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Box of Treasures
WHAT MYSTERIES ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE BOX?In the Summer of 2016, Anne sits in her late husband’s arm chair in the house where they had spent over sixty years together. Despite being surrounded by family, she misses him terribly as she reminisces about their time together on this earth, thinking back on all the miracles and wonders they had shared, as well as the struggles and disappointments.Anne’s youngest granddaughter Eva enters the room carrying an old tin box—a box that had been forgotten, placed in the back of a closet more than fifty years ago. A box that contained what Anne used to consider her treasures. As Anne looks through the contents of the box, memories of her past instantly overwhelm her—memories dating back to 1939 when she was just a young girl of fourteen. Some memories are joyful, some painful, and some she would just as soon forget. When her family begins to inquire about the box and its contents, Anne is hesitant to share her story. Should she reveal the story of her past? Could she? For the box not only contains distant memories . . .. . . it contains secrets as well.
Lone Falcon
What if you had to choose between your friends and your faith?It is 1971. Eighteen-year-old Carrie Falconer goes to college and joins the rowing team, where she receives praise and popularity for the first time. She also finds her first boyfriend. Not just anyone, but the heart-throb men's crew captain! As coxswain of the varsity squad, she leads her team to four gold medals, allowing them to qualify for Nationals. However, while pursuing her collegiate dreams, she has left behind most of her traditional religious beliefs. While preparing for the National tournament, she is hit by a life-changing consequence, and is forced to decide between pleasing her team or letting them down by following what she believes to be the right path.
A Treasury of Children's Sermons
“Children’s sermons are always my favorite part of church because you never know what the kids are going to say or do. I also know that these sermons are the toughest to come up with. I asked a retired minister for help and together we have come up with some children’s sermons we felt were worth sharing.”—P. J. Wendelken
Rap Sheet
Matt Lofton and his brother sat in fear while Tom swiftly removed his belt.Their lives were about to be altered . . .At age nine, Matt stole his first car, which culminated in a high-speed chase with the police. While growing up on the racially-charged streets of Chicago and Springfield, Illinois, Matt saw life through the eyes of one of the few white kids in the neighborhood. His saving grace should have been his 132 IQ, but instead, he became a master criminal after learning all the wrong lessons from local street thugs. Abandoned by his father and abused by his step-father, Matt felt his hatred of others mushroom.When his mom packed up their meager possessions and moved the family to idyl...
The Broken Hallelu-Jah
Can a cry of praise arise from a place of UTTER BROKENNESS?Author Rachel Vrudny has traveled throughout the United States and around the world. In December 2011, she suffered an acute ischemic stroke. Now legally blind and disabled with speech and swallow issues, Rachel has chosen to live and move forward. The single mother of two boys and a former early-childhood parochial teacher, she now pursues writing and painting.This book is an intimate, often graphic view of Rachel’s eighteen year abusive marriage, and the ten ensuing years of fear. Faith and Scripture are the enduring foundation that are the definitive survival aspects of Rachel’s life. It is only by the grace of God that she continues to thrive and survive.
Cry for Rain: A Memoir
Ariana’s bitter childhood battles with the outside world and her narcissistic mother threaten to consume her soul.As a Christian minority growing up in Tehran, Iran, Ariana faces harsh physical and emotional abuse from her mother and witnesses the same pain inflicted on her siblings. Her daily awakenings leave her unguarded against her mother’s wrath. Despite this, Ariana’s only true safe haven comes fleetingly in the presence of her loving papa, Jacob. However, he is often away for weeks on end as a truck driver, leaving her constantly yearning for his return.“You know your mother loves you very much. If she punishes you, it’s not because she’s mean. It’s not her fault. She is a nervous woman who cannot control her anger.”As she grows up, her search for hope is what she holds onto as she struggles to not only survive her mother’s tirades but the loss of friends and family in terror attacks and political involvement during the revolution, the drastic regime change to an Islamic government, and a city embattled with Iraq.
Other People's Children
A journey about becoming the mother to more than forty children!Robin, a mid-thirties woman, has all the answers on proper parenting. It doesn’t take long, however, for Robin to realize that her perfect parenting ideas and reality often collide as she is thrust into the roles of step-mother, adoptive mother, and foster mother.As Robin navigates the unchartered waters of motherhood, she is forced to deal with the baggage, idiosyncrasies, unique personalities, and special gifts of each child who crosses her path. In the process, she discovers that not only is there is no “one size fits all” method of parenting, but that God does, indeed, does have a sense of humor.In spite of the challen...
amazing, Grace
When Grace was born she was kissed . . .. . . by her Guardian AngelWith that kiss, she received an unusual gift: empathy so intense it aches, aggravated by a spot-on recognition of evil. Reaching the age of fourteen, haunted and followed by shadows all her life, Grace instinctively knows that eleven-year-old Noah Dunne has been kidnapped and is facing certain death.The perpetrator, Jason Bowen, masquerades as an upstanding citizen, boy scout leader, and Sunday School teacher. And everyone is utterly duped – except Grace.She tries to get anyone to listen to her – police, parents, priest.When she is cast in her school’s production of The Miracle Worker, she connects strongly with the character she portrays: Helen Keller. And soon, Grace discovers that she too has a voice and learns how to use it. But with her newfound strength and power, when Grace decides to follow Bowen to rescue Noah, will she be able to face the insidious evil that awaits her?
Revelation - Chapter and Verse
THE BOOK OF REVELATION: HORROR STORY OR LOVE STORY?Revelation - Chapter and Verse invites the reader to take a front seat view of what the Apostle John wrote from his own vantage point of events that is certain to happen one day. We are warned through Scripture that that day is imminent. It is the author’s prayer that the readers of this book will use the information in the pages of each chapter to take positive action in turning to God as their source of salvation by accepting His Son, Jesus Christ as their Savior. Only by God’s Grace in providing such salvation will a person escape the calamity that is coming upon all mankind. If you are alive when the events in Revelation occur, there...
Thoughts of the Soul
Welling up from deep inside the soul of the poet Morgan, these poems are the sum of experiences, both personal and recounted by those with whom he has come into contact. Descriptive of the journey, the trials, the trevails, and the triumphs of true love, the emotions that leap from these pages ring true for lovers of all ages and stages of the life journey.Brimming with both agony and ecstasy, Thoughts of the Soul is intended to assist the reader in finding new ways to express love more passionately, more deeply, and more viscerally than ever before.And maybe, just maybe, the words "I love you" will carry a new, more vibrant meaning for you and those you love - and especially those who love you......unconditionally.
