Olson: 602 books

Youth ministry isn’t just meeting with students and teaching them God’s truth.  It also involves a myriad of administrative and operational details.  Youth Ministry Management Tools 2.0 provides youth ministers and volunteers with helpful insights, advice, and practical resources to successfully...

From the fall in Eden, to this very day, every human being must decide whether to walk in friendship with God, or in rebellion against him. The choice between the ‘tree of life’ or the ‘tree of the knowledge of good and evil’ is not just Adam and Eve’s historic choice, but the option of...

At the centre of human history stands an event, more meaningful, more significant, and more mysterious than any other: the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In all the actions and wanderings of humanity, and in all the musings about our origins and future, this event remains unparalleled. Even...

‘Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man’ (John 1:51). The white light of Jesus’ mantle—that fell upon the Church when He ascended; just as Elijah’s mantle fell, at his ascension, upon Elisha—has been refracted...

Religious Ways of Experiencing Life: A Global and Narrative Approach surveys world religions, using the narratives and discourses of each tradition to describe it in its own terms. Carl Olson examines each tradition’s practices, teachings, material culture, roles of women, and path to salvation,...

After raising eleven-year-old adopted daughter, Carrie Marie, Joanna and Paul Andres face the rampage of Joanna's ex-husband, Greg. When released from prison he threatens to take away his biological daughter from them. When Carrie Marie is suddenly abducted from a movie theater, the family suspects...

Ted Michael, PI, working in Houston Texas is awakened by a call from a Mexican gang member who tells him they have his dad and are demanding a large sum of money by midnight that night, or his dad dies!. Horrified,Ted notifies the San Antonio Police and offers his help to find his dad and mom also...

Larry and Sally are on a vacation of a lifetime, crossing the Great Sierra Mountains on to Sacramental, Seattle and cruise to Juneau, while Sally works in the Juneau County Hospital. The train breezes easily through the snow capped mountains as Larry and Sally enjoy the ride. Their ride is savagely...

Packed with color photos, this bestselling guide offers itineraries that show you how to see the best of Seattle in a short time—with bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Featuring a full range of area and thematic tours, plus dining, lodging, shopping, nightlife, and practical visitor...

In Masculinity and Dress in Roman Antiquity, Olson argues that clothing functioned as part of the process of communication by which elite male influence, masculinity, and sexuality were made known and acknowledged, and furthermore that these concepts interconnected in socially significant ways. This...

Getting Wild Neal Riley gets more then he bargins for when he takes a leave of absence from his job to tend bar for his brother at The Swollen Pussy Club. His life turns upside down when Librarian and would-be erotic novelist Jennifer Logan, takes a job as a stripper to "research"-...

What motivates individuals to take up arms against their government? What types of states have historically been more prone to internal conflicts? In Civil Wars: Internal Struggles, Global Consequences Marie Olson Lounsbery and Frederic Pearson explore these questions and present a comprehensive analysis...

Conflict Dynamics presents case studies of six nation-states: Sierra Leone, the Republic of Congo, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, and Peru. In the book, Alethia H. Cook and Marie Olson Lounsbery examine the evolving nature of violence in intrastate conflicts, as well as the governments and groups...

Here's a different angle on humor--it can be a spiritual practice, an expression of a theology of joy, hope, and grace. Humor is so valuable, for it offers self-care, healing, and renewal, precious gifts in times of pressure and tension. Olson begins by telling of three unforgettable friends who lived...