Teacher research is an extension of good teaching, observing students closely, analyzing their needs, and adjusting the curriculum to fit the needs of all. Ruth Shagoury and Brenda Miller Power present a framework for teacher research along with an extensive collection of narratives from teachers engaged in the process of designing and carrying out research projects to inform their instruction. --from publisher description.
Jeffrey Keuss takes us on a tour of Scripture to find insights from people who asked questions of God and others, exploring what those questions can teach us about doubt, faith, and uncertainty in our everyday lives.
Essential reading for scholars, poetry lovers, and anyone with an interest in Rainer Maria Rilke, German poetry, or the creative impulse, these ten letters of correspondence between Rilke and a young aspiring poet reveal elements from the ...
While We Wait takes group participants deeper into their own journey toward God by providing weekly readings and group session plans.
In God's Answers to Life's Difficult Questions, Rick Warren, pastor and New York Times bestselling author, invites us to take a closer look at key biblical figures and the ways in which they walked through the challenges they faced in their ...
While the intended target audience for this work would seem to be those who have either left the Christian faith or never adopted it at all; the work is filled with pearls of wisdom for all of us, whether associated with Christianity or not ...
Parker J. Palmer--who for forty years has written and spoken about subjects ranging from contemplation to community, the inner life to public life, education to social change--is known as one...
Written in a respectful and conversational style, this unique book is designed to promote constructive dialogue and foster mutual understanding between Christians and non-Christians.
. . . This is such a book” (The San Diego Union-Tribune).
Stock, bonds, cash - the investment mind is often programmed. The reality is that most investors think in terms of single asset classes, and allocate money to them accordingly. The...
The result has been clear: G. Jeffrey MacDonald, “Who's Filling America's Church Pews?,” Christian Science Monitor, December 23, 2012, 26–31. In 1990, 54 percent of Massachusetts residents: Barton (2012). And according to an “American ...