Part 1. Preparation for discovery -- The state of pastoral leadership in America -- Re-envisioning pastoral leadership -- The biblical basis for re-envisioning ministry -- Design, direction, and development -- The leader's behavior -- Part 2. Process of discovery -- Our initial exploration -- Our follow-up exploration -- Four critical questions -- Part 3. Practice of discovery -- Embracing the …
War and peace -- A generalized malaise -- At war with the doctors -- Signing up to die -- Growing old with, and at, the VA -- The poison orange -- 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W. -- Pill pushing and dope dealing -- One hospital's story -- The awakening of America.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-186) and index.
1. The injudicious judiciary : judges who are incompetent and out of control -- 2. "Perverse failures" : judges who don't put criminals where they belong -- 3. Criminal exoneration : judges who let lawbreakers off the hook -- 4. Juristocracy : the unelected legislature -- 5. Juristocracy II : government by decree -- 6. The civil injustice system : judges who allow outrageous liability awards --…
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-168).
Examines America's war on terror, both before and after September 11th, including what went right or wrong, the operations of al Qaeda, the Department of Homeland Security, and other crucial actions of the Bush administration.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Winners and losers -- Typical social drinkers : where do you fit in? -- How to cut down your social drinking -- The bottom line : what you give up and what you get -- Setting up a program that works for you -- Four basic social-drinking situations : know the difference -- The proper mental approach : don't play those mind games -- Having a plan and sticking with it -- Developing your personal d…
Includes material on the Women for Sobriety program.
Introduction -- Christian roots and uprooted people -- People seeking refuge -- Giving and withholding refuge -- No land, no refuge -- Searching for work, searching for roots -- Being uprooted in a well-rooted society -- Building a whole community.