This proven, comprehensive resource covers every issue that affects Christian family life. It has been in print for over thirty years and has sold nearly 100,000 copies. This new edition is updated throughout with discussions of recent family-related issues. It includes a new chapter on work and family balance and a new section on the increasing role grandparents take in parental responsibilities.
Parents and teachers can use this book to encourage children to talk about their families and the different kinds of families that exist.
Represents a variety of families, some big and some small, some with only one parent and some with two moms or dads, some quiet and some noisy, but all alike in some ways and special no matter what.
Out there , people are dying , and you are imagining a college degree you cannot afford . Seeing herself through Sofia's eyes would make it worse . So Antonia burrows into herself . Something's coming , say the newspaper headlines ...
Expanding on the stories in her popular column for the website Waging Nonviolence, Berrigan has crafted a welcome antidote to the various parenting fads currently on offer from French moms and tiger moms and mean moms.
I screwed the sandwich up so tightly in my fist that tuna mayo splattered all over the sleeve of my black top. “Aww, never mind,” Katie said. “I'm sure Mummy will wash it for you.” She sashayed away while I rubbed at the stain with my ...
This is the personal, heartfelt, and inspiring book we need to move us into action. Whether you're new to the foster care journey or a seasoned veteran, this book needs to be on your shelf. You will read it again and again.
Sharlet follows the story back to Abraham Vereide, an immigrant preacher who in 1935 organized a small group of businessmen sympathetic to European fascism, fusing the far right with his own polite but authoritarian faith.
_____________________________________ From the legendary author of THE GODFATHER comes a novel of the original Italian crime family Fifteenth-century Italy. The Renaissance is in full swing, heralding a new golden age...
Dr. Mary Manz Simon, known as a parenting expert, provides a reflection on how the story connects to child development so adults can easily come alongside children in understanding and life application.
In September to be released as the film THE FAMILY, starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Tommy Lee Jones.