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In our lifetime, we will come to know hundreds if not thousands of people. Their presence, words, and actions will touch our lives in ways both seen and unseen, and the same can be said of us. But as we sail through life's voyage, there will always be One who sits on the boat with us, and His name is Jesus.
“My Mentor Walks on Water” gently whisks away readers of all ages and circumstances on an inward journey of God's divine love that will then...
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"Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg and Alan Eagle, the team behind How Google Works, return with the story of Bill Campbell, the greatest executive business coach the world has ever seen, responsible for creating more value than just about anybody else on the planet"--
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Balancing the Baton is based on Mark's thirty-five years of teaching experience with many types of classes and ensembles in a variety of settings at all levels. Within its pages you will find proven solutions to real-life situations so you can tackle the day-to-day challenges, as well as logistical concerns and unexpected issues you will face on your journey. After reading Balancing the Baton, you will be better equipped to approach your teaching...
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Examinations, at best, are daunting, and if you're not fully prepared, they can be terrifying. The key to success lies in thorough and adequate preparation. The book provides you with a plan of preparation, a plan that sharpens your skills and your attitude towards taking an examination. It also supplies you with the down to earth techniques of preparation, such as working out a study schedule; creating a conducive environment; developing your ability...
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This book outlines why strong, mutual relationships between educators and students are critical for twenty-first-century learning, and demonstrates how schools can foster them using a readily, available tool: student feedback.
Systematically collecting and using student feedback is a powerful, yet safe, way to:
• improve and develop educator practice
• demonstrate to students that the school values student voice
• develop consistently high...
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In “The Dyer Island Boys”, two young surgical residents in post-WWII New York City, one a recent veteran, purchase a small, undeveloped island off the coast of Maine for summer adventure, but end up creating a community camp run for and by adolescent boys, providing positive structure for generations of teens in the process.
When Walter Wickson is robbed at knifepoint by young Harry Thompson, he isn't looking to get the boy in trouble. Instead,...
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¿Es el universitario una oveja, que hay que unir a un buen rebaño para que alcance una buena posición económica? ¿Eso es todo, o casi todo? Deresiewicz denuncia carencias, interpela, incomoda. Porque está en juego la propia construcción interior de la persona.
Enseñar no es un problema de ingeniería. No se trata de transferir una cierta cantidad de información de un cerebro a otro. "Educar" significa "conducir". El trabajo de un profesor...
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After working in Rwanda, transforming music Teachers into music Coaches, it was clear that Michael's method of teaching works in all cultural contexts.
Michael shares his teaching experiences as a music Coach and a high school social studies Teacher. His outside-the-box approach to connecting with students has shown that children today are in desperate need of Coaches.
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Actualidad, inmediatez y, sobre todo, mucho contenido en muy pocos caracteres. Esta es la filosofía de Twitter que Enrique Sánchez utiliza en este libro de forma genial para compartir con nosotros las nuevas tendencias educativas.
Un contenido refrescante y ameno para aprender y reflexionar sobre la educación actual escrito con el lenguaje más actual, repleto de interesantes anécdotas, historias y metáforas que te engancharán desde la primera...
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Picture your church as a place where the priesthood of believers finds its expression in creative and powerful ways. Picture leaders and staff equipping and unleashing people to minister in ways consistent with how God designed them. Think of the effectiveness, vitality, and contentment that come when the body of Christ nurtures itself through the healthy give-and-take of each member. In The Equipping Church, Sue Mallory describes the benefits, the...
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The challenges, isolation, and relentless demands of leadership can inspire a variety of fears in the heart of a leader; among them fear of failure, fear of mutiny, fear of criticism, fear of disappointing people. However, the greatest fear leaders face is not something that might happen to them, but something that can happen in them-a degeneration of the heart that robs them of their calling and leaves a deep soul dissatisfaction in its place. John...
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In this Ethnic Blends Ebook, multi-ethnic church pioneer Mark DeYmaz provides an up-close and personal look at seven common challenges to mixing diversity into your local church. Through real-life stories and practical illustrations, DeYmaz shows how to overcome the obstacles in order to build a healthy multi-ethnic church. He also includes the insights of other effective, multi-ethnic local church pastors from around the country. Increasingly, church...
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Our world is marked by unprecedented degrees of multiculturalism, ethnic diversity, social shifts, international collaboration, and technology-driven changes. The changes are profound, especially when you consider the unchecked decline in the influence, size, and social standing of the church. There is an undercurrent of anxiety in the evangelical world, and a hunger for something new. And we're sensing the urgency of it. We need fresh, creative counterintuitive...
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Serving as a church leader can be a tough assignment. Whatever your role, odds are you've known your share of the frustration, conflict, and disillusionment that comes with silly turf battles, conflicting vision, and marathon meetings. No doubt, you've asked yourself, "How did it get this way?"With practical and accessible wisdom, Larry Osborne explains how it got this way. He exposes the hidden roadblocks, structures, and goofy thinking that sabotage...
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You can serve God and his people for a lifetime and do it with passion and joy. You do not have to become another casualty in the growing number of leaders who have compromised their integrity, character, and ministry because they failed to lead an examined and accountable life. The road forward is clearly marked. Leaders must make a decision to humbly and consistently examine their inner lives and identify areas of needed change and growth. Also,...
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Dangerous churches should be norm. Church leaders and church people alike shrink back from danger because we want safety. Jesus said that he's overcome the world and its troubles. Dangerous churches put everything on the line for the one thing that matters most: reaching lost people.
It's dangerous not to be a dangerous church. The book is less about methods or even the message of God, but about a church that risks everything it has to reach lost...
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No mistake was made in heaven when God gave you the gift of leadership or teaching. . . Every gift you have-your instincts to lead and your passion to make a difference- came from the hand of a loving Father who crafted you. In this practical and inspiring book, Willow Creek executive vice president and teaching pastor Nancy Beach speaks to women with God-given gifts of leading and teaching. Sharing from her thirty-year journey in a local church,...
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A vision. You as a leader may have it, but has your organization caught it. If a leader's vision is all about what could be and what should be, why are you buried under what is? Noted author and pastor Andy Stanley points out that if followers don't get the vision, it's because the leaders haven't delivered it. He reveals the three reasons vision doesn't stick. And then he delivers three ways to make vision stick, to make you a leader worth following:1....
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Today's culture is more connected than any time in history, but all of this connectivity comes with a price. We live in a world that's become cluttered, distracted, and disrupted by social media, with the average person receiving as many as 5,000 messages a day in one form or another. If you're a pastor, nonprofit leader, artist, filmmaker, entrepreneur, or creative professional in this hyper-connected, highly distracted world, how do you get your...
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