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Baker Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Thought leader and executive editor of Christianity Today helps parents understand how technology, and the way we use it as families, can hinder or help us and our children grow in character and become the kind of people we want to be.
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Language
English
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An informative and compelling guide for families to enrich their home life in our age of distraction. Like millions of parents, bestselling author and New York Times family columnist Bruce Feiler felt squeezed between the needs of aging parents and rapidly growing children. Over three years, he traveled across the United States, seeking out the smartest people and the most effective families to assemble a collection of best practices for families...
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Publisher
W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"If our families are to flourish, we will need to learn and practice ways of forgiving those who have had the greatest impact upon us: our mothers and fathers."
Do you struggle with the deep pain of a broken relationship with a parent? Leslie Leyland Fields and Dr. Jill Hubbard invite you to walk with them as they explore the following questions:
• What does the Bible say about forgiveness? Why must we forgive at all?
• How do we honor those...
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Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
The story of Serena and Dan Shine, estranged from one another as they separately grieve over the recent loss of Serena's father and Dan's older brother. Serena's actions cause the couple and their two small children to be banished from New York City, and they settle in the only town that will offer Dan employment: Waring, North Carolina. There, in the Bible belt of America, Serena becomes enmeshed with the small Jewish congregation in town led by...
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English
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For years Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Argentina-- now Pope Francis-- and Rabbi Abraham Skorka were tenacious promoters of interreligious dialogues on faith and reason. They both sought to build bridges among Catholicism, Judaism, and the world at large. This work, originally published in Argentina in 2010, brings together a series of these conversations where both men talked about various theological and worldly issues, including...
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, Llc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An informative and compelling guide for families to enrich their home life in our age of distraction. Like millions of parents, bestselling author and New York Times family columnist Bruce Feiler felt squeezed between the needs of aging parents and rapidly growing children. Over three years, he traveled across the United States, seeking out the smartest people and the most effective families to assemble a collection of best practices for families...
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Publisher
Warner Business Books
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The Founder of JetBlue. The CEO of Dell Computers. The CEO of Deloitte & Touche. The Dean of the Harvard Business School. They all have one thing in common. They are devout Mormons who spend their Sundays exclusively with their families, never work long hours, and always put their spouses and children first. How do they do it? Critically acclaimed author and investigative journalist Jeff Benedict (a Mormon himself) examines these highly successful...
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Publisher
IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Renew your imagination for what family life can be. Many of us feel overwhelmed about the prospect of raising children in our high-performance, rapid-pace culture. Reflecting on difficulties from our own families of origin can increase our doubt and insecurity about being a good parent. Positive examples of family life can seem few and far between. Mark and Lisa Scandrette understand these challenges, and in Belonging and Becoming, they cast a compelling...
Author
Publisher
IVP, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"What does it take to have a spiritually vibrant household? Looking at everyday households of faith, original research from the Barna Group and Lutheran Hour Ministries shows that some of the healthiest, most vibrant homes extend beyond the nuclear family. Don Everts shows how these households practice spirituality, hospitality, and community that make them delightful places for living and thriving"--
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Publisher
WaterBrook Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Parenting isn't rocket science, it's just brain surgery. And Dr. Joshua Straub has good news for you: You can do it! You don't need to do all the "right" things as a parent. Both science and the Bible show us that the most important thing we can provide for our kids is a place of emotional safety. In other words, the posture from which we parent matters infinitely more than the techniques of parenting. Emotional safety, more than any other...
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"It's widely acknowledged that American parents from different class backgrounds take different approaches to raising their children. Upper and middle-class parents invest considerable time facilitating their children's activities, while working class and poor families take a more hands-off approach. These different strategies influence how children approach school. But missing from the discussion is the fact that millions of parents on both sides...
17) Grace notes
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Publisher
ACTA Publications
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"The most passionate Catholic storyteller in America? That might be Brian Doyle, the author of this eclectic and compelling collection of stories about discovery the incarnated Spirit of God every time he turns around, often in the most unlikely of people, places, and things. In 37 short snapshots, he captures the spiritual essence of everyday life from the perspective of a committed Catholic who loves his faith, his family, his community, and his...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
An informative and compelling guide for families to enrich their home life in our age of distraction. Like millions of parents, bestselling author and New York Times family columnist Bruce Feiler felt squeezed between the needs of aging parents and rapidly growing children. Over three years, he traveled across the United States, seeking out the smartest people and the most effective families to assemble a collection of best practices for families...
20) Family: a twenty-fifth anniversary collection of essays about the family, from Notre Dame magazine
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press and Notre Dame Magazine
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
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