Lives are changed at the table. We were created for meaningful relationships, and Jesus commands us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Although building relationships requires intentionality, planning, time, and resources, it is a powerful way to love and serve others as Jesus himself modeled for us. In an interactive guide that contains two six-session series, Sherri DeWalt provides a road map for Christian women to create and launch a seed-scattering ministry of hospitality to their neighbors and friends. While detailing everything needed to host fun and engaging small groups in the home, DeWalt also shares ideas for holidays and special events, guided discussions on topics such as beauty, awe, and gratitude, and ideas for collaborative creative projects that help friendships flourish and faith deepen. Let’s Huddle equips Christian women to build a community of faith, friendship, and peace and share the gospel through creative projects, thoughtful conversations, and hospitality.

Lean – Let’s Get It Right!: How to Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement (978-0-367-42991-1, 340939) Shelving Guide: Business & Management / Lean Management This book addresses the root causes of why a majority of Lean transformations have not met expectations. More importantly, it provides the information needed to turn around the failure mechanisms and transform them into critical success factors. Lean – Let’s Get It Right! delves into the psychology of change and motivation and clarifies the roles and responsibility changes which are required for alignment with Lean principles. While the author includes a review of Lean principles, the majority of the book either provides more depth of understanding of the principles or highlights how misalignment can thwart Lean transformation efforts. What this provides is not only clarity, but it establishes a solid reference point or framework to guide the Lean strategy. The reader will begin to see how the principles are not simply a random set of characteristics or features of Lean, but are actually a set of fundamental beliefs on which all else is based. Though repeated throughout the book that an organization must develop the specifics of their own Lean roadmap, this book concludes with guidance on making it happen. This book, with its primary focus on people, leadership, and principles, and less so on the details of tools and techniques, can be thought of as providing the few critical missing puzzle pieces to enable an effective Lean transformation.

Our two plays deal with real-life dramas, which occur almost on a daily basis. Holy Matrimony speaks to the concept of ABSOLVOTE, forgive and forget. In this play Jose must deal with the infidelity of his fiancée before their marriage. Taking place on a college campus, this comedy in an Aristotelian sense, focuses on the frailties of mankind and how one can overcome the inevitability of future tragedies. Let's make a move sees a trio of creators building a world of humans who behave no better than the family dog: masticate, fornicate, defecate, and sleep. In the end only One can make a difference in the lives of humanity.

Ethan Parker, a talented high school quarterback and team captain who harbors a secret that could shatter his carefully constructed world. Ethan's life is defined by football. But beneath his confident exterior lies a deep internal conflict. Ethan grapples with his sexuality, navigating the challenges of being gay and in the closet in a conservative and football-centric environment. Amidst the backdrop of a grueling football camp, Ethan's world is turned upside down when he encounters Jordan Torres, a captivating and enigmatic artist. As their paths intertwine, Ethan is drawn to Jordan's passion for creativity, authenticity, and self-expression. Their connection ignites a journey of self-discovery, as Ethan is confronted with the choice between embracing his true self or conforming to societal expectations. Inside the Huddle delves into the complexities of identity, friendship, and the pursuit of personal truth. It explores themes of love, acceptance, and the power of self-acceptance in the face of adversity.

This is a crime mystery novel that revolves around the murder of Robert G. Allenby, a financier. He has three business associates who are being investigated. Local law enforcement has exhausted all its resources and is unable to solve the case. Fleming Stone is invited to unravel the mystery of Allenby's murder.

Most Christians are stuck in the huddle, focusing on our own needs and limiting our relationships with outsiders. Don Everts, Doug Schaupp and Val Gordon explain how our churches can become conversion communities, where evangelistic growth becomes the new normal and the whole community itself becomes a winsome, thriving witness to those around it.

While the topic of relationships in professional sports teams is gaining greater attention from researchers and practitioners, the role that coach and athlete language plays in shaping these relationships remains largely unexplored. This book addresses this gap by examining how every day, authentic language patterns used by coaches, captains and players shape relationships in a professional New Zealand rugby team. More specifically, through a discourse analysis of taken-for-granted ritual language practices in training sessions, team meetings and match-day interactions, the chapters of this book illustrate how coaches, captains and players shape particular interpersonal dynamics of power and solidarity between themselves in and through language and, in the process, reflect and reconstruct shared and underlying ideologies about how relationships of power and solidarity work in their team. Offering an evidence-based discussion of the silent and pervasive ideologies that underpin how relationships work in professional sports teams, this book extends research on this important topic by providing largely missing illustrations of consequential interpersonal dynamics that actively shape professional relationships in sports teams. Written in an approachable style, this book offers linguists, social scientists and sports practitioners a frame of reference for greater understanding of how language directly shapes relationships of power and solidarity.

Sometimes in life, its necessary to step back and to refocus, to go back the huddlea center place for information gathered, distributed for action, and executed. In Get Back to Your Huddle author Richard A. Robinson uses the analogy of the huddle, most common in sporting events and in the workplace, to help you understand the power of self-forgiveness, of letting go, and of moving on from past events or thoughts that may hinder progress. Robinson explores the process of what it takes to get back to your huddle; its a thought process that unifies the spirit, mind, and body. He aligns the process with the Bible in a way that is open, honest, and truthful. Get Back to Your Huddle helps you become familiar with letting go of things that hold you down and to identify the thinking process of the harmful and destructive thoughts, emotions, and events you hold onto. Using personal anecdotes and stories, Robinson shares how God has worked in his life, and he shows others how to get the focus back, find the peace that surpasses all understanding, and ultimately move on.

Kim Jones a sophomore at Stanford University is aspiring to be the next top model. She may have all the looks but does she have the IQ to take her to the next level? I know one things certain, aint none of this is possible without best friends Samantha and Rose by her side. Follow Kim as she breaks free from her swinger ex-boyfriend Justin, to finding luck and love with an All-American in Andrew. Will Kim have the strength and determination to set her priorities straight and make it in the world of Candy Cali? Ike Niles, CEO of Candy Cali believes one hundred percent in Kims abilities, but will she have what it takes to make it to the top? Follow Kim as she competes against models from Brazil, Switzerland, New York, Viva Las Vegas as the goddesses take over Laguna Beach! You know making it in the world and achieving your goals is never easy. You have to have the heart and determination to make it in this day and age. Thats why Ive chosen Kim! Not for the obvious reasons, but because she has the heart of a champion. You too can achieve the American Dream through hard work and dedication. I Guarantee! (Mr. Ike Niles a.k.a. Cali)

George Plimpton's follow-up to Paper Lion, one of his personal favorites among his classic books -- repackaged and including a foreword from Steve Almond and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton archives. In Mad Ducks and Bears, George Plimpton's engaging companion to Paper Lion, Plimpton focuses on two of the most entertaining and roguish linemen and former teammates -- Alex Karras ("Mad Ducks") and John Gordy ("Bears"), both of whom went on to achieve brilliant post-football success. A more reflective, less madcap book than Plimpton's other work, Mad Ducks and Bears is no less truthful and searching. In this fond exploration of football's values and follies, Plimpton rejoins his two teammates to discuss their careers in this brutal but captivating game. The result is an astute exploration into the fascinating lives and motivations of the players at home, in the locker room, and on the field.