Writing in the beautiful, funny, honest narrative style that moved and inspired readers of her first book, Here If You Need Me, Kate Braestrup explains what prayer is and the many ways we can pray. With an approach that is both personal and inclusive, Beginner's Grace is a new kind of prayer book. She provides clear models and practical suggestions for making your own and your family's prayers meaningful and satisfying, and offers prayers for situations in which words might fail: times of anxiety, helplessness, or grief. And she invites you to explore forms of prayer that extend into the wider community, including prayer with and for people we don't like or with whom we disagree.

This book explores the meaning and value of God's grace expressed in Jesus' cross as well as some common misconceptions concerning this blessing.

Dementia With GRACE I believe that although much is lost at each stage of dementia, there is much that remains. I believe that when you see the ¿why¿ of a behavior, it ceases to be ¿problem¿ and rather becomes an opportunity for deeper connection. Did you know that almost all behaviors are because of an unmet need? I believe that by understanding this basic tenet and then using that knowledge to reframe the disease and its effects, we can better meet the needs of those we love.The techniques you will find in this guide will help you navigate the rough days and steer you toward more graceful days. This approach to behavior management has been developed over years working with people with dementia. In these pages, you will find an approach for just about any behavior that emerges! You will come to understand HOW to manage the behavior by learning WHY certain behaviors occur and WHAT you can do to keep ¿problem¿ behaviors at a minimum. Using a proven, systematic approach to behavior management based on the acronym, G.R.A.C.E., you will you discover the meaning behind each step, and discover how extending and receiving grace can help both your loved one receiving care, AND you as a caregiver.

Make your own quick and delicious brines for pickling or cooking. Adapted from the best-selling The Quick Pickle Cookbook, Super Simple Pickling for Beginners is packed with recipes for homemade vegetable and fruit pickles, plus suggestions for creative uses for each pickled fruit or vegetable in dishes and cocktails. The instructions are quick and easy, making this the perfect guide for home cooks who are new to pickling. Every recipe also includes delicious flavor variations. You’ll even learn how to use the brine in the recipes you prepare in a variety of ways. Create tons of delicious recipes with pickled ingredients with Super Simple Pickling for Beginners. Recipes include: Killer Diller Pickles Quick Kimchi Bourbon-Pickled Blackberries Lime-Chile Pickle Pineapple And more! Open up a world of flavor with Super Simple Pickling for Beginners. Whether you’re an enthusiastic home chef who wants to spice up your pantry in new and exciting ways, or a beginner looking to get started pickling, you’ll find everything you need to know in this thorough yet accessible guide.

Grades K-3. Equip your youngest learners with the tools they need to play Orff instruments today! Katie Grace Miller shares beginning barred percussion techniques in this insightful resource that works for students as young as kindergarten. Eight alliterative "Bar Basics" make teaching basic skills fun, efficient, and memorable. And eighteen expertly crafted lessons for beginners use an ingenious technique to help you give individualized attention to all of your students. This book will give your students a strong foundation in basic instrument skills and inspire joyful learning for the rest of their school careers!

In the tradition of Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping and Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge, a dazzling debut novel about the family bonds that remain even when they seem irretrievably torn apart Growing up in hardscrabble Kentucky in the 1920s, with their mother dead and their stepfather an ever-present threat, Bertie Fischer and her older sister Mabel have no one but each other—with perhaps a sweetheart for Bertie waiting in the wings. But on the day that Bertie receives her eighth-grade diploma, good intentions go terribly wrong. A choice made in desperate haste sets off a chain of misunderstandings that will divide the sisters and reverberate through three generations of women. What happens when nothing turns out as you planned? From the Depression through World War II and Vietnam, and smaller events both tragic and joyful, Bertie and Mabel forge unexpected identities that are shaped by unspeakable secrets. As the sisters have daughters and granddaughters of their own, they discover that both love and betrayal are even more complicated than they seem. Gorgeously written, with extraordinary insight and emotional truth, Nancy Jensen's powerful debut novel illuminates the far-reaching power of family and family secrets.