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This devotional commentary is written to stir up a love for the scripture. The book of Colossians is filled with powerful teaching and practical application for life. This short letter from the Apostle Paul reaches into the depths of the heart while also challenging our minds. We take a daily journey through its four sections listening and praying through this letter while also asking questions to spur thinking on how to apply to our lives. Each day has scripture reading, a commentary on the passage, and questions for reflection.

The older you get, the more likely you are to confront an unexpected challenge: Severe illness, the death of a loved one, divorce, losing a job, or even losing a home in a fire or hurricane to name a few. These events can be life-changing, and if you’ve already suffered through one or more of them, you may have felt devastated, depressed, or unable to function. It’s almost certain that for a time, it was difficult to enjoy life or to contribute to your family and community. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

The year begins with the season of Advent, when we think of the first coming of Jesus into the world and the way in which it was prepared for his coming. Then follows Christmas, the well-known and popular festival when we remember the Saviour’s birth to a Jewish lady, Mary. This is followed by the Epiphany, when the Lord was first shown to the non-Jewish people, the Gentiles. Quite a significant event for those not of the Jewish faith. It is the first recorded time that the Lord was shown to non-Jewish people (Gentiles), reminding us that he came for everyone.

How precious is the word of God? Jesus said in Matthew 4:4 that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. Yet though God's word is precious and nourishing to our hearts, minds, and souls, so few of us know it and know how to apply it. Power Up with God hopes to remedy this deficiency and help believers get the benefits of applying every word of God. We can read or hear the words from the preachers pulpit, but we will gain nothing until we begin to eat the word of God.

Stages of Awareness: Reflections of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow by Sheila D. Bryant, is a rich medley of lyrical poetry that captures the spirit and soul of life's many lessons. The passages take you on an emotional journey of the mind like few books have dared to explore. The book's array of depth and emotions keep you wanting more. There is always a sense of hope that life will prevail over heart wrenching challenges. This is a book about the spirit of living and surviving.

Why can we not quit worrying and ruminating? Even though we want to quit ruminating, we spend a considerable amount of time doing it, days as well as sleepless nights. All in all, we can spend months and years of our lives ruminating and brooding, even though it only makes us feel worse. Olle Wadström explains why we ruminate, what drives ruminations, and why they are so hard to stop. He also provides different tools that are useful, as well as explanations as to why things should be done in the way he presents them.

I wanted this book to be the story of the people, the conditions they faced, and how they met their challenges. It is about the family of my parents, Leland Eddy Bolt and Fern Leoline (Brubaker) Bolt. Their story is preceded by Leland and Fern's grandparents and parents, then my parents lives and accomplishments.

This is a collection of poetry and commentaries on life experiences and issues of the spirit movement of the latter half of the 20th century that appear relevant in the emerging 21st. Topics include celebration of life transitions, reflections on lifestyle modes, insights into the religious dimension, the aging process, and speculations regarding the revolutionary imperatives for planet earth.

This book is your successful career search strategy in today’s modern digital world. Follow it and you’ll remake your career, earn more, and gain greater fulfillment. You'll learn to evaluate your strengths, prepare professional resumes and cover letters, customize your LinkedIn profile to attract recruiters, master the job interview, negotiate the best salary, and more.

The job interview is the make-or-break moment that can change your job search and your life. Job interviews present the key step in the job search process and help you get hired. You need to know how to prepare for this step while job hunting. This book helps you turn phone-screen interviews into in-person interviews and job interviews into job offers. It turns you into a great interviewee.

The job interview in your job search. It is the make-or-break moment that can change your life forever. Job interviews present the key step in the job search process and help you get hired. Yet few people know how to prepare for this all-important step while job hunting. As president of Shimmering Resumes and former head of corporate communications for McKinsey & Company, Paul Freiberger knows what it takes to give a knock-their-socks-off interview and win the job.

The performance review is an important part of your job as a manager or coach. But it is only a part. In order to develop team members effectively, you have to be proactive on a daily basis. This means having conversations - and not just about the weather or the game last night. Create ongoing conversations throughout the year. Conversations for Creating Star Performers is a vital tool for keeping team members motivated, engaged, and moving ahead every day - not just the days before an annual review.

Each year E. C., the old groundskeeper and tennis teacher explores the meaning of Christmas. He sees all the rushing around and he asks is this really what God would want? Then he steps back and asks what is Christmas all about? Then he writes a story about the meaning of Christmas to him. And then he gives the story as one of his Christmas gifts to his friends and family. This book is E. C.'s gift to us all.

This book is about our family, a family who had no idea who they were in history. What we discovered, through genealogy, was a family whose bloodline is one of the most royal in Europe, from a Roman Senator to an Episcopal Bishop, to eight kings. Our family thought they were fishermen, from the lowlands of Scotland. This book is the story of our discovery, a shocking and magnificent discovery.

Roberta and William are relaxing on their porch and watching their pets chase butterflies. But the mail brings something unexpected to Roberta, and soon things will change. An opportunity unfolds for them to put into action one of the greatest strategies for a powerful life: being kind.

The Adventures of Hip Hop is a story of a family of wild bunnies who live in a hole in the woods. The family includes Mommy and Daddy, Grandpa and Grandma, Brothers Edward and Bob.

Fifteen percent or twenty-three million persons in the United States are presently over seventy years of age. The Complexity of Aging approaches difficulties that come with oldest age. Often inevitable and seldom anticipated, these oldest-old persons encounter alterations in health and physical abilities, strengthening or impairment of personality traits, and immense losses of family and social relationships; and are prime candidates for active/passive abuse or neglect.

This is a book about listening to God through the third person in the trinity, God the Holy Spirit. As you go on this “Listening Journey” with me, you will be encouraged to hear his voice speaking to you. Yes, God wants to speak to your heart- to encourage, edify, strengthen, and comfort you!

The year is 2280. The Colonial Earth Systems, a sphere of stars made up of a dozen planets, is still recovering from a decade long war with a race known as the Artrans. During the conflict, a nomadic race of aliens once imprisoned by the human military help turn the tide of battle. Due to their bravery and self-sacrifice, the Colonial Earth Systems gives them a world of their own - a planet with an artificial atmosphere generator. When someone sabotages it - Colbosh, an alien mercenary, finds himself the lone survivor of his race.

As a medical social worker for thirty-five years, author Dan Costello has worked in hospitals, for hospice, and in other medical settings. It was here he witnessed firsthand how God has reached down from heaven and lifted up the lost sheep. In They Died in Peace and Joy, he offers patient stories, real accounts of people in the last stages of their life, demonstrating the tremendous love and mercy of God. The accounts show the lengths that God, out of his love for us, goes to save us from our sins.