The older teens in your parish want a youth ministry program that exposes them to relevant, real-world topics in an active, engaging way. Horizons is an innovative, comprehensive approach to religious education. Its foundation is teacher-led, creative learning strategies that give students ample opportunities for discussion, reflection--and fun! Designed for grades 9-12, Horizons utilizes a module system so that you can combine courses and topics to meet the specific needs of your parish. Seven core courses set the stage for discussing central and foundational themes. Then choose from a wide selection of age-appropriate minicourses to round out your curriculum and craft summer courses, retreats, and youth-group activities. The Youth Ministry Strategies component features more than 65 creative youth activities to complement the Horizons curriculum. And on top of all that, Horizons includes outstanding training resources. You'll be able to create the most engaging and relevant youth ministry program for senior high that is available anywhere.

What would it look like to turn to the Christian faith to cultivate meditation practices? Presenting Christian meditation as an alternative to Buddhist-informed mindfulness, this workbook from Dr. Joshua Knabb offers a Christian-sensitive approach to meditation in clinical practice, focusing on both building theory and providing replicable practices for Christian clients and their therapists.

Why a text on neuroscience and Christian formation? Simply put, we need one that represents the range of possible intersections for today and into the future. In recent years, neuroscience’s various fields of study have influenced our understanding of the person, memory, learning, development, communal interaction, and the practice of education. The book serves as an introductory textbook for Christian education/formation professors to use in Christian education or Christian formation courses at the College or Seminary level. The book is designed to provide an overview of how current research in neuroscience is impacting how we view Christian education and formation with particular attention given to faith formation, teaching, development, and worship The first four chapters discuss how neuroscience broadly influences Christian education and formation. Chapters five through eight explore how neuroscience informs specific formational practices, from personal meditation, to intercultural encounter, to congregational formation and worship. The last four chapters explore various aspects of neuroscience along developmental lines, The book also moves from conceptual overviews to more empirical studies late in the text. Each chapter of this book can also be read and discussed individually. Each author has provided both discussion topics, suggestions for future reading within neuroscience, and discussion questions at the end of the chapter.

Higher education is a complex package of issues which never seems to leave the limelight. The primary wedge issues are tuition cost, access, accountability, financial aid, government funding, sports and their place within higher education, academic results, societal gains as a whole in terms of international competition, and continuing education. This new book examines new directions in this ever-changing, vital and controversial field which has a profound effect on society.

Spend a little time with this amazing box set compilation of 3 books that includes a collection of Juliana & Alecandra Baldec's yoga & meditation books: Book 1: 11 Advanced Yoga Poses You Wish You Knew Book 2: Turbaned Gurus, Sing-Song Matras & Body Contortions - Vol. 1 Book 3: Daily Meditation Ritual Forget the old concept because there is no need to waist your time & every reason to do Yoga and Meditation the new & 5 minute quick way so that you will gain more time out of your day & your life! Learn the new way of Yoga and meditation today if your dream is escaping a boring lifestyle, empowering yourself, or just living more for yourself with less stress and 100% happiness is your goal. "Choose Yourself! Choose The Magic Of Mindfulness. The Power Of Attraction & The Hero Of Yoga Strength Training" will give you some amazing insights into the wonderful world of Yoga & Meditation and how both connect. Inside this Yoga & Meditation lifestyle compilation you'll discover: * 5 Minute Per Day Yoga Routine * The Yoga-Meditation Connection * The Basic Yoga Sutras For Beginners * Yoga Poses For Busy People * The Universal Appeal Of Yoga * The Three Chief Beneits Of Yoga * Yoga Postures And Achieement * Patanjali's Yoga Sutras * How Yoga Benefits The Circulatory System * Stress Management From The Hindu Perspective much more... So why aren't you already living the Yoga/Meditation Lifestyle? Imagine if there was a guide that showed you the secret insights & knowledge that the Yoga and Meditation gurus have been using to achieve anything in life. This knowledge and insight shows you how to achieve what you want, how to get from where you are now to your true purpose, joy and happiness? This compilation shows you to live the most enriching, empowering, fulfilling, and exciting life you could ever dream of. Be ready for an incredible revelation that will be life-transforming. You will become the YOU you are meant to be...

This volume investigates how mothers can understand parenting as spiritual practice, and what this practice means for theological scholarship. An intergenerational and intercultural group of mother-scholars explores these questions that arise at the intersection of motherhood studies, religious practice, pastoral care, and theology through engaging and accessible essays. Essays include both narrative and theological elements, as authors draw on personal reflection, interviews, and/or sociological studies to write about the theological implications of parenting practice, rethink key concepts in theology, and contribute to a more robust account of parenting as spiritual practice from various theological perspectives. The volume both challenges oppressive, religious images of self-sacrificing motherhood and considers the spiritual dimensions of mothering that contribute to women’s empowerment and well-being. It also deepens practical and systematic theologies to include concern for the embodied and everyday challenges and joys of motherhood as it is experienced and practiced in diverse contexts of privilege and marginalization.