Think Orange
Think Orange

Author: Reggie Joiner

Publisher:

Published: 2017-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781635700657

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What if the primary mission of the church is not to help the family, and the number one priority of the family is not to go to church?What if they are both designed to work together to show a generation who God is?It's not either/or. It's both/and.In Think Orange, Reggie Joiner shows how two combined influences can make a greater impact than just two influences separately. Church leaders who "think orange" make radical changes so they can ?Engage parents in an integrated strategySynchronize the home and church around a clear messageProvoke parents and kids to fight for their relationship with each otherRecruit mentors to become partners with familiesMobilize the next generation to be the churchWhen you think orange, you rethink the way you do ministry for children and teenagers.

Unbroken Faith
Unbroken Faith

Author: Diane Dokko Kim

Publisher: Worthy Books

Published: 2018-04-03

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1683971795

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When a parent hears that their child has a disability, hearts and hopes are often broken. But faith doesn't have to be. In Unbroken Faith, Dianne Dokko Kim comes alongside you as a fellow special needs parent to help you reconcile the premise of a good God with the devastating realities of raising a disabled child. Kim courageously articulates deep-seated, unspoken doubts and fears you may have but are afraid to voice: Will my child still have a full life? Can I do this? Where is God in all this? As you are adjusting to your new normal, Kim's biblical-based encouragement will help you understand that you are not alone, that God gets it, and that God's Word is entirely relevant to the raw and messy yet hallowed spaces of special needs parenting.

Lead Small
Lead Small

Author: Reggie Joiner

Publisher:

Published: 2012-04-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780985411626

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If you're a small group leader, you believe in the power of community. You know that every stage and phase of life needs a unique kind of influence. But what exactly do you do? What exactly is your job?It's possible that you may feel lost at times, like your role falls somewhere between a parent and a friend, a coach and a teacher. But remember, you aren't supposed to be any of those things. You are a little of all of those things.Small groups come in many sizes. Those who wear diapers. Those who watch Disney. Those who are learning to drive. Those who are picking a college.Lead Small: Five Big Ideas Every Small Group Leader Needs to Know clarifies the responsibilities of the small group leader who works with children and teenagers. It establishes five common threads so that those who choose to lead in any size church can work off the same blueprint.When you lead small, you realize that what you do for a few has more potential than what you do for many. When you lead small, you choose to invest in the lives of a few to encourage authentic faith.With personal insight and practical advice, Reggie Joiner and Tom Shefchunas will show you how to do something small for a big impact.

Don't Miss It
Don't Miss It

Author: Reggie Joiner

Publisher: The reThink Group, Inc.

Published: 2016-10-08

Total Pages: 15

ISBN-13: 1941259685

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Parents have approximately 936 weeks from the time their child is born until he or she graduates from high school. It goes by fast. The responsibility to shape a child’s faith and character can seem overwhelming. If you are a parent, you have probably realized by now that you can’t make a toddler share. Can’t force a child to have faith. Can’t compel a teenager to make smart decisions. But there is something parents can do. They can make this week count. And then do it again, and again. In Don’t Miss It, authors Reggie Joiner and Kristen Ivy help parents discover that what they understand about their kids now has the potential to change their kids’ future. If parents don’t miss what’s happening during this phase of their kids’ lives, then maybe kids won’t miss some important things they need to know about life. That’s why what parents do this week matters. It’s just a phase. And none of us wants to miss it.

Intentional Parenting
Intentional Parenting

Author: Doug Fields

Publisher:

Published: 2018-09-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781635700862

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10 WAYS TO BE AN EXCEPTIONAL PARENT IN A QUICK-FIX WORLD No matter how good their intentions, all parents at times resort to quick-fix parenting: things we do to stop a kid's negative or annoying behavior. Quick-fix parenting may temporarily ease a parent's stress level, but it does little to positively impact a child's future. Quick-fix parenting is a terrible long-term strategy for parenting. Intentional parenting is the opposite of quick-fix parenting. Intentional parenting is a way to raise children to become healthy, independent young adults. It's based on solid principles which, applied over time, actually result in less-stressed parents and happier, better-adjusted, and more successful kids. Intentional parenting means you've got more than good intentions; you've got a plan. (And it's always better to have a plan for dealing with the stuff that inevitably crops up between parents and their kids than it is to wing it.) In Intentional Parenting: 10 Ways to be an Exceptional Parent in a Quick-Fix World, Doug and Cathy Fields draw on their own extended experience with young people and as parents to guide you through 10 specific actions that will help you become a more effective parent. A great resource for individuals, couples, and small groups, this interactive workbook comes with a free code to stream 10 video sessions, plus a small group discussion guide. To find out more, visit IntentionalParenting.com. See more resources like this at OrangeBooks.com and ThinkOrange.com

Make Waves
Make Waves

Author: Kellen Moore

Publisher:

Published: 2022-04-25

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781635701814

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Show your kids or grandkids how to make some waves?the kind that produce a positive difference in this world.All kids need to understand that the God who made the oceans made them. He is working in their lives to bring about good things, not just in them, but through them for others. Where there is sadness, they can make waves of joy. Where there is indifference, they can show love. When others are selfish, their humility can have a constructive ripple effect on the people around them.Over nine weeks, Make Waves: A Kid's Devotional on Changing the World can help kids become better acquainted with God's Spirit, how it guides us, and the kind of "fruit" it produces in our lives. Readers will find:? 9 weeks of engaging activities (with something fun to do on almost every page)? 4 days of devotions for each week (with Scripture, stories, and other content to help kids apply what they're learning)? A hands-on challenge to put the key principles from each week into practiceA great choice for new Christians, send-home gifts for VBS, and to help parents connect with their kids.

The Friendly Orange Glow
The Friendly Orange Glow

Author: Brian Dear

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2018-10-02

Total Pages: 642

ISBN-13: 1101973633

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At a time when Steve Jobs was only a teenager and Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t even born, a group of visionary engineers and designers—some of them only high school students—in the late 1960s and 1970s created a computer system called PLATO, which was light-years ahead in experimenting with how people would learn, engage, communicate, and play through connected computers. Not only did PLATO engineers make significant hardware breakthroughs with plasma displays and touch screens but PLATO programmers also came up with a long list of software innovations: chat rooms, instant messaging, message boards, screen savers, multiplayer games, online newspapers, interactive fiction, and emoticons. Together, the PLATO community pioneered what we now collectively engage in as cyberculture. They were among the first to identify and also realize the potential and scope of the social interconnectivity of computers, well before the creation of the internet. PLATO was the foundational model for every online community that was to follow in its footsteps. The Friendly Orange Glow is the first history to recount in fascinating detail the remarkable accomplishments and inspiring personal stories of the PLATO community. The addictive nature of PLATO both ruined many a college career and launched pathbreaking multimillion-dollar software products. Its development, impact, and eventual disappearance provides an instructive case study of technological innovation and disruption, project management, and missed opportunities. Above all, The Friendly Orange Glow at last reveals new perspectives on the origins of social computing and our internet-infatuated world.

Know God
Know God

Author: ReThink Group

Publisher:

Published: 2016-08-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781941259757

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How do we know God?Knowing God doesn't happen in a moment. It's not like we wake up one morning and BAM, we know God, we have Him all figured out, and we don't have any more questions or doubts.This book isn't about knowing everything there is to know about God. Know God is a 4-week, interactive journal designed to start kids on a journey of everyday things they can do to know God better: hear, pray, talk, and live.Know God is part of the 252 Kids Series, interactive devotional books for elementary-age children. Based on Luke 2:52, these devotionals are designed to help kids grow in wisdom, faith, and friendship.

City of Orange
City of Orange

Author: David Yoon

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2023-05-23

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 059342218X

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A man wakes up in an unknown landscape, injured and alone. He used to live in a place called California, but how did he wind up here with a head wound and a bottle of pills in his pocket? He navigates his surroundings, one rough shape at a time. Here lies a pipe, there a reed that could be carved into a weapon, beyond a city he once lived in. He could swear his daughter’s name began with a J, but what was it, exactly? Then he encounters an old man, a crow, and a boy—and realizes that nothing is what he thought it was, neither the present nor the past. He can’t even recall the features of his own face, and wonders: who am I? Harrowing and haunting but also humorous in the face of the unfathomable, David Yoon’s City of Orange is a novel about reassembling the things that make us who we are, and finding the way home again.