The church is struggling to find relevance in today’s world. Society is changing, with currents swirling like a perfect storm—a clash of sacred and secular. Christians must once again take on the task of being a missional people.The aim of GO is simple: to mobilize and unleash Christians—maybe one last time—as a missional people in their world, a gospel voice and a gospel presence, with the primary task of making disciples and sharing the only Good News that can sa...

Can you explain why you are the best fit for ajob?Job interview is one of the most critical moments of the job search experience and your chance to show your potential employer that you have what it takes to succeed in the position you're applying for. In order to do that in today's highly competitive job market, you need to stand out for you to be hired. Not all interview answers work and not all will help you get the job. You need to be both confident and strategic to convince th...

The Credit Profile Number (CPN) also known as Credit Private Number is a nine-digit identification number that can be used to report financial information to credit bureaus. Available for use primarily in the United States, the number can be used instead of an individual's Social Security number (SSN) for many types of credit transactions.Many are stuck and worried when trying to get a Credit Private Number or even overwhelmed by the terrifying task of creating one for themselves. ...

This book reinterprets British dramas of the early-nineteenth century through the lens of the star actors for whom they were written. Unlike most playwrights of previous generations, the writers of British Romantic dramas generally did not work in the theatre themselves. However, they closely followed the careers of star performers. Even when they did not directly know actors, they had what media theorists have dubbed "para-social interactions" with those stars, interacting with them throu...

Labor and labor norms orient much of contemporary life, organizing our days and years and driving planetary environmental change. Yet, labor, as a foundational set of values and practices, has not been sufficiently interrogated in the context of the environmental humanities for its profound role in climate change and other crises. This collection of essays demonstrates the urgent need to rethink models and customs of labor and leisure in the Anthropocene. Recognizing the grave tra...

Rock Hard is a gentle thriller James Armstrongwrites a feel-good thriller that is difficult to put down. I found myself begrudging every minute I couldnt spend reading the book. There are a few novels I reread every few years; Rock Hard is one of those.Connie Murphy, The Chronicle-Express ________________________________________________________________________ Someone has been trying to kill Fuzzy Grebbs since the day he was born. Yet, this drummer for a super-star rock band is so loved by...

The book deals with the role of government in our lives; with the cultural arrogance of Manifest Destiny and with Cuba as "a case in point"; with the storms of war that have pelted humankind; and with the cussedness and promise of human beings. The book probes the place of religion in public life. Finally, it will come to a halt as readers consider politics as practiced in the places where they live.

We want our lives to count for something. We want them to be significant. The importance of prayer for the abolition of slavery, is shown from the inefficacy of other means to effect it."Slavery is the foe of Christianity, the enemy of souls, and it must be hateful to the God of love, who would have all men come to Christ. It is opposed to the gospel and to every evangelical work, to the tract, the Bible, the missionary enterprise. It disregards the spiritual interests of enslaved ...

All who have admired John Muir’s ruggedly individualistic lifestyle or who desire a greater appreciation of the history of environmental preservation in America, will be enthralled and enlightened by this Pulitzer Prize–winning biography.Following Muir from his ancestral home in Scotland, through his early years in the harsh Wisconsin wilderness, to his historic pilgrimage to California, Linnie Marsh Wolfe creates a full and rounded portrait of her subject—not only...

**“This country's leading hell-raiser" (The Nation) shares his impassioned counsel to young radicals on how to effect constructive social change and know “the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one.”"A superlative organizer, strategist, and tactician who is also a social philosopher.” —Charles E. Silberman**First published in 1971 and written in the midst of radical political developments whose direction Alinsky was one of the first...

" Everyone's favorite conservative argues that the decline in the West's birthrate will lead to a fatal decline in its power." — Library JournalThe West is dying. Collapsing birth rates in Europe and the US, coupled with population explosions in Africa, Asia and Latin America are set to cause cataclysmic shifts in world power, as unchecked immigration swamps and polarizes every Western society and nation.The Death of the West details how a c...

The essays collected here all appeared in The Nation magazine between 1958 and 2005. The early literary ones reflected Vidal’s status as a rising young novelist of the postwar generation, and as he expanded confidently into nonfiction, his essays range widely over politics, religion, society, manners and morals. We see him emerge as the pre-eminent essayist of his generation, winning a 1993 Nation Book Award for a collection of nonfiction works.Vidal’s Nation year...