A collection of comics from Lynn Johnston's daily strip "For Better or For Worse", which chronicles the daily ups and downs of family life.

Set at one young boy's annual family reunion, this Caldecott Honor-winning picture book is a rich and moving celebration of Black history, culture, and the power of family traditions. "On reunion morning, we rise before the sun. Daddy hums as he packs our car with suitcases and a cooler full of snacks. He says there's nothing like going down home" Down home is Granny's house. Down home is where Lil Alan and his parents and sister will gather with great-grandparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Down home is where Lil Alan will hear stories of the ancestors and visit the land that has meant so much to all of them. And down home is where all of the children will find their special way to pay tribute to their family history. All the kids have to decide what they'll share, but what will Lil Alan do? Kelly Starling Lyons' eloquent text explores the power of history and family traditions, and stunning illustrations by Coretta Scott King Honor- and Caldecott Honor-winner Daniel Minter reveal the motion and connections in a large, multi-generational family.

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The Williamson family went through the normal day routine, doing the activities of each day which needed to be done. Then the week turned into a whirl wind of actions and emotions. Daddy took a turn for the worse as he struggled with Congestive Heart Failure. The week days could have become overpowering with challenges and with exhausting work which had to be done, but not with God in control. The day struggles involved trying to keep Daddy comfortable. Oddly enough, the tasks became loving rather than exhausting and there was joy rather than despair. It is amazing how God makes situations easier to face if we will just ask! The Thin Place offers the reader an experience into a time and place very close to God. The Thin Place offers the reader an experience in the presence of the Holy Spirit. This all took place during a real life situation which most everyone has already faced or will face. But, this common, unpleasant situation was transformed into a place where heaven and earth almost coincide. The Thin Place is for those seeking peace and comfort, oddly enough, after suffering great loss. God creates a place where holiness is all around and instantly peace and comfort fall on all creation. The Holy Spirit and the angels must be present, and God is in control. You know, the "thin place".

Bob, at any early age, had a dream of becoming an Air Force pilot. He devoted his life to achieving that dream. Along the way, he met not only skepticism from the society in which he lived, but also from his peers. Bob talks about the people he met growing up that had a profound impact on his life. This is the autobiography of a black youth who was born in the Jim Crow south and discovered at a young age that he would not accept the status quo of being a second- class citizen. It deals with the struggles that he had to overcome in order to realize a lifelong dream. It is a story of growing up in the 1950s,1960s and 1970s in Madison, North Carolina. The story is at times humorous and at times deadly. It is a story that dreams can come true.

Culbertson has built his text around the ideal of Christian wholeness and maturity-a healthy interconnectedness of self-within-community. Culbertson presents three schools of counseling theory: family systems theory, narrative counseling theory, and object relations theory. Each of these is explained and then applied to various counseling situations: pre-marital counseling, marriage counseling, divorce counseling, counseling gay men and women, and grief counseling. Culbertson addresses issues of gender, families, sexual orientation, the relationship of emotions to spirituality, and the relevance of the counselor's own self-understanding.--From publisher's description.