Why Love Will Always Be a Poor Investment

Why Love Will Always Be a Poor Investment
Author: Kurt Armstrong
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1608994805

"Marriage is intimate. Marriage is hard": sober thoughts for a time when movies and television tell us that love is supposed to be romantic and fun. In this eclectic blend of playful and earnest storytelling, social commentary, and fierce argument, Kurt Armstrong offers an up-close look at real-life marriage and the countless ways it differs from what the advertisers tell us it should be. With wisdom, wit, and profound honesty, he explores the aching beauty of love, the ongoing struggle to maintain vows, and the reality of death as the finishing line of covenant. "Even if love one day fills my heart full of grief," says Armstrong, "it is still the only thing worth living for." This moving, honest, heartfelt look at real-life marriage will strike a chord with single men and women, young couples, and seasoned veterans of married life.

Why Love Will Always Be a Poor Investment

Why Love Will Always Be a Poor Investment
Author: Kurt Armstrong
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1621892336

"Marriage is intimate. Marriage is hard": sober thoughts for a time when movies and television tell us that love is supposed to be romantic and fun. In this eclectic blend of playful and earnest storytelling, social commentary, and fierce argument, Kurt Armstrong offers an up-close look at real-life marriage and the countless ways it differs from what the advertisers tell us it should be. With wisdom, wit, and profound honesty, he explores the aching beauty of love, the ongoing struggle to maintain vows, and the reality of death as the finishing line of covenant. "Even if love one day fills my heart full of grief," says Armstrong, "it is still the only thing worth living for." This moving, honest, heartfelt look at real-life marriage will strike a chord with single men and women, young couples, and seasoned veterans of married life.

Where Faith Meets Culture

Where Faith Meets Culture
Author: Sharon Gallagher
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 160899144X

Where Faith Meets Culture is a Radix magazine anthology. What does Radix usually contain? Interviews and features. Reviews of significant books, films, and CDs. Informed opinions in "The Last Word." Eye-catching graphics. Mind-stretching prose. Image-rich poetry. Radix assumes that Christians live in the real world and takes lay Christians seriously. As one subscriber wrote: "Radix is a more worldly magazine than one would expect from its deep commitment to Christ." Radix monitors the cultural landscape, questions assumptions, and introduces new voices, remaining deeply rooted in Christ. Sociologist Robert Bellah wrote in a Radix article: "Though social scientists say a lot about the self, they have nothing to say about the soul and as a result the modern view finds the world intrinsically meaningless." Radix continues to talk about meaning and hope in a culture that has lost its way. The articles in this volume reflect the magazine's wide-ranging interests: literature, art, music, theology, psychology, technology, discipleship, and spiritual formation. They're written by some of the outstanding authors whose work has graced our pages over the years: Peggy Alter, Kurt Armstrong, Robert Bellah, Bob Buford, Krista Faries, David Fetcho, Susan Fetcho, Sharon Gallagher, David W. Gill, Joel B. Green, Os Guinness, Virginia Hearn, Walter Hearn, Donald Heinz, Margaret Horwitz, Mark Labberton, Henri Nouwen, Earl Palmer, Susan Phillips, Dan Ouellette, Steve Scott, and Luci Shaw.

How to Get Rich, Stay Rich

How to Get Rich, Stay Rich
Author: Fred J. Young
Publisher: Frederick Fell Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-09-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780883911907

With an inspiring combination of vast experience, humor, authority and sensitivity to the average person's feelings and yearnings, Fred J. Young, draws on his more than 27 years as a professional money manager and investment counselor in one of the nation's leading bank Trust Departments to instruct the reader in his unique, but sensible method of getting rich and staying rich.

The Sacraments and Consumer Culture

The Sacraments and Consumer Culture
Author: Timothy Brunk
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2020-05-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0814685323

2021 Catholic Media Association Award first place award in sacraments What does consumerism have to do with the sacraments? We live in cultures where our senses of meaning, identity, and purpose are often found in what we purchase. Apart from the question of hedonism, there is the question of how we orient ourselves in an environment in which we end up marketing our very selves. In this book, Timothy Brunk examines how this consumer culture has had a corrosive effect on the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church. He also assesses how sacramental worship can provide resources for responsible Christian discipleship in today’s consumer culture.

Life at the End of Us Versus Them

Life at the End of Us Versus Them
Author: Marcus Peter Rempel
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2017-11-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1525510231

Our present moment can no longer sustain a stable “us” defined against an alien “them.” So say René Girard and Ivan Illich, radical critics of both Christianity and culture. If they are right, this makes our time an endtime. The end of us against them can deteriorate into the chaos of each against each, or it can open outward into freely chosen communion. It is an expectant—and apocalyptic—time. How does one live in this strange, endtime world? As a wanderer in the odd, cross-culture country Girard and Illich have mapped, the author finds himself in a surprising new place in relation to those who are his other: women, queer folk, refugees, Muslims, atheists, and Indigenous people. In this collection of essays, he blinks, looks around, and makes some field notes.

Oriented to Faith

Oriented to Faith
Author: Tim Otto
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2014-07-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 163087227X

Rather than embracing the conflict around gay relationships as an opportunity for the church to talk honestly about human sexuality, Christians continue to hurt one another with the same tired arguments that divide us along predictable political battle lines. If the world is to "know that we are Christians by our love," the church needs to discover better ways to live out the deep unity we share in Christ as we engage with politics and our world. In Oriented to Faith, Tim Otto tells the story of his struggle with being gay and what that taught him about the gospel. With an authentic and compelling personal voice, Tim invites us to explore how God is at work in the world, even amidst the most difficult circumstances, redeeming and transforming the church through this difficult debate. With gentle wisdom and compassionate insight, Tim invites all followers of Jesus to consider how we might work with God through these tensions so that all can be transformed by God's good news in and through Christ.

For the Love of Money

For the Love of Money
Author: Sam Polk
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2017-07-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1476785996

"A former hedge-fund trader presents a memoir about coming of age on Wall Street, his obsessive pursuit of money, his disillusionment and the radical new way he has come to define success, "--NoveList

Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial IQ

Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial IQ
Author: Robert T. Kiyosaki
Publisher: Business Plus
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2008-03-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0446515914

For years, Robert Kiyosaki has firmly believed that the best investment one can ever make is in taking the time to truly understand how one's finances work. Too many people are much more interested in the quick-hitting scheme, or trying to find a short-cut to real wealth. As Kiyosaki has preached over and over again, one has to truly under the process of how money works before one can start out on trying to escape the daily financial Rat Race. Now, in this latest book in the popular Rich Dad Poor Dad series, Kiyosaki lays out his 5 key principles of Financial Intelligence for all to understand. In INCREASE YOUR FINANCIAL IQ, Kiyosaki provides real insights on these key steps to wealth: o How to increase your money -- how to assess what you're really worth now, what your prospects are, and how to start mapping out your financial future. o How to protect your money -- for better or for worse, taxes are a way of life. Kiyosaki shows you that "it's not what you make....it's what you keep." o How to budget your money -- everybody wants to live large, but you have to learn how to live within your budget. Kiyosaki shows you how you can. o How to leverage your money -- as you build your financial IQ, knowing how to put your money to work for you is a crucial step. o How to improve your financial information -- Kiyosaki shows you how to accelerate your wealth as you learn more and more.

Rich Dad Poor Dad - What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money

Rich Dad Poor Dad - What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money
Author: Robert T. Kiyosaki
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2021
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0359727891

In Rich Dad Poor Dad, the #1 Personal Finance book of all time, Robert Kiyosaki shares the story of his two dad: his real father and his rich dad. One was educated and an employee all his life, the other's education was street smarts" over traditional classroom education and he took the path of entrepreneurship?a road that led him to become one of the wealthiest men in Hawaii. Robert's poor dad struggled financially all his life. and these two dads had varying points of view of money and investing.Rich Dad Poor Dad will?? explode the myth that you need to earn a high income to become rich? challenge the belief that your house is an asset? show parents why they can't rely on the school system to teach their kids about money? define, once and for all, an asset and a liability? explain the difference between good debt and bad debt? teach you to see the world of money from different perspectives? discuss the shift in mindset that can put you on the road to financial freedom