STOP ABUSE and TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE presents a faith-based battering intervention program with the mission of helping men who abuse women stop abusing them and transform their lives. The program contemplates reading the book, writing answers to questions at the end of each chapter, and discussing the responses and related issues in small groups.

Stop Abuse and Transform Your Life: Homework for Battering Intervention

Parenting & Relationships

Blackard, Kirk

Blackard, Francesca

Chagoya, Albert

Family Relationships

Kirk Blackard

Going beyond discussions of dispute resolution, this practical guide outlines an integrated model for understanding and managing conflict in organizations.

Capitalizing On Conflict: Strategies and Practices for Turning Conflict to Synergy in Organizations: A Manager's Handbook

Business & Money

Gibson, James W.

Management & Leadership

UNKNO

Hierarchical, command-and-control leadership is no longer viewed as the optimal approach to manage people who work in global enterprises and who have the capability and interest to run their own operations. The global economy-the flattened world-demands a new type of leadership: collective and collaborative where the solutions and vision are co-created by the team. The Leaderful Fieldbook takes the approach that everyone is capable of participating in leadership, and not just sequentially, but collectively and concurrently - that is, all together and at the same time. The book presents four critical tenets of leaderful practice, a term which is now associated with Raelin's work.

Capitalizing on Conflict: Strategies and Practices for Turning Conflict to Synergy in Organizations

Each week crime victims engage in a process of peace and reconciliation with Texas prison inmates who perpetuated similar crimes against others. Restoring Peace shares their process with others interested in mending broken relationships.

Restoring Peace

Self-Help

Motivational

Trafford Publishing

Evidence of an apparent conflict between religion and science is everywhere: Time Magazine features a debate between a nationally known atheist author and an imminent Christian scientist, a newspaper article condemns those who advocate intelligent design, legislatures fight over what can and cannot be taught in public schools, courts intervene in cases that involve issues of faith and science, three of ten candidates in a presidential debate say they do not believe in evolution while the other seven say they do. The controversy affects national and local policy, influences education, and, some argue, could degrade our way of life if scientific advancement or religious belief and practice are stifled. The conflict is being waged on two levels. The public level is a continuing war among relatively few activists. We see warring books and articles, contentious town meetings, lawsuits, legislative efforts, private schools, and other efforts by each side to win and make sure the other loses. The other level of the debate, like the submerged portion of an iceberg, is larger, more insidious, and ultimately more hurtful to society. This conflict is within the hearts and minds of a vast number of people who sense an “either/or” conflict between the religion they believe and the science they see, hear, and experience. This conflict has no clear battle lines and no obvious winner or loser, but a high mortality rate that includes all those people, particularly young people, who simply opt out. Some check out of religion and become “de-facto agnostics” who claim a faith when the chips are down, but don’t practice it or get anything from it. Others check out of science and reason. They allow their faith and their views about the Bible to kill their intellectual curiosity, and they look scientific truth in the face but refuse to see it. For the most part, this conflict boils down to different beliefs among people of faith about scripture, evolution, and the “isms” that each has spawned. Most interpret the Bible and understand science in ways that make finding an intellectually satisfying resolution to the presumed conflict frustrating and even scary. Any attempt to reconcile the two requires learning new words that initially sound like so much gobbledygook, reading an array of books and articles that usually present only one side of a multi-faceted issue and tend to obfuscate rather than enlighten, and making judgments without all the facts. The purpose of Reconciling the Bible and Science: A Primer on the Two Books of God is to take the fog out of the controversy by telling in simple language the story of the “Book of Scripture” and the “Book of Nature.” The work is aimed primarily at Christians and seekers who don’t need proof of God but do seek a better understanding of the relationship between their faith and science. It will be helpful to those who are having difficulty reconciling their faith with what they learn about science, those whose faith prevents them from fully exploring science with an open mind, those who oppose the teaching of evolution because they feel it is a threat to faith, or others who just don’t know where to turn. Reconciling the Bible and Science is based on a college level course that Lynn Mitchell has taught for many years in colleges, churches, and on television. It explains that faith in God and a belief in the Bible do not preclude acceptance of science, and that the two can in fact co-exist—perhaps even complement one another. It does not try to convince readers of the validity of evolution or of a particular approach to religious practice, but maintains that we all should be free to make our own judgments about faith in God without being constrained by anything science can discover, and about science unfettered by presumed constraints of the Bible. An “Introduction” piques the readers’ interest, introduces the debate, and frames the issue as one involving

Reconciling the Bible and Science: A Primer on the Two Books of God

Religion & Spirituality

Mitchell, Lynn

Christian Books & Bibles

BookSurge Publishing

MAKIN’ IT: A STORY OF HOPE is a fully illustrated graphic novel about the faith inspired turnaround of an at-risk troubled teen from juvenile delinquent to young man with a hopeful future. MAKIN’ IT: A STORY OF HOPE tells of “Tony,” his troubled life, and the U-turn he made to real hope for the future. 
 Tony didn’t know his father, hated his abusive step-father, experienced trouble in school, used drugs, joined a gang, committed crimes, and was locked in jail several times. 
 But Tony came to know two people who helped him figure things out: Drayton, a young uncle who overcame what Tony experienced and was doing well; and Camile, a pretty girl with her own troubles who caught his eye. 
 Tony finally realized he had to make a choice about his future. He learned about God, and made the choice to move away from the code of the street and follow God’s code. He accepted responsibility for his life and decided t change it. And he learned about the importance of love, of forgiveness, and of making peace with those who had hurt him or whom he had hurt. 
 Tony still has problems. But he has developed faith in God and changed his life for the better. He has a real hope for the future. He knows he can make it.

Makin' It: A Story of Hope

Comics & Graphic Novels

Humeniuk, Ben

Graphic Novels

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

An old proverb holds that “It takes a village to raise a child.” This is a powerful reminder that human beings are not islands. We all need a community of loved ones to help us weather the storms of life. This is particularly true of those who have violated the law and are incarcerated for their actions. They face a storm of problems, often with little hope of rescue. They need a village—parents, spouses, siblings, extended family, friends, and others—to help them deal with their problems, straighten out their lives, and stay out of prison in the future. Nurturing Peace helps you be that village. It builds on the power of faith and stories to help you help your incarcerated loved one change his or her life by dealing effectively with issues such responsibility, accountability, confession, repentance, forgiveness, reconciliation, and restitution.

Nurturing Peace: How Families Can Help Incarcerated Loved Ones Change Their Lives

Eighteen-year-old Keith Blackburn put his .25 caliber pistol to the side of Misty Wright’s head and pulled the trigger. The bullet went through her gum, through her esophagus, and severed her carotid artery. He left her for dead. Keith was apprehended and charged with attempted murder. He denied everything, but was tried, convicted, and sentenced to twenty-one years in prison, largely on the basis of Misty’s testimony. Misty was consumed by fear, hate, and vengeance; and suffered most of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress. Keith turned his life around and was released after nine years behind bars. He subsequently earned a Master of Divinity degree and became a prison chaplain in the Indiana prison system. Eighteen years after the shooting, Misty contacted him and forgave him. They have become friends and travel together around the country to jointly tell their story of crime, repentance, and forgiveness at churches, restorative justice conferences, in the media, and in other venues. They also work in programs to help victims of crime and prison inmates restore their broken lives. Face to Face: Our Story of Crime, Repentance, and Forgiveness tells their story, and in the process explores the intersection of repentance and forgiveness. It will appeal to all readers who enjoy an interesting read about hurt, struggle, and redemption. Its true story with all the conflict, emotion, and action of a good novel will appeal to readers of non-fiction and fiction alike.

Face to Face: Our Story of Crime, Repentance, and Forgiveness

Wallace, Misty

Blackburn, Keith

Relationships

Christians are called to minister to people in prison. But most know next to nothing about prisons, the needs of the people in them, or the biblical basis for addressing those needs. Love in a Cauldron of Misery fills that void. This book provides a brief historical perspective that orients the reader and a discussion, mainly in the words of people with real experience, of what prisons and prisoners are really like and why the need for ministry is so great. It then explores the biblical charge for Christians to meet these needs and discusses ways in which they can do so. Love in a Cauldron of Misery is an invaluable resource for any pastor, teacher,or layperson who is participating in, considering, or just wants to know more about prison ministry.

Love in a Cauldron of Misery

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