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John 1:14 The Word became flesh . . . full of grace and truth."
The Gospel of John begins like the first notes of some grand
symphony, or perhaps the first brushstrokes of a masterpiece on
canvas, or the first words whispered to you when you were cradled
in your mother's arms. "In the beginning was the Word. . . . And
the Word became flesh . . . full of grace and truth." Who was
Jesus? Was he born to Mary in Bethlehem? Had he always been? John 1
unlocks a mystery. The Word always was God. Somehow, the fellowship
that is God, the intimate relationships of love that are God's
heart, have always been, and will always be." --from chapter 1.
This wonderful devotional book will stimulate both mind and
heart. Howell provides contexts for the selected verses and draws
from a wide range of sources to illuminate their meaning for
Christian faith and life today. His insights are richly rewarding.
He encourages, inspires, and motivates us to understand the
biblical verses in relation to faithful Christian discipleship.
Howell's pastoral sensitivities combined with his studies and
seasoned wisdom make this book an outstanding companion to
Scripture reading and a gift to all Bible readers.
This handbook promotes a comprehensive strategy founded on
evidence-based programming for juvenile justice systems to adopt or
enhance their current system. The comprehensive strategy is
supported strongly by the broad research base that is now
available. This strategy recognizes, first, that a relatively small
proportion of the juveniles who initially enter the juvenile
justice system will prove to be serious, violent, or chronic
offenders, but that group accounts for a large proportion of the
overall amount of delinquency. An important component of a
comprehensive evidence-based juvenile justice system, therefore, is
distinguishing these offenders from others and focusing attention
and resources on that smaller group. Second, a comprehensive
strategy recognizes that serious, violent, or chronic delinquency
emerges along developmental pathways that progress from less to
more serious profiles of offending. Priority must be given to
interrupting these offender careers by calibrating the level of
supervision and control of the juveniles' behavior to their level
of risk. The third major component of a comprehensive strategy,
therefore, is effective intervention programs that are capable of
reducing the recidivism of those juveniles at risk for further
delinquency. The Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and
Chronic Juvenile Offenders is an administrative framework that
supports a continuum of services that parallel the development of
offender careers. This framework emphasizes evidence-based
programming specifically on recidivism reduction, and supports
protocols for developing comprehensive treatment plans that match
effective services with offender treatment needs along the
life-course of delinquent careers, as they move from intake onward,
to probation, community programs, confinement, and reentry.
Juvenile justice systems will benefit from incorporation of a
comprehensive strategy as provided in the handbook.
This revised edition features updated research, new developments in
technology, and recent policy on juvenile delinquency and youth
violence. The authors underscore the enormous payoff in targeting
potential serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders at the
earliest opportunity and provide a framework for evidence-informed
state juvenile justice systems: the Comprehensive Strategy for
Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders. This strategy
recognizes, first, that a relatively small proportion of those who
enter the juvenile justice system will prove to be serious,
violent, or chronic offenders, but that group accounts for a large
proportion of overall delinquency. Second, this strategy builds on
the fact that serious, violent, or chronic delinquency emerges
along developmental pathways, allowing earlier identification of
juveniles most at risk for later serious offending. A third
component of this approach is effective intervention capable of
reducing the recidivism of those juveniles most at risk for further
delinquency. This framework emphasizes an evidence-based approach
to reducing the recidivism of those juveniles most likely to
reoffend from intake onward to probation, community programs,
confinement, and reentry.
This book-containing contributions from scholars who are well-known
for their research on gangs, and selected as experts on the
assigned topics-examines youth gangs from a
developmental/life-course perspective, exploring a myriad of issues
related to gang membership, its causes, its consequences, and
various intervention efforts to both prevent gang membership and
reduce the problematic impact of gangs. Beginning with research
exploring the intergenerational continuity in gang membership and
examining the causal processes leading to gang membership, the
structure of the book reflects the developmental sequence of gang
membership. The consequences of gang membership for youth are
examined, as are intervention strategies. The book also presents
the first conceptual framework on female gang involvement, taking
into account the differences in the paths and roles that women and
girls may take into the gang. The book concludes by exploring how
gang membership affects job possibilities for young adults. This
book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of
Crime and Justice.
This revised edition features updated research, new developments in
technology, and recent policy on juvenile delinquency and youth
violence. The authors underscore the enormous payoff in targeting
potential serious, violent, and chronic juvenile offenders at the
earliest opportunity and provide a framework for evidence-informed
state juvenile justice systems: the Comprehensive Strategy for
Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders. This strategy
recognizes, first, that a relatively small proportion of those who
enter the juvenile justice system will prove to be serious,
violent, or chronic offenders, but that group accounts for a large
proportion of overall delinquency. Second, this strategy builds on
the fact that serious, violent, or chronic delinquency emerges
along developmental pathways, allowing earlier identification of
juveniles most at risk for later serious offending. A third
component of this approach is effective intervention capable of
reducing the recidivism of those juveniles most at risk for further
delinquency. This framework emphasizes an evidence-based approach
to reducing the recidivism of those juveniles most likely to
reoffend from intake onward to probation, community programs,
confinement, and reentry.
This book is an historical account of the emergence of youth gangs
and the transformation of these into street gangs in the United
States. The author traces the emergence of these gangs in the four
major geographical regions over the span of two centuries, from the
early 1800s to 2012. The author's authoritative analysis explains
gang emergence and expansion from play groups to heavily armed
street gangs responsible for a large proportion of urban crimes,
including drive-by shootings that often kill innocent bystanders.
Nationwide, street gangs now account for 1 in 6 homicides each
year, and for 1 in 4 in very large cities. In recent years, the
number of gangs, gang members, and gang homicides increased, even
though the U.S. has seen a sharp drop in violent and property
crimes over the past decade. The author's historical analysis
reveals the key contributing factors to transformation of youth
gangs, including social disorganization that occurred following
large-scale immigration early in American history and urban
policies that pushed minorities to inner city areas and public
housing projects. This analysis includes the influence of prison
gangs on street gangs. The first generation of prison gangs emerged
spontaneously in response to dangers inside prisons. The second
generation was for many years extensions of street gangs that grew
enormously during the 1980s and 1990s, particularly in large urban
areas in which public housing projects have served as incubators
for street gangs. The third generation of prison gangs is extremely
active in street-level criminal enterprises in varied forms, often
highly structured and well managed organizations that are actively
involved in drug trafficking. In recent years, returning inmates
are a predominant influence on local gang violence. Now, prison
gangs and street gangs often work together in street-level criminal
enterprises. This book identifies the most promising ways that gang
violence can be reduced. The best long-term approach is a
combination of gang prevention, intervention, and suppression
strategies and programs. Targeted suppression of gang violence is
imperative. Street-workers that serve as violence interrupters can
break the cycle of contagious gang violence.
This volume explores the connections between our own birth, the
experience of having children, and the new birth of the Christian
life. Seasoned pastor James Howell offers theological perspectives
on a variety of themes associated with birth, such as who we are in
light of having once lived in utero, why people might have
children, infertility, adoption, baptism, and how to make sense of
it all in light of God coming to us first in Mary's womb and then
as an infant. The book includes paintings, photos, and drawings.
About the Series Pastors are called to help people navigate the
profound mysteries of being human, from birth to death and
everything in between. This series, edited by leading pastoral
theologian Jason Byassee, provides pastors and pastors-in-training
with rich theological reflection on the various seasons that make
up a human life, helping them minister with greater wisdom and joy.
This handbook promotes a comprehensive strategy founded on
evidence-based programming for juvenile justice systems to adopt or
enhance their current system. The comprehensive strategy is
supported strongly by the broad research base that is now
available. This strategy recognizes, first, that a relatively small
proportion of the juveniles who initially enter the juvenile
justice system will prove to be serious, violent, or chronic
offenders, but that group accounts for a large proportion of the
overall amount of delinquency. An important component of a
comprehensive evidence-based juvenile justice system, therefore, is
distinguishing these offenders from others and focusing attention
and resources on that smaller group. Second, a comprehensive
strategy recognizes that serious, violent, or chronic delinquency
emerges along developmental pathways that progress from less to
more serious profiles of offending. Priority must be given to
interrupting these offender careers by calibrating the level of
supervision and control of the juveniles' behavior to their level
of risk. The third major component of a comprehensive strategy,
therefore, is effective intervention programs that are capable of
reducing the recidivism of those juveniles at risk for further
delinquency. The Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and
Chronic Juvenile Offenders is an administrative framework that
supports a continuum of services that parallel the development of
offender careers. This framework emphasizes evidence-based
programming specifically on recidivism reduction, and supports
protocols for developing comprehensive treatment plans that match
effective services with offender treatment needs along the
life-course of delinquent careers, as they move from intake onward,
to probation, community programs, confinement, and reentry.
Juvenile justice systems will benefit from incorporation of a
comprehensive strategy as provided in the handbook.
This book is an historical account of the emergence of youth gangs
and the transformation of these into street gangs in the United
States. The author traces the emergence of these gangs in the four
major geographical regions over the span of two centuries, from the
early 1800s to 2012. The author's authoritative analysis explains
gang emergence and expansion from play groups to heavily armed
street gangs responsible for a large proportion of urban crimes,
including drive-by shootings that often kill innocent bystanders.
Nationwide, street gangs now account for 1 in 6 homicides each
year, and for 1 in 4 in very large cities. In recent years, the
number of gangs, gang members, and gang homicides increased, even
though the U.S. has seen a sharp drop in violent and property
crimes over the past decade. The author's historical analysis
reveals the key contributing factors to transformation of youth
gangs, including social disorganization that occurred following
large-scale immigration early in American history and urban
policies that pushed minorities to inner city areas and public
housing projects. This analysis includes the influence of prison
gangs on street gangs. The first generation of prison gangs emerged
spontaneously in response to dangers inside prisons. The second
generation was for many years extensions of street gangs that grew
enormously during the 1980s and 1990s, particularly in large urban
areas in which public housing projects have served as incubators
for street gangs. The third generation of prison gangs is extremely
active in street-level criminal enterprises in varied forms, often
highly structured and well managed organizations that are actively
involved in drug trafficking. In recent years, returning inmates
are a predominant influence on local gang violence. Now, prison
gangs and street gangs often work together in street-level criminal
enterprises. This book identifies the most promising ways that gang
violence can be reduced. The best long-term approach is a
combination of gang prevention, intervention, and suppression
strategies and programs. Targeted suppression of gang violence is
imperative. Street-workers that serve as violence interrupters can
break the cycle of contagious gang violence.
This book-containing contributions from scholars who are well-known
for their research on gangs, and selected as experts on the
assigned topics-examines youth gangs from a
developmental/life-course perspective, exploring a myriad of issues
related to gang membership, its causes, its consequences, and
various intervention efforts to both prevent gang membership and
reduce the problematic impact of gangs. Beginning with research
exploring the intergenerational continuity in gang membership and
examining the causal processes leading to gang membership, the
structure of the book reflects the developmental sequence of gang
membership. The consequences of gang membership for youth are
examined, as are intervention strategies. The book also presents
the first conceptual framework on female gang involvement, taking
into account the differences in the paths and roles that women and
girls may take into the gang. The book concludes by exploring how
gang membership affects job possibilities for young adults. This
book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of
Crime and Justice.
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Description: Struck from Behind is a memoir--but not the usual
narrative of events. James Howell tells intriguing stories from
childhood, romantic life, travel, friendships, tragedies, and
wonders, and how God was there, although unnoticed or uninvited at
the time. By sharing in retrospect how he now understands God's
presence in seemingly mundane moments, we begin to sense something
of God's way in the world, and in our own lives. Howell has been a
successful pastor and published theologian. In Struck from Behind
he opens up his own private life as a window into God's hidden
activity. When he remembers, then we too remember God, and begin to
notice, and become grateful. Endorsements: ""A wordsmith with a
purpose, James Howell bares just enough of his romantic pastor's
soul to allow us to better understand our own. His earthy
reminiscences are a beautiful invitation to unearth the
transcendent in our own messy lives."" --Lillian Daniel, Senior
Minister, First Congregational Church, UCC ""James Howell is simply
incapable of thinking of his life without thinking of the
uproarious and creative grace of God. That's why this book is such
a treasure. That God still sends us such preachers is a sign we've
not been abandoned."" --Jason Byassee, Senior Pastor, Boone United
Methodist Church About the Contributor(s): James Howell is Senior
Pastor of Myers Park United Methodist Church in Charlotte, North
Carolina, and Adjunct Professor of Preaching at Duke Divinity
School. The author of fifteen books, he is a columnist and blogger
who has preached all around the world.
Veteran pastor James C. Howell skillfully unpacks one of the most
powerful verses in the Old Testament, Micah 6:8: "What does the
Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to
walk humbly with your God?" Howell illuminates the original context
in which this verse was written, while demonstrating how it can
still guide us in our lives today.A Leader's Guide is also included
in this book, making it a wonderful resource for both group and
individual use.
This introductory-level book on Christianity looks clearly at
what the church believed and taught throughout its history. Hard
questions about the Bible, theology, and the Christian life are
dealt with. As author, veteran scholar, and pastor James Howell
puts it, "Great hope rests in thinking through these questions." In
doing so, he explores what it means to live as a Christian, as part
of the church community, and also what it means to live with the
hope Christian faith provides, even for those who "previously
believed there was no hope. Study questions for discussion are
included.
How are we to know the will of God? In this honest discussion,
veteran pastor and theologian James C. Howell considers a number of
issues relating to God's will, how it is known, how it is done, and
how we respond when bad things happen and we feel God is absent or
has turned away from us. In this sensitive presentation, Howell
explores these questions and provides ways of recognizing the true
things to which we can hold in the midst of hard times. Howell
proceeds simply and practically to consider personal understandings
of God, God's will for our lives, and ways in which God's will is
lived. He reflects on what to do and believe when bad things
happen, "why" they happen, and the quest for God in the midst of it
all, recognizing that God's will is for good.
If you were able to talk to St. Francis of Assisi, what would
you ask him? Perhaps, says James Howell, the first question I d
want to ask Francis would be something like this: How did you do
it? Were you real? How much of your story really happened? And I m
asking because I am wondering how I might do it: could I somehow
grab a share of the life you had? The marvel in Francis s story is
that all he did seems entirely doable but then, at the same time,
ridiculously impossible. As I survey the bare facts of his life, it
all seems so manageably simple, and yet unquestionably what
happened was nothing short of miraculous.
In this spiritually apt look at the life, message, and meaning
of St. Francis, Howell invites all of us to pose our most difficult
spiritual questions to the saint and to listen for the questions he
asks of us in response."
Using the "Apostles' Creed" as the "primary text", this book
explores what we believe as Christians and how those beliefs are
relevant today. The author's goal is to help pastors educate and
transform members of their congregations. He examines the "Creed"
phrase by phrase in brief sections suitable for congregational
study or for emailing to the congregation. For each phrase in the
"Creed", a "deeper reflection" provides material for preaching a
13-sermon series or for further congregational study. A detailed
appendix includes recommendations of hymns and songs related to
each phrase in the "Creed"; the suggestions are keyed to several
hymnals and songbooks.
In this volume of the For Today series, author and pastor James
Howell takes us on an engaging exploration of the Beatitudes.
Howell considers each of the well-known phrases in these passages
from Matthew and creatively applies Jesus' teachings to our
contemporary world and Christian lives.
The For Today series was designed to provide reliable and
accessible resources for the study and real life application of
important biblical texts, theological documents, and Christian
practices. The emphasis of the series is not only on the
realization and appreciation of what these subjects have meant in
the past, but also on their value in the present--"for today."
Thought-provoking questions are included at the end of each
chapter, making the books ideal for personal study and group
use.
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