches in the field. With contributions from internationally renowned authorities in the field, What Works with Adolescents Who Have Offended includes discussion on:  Key conceptual issues, methodological approaches and innovations, diversity of contributions on aetiology, and lifespan perspectives Major contributions from major theoretical models, neuroscience, and research in developmental criminology Ethical and professional issues in healthcare work with youth-justice involved youth Critical reviews of the extant literatures and future directions in the field Priorities for research, policy, and practice based on lessons learned throughout the text  The expansive selection of contents and organization of What Works with Adolescents Who Have Offended makes the work valuable to a broad readership, including researchers and academics, practitioners, and legal scholars and policy makers.

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Calvin M. Langton, James R. Worling, Leam A. Craig, Louise Dixon

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Updated edition of a popular introduction to cosmology, now with new observational data, supporting web material, and problems with solutions An Introduction to Modern Cosmology is an accessible account of modern cosmological ideas that enables readers to understand cosmology without resorting to the mathematical apparatus of general relativity. This fully revised Fourth Edition of the bestseller takes an approach which is grounded in physics with a logical flow of chapters, leading the reader from basic ideas of the expansion described by the Friedman equations to some of the more advanced ideas about the early universe.  The Advanced Topic sections present subjects with more detailed mathematical approaches to give greater depth to discussions. Student problems with hints for solving them and numerical answers are embedded in the chapters to facilitate the readers understanding and learning. The new edition contains updated observational data, more detailed explanations and examples of the central-to-cosmology Friedman equations, and references to extensive online supporting material. It also incorporates up-to-date results from the Planck mission, which imaged the anisotropies of cosmic microwave background radiation over the whole sky.  Sample topics explored in An Introduction to Modern Cosmology include:  The geometry of the universe, covering flat, spherical, and hyperbolic geometry, infinite and observable universes, and the three values of k Simple cosmological models, covering Hubbles law, expansion and redshift, particle number densities, and evolution including curvature The density of the universe and dark matter, covering galaxy cluster composition and brightness of the supernovae The origin of light elements in the universe, covering hydrogen and helium, problems with the Hot Big Bang, and flatness and horizon problems Written in a clear, concise format with short, accessible chapters, An Introduction to Modern Cosmology is an essential textbook resource on the subject for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of astronomy, astrophysics, and physics.

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User-friendly, quick clinical microbiology reference Stay ahead in clinical practice with the latest edition of Pocket Guide to Clinical Microbiology. This essential companion for clinical microbiology professionals delivers concise, up-to-date information on microbial identification, diagnostics, and treatment options, tailored for quick reference at the bench and in the clinic. Featuring the latest advancements, quick-reference tables, and practical insights, it is the go-to guide for clinical microbiologists, health care professionals, and students seeking a reliable and accessible resource to enhance their knowledge and practice.

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Christopher D. Doern, Alexandra L. Bryson

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London, 1871: Lucie Dumas of Lyon has accepted a stipend from her former lover and his wife, on condition that she never returns to France; she will never see her young son again. As the money proves inadequate, Lucie turns to prostitution to live, joining the ranks of countless girls from continental Europe who'd come to London in the hope of work in domestic service. Escaping a Covent Garden brothel for a Magdalen penitentiary, Lucie finds only another form of incarceration and thus descends to the streets, where she is picked up by the author Samuel Butler, who sets her up in her own establishment and visits her once a week for the next two decades. But for many years she does not even know his name. Based on true events.

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A weary drifter finds welcome at an isolated farm run by two women and sees the chance for a quiet new life. As he settles into the work and pours his heart into a growing flower garden, the place begins to feel almost perfect. But beneath the calm chores, neighborly visits, and rural routine lies a warped sense of mercy that turns kindness into danger and beauty into something far more unsettling...

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Albert Slussen is a meticulous man who values privacy above all elseaand he has devised a flawless plan to be rid of his wife. His alibi is airtight: a tape recorder, a rigged telephone, and two nosy neighbors on the party line who will swear he was home when Martha died fifty miles away.

Every detail has been anticipated. Every contingency eliminated. What could possible go wrong?

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Jim Lewis's Paris vacation takes a dangerous turn when he's mistaken for a jewel smuggler and handed priceless gems. After being attacked by thieves and learning of a soviet plot to steal the Sergius jewels, Lewis must navigate a web of espionage, double-crosses, and murder. With the help of pilot Ned Orley and mysterious Jenny Gardner, he races to uncover who truly owns the legendary stones before they fall into the wrong hands.

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A Wander Through Millennia of Natural History in Australia

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The trees around us  some we may walk past every day  tell a story. The mallee box by the twelfth hole of North Adelaide Golf Course evokes a time when Adelaide was clothed in mallee scrub and desert senna. Brisbane's remnant blue gum, growing by the botanic gardens, indicates a time when the city was once jungle. The river red gums of Melbourne bear the scars of Aboriginal craftmanship. Mangroves, Leichhardt trees, acacias, eucalypts, foxtails ... together, they inspire a narrative that jumps from Burke and Wills to sugar slaves, Empress Josephine to Johnny Flinders. Eucalypts reveal lost cultures and lost children. Cabbage palms tell of incomparable migrations. In the spirit of Bob Gilbert's Ghost Trees and Don Watson's The Bush, this book explores how our trees hold our history and reveal it to us.

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Communication: Principles for a Lifetime presents an accessible overview of the fundamental theories and skills of communication. By organizing the text around 5 key principles of communication, authors Steven Beebe, Susan Beebe and Diana Ivy show the importance of the interplay among communication concepts, skills and contexts.

The 9th Edition reflects the latest in the field, with coverage of topics such as collaborating virtually, using AI in group research, parasocial relationships people develop with influencers and other online content providers and more. Fresh, contemporary examples, photos and illustrations throughout the text make the material relatable.

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Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe, Diana K. Ivy