The poems in Wissahickon exist for one reason: to draw our attention to a natural world that is ensouled. Trees, rock, water, fungi, animals, fish, and birds--all participate in Spirit, and all are permeated with soul-stuff. The Christian, Druidic, Tantric, and classical viewpoints, often overlapping and folded into one another in these pages, all serve one end: to help us to see, feel, and know that the world around us has awareness--even consciousness--and that all the creatures with who...

It's 1830 and Mexico experiences a political divide when their first Afro-Mexican president, Vicente Guerrero is assassinated. Demons begin to enter through dimensional doorways as the fate of Mexico is left at the hands of the young Tijax Tabares, who summons the power of the Aztec and Mayan gods and the protector iEl Fuego! Making his journey through the Mexican countryside, iEl Fuego! faces fearsome mythical creatures while untangling the mystery of Guerrero's death. He soon learns of a...

The best decisions made by public managers are based not on instinct, but on an informed understanding of what’s happening on the ground. Policy may be directed by ideology, but it must also be founded on reality. The challenge of making the right decisions as a public manager is often, therefore, based on the need for rigorous, actionable research. Now in a thoughtfully revised second edition, this textbook shows students of Public Administration exactly how to use both qualitative and qu...

**From the celebrated creators behind Starman and The Flash comes this new supernatural graphic novel about slasher monsters, mad scientists, and cult movie-inspired horror.How do you kill a monster? One scared little girl named ‘Patra had better learn quickly…or else!**A fun, new take on 1970s slasher movie villains, with a unique heroine who has to defeat that horror before it’s too late.A small mid-western town is terrorized by a masked maniac n...

A civilization confident in its systems believes every problem can be solved by sorting people into the right roles. When a single mission exposes a gap no chart can fill, that confidence is quietly put at risk. Wanted: One Sane Man traps its central figure inside a situation where preparation, procedure, and psychological screening offer no comfort once isolation sets in.As the journey stretches on, routine becomes pressure and silence becomes an adversary. Physical disco...

The Classic Guide to Expository Preaching--Updated for a New GenerationThis bestselling textbook on biblical preaching is a contemporary classic in the field. It offers students, pastors, and Bible teachers expert guidance in the development and delivery of expository sermons.This new edition provides resources, methods, and advice for new generations of students and pastors. It has been revised and updated throughout by Scott Wenig, professor emeritus of a...

'This is right up there with the best of C. J. Sansom and Andrew Taylor' – Amanda Craig, author of The Golden RuleFrom the pleasure palaces and gin-shops of Covent Garden to the elegant townhouses of Mayfair, Laura Shepherd-Robinson**’**s Daughters of Night follows Caroline Corsham as she seeks justice for a murdered woman whom London society would rather forget . . .London, 1782. Desperat...

The land girl and the US officerJuly 1942Dear diary, despite the war raging around me, I find I can’t stop thinking about the American officer, Sergeant Dale Johnson. I’ve never known anyone as brave, kind and handsome! But I promised myself I wouldn’t care this much about a man again, especially when he could be transferred at any time. Yet that only makes me want to relish our time together. Now fighting my heart feels like the biggest battle…

Something waits in the darkness at sea. An alien farmer discovers his prey is far more complicated than expected. A seemingly ordinary exposition hides something impossible. A machine grows tired of being ignored. And in the city after midnight, the hunters may already be among us.Lost Sci-Fi Books 156 thru 160 brings together five unforgettable stories of mystery, danger and imagination.The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson — Beca...

Even good parents often underestimate the dangers their children face. Research indicates that one in four females and one in six males are sexually abused before age eighteen. In most cases, the enemy is not a faceless stranger; it’s someone you know and trust—a neighbor, a coach, or even a family member.This book provides practical steps to ensure you’re doing all you can to reduce the risks of abuse. But since you cannot be with your children 24/7, it goes beyond what you can do...

When Dr. Robinson asked her freshman psychology students what today's parents need to know about teens and sex, they said parents do not have a realistic view of the world their children live in. A healthy sexual identity requires more than just a list of what not to do. In today's culture of sexual identity confusion, ubiquitous pornography, and #MeToo, teenagers need to know how to protect themselves as well as how to treat others.Talking with Teens about Sexuality will ...

On the heels of the advance since the twentieth-century of wholly physicalist accounts of human persons, the influence of materialist ontology is increasingly evident in Christian theologizing. To date, the contemporary literature has tended to focus on anthropological issues (e.g., whether the traditional soul / body distinction is viable), with occasional articles treating physicalist accounts of such doctrines as the Incarnation and Resurrection of Jesus cropping up, as well. Interestin...