When is the last time you sat down for a meal, to break bread with other people, and experienced peace? Throughout the arc of the scriptural narrative the word "shalom" is used as a way to speak...więcej »
Is it really possible to connect with God? Can we find spirituality in Judaism? The answer to both these questions is yes. Traditionally, Judaism teaches that we connect with God through the per...więcej »
This story takes the reader inside the mind of a child (the abuser) born into the maladjusted environment of the social cultural conditions that shaped the emotions and behaviors of a network of...więcej »
When people felt obligated to attend worship, as in 1955, it didn't matter whether or not their religious needs were being met. But since our culture has shifted to giving people a choice, they are...więcej »
Two of the most pivotable points in human history have been told and retold by books, songs, plays, and movies. Each time the interpretations focus on the same details or a modified version of thes...więcej »
James used to laugh and joke with the other third graders. Now he was angry, aggressive, and defiant. James was hurting, but Pastor Becky didn't know how to help. Like many children's pastors, she ...więcej »
Where is your treasure?
The scriptural teaching about money is clear, radical, and uncompromising -- and at odds with the practice of most people. This presents an uncomfortable question: do we ch...więcej »
Even in a society as highly mobile as our own has become, change is unsettling, discomfiting. Like our ancestors in faith, we are more often than not on the journey, in the wilderness, seeking to k...więcej »
Evangelical Christianity has traditionally been defined by its belief in the authority of Scripture and its mission to make from all nations disciples of Christ, but it is increasingly being define...więcej »
Turn the Lights On is based on fatherless urban youth trying to find their way through life. This includes being involved in the drug game and witnessing murder at an early age. The title Turn t...więcej »
DEA Special Agent Keith Heiden is up on charges for brutality. He faces an investigation by Internal Affairs. He is ordered to have a psycho review, as he would call it. With pr...więcej »
This book narrates the story of a young family that, in the year 1975, made the bold decision to leave the United Kingdom and seek a new life in South Africa. Although intending to stay for just a ...więcej »
Let this author take you back with a couple memories to an earlier, wilder Kodiak, Alaskawhen the seafood industry was booming and the town never went to sleep, when trappers were popular and...więcej »
Through the traumatic years of Finland's emergence as an independent nation, Tyra struggled with her understanding of God. Friends and family died through frightening natural disaster, the horrors ...więcej »
Is America done? Have we run our course? Is the best behind us with nothing but stagnation, turmoil, and decline ahead? Are we living during the fall of the United States, the New Roman Empire? Cal...więcej »
Currently there are at least four major, identifiable perspectives on how people best understand and recover from religious abuse. Both secular and faith-based (Christian) adherents can be variousl...więcej »
What do unicorns, law, love, and hell all have in common? They are all unfortunate words of the Bible. Through mistranslation, cultural shifts, anachronisms, and misguided intentions, this book tra...więcej »