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The extraordinary life and assassination of a Mormon king on Michigan's Beaver Island

Meant to both inspire and inform pastoral leaders, So Much Better examines the impact of peer group participation on pastoral leaders, their families, and ministries. This book goes beyond numbers and data by breathing life into the statistical bones. At this book's heart are seven peer group models including stories and examples from participants, families, and church members. Also featured is information about peer group recruitment, leadership, content, and structure, and practical advice about the cost, sustainability, and evaluation of peer groups. So Much Better can change the way you think about and perform your ministry and lead you to a life that is-- well, so much better. Authors: Penny Long Marler James Bowers Larry Dill Brenda K. Harewood Richard Hester Sheila Kirton-Robbins Marianne LaBarre Janet Maykus D. Bruce Roberts Lis Van Harten Kelli Walker-Jones From The Columbia Partnership (TCP) Leadership Series

Each year, about 33 percent of all women and 3 percent of all men murdered in the United States, are killed by a so-called intimate, a spouse, partner, or lover. Nationwide, murder by an intimate is the number one cause of death for pregnant women. And murder by an intimate is not just an American problem. A European task force recently found domestic violence accounts for 25 percent of all homicides in London, and 35 percent across England and Wales. In this timely book, van Wormer and Roberts describe the problem, and what they have seen and heard on the front lines with both women and men who have escaped domestic violence that was escalating toward deadly levels. The text examines not only the psychology of the batterer but of domestic murder, and domestic murder-suicide. Drawn from the experience and insights of these two widely-known social workers, the text includes a safety plan for those at risk and a chapter providing narratives of women in prison for killing their abusive husband or partner. Drawing on the experience and insights of these two widely-known social workers, Death by Domestic Violence separates domestic violence myths and facts, explains the traumatic bonding that occurs between batterer and victim, and details how one facet of the solution could be school-based interventions and education. The book culminates with recommendations for further reduction of harm and a safety plan for those at risk.

At thirteen he was miraculously saved from drowning. In his late twenties he was miraculously healed. For decades Van tried his best to be a good follower of God and instead became a great follower of man. Stopping at nothing, Van wanted most to be recognized by his spiritual leaders and feel wanted. Nevertheless, his evangelical leaders mostly ignored him, often used him for their own gain, sometimes verbally and spiritually abused him, rarely rewarded or praised him, and always stood between him and the God he was fervently trying to encounter. Finally Van Roberts crashed. With his heart shattered on the floor of the megachurch's Starbucks, he cried out for God ... and God answered. Over the years ahead, Van realized in his darkest moment, if God was what he had been told by the church of today, they could keep him. Coming to a crossroad, Van decided to throw out everything he had been taught about God, Jesus and religion. If there were nothing left, including God, he would have to be OK with it. Van had to become an atheist in order to find God. And boy was God there, and had a wicked sense of humor. Van learned when he could not see God, God was lovingly watching him, moving in to lead him out of a deadly river, delicately healing his damaged body, and clinging to him when he thought he would slide away into an abyss of pain and doubt and loneliness. In Rescue Me: Confessions of an Ex-Evangelical, Van Roberts takes us on a harrowing journey through the back rooms, no-holds-barred meetings, bottomless pits, and dumpsters of modern evangelicalism. He does not hide his mistakes, but confesses his guilt of “playing the game” of religion. Pain, tears, despair, loneliness, frustration, fear, and feelings of rejection, he has now realized is just a part of raw humanity and religion cannot help. You will find Van's writing to be as horrifying as Stephen King, as humorous as Seinfeld, as salty as Eddie Murphy, as quotable as Shakespeare, as Romantic as Barbara Cartland, and more warm, wise, insightful, and intimate than anyone's.

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"Mormon Doctrine of Deity" is the most comprehensive statement and scriptural presentation of the Latter-day Saint doctrine of the nature of God in print. In 1901, Elder Roberts set forth with clarity the Latter-day Saint doctrine concerning God in a talk to Salt Lake Mutual Improvement Associations. Reverend C. Van Der Donckt, a priest in the Roman Catholic Church wrote a reply to it, to which Roberts responded. This volume contains Roberts' original discourse, the Catholic Reverend's discourse and Elder Roberts' reply. In addition Roberts has added a collection of passages from Mormon works setting forth numerous other aspects of the LDS views of deity.

Writes about his first book, Thomas Love Peacock, and his University of Illinois class poem.