Missional Fostering A Temporary Assignment A Tremendous Cause A Timeless Impact

Missional Fostering  A Temporary Assignment  A Tremendous Cause  A Timeless Impact
Author: Dawn Stone,Jon Stone
Publsiher: Credo House Publishers
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2021-08-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1625862040

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Seasonal Parents? It happens every Christmas all over the country, all over the world. Large signs are placed in windows and on doors with these words: "Now hiring seasonal workers." If you get that job, you will not be obligated forever. You are just signing up for a short stint to help some people with a need. That's the idea behind this book. Missional fostering is the other lane of the fostering freeway, and it recognizes that you are not necessarily trying to add a new child into your home. Missional fostering is parenting someone else's child for them for a short period of time. Missional fostering means we love on them, feed them, hold them, stabilize them, cuddle with the young ones, high-five the big ones, and then watch them drive away to a long-term foster-to-adopt home. Mission accomplished. Missional fostering reminds us that it is a temporary assignment, for a tremendous cause, making a timeless impact on children one life at a time. "Something special happens when a person says, 'I'm willing to be your really good temporary if it helps you find your even better forever.' This is fos- ter care, and it's the compelling message you'll feel resonating from every page of Missional Fostering." Jason Johnson, National Director of Church Ministry Initiatives, The Christian Alliance for Orphans Author, ReFraming Foster Care

Missional Fostering A Temporary Assignment A Tremendous Cause A Timeless Impact

Missional Fostering  A Temporary Assignment  A Tremendous Cause  A Timeless Impact
Author: Dawn Stone,Jon Stone
Publsiher: Credo House Publishers
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2021-08-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1625862040

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Seasonal Parents? It happens every Christmas all over the country, all over the world. Large signs are placed in windows and on doors with these words: "Now hiring seasonal workers." If you get that job, you will not be obligated forever. You are just signing up for a short stint to help some people with a need. That's the idea behind this book. Missional fostering is the other lane of the fostering freeway, and it recognizes that you are not necessarily trying to add a new child into your home. Missional fostering is parenting someone else's child for them for a short period of time. Missional fostering means we love on them, feed them, hold them, stabilize them, cuddle with the young ones, high-five the big ones, and then watch them drive away to a long-term foster-to-adopt home. Mission accomplished. Missional fostering reminds us that it is a temporary assignment, for a tremendous cause, making a timeless impact on children one life at a time. "Something special happens when a person says, 'I'm willing to be your really good temporary if it helps you find your even better forever.' This is fos- ter care, and it's the compelling message you'll feel resonating from every page of Missional Fostering." Jason Johnson, National Director of Church Ministry Initiatives, The Christian Alliance for Orphans Author, ReFraming Foster Care

I Love Jesus But I Want to Die

I Love Jesus  But I Want to Die
Author: Sarah J. Robinson
Publsiher: WaterBrook
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2021-05-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780593193532

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A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.

Canada s Relationship with Inuit

Canada s Relationship with Inuit
Author: Sarah Bonesteel
Publsiher: Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien Des Civilisations
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: UIUC:30112097373614

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Inuit have lived in Canada's north since time immemorial. The Canadian government's administration of Inuit affairs, however, has been generally shorter and is less well understood than the federal government's relations with First Nations and Métis. We hope to correct some of this knowledge imbalance by providing an overview of the federal government's Inuit policy and program development from first contact to 2006. Topics that are covered by this book include the 1939 Re Eskimo decision that gave Canada constitutional responsibility for Inuit, post World War II acculturation and defence projects, law and justice, sovereignty and relocations, the E-number identification system, Inuit political organizations, comprehensive claim agreements, housing, healthcare, education, economic development, self-government, the environment and urban issues. In order to develop meaningful forward-looking policy, it is essential to understand what has come before and how we got to where we are. We believe that this book will be a valuable contribution to a growing body of knowledge about Canada-Inuit relations, and will be an indispensable resource to all students of federal Inuit and northern policy development.

Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue

Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue
Author: Unesco
Publsiher: UNESCO
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9789231040771

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This report analyses all aspects of cultural diversity, which has emerged as a key concern of the international community in recent decades, and maps out new approaches to monitoring and shaping the changes that are taking place. It highlights, in particular, the interrelated challenges of cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue and the way in which strong homogenizing forces are matched by persistent diversifying trends. The report proposes a series of ten policy-oriented recommendations, to the attention of States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, international and regional bodies, national institutions and the private sector on how to invest in cultural diversity. Emphasizing the importance of cultural diversity in different areas (languages, education, communication and new media development, and creativity and the marketplace) based on data and examples collected from around the world, the report is also intended for the general public. It proposes a coherent vision of cultural diversity and clarifies how, far from being a threat, it can become beneficial to the action of the international community.

Another Monster at the End of This Book Sesame Street

Another Monster at the End of This Book  Sesame Street
Author: Jon Stone
Publsiher: Sesame Workshop
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2014-04-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781618312389

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Thereðs something waiting at the end of this book. Could it beÛa monster?! Lovable, furry old Grover is about to find outÜand heðs bringing his equally lovable and furry friend Elmo with him!

The Spell of the Sensuous

The Spell of the Sensuous
Author: David Abram
Publsiher: Vintage
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2012-10-17
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780307830555

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Winner of the International Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This major work of ecological philosophy startles the senses out of habitual ways of perception. For a thousand generations, human beings viewed themselves as part of the wider community of nature, and they carried on active relationships not only with other people with other animals, plants, and natural objects (including mountains, rivers, winds, and weather patters) that we have only lately come to think of as "inanimate." How, then, did humans come to sever their ancient reciprocity with the natural world? What will it take for us to recover a sustaining relation with the breathing earth? In The Spell of the Sensuous David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand of magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which--even at its most abstract--echoes the calls and cries of the earth. On every page of this lyrical work, Abram weaves his arguments with a passion, a precision, and an intellectual daring that recall such writers as Loren Eisleley, Annie Dillard, and Barry Lopez.

The Golden Cord

The Golden Cord
Author: Charles Taliaferro
Publsiher: University of Notre Dame Pess
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2012-12-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780268093778

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The title of Charles Taliaferro’s book is derived from poems and stories in which a person in peril or on a quest must follow a cord or string in order to find the way to happiness, safety, or home. In one of the most famous of such tales, the ancient Greek hero Theseus follows the string given him by Ariadne to mark his way in and out of the Minotaur’s labyrinth. William Blake's poem “Jerusalem” uses the metaphor of a golden string, which, if followed, will lead one to heaven itself. Taliaferro extends Blake’s metaphor to illustrate the ways we can link what we see, feel, and do with deep spiritual realities. Taliaferro offers a foundational case for the recognition of the experience of the eternal God of Christianity, in which God is understood as the fount of all goodness and the subject and object of our best love, revealed through scripture, tradition, philosophical reflection, and encountered in everyday events. He addresses philosophical obstacles to the recognition of such experiences, especially objections from the “new atheists,” and explores the values involved in thinking and experiencing God as eternal. These include the belief that the eternal goodness of God subordinates temporal goods, such as the pursuit of fame and earthly glory; that God is the essence of life; and that the eternal God hallows domestic goods, blessing the everyday goods of ordinary life. An exploration of the moral and spiritual riches of the Christian tradition as an alternative to materialism and naturalism, The Golden Cord brings an originality and depth to the debate in accessible and engaging prose.