From the invitation to saying goodbye, you'll find inspiration and guidance on planning to plating, budgeting to bringing ideas to life, conversations to curveballs and everything in between.The Lost Art of Hospitality is than more a guide with practical tips, tricks and how-to's on hosting people in your home. It has been written with your heart in mind, offering you a seat at the table - where hearts are dedicated to community, friends & family that desire to make others welcome in their home.Alisha Anderson has been entertaining friends and family in her home for over 25 years and this book is a behind the scenes, practical application style read with ideas, inspirations and concepts to help you rediscover what she calls; the art of hosting people in your home, gathering for meals, parties, conversations and making them feel loved.

The Spirit of Hospitality takes readers on a journey of passion for purpose that empowers the missing ingredients of hospitality into a proven leadership style that works. Time has sped up to the point where technology has surpassed the last few thousand years by only a generation. What happened to kindness, humility and the human touch vs. having our face buried into a laptop or IPhone? A life dedicated to excellence does not come by chance, or with age, but by choice and commitment. Larry Stuart strives to give The Spirit of Hospitality to others who are called to a life of prosperity and significance. He provides the tools, attributes and real-life examples of what works when it comes to serving up a memorable guest service delivery and describes the necessary ingredients of hospitality. There is hope only if individuals bring back the missing ingredients of kindness, humility, integrity, encouragement, generosity, team and accountability. Only then is the spirit of hospitality empowered to provide the right leadership approach in building relationships to a new level of expectation, and allows those who embrace that spirit to accomplish whatever they strive to achieve.

This is it. The bestselling book in food service history. Over the years it has been updated and, based on demand, kept printing. Today, hundreds of thousands of copies later, owners, managers, and operators are still using it for its "1,000 guaranteed ways to make your restaurant more profitable".

Dee Brestin knows women wish to make their homes a haven from the storms of life, whether that home is a dorm room, an apartment, or a mansion. This guide will help them to do that for their own families, their extended family, their friends, and those in their path who are in spiritual, emotional, or physical need. A Christian home is a miracle to be shared and Scripture abounds in models to show us how. We are commanded to practice hospitality; and obedience to this will lead to the joyful, fruitful life God longs for us to have. A special section on hospitality and the holidays can be reprinted for groups. Dee Brestin ministers to the hearts of women with her speaking and writing. She is the author of The Friendships of Women, The Lifestyles of Christian Women (Victor), and eight Fisherman Bible study guides (Shaw). She and her husband Steve are the parents of five children and live in Nebraska.

Sensuality equals beauty—that’s what today’s young women are learning from our sex-obsessed society. Millions of 20somethings are caught up in trying to look like fashion models, movie stars, or the hottest new pop singer and end up plagued by insecurity, eating disorders, and sexual promiscuity. Bestselling author and speaker Leslie Ludy (Set-Apart Femininity and Authentic Beauty) shares a different vision for feminine loveliness as God intended it to be—the breathtaking radiance of a young woman who has been transformed by Christ from the inside out. With candid personal stories, practical advice, and inspiration, Leslie leads young women on a life-changing journey to become women of feminine grace, beauty, and enduring style. Leslie inspires girls toward inner changes but also talks about practical social grace and manners, how to dress beautifully, and even how to create a warm and lovely environment in the home. Clearly, true beauty is more than skin deep.

For too long church leaders have focused on increasing the size of their church rather than increasing their reach outside of the four walls of the church building. The result? Church life becomes a predictable set of routines with predictable results. Church members struggle to reach the neighborhoods they drive through on their way to church programs, unable to penetrate their surrounding communities in a meaningful way. Reaching the Unreached recounts the stories, struggles, and triumphs of individuals and churches that have reinvented themselves to meet the world where it is, working to reach the ones that no one else is reaching. The search for the “silver bullet” of success has diverted us from tapping into the timeless principles found in the book of Acts, says author, pastor, and front-line church planter Peyton Jones. Yet the spiritual climate that Paul and the Apostles stepped into is not all that different from the brave new world the church faces today. From accidentally planting a church in a Starbucks in Europe, to baptizing members of the Mexican mafia in Long Beach Harbor, Jones has been on the frontlines of today’s missional movement and has lived to tell the tale. In Reaching the Unreached, he teaches church planters, pastors, and church leaders how to convert pew jockeys into missionaries and awake the sleeping giant of Christ’s church, one person at a time. Today there are two types of churches: those who put their proverbial heads in the sand, and those who champion 1st century principles, meet the challenges head on, and embrace the adventure of mission in community. Tomorrow, only one type of church will survive—those that accept the challenge to reach the unreached.