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Our culture often views shame in a negative light. However, Paul's
use of shame, when properly understood and applied, has much to
teach the contemporary church. Filling a lacuna in Pauline
scholarship, this book shows how Paul uses shame to admonish and to
transform the minds of his readers into the mind of Christ. The
author examines Paul's use of shame for moral formation within his
Jewish and Greco-Roman context, compares and contrasts Paul's use
of shame with other cultural voices, and offers a corrective
understanding for today's church. Foreword by Luke Timothy Johnson.
Everything you need to know about growing and selling a business:
the opportunities, the pitfalls, advice to avoid, advice to seek,
how to succeed and break free from today's struggles, who to trust
and how to achieve your dreams. Chris Averill, successful
entrepreneur, has been through it all and knows the inside tricks.
In this time of crisis, his blueprint is the one all budding
entrepreneurs need to read.; Over 50 practical tips from Chris and
other successful business owners on how to get your business ready
for sale, who to sell to and how to make the most money from the
sale.; "I commend this volume to anyone embarking on a startup, or
those who work with entrepreneurs. It is a wart and all,
first-person tale of how to grow a company and make a fortune - and
what to do afterwards!" - Luke Johnson
A practical guide to attacking the most common of phobias: fear of
failure
A practical guide to attacking the most common of phobias: fear
of failureSince its publication in 2011, "What's Stopping You?" has
offered readers a hard look at the quality of their careers and
personal lives. For those who'd give themselves a solid "C+," this
brutally honest guide to taking stock also offers the keys to
self-improvement. By dismantling the fear inhibiting all
achievement--fear of failure--author Robert Kelsey offers a set of
seven steps designed to help readers map out their actions, and
attain what once seemed elusive milestones.
Written for the frustrated underachiever or anyone who feels
like one, this unique book addresses can the real obstacles
hindering both professional and personal growth.Includes a new
chapter with tactics for overcoming a fear of failureExplores
methods for dealing with different types of people in a host of
situations, such as getting a new job, pitching for new work,
making presentations, or communicating clearly in an argument
With a Foreword by one of Britain's most successful businessman,
Luke Johnson, this unique handbook to overcoming the most basic of
fears is a must for anyone who would like to upgrade the quality of
their life.
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Quiver - Poems
Luke Johnson
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Discovery Miles 8 480
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Quiver is a book of reckoning, a book of ghosts, a book of lineal
fracture and generational fatherlesness. It’s a visceral guide
through boyhood into fatherhood. One that yields witness to trauma,
erotic shames, brutalities and toxic masculinity, and in so doing,
emerges with a speaker beginning to free himself. Patricia Smith
said it best: “Quiver will change the way you see.”
“floodghost” Mother couldn’t manage what sated me, so she
prayed: sought in silence a substance that’d soothe, something
familial with grace. I groaned. Broke bodies over blacktop’s
pane, a bottom- less well of blood. At seven I smothered a frog and
fed each leg to my quivering sister laughed while she choked out
its skin. At twelve, I pulled a pistol from under the vacant shed
and shoved its shudder to a schoolboy’s temple, teased
while he wept in his piss. And yet all along a Psalm, a satchel of
prayer: song. Mother making contracts with the sky, while I tore
its pages to light a fire, warm my hands around it. Radiant blue.
Red from a faraway pine.
Poetry. AFTER THE ARK, Luke Johnson's remarkable first collection
of poetry, chronicles the author's upbringing as the son of two
ministers. A seasonal triptych, the poems root themselves in the
landscapes they inhabit: from the boulder fields of the Blue Ridge
Mountains to the endless dusk of Clam Gulch, Alaska, to a
half-frozen lake in Upstate New York. These poems ask the reader to
move inward, to look hard at loss and see it stark and sure. The
narrative, often deceptively formal poems, show us the affects
domestic tragedies can have on a family's faith in each other, how
absence can color their collective memory. Ultimately, they are
poems of hope, artifacts or rescues of some kind. Each one is a
small proof that no matter the magnitude of the flood, through
remembering there can always be salvage. These poems ask the reader
to believe there is something left worth saving.
Now in paperback - Start It Up by Luke Johnson, 2012's most
inspiring guide to running your own business. Running your own
business is nowhere near as tough as you might think. So what are
you waiting for? Luke Johnson is Britain's busiest tycoon, with a
personal fortune estimated at GBP120 million. From Pizza Express
and Channel 4 to his incisive Financial Times column, Johnson has
spent two decades on the business frontline. In Start It Up,
Johnson sets out to inspire - and guide - every budding
entrepreneur. He tackles the issues that really matter: finding the
right idea, sourcing funds, and getting the best from the people
you meet on the way - chiefly yourself. 'A must-read for inspiring
entrepreneurs, probably the best book available on the subject'
John McLaren, Management Today 'Part rant, part outpouring of
useful knowledge gleaned from 20 very successful years in business.
There is a great deal here that is good' Richard Reed, co-founder
of Innocent Drinks, Financial Times 'For the budding entrepreneur,
this clear, thoughtful and passionate how-to guide will be an
excellent first investment' Economist Luke Johnson is one of
Britain's most successful entrepreneurs with an estimated personal
fortune of GBP120 million. He is Chairman of Risk Capital Partners
and The Royal Society of Arts, and a former Chairman of Channel 4
Television. He writes columns for the Financial Times and
Management Today. In the 1990s he was Chairman of PizzaExpress,
which he grew from 12 restaurants to over 250; he also founded the
Strada pizzeria chain and owns Giraffe and Patisserie Valerie. He
lives in London and is married with three children.
For eight years between 1998 and 2006, Luke Johnson wrote a regular
column as "The Maverick" in "The Sunday Telegraph". His short,
pithy essays tackled subjects ranging from rich lists to bankrupt
companies, from high finance to investment techniques, from
philanthropy to trophy wives, bringing a practitioner's eye to the
commercial world and the people in it. "The Maverick" quickly
developed a cult following among readers who wanted to understand
the blunt truth about investment, entrepreneurs, business history,
and corporate life. This book brings together 84 of the best
articles, with updates, in a single volume. What makes them unique
is that Luke Johnson is not just a first-class writer, he is also
one of Britain's most successful entrepreneurs. He made his name
with PizzaExpress, has run and owned businesses in many different
sectors, and now takes stakes in fast-growing businesses through
his company, Risk Capital Partners. He is also Chairman of Channel
4. The diversity of his experience enables him to write with
insight and perspective about the very serious matter of making and
losing money.If you are in business, you will find "The Maverick"
entertaining, informative and inspiring. If you are not in
business, you will discover what makes business people tick, the
hurdles they have to overcome to succeed, and the substantial
benefits they bring to society.
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