Is she really fine or is she just saying that to avoid talking to me? How can our bond grow when she acts as if she doesn't want me around? How do I share my faith without her thinking it's a sermon?As your daughter heads into the teenage years, you wonder how to handle the dramas and questions of adolescence. But what if instead of waiting to talk about big issues in the heat of the moment, you built a foundation of trust before crises even happened? Meet Me i...

Read by the authors.Is she really fine or is she just saying that to avoid talking to me? How can our bond grow when she acts as if she doesn't want me around? How do I share my faith without her thinking it's a sermon?As your daughter heads into the teenage years, you wonder how to handle the dramas and questions of adolescence. But what if instead of waiting to talk about big issues in the heat of the moment, you built a foundation of tru...

Read by the authors.Essential Parenting Principles for Every Stage of Your Child's Life.Whether you're sleep deprived with a colicky newborn or navigating the emotional roller coaster of a teenager, parenting has its ups and downs, its confusion and clarity, its big blowups and small victories. And no matter our family makeup or our children's personalities, many of us experience anxiety over our children's futures and often fear making a m...

Essential Parenting Principles for Every Stage of Your Child's Life.Whether you're sleep deprived with a colicky newborn or navigating the emotional roller coaster of a teenager, parenting has its ups and downs, its confusion and clarity, its big blowups and small victories. And no matter our family makeup or our children's personalities, many of us experience anxiety over our children's futures and often fear making a mistake.Andy and Sandra Stanley are no...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art. Our August 2017 issue (#131)  contains: Original fiction by D.A. Xiaolin Spires ("Twisted Knots"), Nin Harris ("Reversion"), Octavia Cade ("The Stone Weta"), Sunny Moraine ("In the Blind"),  Chen Qiufan ("A Man Out of Fashion"). Reprints by Sandra McDonald ("F...

Working Alternatives explores economic life from a humanistic and multidisciplinary perspective, with a particular eye on religions’ implications in practices of work, management, supply, production, remuneration, and exchange. Its contributors draw upon historical, ethical, business, and theological conversations considering the sources of economic sustainability and justice.The essays in this book—from scholars of business, religious ethics, and history—offer readers pra...

One nineteenth-century commentator noted the ‘public’ character of Quaker women as signalling a new era in female history. This study examines such claims through the story of middle-class women Friends from among the kinship circle created by the marriage in 1839 of Elizabeth Priestman and the future radical Quaker statesman, John Bright.The lives discussed here cover a period from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries, and include several women Friends active in ra...

Parent with purpose and feel confident about raising a healthy and happy family.In this audio Bible study, Andy and Sandra combine their experience and wisdom to help viewers identify and embrace their it—their win as parents. In an inviting and conversational approach that is both informative and accessible, the Stanleys discuss:The four stages of parenting and how to excel at each stage.How to parent with the end goals in ...

Parent with purpose and feel confident about raising a healthy and happy family.In the six-session video study (video streaming code included), Andy and Sandra combine their experience and wisdom to help viewers identify and embrace their it—their win as parents. In an inviting and conversational approach that is both informative and accessible, the Stanleys discuss:The four stages of parenting and how to excel at each stage.

What do you need to know to prosper as a people for 65,000 years or more? The First Knowledges series provides a deep understanding of the expertise, wisdom and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians. For thousands of generations the wellbeing of Australia's First Peoples was grounded in the sacred lands of Mother Earth. Good health occurred naturally because lifestyle and diet were connected to Country and culture. Colonisation damaged this connection, but much is being done to rebuild it. H...

The sensational true tale that inspired the major motion picture Belle starring Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson, Penelope Wilton, and Matthew Goode—a stunning story of the first mixed-race girl introduced to high society England and raised as a lady.The illegitimate daughter of a captain in the Royal Navy and an enslaved African woman, Dido Belle was sent to live with her great-uncle, the Earl of Mansfield, one of the most powerful men of the time a...

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together short stories from award winning authors and ...