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Ford, Leighton. 1994. The Power of Story. Rediscovering the Oldest, Most Natural
Way to Reach People for Christ. Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress.
The author describes how the best way to witness to others is also the oldest and
purest way—the way that Jesus, his followers, and the rest of the early evangelists
went out to share the good news.
Forest, Heather. 1996. Wisdom Tales from Around the World. Atlanta, GA:
August House.
A global collection of folklore and stories from across different religious and
cultural background with the author making observations about the wisdom
from the stories.
Foster, Richard. 1978, 1988. Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual
Growth. New York: Harper Collins Publishers.
The author writes on spiritual growth and the application of prayer and
reflection.
_______. 1993. Devotional Classics. San Francisco: Harpercollins.
Fortunato, Frank, with Paul Neeley and Carol Brinneman. 2006. All the World Is
Singing: Glorifying God through the Worship Music of the Nations. Tyrone, GA.
A collection of stories from around the world, detailing the impact of music in
spreading the good news. CD included.
Finnegan, Ruth. 2007. The Oral and Beyond: Doing Things with Words in Africa.
Oxford: James Curry Ltd.
Finnegan examines how people use words to describe their surroundings and link
past to present. This is a valuable book for historians, linguists, anthropologists,
and anyone interested in culture.
Furniss, Graham. 2004. Orality. The Power of the Spoken Word. Basingstoke:
Palgrave Macmillan.
The written word is considered one of the most powerful forms of communication;
however, in this book, the spoken word is dubbed worthy to contend with literature,
as it holds great communicative influence as well.
Gardner, Howard. 1993. Multiple Intelligences: the Theory and Practice. New
York: Basicbooks.
An informative follow-up to his seminal Frames of Mind publication, Multiple Intelligences
recounts what has been learned about the application of MI theory to education.
_______. 2006. Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons in Theory and Practice.
New York: Basic Books.
Gardner’s work provides foundational thinking for the modern classroom,
evaluations, rubrics, and portfolios.