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Alice S. Bass
Alice Bass is Author Development Manager with HigherLife Development Services. She is also an actress, writer and creative consultant living in Florida, and can currently be seen with the Epcot Acting Company at Walt Disney World. She has performed in professional theaters across the US. Many of her scripts can be found at dramaministry.com. She is a graduate of Rollins College.
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Paul Sparks
Paul Sparks is a Parish Organizer and Social Entrepreneur. His place-based expertise and trusted friendship in neighborhoods across North America make him an indispensable consultant to faith communities, academic institutions, and community organizations. Paul speaks for strong resilient relationships within the parish, and brave collaborative links across places. Paul is the co-founder of Urban Landscaping: Rapid Placeshaking Collaborations. He is also an instructor for the Leadership in the New Parish at the Seattle School of Psychology and Theology and is the co-founder of the Inhabit Conference. Paul lives in an urban neighborhood at the heart of Downtown Tacoma, Washington, with his co-conspiring wife Elizabeth. They pastor a growing faith community composed of friends, artists, and entrepreneurs seeking a common life together with their neighbors.
Visit the Parish Collective website and follow it on Facebook and on Twitter.
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pamphletIs This the One?
9 Tests for Marriage
by Keith R. Anderson
In this reader-friendly booklet, Keith Anderson offers 9 creative tests to help couples evaluate the strength and durability of their relationship--and he offers suggestions for growth in each area. Is This the One? will help young couples carefully consider the answers to questions like:
- Are we compatible?
- Are we really friends?
- Do we have a realistic view of our ...
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paperbackConsequential Leadership
15 Leaders Fighting for Our Cities, Our Poor, Our Youth and Our Culture
by Mac Pier
Foreword by Bob Buford
Afterword by Kevin PalauAre we living in challenging times? Yes. But people can and do make a difference. Here are the stories of fifteen entrepreneurial leaders doing just that. Drawn from church, business, government and non-profit sectors, these world-class visionaries and activists offer examples that motivate and principles to imitate. Their stories show that mature networks of leaders and organizations can offer ...
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paperbackThe Steward Leader
Transforming People, Organizations and Communities
by R. Scott Rodin
Coach. Entrepreneur. Mentor. Executive. Servant. Visionary. Everyone has a different idea of what a leader should be. How can any one person be everything? Scott Rodin brings unity and clarity to this confusing, demanding picture of leadership. He offers a comprehensive model that brings together a biblical understanding of holistic stewardship with the best in leadership studies. Whether in ...
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hardcoverPursuing God's Will Together
A Discernment Practice for Leadership Groups
Transforming Resources
by Ruth Haley Barton
Logos Book of the Year
Creating Leadership Teams Led by the Spirit
Meetings can sap our energy, rupture community and thoroughly demoralize us. They can go on forever with no resolution. Or they can rush along without consensus just to "get through the agenda." What if there was another way?
Church boards and other Christian leadership teams have ...
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paperbackGood News About Injustice
A Witness of Courage in a Hurting World
The IVP Signature Collection
by Gary A. Haugen
Foreword by John StottThe good news about injustice is that God is against it.
God is in the business of using the unlikely to bring about justice and mercy. In Good News About Injustice, Gary Haugen offers stories of courageous Christians who have stood up for justice in the face of human trafficking, forced prostitution, racial and religious persecution, and torture. Throughout he provides ...
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paperbackNecessary Christianity
What Jesus Shows We Must Be and Do
by Claude R. Alexander Jr.
We live in a world of options, where we might do this or that if we feel like it. But for followers of Jesus, certain things are not optional, but necessary.
Bishop Claude Alexander unpacks the Gospels' statements of what Jesus said he must do. He must be about his Father's business. He must go through Samaria. He must go to Jerusalem.
Life ...
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John E. Stapleford
John E. Stapleford (d. 2021) (PhD, University of Delaware) was the president of the Caesar Rodney Institute, an education nonprofit. He was also principle in DECON First and a professor emeritus of economic development with Eastern University. Previously he was an associate director and senior economist with Moody's Analytics, and for two decades he was the director of the Bureau of Economic Research at the University of Delaware and founded the Delaware Small Business Development Center. With a graduate degree in government and planning and a doctorate degree in urban and regional economics, Stapleford has been published in many professional journals including Growth and Change, Christian Scholars Review, Journal of Markets & Morality, Faith & Economics, Journal of Biblical Integration in Business, and the Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management. He is also the author of Bulls, Bears and Golden Calves: Applying Christian Ethics in Economics.
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Nick Fiedler
Nick Fiedler is the cocreator and cohost of the popular Nick & Josh Podcast, an internet radio show that interviews political, religious, and community leaders on a variety of topics. Fiedler has a degree in English and has worked as a World Religions teacher, a Youth Worship Director, a Senior Credit Manager, and is currently writing and traveling the world while working for a Skydiving Company editing videos. Fiedler's church experience includes working with youth and music for about six years, as well as leading youth service projects in Honduras, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. He's a speaker, blogger, musician, and regular party host with a particular interest in technology and post-Christian thought.
