Elle Cosmo is a chain smoker, looking for a way to kick her habit. While searching online for information about how to quit smoking, she stumbles upon a demeaning article that so enrages her she backslides completely, and ends up puffing away like a chimney on a cold winter's day. She next tries seeking solace in casual sexual encounters with casual friends. However when one such friend provides her with some good advice, she finds herself beginning to like him. Unfortunately he informs Elle, that as the saying goes, 'he's just not that into her.' She then turns to binge drinking to try and block out the bizarre suicidal thoughts that plague her on most nights. Elle eventually decides to make a bucket list of things she wants to do before she dies. Ultimately, she finds the peace of mind she's looking for in replying to the demeaning article she stumbled across online that enraged her so much in the first place. Who's Your Daddy Now? is an autobiographical work from first-time author Elle Cosmo. It depicts the sometimes hilarious and sometimes tragic episodes that occur as she navigates her way through the many disappointing U-turns in life.

A guide to living out your faith. This book is a blueprint for anyone who desires to be a living witness of the compassion of God to a dying world.

The essays and interviews in Who's Your Daddy? give new meaning to our understanding of queer parenting. Contributors bring into sharp focus the multiple and meaningful ways that LGBTQ people are choosing to become parents and raise children. This is without a doubt a timely and important.

Lila Moreno and her two best friends, Meryl Morgenstern are social mutants. Not because of who they are, but who their guy-repellent daddies are. Lila's dad is the chief of police; Meryl's dad is the football coach, the driver's ed instructor, and the dean of discipline at the high school; and Caressa's dad is a famous musician. Boys are too terrified and intimidated by the girls' dads to come anywhere near them. So Lila, Meryl, and Caressa decide to take matters into their own hands. On the night of homecoming, instead of going dateless, they hold a Dumb Supper -- a Celtic ritual that shows single young women who their soul mates are. The dinner doesn't go exactly as planned, but never could they guess how much this loser's alternative to homecoming would change their lives.

Are we living in a "post-father" era? This book is a wake-up call to men and women, challenging them to understand the crisis of fatherlessness in the world and to examine its impact on our culture and in individual lives. The author also identifies the different types of father wounds, the specific scars that men and women carry, and provides personal steps for healing and experiencing God's Father Love. As a generation, one of the biggest issues we face is fatherlessness. We have a generation of boys, raised by women, who don't know how to be a man, husband, or father; and a generation of girls raised without the protection, affirmation, or wholesome affection of a father. In this book, Waylon Ward tackles these tough issues head on. Dr. John A. King Best-selling author of It's a Guy Thing: Helping Guys Become Men, Husbands, and Fathers Waylon Ward is an experienced pastoral counselor and life coach who has focused on healing the wounds of father deprivation for more than 30 years. From his own childhood and the life experiences of thousands of people he has counseled, he has learned how to enable individuals to find healing from these wounds by coming home to the loving heart of God the Father. Waylon and his wife, Lynn, founded Mercy Matters, a ministry of counseling, teaching and restoration. The Global Fathering Initiative (GFI) was created in 2008 to address the fathering crisis in our world and to provide healing for wounded men, women and children. Waylon is also the author of The Bible in Counseling and Sex Matters.

The art of storytelling and writing, which is integral to the development of the Christian church, must be encouraged. This is important because Jesus often used stories to illustrate or make a point. A well-crafted, Bible-based story has the capacity to capture the imagination, inspire, comfort, and encourage. Harvey Cox, in The Seduction of the Spirit, is quoted as saying, All human beings have an innate need to hear and tell stories and to have a story to live by ...religion, whatever else it has done, has provided one of the main ways of meeting the abiding need. Whos Your Daddy? Bible-Based Stories for Modern Families: Season 1 is well-crafted and inspired and provides an opportunity for all to meet the abiding need to hear and tell and to have a story to live by. The book is a delightful read for teens and families and can be usefully utilised in organisations such as churches and schools to supplement their existing teaching programmes. Season 1 begins with the authors version of the Christmas story, followed by Vol. 1: Sons, which depicts scenes from the lives of young biblical characters from both the Old and New Testaments. The issues explored are varied teen identity, self acceptance, mentorship, healing, forgiveness, and commitment. Vol. 2: Fathers reflects on some of the issues we all face at some point in our lives, such as self-conflict, the grieving process, self-sacrifice, and surrender to Gods divine will. The books climax is the Easter edition of the Whos Your Daddy series which I can only describe as exceptional. My understanding of the books origin has led me to conclude that these stories are inspired from the throne room of heaven. Dr. Mark A Minott FCoIIT, FHERDSA, .EdD, MSc, PGDE, DipHE, AT Dip, CJSM (Cr), TTC