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Knowing Sunshine is a celebration of winning. The promise of victory is revealed in pieces. A melancholic, young girl battles back from a self-imposed exile to become a woman fully able to embrace the joy of life. Each poem speaks of this confidence; every sorrow can be healed by God. Life has its rough edges, but the darkness of each passing storm cannot persist in the presence of light. The women in the short story, "Around Midnight," connect with an inner power when they chose to see a future beyond the pain.The reader is invited to join the journey in search of restoration. It begins with taking a bold leap of faith and ends with finding true peace. Knowing Sunshine is about finding freedom in the places where the unconditional love of God abounds.

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?

Jeremiah Chapter 18 and Psalm 40 liken God to the Great Potter of our lives, molding us and shaping us according to His perfect plan. Emily Rose Massey shares her testimony of how the Lord delivered her out of the filth and bondage of sexual sin and into the glorious light of His saving grace. When she set her feet firmly on the foundation of Jesus Christ and allowed God to chisel away parts of her marred heart with His Spirit and Word, He was able to mold her into a beautiful vessel fit for His use.But this only happened when she yielded her life absolutely to Jesus and truly made Him Lord of her life.Using the steps a potter takes to complete a masterpiece made of clay as the structure of her testimony, the reader is afforded a glimpse into the life of the author, whose transparency and honesty provide a view of her journey from brokenness to beauty, through the strength and power of Jesus Christ.

If only Stacey could go back...Back to her childhood. Back to her innocence. Back to the happiness she knew before he left . . . before her pain led her to make a soul-shattering mistake.Knowing she cannot go back, she moves forward, harboring a secret that haunts her and leaves her with an immeasurable weight of regret and guilt.Her past threatens to destroy her.Can she possibly move on and be a whole person again?Can she ever be ABSOLVED?

Princess Sighing Dove, an adolescent Native American, was unable to sense joy, even long after her mother died only days after her birth. The burden of grief in the loss of the mother was very great for both father and daughter; it even threatened the unity of their tribe. The mother had also been so loving toward the surrounding prairie animals that her loss was clearly seen in them as well. In desperation, the Sighing Dove's father calls an assembly of the prairie animals to ask their help in searching for the true smile-inner joy-for his daughter. In their mission, Sighing Dove and her animal friends encounter treacherous dangers and sinister enemies. Will Sighing Dove survive long enough to find the true smile? Reminiscent of the rich allegories of C.S. Lewis, this moving tale will keep you on the edge of your seat with thrilling action, numerous perils, and lessons from which we can all learn.

The war of the ages still rages . . .Since time began, there has been a struggle between the light and darkness that dwell within us. We are all ensnared by these battles between light and dark, good and evil, right and wrong, and the flesh and the spirit.What is the nature of this darkness? What is the light that pulls us away from the darkness? Can we survive this constant war?YES!Not only can we survive, we can overcome and prevail. This book provides practical tools to aid in the conflict between what we want to do and what we ought to do. Are you emotionally the walking wounded? Have you been savaged by a divorce? Are you asking why relationships are so difficult to keep and maintain? Are you struggling with abuse, addiction, trauma, grief, or PTSD? The Soular Eclipse will strengthen your resolve to live in the Light.

Miracle Lee Canady is a young dreamer and aspiring physicist who earns her way into a prestigious Ph.D. program. Although smart and witty, Miracle maintains an innocence pervasive in every area of her life.Her tenacity and strong will are tested when she meets Mason Hunter, a charming and ambitious businessman in the world of construction. Upon meeting Miracle, Mason is stunned by her amazing mixture of beauty and intelligence. He quickly attempts to get to know her and ultimately sweeps her off her feet.But their whirlwind romance leaves Miracle in an impossible position she never expected; a situation where she must make the decision of a lifetime. In the midst of her struggle with her personal convictions, Miracle discovers a secret about Mason that tears her world apart.

What if Christopher Columbus owed his success-maybe even his very life-to two brothers who have been almost completely forgotten in the annals of history?Forgotten Brothers is the story of Martín and Vicente Pinzon, and their instrumental role in the eventual success of Christopher Columbus' mission. Columbus invited Martin Pinzon to join the expedition, but the two men would eventually become bitter rivals. And while heartbreak was the fate for the Pinzons, Columbus returned a victor, and history regards him as a hero.Based on many long-neglected historical treatises, some as many as 140 years old, this book presents a different picture of the facts of the voyage-facts today's history books fail to reveal.

Anabel Martin thought that the resolution of her father's murder would bring a resolution to her problems. After all, she was starting life over in a new place, with new friends, and new adventures, focusing on attending college and raising her daughter free from the distractions of Washington, DC. She was ready to move on.But a trip back to the District for Meghan's wedding stirs up old feelings and brings new life to old relationships. Matt is cold and distant, while Jared is caring and attentive. A woman from Matt's past, a bold public flirtation, and Anabel's desire to be truly loved lead her to a crossroads...and her final decision leaves her with more questions than answers.

Of the many emotions and experiences that comprise the essence of being human, grief is one that is practically unavoidable. People were made to relate to one another and to their Creator, and the loss of these relationships leaves a profound mark. Troubled Mind, Soul at Peace is the literary expression of the author's own personal spiritual journey through moments of grief, upon the loss of an unborn child in an unexpected miscarriage, and the untimely death of a dear friend. Amidst these circumstances, interspersed with moments of joy, the author finds solace in his relationship with God, and through the stewardship of His creation.

Secrets have a way of controlling a person's life, and for Mike Fuller, a small town pastor, this has never been truer. His own secret could destroy his marriage. Desperate to keep his wife from discovering the mistakes he's made, Mike frantically searches for a solution, but his options are slim. Time is running out, and even God Himself seems to have turned a deaf ear.Then Sadie arrives in town, a peculiar old woman who has a secret of her own. It is through her that God teaches Mike a valuable lesson-a lesson about trust, patience, endurance, and most importantly, God's timing.After all, everything happens for a reason . . .

At the intersection of the fight to end human trafficking and a love of baseball stands one man . . . For Ethan Bryan, an early morning dream became an invitation into a world-record-setting-coast-to-coast-catch-playing adventure of faith, new friends, serendipitous stories, and raising money to fight human trafficking.A portion of the proceeds from this book will go to Not For Sale.

Love is bliss . . .Mont is a young man growing up in rural Pennsylvania in a world before the terror of the World Wars. As he makes the transition from boyhood to manhood, he discovers an overwhelming love for the game of baseball.Then he discovers the life-changing impact of the love of a good woman and the passion that she brings into his life.Ultimately, however, he becomes acquainted with the world-shattering reality and heartbreak of war as a soldier in the first World War.. . . War is Hell.

Have you ever kept a secret for a friend? A secret that you couldn't tell a single person? A secret that gnawed and consumed your mind? A secret that robbed you of sleep? It might be something wonderful or awful, something neither good nor ill. It might be rather strange. No matter what it is, a secret craves freedom, but it mustn't escape. It must be kept. Everyone has kept a secret, but few have kept one like Sam Gylkov's. Sam, a farmer from southern Michigan, has a secret he can no longer bear, which he will soon entrust to a friend. It is at the same time wonderful and horrible and dizzying. And after hearing it, no one will ever be the same.

Freedom & Hope always come at a cost . . .With the discovery of the New World, people who had been living under the oppression of governmental control of religion began to see hope. They saw a place of personal freedom to worship God in their own way.Decision Made is the story of John Kinsey and his friends seeking their religious freedom in the New World. But while hope dwells on the horizon, leaving behind their families, friends, and the lives they had known is anything but simple.Their risky voyage across the Atlantic Ocean is only the beginning of their struggles. They quickly find their lives and quest for freedom entangled with a young nation fighting for its own freedom.Making the decision was only the beginning.

When we first meet Aili MacIntyre, she's doing what she's been doing all her life: running in fear. She flees through a foreign jungle with two young girls and tries to save them from the forced prostitution ring that has been holding them in a virtual hell-on-earth. But tragedy meets them under the trees, and only one child escapes.Three years later, Alexandra Adelaide has acquired a new identity in a radically different scene: the metropolitan jungle of Greater Los Angeles. She, though saved by Grace, has invented what she believes is the appropriate way to suffer for her own sins. Alex is raising the child who was orphaned by her insecurities. And she never, for a second, lets herself forget the pain caused by her mistakes.Then the real tragedy strikes . . .. . . she falls in love.Matthew Gold is everything she needs and a lot more than she could've imagined. Bright, attractive, generous, and with his own vested interest in Grace, Matt works hard to earn Alex's trust and a place in her life. He even loves and seeks to protect her daughter, who is the key to breaking open the biggest human trafficking case in recent history.But Alex has lived in fear since she took her first breath. So how does she let Love start a new day? How does she choose courage even as very real dangers draw closer to her barred doors?

Surrender to the Silence.Listen to the pulse of wonder.Diffuse the shadows of the darkness.Life is more than merely living. Visualize Elijah, hiding in the dark silence of that rocky cleft as he waits for the Glory of God to pass by. As we listen and surrender to the still, small voice of God, we grow in faith.If by sharing our faith we are able to encourage other believers, or to influence another to believe in God, then we must share this faith. I have experienced God's presence in my life. Surrender to the Silence is my response.

The Big Picture is a much-needed book that allows the reader to consider the big questions of life without feeling bludgeoned to adopt the author's opinion. The book explains basics of science, philosophy and religion in a straightforward manner. It will encourage all those who want to live a good and purposeful life and would like a sound basis for doing so. Such readers may find a resonance with the teaching of Jesus and this book will explore whether we can trust what has been recorded in the gospel accounts, and whether the findings of science and a reasoned understanding of the Bible are consistent or contradictory. Many books in the arena of science and faith are hostile and adversarial. The authors set up straw men of their opponent's arguments, dismantle them and then preach their own arguments to their disciples. The author of The Big Picture recognises that there are intelligent atheists and intelligent believers, and that a case can always be made for whatever someone wants to believe. The reader is therefore treated with respect.

Carolina Costandini is a first generation Italian-American living in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania-just outside of Pittsburgh-in the mid-1920s. As the only daughter in the family, she finds herself in a traditional role of cook and maid-a role she longs to escape. Her brothers attend school and work, but her own education ended at fifth grade.The Italian neighborhood that she lives in is full of characters with complicated lives inevitably intersecting.Sara is a middle age woman, a dear friend of the family, who is persecuted by an abusive husband, Luca Vassari.Angelo Marchetti is the town barber and a widower with a mentally challenged daughter and an aging mother. A good and decent man, he finds himself forced to do battle with evil and risk imprisonment in a justice system that sees Italians as second-class citizens.The Mano Nero (the local mafia) has a strong hold on the town, threatening its citizens, but it also finds itself at war with the emerging power of the Ku Klux Klan.Nicoletta Pantuzzo is another neighbor to the Costandini family-a widow shunned by the women of the town because she is a prostitute.Zia Izzy is Carolina's aunt who has the Italian gift of being a "witch," which she hopes to pass on to Carolina. It is a temptation that Carolina entertains at the disapproval of her mother, Lena.As Carolina struggles to navigate the rough waters of discovering her identity, she is befriended by Sr. Norbert, who acts as a confidant and guide. But ultimately, it is up to Carolina to make a decision that will impact the rest of her life.

Ashlyn Bellissa is haunted . . .. . . not by the dead . . .. . . but by the living.She traveled to Colorado to celebrate her younger sister's wedding, and perhaps escape the monotony of the endless "party-life" she finds herself still living well into her thirties. She never expected to come face-to-face with the children she left behind over a decade ago.As the memories of her past sins relentlessly invade her dreams, will she accept the chance to break her family's cycle of abandonment? Or will she close her eyes in favor of the fairy-tale world that she has created for herself? The second installment in the Once Upon a Reality series, To Dwell in Dreams is a clever and poignant retelling of the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty for the modern woman.

On the Wings of Angels (Book 3 of the Beyond the Blue Horizon Series), continues the saga of Otto Kerchner, the airplane-obsessed Wisconsin farm boy who becomes a hero of World War II in On Wings of the Morning (Book 1). He continued to lead his family, friends, and community into new ventures-and sometimes danger-in On the Wings of Eagles (Book 2).The latest in the series picks up in 1954 with an unlikely mix of elements: a minor league baseball team, mobsters from Minneapolis, a Soviet jet, family discord, sudden death, an aviation camp, a kidnapping, and a marauding bear. Meanwhile, the Kerchners, their friends, and their community cope with a changing world.Readers of the earlier novels have praised the easy style and realistic touches in the books which help recreate the ambiance and feel of those remembered years, including the simple pleasures of picnics, birthday parties, and pick-up baseball games. The characters are at once unique and identifiable, and their hopes, fears, and struggles still resonate today. This book is a must read among must reads for just about everyone.

Dina is searching for a special angel to top her Christmas tree, one that looks like her Japanese, Irish, German, and Mexican sons. Her husband Julio struggles with his disdain of holiday hype.Can this family and their friends come to rediscover what makes the Christmas season a time worth treasuring?And will a fruitcake nobody wants find a home?

I sent an email to W. P. Kinsella though I never really expected him to respond. It basically described the scope and vision of this project as well as thanking him for his wit and wisdom in Shoeless Joe. Kinsella replied in short time and form: "I'm very distrustful of anyone who claims to hear voices. It is the fiction writer's job to create weird characters, but I wouldn't want to know any of them in real life." -W. P. Kinsella Kinsella had just called me a real-life weird character. And I was thrilled.

On the Wings of Eagles continues the saga of Wisconsin farm boy Otto Kerchner as he, his sister Mata, and the community of Pioneer Lake make their way in the brave new world of post-World War II America. This sequel to On Wings of the Morning (which details Otto's service as a B-17 pilot, a fiery crash landing, and his long recovery from physical and psychological wounds), recreates a simpler world in which family and community played a vital role.Picking up in May of 1946, readers will witness a new chapter in Otto's adventure as he starts up an airline, experiences a wedding, witnesses another fiery crash, commands a bomber squadron in the Korean War, runs an air circus, and tries to come to terms with someone from his past-all in the space of a few short years.On the Wings of Eagles features the warmth and rich characterization readers of all ages enjoyed in the first book, and is sure to become a new favorite among the many fans of Otto, his friends, family, and their little town of Pioneer Lake. This second installment in the Beyond the Blue Horizon series will inspire and engage readers from Young Adult on up.

Written Life takes a whimsical swing at poetic conventions as it delves into the intricacies of Midwestern life in the twenty-first century. It asks the hard questions, like, God, who are you? Death, when will you come? Dog, have you been let out lately? Introspection and humor, joy and sorrow, murder and pyromania are all fair game in this life; this Written Life.

"With grace, humor, and sensitivity, Diana R. Zimmerman renders a traditional Mennonite farm family in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as seen through a child's eyes and spoken in the hypnotic rhythms of a young girl's voice. The spirited speaker develops a rich sense of herself and her community as she grows up in a conservative religious context where "help means spank," and female children are reared for lives of obedience, modesty, and piety. This is a remarkably immediate work of memory and imagination-authentic, fair-minded, and unsentimental- suitable for readers of all ages."-Julia Spicher Kasdorf, author of Sleeping Preacher and The Body and the Book: Writing from a Mennonite Life"Diana R. Zimmerman has written a great American memoir. I was reminded of Huck Finn and Harriet the Spy and Jo March as I chuckled and gasped and laughed out loud through this book. You will love this little Mennonite girl, and she will lead you back to your own inner child. You will also start seeing the world through her eyes. You won't want this story to end."-Shirley Hershey Showalter, author of Blush: A Mennonite Girl Meets a Glittering World

Life can get really UGLY.Marriages sometimes end in divorce. A person is healthy one minute, then a routine physical reveals terminal cancer, and medical bills wipe out any savings. Jobs are lost, children don't respond to parental teaching. Sons and daughters return home from war with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.I could list a dozen more tragic losses. How do we cope, or is coping the answer? I believe we need to face these difficulties and setbacks with a different mindset. Instead of merely treating our problems with a salve-coping-we need to delve into the core and search for the beauty in life's ugliness.How do we find this beauty? There is only one way-by looking to the cross. The world scorned Jesus as being ugly, but he arose in the beauty of eternal life. Following His example will give us the courage so we, too, can face life's ugliness by discovering its deep, inner beauty.

Words: Spoken and Unspoken Forces provides the key to understanding the secret power of words and traces how this power is activated by drawing references from various authors and experts in psychology, philosophy, medicine, and semiotics. The author presents a theoretical model to understand why words affect individuals by suggesting that words color emotions, shape behaviors, and influence physiological functioning to create an overall impact (whether positive or negative). Drawing upon several scientific studies, this book will help the reader understand why words are spoken and unspoken forces that have the potential to shape the future.