Youth Workers Handbook

Clapp, Steve

Cook, Jerry O.

Religion & Spirituality

Brethren Pr

Reaching Out Through Christian Education

Christian Community

Book by Clapp, Steve, Snider, Cindy Hollenberg

Creating Quality in Ministry: Insights on How Quality Can Sharpen an Focus Today's Local Church Ministry

Snider, Cindy Hollenberg

Book by Clapp, Steve, Detwiler, Sam

Sharing Living Water: Evangelism As Caring Friendship

Detwiler, Sam

America's broken food system has provoked an outcry from consumer advocates seeking to align food policies with public health objectives. This book examines both sides of the conflict for solutions.
Many believe that America's food system is in dire need of reform, with concerns ranging from the obesity epidemic to exploitative labor practices and negative environmental impact. This eye-opening book answers provocative questions about what changes are needed, who is advocating the changes, what parties are opposing these changes (and why), and what a new food system would look like. Organized into three sections, the work identifies the problems with the current system, reviews the changing landscape of food policy, and suggests workable solutions for progress.
Washington insider Steve Clapp takes a comprehensive look at the struggle over the future of food. He examines the vision for a reformed national food policy that includes calculating the true cost of food, providing universal access to healthful food, adopting farm policies supporting public health and environmental objectives, improving food safety, paying fair wages to food employees, treating food animals with compassion, and reducing the food system's carbon footprint. The book explores the ways in which these issues can be resolved, drawing upon lessons learned from the early food advocates of the 1960s and 1970s.
 • Traces the development of a national food policy proposed by food movement leaders
• Reveals the true cost of food and its toll on consumers and taxpayers
• Discusses the opposition against a national food policy from the agricultural-industrial complex
• Shows the effects of changing the current food system
• Analyzes efforts to fix the food system and the efforts to oppose them
• Introduces early food advocates who changed the food policy landscape

Fixing the Food System: Changing How We Produce and Consume Food

Business & Money

Industries

Praeger

Preaching, Planning & Plumbing: The Implications of Bivocational Ministry for the Church and for You : Discovering God's Call to Service and Joy

Finney, Ron

Zimmerman, Angela

What can you do, as a pastor, a church leader, or a member of a congregation, to nurture the kind of pastoral health that results in congregational health? How do we all find balance in our lives? How do we open ourselves fully to God's grace and help in the midst of the tensions that exist in congregational life? Healthy Pastor - Healthy Church! by S. Joan Hershey and Steve Clapp provides practical information on: The Tension. A look at the difficulty pastors face in maintaining spiritual health in a performance-based culture. Taking Care of Yourself - A Guide for Pastors. Recommendations for physical, mental, social, and spiritual health, including a physical fitness checklist, a personal development inventory, and special issues faced by bivocational clergy. Taking Care of the Pastor - A Guide for the Church Board, Executive Committee, Pastor-Parish Committee, and Other Official Groups. The role of church leaders in keeping the pastor and the congregation healthy, including a "What's Most Important?" survey to be completed by those who are responsible for supervising and supporting the pastor. The Congregation - Supporting and Encouraging the Pastor. Eight key ways each person in the congregation can help the pastor be both healthy and effective. When Change Comes. Suggestions for handling pastoral transition in healthy ways. Discussion Questions. Questions for a five-session study of this booklet. Where to Learn More. Resources to help the pastor and the congregation.

Healthy Pastor: Healthy Church!

Christian Books & Bibles

Hershey, S. Joan

Churches & Church Leadership

LifeQuest

Since the events of September 11, 2001, we have been living in a time of greatly increased fear. Even before that fateful day, we were bombarded with news of threatening and disconcerting events, including crime, school violence, political scandal, and rapid societal change. Now we live with the threat of terrorism as well. 
In this book, the authors show that the answer to fear is not turning inward but turning outward. Learning to recognize the presence of Christ in others can have a liberating impact on all that we do and can enable us to move past the fears which threaten to immobilize us. 
This book explores: the biblical and spiritual roots of hospitality as a way of life; how hospitality can pull us through the loneliness and fear of our time; how a life of prayer is essential to a life of hospitality; how hospitality can help us cope with increased security; how hospitality affects our family life and friendships; how hospitality affects what we do in the workplace and in the community; how hospitality relates to the suffering of the world.

Hospitality: Life in a Time of Fear

Bernhard, Fred

Christian Living

How do religious faith and congregational involvement influence the sexual values and behaviors of teenagers? "Faith Matters" shares what the authors learned in a study of 5,819 teenagers representing a broad range of religious tradtions, ethnic backgrounds, economic levels, and geographic locations. In this book, you'll learn: 
-The characteristics shared by a group of teens with rates of premarital intercourse not only lower than secualr teens but also lower than most other religious teens. -The reasons swhy "abstinence only" doesn't give religious teens the help they need and want to make responsible sexual decisions. -The shocking reality that many religious teens are having oral sex – and that 55% of them mistakenly think they can't get a sexually transmitted disease from that act. -The reasons why half of the religious teens who become pregnant choose to have an abortion. -The reality that one out of ten religious teens are not sure of a heterosexual orientation and face significant proglems dealing with their faith and congregational life. -The good news that teens want more help and direction from faith-based institutions in preparing for dating, marriage, and sexual decision-making. 
"Faith Matters" offers practical guidance to individuals and congregations wanting to make a difference. Discussion questions are included for teens and adults.

Faith Matters: Teenagers, Religion & Sexuality (LifeQuest Growing in Faith Series)

Helbert, Kristen Leverton

Zizak, Angela

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Clapp, Steve. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Clapp, Steve