The haunting of Doretta Johnson is one of the most fear inciting stories I have ever read. I find myself pondering the family's situation, wondering 'what if.' I came to a point while I was reading this description of Doretta's experiences where I refused to read the book if I was alone. That's not the norm around here. I have been out on paranormal investigations, and yet I could not read that book alone. I highly recommend this book - to anyone interested in the paranormal.

Doretta Johnson's protrayal of her experiences was absolutely mind-blowing. I had to stop reading the book for about a week because I was getting horrible nightmares. The things that happened to Ashley were terrible... I admire the Johnson's courage and applaud them for the strength. Especially Doretta Johnson. Please write another book!

Rather you believe in the paranormal or not, this book will grab you and never let you go. This is absolutely the best book I have ever read, twice.((applause)) To Doretta Johnson. I just hope you write another great book in the near future. Your courage is only out shined by one thing, your remarkable intellence. Once more ((((APPLAUSE)))) for Doretta.

The book "Why Kids Don't Have Heart Attacks", was a wonderful book that help me to realize that I am not alone. Throughout the entire book, I could relate to many of the issues, points, and solutions that were given. It inspired me emotionally, physically, and mentally. After reading the first chapter, I started making some positive changes in my life. I felt like this book was personally written for me taking me back to my child-hood years to remember how precious life is. Being a somewhat quiet person, this book broke my silence, and gave me the strentgh to share with others what I was going through. I laughed and I cried from the beginning to the end of this inspirational book. Thank You

Initially, when I first purchased this book - I thought.... This book is in its season, divine order and right on time!

Although Julius' angle is perceived to be coming "From a Child's Eye," the concepts and story lines are for today's adults - especially for those who don't know how to relax, enjoy life and as a child would say "do it again!"

Today's adult work 12 hour days, eat poorly, live in front of a computer, not enough exercise (if any), taking in inconsequential television programs - all while trying to maintain interpersonal relationships with family, friends and coworkers. When we can't seem to do it all (live up to the worlds expectations) - we resolve to believe we need Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Serafem, Retlin you name - adults are prescribing to it!

"Why Kids Have Fun, While Adults Take Prozac" is a root stimulator. Stimulating the root systems of adults, igniting their return to the ONLY place where drugs are not needed to enjoy one's life - through the eyes of a child! Children don't hold on to yesterday. They look forward to tomorrow. They don't worry about other peoples opinion. They don't see color lines, size, length, or materials! They are creative, adventurous, jovial and visionaries! Always dreaming, forgiving, hoping and believing and enjoying every waking moment of their lives to the fullest!

After reading / digesting this book, I no longer felt like I had to secretly cry, pretending like I could "HANG!" I've strengthened my organizational skills, I've developed a working plan to prioritize the amount of time and attention I will "selfishly" give. The tool of this book - is a life jacket! Thrown to the Adults of this Millennium - and its right on time!

Julius, thanks for your candidness and obedience!

Initially, when I first purchased this book - I did so in support my friend, well, at least - I thought. This book is in its season, divine order and right on time!

Although Julius' angle is perceived to be coming "From a Child's Eye," the concepts and story lines are for today's adults - especially for those who don't know how to relax, enjoy life and as a child would say "do it again!"

Today's adult work 12 hour days, eat poorly, live in front of a computer, not enough exercise (if any), taking in inconsequential television programs - all while trying to maintain interpersonal relationships with family, friends and co workers. When we can't seem to do it all (live up to the worlds expectations) - we resolve to believe we need Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Serafem, Retlin you name - adults are prescribing to it!

"Why Kidz Have Fun, While Adults Take Prozac" - is a root stimulator. Stimulating the root systems of adults, igniting their return to the ONLY place where drugs are not needed to enjoy one's life - through the eyes of a child! Children don't hold on to yesterday. They look forward to tomorrow. They don't worry about other peoples opinion. They don't see color lines, size, length, or materials! They are creative, adventurous, jovial and visionaries! Always dreaming, forgiving, hoping and believing and enjoying every waking moment of their lives to the fullest!

After reading / digesting this book, I know longer felt like I had to secretly cry, pretending like I could "HANG!"

I've strengthened my organizational skills, I've developed a working plan to prioritize the amount of time and attention I will "selfishly" give. The tool of this book - is "its a life jacket!" Thrown to the Adults of this Millennium - and its right on time!

Julius, thanks for your candidness and obedience!

An exceptional resource. The suggestions for activities were found to be right on target. About.com

"These useful guides are highly recommended... " Library Journal

"The ideal traveling companion, and a wonderful book for the armchair traveler." Midwest Book Review

This is a book I have been looking for for a long time and Meg Henderson tells it like it was at that terrible time in the history of Clydebank and the surrouding area that was involved in the Blitz. My family lived in Dalmuir (which is the town just next to Clydebank) at the time and the opposite end of the tenament we lived in was bombed, one of my sisters was in the ARP which helped in rescuing the victims of the Holy City. My family moved to Clydebank after the war so I can relate to all the areas mentioned in the book. It is just pure nostalgia to me. My brother who lives in the Glasgow area just read it and like me just loved this fabulous book.

This book made me laugh, cry and get angry. I was born in Glasgow and grew up in New Zealand from the age of nine years onwards. My grandfather, father and uncles worked in the shipyards, and I heard the stories Meg Henderson tells from when I was young. "The Holy City" filled in spaces in my knowledge and satisfied my curiosity about some of my roots. Apart from that, I so admired Marion Kate MacLeod as a character. She was absolutely believable - I know Scottish women just like her - and I was engrossed in the story at every opportunity because I wanted to know what happened to her. Because I was born in Glasgow, I had no trouble understanding the dialogue. However, I could see it being a stumbling block to non-Scottish readers. I would urge those readers to persevere. It is worth the effort.

My first time using Amazon for a book but they came through for me.What can I say about this book.I was born in Clydebank in 49,a little after this story is staged and fortunately ,after the war.If you,re Scottish and especially a Bankie,you have to read this book.The blitzed buildings were still in existance when I was still at school in 62.My parents and relatives lived in the Holy City.I know these people.I know there names and the streets they lived in.I too ended up in the Fifley.I knew the Boyles and the Rocks.I,m a Bankie and proud of it.I got this book 3 days ago and I couldn,t put it down.I laughed and cried at some of the things in it,Mostly I cried.I highly recommend it.You might have a problem with the Scots writing at times but persevere.This is a CLASSIC.Ray Hood.Aye A Bankie

Exiled from Hitler's totalitarian regime to neighboring Switzerland, Röpke emerged as the man credited for the Federal Republic of Germany's postwar boom and was influential on the policies of Germany's Economic Minister Ludwig Erhard. Wilhelm Röpke stands apart from most economists in that he thinks on a more humane level rejecting crude utilitarian calculations in favor of sound empirical reasoning. The crux of Röpke's economic thought is that the individual has meaning. The individual is more than a mere hyperatomized cog in the machine. He recognizes that the market is not some abstract ideology (contrary to Novak's concept adulation of 'democratic capitalism.') Moreover, the market does not exist in a vacuum, but within a transcedent moral order. The market economy represents "the economic order proper to a definite social structure and to a definite spiritual and moral setting." He criticizes "the cult of the colossal" and giganticism where individuals "become mere passively activated mass particles or social molecules." Centralism, which Röpke detests, leads to socialism, a colossal state, an impersonal bureaucracy, and a dehumanized society. Röpke's Humane Economy, on the other hand, posits that a decentralized order is the path to freedom, vibrant communities, properity, and overall human happiness.

Röpke notes that the sound economic order of free enterprise "must find its place in a higher order of things which is not ruled by supply and demand, free prices and competition. It must be firmly contained within an all-embracing order of society in which the imperfections and harshness of economic freedom are corrected by law and in which man is not denied conditions of life appropriate to his nature." Röpke poigantly surmised that: "The market economy, and with social and political freedom, can thrive only as part and under the protection of a bourgeois system. This implies the existence of a society in which certain fundamentals are respected and color the whole network of social relationships: individual effort and responsibility, absolute norms and values, independence based on ownership, prudence and daring, calculating and saving, responsibility for planning one's own life, proper coherence with the community, family feeling, a sense of tradition and the succession of generations combined with an open-minded view of the present and the future, proper tension between individual and community, firm moral discipline, respect for the value of money, the courage to grapple on one's own with life and its uncertainties, a sense of the natural order of things, and a firm scale of values." Röpke astutely observes that civil society is awash in problems from cultural fragmentation, urbanization, and gargantuan institutionalism. He recognizes the benefits and limits of the market economy, which he eloquently defends.

This classic economic treatise recently was rereleased from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. I also recommend Wilhelm Ropke: Swiss Localist, Global Economist by John Zmirak from ISI's Library of Modern Thinkers Series, which is an insightful biography and introduction to the economic, political and social thought of this brilliant man.

One of the great errors prevalent in economics is the assumption that an economy is a kind of endogenous entity which can be understood entirely on its own terms, without reference to social, political, and psychological factors. This error is especially prevalent among those ideologues who believe that, while politics affects economics, economics never affects politics. But this is clearly not how things stand in social reality. Politics and economics exist within a complex web of causal interdependence. No attempt to impose through politics a specific brand of economics can ever hope to be successful, since waves of causation from the economic realm will ricochet back into the political realm, thus altering the original economic program.

The political right, especially in its libertarian and pro-market incarnations, has never properly understood this insight into social reality. In their polemic economic tracts, they implicitly assume that "society" or the "government" could choose at any time to adopt any economic principle it liked, regardless of the likely social or political consequences of that principle. Libertarians tend to support any economy policy which they believe will bring about greater freedom and efficiency, ignoring all the while the disastrous consequences the policy might have in the political and social realms. The great merit of Wilhelm Roepke's "Humane Economy" is that he sedulously avoids this error. Roepke is one of the few pro-market who understands that the free market does not exist in vacuo and that the market cannot be defended as a good-in-itself. In the "Humane Economy," Roepke points out that free enterprise depends on sociological, moral, and cultural factors for its maintenance and survival. The "sphere of the market, of competition, of the system where supply and demand move prices and thereby govern production, may be regarded and defended only as part of a wider general order encompassing ethics, law, the natural conditions of life and happiness, the state, politics, and power," writes Roepke. "Individuals who compete on the market and there pursue their own advantage stand all the more in need of the social and moral bonds of community, without which competition degenerates most grievously." Roepke's defense of the market rests firmly on time-tested conservative principles. He dissects the corrosive effects of mass society and social rationalism and warns against those two "slowly spreading cancers of our Western economy," "the irresistible advance of the welfare state and the erosion of the value of money, which is called creeping inflation." There are few books which detail the crisis of modern civilization in the West better than this one; and none which offer a more convincing vision of a genuinely "humane" economy.

Russell Kirk tended to take the view of Edmund Burke that the age of Sophists, Economists, and Calculators was upon us and that the unbought graces of life were gone. Kirk found the priests of the dismal science to be a blinkered breed who worshipped the god Efficiency, but from that judgment he excluded Wilhelm Ropke, whose work was aimed at returning economics to the human scale.

Ropke opposed the rise of the National Socialists in his native Germany. When Hitler came to power, Ropke was forced to leave, having lectured against the centralizing economics of that regime. But after the Second World War he returned to play a large role in Germany's postwar recovery, which was based on market solutions. From experience he had no confidence in systems of centralized authority -- socialism, communism, or collectivized decision-making of any kind. Against these he believed in local institutions, such as the small town of his birth, family, church, local community, neighborhood, and what Burke called the little platoons in which we travel.

Further, he had no faith in an abstract capitalism that excluded moral considerations. The essence of A Humane Economy is that the most important facets of life transcend the economic sphere. Ropke builds his argument by looking at the moral foundations and ethical conditions necessary for a market economy to function, and by locating the market economy within necessary limits and spheres of activity. He also examines the destructive effects of mass society: crowded cities, bureaucratic hospitals, ubiquitous industry, egalitarian democracy, the absurd pace and busy-ness of modern life, and the myth of the sovereign people over the individual person. The remaining chapters look at the welfare state, chronic inflation, and the importance of ownership and private property.

The line that Ropke draws is between centrism and decentrism. With centrism comes the gradual erosion of the human element. Just as Ortega y Gassett showed how modernity had excluded man from art, so Ropke is arguing that economics has gradually excluded man from economics. While art had become preoccupied with abstract ideas, economics was being treated as a science, surrounded by theory, charts, and graphs. What economists should have been doing, argues Ropke, is adapting economic policy to man, not trying to adapt man to economics.

Readers should have no trouble recognizing this dehumanization at work in today's world. Contra Ropke, the centralizing impulse is on the rise in both government and the workplace. Books about economics have earned their reputation for dullness, but Ropke transcends the genre. His book is readable and re-readable, with a wider view than the blinkered breed usually gives us. Perhaps in time A Humane Economy will receive a proper hearing.

I piked this book up on a whim and I am so happy that I did. This book deals with so many issues from mind control to hypocritical church members. Passion Adams is a woman who is trying to start over and in a desperate need for money she decides to be a surrogate mother for a local pastor's wife. After the wife's sudden death she searches out the wife's husband, pastor of a large church. Their relationship causes problems for everyone from politicians to family members. excellent read.

This was a wonderful story. I admire Passion's strength through all that she endured in the past and present. All Passion wanted was a new life and to be forgiven for her past sins. A lot of people (Christians) didn't make that very easy for her. It made me take a look at myself as a Christian woman and how I treat other people. When Jesus died, He wiped the slate clean. I really enjoyed this book and highly recommend it.

Passion was a very sensual book. It grabs you from page 1.

Passion Adams came from the streets. She had a good heart and was trying to get money to get off the streets. She was befriended by a preachers wife. CeCe wanted Passion to be the suragate mother to the child she couldn't bear. Passion agreed, but before CeCe could tell her husband the Reverend Jourdan Watters she is murdered.

Jourdan Watters was attracted to Passion when he first laid eyes on her during a Sunday Morning church service. He knew she was temptation, but really couldn't digest that she was carrying his child.

Passion fell in love with Jourdan and wanted him to know it. Passion was befriended by a young woman who belonged to Jourdan's church. She ironically worked for the DA's office who was investigating CeCe's murder.

This story had a mixture of mystery, suspense and laughter. You will get a few surprises. Get the book you won't regret it.

Lauren Henderson takes an old trick, a switcheroo, and gives it new life and contemporary meaning. This book is a very enjoyable look at the choices women make about careers, marriage, children, and friendship.

This (so far) final book in the series really shows her growth as a sleuth, but also as an adult. Should she kiss the pretty boy (and he is) or should she move to the next level in a real relationship? Now, I'm panting for the next book!

This (so far) final book in the series really shows her growth as a sleuth, but also as an adult. Should she kiss the pretty boy (and he is) or should she move to the next level in a real relationship? Now, I'm panting for the next book!

Against all logic, Bill Henderson travels to Maine in search of a quiescent state of mind. The editor of Pushcart Press is a married middle-aged man who has just completed his memoirs and is now searching for... what? A tower. His own tower. This compulsion to create a space of fortified solitude is an impulse that is as equally mysterious to the writer/builder himself as to the reader. This curious book is a hodgepodge of details of some of the most acute personal events of his life, the practical construction of a tower from the allocation of a plot of land to the ideal decor for a tower and a scattered history of tower raising. It is a meditation on the compulsive need for solitude in a world where religion falls short of answering our metaphysical questions. The details of the tower's construction are threaded with Henderson's anecdotal accounts and justifications for the project. Illustrations of the tower he builds and various historical towers are scattered throughout the book. Unfortunately, he spends a tad too long summarizing the major points of his two previous memoirs instead of digging into new areas of his literary and personal life. Far from solving the problem of why he wants to build his own tower, this book is a testament to the impulsive desires of our lives. It is meant not only as a practical guide to building your own tower but dealing with the oddities of individual existence. Like Thoreau's Walden, this book is a novel, memoir, philosophical essay and social commentary touching upon universal issues through a moving personal account.

Interesting, insightful read of how an intelligent man resolved crisis he faced in life in a positive, 'constructive' manner. The details of building his tower on a VERY low budget are given along with other towers that have been built worldwide including the Watts Towers (LA) which were also built without apparent reason.

Actually there is a reason for building the tower. Henderson faced certain dilemmas in his life and the solitude and focus he used to build the tower also helped him resolve these problems. Wouldn't it be great if all people could muster the strength to work out their life dilemmas in such a positive manner?

This was a thoroughly enjoyable read. I just wonder if Henderson continued to elaborate on his tower in subsequent seasons?

In this book, Bill Henderson gives the reader insights into his personal quest to build as strong,lasting and well-crafted a tower as the relationship he aspires to build within his family and with his God. Both forms of construction entail the exercise of care and personal responsibility and also call on faith to overcome the vertigo of all human beings as they stand poised over the abyss:in this posture, they can, through their action or inaction,either rise to great heights or fall to the lowest depths.

This book is not just about "Communicating God's Truth to Our Changing World," but also about better understanding the world we live in today. The author delves into various facets of the modern (American) life to show "Who We Are," (chapter 3-8), and "How We Think," (chapters 9-14). While doing so, he shows not only how deeply our culture has gone into a sort of postmodern chaos, but also gives examples of how he has been able to reach out to non-Christians and see their lives' changed for Christ. Henderson has definitely been affected in his writing by his mentor, the author of the foreword, Haddon Robinson, named one of the top ten preachers in America. This is mostly positive, including Dr. Henderson's "Concepts Worth Remembering" and "Recommended Reading" lists that are at the end of every major section. This book is very readable and helpful for any Christian who may want to know the current culture better as well as how to present the gospel of Christ in the 21st Century. I enjoyed the book for these reasons, but did not feel it was exceptional enough to warrant 5 big stars. However it is very good and any pastor or lay person who is actively involved in the life of their church would enjoy it.

In high school speech classes, we were taught to "know your audience." As an apathetic high schooler, I didn't really care what she meant, but it eventually made sense (once I actually decided to think about it). You wouldn't use sock puppets to explain math to accountants; you wouldn't use in-depth power-point presentations to explain math to first graders. With this in mind, why do many Americans still try to talk about Jesus using the methods used thirty years ago? Why do we use Christian "jargon" to explain Christianity to those outside the faith?

Henderson, as you might guess, contends that modern American Christians must change their approach to sharing the faith in order to fit modern America. The pattern of Henderson's book is straightforward: he examines a particular aspect/mindset/value of modern Americans; he then gives ideas about how a Christian might share Words of Eternal Life with such an American. Henderson's prose is both straightforward and enjoyable. He gets right to the heart of the American mindset, then illustrates it with descriptions from scenes from popular movies, personal anecdotes, jokes, etc.

In all, Henderson does the modern Christian a great service in writing "Culture Shift." Jesus tells Christains to tell others about him ("Go, therefore, and baptize all nations...") and Henderson can help us along the way through this book. Highly recommended.

Jason Cruise Founder TodaysPreacher.Com

There are a lot of bad books out there today!! There is nothing worse than spending money on something that you can't use; but, this is not one of those books!!! Henderson's book was super, in my opinion. He is certainly up to speed on today's listener. He uses a constant theme throughout the book which he deems, "God's Word to a _______." For instance, Chapter 6 deals with "God's Word To A Distracted World"; Chapter 8 deals with "God's Word To A Disconnected World." This helps you see how God's Word can reach such a target.

In this work he covers the average person sitting in your audience; what has made them the type of listener they are; their different thinking patterns, etc. David Henderson sat under Haddon Robinson, the "teacher of preachers." You can see Robinson's solid, Biblical influence on Henderson; and, I think this only adds to the credibility of the author.

David Henderson knows how to help you "gain a hearing" with a crowd. The book really helped me better understand today's audience, and techniques to help reach them. I'd really recommend that you read this book ... I think you'll be a better preacher because of it!!!

Preach On Friends ... Jason Cruise

This book is a quick glance through various aspects of e-learning. The coverage is not deep, but very broad. This book tells what is e-learning all about; provides specific case studies and interviews with e-learning leaders; presents economical analysis; shows how to apply e-learning to your business; and describes the IBM 4-tier learning model.

However, I do not agree with the author's assertion that "Learning is work, not entertainment". A good learning is always pleasurable and amusing.

This title is easy to read, you may wade through it once and then keep it as your personal e-learning FAQ reference book.

Al Henderson does an excellent job of demystifying e-learning by describing the many facets of corporate e-learning in a style that is both informative and enjoyable. This book will appeal to a wide audience, whether the reader is new to e-learning or has spent many years in the field. The book can be used a reference, an introduction, or a guide to the capabilities and possibilities that e-learning has to offer. The case studies are useful in linking concepts to practical application. Readers will enjoy the perspectives on the future of e-learning provided by industry thought leaders.

If your organization is considering e-learning, I would recommend reading this book and reviewing the concepts with your stakeholders to ensure your are pursuing e-learning for the right reasons, and are approaching it with realistic expectations.

Henderson's book on e-learning is one of the most straight-forward, honest looks at e-learning that I have seen in recent years. His Q&A format allows the reader to quickly jump to points of interest without spending time on topics that do not pertain. As a person who has had to deal with business training "gone wrong", Henderson's suggestions for a successful e-learning environment make a lot of sense. As other reviewers have pointed out, I believe that this book and the concepts it describes will translate over to academia readily. Universities and Junior colleges would greatly benefit from taking a step back and focusing on the basics. Schools that are currently attempting online classes could be improved if the took to heart the topics that Henderson describes. Since his experience at IBM has given him a first hand look at how online learning can be done right, companies and learning institutes would be wise to pay attention to what he has to say.

By focusing on technical details, real-life cost, and the practicality of using learning on the web, the reader is able to quickly get up to speed on all the issues that must be considered when online training is attempted.

The practical guide was very useful; it was so easy to find information quickly that I am recommending it to my company's training division.