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Politics, like poker, requires timing and risk, and Burton Barr of Arizona knew it. The deal maker of Arizona politics would say, “You gotta know when to hold them.” For more than two decades, Barr played his political cards with skill as he led Arizona through an era of enormous growth and success. Considered perhaps the most influential person in Arizona’s political development, Burton Barr represented north central Phoenix in the Arizona House of Representatives for the twenty-two years from 1964 to 1986. As the Republican House Majority Leader for twenty of those years, he left his fingerprints on every major piece of legislation during those decades, covering such issues as air pollution, health care for indigents, school aid, the tax code, prison reform, child care, groundwater management, and freeway funding. Burton Barr’s political life unfolded during the very time his state and region shifted from being outliers to trendsetters. His choices in policy making and his leadership style were both an outcome and a creator of his sociopolitical environment. Arizona politics in the 1960s and ’70s was a rich brew of key elements, a time when the economy was being transformed, the nature and distribution of populations shifted, partisan politics were in flux, and the very lifeblood of the West—water—was being contested under increasing pressures of usage and depletion. How Barr successfully responded to those challenges is the story of Arizona’s development during those years. At the heart of it, Barr’s political life and personality are inextricably bound up with the life of the West.
From prison to the pulpit, this con artist-turned church preacher, went from standing in a police lineup to standing alongside Rev. Jesse Jackson. The Hoodlum Preacher details a life of crime and redemption, as a former drug addict now helps troubled youth and young prisoners avert a wasted life and to turn things around as he finally did.
The Burton Barr Central Library (Phoenix Central Library) has quickly become a point in the community's pride while serving as an exciting background to the region's library and information needs. It is a regular tour stop for visitors as well as architects and scholars from around the world. This architectural masterpiece works with the beautiful desert setting, and is designed to display the natural beauty of the West. The top of the library has a great public reading room, reminiscent of older libraries, with the entire non-fiction collection. The design is a mix of futuristic aspects combined with a respect for historical detail. The studio of William Bruder has gained professional expertise in the field through the development of building programs, site and building feasibility analyses, creation of community interaction workshops, owner and design team case study tours, and full implementation of all architectural and interior design services for more than a dozen library projects. This volume explores the design of this building and reveals the expertise of the architects.
Rev. Burton Barr Jr. revisits the crack houses and alleys where many of his vices nearly consumed him. He details how faith, combined with an understanding of the 121st Psalm, empowered him to overcome all addictions.
In the year 3000, an armada of destructive aliens has unleashed an all-out assault on Earth and is poised to conquer the planet. But when a young boy stumbles upon the crypt of King Arthur, the legendary monarch and the Knights of the Round Table are magically reincarnated. Together once again, King Arthur, Sir Lancelot, Merlin, and the rest of the classic knights take on the invading extraterrestrials and their wicked leader, Morgan Le Fay, the half-sister of Arthur. A mythical tale of honor and bravery, CAMELOT 3000 proves that some heroes are timeless.
Here is a highly readable guide to strategies and projects that have helped over 100 public libraries gain community support and funding during challenging times. Marylaine Block integrates survey responses from innovative library directors with her research, analysis, and extended interviews to showcase hundreds of winning programs and services. The strategies explored include: Youth Services; The Library as Place; Partnerships; Marketing; Stressing the Economic Value; Library 2.0; Outreach; and Helping the Community Achieve Its Aspirations. Projects are described in practitioners own words, with additional examples drawn from libraries long-range plans, annual reports, programs, and Web sites, as well as from news stories and library literature. The result is a rich source of ideas and inspiration for those who want their libraries to thrive, not merely survive. Supported by the author's Web page.
Contains essays that depict and decry the rapid growth and disappearing natural landscapes of the Sunbelt
One stormy Chicago winter, while walking with my father, a sudden snowstorm arose. Having left my gloves at home—thinking it wasn’t cold enough to wear them—I had to put my hands in my pockets. My father said, "Son, if it's cold enough for you to put your hands in your pockets, it’s cold enough for you to wear your gloves." Dad took his gloves off and handed them to me. We made it home safely through the storm. We all go through difficult times in our lives. However, we don't realize how much trouble we’re in until the rough times turn into a storm. God has already given us everything we need to survive any storm—His Word. Instead of reading it and applying it to our lives, we leave it at home, closed up, sitting on the dresser. Amazing Grace tells us that God will forgive us no matter what we've done and that we can be used to fulfill His Will.
As a pandemic and racial reckoning exposed society's faults, Christian thinkers were laying the groundwork for a better future. A public health and economic crisis provoked by Covid-19. A social crisis cracked open by the filmed murder of George Floyd. A leadership crisis laid bare as the gravity of a global pandemic met a country suffocating in political polarization and idolatry. In the spring of 2020 Comment and Plough magazines created a joint publishing project that would tap the resources of the Christian humanist tradition to respond collaboratively and imaginatively to these crises. This volume, written in real time during a year that revealed the depths of our society's fissures, provides a wealth of proposals and reflections on what should come after: how we can truly renew our civilization. Breaking Ground has grown into a network of institutions and people that will continue to respond to these ongoing challenges with a deeply Christian and human vision for the future. Contributors include Anthony Barr, Marilynne Robinson, N. T. Wright, Adam Carrington, Gregory Thompson, Shadi Hamid, Rachel Anderson, John Clair, Christine Emba, Jennifer Frey, Michael Wear, David Grubbs, John Milbank, Mark Noll, Michael Lamb, Joe Nail, Charles Camosy, Dante Stewart, Katherine Boyle, Duke Kwon, Gracy Olmstead, Phil Christman, Brad Littlejohn, Brandon Mcginley, Oliver O Donovan, Amy Julia Becker, Chris Lambert, Benya Kraus, Carlo Lancellotti, Luke Bretherton, Jake Meador, Jeffrey Bilbro, Mark Gerzon, Cherie Harder, Susannah Black, Joe Boland, Patrick Pierson, Samuel Kimbriel, Kurt Armstrong, Patrick Tomassi, Chris Lambert, Stuart Mcalpine, Elayne Allen, Mack Mccarter, Father Jack Wall, Myles Werntz, Tobias Cremer, Doug Sikkema, E. J. Hutchinson, J. L. Wall, Joel Halldorf, Aryana Petrosky Roberts, Chelsea Langston Bambino, Dhananjay Jagannathan, Dwan Dandridge, Erin And David Leaverton, Heather C. O'Haneson, Irena Dragas Jansen, James Matthew Wilson, Joseph M Keegin, Joshua Bambino, and L. M. Sacasas.