Rakuten Kobo

Skip side bar filters

Abundant Community

Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods

by John McKnight ...

We need our neighbors and community to stay healthy, produce jobs, raise our children, and care for those on the margin. Institutions and professional services have reached their limit of their ability to help us. The consumer society tells us that we are insufficient and that we must purchase what we need from specialists and systems outside the community. We have become consumers and clients, ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: Audiobook

We need our neighbors and community to stay healthy, produce jobs, raise our children, and care for those on the margin. Institutions and professional services have reached their limit of their ability to help us. The consumer society tells us that we are insufficient and that we must purchase what we need from specialists and systems outside the community. We have become consumers and clients,
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
John Deere and the Bereavement Counselor

by John L. McKnight, Hildegarde Hannum ...

Series series Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures
The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.Just as the sod-busting steel plow was destructive of the healthy agricultural development of Wisconsin, modern service technologies such as bereavement counseling can be destructive of the natural caring web of community. According to John McKnight, ... Read more

$0.99 USD

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.Just as the sod-busting steel plow was destructive of the healthy agricultural development of Wisconsin, modern service technologies such as bereavement counseling can be destructive of the natural caring web of community. According to John McKnight,
... Read more
Audiobook

The Abundant Community

Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods

by John McKnight, Peter Block ...

Narrated by Janina Edwards ...

Unabridged

5 hours 46 min

Bestselling authors John McKnight and Peter Block offer compelling new understanding of how and why community has been lost in our neighborhoods, cities, and society and what ordinary citizens as well as leaders and professionals can do to restore it. ... Read more

$18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

Bestselling authors John McKnight and Peter Block offer compelling new understanding of how and why community has been lost in our neighborhoods, cities, and society and what ordinary citizens as well as leaders and professionals can do to restore it.
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible: Epistles of John and Jude

by John Painter, Scot McKnight ...

This extract from the Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible provides Painter and McKnight's introduction to and concise commentary on the Epistles of John and Jude. The Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible presents, in nontechnical language, the best of modern scholarship on each book of the Bible, including the Apocrypha. Reader-friendly commentary complements succinct summaries of each section of the ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This extract from the Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible provides Painter and McKnight's introduction to and concise commentary on the Epistles of John and Jude. The Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible presents, in nontechnical language, the best of modern scholarship on each book of the Bible, including the Apocrypha. Reader-friendly commentary complements succinct summaries of each section of the
... Read more
An Other Kingdom

Departing the Consumer Culture

by Peter Block, Walter Brueggemann, John McKnight ...

Our seduction into beliefs in competition, scarcity, and acquisition are producing too many casualties. We need to depart a kingdom that creates isolation, polarized debate, an exhausted planet, and violence that comes with the will to empire. The abbreviation of this empire is called a consumer culture.We think the free market ideology that surrounds us is true and inevitable and represents ... Read more

$10.00 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

Our seduction into beliefs in competition, scarcity, and acquisition are producing too many casualties. We need to depart a kingdom that creates isolation, polarized debate, an exhausted planet, and violence that comes with the will to empire. The abbreviation of this empire is called a consumer culture.We think the free market ideology that surrounds us is true and inevitable and represents
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Ideas: Brilliant Thinkers Speak Their Minds

Brilliant Thinkers Speak Their Minds

by Bernie Lucht, Eugen Weber, George Woodcock, Paul Goodman, Northrop Frye, George Steiner, Ronald Wintrobe, John McKnight, Michael Bliss, William Kristol, Bob Rae, Abraham Rotstein, John Crispo, Charles Taylor, Bernie Farber, Bob Davis, James Orbinski, Gerald Caplan, Hannah Arendt, Robert Lowell, Noam Chomsky, Helen Caldicott, Tariq Ali, Ursula Franklin, Robert Fulford, Janice Stein, Richard Holbrooke, Bernard Lewis, Tony Judt, Margaret MacMillan, George Monbiot, Sylvia Ostry, Roméo Dallaire, Conor Cruise O’Brien ...

For four decades, Ideas has presented more than 400,000 CBC Radio listeners in Canada and the United States with the most challenging contemporary thought of the day. Now, to mark the program’s 40th anniversary, executive producer Bernie Lucht has selected the most striking interviews and lectures for Ideas: Brilliant Thinker Speak Their Minds. Featuring some the best thinkers from North America ... Read more

$13.99 USD

For four decades, Ideas has presented more than 400,000 CBC Radio listeners in Canada and the United States with the most challenging contemporary thought of the day. Now, to mark the program’s 40th anniversary, executive producer Bernie Lucht has selected the most striking interviews and lectures for Ideas: Brilliant Thinker Speak Their Minds. Featuring some the best thinkers from North America
... Read more
Best British Short Stories 2019

by Nicholas Royle, Julia Armfield, Elizabeth Baines, Naomi Booth, Ruby Cowling, Kieran Devaney, Vicky Grut, Nigel Humphreys, Sally Jubb, John Lanchester, Sophie Mackintosh, Lucie McKnight Hardy, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Paul McQuade, Vesna Main, Robert Mason, Ann Quin, Stephen Sharp, Sam Thompson, Melissa Wan, Ren Watson, Adam Welch ...

Series series Best British Short Stories
The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its ninth year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, ... Read more

$10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its ninth year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies,
... Read more
The NIV Application Commentary on the Bible: One-Volume Edition

by Christopher A. Beetham, Nancy L. Erickson, Karen H. Jobes, Tremper Longman III, Scot McKnight, Douglas J. Moo, John H. Walton, Zondervan ...

Series series NIV Application Commentary Resources
THE AWARD-WINNING COMMENTARY SERIES THAT BRINGS THE ANCIENT MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE INTO YOUR WORLDOver 2 million copies sold!The NIV Application Commentary on the Bible is a masterful blend of content written by today's top academics in a way that is compelling and easy to understand for anyone--no formal training or seminary degree required. This one-volume commentary is intended both for personal ... Read more

$37.99 USD

THE AWARD-WINNING COMMENTARY SERIES THAT BRINGS THE ANCIENT MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE INTO YOUR WORLDOver 2 million copies sold!The NIV Application Commentary on the Bible is a masterful blend of content written by today's top academics in a way that is compelling and easy to understand for anyone--no formal training or seminary degree required. This one-volume commentary is intended both for personal
... Read more
Breakthrough Community Change

A Guide to Creating Common Agendas That Change Everything

by Paul Born ...

Discover a powerful methodology for bringing communities together to uncover hidden assets and transform deep-rooted challenges.Veteran community organizer Paul Born's work has contributed to lowering cancer rates in Maine, improving mental health for young people in Florida, and reducing poverty rates in Canada by 20 percent. In this much-needed new book, he shares stories of how he was able to ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: Audiobook

Discover a powerful methodology for bringing communities together to uncover hidden assets and transform deep-rooted challenges.Veteran community organizer Paul Born's work has contributed to lowering cancer rates in Maine, improving mental health for young people in Florida, and reducing poverty rates in Canada by 20 percent. In this much-needed new book, he shares stories of how he was able to
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
1 and 2 Thessalonians

by John Byron, Scot McKnight ...

Series series The Story of God Bible Commentary
Understand What Scripture Says and How To Live It TodayA new commentary for today's world, The Story of God Bible Commentary explains and illuminates each passage of Scripture in light of the Bible's grand story. The first commentary series to do so, SGBC offers a clear and compelling exposition of biblical texts, guiding everyday readers in how to creatively and faithfully live out the Bible in ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Understand What Scripture Says and How To Live It TodayA new commentary for today's world, The Story of God Bible Commentary explains and illuminates each passage of Scripture in light of the Bible's grand story. The first commentary series to do so, SGBC offers a clear and compelling exposition of biblical texts, guiding everyday readers in how to creatively and faithfully live out the Bible in
... Read more
Audiobook

An Other Kingdom

Departing the Consumer Culture

by Peter Block, Walter Brueggemann, John McKnight ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

3 hours 45 min

Our seduction into beliefs in competition, scarcity, and acquisition are producing too many casualties. We need to depart a kingdom that creates isolation, polarized debate, an exhausted planet, and violence that comes with the will to empire. The abbreviation of this empire is called a consumer culture.We think the free-market ideology that surrounds us is true and inevitable and represents ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Our seduction into beliefs in competition, scarcity, and acquisition are producing too many casualties. We need to depart a kingdom that creates isolation, polarized debate, an exhausted planet, and violence that comes with the will to empire. The abbreviation of this empire is called a consumer culture.We think the free-market ideology that surrounds us is true and inevitable and represents
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Pivot

The Priorities, Practices, and Powers That Can Transform Your Church into a Tov Culture

by Scot McKnight, Laura Barringer ...

A practical guide to help you build a culture in your church or organization that resists abuse and cultivates goodness.After the release of their groundbreaking book, A Church Called Tov, which recorded the stories of abuse and toxic church cultures at some of the most prominent churches in the United States, New Testament scholar and blogger for Christianity Today Scot McKnight and Laura ... Read more

$16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: Audiobook

A practical guide to help you build a culture in your church or organization that resists abuse and cultivates goodness.After the release of their groundbreaking book, A Church Called Tov, which recorded the stories of abuse and toxic church cultures at some of the most prominent churches in the United States, New Testament scholar and blogger for Christianity Today Scot McKnight and Laura
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook

Rakuten Kobo

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

What is Kobo Super Points?

Reward Yourself

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Top Series in United States

NIV Application Commentary Resources

The Story of God Bible Commentary

Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures

Best British Short Stories

Abundant Community

John Deere and the Bereavement Counselor

The Abundant Community

Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible: Epistles of John and Jude

An Other Kingdom

Ideas: Brilliant Thinkers Speak Their Minds

Best British Short Stories 2019

The NIV Application Commentary on the Bible: One-Volume Edition

Breakthrough Community Change

1 and 2 Thessalonians

An Other Kingdom

Pivot

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Top Series in United States

NIV Application Commentary Resources

The Story of God Bible Commentary

Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures

Best British Short Stories

Show: