We can heal our communities--one friendship at a time. Everyone wants to do something to improve race relations, but many of us don't know where to start. In Life-Changing Cross-Cultural Friendships, lifelong friends Gary Chapman and Clarence Shuler will show you how. Through important lessons they have learned, you will learn how to begin and grow authentic friendships across racial and ethnic barriers. Each chapter will guide you toward deeper understanding of what it takes to foster cross-cultural friendships. These powerful lessons include: How to overcome the fear of developing cross-cultural friendships How to differentiate true friends from mere acquaintances How Jesus initiated cross-cultural relationships The first two steps to your own cross-cultural friendship Three ways to resolve conflict in a cross-cultural friendship How to make friendships last a lifetime Chapman and Shuler challenge every reader to join a movement, the Cross-Cultural Friendship Challenge, and begin changing the world one friendship at a time.

In Building Unity in the Church of the New Millennium, Dr. Dwight Perry and twenty other scholars and practitioners address discrimination specifically within the evangelical church. But they do not deal solely with racial discrimination, but also gender, age, physical disability and class discrimination. "Dr. Dwight Perry and a diverse group of gifted contributing authors use great insight and wisdom in dealing with key contemporary issues that threaten unity within the Body of Christ. Building Unity in the Church f the New Millennium is sure to awaken in the heart of every believer a desire for oneness and true scriptural unity. It is a must-read for Christian leaders who are serious about reconciliation and building bridges that will unite the fractured church." Dr. Joseph Stowell, President, Cornerstone University "This book leads us to a new, more holistic way of understanding just what it is that separates us as Christians as well a how we can work for a more united church." - Elisa Morgan, President Emerita, MOPS International "My dear friend Dr. Dwight Perry has done the body of Christ an invaluable service in putting together Building Unity in the Church of the New Millennium ... The authors speak from a biblical perspective on issues that have fragmented and divided the church ... This is a clear, compelling call to pursue and demonstrate the unity of the body of Christ ... You must read this book " - Dr. Crawford Loritts, Jr., Senior Pastor, Fellowship Bible Church, Roswell, GA; Author; Speaker; Radio Host; former Associate Director, Campus Crusade for Christ, USA

Helping husbands to developing friendship with their wives. It can be easier than you think. And there is help for those not yet married, but interested in having a mutually-beneficial relationship.

There are lots of "how to manuals" out there. We have them for just about everything. But, none are quite as important, and needed, as ones on fathering. Drs. Shears and Shuler do an excellent job, through personal reflections and poignant observations, of sharing practice advice that good fathers need to be the best dads that they can be. This book is a fantastic resource and one that every dad should keep handy.