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"A wondrous journey though the realms of magic.They call him Lump. Ugly, misshapen -- more goblin than human child -- abandoned as an infant and taken in by a witch, he is nursed by a bear, tutored by a djinn; his only playmates are the creatures of the forest, whose languages he learns to speak. But when Lump inevitably stumbles into the human world, his innocence is no match for the depths of people's cruelty, which turns Lump's heart to stone, and fuels a vengeance that places him and his witch mother in deadly peril. Yet these disasters also send Lump on a journey of self-discovery to realms deep within the earth and far beyond mortal imagination.In this stunning fantasy debut, Michael Gruber has created a world of cruelty, beauty, legend, truth, and above all, wonder.Michael Gruber is the author of the widely praised literary thriller Tropic of Night. He has a Ph.D. in marine biology from the University of Miami. Virtually all of the jobs he has held have involved writing, usually anonymously. He lives in Seattle and is currently at work on another novel.Denis O'hare, with one Tony Award and another nomination for best featured actor, is a much-admired performer with numerous TV credits, including Law and Order, and many films, such as Garden State and Sweet and Lowdown." ... Read more

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An unprecedented collaboration of 35 remarkable ministers, teachers, leaders and thinkers, blending their ideas on how you can connect FAMILY + CHURCH. This all-star team includes: Michael Chanley, Reggie Joiner, Jim Wideman, Brian Haynes, Fred Stoeker, Anna Light, Becky Arthur, Bradford S. Tate, Brian Vander Ark, Dick Gruber, Gina McClain, Jonathan Cliff, Justyn Smith, Kenny Conley, Matt McKee, Michelle Romain, Rob Bradbury, Roger Fields, Ryan Frank, Sam Luce, Steven Dilla, Yancy, Jim Kast-Keat, Patricia Verbal, Carey Nieuwhof, Jeremy Hall, Timothy Smith, Joyce Oglesby, Matt Markins, Rob Rienow, Heather Wimsett, Steve Young, Jason Houser, Nevan Hooker, and Team Kidmo. ... Read more

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Full of ideas... worth the price of the book!
With 35 authors and a ton of ideas, you will find things that you like, things you dislike, and things you'll have to mull over for a while.Overall I found this to be like a magazine or catalog for Children's Ministry.I have several take aways from the book, and there were some throw aways as well.I cannot say much more that that.

Collaborate Review
I love this book because it gives you so much to pull from. It's people in different contexts speaking on different topics. If you want a cookie cutter family ministry model, then this book is completely wrong for you. However, if you want a book to create some inspiration and spark some creative thinking to do ministry in your specific context then you must pick this book up.

It's an awesome read and kudos for the work done by all the authors and the team to organize the thoughts and put it together for us to consume. Absolutely love it!!!

Great format, good ideas.
For those of you who pre-ordered your copy of the new Collaborate book, Michael Chanley's collection of 34 authors writing about family and church, you should have received it by now! Mine showed up in the mail on Monday and I dove right in, eating up 50 pages before it was time to head to bed (I was a little tempted to stay up late and finish it, but since the baby doesn't sleep in, I thought better of it!). I'm really liking the book so far, and I think it has some great ideas that I'd like to implement at our church over the next year (I'm trying not to do "too much too fast"). So far, I'm reached Chapter 12 and these are my favorite ideas (in order of appearance):
1. Parent Liason Team (or Parent Advisory Group) (Chapter Two)
2. Milestones (using them them to connect church and home) (Chapter Five)
3. Parent Fuel Packs - monthly kids that contain age-appropriate resources that parents can use to facilitate spiritual discussions at home (Chapter 7)
4. Child Dedication class (gets family thinking about the "finish line" in their child's life) (Chapter 12)

So far, a number of great sounding books have also been mentioned that I'll be checking out. I like the fact that each chapter is "bite-size" -- it's something I can completely see accomplishing in my ministry. So often, I read ministry books and am amazed at the great ideas, but feel overwhelmed about where to actually start. This book has a great format -- you could just take one chapter a month or one chapter a quarter (after you've gobbled up the whole thing first, of course) and begin to implement the idea found there. Well, I better get back to reading!

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Good, but not great
Collaborate:Family + Church is a 188-page collection of ideas on family ministry by 35 contributing authors.Each chapter is about 6 pages long and highlights either the author's particular passion for family ministry, their personal experience with family ministry, or the conference that they are trying to sell.Few of the chapters are "deep," but there are smatterings of ideas, websites, and other resources that can be used for pastors trying to integrate family life with spiritual formation.As such, it lives up to its descriptions of providing "ideas on how you can connect family + church," but the content depth falls short of the depth one might expect from names like Chanley, Joiner, and Wideman.

In fairness, the purpose of this book is quite different than something like Think Orange.It is not building a philosophy of ministry; it assumes that in the reader.Rather, it is an attempt to generate ideas by gathering Christian leaders who share similar (but not the same) passions.Some of the chapters are not valuable at all; I wonder how some authors made the cut.(Just as the best scholars aren't always the best teachers, the most effective ministry leaders may not always be the best writers!)Others, like Rienow's Biblical theology of God's purpose for the family, are worth the price of the book.(Although you can get much of the same information from [...].)But this illustrates the value of this book.It exposes the reader to new websites, new authors, new ministries, and helps generates connections.To that extent, it does help the reader "collaborate" with others.

To summarize each of the author's contribution, I will reduce each author's content to one sentence or phrase.Consider this a Tweet for each chapter.Keep in mind, some chapters have very little "how to" due to space limitations.This just gets the ball rolling.My top 3 are indicated by an asterisk (*).

1. A Rising Tide - by Michael Chanley - "Developing small groups that help parents be parents."(9)
2. Parent Liasons - by Anna Light - Have parent liaisons to interact with the parents of your youth ministry.
3. Family Connect - by Becky Arthur - How to partner with parents
4. Big Idea - by Brad Tate - Coordinate "one unifying `Big Idea' each week" for all of your church's ministries so everyone (kids/teens/adults) is learning the same content at the same time. (20)
5. Make a Shift - Brian Haynes - Designate and celebrate spiritual milestones.
6. Putting the Pieces Together - by Brian Vander Ark - Be strategic and plan your goals for content, curriculum, parent resources by age group.
7. *Change You Need to Embrace - by Carey Nieuwhof - Senior pastors need to get on board with family ministry.Here's why.
8. Families Serving Together - by Dick Gruber - Children and teens should volunteer with their parents.
9. Doing Book - by Fred Stoeker - Creating a space to talk with your kids at home
10. I Hate Homework - Gina McClain - Parenting is important.
11. Proverbs 16 - Heather Wimsett - Shema is important.
12. *Our Journey - Jason Houser - How to do family worship at church and home
13. Connecting Youth Ministry with Families - Jeremy Hall - Setting and articulating the goals for breakthroughs we want teens to experience
14. First Voice, Second Voice - Jim Kast-Keat - Partner with the parents of your preteens.
15. The Missing Piece - Developing a Biblical Worldview in Your Children - by Jim Wideman - How to live out a Biblical worldview so your kids "catch" it
16. How to Offer a Truly Family-Friendly Event - Jeremy Cliff - Offer affordable, fun experiences for families to enjoy together.
17. Family Nourishment - Joyce Oglesby - Host people over for dinner in your home.
18. PJ's All Starts Leadership Program - Justyn Smith - Offer a ranking system to promote children's leadership designed around your goals and values.
19. Reinventing Baptism - Kenny Conley - Use baptism as an opportunity to involve parents in children's spiritual development - through the education process, the act of baptism, and follow-up conversations.
20. Church DNA - Team Kidmo - Find a part of the church vision/goal that you can support through family ministry.
21. Paramount Parenting - Matt Markins - Shema is important.
22. Environment Changes that Need Changing - Matt McKee - Pay a lot of money to change the visual environment of your ministry.
23. Family Fitness - Michelle Romain - Live out healthy lifestyles as a spiritual value for your family.
24. Double It - Nevan Hooker - Set a Big, Hairy, Audacious, Goal and start going for it!
25. God's Heart for Families Affected by Special Needs - Pat Verbal - Reach out to families with children with special needs.
26. *Where Do You Start? - Reggie Joiner - "Churches that build effective family ministries will strive to integrate their strategy, refine their message, reactivate the family, elevate community, and leverage their influence."(138)
27. Selling Out - Sold Out - Rob Bradbury - How his church became discontent with where they were and launched a Friday night family event.
28. *Building a Theology of Family Ministry - Dr. Rob Rienow - A Biblical basis for family ministry based on God's purposes for the family in redemptive history.
29. Engaging Families Through Involvement - Roger Fields - How Kidz Blitz curriculum works
30. Fighting Staff Infections - Ryan Frank - Improve your relationship with your senior pastor.
31. Building Ministry - Sam Luce - Create a generational pipeline to ensure that age-segregated ministries are connected to each other.
32. The Small Conquering the Big - Steven Dilla - "The small things done consistently over long periods of time make big differences."(176)
33. Young at Heart - Steve Young - Shema is important.
34. Living the Shema as a Dad - Timothy Smith - Shema is important for dads.
35. Music:The Language Everyone Speaks - Yancy - Model and teach worship to your kids.

-Jonathan Foster

COLLABORATE!!!
This book truly speaks to the benefit of great thinkers working together.Experts from all over the spectrum of ministry address - from their personal perspective - their tested theories on best practices for discipling the next generation.From parental involvement in student ministries or church-wide celebrations, to programs that seek to bring generations together thru meals or social activities, this book has gems of advice for anyone who works with youth and their families.

For me, the significant take-aways were:
VISION:What our desired end-result?Who do we want children to grow up to be?
MISSION:The Shema!Love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul and with all your strength.Impress them upon your children.(Somehow I had never realized that Deut. 6 follows directly after, and is therefore truly a part of the Shema - Hear O Israel: The Lord your God is one.)Can't have one without the other.This is the mission of the people of God (whether it be Israel of the Old Testament, to the modern day church family) - to pass along the faith of their fathers to the next generation.
PATHWAYS:Collaborate:with Pastors and Church Leadership, with Student Ministry leaders, with parents, with the entire church family. ... Read more

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This international exploration of Jewish and Holocaust museums, modern synagogues, Jewish community centers and schools demonstrates how these important structures lend architectural shape to the Jewish identity.

Architects commissioned to build religious-based structures are uniquely responsible to the history and values of the community they represent. Nowhere is this more evident than within the Jewish structures of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, a time of disruption, destruction, immigration, and reconstruction of Jewish society. Accompanying a touring exhibition, this important work demonstrates the fundamental differences among fifteen museums, synagogues, community centers and schools throughout the world. It covers sites in America, where the architecture of Jewish institutions looks back on a legacy of uninterrupted development; in Israel, where the great wave of immigration adopted modernist as well as Mediterranean traditions; and in Europe, where rebuilding and reconciliation attempt to balance a history of pain and tragedy. ... Read more

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Hemp has been used for decades for clothing, rope, and plastics, but it also has serious food value. As hemp becomes more accessible, and public awareness of its health benefits grows, demand for the inexpensive plant in its variety of culinary forms -- as flour, oil, and seeds -- is expected to increase. At the forefront of this trend is Dennis Cicero, owner of one of New York's trendiest restaurants. Hemp, which tastes like a cross between a hazelnut and a walnut, is incorporated into every recipe in this cookbook. Hemp waffles, a fusilli salad made with hemp seed oil, and even a scrumptious chocolate banana dessert, all based on the restaurant's menu, are only a few of the innovative, nutritious, and socially responsible recipes featured. Also included is a list of sources where readers can buy hemp products for cooking. ... Read more

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Beautiful design, informative content, health recipes
My only gripe first: recipes should come with their preparation time, and perhaps even with the kilojoule value for those who need to pay attention to it.

Other than that it's a beautifully designed book with truly unique recipes that just beg to be prepared in your own home. Throughout the book are two types of references: one about the nutritional value of certain foodstuffs, the other one about hemp itself, and where/how it has been used throughout the millennia, even by at least two US Presidents.

The book focuses on the versatility of (non-THC) hemp in the kitchen, although I would have liked to see a few more references to the use of hemp in general. However, it does a brilliant job in introducing those with little knowledge about this miracle plant to its culinary (and health) benefits, and thus makes an important contribution to the 'de-demonization' of hemp in general.

Even if you're not a hempnut (pardon the pun), you should buy this book. It'll then only be a matter of time before hemp finds its way from the kitchen into your daily life, and that - at least according to some people - is exactly what's needed to save this planet.

The benefits of hemp are legendary, but it wasn't until Dennis Cicero's book that the beauty of hemp found its most important application: an incredibly healthy staple food.

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The Galaxy Global Eatery Hemp Cookbook is a unique cookbook concerning the culinary uses of hemp - well known for its applications in clothing, rope, and plastics but little known for its seeds' taste (like a cross between hazelnut and a walnut) and the cooking uses of its flour and oils. Superbly written and presented by Denis Cicero (owner of one of New York's most up-and-coming restaurants) with the assistance of professional chefs Kris Czartoryski, Suzanne Gruber, and Michael Lipp, The Galaxy Global Eatery Hemp Cookbook features easy-to-follow recipes, enhanced with luscious full-color photographs, a simple glossary, and a true appreciation of the wonderful delicacies that can be enhanced with the flavor of hemp. Dishes offered include Fruit Hemp Salad, Hemp Cheese Sticks, Hempnut-Crusted Catfish Filets, Lemon Hemparoons, and a great many more. ... Read more