Leah discovers love. It is new to her because she has only known responsibility all her life. Heavy responsibility builds her up and makes her feel good about herself. However, in doing so, she becomes a little self-righteous, with no room for forgiveness. She finds it easy to fight against hate and even helps others overcome such adversity when faced with the phenomenon. However, when faced with having to forgive, she finds herself in unknown territory. Her only redeeming prospect is to r...

"Harvest of Wholeness: Navigating Life's Abundance" is Dr. Tino W. Smith's invitation to readers to cultivate a life of spiritual richness and purpose. This guidebook intertwines timeless biblical wisdom with actionable strategies for personal development. Across ten chapters, Dr. Smith elucidates how to embrace solitude, set meaningful goals, balance discipline with community, and much more, all while steering clear of life's modern-day thieves of joy and purpose.

This book is a unique blend of practical and applicable Bible studies, one for women and one for men, and a fictional story voicing a cautionary tale where a princess attempts to find visibility and worth in all the wrong ways. Like all humans, she experiences loneliness and the need to be seen and valued. Life is hard, even for a princess! After messing up royally again, she does things differently when given another chance. With the help of a newfound friend and perspective, she figures ...

Preaching for the Rest of Us serves as a starter's guide to text-driven preaching. Driven by the conviction that pastors hold the weighty and honorable responsibility of explaining Scripture to their congregations, Gallaty and Smith present a clear step-by-step process for re-presenting Scripture in compelling text-driven sermons.This unique type of preaching is the interpretation and communication of a text of Scripture driven by the substance, structure, and spirit of th...

The ways to be effective in global missions have changed. The authors believe that content and values must undergird the North American local church’s approach to global mission. It is not enough to “do something.” It is in fact possible to do all of the right things in all of the wrong ways, with negative results. It is also possible that mission “over there” can have as much — or more — on the church at home. This book discusses common principles and practices that inform and energize lo...

This edited collection is designed to explore the ethical nature of judicial decision-making, particularly relating to cases in the health/medical sphere, where judges are often called upon to issue rulings on questions containing an explicit ethical component. However, judges do not receive any specific training in ethical decision-making, and often disown any place for ethics in their decision-making. Consequently, decisions made by judges do not present consistent or robust ethical theo...

This collection features five peer-reviewed reviews on weed management in regenerative agriculture.The first chapter provides an analytical review of the adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA) in Sub-Saharan Africa by smallholder farmers, focusing on the challenges posed by weed management. The chapter assesses chemical and non-chemical weed control methods and their benefits in CA systems.The second chapter considers the adoption of integrated weed mana...

What accounts for the spiritual power and vitality of black preaching? What are the distinctive contributions of black preaching to the life of The United Methodist Church? How must black preaching evolve if it is to rise to the new challenges facing the UMC?Fifteen distinguished preachers from across the connection answer these and other questions in this important and illuminating volume.Gennifer Benjamin Brooks not only edits this collect, she also shares one of her own ...

A Dan Josselyn Memorial PublicationDiscover the stories, structures, and spirit that shaped life along America’s greatest river.Specialists from archaeology, ethnohistory, physical anthropology, and cultural anthropology bring their varied points of view to this subject in an attempt to answer basic questions about the nature and extent of social change within the time period. The scholars' overriding concerns include presentation ...

Provides a comprehensive overview of the key concepts in biodiversity management within agricultural landscapesConsiders the role of farmers and rural communities in implementing ecological restoration practicesReviews the importance of habitat and animal rewilding in promoting biodiversity and other key ecosystem services

Assesses current yields in different regions and constraints in improving productivityDiscusses all the key stages in cultivation needed to make banana production more efficientReviews ways of assessing and improving the sustainability of banana cultivation

Focus on key issues in expanding the genetic base for Musa, including, exploiting current collections of germplasm and collecting and evaluating wild Musa species and landracesCovers methods for improving fertility, resistance and other traits in CavendishReviews the range of conventional and modern molecular techniques for breeding new banana varieties