"Gary Sweeten & team have done it again! LISTENING FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE...offers an open door into the wonderful world of listening that is truly FOR heaven's sake. I highly recommend this text to anyone interested in improving their interpersonal relationships at home or in ministry."--Margaret J. Rinck, Ed.D., Clinical psychologist & author of CAN CHRISTIANS LOVE TOO MUCH? The biblically-based concepts & techniques presented in the book demonstrate ways of eliminating barriers to communication, listening with greater insight & understanding, & replying with appropriate verbal & nonverbal responses. By developing sound listening skills & accurate communication patterns, readers can grow in mental, emotional, & spiritual health. This book is a must for building strong relationships & understanding how you can be truly helpful to others without becoming anxious, over committed, or overwhelmed. Telious Publications, 4015 Executive Park Drive, Suite 309, Cincinnati, OH 45241, 513-769-5353, Toll free 1-800-EMI-GROW, FAX 513-769-0304.

For Heavens Sake is a modern-day parable that follows Walleye Watkins along his whimsical romp through the different heavens of the worlds great religions. Walleye, a born-again Christian, breaks bread with the Buddha, shares a Guinness with St. Patrick, and crosses paths with Burt, St. Peters executive administrative assistant as he follows his faith until he finds the truths he is meant to find. Meet Dan Dan Parker, who needs Walleye as much as Walleye needs him, only neither is aware of how much their fate depends on one another. For Heavens Sake is a story that explores our common bonds as a people and promises to make you laugh, cry and question!

Suppose you could ask God any question and get an answer. What would it be? Young people all over the world have been asking those questions. So Neale Donald Walsch, author of the internationally bestselling Conversations with God series had another conversation. Conversations with God for Teens is a simple, clear, straight-to-the-point dialogue that answers teens questions about God, money, sex, love, and more. Conversations with God for Teens reads like a rap session at a church youth group, where teenagers discuss everything they ever wanted to know about life but were too afraid to ask God. Walsch acts as the verbal conduit, showing teenagers how easy it is to converse with the divine. When Claudia, age 16, from Perth, Australia, asks, "Why can't I just have sex with everybody? What's the big deal?", the answer God offers her is: "Nothing you do will ever be okay with everybody. 'Everybody' is a large word. The real question is can you have sex and have it be okay with you?" There's no doubt that the casual question-and-answer format will help make God feel welcoming and accessible to teens. Conversations with God for Teens is the perfect gift purchase for parents, grandparents, and anyone else who wants to provide accessible spiritual content for the teen(s) in their lives.

After his grandfather died Isaiah was told that Grandpa had gone to heaven. Isaiah wondered exactly where and what heaven was. He became determined to find out, and sought answers from many different people. In this charming story, award-winning author Sandy Eisenberg Sasso teaches that heaven is often found in the places where you least expect it.

Written in the first person, this sparkling story traces a young man's physical and spiritual journey through the harsh realities of a dubious college career, crippled marriage and bankrupt lifestyle. Meet Jane, the looming nemesis of a wife who constantly keeps poverty knocking at the door with her credit-card addiction and compulsive lifestyle. The problem is compounded by her husband's inability to adapt to the political regimen of life in a theological seminary and his constant struggle to make ends meet. Whether conducting a funeral service, taking part in field trips or simply trying to accommodate archaic classroom concepts, the author takes his hero through the curriculum with an authority and candor that can only be the result of meticulous research and firsthand experience. Add to this a hatred of hypocrisy and a smoldering rage at the modern-day pharisaic and one has a free-for-all that has rarely been this honestly described. Hard-hitting and leaving little to the imagination, the author has some surprising revelations for all those interested in what goes on behind a ministerial public front. For Heaven's Sake encompasses hilarious scenes both in and out of the pulpit, and is a compelling read. After obtaining a degree in Theology, John Allen pastored a church, teaching subjects as diverse as textual interpretation, end-times theology and public speaking. He has published a number of helpful manuals, a commentary on Revelation and two novels.>/p>