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Mark as Story

An Introduction to the Narrative of a Gospel

by David Rhoads, Joanna Dewey, Donald Michie ...

For thirty years, Mark as Story has introduced readers to the rhetorical and narrative skill that makes Mark so arresting and compelling a story. Rhoads, Dewey, and Michie have helped to pioneer our appreciation of the Gospels, and Mark in particular, as narratives originally created in an oral culture for oral performance. New in this edition are a revised introduction and an afterword describing ... Read more

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For thirty years, Mark as Story has introduced readers to the rhetorical and narrative skill that makes Mark so arresting and compelling a story. Rhoads, Dewey, and Michie have helped to pioneer our appreciation of the Gospels, and Mark in particular, as narratives originally created in an oral culture for oral performance. New in this edition are a revised introduction and an afterword describing
... Read more
Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn

Reflections on Education as Transformation Through Dialogue

by David Rhoads ...

With insights gleaned from thirty-two years of teaching college students, seminarians, and graduate students, David Rhoads shares how he sought to create the classroom as a community of learners ripe for transformation through dialogue. He charts his personal journey struggling to generate discussion, evoke questions, deepen conversations, and strengthen writing and oral skills. Reflections ... Read more

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With insights gleaned from thirty-two years of teaching college students, seminarians, and graduate students, David Rhoads shares how he sought to create the classroom as a community of learners ripe for transformation through dialogue. He charts his personal journey struggling to generate discussion, evoke questions, deepen conversations, and strengthen writing and oral skills. Reflections
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The Season of Creation

A Preaching Commentary

by David Rhoads, H. Paul Santmire ...

As the global climate crisis worsens, many churches have sought to respond by instituting a movement to observe a liturgical season of creation. Scholars who have pioneered the connections between biblical scholarship, ecological theology, liturgy, and homiletics provide here a comprehensive resource for preaching and leading worship in this new season. Included are theological and practical ... Read more

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As the global climate crisis worsens, many churches have sought to respond by instituting a movement to observe a liturgical season of creation. Scholars who have pioneered the connections between biblical scholarship, ecological theology, liturgy, and homiletics provide here a comprehensive resource for preaching and leading worship in this new season. Included are theological and practical
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The Gospel of Mark and the Roman-Jewish War of 66–70 CE

Jesus’ Story as a Contrast to the Events of the War

by Stephen Simon Kimondo, Jonathan Draper ...

This book interprets Mark's gospel in light of the Roman-Jewish War of 66-70 CE. Locating the authorship of Mark's gospel in rural Galilee or southern Syria after the fall of Jerusalem and the temple, and after Vespasian's enthronement as the new emperor, Kimondo argues that Mark's first hearers--people who lived through and had knowledge of the important events of the war--may have evaluated Mark ... Read more

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This book interprets Mark's gospel in light of the Roman-Jewish War of 66-70 CE. Locating the authorship of Mark's gospel in rural Galilee or southern Syria after the fall of Jerusalem and the temple, and after Vespasian's enthronement as the new emperor, Kimondo argues that Mark's first hearers--people who lived through and had knowledge of the important events of the war--may have evaluated Mark
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The Irony of Power

The Politics of God within Matthew’s Narrative

by Dorothy Jean Weaver ...

Series series Studies in Peace and Scripture: Institute of Mennonite Studies
This volume engages the Gospel of Matthew in full awareness of its inherently political character. Weaver situates Matthew's version of the "good news of the kingdom" squarely within the "real world" of first-century Palestine and its occupying power, the Roman Empire. The essays here focus prominently and collectively on the issues of power and violence that not only pervade the historically ... Read more

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This volume engages the Gospel of Matthew in full awareness of its inherently political character. Weaver situates Matthew's version of the "good news of the kingdom" squarely within the "real world" of first-century Palestine and its occupying power, the Roman Empire. The essays here focus prominently and collectively on the issues of power and violence that not only pervade the historically
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Duets

by Jon McGregor, Gurnaik Johal, Eley Williams, Nell Stevens, Zoe Gilbert, Jarred McGinnis, Jo Lloyd, Adrian Duncan, Ben Pester, Tim MacGabhann, Anna Wood, Ruby Cowling, Leila Aboulela, Lucy Durneen, David Rose, Roelof Bakker ...

A collection of stories written in duet.Eight highly original stories, each woven from the joint inspiration of two amazing writers.Sixteen celebrated authors respond, play, twist and develop their story in turn. Without the certainty of being in full control, Duets brings a new dimension to the drama of reading and writing. ... Read more

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A collection of stories written in duet.Eight highly original stories, each woven from the joint inspiration of two amazing writers.Sixteen celebrated authors respond, play, twist and develop their story in turn. Without the certainty of being in full control, Duets brings a new dimension to the drama of reading and writing.
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Sunshine & Sinful

by Bink Cummings ...

Narrated by Jenna Rose, Rhys David ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Sacred Sinners MC- Nomad
Unabridged

9 hours 14 min

For months, I’ve stayed away from the men who broke me, piecing myself back together from the fragments they left behind. I thought I’d moved on and started to heal. But they refuse to let me go. No matter how hard I try to escape, they linger—ghosts haunting the edges of my mind.When they force their way back into my world, claiming it’s for my protection, I make one thing clear: I haven’t ... Read more

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For months, I’ve stayed away from the men who broke me, piecing myself back together from the fragments they left behind. I thought I’d moved on and started to heal. But they refuse to let me go. No matter how hard I try to escape, they linger—ghosts haunting the edges of my mind.When they force their way back into my world, claiming it’s for my protection, I make one thing clear: I haven’t
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Dark & Deceitful

by Bink Cummings ...

Narrated by Jenna Rose, Rhys David ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Sacred Sinners MC- Nomad
Unabridged

6 hours 54 min

Eight years ago, my husband came home with a surprise that shattered our lives. I hate him for what he's done to me and the damage he’s caused our family. Moving on seems impossible—Dark still won't let me go, and my ties to the club run deep. Some days, I feel like I’m barely holding on. Without my father-in-law, the only constant in my life, I would have lost my sanity years ago.When Dark asks ... Read more

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Eight years ago, my husband came home with a surprise that shattered our lives. I hate him for what he's done to me and the damage he’s caused our family. Moving on seems impossible—Dark still won't let me go, and my ties to the club run deep. Some days, I feel like I’m barely holding on. Without my father-in-law, the only constant in my life, I would have lost my sanity years ago.When Dark asks
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Ghosts of Groton Bank

by Hali Keeler, Leslie Evans, David Rose ...

Series series Haunted America
The Connecticut town's past gives rise to a book full of "tales of supernatural possibilities . . . as much about history as it is about ghost tales" ( The Day).A hair-raising number of historic haunts—from sea captains who never returned home to servicemen who never left—exist in the half square mile of Groton Bank. Ghostly soldiers of the Revolutionary War roam the Mother Bailey House and march ... Read more

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The Connecticut town's past gives rise to a book full of "tales of supernatural possibilities . . . as much about history as it is about ghost tales" ( The Day).A hair-raising number of historic haunts—from sea captains who never returned home to servicemen who never left—exist in the half square mile of Groton Bank. Ghostly soldiers of the Revolutionary War roam the Mother Bailey House and march
... Read more
They Call Me Naughty Lola

Personal Ads from the London Review of Books

by David Rose ...

I've divorced better men than you. And worn more expensive shoes than these. So don't think placing this ad is the biggest comedown I've ever had to make. Sensitive F, 34.Employed in publishing? Me too. Stay the hell away. Man on the inside seeks woman on the outside who likes milling around hospitals guessing the illnesses of out-patients. 30-35. Leeds.They Call Me Naughty Lola is a testament to ... Read more

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I've divorced better men than you. And worn more expensive shoes than these. So don't think placing this ad is the biggest comedown I've ever had to make. Sensitive F, 34.Employed in publishing? Me too. Stay the hell away. Man on the inside seeks woman on the outside who likes milling around hospitals guessing the illnesses of out-patients. 30-35. Leeds.They Call Me Naughty Lola is a testament to
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After Dinner Conversation Magazine

After Dinner Conversation Magazine, #15

by E.B. Ratcliffe, Alexander B. Joy, Joe Labriola, Deborah Serra, Laura J. Campbell, Samuel Reifler, David Rose ...

Series Book 15 - After Dinner Conversation Magazine
"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - September 2021Evening Star: Two bullied school children decide to reveal their true selves to their classmates and suffer the consequences.Conscience Cleaners: A genuinely repentant criminal appeals to the court to have his memory erased of the crime he committed.The Room Above: A convicted criminal wakes to an erased memory and finds he is p... ... Read more

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"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - September 2021Evening Star: Two bullied school children decide to reveal their true selves to their classmates and suffer the consequences.Conscience Cleaners: A genuinely repentant criminal appeals to the court to have his memory erased of the crime he committed.The Room Above: A convicted criminal wakes to an erased memory and finds he is p...
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Nature-Based Therapy

A Practitioner’s Guide to Working Outdoors with Children, Youth, and Families

by Dr. Nevin J. Harper, Kathryn Rose, David Segal ...

Take your therapeutic practice with children, youth, and families out into natureThe number of children, youth, and families seeking help for a wide range of mental health concerns is growing at an alarming rate, and many struggle to thrive despite well-intentioned interventions from skilled helpers. Unplugging from technology and reconnecting with the web of life is a powerful antidote to the ... Read more

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Take your therapeutic practice with children, youth, and families out into natureThe number of children, youth, and families seeking help for a wide range of mental health concerns is growing at an alarming rate, and many struggle to thrive despite well-intentioned interventions from skilled helpers. Unplugging from technology and reconnecting with the web of life is a powerful antidote to the
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