A Path through Pain: How Faith Deepens and Joy Grows through What You Would Never Choose

Young, Ed

Young, Lisa

Parenting & Relationships

Zondervan

The predominant message in our culture is that it's okay to have sex whenever, wherever, and however we want. Sex has become just sex. But while society has taken sex too far, the church hasn't taken it far enough. God wants couples to make love in marriage-with passion, with purpose, and with pleasure. Marriages aren't experiencing all the benefits that come from a healthy sex life. Couples are facing a barrage of influences that keep them from connecting with each other regularly-the kids, the career, the house, the errands, etc. SEXPERIMENT shows people that sex in marriage is more than just sex, and it's more than a chore. The Youngs believe it's time to get back to understanding the context of sex in marriage and that it's time for couples to break the barriers keeping them from a healthy sexual relationship. Couples ought to experience the benefits of having sex regularly, intentionally, and creatively. SEXPERIMENT will allow couples to discover that the intersection of God and sex can lead to a life punctuated by exclamation marks!

Sexperiment: 7 Days to Lasting Intimacy with Your Spouse

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

FaithWords

Feminists and Party Politics

The contemporary women's movement has transformed North American society. Change has been the greatest in the realm of everyday life, but feminists' insistence that "the personal is political" has challenged the substance and practice of politics. Feminists and Party Politics examines the effort to bring feminism into the formal political arena through established North American political parties. Two major sets of questions lie at the heart of this inquiry. First, how have movement organizations approached partisan and electoral politics? To what extent have they tried to change parties? And secondly, how have parties themselves responded to the mobilization of feminism? Based upon numerous interviews with feminists and partisan activists, archival and documentary material, and analysis of attitudinal surveys of political elites, Lisa Young's suggestive research makes a significant contribution to the study of gender politics. Lisa Young is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary.

Politics & Social Sciences

Women's Studies

University of Michigan Press

The contemporary women's movement has transformed North American society. Change has been greatest in the realm of everyday life, but feminism has also challenged the substance and practice of politics. Feminists and Party Politics examines the effort to bring feminism into the formal political arena through established political parties in Canada and the United States.

History

Americas

UBC Press

Social Sciences

University of British Columbia Press

Advocacy Groups (Canadian Democratic Audit)

Seventy percent of Canadians think that 'advocacy groups' are a better vehicle for change than political parties; however, people involved in these groups are actually more involved in traditional political circles and party politics. This volume looks at who participates in these groups, which kinds of groups dominate the political agenda, what influence lobbying has on the government, and how, exactly, to make advocacy groups a more vibrant and accountable part of political life in this country.Advocacy Groups uses the Audit standards of responsiveness, inclusiveness, and participation to examine advocacy groups in Canada and assess the ways that they contribute to, or detract from, Canadian democracy. It argues that group activity represents an important form of political participation.Though some interests face greater organizational challenges than others, advocacy groups can play critical compensatory roles for interests that are often unrepresented in traditional political institutions. It also finds that while Canadian advocacy groups employ a wide range of strategies to draw attention to their concerns, those with greater financial resources generally have greater access to government decision-makers. This has been accentuated by recent trends in the reduction of government funding to advocacy groups. The book concludes with several recommendations for 'best practices' that groups can follow in their internal organization and efforts to influence public policy, as well as for actions that governments can take to engage in constructive consultation with groups.

Univ of British Columbia Pr

Exiting Prostitution: A Study in Female Desistance

How people move from deviant to conventional lifestyles is an issue that has attracted considerable interest over the past few years. However, much of this work has focused on men desisting from crime. This book provides one of the first examinations of desistance which is centred on women and, more specifically, how they exit prostitution.

Bindel, Julie

Matthews, R.

Easton, Helen

Philosophy

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

When a psychologist is found dead in his office, Detective Sergeant Donald Salington believes the gunshot wound to the head was self-inflicted. Darby Jacobs, a rookie patrol officer and former patient of the deceased, is not so sure. She investigates and uncovers evidence of murder. Although warned to stay away, Darby continues to search for answers, and the rapport she develops with witnesses earns her an anonymously delivered patient file and an invitation to the murderer's home. As Darby fights to stay alive, she confronts fond and bitter memories of the late doctor and finds herself understanding the killer's motive more than she ever thought possible.

Hum of Hushed Voices

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Publishamerica Inc

<div>Las relaciones desechables y deshacerse de los matrimonios permean nuestra cultura. Cuando el sueño se desvanece y vemos las realidades de la vida, muchos tiran la toalla. En su libro, El matrimonio creativo, Ed y Lisa Young dan una mirada penetrante a lo que significa un matrimonio duradero en el mundo de hoy. Después de más de trienta años de matrimonio, Ed habla abierta y honestamente sobre el trabajo fuerte que conlleva tener un matrimonio creativo, y las recompensas duraderas de lograrlo a la manera de Dios. El matrimonio creativo ofrece una introspectiva bíblica en estas áreas críticas: <ul> <li>Construir un cimiento fuerte para un matrimonio duradero.</li> <li>Mantener tu relación matrimonial como el centro de tu hogar.</li> <li>Edificar a tu cónyuge con comunicación creativa.</li> <li>Propiciar la resolución positiva de los conflictos para aumentar la intimidad.</li> <li>Derribar las barreras hacia una vida sexual efervescente.</li> <li>Proteger el matrimonio contra presiones financieras.</li> <li>Re-crear el matrimonio y la familia después del divorcio.</li> </ul> Disposable relationships and throw-away marriages permeate our culture. When the dream fades and the realities of life set in, many just throw in the towel. In their book, The Creative Marriage, Ed and Lisa Young take a penetrating look at what it means to have a lasting marriage in today's world. After more than thirty years of marriage, they speak openly and honestly about the hard work involved in a creative marriage and the lasting rewards of doing it God's way. The Creative Marriage offers biblical insight into these critical areas: <ul> <li>Laying a strong foundation for a lasting marriage</li> <li>Keeping your marriage relationship at the center of your home</li> <li>Building up your spouse with creative communication</li> <li>Allowing positive conflict resolution to increase intimacy</li> <li>Removing the barriers to a sizzling sex life</li> <li>Protecting your marriage against financial pressures</li> <li>Recreating marriage and family after divorce</li> </ul> </div>

El matrimonio creativo: El arte de mantener vivo tu amor (Spanish Edition)

Self-Help

Relationships

Whitaker House

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