Revitalize your relationship, reconnect with your partner, and rekindle your romance. When two people are committed to the same goals, nothing can stop them. This book provides the road map to get you there. The 48 Hour Relationship Retreat is your step-by-step guide for designing your very own, customized relationship retreat. After just 48 hours together you will have: Connected in a deeper way with your partner Identified the goals that will help you to create your future Created plans for making your dreams a reality Made your relationship the best it can be Amanda Adams-Barney and Richard Barney created this proven system for relationship success and excellence over the last 17 years by connecting through their own 48 hour retreat every year. Blending Amanda's professional meeting management background with Richard's career in business leadership, they discovered and developed their approach to a thriving, connected, rewarding relationship into a do-it-yourself handbook for identifying your dreams and achieving them together. With a light, easy, sometimes sarcastic style, The 48 Hour Relationship Retreat is both fun and transformational. So fasten your seat belts and secure all loose objects, because this is going to be a wild & fun ride!

This comprehensive research-based book is a next-generation study of intimate relationships that explores implications for health and well-being across cultures, genders, and traditional as well as non-traditional relationships. This book fills the need for a contemporary analysis of intimate relationships and their implications for people's health, well-being, and quality of life. It covers topics not ordinarily included in textbooks on this topic, in non-traditional areas such as LGBT relationships. The text also addresses intervention strategies for relationship problems and offers tools and techniques for assessing intimate relationships. Chapters are organized to present information about the origin, formation, development, enrichment, and maintenance of intimate relationships in a way that allows readers to build upon what they have learned. The text provides integrated and evidence-based information on almost all aspects of intimate relationships and will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty in family studies, psychology, and other social sciences. Moreover, counselors, clinicians, and therapists working on conflict, violence, abuse, maladjustment, depression, deterioration, dissolution, reconstruction, and enrichment of marital and non-marital intimate relationships will find this text valuable for their practice.

"Susan Piver consistently offers what so many of us seek: A generous, caring, loving teacher, someone with an open heart and a clear mind, eager to help us find our own way forward." —Seth Godin, author of Linchpin Broken hearts, resentment, affairs, divorce. Why is it so hard to make relationships work? New York Times bestselling author and mindfulness expert Susan Piver applies classic Buddhist wisdom to modern romance, including her own long-term relationship, to show that ancient philosophies have timeless—and unexpected—wisdom on how to love. The Four Noble Truths of Love will challenge the expectations you have about dating, sex, and romance, liberating you from the habits, traumas, and expectations that have been holding back your relationships. This mindful approach toward love will help you open your heart fearlessly, deepen communications with your partner, increase your compassion and resilience, and lead you toward a path of true happiness. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain: expansive, real love for yourself and others.

Mike Yaconelli composes his thoughts and passions regarding the nine core realities of youth ministry: veracity (youth ministry must expose students to the life-giving truth of Jesus Christ), authenticity (authentic youth workers will draw young people to Jesus Christ), audacity (youth ministry must push students, parents, and the church outside their comfort zones), sanctuary (youth ministry must provide a safe place for students), diversity (youth ministry must challenge young people to embrace diversity), humility (youth ministry should be clothed in humility), intimacy (our relationship with Jesus is our youth ministry), mystery (youth ministry must foster mystery, rediscover astonishment, and leave room for unanswered questions), and creativity (youth ministry must free students and youth workers to discover and express their God-given creativity). As an added resource, each member of the CORETM seminar team, including authors and speakers such as Laurie Polich, Efrem Smith, Marv Penner, Duffy Robbins, contributes sidebars throughout the book responding to Mike’s thoughts.

Are you lacking motivation or feeling overwhelmed, burnt out or not sure where you want life to take you next? Are you feeling like a 'low res' version of yourself, having focused all your energy on your career, your family or your community? If you answered 'yes', it's time to re-set. In Step Into You, entrepreneur and mentor Lorraine Murphy shares her best advice on how to re-focus on you and your personal version of success. She presents essential tips, advice and hacks that have transformed her own life, as well as real, raw and relatable examples from other busy women. Covering everything from growing a healthy mindset, getting shit done, developing your unique vision and goals, putting self-care first, progressing your career, managing your relationships and getting to grips with parenting, you'll feel like you've had a one-on-one mentoring session with Lorraine and will be recharged and ready to step into your best life.

This modern study of the Iran-Iraq War utilizes newly available primary materials to analyze American policy towards the war and question the veracity of the United States' claims of strict neutrality. The Iran-Iraq War lasted from September 1980 to August 1988, dominating the landscape of the Middle East and polarizing many of the world's nations for nearly a decade. This new work analyzes the United States' policy towards this vicious and extremely costly war, and questions the veracity of America's claims of strict neutrality. The contents of Covert Relationship: American Foreign Policy, Intelligence, and the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988 can be broken down into five sections: the conflict's origins, the Carter administration's response to the war, the Reagan administration's actions, changes to American policy during the Iran-Contra Affair, and the collapse of neutrality in the final two years of the war. The author boldly refutes the arguments of other authors about the war, and provides timely and relevant insights regarding American-Iraqi relations in light of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

What if all the members of the Body of Christ worked together-without personal agendas, without fear or competition, and without dispute? Kingdom Awakening testifies to the incredible benefits that come from such collaborative efforts. This is how the Body of Christ is supposed to function here on the earth and is really the only effective way to fulfill the Great Commission! Kingdom Awakening is the exciting sequel to the popular Kingdom Revolution! In this new volume, Kingdom Awakening creates and encourages unity and trust among ministries. Because we live in a desperate world, people need the love and leadership that the Kingdom of God provides. We need to not only preach to our cities, but love and serve our cities and community. You can be an important part of unifying the Body of Christ and expanding the Kingdom of God! Author Dr. Mattera is a successful city-reaching practitioner who teaches dynamic principles necessary to release the power of God's Kingdom on earth! As a theologian of the Kingdom, he reveals biblical insights of the awesome plan of God for the Church as well as lays out biblical blueprints for structuring civil law, apostolic movements, and contemporary Christian models of cultural engagement. As one of the most practical books ever written on the subject, this is a must read for thinking Christians, marketplace believers, emerging leaders, and pastors who want to transform their communities!