The beatitudes are some of the most beautiful and yet challenging words in the Bible. Christians and non-christians alike have been chasing after a more blessed life for centuries. Sadly they often come up empty despite all their effort and striving. This book invites you to try a different way. As you instill the spiritual practices talked about in this book you will start to see that you are becoming someone Jesus called blessed.
What if fear is the new brave? That's the question that you need answered if you are living afraid. Finding courage begins with fear itself--fear of the Lord. I Choose Brave reveals a countercultural plan to help you where you are--knee-deep in fears of parenting, the future, your marriage, and a world that feels unstable. When you're feeling fearful, the last thing you need is a social-media meme telling you to simply "power through" your fears. In I Choose Brave, Katie Westenberg digs deep into Scripture and shows that finding the courage to overcome our fears must start with fear of the Lord. Hundreds of passages speak to this foundational truth, yet we have somehow relegated them to antiquity. In sharing her own compelling story of facing her worst fear, Katie serves up theological truth with relatable application. In this book, you will · discover a fresh take on an old truth that displaces fear once and for all · understand why the culture's idea of "fearlessness" is a farce · access the holy courage you were made for With this new knowledge comes tremendous freedom. Hidden in the cleft of the Rock, the One truly worthy of our fear, you will begin to understand the only path to real courage.
Award-winning business professor Keith Murnighan teaches us how doing less will get you more in Do Nothing!Would you like to go on holiday without having to check daily that your team is doing its job? Can you turn off your phone and your email, knowing that everything is under control?For most managers this is just a dream. But Do Nothing! reveals that such a 'hands off' approach is both achievable and highly effective.In this compelling and imaginative book, award-winning business professor Keith Murnighan shows how really successful leaders create a culture of independence and trust. Identify the team members who you can rely on - then step aside and let them do their jobs. With a raft of provocative suggestions ('ignore performance goals!', 'de-emphasize profits!'), Do Nothing! proves that behaving naturally can work against you. Doing less will get you more.'A compelling analysis...Allows leaders to both work less and be better at their craft' Robert Cialdini, author of Influence'This rare book provides a refreshing perspective and tangible advice on leadership that isn't available anyplace else' Bob Sutton, author of The No Asshole Rule J. Keith Murnighan is an award-winning professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and an active consultant and trainer for a host of companies around the world. His research has been cited in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Economist, and Forbes. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.
The self-help method that can change your life. Even moderate regular drinking can stress you out, dull your senses and just have a general negative impact on your life. Alcohol is a well-known depressant, and is not uncommon, the day after, when you're not feeling like yourself, for anxiety and panic attacks to show up. This workbook can help you change those negative habits and learn to get rid of the stress on your own without drinking. I will allow you to embark on a new life adventure and to live the way you really want to live it. Activate yourself, not at some random point in the future, but now!
Growing an Engaged Church offers unique, research-based, often counterintuitive solutions to the challenges facing churches today, including declining congregant participation, decreasing contributions, and slumping membership. Ministers, priests, and church boards will find the evidence and answers in this book provocative, eye-opening, and, most importantly, actionable. What if members of your congregation . . . • were 13 times more likely to have invited someone to participate in your church in the past month? • were three times as satisfied with their lives? • spent more than two hours per week serving and helping others in their community? • tripled their giving to your church? What would your church — your parish — look like? And how would you go about creating this kind of change? One thing is certain: Church leaders are never going to inspire more people to be actively and passionately involved in their congregations by doing the same things over and over again. Pastors and lay leaders need something fresh. Something new. The last thing they need is “just another program” or to set up a laundry list of new activities for members. Based on solid research by The Gallup Organization, Growing an Engaged Church will appeal to both Protestant and Catholic clergy and lay leaders who are looking for a way to be the Church instead of just “doing church.”
This is something that I have really been noticing over the past few years. I have no problem with the concept of a serious relationship but I do need a reason to fully commit and be with one woman and settle down. I’m pretty sure a lot of men feel exactly like I do on some level. Why put any effort into a boring or otherwise detached union with a member of the opposite sex when a better situation is out there and I’m still searching for something or someone better to come along? It may be a sign of the times. I hear this same comment for women all the time: They say that the guy that she is dating has no time for her and then you find out the reason why is because he is always at work. This is a part of growing up. Somebody has to be employed in order for the household bills to get paid. They seem to be more interested in the type of guy who lives off her and various other women. They will often chase of an emotionally unavailable male suiter who has no interest in being with her. Then they complain that they cannot find a good man. And when they do find a man who adores her and the ground that she walks her she will treat him like a second class citizen. This may have something to do with their biological impulse to procreate with one of those alpha males who spread their seed without thinking about any consequences or future outcomes. It is all fun and games until children get introduced into this scenario. Then they end up fighting like hens for this irresponsible rooster’s attention. Many members of the female gender will disagree with my assertions but the it is obvious to the others around them. I have also observed the relationship dynamics of many women involved with good responsible men. Many of these women put little or no romantic effort into their relations with them unless another female notices his good qualities. Then they will fight to keep him when she should have been putting more interest in her affiliation with him. This is exactly how men get entangled with a side chick or mistress. Women get too comfortable instead of putting more interest in their relationship or marriages. They will deny that this is going on in the first place. I see it all the time. I’m basically saying that if you love the man you are with show him some extra affection sometimes. Cook him a special meal. Show him some romantic interest sometimes. Continue to build on your situation and make it better. The reason for being together is to grow as a couple and endure every aspect of life as a loving unit. We all get caught up in the demands of everyday life but if you are sharing your life with someone special show them that you care. Show them the love you have for them while you build a future together.
The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 20 million copies sold! Translated into 60+ languages! Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field. Learn how to: make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy); overcome a lack of motivation and willpower; design your environment to make success easier; get back on track when you fall off course; ...and much more. Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.
nig·gard·ly (adj.) [nig´erd-le] 1. stingy, miserly; not generous 2. begrudging about spending or granting 3. provided in a meanly limited supply If you don’t know the definition of the word, you might assume it to be a derogatory insult, a racial slur. You might be personally offended and deeply outraged. You might write an angry editorial or organize a march. You might even find yourself making national headlines In other words, you’d better know what the word means before you pour your energy into overreacting to it. That’s the jumping-off point for this powerful directive from Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and bestselling author Karen Hunter. It’s time for the black community to stop marching, quit complaining, roll up their collective sleeves, channel their anger constructively, and start fixing their own problems, she boldly asserts. And while her straight-talking, often politically incorrect narrative is electrifyingly fresh and utterly relevant to today’s hot-button issues surrounding race, Hunter harks back to the wisdom of a respected elder—Nannie Helen Burroughs, who was ahead of her time penning Twelve Things the Negro Must Do for Himself more than a century ago. Burroughs’s guidelines for successful living—from making education, employment, and home ownership one’s priorities to dressing appropriately to practicing faith in everyday life—teach empowerment through self-responsibility, disallowing excuses for one’s standing in life but rather galvanizing blacks to look to themselves for strength, motivation, support, and encouragement. From our urban communities to small-town America, the issues Hunter is bold enough to tackle in Stop Being Niggardly affect us all. Refreshingly candid and challenging, certain to get people everywhere talking, this is the book that takes on race in a new—yet also historically revered and simply stated—way that can change lives, both personally and collectively.
You can stop being single now and have the love you desire in your life. Dr. Dar overcame many obstacles and found the love of her life using the same tools in this book. In fact, she wrote this book while dating and searching for her soul mate. Within six weeks of completing the book, she met her current husband. Her goal in writing this book is for you to attract the love of your life and have your happily ever after!
