living With dignity, Honor, and Respect
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Awesome insights into the life we can live.  Thought provoking questions encourage involvement and engagement, not just reading the words. Take the time to really think about the topic and you will get much more out of this well-written book that speaks to our troubled world today and each individual's place it it.  One reading will not be enough.
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Deborah Norville, most well known for journalism and hosting of Inside Edition (CBS), now offers The Power of Respect. She addresses the effects of respect in homes, schools and businesses.
Data and stories support the premise that respect increases productivity. Norville explains that on the set of Inside Edition, mutual respect between staffers has made the program and enjoyable experience.  Every employee is vital to success. She includes multiple testimonies of managers and business owners who invested in trust and respect of employees. Businesses such as Zappos and PartsSource, not only thrived financially, but people loved their jobs, too.
Medical and mental health professionals agree that mutual respect enhances relationships. I appreciated lists and sidebars offering practical suggestions from a variety of these sources. My favorite topic stemmed from finding out how someone else defines respect.  I realized that my family may perceive respect differently, and therefore respond in a way I might not anticipate. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman contains similar ideas.
When it comes to personal relationships, I think Norville expresses unrealistic optimism. As in any relationship, business or personal, both parties involved must agree to the change in philosophy. This book will not replace needed traditional counseling or Biblical teaching. There are no guarantees that respecting your teens will make them less rebellious.
Whether you are looking for an opportunity to boost morale in your company or your own backyard, The Power of Respect offers helpful suggestions to point you in the right direction. I am thankful to Thomas Nelson Publishers for the opportunity to review this title as a member of their Blogger Review program.
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At some point during our education or careers, we've all experienced the effects of rankism--the abuse of rank by someone in a position considered "higher" or "more important" than our own. Until now, however, we haven't had the terminology or framework for discussing its effects on our lives and on society as a whole. In this enlightening little book, the authors provide a comprehensive description of a topic that's particularly relevant today. Gerloff and Fuller have accomplished the difficult task of making a complex topic accessible and highly readable. By identifying the serious, negative effects that rankism has had throughout history and some of the ways that we ourselves may have participated in rankism in some capacity, this book will serve to open the eyes of all readers. Most impressive, however, is that the authors do not focus solely on the problem, but also provide a vision of a society that is kinder, gentler, and more respectful of all its people. Using personal examples and stories, the book clearly illustrates the detrimental effects of rankism on society while also offering practical strategies that we as individuals can take to overcome rankism and create a society based on dignity and respect.
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It is one thing to meet the qualifications to be called a United States Marine. Then to master the skill and experience the exhilaration of flying a high performance jet fighter airplane is quite another. And to take this rare combination into the circumstance of mortal combat is yet another thing known to only a special few. In many ways having men of this caliber will be necessary to the very survival of civilization as we know it.
 Marcia Jones Sargent is of course none of the above. But by virtue of her position as the wife of one Marine fighter pilot and the sister of another, she is an intimate part of what these special people represent and is also of a class necessary for our survival.
 Fortunately Marcia is willing and astonishingly able to share her experience through her book, Wing Wife-How To Be Married To A Marine Fighter Pilot, published in 2010. Coming of age during the Vietnam era, she had the opportunity to be acquainted with, and apparently awed by Marine fighter pilots through her older brother before she, at age twenty-two, married a thirty year old senior captain. Her brother and future husband had been roommates through four and a half years of flight training and during their first overseas deployment.
 Applying the unique jargon and special nicknames found in the rarified atmosphere of a Marine fighter squadron, she takes her readers on a rare and singular tour of life as a fighter pilots wife. She takes readers with her to officers wives meetings, change of command ceremonies, officers club parties, and the loneliness of deployments, birth of children, waiting for news, even Tupperware parties, and the mundane things of daily life. But this is not a sanitized, high altitude tour. Marcia takes her readers directly into the thick of things, sometimes in shocking detail, revealing the antics and ribald humor as well as some of the serious side of life in the squadron family.
 (Here we will pause to remark that holding up Marine fighter pilots and their wives for special recognition takes nothing away from the many others who have done honorable service in their own way in support of our country.)
 At times and places in Wing Wife the impression of receiving more information than is needed emerges, but in continuing the reader will come to realize that it is useful, maybe even necessary, for understanding what these special people with unique experience mean to the rest of us who depend on them.
 Thank you Marcia for helping us understand your slice of life. There may be some adults who shouldn't read Wing Wife but I cant think of any now.

Norb Plassmeyer
Brother of a Marine fighter pilot lost in Vietnam
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A remarkable story of honorable men and women, operating from principle for the sake of others, not themselves.  In today's rush, by many, to blur the lines between good and evil, it is refreshing to be reminded that once, there were "good men".
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Well written practical and applicable to living peaceable today.
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A beautifully written, soulful document encouraging us to treat ourselves and each other with kindness, grace and dignity. For those who find a jarring harshness in the every day world, this book is a tonic for your spirit. I resonated with every word, yet it made me even more aware of the discrepancy between what Dr. Hepker teaches and the way our culture really is. The challenge is to maintain a beautiful spirit and a healthy body in a culture where vampires and werewolves are the norm in media, dog eat dog is the expected behavior in business, and even so-called "nice" people, spurred on by the anonymity of the internet or by their own self-righteousness, do harm to others and call it "good."
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A great book to challenge one to walk in integrity & choose to serve others than yourself with virtue & decency!  Very good read
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Wonderful book of a time and family when hard work ethics, morals, honor and respect for parents and fellow human beings was the norm. Fin and enjoyable reading for family read aloud too.
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A book that each person can appreciate in their own way. A path is outlined to help you consider how you live your life- frantically or intentionally. Clearly this concept is urgent as we see the rise in anxiety and isolation. The author carefully explains what essentialism looks like behaviorally. Small considerations are a good start as one begins to change how they choose what to embrace and what is focus on and when. Excellent support for anyone desiring a simpler and richer life experience. Highly recommend.
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Our protagonist earned her genuine friendships through good character, positive attitude and faith.  These same friends blossomed into earth angels as she succumbed to years of medical failures and chemotherapy.  This book is a smart gift for cancer patients and families supporting them, but also any disillusioned folks who may wonder if traditional American neighborhood values have been lost in these busy me-first times.  The reader gains insights to how a real community of friends maintain a strong sorority and support system that uplifts their friend back to health and significantly improves her emotional and social well-being when family life struggled as much as her physical & mental health.  Good to know solid American communities exist these transient days in our culture.  By writing her book, Christine Handy not only reveals her inner turmoil but shines the light upon humble humans rallying together for one person's battle. Handy pays it forward when each reader finishes her book or when she speaks to groups nationwide. I am grateful to have met and befriended the author and expect readers will feel the same upon buying her books.
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This book inspires great respect and pride in the Obamas, our President, First Lady, and family.  The President and his beautiful family serve as a wonderful role model for reconciling strong political leadership with maintaining a balanced and wholesome family life.  _Loved the book and the Obamas
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As if Jeremy Walker could anticipate the recent monumental Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Ruling and my reading his book, he begins the book with the poem Passing Through by Horatius Bonar, which aptly describes the way I increasingly feel about living in this world, but yearning for the Kingdom.  In true Puritan like fashion, Jeremy Walker gives extended precise theological grounding and extended sound practical suggestions for living in this world but not being of the world.

The book begins with the key observation that your sense of identity determines your modes of activity and that both need to be examined in the light of scripture. The rest of the book then proceeds to draw this out primarily from scripture but also with numerous references to Reformed Christian thought.

I loved the format of the book. Each chapter takes a look at one aspect of being a Pilgrim. Within each chapter there are four sections: introductory remarks, the scriptural framework, summary thoughts, and specific counsels. Within these sections main points are italicized. So while for the modern reader the book may seem a little precise and nuanced, the form makes it easier to read.

This book is a very encouraging read. I found the chapters on understanding the environment, knowing the enemy, fighting the battles and respecting the authorities most relevant to living in todays culture and world. I was reminded that I too easily dismiss our enemy the devil as if he did not exist or had little power. I was instructed on the importance of respecting the authorities while being able to stand firm, without being offensive, on those things which are non-negotiable.

A timely and helpful book.

I received this book for free from Reformation Heritage Books via Cross Focused Reviews for this review. I was not required to write a positive review.
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Honor is politically incorrect, yet still exists today, because it is a part of our nature as human beings. It testifies to being brought forth in glory. Being fixed within us its easy to predict the future of a post-honor, post-enlightenment celebrity culture--collapse. Bowman's last chapter has a strong prophetic feel to it since many of things occurring today bear witness to what he argued back in 2006 as being true.

It's not a history book so much as it is an effort to cast the light of Western historical honor on our society today. It's spot on.
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A beautifully written book about the need for honesty, integrity, and just plain common sense so desperately needed in our federal government today.  Tastefully written to compliment the traditions and values of the Amish culture and community, the author relates a story of courage and commitment we may only wish for, hope for, and prayerfully believe may come to pass.  A highly recommended read...
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A call to integrity and honour, instead of shifting obligation. This book dares to ask one to live what one claims to believe from a Jewish perspective. The Author can be insightful outside the context of Judaism by stating the theme of if you believe in a certain way then live that way's teachings. Instead of pinning hope on better in the future and doing nothing in the present the author asks one to make the future better by acting on one's beliefs here and now.
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Dr. Kalanithi's meditation on life's meaningfulness--and his courage to continually choose the path of most integrity (not least resistance)--enriches us with the intellectual generosity of a dedicated scholar and the gentle humanness of a compassionate, humble and heroic soul. Everyone should read this book because each one of us will need to learn, eventually, how to live well to die well.