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Don’t know what to do with your life? Drawn to so many things that you can’t choose just one? New York Times best-selling author Barbara Sher has the answer—do EVERYTHING!
With her popular career counseling sessions, motivational speeches, workshops, and television specials, Barbara Sher has become famous for her extraordinary ability to help people define and achieve their goals. What Sher has discovered is that some individuals simply cannot, and should not, decide on a single path; they are genetically wired to pursue many areas. Sher calls them "Scanners"—people whose unique type of mind does not zero in on a single interest but rather scans the horizon, eager to explore everything they see.
In this groundbreaking book, readers will learn:
• what’s behind their "hit and run" obsessions
• when (and how) to finish what they start
• how to do everything they love
• what type of Scanner they are (and which tools they need to do their very best work)
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Seems like twaddle to me.......2007-09-16
I bought this based on a recommendation given in a session designed to help employees prepare for retirement. I found the book very disappointing - most of what's in here falls under the heading of "well, DUH!" I found no great insights, and little of lasting value in this book.
an inspiring explanation.......2007-08-24
Finally an explanation for my diverse interests. Very practical ideas for getting some of them done. Reading it felt like a wave of creativity washing over me.
Permission to be excited by the possibilities.......2007-08-13
Along with most reviewers, I've been a Barbara Sher fan for years. As a person with changing interests as well as a career counselor, I know the difficulties people face who change jobs, careers, or passions. It looks like the rest of the world picks a direction, gets in line, and marches in step. Not so for the rest of us. Sher's strength is her ability to listen and reflect on the angst that we have felt. She encourages us to be who we are, yet take the steps we need to actually accomplish something. Maybe I'll dig out that three-fourths completed manuscript and (gulp) pick a deadline.
A very hope inspiring book for people who cannot settle down.......2007-07-03
Because I am interested in so many things, this book naturally grabbed my attention. Barbara understands that "scanners" are not just losers or non-commital type but are people wired differently than others. They have great abilities that decades ago would have made them someone like Edison or DaVinci.
She differentiates the behaviour of the different types of scanners and then shares some helpful strategies and tools to make their lives more fulfilling and less guilty.
She gives some thoughtful advice about careers that allow scanners to be happy at work or at least at home after a day at the office.
I really enjoyed these ideas and intend to read this book through a second time.
Two things stand out. Her career ideas do not seem to help someone like me that is in a well paying job and with a family of 6 to support.
Also, after talking about how it is okay to move quickly between different interests, without much to show for it (in the traditional sense).
Barbara has a Epilogue section about how the scanner really should do a significant Project, and it might just take buckling down and pushing through it. This just seems so opposite from the rest of the book. But despite the last second twist, this is a book full of exciting possibilities.
This Book Will Help People With Multiple Interests and Careers.......2007-05-12
Dear Friends: I have been a big fan of Barbara Sher's work since her first book on managing multiple interests and careers, "Wishcraft," came out. "Wishcraft" made a huge difference in my life. "Refuse to Choose!" picks up where "Wishcraft" left off, and offers additional thoughts on assembling all of your prized projects and careers into a framework where you can pursue them all.
I worked as a career counselor at one time, so I believe that I can give an informed opinion on books about managing multiple careers.
I'm a scanner -- a Sybil scanner, to use Sher's classification scheme -- and I had spent years futilely trying to "specialize" and being mocked for having multiple interests, and being admonished to "pick one or two."
"Refuse to Choose!" has been very helpful to me, as I am trying to organize my multiple interests, and my (at least) four careers into a framework where I can be creative in each career and special interest for the next twenty years.
I read the criticisms of the book with some puzzlement -- they seem to have been written mostly by people who favor specialization and suppressing some interests in favor of completing a few projects. It's like reading reviews of a book on wine tasting by people who don't drink at all.
I would urge interested readers to examine the sample text of the book that Amazon presents and see for yourselves what a helpful book it is. Don't be fooled by the deceptively simple language Sher uses -- many of her insights into "scanners" are quite profound.
I have given several copies of the book to friends who are also "scanners."
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- Do you feel depressed, frustrated and uninspired? It's time to Live Your Live With Passion!
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Are you tired of settling for less than you can be, less than you can achieve, less than you deserve? Would you like to learn to live with passion so that you can turn your everyday experiences into extraordinary, life-changing events? It's time to stop wishing and start living, because you are about to acquire the vital life tools that will help you tap into the power of your own passion.
Let's face it, you want certain things out of life -- financial rewards, personal fulfillment, and satisfying relationships. And now, with Anthony Robbins' groundbreaking program Live with Passion!, you can master your behavior, your emotions, your finances, your business, and your career.
In Live with Passion!, you'll learn how to:
- Use 'Quality Quantifiers' to increase your desire for living
- Use the power of paradox to launch your plans with confidence and certainty
- Replace dormant resources with new assets that will improve the quality of your life
- Infuse your life with meaning and purpose
Anthony Robbins will be there to help push you past your obstacles, achieve your goals, take consistent action on your ideas, and ultimately help you redefine and improve the quality of your entire life. So get started now and learn how to start living your life with more passion, more happiness, and more fulfillment than ever before!
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Solid Principles to Live By.......2007-07-17
Tony Robbins has the gift of expressing concrete, easy-to-implement ideas that can make a difference in living a more fulfilling, successful life. Since listening to these CDs a few weeks ago, I have found myself spontaneously recalling some of the concepts he shared that have helped me face a challenge I was having at the time. In particular, the concepts of "Build a Relationship Bridge" for having patience with others during times of miscommunication has been very helpful. Also, the importance of carrying around a (properly-tempered) sense of "Certainty" in one's daily life as a pre-condition for success has been extremely useful. Some of his concepts seem self-apparent, but Mr. Robbins' charismatic delivery and excellent communication skills really drive them home.
I refrained from rating the set at 5 stars due to the multiple references to Mr. Robbins' seminars embedded throughout the recordings. However, in the end that was a small (additional) price to pay for the inspiration and extremely useful concepts that Mr. Robbins offers. I recommend this CD set highly.
Do you feel depressed, frustrated and uninspired? It's time to Live Your Live With Passion! .......2007-07-16
I heard Anthony Robbins from Jay Abraham and Brian Tracy sales training series. Since most of our life struggles and challenges come our ability to deal with the problems that come into our life, I recommend this CD series for those of you who feel depressed, frustrated and uninspired.
The Live With Passion, Anthony Robbins CDs are amazing! After I listened to these CDs, I went ahead and bought $300 worth more of his CDs because what Anthony Robbins really brings back what I have learned in the past from great mentors, like Earl Nightingale, John Cummuta, Brian Tracy, Jay Abraham, Zig Ziglar and so on.
I am extremely excited to be able to listen to Anthony Robbins' wisdom and advice, because it has helped me to take charge of my life.
Must listen CDs!
Thanks Tony.......2006-12-02
This CD set is a great tool for making big changes in your life. Tony teaches the listener some fantastic ways to address problems (Chalenges!), end bad habits, and generally lead a more passionate life.
not really my kind of speaker.......2006-08-24
mr. robbins is very enthusiastic, has a lot of good positive points to make, and i am sure a lot of people will be fired up with his information, but it was too much listing for me....like if you remember these 7 things---etc. i am more of a wayne dyer fan when it comes to motivation.
I would have giving it a 10 stars !!.......2006-08-13
Just Like the Mastercard commercial, Anthony Robins motivational CD's are truly priceless! I have been recommending them to everybody I know. Just pass the word around, it is the best gift you can give to your grownup children, you never know, it might a make a big difference in their future.
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Noble Purpose unveils the most exciting motivational program to hit the workplace since casual Fridays. Team building expert Dr. Barry Heermann reveals proven secrets for unlocking extraordinary employee morale, teamwork, and productivity by first infusing workplaces with meaning and purpose. Filled with tried-and-true principles, based not on speculation but on solid research and time-honored knowledge, this amazing book outlines a positive approach that will help anyone learn to embrace work as an adventure to be experienced--not just a paycheck to be earned.
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Noble Purpose.......2007-01-12
This is an incredible book and curriculum to assist one to uncover their gifts and passions that have so long been buried. The processes in the book can be done alone or in group, gently returning the individual to his/her essential, authentic self where true confidence, freedom and love reside.
A revealing and joyful scuba dive into authentic purpose..........2005-04-28
Longing to know what it is, really, that gives you the greatest sense of fulfillment in your work or relationships? Forget any inventory or self-help approaches you may have tried in the past. In Noble Purpose, author and long time organizational consultant Barry Heermann describes what it feels like to operate out of one's unique and authentic purpose and sheds new light on why we tend to lose sight of it. More importantly, he provides an entirely different way of reconnecting with that felt sense of purpose so that recognizing its presence or absence becomes second nature. Prepare for a revealing and joyful scuba dive into the realm and heart and soul where authentic purpose truly and always resides.
Explore your vocational purpose with Noble Purpose!.......2005-02-15
The Noble Purpose book is truly an experiential read. There are many books written today about "purpose" but few actually provide tools with which one may practice sensing that purpose. This book is full of real life examples to clarify simple, yet powerfully life-affirming concepts. The activities that accompany each chapter enable the reader to actually experience their purpose in many artistic and thoughtful ways. I recommend this book to anyone who is truly committed to investigating their own purpose in a meaningful way.
Making dreams come true.......2005-02-14
For several years, I have had a strong sense of what my personal calling is, and a real feeling that I have a Noble Purpose in this lifetime. But I have been frustrated with not fulfilling that sense of purpose as much as I think I can. After reading Noble Purpose and doing the daily exercises, and really LIVING with each of the elements of the Noble Purpose Spiral, I found myself energized and focused. I was able to get two book proposals accepted by two major publishers just months after completing the Noble Purpose teleworkshop. I now recommend this book to everyone!
Inspiring and meaningful.......2005-02-11
Noble Purpose (the book and the workshop) is overflowing with profound insights and wisdom employing simple, intuitive exercises that have made an important difference in my life. I have explored spiritual themes for over 10 years, and what I love about Noble Purpose is that, unlike other more esoteric offerings, it could be applied directly to my life. The real learning comes from engaging the process and doing the deepening activities that are so brilliantly designed. I highly recommend the book and the workshop.
-- Jennifer Blalock, Chanay, France
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An acclaimed authority shows Christians how to discover and apply their unique passion, spiritual gifts, and relational style within the church. Expanded Edition.
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What is the connection between today’s to-do list and God’s ultimate mission for our lives? This how-to guide, filled with true personal stories, provides stepping stones through the challenges of not only discovering your universal purposes but also discerning your unique purposes in this life. With discussion guide.
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Pathway to Purpose review.......2007-01-10
This book is one of the most significant books I've read in awhile in regard to helping me honestly evaluated God's place in my life and my own motivations for serving Him and relating to others. This book makes me feel like I want to sit with the author and discuss at length the concepts she brings forth in her book. Ms Brazelton must be an awesome mentor.
Interesting.......2007-01-09
I found this easy to listen to but not of much help to any pathway to purpose for me. It was interesting and did get some ideas from listening to it.
Discovering my passions.......2006-11-05
This book is excellent for doing exactly what the title predicts. It has certainly been a pathway to God's purpose for my life. I am slowly discovering the passions that God has placed in my heart and connecting them with, what else but, His purpose for my life.
Carole
Absolutely Wonderful!.......2006-05-17
If you are wondering about your purpose or or ust plodding along day to day, this is for you!!!!!
"Pathway to Purpose for Women" is the BEST!!!.......2006-03-22
I have read many, many books for women, and in particular, books about Christian growth. "Pathway to Purpose" is a MUST READ! Ms. Brazelton has a unique perspective on women and how God sees us ...really sees us! She takes the ordinary day stuff and makes us recognize that everything we do as women has a purpose for Christ! IF you never read any other book, you must read this one. I am reading "Praying for a Purpose" simultaneously which is really a devotional book and complements her original "Pathway" book. I'll NEVER loan my "Pathway to Purpose" out!!!
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Today's young women are bombarded with messages contrary to the Christian life. They need a clear vision of purpose in order to walk as "princesses in God's court." For Such a Time as This: The Disciplines of Destiny, by Lisa Ryan, cohost of The 700 Club, helps women from the ages of twelve to twenty-five find their unique gifts and destinies. It draws on the biblical example of Esther, as well as modern-day role models, to deliver nugget-sized lessons on character traits such as courage, chastity, grace, and dignity. For Such a Time as This will transform young readers into mature women of God.
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Conversation Starter.......2007-09-05
My teenage girl's youth group at church are reading this book and studying the Book of Esther. As their teacher, this book has been a wonderful learning tool and really opened the girls up to share their personal stories of what it's like to be a teenage girl in America today. They really enjoy Lisa's writing and have already asked to do another of her books in class. Thanks, Lisa for your book.
Great Book.......2002-11-06
This book is written for the middle school ag.. hence the reason that the slang is so far off... (as noted in the previous reveiw) It is a great book about becoming a modern day Esther.
Esther 101.......2002-04-30
Esther's story is my favorite story in the Bible. She was a very strong woman who was fearless (she was not afriad to be herself). Lisa Ryan has done a great job applying this fabulous story to life as a young woman today. I found that the writing was somewhat silly (Mrs. Ryan sometimes used slang never spoken by anyone outside of middle school), but the message was awesome. Every girl should read this book!
Awesome book: two thumbs up!.......2002-04-05
This was a great book!!! Even thought I am still reading it, It's already making me think about who I am and what I should be working on I love this book! It tottally makes Gods word fun!
FANTASTIC.......2001-12-13
This book covers a wide variety of topics, makes them relevant and understandable, and forces the reader to apply them to daily life. Great to use as a chapter-a-day devotional and encompasses everything a young girl should know!
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Youth and the Quest for a Passionate Church.
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good message, could have been better said.......2007-08-29
Dean's thesis is that our churches lack passionate youth because we are not passionate about the death of Christ for our sins and his resurrection (i.e., His passion). It goes as follows:
1. The Passion of Christ shows God's passion.
2. Youth who understand this lives passionate lives that bring God glory
3. Our youth are not living passionate lives which bring God glory
4. Therefore, we must not be emphasising the gospel; the Passion of Christ as we should be.
I wholeheartedly agree with the direction this author is trying to take and welcome such a refreshing voice that believes that youth groups should be about more than pizza parties, they should be gospel centred in preaching as well as practice.
The reason I only gave this book containing this great thesis is as follows:
1. I had hoped to be able to give this book to my youth leaders, but the style is too long and scholarly. It could have been said in much fewer pages as she seems to bring up the same ideas more than once. I believe that this book was her thesis paper converted into a book. It does not easily lend itself to group reading outside of academia.
2. The author does not deal with scripture very much at all. I found this unusual since the book was calling us to theological depth in emphasising the atonement. I believe that one cannot be truly successful in developing a Christian theology for youth ministry unless the ideas are cultivated from Scripture. That is not to say I believe her ideas heretical, they are (mostly) biblical. It's just that the reader is forced to take Dean's good ideas as just that, speculative ideas. If she had interacted more with scripture the reader could have walked away with a greater confidence knowing the thesis is based on revelation and not mere speculation.
I liked what she is saying and recommend the book to those who have time to read and are engaged in leadership positions in youth ministry.
Do not work in a church without reading this book!!!.......2007-01-04
Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean offers a provocative challenge to the church: do ministry and "be" a church which pursues the passion of every generation. The passion of Jesus Christ was the event which changed the course of human history. Dean offers tremendous insight into what that means for us to day in the church. Dean suggests that there is untapped passion in the lives of students and these students are already between the walls of the church. If we want them to stay there, we need to engage their passion. The passion which can lead them in ways that we can only dream about is the passion which comes from a faith in Jesus Christ. This book will help youth pastors, pastors, parents, educators, and anybody who loves students catch a vision for a church that will change the world by witnessing to the love of Jesus Christ. This will require the sacrifice of some of what we hold dear, but then again...is not that the call of Christ. This is a must have volume for your shelf. Read it, know it, learn it, and then live it.
Read this book. Yesterday........2006-08-13
In a nutshell: 1. Mainline denominations are having trouble reaching youth. 2. Youth are passionate people. 3. The gospel is fundamentally about passion -- Christ's passion. 4. Our churches lack passion. 5. Solution for reaching youth boils down to the church becoming passionate about the gospel.
But Dean says all this much better than I do. Listen to this (p. 25): "What if mainline Protestantism's disappointing track record with young people (in and beyond the church) has not been primarily a failure of models, educational strategies, historical cycles, or institutional support, but a failure of theology? Is it possible that the "problem" facing youth ministry reflects all too accurately a malaise infecting mainline denominations generally: a flabby theological identity due to an absence of passion? That would be ironic. Most young people come to us brimming with passion. Could it be that, instead of fanning this youthful zeal into holy fire, we have more often doused it, dismissed it, or drowned it in committee meetings? The theological challenge youth pose to the church is blunt: Are we who we say we are? Do we practice passion, transformed by a Love who never disappoints, and live by a faith so convincing that we stake our lives on it? Or are we just another sagging social convention, like Dracula, that needs young blood to survive?"
The whole book is written with that much passion. Dean argues, passionately, that if we are to speak meaningfully to youth, we must first connect the passion of Christ with the passion of youth. When that happens, the result is a passionate faith.
Care about youth? Care about the state of the church? Read this book. Yesterday.
Excelent Resources for Ministry, especially Youth Ministry.......2005-09-13
Creasy Dean writes at a time when the Church is declining, when people do not find the Church attractive any more and when the world around us is offering, with passion, unreliable solutions for problems, while the Church is loosing its passion and therefore its people.
She shows a real concern for the passionless Church that has no power to attract passionate youth to its life and most of all has no solution for the young passionate hearts that are searching for "something to die for".
This is a very complex book written with a highly academic style and the roots of her book are based in theology. She is able to find logical and theological solutions for issues that youth are dealing with, in today's society, and all of her solutions are closely related to Christian Passion, in fact to Jesus Christ's Passion. She is placing the youth ministry with all its vulnerabilities in practical theology in stead of looking for the available secular options.
Creasy Dean stresses that in order to have a live Church there must be a live group of youths that are involved in the life of the Church, and in order to have this, the Gospel must be preached with passion, the Church activities must have a motivation and passion at least equal to youth passion, and that passion is found in Christ's passion alone.
Since the adolescent age group, is the most vulnerable age group of mankind, is the age group where the personal identity is formed, and youths are desperately searching for something worth living for or something worth dying for, they want to "love something worthy of suffering, and to be so loved" (p.2).
As adolescents are trying out many different types of passion, they very often end up being badly hurt and suffering consequences that may last for years, Creasy Dean is promoting the only valid type of passion "who is really worthy of sacrifice, who really does love us selflessly and extravagantly - the Love who never disappoints, who will not let them down, and who will not go away" (p 20) and this is not just any type of passion or a very special passion, is the passion of Jesus Christ.
In the first section of the book, "Shared Passions", Creasy Dean is showing the power of Christ's passion as subversive, as something to die for. She is pursuing a line of passionate love, a love that motivated Jesus Christ to come and die for humans; and now the challenge that she puts before us is to love and serve Christ unconditionally, "because if Jesus isn't worth dying for, then he's not worth living for, either" (p 32).
Adolescents have very often been involved with the "wrong crowds", and than end up suffering for the wrong passions and not only the youth from "bad homes" or from areas with integration and/or social-economic problems but youth from all social classes end up in a very difficult state, and that is due to the fact that they are not exposed and introduced properly, to the only passion that will match their passion, Jesus Christ's passion. By contrast, "Adolescents who develop Christian identities really are menaces to society. An adolescent who knowingly shares in the freedom of God, who participates in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, inevitably unmasks culturally accepted forms of domination, greed, and fear" (p 34)
Creasy Dean is saying that if the Passion of Christ is loosing its intensity in Christian theology or "if the Christian risk factor - the Cross- were to fade from the forefront of Christian Education" (p 36) than Christians will not be able to withstand the pressure of alternate passions that are being promoted everyday on our door steps, at schools, playground and even in the Church.
On the other hand, some Churches have tried to downgrade their theological standards, the importance and uniqueness of the Cross, in an attempt to be more relevant to the society and by doing that they have also downgraded their passion in ministry and their passion in Christian practices. As a result, they failed to help youths fulfil "their need not only to hope for the future, but to be forgiven in the present; their acceptance not only of Christian love, but of Christian oddity", and that is because "without a doctrine of sin, divine-human reconciliation was unnecessary, allowing ministry to convert divine passion into a form of righteous energy directed toward human reconciliation" (p 45).
In their search for identity, adolescents are confronted with various public characters, which might seem as the "ideal person to be like" and they start copying, entering a process of identification, only to realise soon or later that have been let down and disappointed. Creasy Dean comes and rightly suggests that the only person worthy identifying with, that will never "let down", that will never cause disappointment, that will always "be there", is Jesus Christ.
Now, those adolescents that wish to identify with Christ enter a process of transformation in order to identify their passion with Christ's passion until Christ's love and passion is reflected by their lives and His will of spreading the Good News is fulfilled.
Through out the history there has been a conflict between generations in the church, but there has been a greater conflict between adolescents and the older generation, and that is due to the fact that the passionless Church has a problem with passionate youth. As the youth passion is a vulnerable "burning passion" which requires the same kind of passion in response, is true to say that youth many times make sinful mistakes even in their process of identifying with Christ and the Church tends to associate sin with passion.
As the process of identity with Christ's passion goes on, youth encounter another problem: the lack of identification and as a quick response to that problem they "borrow" personalities, "thoughts and feelings from those around us who seem more competent and in control, or whom we admire or even fear and than substitute their thoughts and feelings for our own" (Mass Robin p 62)
A passionate Church will always have the ability, resources and determination to allow youth with their natural passion to identify with Christ's passion. "When the passions of adolescence meet the Passion of Christ, a figure-ground shift takes place: the developing ego moves back in order to make space in the foreground for the passion of God" (p 69) and that is all a passionate Church will ever dream to have from their youth.
The second section of the book, "Dimensions of Passion", deals with the "Divine Passion" which is revealed as "God's Fidelity", "Transcendence" and "Communion" that addresses the adolescent's desire for "Steadfastness", "Ecstasy" and "Intimacy" which meets their developmental needs for "Acceptance", "Feeling part of Greatness" and "Camaraderie".
It is absolutely truth to say that all of us are "longing for fidelity", but for youth in their developing stages fidelity is valued more than anything else. A passionate Church with a passionate youth group must have a few people that will correctly fill the need of "being there" for youth in their times of struggle as well as in their times of victory. If the Church is not there to fill this need for youths, than they will go outside the Church to find someone that will be ready to listen and "be there" even if they have Christ who is there for them and will never disappoint, but as Creasy Dean says they need a "community of affirming, others must "be there" for them, demonstrating steadfast love on their behalf" (p 77).
Youth "longing for fidelity" is so demanding, that they would expect the person they trust to be there for them in any moment of need, still, even if the person they trust is 100% dedicated, there will come a time when that person will not be there in the hour of need and youth must learn that ultimately is God's fidelity they need.
Adolescents often trust their inexperienced feelings, allowing feelings to direct their judgement and based on that position they validate various Christian activities. If they are in ecstasy while worshiping it will automatically come under the heading that God is present and active in their worship, therefore Christianity is valid.
These moments of ecstasy are like a two-sided knife, it can do well, but at the same time can be a dangerous ground due to the risk of feeling manipulated by ecstatic experiences, and this may make them to run away from anything that might look or fell mystical and mysterious.
In their "longing for transcendence" youth with an impatient passion will realise "after many false starts... that not just any ideology will do; not all truths are equally trustworthy, not all causes are "to die for", not all gods offer fidelity that invites our own" (p 109). Creasy Dean suggests that adolescents will always want someone to communicate with, to be attached to, to care for, to be there for them, to express their passion with, to be in fact connected to and although sex is not their aim, in order to get the required fulfilment of fidelity and intimacy, it might end up with sex believing that it will satisfy their soul emptiness. Some will, probably, tacitly force the "hand" of their partner by having sex only to have the assurance that the partner will not leave.
But without the right passionate Church, that will gently lead youth along the way of knowing Jesus Christ in a personal and intimate way, in their "longing for communion" may end up with loads of physical experiences and with an emptiness in their souls, that will make them lose the trust in themselves and people around them and with a great danger that the emptiness they experience might never be filled.
The book demonstrates that the adolescent hearth is "longing for communion" (spiritual friendship), and if the Church is not there to fulfil that need then youths will try and fill the gap with secular apparently matching responses to their needs.
Terrific Youth Ministry Resource.......2005-09-08
This book is one of the best I've read on what is truly at stake and essential in youth ministry. It does come with a warning though: One adult volunteer I gave it to found it overwhelming at first read. So I highly recommend it for those in the field and in the habit of talking about these things, but recommend perhaps wading in with some other ones (maybe The Godbearing Life, which Dean co-authored) before tackling this one. But do reach that point, if you at all can.
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The Greatest Horse Stories Ever Told: Thirty Unforgettable Horse Tales (Greatest)
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Angel Horses: Divine Messengers of Hope
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Book Description
This follow-up to the surprise hit, Chicken Soup for the Horse Lover's Soul, brings to the page the adoration we have for our horses with inspiring, funny and tender stories. Chicken Soup for the Horse Lover's Soul II is filled with inspiring stories of rescue and rehabilitation, heartbreaking losses, dedication and commitment, and positive messages of responsibility and unconditional love. Readers will enjoy uplifting and humorous stories that depict the horse's intelligence, versatility and intuitiveness; they will discover the horse's healing powers, marvel at the graceful performance of a Grand Prix Dressage winner, be awed by the stamina and strength of a working horse and the athletic prowess of a champion racer. In exchange of our love and companionship, horses teach, heal us, protect us and guide us. Chicken Soup for the Horse Lover's Soul II is a worthy celebration of a very noble creature.
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World-class cars are the objects of desire for a special breed of automobile enthusiast, collectors who are as passionate about their cars as others may be about paintings, stamps, or watches. In this thrilling tour of 11 of the greatest private automobile collections in the world, readers are given access to an amazing realm that is rarely open to the public. Wheels: A Passion for Collecting Cars celebrates these incredible collections along with the fanatical car lovers who have amassed them.
Included in this intriguing volume are profiles of each car-obsessed collector: one houses more than 100 postwar "bubble" cars from Europe and Japan in his Georgia barn, while another has made room at his Napa Valley winery for his stellar collection of sports cars. Captured in gorgeous photographs taken in the exceptional environments their owners have created for them, these rare custom models, elegant 1930s town cars, sexy postwar European exotics, and fabulously finned cruisers will appeal to classic-car connoisseurs around the world. AUTHOR BIO: Stuart Leuthner has more than 35 years of experience in advertising, graphic design, and publishing. He is the author of The Railroaders, Iron Men, and High Honor and currently the creative director of Watch and Clock Review and CHRONOS. William Taylor is a photographer based in Colorado.
Customer Reviews:
Wheels: A passion for collecting cars.......2006-08-31
Excellent book with great accounts of real car collectors. This book arrived as promised with the quality promised. A great entertaining reading from real people in the collector hobby. A must read for any car enthusiast.
a car books with a difference.......2005-03-13
Instead of simply presenting a parade of pretty cars, the author gives the reader a look into the collector's mind. The layout and photography are also exceptional. A must for anybody who appreciates wonderful objects.
must have.......2005-02-22
Leuthner is on top of his game with this new book. The Group of collectors that he has brought together,show us some of the finest automobiles ever built. Quality automobiles such as these should be shared with the world, this book is a must have for any one that appreciates the very finest that life has to offer-
It doesn't get any better.......2005-02-17
This is one of the finest automobile-related books I've ever seen. Not only are there great photos of some of the greatest cars in the world, but author Leuthner got to know each of the 11 car collectors on a personal basis. The result is an in-depth look at the men and their machines. Millions of dollars were layed out for these vintage masterpieces, and WHEELS gives them the respect they deserve. Very nice read, even though it's a coffee table type of book. That's rare.
Average customer rating:
- Best Self Help Book in a LONG time!
- great book
- This is a wonderful author
- I underlined text and wrote notes on almost every page!
- More of the same
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Create A Life That Tickles Your Soul : Finding Peace, Passion, & Purpose (Tickle Your Soul Series)
Suzanne Willis Zoglio
Manufacturer: Tower Hill Press
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Book Description
Create A Life That Tickles Your Soul is a guide to living the life you want. It's about finding more peace, passion, and purpose. It's filled with real-life stories of people who decided to take back their lives and live from the inside out. Dr. Zoglio offers practical tips for figuring out what's best for you next, and then shows you how to get it. Create A Life That Tickles Your Soul is the winner of the year 2000 Independent Publisher Award as best Self-Help book, and a Top 10 Outstanding Book of the Year winner as "Most Life-Changing".
Customer Reviews:
Best Self Help Book in a LONG time!.......2006-01-25
I have read a lot of self help books over the years (I'm over 50) and this is the best one to come out in a long time. If you are at all unhappy with any aspect of your life or ready to make change for whatever reason, this book is a "must read". =)
great book.......2004-05-11
As I read the case studies in this book, I recognized many of my peers who are in need of the resources that the author provides for developing a renewed personal passion for life. Anyone trying to energize the search for personal direction for the next life stage will appreciate the specific suggestions and examples. I have read this book twice already. Another book that I recommend is" The Five People You Meet in Heaven", and "He Never Called Again."
This is a wonderful author.......2003-09-02
Her book is magic! Best of all, she is an author who genuinely cares about her readers! An amazingly kind and knowledgable person. Do yourself (and Suzanne)a favor and buy this book. You will absolutlely love it. I am a real fan of hers: you will be also if you read her books.
I underlined text and wrote notes on almost every page!.......2003-05-16
A dear friend of mine gave me this book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Dr. Zoglio does an excellent job of describing the keys to happiness. Long ago, I independently arrived at many of the same conclusions about happiness, but I have never been able to articulate them as clearly and simply as Dr. Zoglio does in her book. While reading it, I found myself underlining text and writing notes on almost every page. I have subsequently bought my friend her own copy and also bought copies for my two grown-up children with the hope that the book will "tickle" them, too.
More of the same.......2002-02-08
I was a little disappointed in this book. I had expected something original and different. It seemed to be a summary of books I had already read. The ideas were good and there was nothing wrong with the book but it was nothing new. I really didn't find one idea that wasn't similar to something I had heard or read before.
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