Jennifer Phillips – författare

In 2006, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church called upon the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music to develop and revise Reconciliation Rites for the new century. Before the task of drafting liturgical materials for new rites begins, the Commission felt it would be helpful to gather wisdom from the wider Church. This volume is a beginning for this new work in progress. The editor asked a variety of people (lay and ordained and bishops, religious, academics, penitents, developers of new models, people in institutional ministries, people from various cultural and church backgrounds) to address questions, including: - In the current rites and practices of reconciliation, what works and what doesn''t? - What''s missing? - How have the needs for such rites changed? - What new sorts of rites might we need? - What sort of rites might serve churches in their ethnic diversity?

Hope When It's Hard is more than encouragement for adoptive parents. It's a lifeline. 

You finally surrendered. You opened your heart when you said, "Yes, God, I'll adopt." But now you've discovered that opening your heart to the idea of adoption is the easiest part of the journey. Now comes the emotional ups and downs that only another adoptive parent can understand. 

Hope When It's Hard offers words of encouragement to help adoptive parents navigate the emotional ups and downs of adoption. Regardless of where you are in the process-just beginning or now living with the teenagers you adopted as infants-there are struggles unique to adoptive parenting. Weaving elements of her own journey through adoption, Jennifer helps you find hope as you begin to see God's adoptive heart toward you.

Zane has a goal and a problem as he ends the eighth grade. He’s been picked for a youth conservation program that will let him enjoy the outdoors for the summer and start saving for a car. But his inability to control his anger has everyone on edge, especially after he has a big outburst as school lets out. Zane’s parents want him to pause his summer plan, but he promises to double down on his therapy strategies using the zones of emotional regulation.

Soon, Zane is trying to fit in and keep his cool as part of a crew with four other teens, a twenty-year-old crew leader, and a gruff ex-military program director. But getting along is the least of Zane’s worries when he learns that the school district wants him to transfer to a behavior support program in the fall. Furthermore, the national forest where he’s working faces a severe drought and increased wildfire risk. Under these conditions, staying calm won’t just affect Zane’s future school placement—it might also save his life.

Characterized by exciting, fast-paced plots and age-appropriate themes, Harbor’s Hi-Lo books are both engaging and easy to read. Short chapters, simple sentence structures, and an accessible format make these books perfect for tween reluctant readers. Harbor books are written at a 2nd- to 3rd-grade reading level with an interest level of ages 10 and up.

Zane has a goal and a problem as he ends the eighth grade. He’s been picked for a youth conservation program that will let him enjoy the outdoors for the summer and start saving for a car. But his inability to control his anger has everyone on edge, especially after he has a big outburst as school lets out. Zane’s parents want him to pause his summer plan, but he promises to double down on his therapy strategies using the zones of emotional regulation.

Soon, Zane is trying to fit in and keep his cool as part of a crew with four other teens, a twenty-year-old crew leader, and a gruff ex-military program director. But getting along is the least of Zane’s worries when he learns that the school district wants him to transfer to a behavior support program in the fall. Furthermore, the national forest where he’s working faces a severe drought and increased wildfire risk. Under these conditions, staying calm won’t just affect Zane’s future school placement—it might also save his life.

Characterized by exciting, fast-paced plots and age-appropriate themes, Harbor’s Hi-Lo books are both engaging and easy to read. Short chapters, simple sentence structures, and an accessible format make these books perfect for tween reluctant readers. Harbor books are written at a 2nd- to 3rd-grade reading level with an interest level of ages 10 and up.

Nina Kosterina was born in a revolutionary camp as the Bolsheviks took over Russia in the 1920s. She beat the odds of survival during the harsh early years and emerged in the 1930s as a young Communist woman in love with her country, her family, her city, her friends, politics, art and life.

Even when Joseph Stalin''s regime tore apart her family and imprisoned her father, she remained loyal to her country and joined an elite group of young women turned guerrilla soldiers when the Germans invaded Russia in 1941. Nina perished in a Nazi ambush behind enemy lines.

After the war, her family found her diary hidden in a wardrobe. Years later, the diary was released as a book and became an international bestseller. Written from ages 15 to 20, the diary revealed a teenager transforming into an adult juxtaposed against one of the most dangerous and tumultuous periods in world history.

Nina''s biography opens a window into 1920s and 1930s Russia through the eyes of someone who considered herself just an "ordinary girl."