Holding the Rope

Holding the Rope
Author: Clint Archer
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Short-term missions
ISBN: 9780878086283

Holding the Rope gives an insightful look into the preparation, philosophy, and application of short term cross-cultural ministry. Archer addresses the issues with candor, humor, and most importantly, grace. He provides viable solutions to common problems, and encourages churches, pastors, and volunteers to adopt a biblical and practical approach for engaging in short term missions. "Holding the rope" is more than a catchphrase. It articulates an entire philosophy of ministry. Christian missions is too daunting an enterprise to attempt alone, but the synergy of combined efforts can accomplish untold advancement for the kingdom of God. This book is a tool for those serving the servants, a guide and celebration of those who hold the ropes.

This Is the Rope

This Is the Rope
Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2017-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0425288943

Jacqueline Woodson--New York Times Bestselling, National Book Award and Newbery Honor winning author--writes a rich story of a family adapting to change as they hold on to the past and embrace the future. With Coretta Scott King Award–winning illustrator James Ransome. During the time of the Great Migration, millions of African American families relocated from the South, seeking better opportunities. The story of one family’s journey north during the Great Migration starts with a little girl in South Carolina who finds a rope under a tree one summer. She has no idea the rope will become part of her family’s history. But for three generations, that rope is passed down, used for everything from jump rope games to tying suitcases onto a car for the big move north to New York City, and even for a family reunion where that first little girl is now a grandmother.

Rope Burn

Rope Burn
Author: Jan Siebold
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2012-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0807571113

Richard gets frustrated by most of Mr. Best's assignments, but this latest one is the worst. He has to write a composition about a proverb that illustrates something that has happened in his life. And as if that isn't bad enough, Mr. Best has told him he needs to find his "writing voice." While working on the assignment, Richard finds his voice in more ways than one. He discovers that being himself makes a big difference in his writing and in his life.

Don't Step on the Rope!

Don't Step on the Rope!
Author: Walter C. Wright, Jr.
Publisher: Biblica
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2005
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1842273590

What makes a good team? What makes a good team leader? How can I develop my team? If you're looking for answers to these questions, you'll find the answers in this book. Through thirty years of climbing expeditions with friends, Walter Wright has learned a lot about mountaineering, about his teammates and about working on and leading a team. He shares with us the tales of expeditions (successful and not so successful) and the lessons he and his team have learned from those experiences.

A Rope and a Prayer

A Rope and a Prayer
Author: David Rohde
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0143120050

The compelling and insightful account of a New York Times reporter's abduction by the Taliban, and his wife's struggle to free him. In November 2008, David Rohde, a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for The New York Times, was kidnapped by the Taliban and held captive for seven months in the tribal areas of Pakistan. In the process, Rohde became the first American to witness how Pakistan's powerful military turns a blind eye toward a Taliban ministate thriving inside its borders. In New York, David's wife Kristen Mulvihill, together with his family, kept the kidnapping secret for David's safety and struggled to navigate a labyrinth of conflicting agendas, misinformation, and lies. Part memoir, part work of journalism, A Rope and a Prayer is a story of duplicity, faith, resilience, and love.

Goforth of China

Goforth of China
Author: Rosalind Goforth
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2014-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1625646984

Born on a farm in Canada, Jonathan Goforth's ambition as a young boy was to study and become a politician. Little did he know then what the future held in store. At the age of eighteen he was converted to Christianity and immediately became interested in missionary work. After attending Knox College in Canada, he set out for China with his wife, Rosalind. Many hardships and trials followed. Their first child died in the spring of the following year. Others were later claimed by malaria and menengitis. In 1900 the Goforths, along with others, had to flee before the Boxer uprising. Their escape was a miracle in itself. Goforth of China is the amazing story of a man with unusual vision and determination.

Rope Burns

Rope Burns
Author: Robert Scott
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2014-11-14
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 0786038608

The true crime story of a killer couple from California, their gruesome torture chamber on wheels, and the terror they left in their wake. The true story of one of the most notorious crime couples in recent American history is told. Michelle Michaud and James Daveggio forged a perverse alliance in late 1997. After customizing Michaud's minivan into a mobile torture chamber, the pair hit the road and began a nightmare spree of incest, kidnapping, rape, torture, and murder. Sixteen Pages of Shocking Photos! Michaud and Daveggio’s case was featured on Oxygen’s Snapped: Killer Couples.

Andrew Fuller

Andrew Fuller
Author: John Piper
Publisher: Crossway Books
Total Pages:
Release: 2016
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781433551918

Although he never went abroad, Andrew Fuller was a zealous promoter of world missions, influencing countless missionaries, such as William Carey, and championing the importance of sound doctrine for the perseverance and fruitfulness of world evangelism. In this short biography, John Piper puts Fuller's movement-inspiring life and theology on display, calling all Christians to devote themselves to knowing, guarding, and spreading the true gospel--even to the very ends of the earth.

Touching the Void

Touching the Void
Author: Joe Simpson
Publisher: Direct Authors
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2012-12-12
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0957519303

The 25th Anniversary ebook, now with more than 50 images. 'Touching the Void' is the tale of two mountaineer’s harrowing ordeal in the Peruvian Andes. In the summer of 1985, two young, headstrong mountaineers set off to conquer an unclimbed route. They had triumphantly reached the summit, when a horrific accident mid-descent forced one friend to leave another for dead. Ambition, morality, fear and camaraderie are explored in this electronic edition of the mountaineering classic, with never before seen colour photographs taken during the trip itself.