This is a book about female sexuality and embraces the concept that all women can increase their capacity for orgasms.

How to Have Multiple Orgasms Easier Than You Think

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Janalee Beck

Sexual Health

LifeQuest

Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs have changed the lives of tens of millions of people in North America. And the principles taught in such programs have the tremendous power to help anyone deal with the tension and pressure found in everyday life. 
This book looks at what the church at its best can do to help people grow in the spiritual life and heal from addiction and stress, whether people participate in 12-step groups or not. Congregations have tremendous power to transform the lives of people both inside and outside the church walls. 
This book can be a valuable resource for churches wanting to find creative, practical ways to speak to the spiritual needs of members and for churches wanting to have more effective outreach to persons in need. A study guide is incorporated into the book.

The Church of Recovery

Religion & Spirituality

Sam Detwiler, Steve Clapp

New Age & Spirituality

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!

Clapp, Steve

Hershey, S. Joan

Christian Books & Bibles

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

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

No one would call U.S. Senator Dick Lugar a liberal, but this Republican Senator has written the Foreword to "Monday I'll Save the World," a memoir by liberal journalist Larry Hayes.  In the Foreword, Lugar writes, "Larry Hayes not only had views, he had missions.  By doggedly pursuing them, he changed lives and made extraordinary contributions to Indiana.  Larry's own story and the others he tells are an inspiration for all seeking to find their place and work in life." As the editorial page editor and columnist for The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and a self-professed liberal, Hayes had the ability to make friends and enlist supporters from all sides of the political and social spectrum. Hayes never took the role of an impartial journalist, sitting on the sidelines.  He got involved in the pressing issues of his community, state, and nation, and he persuaded others to work with him and make a difference.   Nowhere was that more evident than in his efforts to bring about full integration of the schools in Fort Wayne.  When Hayes writes about that, he says, "I saw a powerful connection between our neglect of black children and the city's well-being.  The refusal to desegregate the elementary schools, I argued in one editorial, was a stain on the city's reputation.  In my zeal, I wasn't always fair or even nice.  I offended some people that I didn't need to, although I never explicitly accused anybody of racism."  Hayes took his activism from the editorial page into the community and involved Ian Rolland, the CEO of Lincoln National Corporation, in the struggle, as well as hundreds of other people.   "Monday I'll Save the World" gives the full story of the integration of Fort Wayne's schools and tells how ordinary people and civic leaders can make a difference. The book is a memoir but it is also a "how to" book for people who want to make a difference in their communities.  Hayes describes with passion and detail how a small group of people can make an enormous difference in the quality of life.

Monday I'll Save the World

Hayes, Larry

This book explores the relationship among e-mail, chocolate, and dieting!  This is the only e-mail book we know of that offers you chocolate recipes.  This book provides you with practical strategies for dealing with e-mail at home and at work.  These are strategies that are easy to implement and don't require vast computer knowledge.  This book will help you take control of e-mail rather than being bogged down by SPAM and a full in-box, and it explores the exciting potential of e-mail for streamlining your work and improving your productivity.

The E-Mail Diet Book

Computers & Technology

Martin Siegel

Steven Clapp

Software

This important book provides the tools that faith communities need to : Determine under what circumstances, if any, a convicted sex offender may be involved in the congregation; Determine how to respond if someone in the congregation is accused of a sexual offense; Be sensitive to and supportive of persons in the congregation who have been victims of abuse; Develop and implement strategies that will keep children in the congregation save and which will prevent sexual abuse from happening. This is an important book for clergy, lay leadership in churches and synagogues, denominational executives, regional judicatory executives ,correctional officials, judges, parole officers, probation officers, and treatment providers.

A Time to Heal - Protecting Children & Ministering to Sex Offenders (The Lifequest Growing In Faith

Parenting & Relationships

debra-haffner

Family Relationships

Your faith is important to you. Your faith community is important to you. How do you make decisions about dating, marriage, and sexuality as a religious person? Unlike many religious books that simply tell you "DON'T DO IT," this book provides you with full information that you need to make responsible decisions. In this book, you will learn that sexuality is about a lot more than specific sexual acts and what the Bible really has to say about our sexual decisions. This book also looks at the difficult challenges faced by religious teens who have a homosexual orientation. This book also provides good reasons for not having intimate sexual activity too early in life, and how to protect yourself when you have such experiences.

The Gift of Sexuality: Empowerment for Religious Teens

Steve Clapp

Within a year of officially joining a congregation, 62% of new members are less active in the church than at the time they joined. Twenty-five percent simply stop coming within the first year of official membership. Evangelism and outreach are important, and growing churches have learned how to practice warm hospitality to new people. But people don't continue involvement unless they are thoroughly assimilated. The level of hospitality in many congregations just doesn't go deeply enough to connect with people at a level that will keep them coming and isn't wide enough to help newer members really feel that they are as much a part of the community of faith as longer-term members. In this ground-breaking book, you'll learn: -why so many people get hurt or disillusioned by their church experiences and how to prevent that from happening. -the DNA of a radically inclusive church. How to remove race, income, sexual orientation, social status, politics, and disabilities as barriers to full inclusion. -the changes churches must make if they want deep hospitality and full assimilation for both new and long-time members. -effective strategies for reaching more children, youth, and young adults. -how vital worship, prayer, and study can bring a church alive, resulting in more members, a deeper commitment to peace, and a wider concern for mission.

Deep & Wide: Hospitality and the Faithful Church

Fred Bernhard

Ed Bontrager

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