Many marriages, homes, and churches have been divided because of offense. Sadly, this cycle continues because the offended person rarely realizes that they are the problem. Jesus said in Matthew 18:7 that offenses will come. The issue is not whether or not offenses will come, but how we handle them. To hold on to an offense brings unforgiveness, pain, division, and destruction. Releasing the offense and "letting it go" will bring peace and unity. God's plan for the believer is to live offense-free. This eye-opening book will liberate you from the fear of hurt and allow you to enjoy the blessings of God. Learn how you can be released from the cycle of offense. In this book, you will learn: - How to deal with offensive people. - Offense keeps us from fulfilling God's plan in our lives. - Offense carries serious repercussions that affect every aspect of our lives. - Reasons why we get offended. - How to release offense. - How to keep from being offended.

Breaking the Cycle of Recidivism: Getting Out and Goin Straight is an exceptional book for parolees, ex-cons, and the incarcerated. It focuses offenders toward education, making wise decisions, and personal accountability. It is a must for all offenders who are seeking to get out of prison and live a productive life free of drugs, gang affiliation, violence, and criminal activities. There are important tips as to how inmates can apply their time more constructively and how to avoid relapsing and the inevitable fate of those who persist on committing criminal acts. Breaking the Cycle of Recidivism is all about self-rehabilitation!

Are you tired of repeating the same cycle? Do you feel like what you do is never good enough? Are negative feelings robbing your life of joy? Do you sometimes feel that you can't find the light at the end of the tunnel? Do you want to be in control and predict your own future? Are you ready for the roller coaster to end and the good life to begin? Millions of people have these same feelings. You are not alone. But you can end your repeated struggles and break out of destructive cycles. Put an end to the frustration and begin to live your dreams. Everyone wants to enjoy a good life-a life of peace and happiness void of chaos! However, the sense of lack drives us into our never-ending cycles...Two steps forward, one step back. Up and down, In and Out. Mountain peak to valley. Like a hamster in a wheel, it never ends! It's time to get off the wheel. This incredible book by Dr. Jim Richards will give you the tools to face life with new confidence. On each page, you will find new keys to personal empowerment. You will transform your self-worth. You will disconnect from the feelings of lack and inadequacy. Your life will become a constant process from good to great! Discover the life-changing secrets of personal empowerment that have brought transformation to millions of people around the world. Breaking the Cycle provides the keys. You can end your destructive patterns today!

This handbook reviews the growing body of empirical and theoretical knowledge on juvenile sex offenders and indicates how this knowledge can be used to guide and develop evidence-based practice for assessment and treatment.

The author endured horrific sexual abuse of the worst kind, at the hand of her own father, and yet, thru years of struggle, prayer, Gods intervention and personal growth, found the strength to forgive all and love unreservedly. The story delves into the culture of the Pennsylvania PLAIN FOLKS, and their very patriarchal society that never questioned a fathers role or his authority. Journey with the author thru the trials, tribulations, scars and many pitfalls of early life during and after abuse. Learn, as she did, the POWER of Gods awesome GRACE, as God continually spared her in choices that would otherwise have led to total disaster for many. Watch the chrysalis form, the caterpillar evolve into the beautiful butterfly. Not with out a sea of tears, heartaches galore, and many missed steps along the path, but in the end, Gods perfect Will and Perfect Timing brings this butterfly out of the cocoon and Cinderella emerges to shine in Gods love and Glory. Want a lesson in forgiveness? Want to read a romance novel that challenges the worst of the horrific hardships we see on made-for-TV movies? Want to learn how to grow beyond being the victim and into being your own person that God intended? Grab a hold of this book, pour yourself a cup of tea, snuggle up and let this amazing, life changing story begin.

A CounterPunch Best Book of the Year A Lone Star Policy Institute Recommended Book “If you care, as I do, about disrupting the perverse politics of criminal justice, there is no better place to start than Prisoners of Politics.” —James Forman, Jr., author of Locking Up Our Own The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. The social consequences of this fact—recycling people who commit crimes through an overwhelmed system and creating a growing class of permanently criminalized citizens—are devastating. A leading criminal justice reformer who has successfully rewritten sentencing guidelines, Rachel Barkow argues that we would be safer, and have fewer people in prison, if we relied more on expertise and evidence and worried less about being “tough on crime.” A groundbreaking work that is transforming our national conversation on crime and punishment, Prisoners of Politics shows how problematic it is to base criminal justice policy on the whims of the electorate and argues for an overdue shift that could upend our prison problem and make America a more equitable society. “A critically important exploration of the political dynamics that have made us one of the most punitive societies in human history. A must-read by one of our most thoughtful scholars of crime and punishment.” —Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy “Barkow’s analysis suggests that it is not enough to slash police budgets if we want to ensure lasting reform. We also need to find ways to insulate the process from political winds.” —David Cole, New York Review of Books “A cogent and provocative argument about how to achieve true institutional reform and fix our broken system.” —Emily Bazelon, author of Charged

ECPA BESTSELLER • An invitation to love like Jesus and step beyond distraction and division into the joy we long to experience—from the author of The Deeply Formed Life, winner of the Christianity Today Book Award “A stunning book with power to reshape our world . . . if we let it.”—Glenn Packiam, pastor and author of Blessed Broken Given We long for a good life, a beautiful life, a kind life. But clearly that’s not the world we live in. We carry the stress of our fractured world in our bodies and relationships. Families that once gathered around tables have converted those tables into walls. Hostility, rage, and offense is the language of our culture. How did we lose goodness, kindness, and beauty? And more important, how do we get them back into our lives? These are the two questions crying out in our streets, homes, churches, and from deep within our souls. Pastor and author Rich Villodas is convinced that only Jesus offers a way of being human that is both strong and tender enough to tear down the walls of hostility we experience daily. In Good and Beautiful and Kind, he reveals how… • These three essentials are stolen by sin, powers and principalities, and trauma. • We can get goodness, beauty, and kindness back through contemplative prayer, humility, and the cultivation of calm presence. • The traits of healthy conflict, forgiveness, and justice lead to wholeness, healing, and a new collective future—when rooted in the ancient way of Jesus. Filled with fresh energy, classic truth, and practical solutions, this is your road map for stepping beyond distraction and division to love like Jesus. Doing so will change the atmosphere within you…and around you!