Edificando Puentes al Coraz n del Discipulado es el primer libro de la serie de liderazgo Puentes. Aunque cada libro puede ser usado independientemente este primer libro presenta conceptos fundacionales y ejercicios que ser n muy ben ficos para todos aquellos que sirven de manera informal o formal como l deres parroquiales. Edificando Puentes al Coraz n del Discipulado est enraizado en la Tradici n y pastoral cat lica, y ha sido elaborado sobre el fundamento de investigaci n de las mejores pr cticas de parroquias a lo largo de Norteam rica. Est s listo para comenzar a construir una comunidad comprometida y evangelizadora? Comencemos
Every person is issued the same amount of faith, are we using it? Do we truly believe that God is faithful? If so, we can move any mountain that stands in our way. Abundance comes from faith and wisdom. Wisdom is the application of knowledge. When we believe, know and do - abundance is on the way.
There is no greater honor than to be loved and befriended by God. He desires to become friends with each of us, he longs for us to receive his love and to understand his goodwill for every person. Friendship with God gives us access to God's plans. In order to receive access, God must trust us and that trust begins in our hearts. If we love God with all that we are, we are willing to sacrifice so that others can experience God's love. We commune with him and spend time with him, so that we may hear his instructions. We not only obey his commands, but we enjoy operating in the will of God. Finally, we see others as God sees them. We recognize when others are in need. We forgive those who make mistakes just as God forgave us. We sacrifice our comfort so that others may experience comfort. We love others in the same way we want to be loved. When we are walking with God, spending time with him, and doing his will, we are his friends and gain access to the work he is accomplishing on the earth. To receive the gift of salvation that leads to eternal life, we must only confess and believe in our hearts that Christ died for us. But to gain access to an abundant life, filled with wisdom, stature, and honor, we must place God first and be about His business.
Why would someone care where your God is? Perhaps it is because they can sense his presence when you enter a room or maybe they experience his love when you are attentive to their needs. Maybe it is because you are as bold as a lion and as harmless as a dove. It could be that they are a witness to your struggle, but you refuse to lose faith. Only God knows why one's curiosity would peak so greatly as to question the location of your God. A relationship with God is required for those who wish to understand his greatness. God is omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent, and omnipresent. Anything he desires is his. All that we see, know and experience has either been created by him or allowed to exist by his authority. God is not an instrument that can be utilized to gain power, money, authority, or fame. He doesn't sit as a statue - motionless and unable to speak. He is. He was. He will be. Those who trust God are protected and blessed.
Sometimes when we are walking in obedience to the will of God, we are met with a request for extreme sacrifice. We have witnessed through stories in the Bible such willingness in Abraham, who was willing to sacrifice a son he'd dreamt of having his entire life; in three Hebrew boys sentenced to death in a fiery furnace; Daniel in the lion's den; and Stephen stoned before the religious leaders. This level of obedience is not intended for the faint of heart, but for those who are completely and totally dependent on God. This is a true test of faith, one that even Jesus himself found difficult.
We are blessed to have an environment with blue skies, green trees, the earth beneath our feet, and air we can breathe. We live in an environment that was created to sustain life and we must acknowledge none of us were born with the knowledge to create the world we live in. God, the creator of heaven and earth, loves us immensely and stands afar to see if anyone will seek him, acknowledge him, or even try to understand who he truly is. He sent his son, Jesus Christ, to be God with us, and has left his Holy Spirit to be God within us. When I realized that we serve a living God, who hears us, listens, and loves each of us - uniquely and individually, it changed my life. God is knocking at the door of our hearts to see if we will let him in. He desires to be Your God, just as he is My God.
Miss Mia Moore is young, beautiful, successful and wealthy. This she knows which makes her superficial, conceited, and downright selfish. Not to mention she is a bit of a sexist, (well she is). She has one goal, this money. Cut throat when it comes to business and a tyrant in love. Caught in a love triangle between the good boy vs. bad guy. One being a young man named Brian, aspiring actor + waiter = broke, & the other a married man; whom oddly favors her absentee father. Daddy issues to the third degree. She is about to launch her new series of lingerie on Christmas Eve, a collection she calls "naughty or nice." Ironically, she hates Christmas, but it's good for the money. People like to spend money around the holidays and she likes to make it. Distorted life, Devastated by her present state, if she doesn't let go of the past she will never have a future with either of these men or any man for that matter. This book touches base with everything from social stigmas, stereotypes, sexism, double standards, how daddy issues can affect grown women, self-discovery, love and life.
Ethics and Educational Technology explores the creation and implementation of learning technologies through an applied ethical lens. The success of digital tools and platforms in today’s multi-faceted learning and performance contexts is dependent not only on effective design and pedagogical principles but, further, on an awareness of these technologies’ interactions with and implications for users and social systems. This first-of-its-kind book provides an evidence-based, process-oriented model for ethics in technology-driven instructional design and development, one that necessitates intentional reflective practice, a critical and theoretically informed interrogation of technology, and a participatory approach to technology design and applications. Rich with real-world ethics examples and design cases, supported by reflection questions and applied activities, and attentive to ethical codes among preeminent educational technology organizations, this is an ideal resource for students, faculty, researchers, and professionals across educational technology, instructional design, learning sciences, learning engineering, organizational training, and other disciplines.
