Payne: 828 books

A modern-day twist on C.S. Lewis’ A Grief Observed, Breathtaking will inspire you as you read an account of a young woman who walked through the valley of the shadow of death and found through the anguishing process that He alone is enough. After battling cystic fibrosis for nineteen years,...

Are your teens Challenging? Check out these humble insights. Are you tired? Exhausted? Parenting can be difficult but the rewards are amazing. As parents of teenagers, you need stamina, patience, and love. Find respect for the unique individuals in your life. Approach every day with humility. Parenting...

Can’t find your purpose? Stand strong and reach for your dreams. After my children were in their teen years, I reviewed my life goals. I had no idea who I was or what I wanted to be. Battered by life choices I had made I couldn’t find myself anymore. I spent years praying and searching...

Do you feel like a failure? Learn how one woman changed her life through prayer. After years of excelling in every type of employment, Anna experienced failure and the inability to perform. The devastation was compounded by seemingly kind managers. How could things have gone so wrong in such...

Are you troubled? Connect with God and find peace. As a mother of three school-aged children, I felt as though I lived in my car. I struggled to be on time. I tried to hold myself together. Too many rules interfered with my life at home and work. I created this book of verses to help...

Hitting the wall is inevitable in life and a necessary ingredient in the journey of faith. Each wall is unique and embraces such words as brokenness and pain. But each wall also carries the potential for positive change in your life. When life stops working and you lie broken and confused at the wall,...

Where Fitness Meets Faith is a fresh, insightful collection of devotional articles with reflections about the similarities between the challenges of maintaining a healthy lifestyle and building a relationship with God.

This short book is a devotional photo journal inspired by the author's 10-day trip to Israel."Kimberley's enthusiasm runs throughout the book and the reader wants to learn more and more of what experience each day brought for her to share with her audience. While it may be considered...

Find your purpose. Achieve your dreams. Do you wonder if you are walking in God’s plan for your life? Do you feel lost or confused? Are you uncertain about what direction God has for your life? I offer these devotionals to you to find God’s will for your life right now! You...

Flex Your Spirit - Discover a new way to express yourself with God through journal writing and stretching. Learn how to recharge your physical and emotional health through stretching activities for your body and spirit. You will learn: Stretching Strategies that Work Effective Goal Planning Journal Writing Strategies that Work To Develop an Action Plan

Samantha Bennett’s life was a nightmare. Dealing with the untimely death of her mother and the abuse of her cruel father was too much for teenager Samantha Bennett to handle. But, for the first time in her life, this courageous, rodeo-riding young woman is finally learning what it means to...

Drawing upon experiences at state and local level project evaluation, and based on current research in the professional literature, Payne presents a practical, systematic, and flexible approach to educational evaluations. Evaluators at all levels -- state, local and classroom -- will find ideas useful...

In Making Every Primary Lesson Count: Six Principles to Support Great Teaching and Learning, full-time primary teachers Jo Payne and Mel Scott share evidence-informed practice and gimmick-free advice for ensuring that every lesson makes a difference for young learners. Writing in the engaging style...

Older people are, like younger people, citizens in the communities of the nations in which they live. This book sees ageing as a life journey that incorporates a process of citizening, in which people build their identity as part of their family and community. But the social experience of illness,...