Christian leaders and directors of religious movements throughout the world have recommended this simple, powerful, and beautiful story to their members and staff. You will want to join the thousands who have been profoundly touched by this incomparable story.

    This amazing colume contains a complete course on how to succeed - taught by fifty world reknowned experts - and will advance you, lesson by lesson, into the world of exceptional achievement.

    Originally published in 1980 and now being reprinted to meet continuing demand, Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work shows how five Old Testament books provide a solid foundation for much of what a pastor does:  Prayer-Directing: Song of SongsStory-Making: RuthPain-Sharing: LamentationsNay-Saying: EcclesiastesCommunity-Building: Esther Pointing to the relevance of ancient wisdom, adapting Jewish religious tradition to contemporary pastoral practice, and affirming a significant link between pastoral work and the act of worship, this book opens up to pastors a wealth of valuable practical-theological insights.

    Your words create images inside you. When you speak forth these words in faith, you will see circumstances change in the natural realm. Faith-filled words framed this world. The Word of God will frame your world if you speak it.

    

    Linking theory and practical technologies, the book develops traditional and alternative approaches to work design that can benefit both individuals and organizations.

    It contains much-and-more of what made up the original standard in Adventure Education, including sample curricula and leadership/debriefing skills.

    It is not about gurus, cosmic energy, ESP, or some pseudointellectual or cult movement. At a time in our history when we are being bombarded by the search for something else as a panacea for our individual and collective frustrations, this book offers a “back to the basics” approach to healthy behavior, supported by classic research in the health sciences and by anecdotal evidence from the lives of “winners” in many different arenas of society.

    

    

    A collection of mixer, energizer, family, leadership, mind, and learning games supports the concept of cooperative rather than competitive play.