A Story of Faith and Recovery—One Relapse at a TimeBeing addicted to alcohol from a young age is challenging enough. But struggling with that addiction while trying to stay on the straight and narrow as a pastor — that’s a story Ron Henderson knows all too well.Told with honesty and humor, Ron's journey includes years of God’s work—sometimes intoxicated—in churches across multiple states, the loss of a prestigious pastoral position due to one too many alcohol-infused decisions, and most recently, his eighteen years of sobriety. From the ashes of his deeply moving personal experiences, Ron shares “52 Lessons from Life” —practical insights to help readers maintain a healthy perspective on keeping your heart free in the midst of a world of troubles.

Memoirs of a Drunken Preacher: Including 52 Life Lessons

Biographies & Memoirs

Henderson, Ron

Leaders & Notable People

Bowkers

Suzhou, near Shanghai, is among the great garden cities of the world. The city's masterpieces of classical Chinese garden design, built from the eleventh through the nineteenth centuries, attract thousands of visitors each year and continue to influence international design. In The Gardens of Suzhou, landscape architect and scholar Ron Henderson guides visitors through seventeen of these gardens. The book explores UNESCO world cultural heritage sites such as the Master of the Nets Garden, Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, and Garden of the Peaceful Mind, as well as other lesser-known but equally significant gardens in the Suzhou region.
Unlike the acclaimed religious and imperial gardens found elsewhere in Asia, Suzhou's gardens were designed by scholars and intellectuals to be domestic spaces that drew upon China's rich visual and literary tradition, embedding cultural references within the landscapes. The elements of the gardens confront the visitor: rocks, trees, and walls are pushed into the foreground to compress and compact space, as if great hands had gathered a mountainous territory of rocky cliffs, forests, and streams, then squeezed it tightly until the entire region would fit into a small city garden.
Henderson's commentary opens Suzhou's gardens, with their literary and musical references, to non-Chinese visitors. Drawing on years of intimate experience and study, he combines the history and spatial organization of each garden with personal insights into their rockeries, architecture, plants, and waters. Fully illustrated with newly drawn plans, maps, and original photographs, The Gardens of Suzhou invites visitors, researchers, and designers to pause and observe astonishing works from one of the world's greatest garden design traditions.

The Gardens of Suzhou (Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture)

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

University of Pennsylvania Press

Ron Henderson, "The Fitness King", has been teaching, training, and inspiring individuals seeking to improve their health and lifestyles for over 30 years. Ron writes in a personal and no-nonsense way, demonstrating that fitness and faith go hand in hand. In Balancing the Scales: A Faith-Based Study Guide and Fitness Plan for Life, Ron shows how you can improve your health and wellness by:?	Applying biblical principals to your fitness goals?	Creating balance between mind, body, and spirit?	Increasing endurance in personal and ministry life?	Achieving freedom from the bondage to foodIt is incredibly important for Christians to be healthy in order to carry out their life's mission. Whether your goal is to lose weight, gain muscle, achieve balance, or optimize your mind, body, and spirit, Balancing the Scales: A Faith-Based Study Guide and Fitness Plan for Life will help you to achieve your goals.

Balancing the Scales: A Faith-Based Study Guide and Fitness Plan for Life

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Gladrock Publishing

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