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Many churches today face worry and concern over their collective future. One tragic consequence is that growing anxiety can turn inward on communities of faith. A subtle distancing and dividing can occur, often happening along generational lines. Us-versus-Them thinking morphs into...

After Sergeant Frank Hardy watches the invasion of a peaceful Māori village by the Armed Constabulary, with crops destroyed and innocent men imprisoned, he lays down his rifle and swears never to shoot in anger again. Then he learns that a contract killer has come from America to avenge the death of a crooked detective from San Francisco. The killer is targeting the Hardy family. Can Frank save his wife and children without relying on his weapons?

Are you interested in instructional design? Instructional designers have never been in such great demand. Whether you've been asked to create some training at work, or to whip up a presentation, or even to create some kind of elearning, you're in the right place. Have you ever felt like creating great learning content is a bit tricky or maybe just out of reach? Do you ever wonder about how you can make your learning designs more interesting and effective? Do you know how to really connect with learners? In this podcast, Sarah is going to break things down and show you that it's not as ...

In each episode of Beyond Bankruptcy, Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney Eric Wilson explores current bankruptcy topics and other financial issues for giving insights and practical financial tips for all consumers.

Lord Zenith has a plan: Make the subjects of Aquerna, the squirrel kingdom ruled over by his cousin, Queen Lucina, believe that winter is far away so he can steal their nuts. Simple, right? Except his cousin, Queen Lucina, and her women dug up the nuts before the snows fell, disrupting his carefully plotted plan. Zenith isn't worried, he has a backup plan and the BECS. The BECS is an elite squad of chipmunk commandos known as the Black Eastern Chipmunk Squad. They are the best of the best. No nuts are safe when they are on the prowl. Not even those held in the vaults of the Aquerna bank. Will ...

A body plunging off a cliff, a new craze for pedestrianism or race-walking with gambling, a constable willing to make a gruelling 90 miles through the tree-covered ranges without a break, and a testing undercover assignment for Mr. Hardy.

Join Sergeant Frank Hardy and Mette Hardy in three more gripping mysteries set in late-19th-century New Zealand: Dead Shot, Lying Under Water, and Come to Grief.

Grace is the love and mercy extended to us by God! His favor that is granted to us because His goodness and kindness is immeasurable and filled with redemption. Grace Pace is a platform that showcases the love and kindness of God through revealing our humanity. We discuss how we have overcome adversities, setbacks, set ups, and frustrations all by walking out our journey with a steady stride called Grace Pace! Email Us: Gracepace.pcast@gmail.com YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCptUj48HmsaIL85S0l0RLBw Tik Tok Channel: Gracepace.amwilson Instagram: grace_pace_amwilson

New Zealand, 1882. When Constable Foster catches a young, blond boy who runs with a gang of Maori boys, he discovers he speaks only Maori, even though he is clearly Scandinavian. Inspector Scully, busy with a body that has recently been discovered in the marshes of the lagoon north of Napier, asks James Hardy to investigate. The trail leads back to the Seventy Mile Bush, where a broken family shows no interest in a missing child. But will it also lead back to the body in the swamp?

When Sergeant Frank Hardy's father, James Hardy, arrives from England, he's accompanied by a woman he met on the voyage. In forced quarantine on Somes Island in Wellington Harbor, Frank is visited by a man claiming to be a detective from the Chinatown Squad in San Francisco, who warns Frank that his father is in deep trouble. The woman has enemies, and they are on the way to New Zealand to find her and kill her. If James Hardy gets in their way, he's a dead man.

Sergeant Frank Hardy and his wife Mette travel to the southernmost point of New Zealand to chase gold thieves and to retrieve a manuscript for Mette to translate. But they have chosen to travel on an ill-fated voyage. Twenty miles from Bluff, on the south coast of the South Island of New Zealand, the SS Tararua hits a reef and sinks, with massive loss of life. This real event was the second-worst maritime disaster in New Zealand's history, in a country heavily reliant on shipping at that time. But the couple has more than a shipwreck to deal with.

Knowing how to manage money is critical to your success. Being broke and living paycheck to paycheck is surviving, not living. Are you tired of being constantly stressed and worried about how to pay your bills each month? Achieve financial freedom, so you can travel, have fun, and get more out of life. In this book, you will learn how to get rid of debt, budget, shift your limiting mindset, negotiate, invest, and understand money better.

Trapped by floods on their horse farm, Frank and Mette Hardy offer shelter to two other families. But when one of their guests is found with a carving knife from their own kitchen in his neck, they must keep themselves alive until help comes. Who among the small group of people trapped on the farm by floods is the killer? It seems that everyone has a reason to kill the man who died, and when Frank is sickened by poison, he makes a decision that almost kills his pregnant wife.

The temperance movement has taken hold in New Zealand, and the country is locked in the depths of a depression as a new land war threatens. When Sergeant Hardy and his new wife find themselves in financial straits, Hardy takes on Dead Shot, a thoroughbred stallion from a town near the front. But the horse has been targeted by a brutal Australian gang trying to take over the racing world. Murder soon follows. When Hardy's wife disappears, apparently kidnapped by the gang, Hardy must track down the mysterious leader of the gang and take him out of commission.

Online learning is more complicated than most people think. I've seen many students that did well with in-person learning but struggled mightily with online learning. But it doesn't have to be that way. There are crucial adjustments you can make that will significantly improve your online learning experience. These crucial adjustments are what I call the five keys. Based on my experience, these five keys are the changes that will have the biggest positive impact.

Next Big Thing with Courtney & Dara is a comedy web series, podcast and live show led by two Black techies: Courtney Thomas and Dara M Wilson (@omgitscourtneyt,@daramwilson). The show shines a much-deserved spotlight on people of color doing dope things in tech, media, politics, & entrepreneurship. On NBT, Courtney, Dara, and their guests invite viewers to join them for candid, hilarious conversations about career triumphs and challenges, current events, and hot topics. With a focus on up-and-coming leaders and creators, Next Big Thing is Oprah for the A.D.D. generation, brought to you by two ...

Exploring the Merry Marvel Universe

A podcast about the scientific study of language and the brain. Neuroscientist Stephen Wilson talks with leading and up-and-coming researchers about their work and ideas. This podcast is geared to an audience of scientists who are working in the field of language neuroscience, from students to postdocs to faculty.

Smart, funny friends Dara M Wilson and Yasmine Khan bring money talk out of the shame drawer and onto the table.

In the gold mining town of Greymouth, where drunks fell asleep smoking and burned down their houses, the town was constantly inundated with floods, and 57 hotels had sprung up in a year to accommodate the hordes of miners and gold thieves, Inspector William Henry James was tasked with keeping the town safe with a small force of troopers. In 1888, forced into retirement by government cuts, James walks home beside the Whanganui River remembering his association with a series of murders by the notorious Burgess gang: back in 1866 he had forced the gang to leave Greymouth.