Kelly L Sparks
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Strategic Pastoral Counseling (2nd Edition)
- A Short-Term Structured Model
- By: David G. Benner
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
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Therapeutic counseling in a Christian context can be highly effective when it maintains narrowly focused goals in a time-limited setting. The details of this proven model of pastoral counseling are described in this practical guide. This second edition of Strategic Pastoral Counseling has been thoroughly revised and includes two new chapters. Benner includes helpful case studies, a new appendix on contemporary ethical issues, and updated chapter bibliographies. His study will continue to serve clergy and students well as a valued practical handbook on pastoral care and counseling.
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Good Introduction and Example of Pastoral Counseling
- By Kelly L Sparks on 08-21-24
- Strategic Pastoral Counseling (2nd Edition)
- A Short-Term Structured Model
- By: David G. Benner
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
Good Introduction and Example of Pastoral Counseling
Reviewed: 08-21-24
I appreciate this presentation of Strategic Pastoral Counseling and how it differs from Pastoral Care. Though I may not agree with all the details, the principles of Pastoral Counseling are well established and presented well in this book.
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The Crucified Life
- How to Live Out a Deeper Christian Experience
- By: A. W. Tozer, James L. Snyder
- Narrated by: Tim Lundeen, A. W. Tozer
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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What does it mean to be "crucified with Christ"? During his lifetime, renowned teacher A. W. Tozer was often invited to speak at seminaries, churches and Bible conferences on the topic of the cross and its meaning for the Christian life. Now, in this never-before-published distillation of his best teaching on the subject, you will gain a fresh understanding of the cross’s centrality to your walk of faith in Christ.
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The Wonderful Thing About Tozer...
- By Douglas on 04-23-13
- The Crucified Life
- How to Live Out a Deeper Christian Experience
- By: A. W. Tozer, James L. Snyder
- Narrated by: Tim Lundeen, A. W. Tozer
Inspired to Live an Irony
Reviewed: 06-29-24
Listening to Tozer’s work is like sitting with one’s grandfather and having a conversation. However in The Crucified Life one hears the why and how Tozer loves God with all his heart, causing him to love God with all his being and embracing the cross daily in response to his love for God.
Many may find this work interesting, and some desire to follow Tozer’s example, but this work is inspirational to consider the cost/benefit ratio of enjoying the world now vs the eternal weight of glory by taking up one’s cross and following Christ.
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Voices of the Pacific, Expanded Edition
- Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II
- By: Adam Makos, Marcus Brotherton - contributor
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain, Michael Crouch, Kimberly Farr
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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From the best-selling author of A Higher Call and Spearhead comes an unflinching firsthand chronicle of the heroic US Marines who fought on Guadalcanal, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and in other pivotal battles during the Pacific War, a classic book now expanded with new stories from the flyboys overhead and the home front at war.
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BUY If You Love "The Things Our Fathers Saw..."
- By J.Brock on 11-07-21
- Voices of the Pacific, Expanded Edition
- Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II
- By: Adam Makos, Marcus Brotherton - contributor
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain, Michael Crouch, Kimberly Farr
The Stories Finally Told
Reviewed: 05-16-24
Dead bed confessions can be hard due to their brutal honesty and clarity, and disclose stories that went untold.
Fortunately an author convinced a Pacific Theater World War 2 Marine that the stories of their buddies who did not make it needed to be told.
Finally those stories are being composed to memorialize the sacrifices of a global war effort in the modern age, which lessons learned may be applied to find resolutions and alternatives to war.
Nonetheless, the veterans and service men who gave their all is remembered in this written work.
Though a bit flat in its reading, the power of story prevails in this audiobook, and I recommend it.
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The Good Neighbor
- The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
- By: Maxwell King
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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The first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, The Good Neighbor tells the story of this utterly unique and enduring American icon. Drawing on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents, Maxwell King traces Rogers’s personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work, including a surprising decision to walk away from the show to make television for adults, only to return to the neighborhood with increasingly sophisticated episodes, written in collaboration with experts on childhood development.
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Fred Rogers was the person you saw on TV
- By Adam Shields on 10-03-18
- The Good Neighbor
- The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
- By: Maxwell King
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton
Subtle but Powerful
Reviewed: 03-16-24
After finishing Mr. Roger’s biography on my 52nd birthday, I appreciate the subtle but powerful influence Mr. Rogers had on my life to become holistically healthy and caring I am still becoming.
Thank you to the Roger’s family for allowing someone to tell he story of hard work and struggle for him to emulate Kelly Sparks’ Four Rules of Life:
1) Love God with all your heart
2) Love your neighbor as your self.
3) Be your best. Do your best.
4) If you die, your are grounded.
Mr. Rogers was working and caring all the way to the end.
Appreciate the reading of the book by a trusted friendly voice from the PBS family reading another great book with the sensitivity, expression, and apparent admiration. Thank you LeVar Burton for carrying on the torch of children’s education through the television media that Fred Rogers pioneered.
I am genuinely a product of Fred Roger’s influential work in the 1970’s and am part of his legacy. Thank you all who put this book together. I am better for having listened to it.
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Humility, Updated Edition
- The Beauty of Holiness
- By: Andrew Murray
- Narrated by: Robert Grothe
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Is humility a Christlike attribute that should be pursued? And even if it should be, can genuine humility actually be attained? Often so practical in application that it is overlooked, the answer is found by studying the life and words of Christ (whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your slave). This little book is a loud call to all committed Christians to prove that meekness and lowliness of heart is the evidence by which those who follow the meek and lowly Lamb of God are to be known.
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Poor reader
- By Anonymous User on 08-08-17
- Humility, Updated Edition
- The Beauty of Holiness
- By: Andrew Murray
- Narrated by: Robert Grothe
God Lessons, very good; but…
Reviewed: 12-12-23
Very good lessons for those who desire God and His way in their lives.
The Reader was rather flat.
So would have liked to hear the author speak these to hear the tone of humility of a capable man whom God uses.
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- By: Robert M. Pirsig
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an elemental work that had helped to shape and define the past twenty-five years of American culture. This special audio edition presents this adventure in an exciting new way—for the millions who have already taken this journey and want to travel these roads again, and for the many more who will discover for the first time the wonders and challenges of a journey that will change the way they think and feel about their lives.
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definitive version, hasn't aged too badly
- By CARL V PHILLIPS on 04-09-04
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- By: Robert M. Pirsig
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
Worthy of listening to yearly
Reviewed: 08-09-23
A profound book that is worthy of listening to yearly.
Well written story that provides structure to elaborate upon the philosophy of quality, which uses Buddhism as its template.
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The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen
- By: Brandon Webb, John David Mann
- Narrated by: Jon Bailey
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
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Brandon Webb's experiences in the world's most elite sniper corps are the stuff of legend. From his grueling years of training in Naval Special Operations to his combat tours in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan, The Red Circle provides a rare and riveting look at the inner workings of the U.S. military through the eyes of a covert operations specialist. Yet it is Webb's distinguished second career as a lead instructor for the shadowy "sniper cell" that makes his story so compelling.
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Decent story, narration left a lot to be desired.
- By Robert on 08-06-12
It's not about being a SEAL...
Reviewed: 01-06-17
It is about excellence.
Brandon Webb tells his story about being the best one can be and how is life story took him from winning ski races at 6, to becoming a seaman navigating one of the most traveled harbors at the age 16. Me. Webb tells his tale of how he became his best and helped others become their best by consistently being challenged and not accepting "good" as enough.
The stories Brandon tells helped me see that "excellence in all we do" matters and makes a difference in our lives and in the lives we touch.
May we all honor God, humanity, community, and family by becoming the best we can be by doing the best we can do, despite our circumstances and situations.
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