What is the Christian college for?

Whether you're about to begin your journey at a Christian college or you've already embarked, this is a vital question. And you have probably been given an answer a hundred times.
College is to get a good job or to learn a bunch of disconnected information or it's a social rite of passage-all within the nurturing confines of a Christian community.

In Learning to Love, Alex Sosler deepens, widens,
and magnifies a vision for higher education.

Conceiving of the Christian college as more than job preparation or the acquisition of knowledge, Sosler inspires a greater hope for education-namely one oriented toward the love of God and neighbor. This expansive vision re-imagines an education worth pursuing.
Learning to Love is perfect for students preparing for Christian higher education and those on the journey. While written with the student in mind, Sosler's consideration of the purpose of Christian higher education is also great for faculty, staff, and administrators.

Welcome to Phoenixville.

Nestled among the rolling hills of Southeastern Pennsylvania, this unassuming town is steeped in history.

Beginning with its first inhabitants, nomadic Ice Age mammoth hunters, Tales of Phoenixville presents ten insightful stories about the people and events that occurred here. From the Revolutionary War to the Sundance Kid, from the filming of The Blob to the rise and fall of the famous Phoenix Iron and Steel Company, these tales span more than 400 years of history. Each story in this compelling collection is inspired and supported by historical events, providing the reader with a fresh perspective on life in this small Pennsylvania town.

Listos Para La Universidad es una guía integral para padres que desmitifica la transición a la universidad-y satisfará las necesidades de los padres de habla hispana con estudiantes universitarios entrantes. El primer año de universidad está lleno de emoción e incertidumbre.

Listos Para La Universidad brinda una guía práctica, por parte de un grupo de administradores universitarios expertos, sobre lo que se debe hacer durante el verano previo a la universidad, al dejar a los estudiantes en su respectivo campus y durante el primer semestre en la universidad.

Los capítulos abordan las inquietudes más relevantes, como el hacer maletas, el dinero, el mantenerse conectado, la promoción de una independencia responsable y el apoyo al éxito académico. Las listas de verificación le aseguran de no olvidar ninguna tarea importante durante el verano y los temas para iniciar conversación al final de cada capítulo lo ayudarán a iniciar esas pláticas que son muy difíciles, pero a la vez muy necesarias.

Esta traducción especial de Listos Para La Universidad incluye contenido adicional que brinda orientación útil y culturalmente relevante a los padres hispanos de primera generación.

The first year of college is full of excitement and uncertainty for students and parents. And this Fall brings additional challenges and stress.

The 2024-25 college experience will be different from anything a parent might have experienced themselves, or anything they have experienced with other children, as each college student's journey is unique. And there are additional unknowns as students begin college in 2024. College administrators are still seeing the impact of COVID on our young students. Incoming college students have experienced academic disruption and may not even fully understand how to manage their time, and the study skills needed for college-level work.

Parental support of students means even more today.

College Ready provides practical guidance on what should be done during the summer, during drop-off, and the entire academic year.

College Ready addresses topics that parents think most about. Chapters provide expert guidance on top-of-mind concerns including packing, money, staying connected, promoting responsible independence, and supporting academic success.

College Ready is action-oriented and includes Checklists so you don't forget anything and don't do things you shouldn't!

And the book is full of ideas on how to start those tough, but very much needed, conversations. Not only will having these conversations assist you in your college preparations, but they will also open new lines of communication that can continue during the school year.

College Ready is edited by Chelsea Petree, Ph.D., who is the Director of Parent and Family Programs at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Each contributor to College Ready is a current or former college administrator who has worked extensively with parents and families of students. They are all members of AHEPPP: Family Engagement in Higher Education, the only professional association in the world dedicated to parent/family involvement in the college experience. These contributors are experts in the field overall and in the chapters they penned.

College Ready is for parents, family members, caregivers, siblings, mentors, and any supporters of a soon-to-be college student.

Excuse the interruption! This workbook companion builds on the bold steps of the original book, as it interrupting the patterns of our lives. A corrective vision tool, DRIVEN BY DESIGN WORKBOOK, propels us to move forward with confidence and great success. With each page, we will travel on a journey of self-reflection and divine empowerment as we discover and embrace the creative genius living inside of us. Through the pages of this book, we will not only discover our purpose, but we will also receive practical tools to build the life of our dreams. Together we will experience the extraordinary transformation, elevation, and accelerated result of a new design of a dream fulfilled.

Jonathan Everett is a trailblazing pioneer of radical redemption and change, creating pathways to the promise for many all around the world. He was invited to pastor the Rock of Ages Baptist Church in New Orleans, LA where he oversaw the fastest growth in the history of the church as more than one-hundred souls were converted and partnered with him in ministry in what was known as the fastest growing church in the city. Over time, the church grew from three members to over 600. Through his spirited teaching, he has garnered the attention of local political figures, professional athletes, and has become a sought-after voice in the world of arts and entertainment. His ministry and mentorship reach the halls of city government where he works with several high-profile politicians and provides counsel to several top ranked public officials. Today, he is the first appointed African American male mentor for UNO. Directs the missionary work of the Merge Community Development Corporation and is the CEO and President of Prestige Environment Management Services and founder of iMatter Leadership Institute.

A quirky, and nosy, extended family, an irritating yet hot-as-hell stranger. My world may never be the same.

Kora

I love my hometown. That's why I came back to Orlinda Valley after college. It was easy to step into my job as a teacher, but my luck with finding the perfect man has not been so simple.

Until Kai Lawson appeared out of nowhere. The truck he drove into town was as loud and obnoxious as he was hot and mysterious. He got under my skin immediately, and I tried to avoid him at all costs-though in this town, that's far easier said than done.

As the days passed, he became more ingrained in our community-and my circle of friends-which drew us closer together and caused the heat between us to intensify. Soon it became impossible to ignore the magnetic pull of his crystal-clear gaze or the charge that sparked between us when we touched.

Just when it seemed like we were getting closer, someone from Kai's past appeared out of nowhere, and secrets he didn't want me to know were revealed. He began to shut me out, and turned away from what could have been.

Now I have to prove to Kai that you aren't always a product of your upbringing, family is more than blood, and love is worth fighting for.

No One But You is the first book in the Orlinda Valley series. The series is a heartwarming and steamy contemporary romance that will leave you craving moonlit kisses, and the kind of love that blooms when you least expect it.

A business trip to South Florida to handle a real estate transaction leads to murders, arson and a battle over who will find a long lost treasure in the Florida Keys that may not exist, but still has drug runners, homicidal hookers, Cuban American fascists and former members of Haiti's Tonton Macoute killing over it. It's another adventure for wise guys Nick and Jimmy, last heard from in The Babylon Deception. Did Christopher Columbus carve his signature into the bejeweled skull of a Taino woman sex slave? Nick and Jimmy are about to find out.

*This is the Type Four Edition of the book, including specific content for enneagram Type Fours*

How does your personality type help and hinder your ability to make wise decisions? We are too often rich in information and poor in wisdom. And when we encounter life's decisions, big and small, we engage the information available through the lens of our personality. The Enneagram of Discernment: The Way of Vocation, Wisdom, and Practice breaks new ground in the enneagram field, introducing Dr. Drew Moser's innovative approach to exploring the enneagram to discover calling, cultivate wisdom, and develop habits that help you make wise decisions, whether they be important or mundane.

This is not your ordinary enneagram book. Weaving theology, spirituality, neuroscience, and psychology, Dr. Moser introduces you to The Way of Discernment: a journey of nine key questions each of us must consider when faced with a decision. Each of these nine questions are grouped into three triads: The Vocation Triad, The Wisdom Triad, and The Practice Triad. This is an enneagram resource for anyone looking for help in making better decisions. Whether you're new to the enneagram, or have been working with the enneagram for many years, The Enneagram of Discernment is an essential resource.

This collection of beautiful, whimsical poems and photographs, invites readers into the world of a young woman, known across the world, Anne of Green Gables, of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The author reflects in her poems the magic of Anne stories published by L.M. Montgomery in eight Anne books and how the stories and the place reshaped her own sense of possibility. The poems are magical, lyrical and enticing. Readers will long to walk the woods, the beach, look out from Anne's bedroom upon the world of the place Green Gables where a young orphan found home and identity living with two elderly siblings. The connection between Anne's world of a hundred years ago and Julie A. Sellers' today are beautifully portrayed and invite readers to explore their own connections to Anne's world and other literary worlds that inspired them and changed their lives. This chapbook is evidence of why we read and an invitation to immerse yourself in Anne's world and your own world of imagination.

Secret Service Agent Jon is an action-packed adventure that promotes perseverance, courage, confidence, doing the right thing, making good decisions, overcoming evil with good, and selflessness.

EL EXILIO NO SIEMPRE ES FÍSICO. En esta saga de amor, coraje y quebrantamiento, el autor reflexiona sobre el viaje de una familia repentinamente empobrecida que lucha por sobrevivir la migración a una fría e indiferente capital del tercer mundo. Sus miembros, tratan desesperadamente de mantener el cuerpo y el alma juntos, mientras son destrozados por sus exilios internos: una mujer que tiene un hijo tras otro en silenciosa sumisión a la tradición. Niños desconcertados y desapegados por la agitación constante. La vida secreta de un padre y su amargo ostracismo que lo convierte en un extraño solitario bajo el techo familiar. En Flores para María Sucel, el amor es una cosa frágil pero duradera que florece cuando menos se espera.

EL EXILIO NO SIEMPRE ES FÍSICO. En esta saga de amor, coraje y quebrantamiento, el autor reflexiona sobre el viaje de una familia repentinamente empobrecida que lucha por sobrevivir la migración a una fría e indiferente capital del tercer mundo. Sus miembros, tratan desesperadamente de mantener el cuerpo y el alma juntos, mientras son destrozados por sus exilios internos: una mujer que tiene un hijo tras otro en silenciosa sumisión a la tradición. Niños desconcertados y desapegados por la agitación constante. La vida secreta de un padre y su amargo ostracismo que lo convierte en un extraño solitario bajo el techo familiar. En Flores para María Sucel, el amor es una cosa frágil pero duradera que florece cuando menos se espera.

You will receive a letter every year on the Saturday after the anniversary of my funeral or close to it. Yes, my funeral. Not my death. Funerals are ridiculous, so it is fitting you get the letter on that day. It would be awesome if you could gather as a family to pass me along. When Bessa found out she would not survive pancreatic cancer, she knew her three adult children weren't ready to lose her. To help them move on, Bessa enlisted a secret accomplice to send letters to her children around the anniversary of her funeral. She also had her ashes placed in a purple kaleidoscope urn and requested her kids take turns spending time with her. Outlandish or not, a mother needs to do what a mother needs to do.Full of laughter, love and chaos, the Larsen family spends ten years receiving letters from their mother and passing the urn from house to house, country to country-with an occasional mishap.

This beloved classic by A.W. Tozer is for the spiritually dissatisfied, for the passionate, for the hungry. If you are content wading in the shallows while bearing no passion to glorify God and enjoy Him forever - then this book is not for you. If your hunger and thirst can only be satisfied by God Himself, and the desire for the piercing sweetness of the love of Christ overrides all competing desires, then reading the Pursuit of God will intoxicate you. You cannot afford to not read this book.

Chapters include discussions on the bliss of following hard after God, the sacrament of living, the blessedness of possessing nothing as well as the paradox of the simultaneous pursuit of God while being pursued by Him. A full chapter listing:

1. Following Hard after God
2. The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing
3. Removing the Veil
4. Apprehending God
5. The Universal Presence
6. The Speaking Voice
7. The Gaze of the Soul
8. Restoring the Creator-creature Relation
9. Meekness and Rest
10. The Sacrament of Living

This edition contains a special feature embodied in two separate sermons by C. H. Spurgeon on Finding and Fellowshipping with God.

The ten chapters are heart searching and the prayers at the close of each are for closet, not pulpit. I felt the nearness of God while reading them. Here is a book for every pastor, missionary and devout Christian. It deals with the deep things of God and the riches of His grace. Samuel M. Zwemer, Missionary, Scholar, Author and the Apostle to Islam.

CELESTE & CHRIS tells the story of two friends coming of age in 1960s. In their isolation from others, they redefine the terms of the oppressive society-religious, social, racial, economic, sexual-in which they were raised. Celeste's mother is overbearing. Chris's parents dote on their son but remain ignorant of his homosexuality. Chris and Celeste form a bond that helps them survive the warfare they undertake against their world's mores and strictures.

Due to a high school prank gone wrong, Chris's parents believe their laid-back parenting put him on the wrong path. They overcompensate by sending him to military school. While there, Chris begins an illicit affair with his art teacher. Celeste runs away from home with the intention of rescuing Chris. On her way, she's picked up hitchhiking by a charming Vietnam War draft-dodger. Both Chris and Celeste find their sexual liberation comes with stipulations and disillusion.

The emergence of riskier desires threaten the bond between Celeste and Chris, even as they realize the complicated and dangerous nature of their situation. As things devolve, the friends must come to terms with the perils of their illusions and the price of freedom, and imagine a future for themselves and each other.

Can you believe in science and also believe in some form of spirituality?

Can you be thoughtful and inquisitive and still have faith in something beyond?

Can your brain be in harmony with your heart?

These essays say yes, yes, yes.

Science has been so successful at giving us material benefits that many intelligent people believe it also gives us the best picture of ultimate reality. Unfortunately, that picture is a cosmic bummer: a mechanical universe ruled by laws that care nothing about the human heart.

But you can fully embrace science without being an atheist. In fact, the essays in this book push critical thinking further than most scientists are used to. And-in easy, playful prose-they go places our most educated and well-respected citizens generally don't.

Refusing to stop at border crossings or check points, Spark's essays roam coyote-like over the terrain not only of science, but of philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, myth, religion, the supernatural, and our own direct experience of the world.

In doing so, they explore a paradox: The idea of a universe devoid of magic may itself be a kind of spell.

Want to wake up?

Essays include:

The Science Fiction: How Scientific Are Scientists?

Who Should We Ask About God?: Do Scientists Know What Reality Is?

What You See Is What You See: Common Sense & Ultimate Truth

Where Scientists Fear to Tread: Science, Taboos, Magic, & Meaning

The Science Spell: Science & the Big Picture

Summa cum laude Harvard graduate, comedy screenwriter, math and science teacher, philosopher, and published poet, Chris Spark has been a lifelong seeker of truth, without regard for the conventional ways our culture tends to categorize and fracture reality.

The Science Spell is the first collection of essays in the series Making Belief: Essays Towards a Natural, Magical, Intelligent Faith.

In Making Belief, Spark explores deep, life-changing ideas in lively, down-to-earth prose. What are the hidden connections between geometry and Jesus, reason and revelation, the paranormal and the pedestrian? Do boundaries really separate the impish and the important? The sensual and the spiritual? The everyday and the exalted?

By blending what we tend to keep apart, Spark's essays offer us perspective on the ways our culture has conditioned us to feel divided and confused, buffeted by competing ideas about existence. In these essays, you'll discover a way to feel yourself more wholly, as part of a coherent, meaningful cosmos-one in which Western civilization is but one of many stars.

Secret Service Agent Jon is the newest hero in an action-packed adventure that promotes perseverance, courage, confidence, doing the right thing, making good decisions, overcoming evil with good, and selflessness.

Nature loving Hallie falls asleep on a leaf pile and awakens in an enchanted forest. She forms a strong friendship with Scarlet, who is a bit unusual. Scarlet teaches Hallie the importance of kindness. One day a strong storm strikes the forest and changes everything forever. The story will inspire you and the ending will surprise you. An unforgettable children's story about love, loss, kindness, and everlasting friendship.

*This is the Type Two Edition of the book, including specific content for enneagram Type Twos. You can also purchase the Comprehensive Edition that includes all Types.* How does your personality type help and hinder your ability to make wise decisions? We are too often rich in information and poor in wisdom. And when we encounter life's decisions, big and small, we engage the information available through the lens of our personality. The Enneagram of Discernment: The Way of Vocation, Wisdom, and Practice breaks new ground in the enneagram field, introducing Dr. Drew Moser's innovative approach to exploring the enneagram to discover calling, cultivate wisdom, and develop habits that help you make wise decisions, whether they be important or mundane. This is not your ordinary enneagram book. Weaving theology, spirituality, neuroscience, and psychology, Dr. Moser introduces you to The Way of Discernment: a journey of nine key questions each of us must consider when faced with a decision. Each of these nine questions are grouped into three triads: The Vocation Triad, The Wisdom Triad, and The Practice Triad. This is an enneagram resource for anyone looking for help in making better decisions. Whether you're new to the enneagram, or have been working with the enneagram for many years, The Enneagram of Discernment is an essential resource.

The Prototype: A Story of True Love tells the story of Jadirah, a woman in search of the perfect love. Throughout her journey, Jadirah is striving to maintain her mental, physical, and spiritual health after public shame and loss. Due to the lack of support and compassion from her husband, she must face most challenges on her own. As she embarks on a journey toward the unconditional love that she deserves, she is faced with a choice that will radically transform her family and her future.

When a humiliating incident happens to Jadirah in front of the world, she struggles to find where to turn for guidance. Her loved ones point to her husband, Carlos, as the source of her issues. The public, on the other hand, places blame and criticism on her. The video of The Incident goes viral and reaches her friend Nisa, who is halfway around the world. Nisa drops everything and rushes to her friend's side to offer support, turning her attention to Jadirah while ignoring her own personal issues.

With Carlos still lurking and Nisa presenting more questions than answers, who can Jadirah trust to help her find peace? Who can she rely on when she's at her most vulnerable? How can she find that perfect love when she isn't even sure if that kind of love exists?

Have you ever lost a loved one?

Have you ever been diagnosed with a chronic illness?

Have you been surrounded by family and friends, but still felt alone

because you were overwhelmed with grief?

If you have experienced any of the above, you are NOT alone! When life

throws a wrench in your plans, achieving your goals can be the last

thing on your mind. Let's T.A.L.K.: Your 4-Step Guide To Getting

Beyond The Pain Of Loss & The Uncertainty Of Illness So You Can Live

Your Best Life Now by BeLynda Bea Davis is the anthem for

everyone who needs to be encouraged during their time of grief, loss,

and illness.

Its pages will speak to your heart and mind as you discover the true

meaning of courage and perseverance. With their complexities and

variances, grief and chronic illness are experienced differently by so

many people who, often, feel alone and misunderstood. Let's T.A.L.K.:

Your 4-Step Guide To Getting Beyond The Pain Of Loss & The

Uncertainty Of Illness So You Can Live Your Best Life Now tackles the

hard realities faced by many people across the globe and offers a

remedy accessible to everyone.

Finding peace, comfort, and the fortitude to go beyond the pain and

uncertainty of these heartbreaking conditions are exercised on the

pages of this timely book. So, explore, meditate on, and experience

grief and chronic illness from a new perspective...VICTORY!