Hello My name is Erin and once upon a birthday my Aunt Gail was getting ready to bake a birthday cake. I had an idea Why not make soup. This book is a result of that idea. Why not join me in this new tradition: make some birthday soup. You will "wove" it.

This book deals with how to choose a mate, learn from mistakes, stay married, and teach others to beak the cycle of dysfunctional relationships. The present dating/mating/marriage system is not a spouse trap; it is a dating/mating game. Part of the difficulty with failed marriages is that the participants soon feel trapped. When the dating game is over and they are tired of the old party time, they want out. They start looking elsewhere for sensual excitement, but there are children and financial obligations that are not easy to evade. The more trapped they feel the worse the relationship becomes. One more marriage relationship has been sundered. There must be a better way

Sympathetic Leadership Cybernetics deals with the attitudes and actions of managers working with positional authority and those functioning in organizational leadership roles primarily through personal influence. It is designed to stimulate the interest of serious students in a particular aspect of management and leadership required in the nonprofit sector. A Syllabus/Study Guide is included.

The restoration of a positive Protestant spirit that produces a personal commitment to the basic tenets of the Christian Faith and a spirit of cooperation are required to make Christianity viable. In addition to the problems of name brand Christianity and freeze frame theology, One Lord, One Faith and One Baptism have become 300-plus divisions with hostile leaders, competing agendas, and opposing methodologies. Leaders must take the initiative to bring renewal and restoration to local congregations and make evangelism and missions central to the local programming

This children's book uses the Sleepy Town lullaby as a guide and builds on the value of school, learning and sharing what is learned with the family to establish a positive nighttime routine. The influence of the story will be experienced as the child learns to sing the song and the Sleepy Town Village story is read.

Discipleship is based on discipline. Discipline is a system of rules affecting conduct or action, and implies instruction and correction that improves, strengthens, molds, and perfects character. No summary does justice to the wealth of meaning in the teaching of Jesus; however, the simple truths were a basic message to mankind: love God, follow Christ, and enjoy His blessings

The difficulty in understanding the written word is not the vagueness of the composition, but the elusiveness of the author. A basic problem in understanding an authors words relates to the language and culture. When words or thoughts are translated from one language and a particular culture to another the meaning changes. These changes often go unnoticed and individuals apply a current definition to the words. In fact the meaning of words is in people. This could be the reason English/European students read authors rather than subjects. Knowing the orientation of the author and the background, philosophy, and purpose of the composition increases the understanding of the written document. So rooted in the earliest awareness of a need for knowledge and the continuing search by generations of thinkers, the systematic process of investigation emerge, in spite of the hurdles of vested interests and lack of support from the general populous. The present concept of scientific methodology began to form during medieval times and developed into a full body of concepts and constructs in the modern age. As humans wrote down their observations, the effort to understand what was written began. To understand and interpret different aspects of human existence, various groups of scholars began to devise different schemes, but all used the basic methods of inquiry.

The failed structures and adventures of the past may be instructive for the present and predictive for the future. Church growth follows natural laws and the relationship formula R= n X (n-1) >?] holds the key to managing growth. When growth challenges the ability to serve the needs of all the people -- growth becomes a liability. The things Protestants complained about Catholicism are being replicated in super-sized churches today

Dr. Green recognizes the growth crisis and addresses this book directly to it. He knows the American church well. He speaks to real conditions. Wasting no time on superficial considerations and easy diagnosis, he identifies thirty-fuive reasons "Why Churches Die" and proposes remedial action for each. His proposals are biblical and will be welcomed by dedicated Christians of every denomination. This creative and optimistic book should be widely read by lay leaders and ministers. It is part of the wave of tomorrow. --From the Foreword by Donald A. McGavran