"It's a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die. Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace. He's found it, more or less: he's built a relationship with a local woman, Lena, and he's gradually turning Trey Reddy from a half-feral teenager into a good kid going good places....

¿Necesitas ayuda para aconsejar mejor a tus jóvenes? Te presentamos el recurso que estabas esperando y que te ayudará a ser más que un confidente en la vida de tus jóvenes y adolescentes. En este libro cuentas con tres experimentados líderes juveniles en el campo de la consejería para jóvenes. Ellos te ofrecen estrategias con un fundamento bíblico, psicológico y pastoral de cómo abordar la gran cantidad de problemas que presentan nuestros...

Jesus calls students to a radical faith and commitment. This study guide challenges middle and high school students to courageously take a stand for their faith in their culture, and to make a positive impact at home, at school, on the team, and in their relationships. The time to make a difference is now-not when they graduate, get married, or get a job. Students who follow Jesus cannot afford to equate "good works" with evangelism, and cannot view...

El trabajo con los jóvenes es emocionante, pero también está lleno de situaciones difíciles y sorpresivas. Por eso no se puede depender de fórmulas facilistas que nos digan cómo ser los más > sin ayudarnos a establecer una >.NUESTRAS IGLESIAS NECESITAN UN VERDADERO EQUIPO DE LÍDERES JUVENILES ESTRATÉGICOS Y AUDACES, Y ESTA GUÍA ES UNA HERRAMIENTA IDEAL PARA AYUDARTE A LIDERAR UN EQUIPO VERDADERAMENTE EFICAZ.Este manual ayudará a todo pastor...

Did you know that differences make us unique? God's love is for all his children, including those who feel as if they aren't good enough. Children may have disabilities, may not seem to fit in, and may lack confidence for whatever reason. Nevertheless, they need reminding that they were made wonderfully in His image. God's children are diverse, and that is okay! So get this book into their hands if you want a little one to know that they are loved...

The story of Jesus in the temple, at age twelve, is essentially a story of "teenage rebellion"--leaving parents, doing self-planned activities. The end of the story is that he "grew in stature and wisdom." This demonstrates an element in the process of developing from a child into an adult. This inevitable process of development from child to adult is a physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual process that should result in self-identity. This...

It follows a curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them a damaged, brainy troublemaker, and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.

La iglesia del mañana está ahí, esperando que la alcances, que cuides de ella, que entiendas sus luchas y que le muestres por qué la iglesia de hoy la necesita, la quiere y la aprecia. Sin embargo, muchas iglesias no tienen ni idea de cómo atraer ni mantener a las generaciones más jóvenes. En este libro que cambia paradigmas, Jonathan "JP" Pokluda te muestra cómo animarte y equiparte para que si deseas que tu iglesia tenga un futuro, debes...

The real battle is not in the amoral and immoral influences of our culture, but in the hearts of our young people, says author and speaker Josh McDowell in The Disconnected Generation. And our young people are losing hope because they feel isolated and alienated from their parents. They are the disconnected generation. This book shows parents and youth workers how to understand and close the isolation gap to form nurturing, enduring relationships...

Drawing on the wisdom of insightful leaders around the country, Josh McDowell's Youth Ministry Handbook equips youth workers to help kids connect with God--and with their parents, their peers, and a world in need of Christ. Featuring articles from Dawson McAllister, Barry St. Clair, Jim Burns, Tony Campolo, Al Menconi, John Maxwell, George Barna, and others, this is an invaluable leadership resource with practical, useful ideas for today's youth workers....