We all have great intentions when it comes to raising our children. We want them to succeed, and above all to surrender their lives to the lordship of Christ. As a father of four boys and a twenty-five-year veteran of school administration, I understand these goals. I also understand the busyness of daily life-how days merge into weeks as hurried lifestyles spin out of control, leaving us wondering how our toddlers became teenagers. This book introduces you to a simple, biblically based plan for raising servant-leaders for Christ. Whether your child is eighteen months or eighteen years old, this book will guide you through the process of preparation for the race that awaits him in this world.

We will walk through specific and practical things you can do to build a family plan. Being deliberate and focusing on creating depth in your child's faith is the first step to preparing him or her to run with the horses-"If you have run with footmen and they have tired you out, then how can you compete with horses? If you fall down in a land of peace, how will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?" (Jeremiah 12:5).

Tony Scott was a thrill seeker who lived and loved life to the fullest... He was also one of the more cutting edge filmmakers of an entire generation. From the grey, industrial skies of Northern England, Tony followed in his brother, Ridley's, filmmaking footsteps, joining him at a lucrative commercial directing company. His filmmaking journey was an uphill battle, and he stumbled out of the gate while his peers found instant success. And then, he directed Top Gun, and changed the trajectory not only for his life and career, but for the action-movie industry as a whole. The rest of his career was a rollercoaster of blockbuster hits, personal films, and confounding failures, as Scott carved up action cinema for more than two decades with his own brand of violence and a flair for the dramatic. Then, in August of 2012, Tony Scott was gone. His death sent shockwaves across the industry, and left a hole in genre filmmaking that has yet to be filled. With original interviews from actors, cinematographers, and writers who crossed Tony Scott's path and extensive research, Scott's larger-than-life persona is covered in great detail, from the early days of his life and career, to its untimely end.

John McTiernan is one of the most influential American action filmmakers of his generation. Educated at the American Film Institute, influenced by European cinematic style, McTiernan hit the stratosphere as a director with a trio of groundbreaking action films: Predator, Die Hard, and The Hunt for Red October. The rest of his career became a mixture of successes and epic, infamous failures, including Last Action Hero, one of the most colossal misfires in the history of Hollywood. As the 21st century arrived, McTiernan's career and personal life would come unraveled, as he would be indicted and briefly imprisoned for his involvement in a wiretapping scandal that shook Tinseltown. Through extensive research including news reports, biographies, commentaries, interviews, and behind-the-scenes details, the story of John McTiernan and his tumultuous life and career is mapped out from the beginning, through his successes, his failures, his incredibly extensive legal battles, all the way to his multiple attempts at a comeback.

A major problem with our economy today is that the real champions of economic prosperity are not effectively exercising their clout and influence. Independent corporate directors have a higher calling - to use their influence for addressing the corporate risks that threaten the long term economic sustainability of the private sector. Job growth, education proficiency, equitable pay scales and upward mobility require private sector engagement but achievement of these objectives is hindered by corporate welfare, government dependency, misguided campaign spending, special interest crony-capitalism, victim/entitlement mentality and the rising income gap, all of which I call "tone-at-the-bottom" corporate risks. Independent corporate directors hire and fire the private sector CEOs and have oversight responsibilities for millions of businesses. They establish the compensation, incentives and disincentives for the CEOs. They impact all industries and economies around the world. Unfortunately, they allow CEOs to compete with one another for public sector favors at the detriment of the private sector causing significant sub-optimization of the economy. They need a unification principle and a pledge not to take any actions that harm the structure under which their corporations operate, i.e., the private sector. Without it, their actions or lack of actions could significantly damage the capitalistic economies that are the envy of the world. In this book, Dr. Taylor, a professional independent corporate director and product of the Detroit ghettos, discusses corporate governance best practices and pathways to secure the coveted director seats. He outlines some thoughts on how independent corporate directors, as captains of the private sector, might better carry out their fiduciary "duty to monitor." Moreover, he posits forward thinking solutions and corporate social responsibilities for independent corporate directors based on the premise that "if we don't monitor 'the-tone-at-the-bottom', we will be doomed to fall from the top" as evidenced by the economic collapses in dependency laden economies, such as Detroit, Greece and even Ancient Rome. Exclusive attention for the corporate mantra, the "tone-at-the-top" is inadequate in today's society. In fact, it harms long term corporate sustainability and the private sectors of societies. The mantra must be supplemented with the tone-at-the-bottom mindset. We cannot sit idly by while the fabric of capitalism and the structure under which our corporations operate is destroyed at the ballot box by the misinformed and disinterested. We must get our message out and sing the praises of the private sector. Please be aware that 50% of the net book sales will be donated to charity, including the Cranbrook Horizons Upward Program, a non-profit educational institution in Detroit, Michigan, that assists inner city disadvantaged youth through college preparation and career development programs.

We all have great intentions when it comes to raising our children. We want them to succeed, and above all to surrender their lives to the lordship of Christ. As a father of four boys and a twenty-five-year veteran of school administration, I understand these goals. I also understand the busyness of daily life-how days merge into weeks as hurried lifestyles spin out of control, leaving us wondering how our toddlers became teenagers. This book introduces you to a simple, biblically based plan for raising servant-leaders for Christ. Whether your child is eighteen months or eighteen years old, this book will guide you through the process of preparation for the race that awaits him in this world.

We will walk through specific and practical things you can do to build a family plan. Being deliberate and focusing on creating depth in your child's faith is the first step to preparing him or her to run with the horses-"If you have run with footmen and they have tired you out, then how can you compete with horses? If you fall down in a land of peace, how will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?" (Jeremiah 12:5).