Religion Anthology

The story is about a gossipy woman finding out that being a "good Christian" is indeed a 24 hour job.

This is the first released collection of original short stories by R. Paul Matty. The author's engaging style draws the reader into each detail of actual events in the drama of nature while uniquely creating a greater respect and appreciation for all things wild, inevitably intertwined with changing human culture.

“Mr. Tony Abbot”? It was my time. I had been waiting for this moment and now it had arrived. It was like going to school or starting a new job for the first time, a feeling of apprehension. I was looking forward to it with dread, I was going down.

A beautiful collection of fictional short sequences created to assist you in your spiritual growth of our heavenly father as he so desperately wants us to do. The characters in my stories are those living in sin, those not there yet, and those who are saved. My stories are designed for you to reflect on your current situations and to make your lives spiritually better. My stories will also uplift your spirits, bring peace to your hearts, and teach you how to love our heavenly father even more!

Salvation can travel in mysterious ways, arriving through unlikely vessels...even while visiting a cemetery. As one extraordinary man's life ends, thousands of miles away a baby girl is born into a world of little promise. In time, this orphaned child of God will discover she has received a gift greater than life itself.

How might we conceive of God, a being who is both invisible and indescribable? Is it foolish or blasphemous to even try? If it is possible to find a meaningful way to picture the divine, how might this help us to connect with him, her or it, and might this lead us away from the main quest of mystics and spiritual seekers - to find God in the heart? An almost constant awareness of God's presence isn't the normal experience of most people. Many of us spend much of our lifetimes wondering what God is like....

The Black Pearl is a biblical-themed short story of a boy and his friends fight for freedom, from the hands of unruly pirates.

In this short, renowned author Dre Baldwin describes the challenge many people have with sitting still with no distractions.

Enclosed in this volume are five tales and short narrations of spirits and specters that seem to linger in the land of the living. Such as a the spirit of a grandfather wishing to connect with the grandson he never met, an entity hell bent on taking the innocence of young girl as she lies terrified in her bed and of the little girl trying to give her sister an important message! Some are false while some are based on fact, can you tell them apart?

"Judas Iscaroit" is one of the most well-known stories written by the celebrated Russian writer Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (1871-1919). The work, which is based on the biblical story, highlights the issue of the disciple's betrayal of his teacher.

The nurturing words gathered here offer the courage to move toward recovery and healing and to summon faith and grace in the midst of pain to anyone who is ill, as well as to their families and friends. Wise and compassionate, this uplifting volume encourages listeners to find solace in simplicity, take comfort in ritual, and welcome the healing touch of a loved one's warm embrace.

"PETITIONS": A short story about a homeless man (contemporary fiction). "ANGEL'S SONG": A companion short story to the novel The Thorn, book one of The Chronicles of Gan (speculative fiction). "WATER": Based on the account found in the Gospel of John, chapter 5, verses 1-16, and the painting by Carl Bloch, Healing at the Pool of Bethesda (historical fiction).

In Collecting Feathers, Daniela I. Norris blends pitch-perfect storytelling and a keen spiritual awareness to bring us a beautiful and haunting set of tales from the beyond. A feast for the heart, mind, and soul, each story is layered with unfolding intrigue, and each one will stay with you long after the pages have been turned.

If you have ever heard of the Kama Sutra, chances are that you heard about the hot, steamy sex positions that are included in this text. Though this is the most popular section of the Kama Sutra, it is not the only one. There are seven sections in the book of the Kama Sutra, each of them designated to give direction to men and women on experiencing pleasure to arrive at a level of divination. The Kama Sutra refers to a treatise on desire and that it is exactly what the book is. It was an instruction manual made for the Hindu religion on how to experience different pleasures. Instead of abstaining from pleasure, the Hindus believe that it must be moderated as an essential part of life. Anyway, now let's get to the fun stuff.