In The Pale Cast of Thought, reflecting on the uncertainties of life often
leads to moments of vision. This lifelong collection of verse shows how
poetry can be used to come to terms with it all. There is a great variety
in both form and content: Love poems, terse, radiant lyrics, narratives,
fresh religious insights and meditatio...
The Holy Wedding is a six-week study revealing God's original intent to have a people in which He could share His love through an intimate relationship—like a marriage. God's design would eventually lead to a holy wedding between Himself and His people. We pick up the thread of this beautiful picture in Genesis and follow it through all the way to Revelati...
Containment is based on lies. For twenty-five years I accepted lies about how a Christian wife should respond to an abusive husband. For twenty-five years, I prayed, complied, and cried. For twenty-five years I was beaten down emotionally until I finally accepted the lies that I was unacceptable and undeserving of respect. On Wednesday, January 14, 2004, tru...
Amanda and Matt were very much in love and could not have been happier, but then something happened.
After the ultimate betrayal, Amanda relied on the love of family, friends, and most of all her faith to get through the heartache. She throws herself into her work not sure if she could ever let go of the past pain and disappointments and love again.
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Keely Marie McLaughlin felt there was a secret surrounding her birth. She was keeping a secret from her momma, and she'd told a whopper of a lie, too. She was also about to have the encounter of her lifetime.
Keely's story unfolds in the summertime of 1929 in Southern Illinois, in the tiny rural town of Dupo. Her father works for the railroad, and her...
Jennifer, a struggling seventeen-year-old girl bombarded with low self-esteem because of her dyslexia, ends her junior year in high school with devastating news. Her school counselor tells her mom she won't be promoted to a senior. Her mom's solution is to send her away, far away, in the middle of nowhere, to her grandparents for the summer.
She's exp...
My Daddy's Heart is Purple was inspired by a father who lost his son after receiving a Purple Heart. Though the heartache of the loss always remains, so goes along with it the pride of knowing his son sacrificed for the country we so love. Because his son also left behind a son, the goal was for all children who have experienced this loss can also share the ...
Learning to Live Again takes you through the horrific journey of grief after the loss of a cherished loved one. It is an honest account of the day-to-day struggle surviving without the person that is significant in your life. It will help you face each day with courage and strength, knowing you are not alone with your loss. The book stresses the importance o...
“Even though we look different on the outside, our hearts beat the same.”
K Monsma shares a glimpse into her heart as she tells a story about a Mother and Daughter discussing the visual differences between them.
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Imagine the isolation of a place where, within several miles of home, there were no people other than immediate family—no modern conveniences, telephones, television, internet, newspaper or mail delivery, supermarkets or shopping malls. Imagine a terrain sometimes more hospitable to mesquite trees, rattlesnakes, and jackrabbits than to human inhabitants. I...
This book is a bringing together of many aspects of the experiences of my Christian journey. As time has unfolded, there have been many occasions where I have felt a subtle yet strong tug on my heart and mind to put down on paper what has been presented to me by the Holy Spirit. All of these one to two page essays have foundations in daily life and t...
Book The Good Dog is an allegory about how to love, accept, and show compassion to others through the eyes of a girl's love for her dog. It is the sequel to Charlie Finds Love and Charlie's Sunshine....
God returns to take his friend, Moses the mouse, on another journey around the world. In his first adventure, Moses learned how God uses COLOR in creation. In this second journey, Moses learns about the thought, care and love that went into the creation of many of God's ANIMALS.
Follow along as Moses tells of his awesome-erific experience and how he l...
Parker wishes he could be a mouse on safari. When he finds his wish has been granted, he meets a very silly giraffe who gets himself into astounding predicaments by wishing that parts of his body could be like that of a different animal. The giraffe looks particularly silly with his rhino horn stuck in the mud! This book will have you and your young friend l...
There may still be time for a despondent, mysterious old house with tiny pineapples carved on its eaves to fulfill the dream of one of its owners over seventy years ago. But in order for that to happen, two retired ladies, one black and one white, must unravel the mystery that surrounds both the house and the children who have come to believe it belongs to t...
Plethora means excess, and one of the meanings of pathos is tragedy. Arjuna's short stories envision a world absent of God. That is his idea of science fiction—a future without God, of man attempting to be God. As a born-again Christian, a world without God is a bleak, dystopian, and hopeless future....
:Clara dreams of being an eagle from the chicken yard where she has lived all her life. Could such a lofty dream ever come true?...
Dandelions have dual personalities. They are delicate; their seeds easily separate and scatter by the slightest breeze. Each has its own destiny chosen for them as they pirouette through the air and land in random locations. But there are certain dandelion seeds that happened to land in the hands of a little girl named Grace. They took root and grew to becom...
In the world of Jesus's disciples, salt was very valuable. So the disciples understood the reference when Jesus told them that they were “the salt of the earth.” When Jesus spoke those words to his disciples, he wasn't just saying that they were good people. He was speaking about the foundation that they shared in Him and the expectations He had for thei...
The Little Book, Jody Bill is a story about a young penguin that wants to fly south for the winter just like all the other birds do.
After his hard work and exercising to prepare for his trip, as hard as Jody tries to fly, he just can't get off the ground. He asks this question, “Why can't I fly? I have wings and feathers just like all the other bir...
Reddy Redbeet was full of wonderful dreams. He was different, not like his friends who had no desire to go beyond the edge of the garden. Reddy was adventurous, wanting to see things beyond Farmer Brown's red beet patch. Will his dreams ever come true?...
Standing Alone in a Long Difficult Journey is about life's challenges, trials, and tragedies and the miracles God can bring to you through in what at times seems impossible. When it's hard to go on and there is no family and friends have deserted you, trust God. When what Satan meant for your harm, God meant for your good.
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Baxter is super excited to go on his big adventure. Along the way, he meets all kinds of creatures. Come join Baxter on his big adventure to see if all the creatures he meets teach him to follow them into trouble or make him learn how to be a leader....
We all have an earthly zip code, a place we live and call home. It ranges from 10001 for New Yorkers, to 90210 for those in Beverly Hills. But what about our life after death, the next phase for our souls – the afterlife, eternity and heaven? Yes, we seek guidance from the world's major religions, and the plethora of beliefs and perceptions from other sour...
Encouragement and Enlightenment for the Caregiver
Moments that Matter is a roadmap for caregivers and their loved ones with memory loss
Experience the Journey:
• Gain knowledge of memory loss and dementia
• Discover how to create significant moments for you and your loved one
• Learn and apply down-to-earth cognitive ...
