All strong and healthy relationships in life depend on good communication. However, knowing how to effectively communicate is not as simple as following popular trends or repeating traditional approaches. Such actions which don't build on the foundational principles of communication, waste resources and yield results far below your potential. SEND RECEIVE walks you through the most important aspects of communication using a combination of education, encouragement, and evaluation. Knowing that ministry and church leaders have a very limited amount of time, Kevin McMillan focuses on the...

Having a good business is no longer good enough. People expect more and have the freedom to be picky in a market flooded with competition and options. Those who don't stand out or rise above others will drown. Where do you stand? Are you just a little better than average? Are you simply trying to duplicate others? Are you struggling to remain slightly ahead of your competitors? Or, would you prefer to be amazing, shine brighter than everyone else, and have a remarkable product or service? In 2009, Kevin McMillan began a two-year study of small businesses while consulting and teaching...

Practices -- specific, recurrent types of human action and activity -- are perhaps the most fundamental "building blocks" of social reality.　　This book argues that the detailed empirical study of practices is essential to effective social-scientific inquiry. It develops a philosophical infrastructure for understanding human practices, and argues that practice theory should be the analytical centrepiece of social theory and the philosophy of the social sciences.　

What would social scientists' research look like if they took these insights seriously? To answer...