Gender or Giftedness is written for men and women who sincerely want a biblical understanding of the role of women in the church. It is a study which moves readers from arguing about the difficult texts to creating a framework within which to understand those texts. The challenge is to see all of Scripture through the paradigm of Redemption rather than seeing the Fall as normative. The questions to answer are: "Does gender determine ministry or does ministry flow out of call and giftedness?" and "On what basis do we make this decision?" It is offered in honour of women who long to serve God...

Alzheimer Disease is a silent thief. Day by day it steals our memory - the very thing that tells us who we are, who we are with and how we got to where we are. Without that knowledge we feel hopelessly lost. Lynn Smith shares her story as caregiver for her mother who suffered from dementia in the hope that some of the lessons she learned will be helpful to anyone moving into that difficult role. There are many things she wished she had known earlier in her journey. This is not a medical book about dementia - but rather a personal story of living with it As well as her own journals, Lynn has...

This book is for beginners. This book introduces you to the field of agile software development with C#. There are many books on C# and as many or even greater number of books on agile, but very few books combine both software development methodologies and programming language. Agile blurs the line between the roles of analyst, designer, programmer, and tester. This book follows that principle. When you learn agile, you will learn to analyze, design, develop, and test. By the end of the book, you will be given a tiny project to work on by following the agile philosophy. It is great if you can...