God is very clear about His purposes for you. If you want to live a meaningful life, it must be aligned with His purposes. You have a unique purpose to fulfill, a committed passion to embrace, a role to perform, unique methodologies-a personal toolkit-to employ, and an ultimate contribution to make. In Setting Your Course, author Dr. Greg Bourgond seeks to help you set your course, find focus for your life, engage in God's journey for you, and finish your journey well. He employs a three-part process to influence you to live all-out for Christ-the compass, map, and guide: - The compass explains the importance of orienting your life in accordance with established biblical compass points. - The map defines the trajectory you are to follow based on how God has wired you. - The guide stresses the importance of being mentored and mentoring others. Setting Your Course helps you formulate a deliberate strategy for determining your purpose; assists you in aligning your life according to God's plan; encourages you to become a proactive partner in fulfilling God's purposes and redemptive activity; and exhorts you to leave a worthwhile legacy in the lives of others.

God is very clear about His purposes for you. If you want to live a meaningful life, it must be aligned with His purposes. You have a unique purpose to fulfill, a committed passion to embrace, a role to perform, unique methodologiesa personal toolkitto employ, and an ultimate contribution to make. In Setting Your Course, author Dr. Greg Bourgond seeks to help you set your course, find focus for your life, engage in Gods journey for you, and finish your journey well. He employs a three-part process to influence you to live all-out for Christthe compass, map, and guide: The compass explains the importance of orienting your life in accordance with established biblical compass points. The map defines the trajectory you are to follow based on how God has wired you. The guide stresses the importance of being mentored and mentoring others. Setting Your Course helps you formulate a deliberate strategy for determining your purpose; assists you in aligning your life according to Gods plan; encourages you to become a proactive partner in fulfilling Gods purposes and redemptive activity; and exhorts you to leave a worthwhile legacy in the lives of others.

Driving down the glamorous Las Vegas Strip, Bryce Hartman is plotting revenge against his former boss, the powerful governor of Nevada. Three thousand miles away, in Washington, D.C., Peter Holden, a two-bit lobbyist, will soon be doing the same. Long silenced by Governor Logan Key, they alone suspect the dark secret he hides, one that threatens a multimillionaire Las Vegas casino baron who will stop at nothing to protect his interests. When Albert Tom, a young Paiute Indian, discovers a body in the desert, he tells his story to reporter Mike Stanton. Now Stanton must uncover a web of deceit and murder stretching from Las Vegas to Washington, two cities where power, greed and illusion are the real games of chance.

Matriculate to Your Perfect Degree Course is a wake-up call for the many that coast through life to come alive to their true potential and build their true platform for success by harnessing the value of education in more meaningful ways than mere certification. The book challenges us to discover our unique purpose for living and to dream the dreams of our own making rather than end up as mere players of the visions of others bold enough to follow the courage of their convictions. Also, In the Matriculate to Your Perfect Degree Course You will learn: How to find your purpose in life How to find the right education How to find the right environment for your education And ultimately, the inspiration you need to achieve your dreams and goals

This book is an essential guide to all aspects of open and distance learning, covering how to choose a course, how to manage the routine aspects of studying and how to make the most of the learning opportunities, skills development and career advancement that can arise from your course. Key areas include time management, flexible learning techniques, assessment, finance, problem solving and dovetailing your course with domestic and professional commitments. The guidance is always practical and the tone is positive.

This book focuses on online pedagogy and the challenges and opportunities incumbent in the transformation of a face-to-face college course. It is intended as a resource and support for new online teachers – a source of ideas and strategies from a variety of disciplinary perspectives as well as pedagogical perspectives – and for those experienced in the online environment. The book meets the needs of faculty new to online teaching by providing them a wide variety of perspectives on the online transition – e.g. pedagogical, multidisciplinary, class size and level – by faculty with varying degrees of previous experience who have recently made the transition from face-to-face to online. Their advice and recollections offer a fresh, contemporary perspective on the subject. For administrators and faculty experienced with online instruction, the collection works as a resource for ideas intended to sustain the vibrancy and efficacy of the online environment. Taking Your Course Online includes the experiences of a cohort of faculty that responded to a University - wide call for faculty interested in developing online courses for summer session. This group participated in a series of workshops that addressed various aspects of developing online courses and online pedagogy. All of the authors taught their new online course over a subsequent 10-week summer session, and many of them have done so subsequently as well. Their experiences have great currency in the ever-changing world of online teaching. Because the collection represents the work of teachers exposed to best practices and many discussions concerning rigor, assessment, and accountability, it provides support for the viability of online teaching/learning in an environment frequently plagued by doubts about its effectiveness. Practitioners using this book will learn how to turn their face-to-face course into an online course successfully, understand best practices for transitioning courses/online teaching, minimize errors and avoid pitfalls in the transition process, and maximize learning. Faculty development professionals can use this book as a resource to teach faculty from a wide range of disciplines how to transition from the actual to the virtual classroom. Administrators such as deans and program chairs will gain useful insights into ways to think about taking entire programs online, as well as how to guide faculty in their development of pedagogical skills pertinent to online learning.

The result of more than twenty-five years of clinical, organisational, and teaching experience in the field of applied psychology, Colleen Sullivan’s Charting Your Course to New Horizons presents an exceptional tool for the development of human potential. Charting Your Course to New Horizons collects critical life skills into a coherent, comprehensive, and easy-to-apply programme, allowing you to integrate theory into practice. Once you master how to positively manage stress, you can attain, achieve, and maintain a healthy and balanced lifestyle while accomplishing personal life goals. By using the tools within, you can learn how to apply new skills constructively to improve every dimension of your life: • Explore a greater sense of self • Get—and stay—motivated • Improve your communication • Strengthen your conflict-resolution skills • Boost your health • Improve your nutrition • Gain control over your financial future • Make better use of your time • Enhance your sensuality • Explore your creativity • Reflect on your spiritual perspective