Gimme Five, a Bible study for ages 9-12, takes five biblical truths-- Salvation, Baptism, The Holy Spirit, Spiritual Gifts, and Growing in Christ-- and presents them in a clear and simple manner. An in-depth bible study on the Old Testament character, Joseph, is also included. To challenge and further enlighten students, study questions are placed appropriately.

If you follow presidential politics at all, you have heard news commentators constantly talking about swing states - those whose election outcome is uncertain. What you may not realize is that within swing states there are swing localities. This book is about such a place, a swing county in a swing state. It describes what happened when a Republican leaning Virginia county of 300,000 was suddenly thrust into this position in 2008 after being essentially ignored by presidential campaigns for more than a half century. Loudoun County - wealthy, educated, and fiercely independent - provided the...