Sweet: 285 books

Reelin’ in the Years tell the remarkable story of the American jazz rock band who have sold over 50 million albums during a career lasting over 20 years: Steely Dan. Updated and revised for 2018. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, a couple of cynical New York jazz fans wormed their way...

**Belief can exist in isolation, but faith requires a relationship **   Why wade in the shallows of belief when you can plunge into the depths of faith? Belief involves a different way of thinking, but faith brings about a new way of living. It grows through direct experience and a close relationship,...

**We need more than status updates—we need relationships. Learning about God’s Heart from the TGIF (Twitter, Google, iPhone, Facebook) Generation**   The explosion in social networking is perhaps the most visible expression of the human longing to know others and to be known. Is there...

The gospel presents a life-changing NUTS wisdom that conflicts with normal ways of making sense of the world. There is the World According to Normal. There is the World According to NUTS . . . where NUTS is an acronym for Never Underestimate the Spirit. The wisdom of Jesus is a NUTS wisdom.—From...

Do you secretly think that the harder you work, the more God is pleased with you? You can live like that—for a while. But imagine what it might mean instead to unclench your teeth, loosen your grip, and actually experience God’s pleasure in you—not just in everything you are doing for Him? The...

We live in a fast-paced, fluid world. A postmodern place where people are drifting, making mid-course corrections in every aspect of life, from careers, to relationships, to beliefs. As church leaders, we must continually reshape our ministries to reach a society adrift. We must move from being adaptive...

In AA they say that addictions will take you to hospitals, Mental Institutions and Prisons. It's true. They will. I have been in all of those places because of my addictions. But addictions are not responsible for the life I lead entirely, and certainly not responsible for the things I did. I may...

Pocket-sized prescriptions for symptoms resulting from divorce ***O***ften those who suffer the "heart attack" of divorce fail to follow a plan to recovery. They allow the build-up of bitterness to continue to clog emotional arteries. Just as the cardiologist orders heart medication,...

God raises up Methodists for such a time as this.  Here is a ditty Len Sweet’s Methodist grandfather used to sing:                  A Methodist, a Methodist will I be                 A Methodist will I die.                   I’ve been baptized...

In the Third Edition of Changing Contours of Work: Jobs and Opportunities in the New Economy, Stephen Sweet and Peter Meiksins once again provide a rich analysis of the American workplace in the larger context of an integrated global economy. Through engaging vignettes and rich data, this text frames...

A young commercial wine industry notwithstanding, winemaking traditions run deep in the Mount Rushmore State. Sodbusting pioneers like Anna Pesä and Jon Vojta defied South Dakota's harsh terrain and paved the way for Prairie Berry Winery. University biologists, including Dr. Ronald Peterson, cultivated...

“This book is a must read for newcomers and experienced composers wanting to learn more about the art of video game composition.” —Chuck Doud, Director of Music, Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios ** ** All You Need to Know to Create Great Video Game Music   Written...

In a desperate bid to save his sister's life, Marcus becomes trapped in the underworld, forced to watch helplessly through the eyes of a shape-shifting demon as it begins to systematically destroy all which he holds dear just to torment him. With time running out, the promise of possible escape looms...

A business man awakens, covered in blood on a bench in the park, cold and unsure of where he is or how he got there. Slowly flashbacks of the nights' events return to him from a dark sub-conscience that seems all too eager to remind him of what he has done. But will he rebel against that darkness or give in?