The Make Your Own Application devotional series is an open-ended time of pondering and prayer. These 40-day devotionals find the supernatural in normal life. Learn Christian truths from the behavior of cats in the yard and kids at the skatepark. Face difficult issues like sickness and betrayal, as well as the joys of victory and Christ-like compassion.
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To reach Camelot, a person must take one of the magical Roads. But traveling inside an enchantment has its dangers. The Ways attract magical beings and beasts, from the helpful to the horrific.
Thomas, a seventeen-year-old magician’s apprentice, is sent to the king’s city by his master. He eagerly enters the Road of Leaves, but then people start dying and they are being killed by magic. Will he find a way to fight back against a master magician?
With each new battle, Thomas is forced to craft enchantments far beyond his training. And it doesn’t stop with just that Road. As the series continues, he faces ever greater dangers as Camelot is battered in a magical war. Will the king’s city fall to sorcerers? Will Thomas master the craft of magic or will he die trying?
Effective Employee Discipline for Managers, Supervisors, and Business Owners
TARGET THE WORK, NOT THE WORKER
Category: Management Skills, Business Guides Author: Eric Lorenzen Available from Amazon and other retailers.
Pricing: $6.99 e-book $9.95 trade paperback
Discipling Employees the Right Way
“No manager enjoys disciplining employees, but great managers know how to discipline effectively.”ERIC LORENZEN
Target the Work, Not the Worker is a concise, step-by-step guide on how to warn employees, write up troublemakers, and fire those employees who can’t be salvaged.
Learn the 4 steps of discipline, what progressive discipline means, and how to document poor performance.
Understand how to control your own attitude and responses.
Get a better understanding of why employees sometimes fail and the importance of not guessing at what might be their motivations.
Master the when, where, how, and what of any disciplinary meeting.
Understand what laws to watch out for when firing an employee.
“Target the Work, Not the Worker will help you become a more effective leader for your team.”
This book includes the following sample forms for your use:
Performance Improvement Notice
Termination Letter
Target the Work, Not the Worker is part of the How to be a Better Boss series and is intended as a general business guidebook, addressing the needs of managers, supervisors, and small business owners in the USA.
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Hi there, our names are Amy and Eric and we are normal parents trying to raise our kids to become successful Christian adults in a modern world. We love being parents and often it’s fun but it’s not easy, which is probably the same story for you.
All of us want our kids to succeed in life, but what does that look like for a Christian? In this Bible study we will consider how to nurture the fruit of the Spirit in our kids, from love to patience, from goodness to self-control.
How can we show our kids what it means to follow Jesus? What should we be telling them about our faith and morals?
This book is a 10-week Bible study experience that is meant to be done, not just read, and includes a Prayer Experience and a family Serve Experience.
Available at major bookstores, in trade paperback, hardback, and e-book formats, including:
JESUS EMBRACED PARENTING GROUP LEADER GUIDE
Category: Bible Studies, Studies for Small Groups Authors: Eric Lorenzen and Amy Lorenzen Available from Amazon and other retailers.
Pricing: $9.95 e-book $12.95 trade paperback
Guide for Leading a Group Study
This book is for all group leaders facilitating a Jesus Embraced Parenting small group study. This book provides directions on group questions and activities as well as instructions on
In this study, you don’t have to preach or teach or lecture. This is a study where you let everyone else talk, just guiding the conversation to keep it on the subject of the week.
Have fun leading others as all of you learn more about helping your children to grow spiritually.
This Group Leader Guide offers step-by-step directions for each week’s gathering, as well as instructions for a Praise and Prayer Experience and a Family Serve Experience.
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Please note that one of our major retailers (Amazon) is going through “technical issues” that is causing their print book pricing to go haywire. So far, three of our current print books have been found overpriced on Amazon’s website. The following books have been marked up without our approval:
Jesus Embraced Parenting (Bible study): trade paperback retail price should have been $12.95, but we found it retailed in the US at $20.65. Amazon has since corrected the pricing error.
Fallen King (epic fantasy): trade paperback retail price should be $22.95, but is currently listed at $26.42
Make Your Own Application: Work, Woes, and Wisdom (Christian devotional); retail should be $9.95, but is currently listed at $19.42
So far, the technical issue seems limited to just trade paperback editions. E-book and Hardback are fine. We haven’t yet checked other Amazon markets, like the UK or JP, so we don’t know if they are acting up too.
Amazon’s publisher support states that it may take 2-3 days to correct their technical issues and that it is effecting items worldwide.
Prices at other Online Retailers like Barnes and Noble and Apple iBooks are unaffected.
We just want to apologize in advance as Reader Hill’s online home goes through a remodel. We will be freshening the place up and making some much-needed updates to get us ready for the next year, when we plan to greatly increase our publishing rate.
There are no simple roads to Camelot. Thomas is a 17-year-old magician’s apprentice who must travel to the Camelot guild house for his master. He takes the Road of Leaves, an enchanted tree-lined way that shifts every night as the winds move its leafy route. He joins a walking party that includes a monk, merchants, a troubadour, and an old woman.
Thom expects a pleasant hike along the Road that was crafted by the great wizard Merlin. Instead, he staggers into murder, magical warfare, and romance. While trying to make his way to Arthur’s capital, Thom fights natural forces, a sorceress, and a pair of ornery goats.
Not only must Thom struggle to use magic he barely understands, but he also has to face an enchantment that is far beyond his comprehension. An enchantment that fights back, for the Road of Leaves will defend itself.
ROAD OF LEAVES, a YA fantasy by Eric Lorenzen.
Available from Amazon
Price: $2.99 e-book/ $11.99 print
Make Your Own Application is a series of unique 40-day devotionals that will challenge you, encourage you, and cause you to think.
In Book 1- CATS, KIDS, and CHRIST– you will discover the spiritual lessons to be found in the most ordinary events in life, from parenting to caring for a sick cat, from sharing your faith to facing the loss of a job. Experience this very different devotional and, of course, make your own application…
MAKE YOUR OWN APPLICATION: CATS, KIDS, AND CHRIST Series: Make Your Own Application, book 1 Author: Michael Newnham Available from Amazon and other retailers. Price: $4.99 e-book, $9.95 trade paperback
Category: Devotional, Christian Meditation, Prayer Author: Duane W.H. Arnold Available from Amazon and other retailers.
Price: $6.99 e-book $9.95 trade paperback
Praying in the Face of Death
“What would you die for?” It is one of the ultimate questions, as we all treasure our lives. Yet, here they are, those who sacrificed their lives for something unseen. Christians who through the centuries have died for their faith and have left to us their prayers. From Stephen who died beneath the walls of Jerusalem in the first century to a young Iranian Christian shot in Tehran in 1981, they continue to speak to us even in their death.
We live in an age of uncertainty, spiritual pluralism and, in much of the western world, material excess. The prayers of the martyrs come to down through the centuries to challenge our assumptions and the “comfortable Christianity” so often delivered from pulpits and television screens week by week. These prayers remind us of the worthiness of Christ and the costliness of the Gospel.
We are humbled by the commitment shown and the price paid. We are encouraged by their honesty and their grace. We are inspired by their vision.
Martyrs’ Prayers comes to remind us and challenge us in our faith.
Buy MARTYRS’ PRAYERS today. Available from major book retailers worldwide, including:
Also SOON available from many independent bookstores and book lending services nationwide, including from Scribd, Playster, and other retailers.
Reader Hill is proud to announce the release of the third devotional from Michael Newnham, a dad, cat-lover, and small-town pastor. Michael is best known for his Phoenix Preacher blog, which is one of the top 200 Christian websites in the USA.
Make Your Own Application is a series of unique 40-day devotionals that will challenge you, encourage you, and cause you to think.
In Book 3- LOVE, LIFE, and LEGACY– you will explore the spiritual lessons to be found in normal life, things like caring for an old pet, facing uncertain times, and loving your kids. Enjoy this very different devotional and, of course, make your own application…
Buy MAKE YOUR OWN APPLICATION- BOOK 3 today. Available from Amazon and other retailers worldwide.
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