KnowOrphans

KnowOrphans

Author: Rick Morton

Publisher: New Hope Publishers

Published: 2014-02-03

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1596698977

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The global orphan crisis is complex. The church’s response should be comprehensive, but is it? In this provocative follow-up to Orphanology, author Rick Morton provides the framework for families and churches to have a gospel-centered response to the growing global issue of orphan care. KnowOrphans addresses three distinct areas associated with global orphanology. Delving deeper into the criticisms of the movement, the need for reform, and what families can expect, author Rick Morton helps shape realistic perceptions of the challenges and rewards adoptive parents face in transnational adoptions. Through illuminating the work internationally adoptive families can expect, KnowOrphans offers solutions for the church in remedying the ills and deficiencies surrounding the church’s role in equipping and supporting families before, during, and after the adoption process. Knowing that the church’s response and attitude should be one that goes beyond adoption, KnowOrphans also addresses the complexities of how Christians are to respond ethically, compassionately, and comprehensively to the biblical call to care for orphans. KnowOrphans is the next step in conversation as this evangelically based movement of orphan care matures and begins to live out James 1:27 globally.


Stories We Need to Know

Stories We Need to Know

Author: Allan G. Hunter

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1844093018

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A combination of therapy and expertise in literature, this book explains the six archetypes derived from 4,000 years of literature and how they may guide unhappy people seeking meaning in their lives. Holding up the great books as the best way to understand these timeless story elements, the discussion devotes a chapter to each of the six archetypes: the innocent, the orphan, the pilgrim, the warrior-lover, the monarch pair, and the magician. Story structures are shown to be particularly suited to therapy with adolescents, many of whom have never stepped away from television and the shopping mall long enough to understand their unmet spiritual needs.


30 Days of Hope for Adoptive Parents

30 Days of Hope for Adoptive Parents

Author: Jennifer Phillips

Publisher: New Hope Publishers

Published: 2017-02-06

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 159669968X

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You finally surrendered. You opened your heart when you said, “Yes, God, I’ll adopt.” But now, you’ve discovered that opening your heart to the idea of adoption is the easiest part of the journey. Now comes the reality of the emotional ups and downs that only another adoptive parent can understand. In 30 Days of Hope for Adoptive Parents, author Jennifer Phillips shares words of encouragement to help adoptive parents navigate the emotional waters of adoption. Regardless of where you are in the process—just beginning or now living with the teenagers you adopted as infants—there are struggles unique to adoptive parenting. Weaving elements of her own journey through adoption, you will find hope as you begin to see God’s adoptive heart toward you.


Faith & Foster Care

Faith & Foster Care

Author: Dr. John DeGarmo

Publisher: New Hope Publishers

Published: 2016-04-04

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 1596699507

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Filled with personal stories and Scripture, Faith & Foster Care shows how to practically and specifically live out your faith in foster care ministry. An encouraging resource for novice or experienced advocates and parents, specific issues addressed include advice on marriage and foster care, how to love the foster child and birth family, how to pray for your foster child and birth family, and how to let go when they leave. See how your actions have a far-reaching impact when you live out your faith.


Dark Souls

Dark Souls

Author: Paula Morris

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 054525132X

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Sixteen-year-old Miranda Tennant arrives in York, England, with her parents and brother, trying to recover from the terrible accident that killed her best friend, and while in the haunted city she falls in love for the first time as two boys, one also suffering from a great loss and the other a ghost, fight for her attentions.


Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer

Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer

Author: Cecily von Ziegesar

Publisher: Poppy

Published: 2011-10-03

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 031619266X

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Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I live, go to school, play, and sleep-sometimes with each other. It's a luxe life, but someone's got to live it . . . until they die. So begins Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer, a re-imagined and expanded slasher edition of the first groundbreaking Gossip Girl novel, featuring all new grisly scenes and over-the-top gore by #1 New York Times bestselling author Cecily von Ziegesar. Just as in the original story, Serena returns from boarding school hoping to make amends with her BFF Blair Waldorf--things just haven't been the same since Nate Archibald came between them. But here's where our dark tale takes a turn: Serena decides that the only way for her to make things right with Blair is to eliminate Nate. If that means killing him, well, c'est la vie. Her attempted murder doesn't go unnoticed by Blair, however, who isn't about to let Serena kill whoever she wants-not when there's Cyrus Rose and Chuck Bass and Titi Coates and everyone else who's ever irritated Blair to get rid of first . . . . American Psycho's Patrick Bateman has met his match in Manhattan's newest, most fabulous trendsetting serial killers, Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen.


The Meek

The Meek

Author: Scott Mackay

Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

Published: 2018-06-29

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 1625673507

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The “provocative” science fiction novel from an award-winning author about the future of humankind—and the future of non-human kind... (New York Times Book Review) The asteroid Ceres was a place where children born in space could grow in a more Earth-like atmosphere. Then a group of genetically-enhanced humans began a violent insurrection. All unaltered persons were evacuated, and the entire facility destroyed. Decades later, a corps of engineers and technicians arrives on the seemingly dead asteroid with the job of rebuilding on the site. But the unwitting crew soon realizes that Ceres is not devoid of life. Now, they are about to confront the results of humanity’s scientific tampering—and the consequences could lead to the end of them all. In this John W. Campbell Memorial Award finalist hailed as “absolutely classic,” Scott Mackay draws readers into a universe in which the ambitions of mankind have given birth to a new lifeform that shares one powerful instinct with its creators. Survival. “Mackay avoids the grandiosity that is an occupational hazard of science fiction writers who dabble in cosmic themes.... Provocative.”—The New York Times Book Review “A fast-paced action adventure.”—The Washington Post “Absolutely classic ... stunning ingenuity.”—The Globe and Mail (Toronto)


Demon in You

Demon in You

Author: Jenna Wilder

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2013-08-23

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 1483668258

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Jane Williams was never a normal teenage girl. From the moment she was born she was given this task. She had this mission and journey that she had to set out on from the moment she came onto this earth. Though growing up in a foster home she didn't know much about yourself. When Jane was left on the steps as a infant she believed that no one wanted her or loved her. That there was nothing special about her. But all that changes as she grows up. And the more she grows the more she see's. The more the nightmare's and dreams come to her at night and show her the dangers she will come across. Not to mention the overwhelming amount of responsibility that she will have to bare on shoulders. She never thought her teenage life could become anymore troubling then it is now. But with one bad dream. You would have never thought it would lead to so much questions and surprises. An Uncle that is barely your uncle comes into your life. Sprouting out nonsense of destiny and a fight with heaven and hell over her. And it was one thing to have men fight over her. But never once did she think that two of the most powerful things in the world would be fighting to have her. But either one can literally kill her. Not something that you wish to hear during your days as a sixteen year old. And things only begin to grow from bad to worst for her. It seems to be one gigantic roller coaster ride for her. And if you are willing to take that ride then you will see all the rough turns it will take her.


Blaze: Star-Crossed

Blaze: Star-Crossed

Author: Brett Cooper

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-06-08

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1365179583

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When aliens-obsessed sixteen-year-old Blaise Davis is abducted by his birth family, he learns that he is not a twin but a triplet, that his adoption was not interstate but interstellar, and that his birth father may or may not be the greatest villain in the universe. After severely injuring his twin brother Wimpy in a fit of rage four years ago, Blaise is the "normal" one nobody notices, the one who can't stop the neighbor bully or get the girl. But destiny awaits. Blaise and Wimpy were born in a distant galaxy. Their enigmatic birth father, Goby, has big plans. When they are snatched from Earth and then lost in space, Blaise's anger becomes a superpower and Blaise becomes BLAZE - and must find out who he really is, follow his heart and control his rage before Goby can control his mind... and the fate of the universe.


Dead & Gone

Dead & Gone

Author: Jonathan Maberry

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-08-14

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1442472766

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How did Riot escape from the Night Church? How did she survive the Rot & Ruin—and the horrors of her own past? There’s only one way to find out.... Jonathan Maberry explores the origins of a fascinating new character in an exclusive e-short story set in the land of the Rot & Ruin.