In this candid and moving memoir, former First Lady Betty Ford shares her experience, understanding, and hope so that others can discover that alcoholism and drug addiction need not rob them of their lives. Much more than one woman's intimate odyssey through loneliness and despair to happiness and health, this extraordinary volume is one of encouragement, comfort, and support to all families and individuals. It is a living testament to the power of love, the joys of recovery, and t...

The New Testament reports the arrival of God’s promised deliverer. In several Gospels, a book of early church history, many letters, and a visionary book of judgment and hope, we learn about the ministry and mission of Jesus and the lives of those who followed him. The Old Testament contained the shadows and patterns and prophecies that anticipated the Christ, and the New Testament announces that the Light of the world has come. We need to understand the story of the New Testament because ...

The whole Old Testament is the story of Jesus Christ, but it is so easy to limit ourselves to familiar verses, books, and passages, without ever understanding the full picture. We struggle to imagine where each book and prophesy and narrative fits into that grand story.In this helpful guide, Mitchell L. Chase takes us, step by step, through the whole sweep of the Old Testament, through its stories and songs, through its prophesies and promises, and shows us how each one points us t...

The Mentoring Project’s flagship mentoring resource is its field guides. These long-form pieces provide practical guidance on various aspects of life as a Christian, like finances, purity, technology, work, and more. Written by pastors and other Christian leaders, these field guides provide a biblical framework for mentors and mentees to discuss these topics and grow together.

The end of man was not signaled by marauding gangs or explosions but with silence.People simply grew older knowing a younger generation would not be there to replace them. The final two residents in the neighborhood of Camelot, an old man and his invalid brother, are trapped in their house by forests full of cats and dogs battling with the bears and wolves to eat anything they can find. As the man struggles to survive, he recounts all the ways society changed as th...

Ninety-five propositions for creating more relevant, more caring schoolsThere is a growing desire to reexamine education and learning. Educators use the phrase "school 2.0" to think about what schools will look like in the future. Moving beyond a basic examination of using technology for classroom instruction, Building School 2.0: How to Create the Schools We Need is a larger discussion of how education, learning, and our physical school spaces can—and sho...

What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas – especially when you’re the one pouring the drinks.Behind the velvet ropes, past the $3 billion resorts and Instagram-perfect cocktails, there’s another Vegas, raw, real, and ruthless. This is where I work. And these are the stories I lived.I’m a Vegas bartender. Not the kind shaking flair bottles in a movie montage, the kind who serves A-list celebrities, billionaires, scammers, and degenerates all in the same night. I’ve...

There will almost certainly be more pandemics in our future. Yet, during the coronavirus crisis, not a single major public-health official took the simple step of telling Americans what we all need to hear: robust good health―healthy immunity, low inflammation, low toxic burden, and freedom from stealth infection and chronic disease―is our best defense against infectious viral disease.The way our bodies interact with infectious disease is complicated―both a function of the “germ” a...

Los Angeles. The city that never sleeps.And neither does crime.These stories take inspiration from those hard-boiled detectives of yore, with broken noses and steely eyes. The white knight you could rely on because the rest of the world had soured like a rotten apple. Even if he (or she) didn't follow the rules.Or maybe because they broke them in order to see justice done.Come see what the MCM Syndicate has to say about these types of "heroes" as we enter ou...

They say history doesn't repeat itself, but it will frequently rhyme.However, what about crimes that get repeated? How are they similar to the original? How are they different? And why?The devil is in the details, after all.Come see what the syndicate members of MCM have done with crimes that riff off of events from the past.MCM. So Criminal, It's Good.

Stories can take place not only between the covers of books, but also in the places where books are kept.Like in libraries.The fifteenth issue of MCM is a collection of cozy stories by the syndicate, stories that will make you giggle, shake your head, or at the very least, think about.So Criminal, It's Good.Be sure to pick up all the issues!

Take a joy ride with a woman desperate to escape her past. Or maybe deal with car thieves who keep stealing your car for an ever increasing ransom. Maybe delve into the mystery of a car that isn't really stolen--it just disappears for a while. Or get into a rideshare car that appears to be driven by a zombie (if you dare...)These tales of stolen cars, the thieves behind them, and what these theft actually represents, are sure to delight readers of all kinds. From the twisted minds ...