Emboldened

Throughout Scripture and church history, women have been central to the mission of God. But all too often women have lacked opportunities to minister fully. Many churches lack visible examples of women in ministry and leadership. Pastor Tara Beth Leach issues a stirring call for a new generation of women in ministry: to teach, to preach, to shepherd, and to lead. God not only permits women to minister—he emboldens, empowers, and unleashes women to lead out of the fullness of who they are. The church cannot reach its full potential without women using their God-given gifts. Leach provides practical expertise for how women can find their place at the table, escape impostor syndrome, face opposition, mentor others, and much more. When women teach, preach, lead, evangelize, pastor, and disciple, and when men partner to embolden the women in their lives, the church's imagination expands to better reflect God's story and hope for the world.

How do you begin your life again when you've lost everything you've worked for and your dreams have been shattered? That was the question beloved Australian author Belinda Alexandra faced one freezing winter night when she ran from her home in terror, clutching only her wallet, her phone and her latest manuscript on a USB stick. To pull herself up from rock bottom, Belinda drew strength from the real life women who had inspired her bestselling historical fiction: her mother, Tatiana Morosoff, a White Russian who had fled a home more than once due to wars and revolutions; Virginia Hall, an American who lost her leg in an accident but went on to become one of the most revered Allied agents in World War II France; Carmen Amaya, who despite being born into abject poverty in Barcelona rose to become the greatest Flamenco dancer of all time; Edna Walling, who lost her own dream home in a freak fire but created garden designs that made her one of Australia's most celebrated landscape designers. They were women who had faced seemingly insurmountable challenges and found ways to forge ahead on their own terms. In a compelling and exquisite blend of memoir and history, Belinda shows readers that, no matter what challenge they might be facing, there is always the possibility of building a bold life full of meaning again from the ashes.

USA TODAY bestselling author Syrie James and her son Ryan M. James return with their trademark drama, humor, romance, and suspense in this action-packed, page-turning novel. Embolden is book 2 in the critically acclaimed Forbidden series, about a teenage girl with newfound paranormal abilities and an angel gone AWOL, who become embroiled in a secret war between a race of powerful angelic beings and their Fallen brethren. In Embolden, Claire and Alec’s outlawed relationship is tested to the limits as they deal with her new paranormal gifts, their enemies, and the search for her missing father—who they discover is being held prisoner by The Fallen.

Embolden Women: Unapologetically Me is a book to influence and inspire women and girls to break the barrier of so-called societal norms for women. The goal is to teach women to live life on their own terms with courage and confidence, without being controlled by other mindsets, while having the power to deal with consequences instead of someone else driving their life. It’s women putting themselves first without feeling sorry or guilty. The mission is to share tools and techniques for work-life balance, self-efficacy, confidence, and courage, empowering and uplifting women. The focus of this book is to enable and encourage women to value their individuality, unique skills, and voice while building their own future. The author’s goal is to provide young women with positive tools to navigate the pressures and expectations of society and to inspire every woman to do their personal best in all aspects of their life. It’s women putting themselves first without feeling sorry or guilty. The mission is to share tools and techniques for work-life balance, self-efficacy, confidence, and courage, empowering and uplifting women. The focus of this book is to enable and encourage women to value their individuality, unique skills, and voice while building their own future. The author’s goal is to provide young women with positive tools to navigate the pressures and expectations of society and to inspire every woman to do their personal best in all aspects of their life. Embolden Women is about women empowerment enabling women to value their individuality, unique skills, and voice in their future building. If you want to own your life and challenge the Universal acceptance of gender biases, then read this book. Every girl and woman who wants to break the barriers of society, and want to live life on their terms, with their head held high must read this book. Men who want to embolden women in their life – mother, sisters, friends, wife, daughters, and colleagues must read this book to be a champion for women’s empowerment. Learn how not to be a slave to others’ mindsets and expectations, join me in this journey of enabling yourself and other women to be unapologetic about who you are, go ahead and purchase a copy of Embolden Women now!

Embolden motivates the reader to reach within to transform without. This book offers 17 beautifully empowering poems that breathes life into the doubtful and reignites the passions of the downtrodden. Embolden strengthens you to take on any task with a victory chant, a ferocious battle cry, and the confidence of a conqueror.

Bestselling author and Bible teacher, Steve Farrar, reminds us through the story of Daniel that true courage can be ours daily and it comes from the one true Sovereign God. Everyone can recall as a young child having the courage to head out the door—whether it was to your first day of school, your first game in little league, or your piano lesson. Then life takes over and you lose your bravado, giving in to the fears of the world around you. In True Courage readers will discover a God who provides incredible courage to us in the midst of uncertainty, even through treacherous, evil days, and the courage to face lions in their den—or an unexpected job loss, the diagnosis of a sick child, or the return of a debilitating cancer.

It's time for America to move beyond zoning, argues city planner M. Nolan Gray in Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It. With lively explanations, Gray shows why zoning abolition is a necessary--if not sufficient--condition for building more affordable, vibrant, equitable, and sustainable cities. Gray lays the groundwork for this ambitious cause by clearing up common misconceptions about how American cities regulate growth and examining four contemporary critiques of zoning (its role in increasing housing costs, restricting growth in our most productive cities, institutionalizing racial and economic segregation, and mandating sprawl). He sets out some of the efforts currently underway to reform zoning and charts how land-use regulation might work in the post-zoning American city. Arbitrary Lines is an invitation to rethink the rules that will continue to shape American life--where we may live or work, who we may encounter, how we may travel. If the task seems daunting, the good news is that we have nowhere to go but up