Religious Authors

Parker Colthorpe has arrived unexpectedly in Summit Falls to attend one of Jonah Sutherland’s week long symposiums. Or at least that’s what he’s telling everyone…including himself.Adam isn’t the only resident of Summit Falls who is surprised by the unexpected arrival of his former boss when he shows up. But he knows better than most that Parker has always been more at home in the middle of a newsroom than anywhere else and Summit Falls wasn’t the nation’s capital where there was never any shortage of what to cover next. But there was at least one person in Summit Falls who ...

Can faith and love be enough to give Becca the strength to hold onto the one thing she wants most? When a little girl unexpectedly comes into Becca's life, she believes that her prayer for a family has been answered. But as with most plans from God, Becca learns that there is more to this path that she's intended to walk when the little girl's uncle, Marty Reeves, plans to raise his niece himself. Reluctantly Becca opens her life to Marty, if only for the sake of the little girl, and learns he may not be the insensitive man she initially thought he was. But when she begins to feel something...

Enter into ageless philosophy of the great, silent spiritual master Avatar Meher Baba in this comprehensive compendium of this iconic teacher’s greatest thoughts and ideas. Sri Meher Baba is the popular spiritual master of the great Pete Townshend of the iconic rock band The Who, as well as the inspiration behind the composer’s greatest works. Here is a rare audio encounter that's a must-have for everyone, perfect for all school or university collections.

During his youth, the boy who would become C. S. Lewis formed his most basic impressions and tastes regarding music, art, literature, religion, sports, friendship, imagination, education, war, and more. The issues young "Jack" Lewis wrestled with drove him toward the foundation on which his life would be built. His childhood interests, influences, longings, struggles, and even failures prepared him to engage his gifts as a writer, teacher, and friend. Lewis expert Harry Lee Poe unfolds young Jack's key relationships, hobbies, spiritual conflicts, decisions, desires, and dreams.

A year ago in the midst of his parent’s divorce Nate Handen surprised everyone in his extended family when he talked his father into leaving the family home and moving in with him and his friend and business partner. He also convinced him to go into business with the two of them. So far both ventures were working out better than anyone ever expected.His father was happy and despite the acrimonious divorce proceedings his parents were friends. The way he saw it they got along better now than he could ever remember when they were married. Now he was on his way to visit his mother. Livia ...

Charles Colcock Jones, Sr. (1804-1863) was a Presbyterian clergyman, educator, missionary, and planter of Liberty County, Georgia. Jones’ book The Religious Instruction of the Negroes in the United States (1842) is an extended plea to White ministers and slave owners to attend to the spiritual needs of slaves and free Blacks. Part one provides a history of slavery and religion in the United States from 1620 to 1842. Part two discusses the moral and religious conditions of slaves and free blacks, while Part three calls on the Christian church to address these conditions.

The Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. Each saying was made on a different occasion in response to a unique situation that had arisen in the life of the Buddha and his monastic community. It is a good introductory primer on Buddhist thought.

In the midst of political chaos and corruption, The Spiritual Price of Political Silence is a clarion call to action while providing hope and practical advice for people of faith in America.

Cosmic ordering is not a new concept; it predates all religions just as all our other unbreakable laws of life did. Recently the concepts of Rhonda Byrne's The Secret, "manifesting", and "the law of attraction" have entered the mainstream lexicon, but really they are just trendy new labels for something that man has been doing since the dawn of creation - wishing and praying for a better life. Manifesting is just the same as praying but with certainty.

In a stunning unification of modern science, religion, and spirituality, God 4.0 presents a provocative new view of transcendence and connection as the activation of an innate quiescent faculty in the brain, a second system of cognition we all share. If developed, it can help to dissolve religious, tribal and cultural biases and usher in a higher level of conscious connection — a new “spiritual literacy.”

Return to Cedar Hill, the first of the Hills of Burlington series, is the story of six contemporary women, family and friends of different generations yet drawn together at a time when they are all at a crossroads in their lives…and searching for something they’ve not yet found.In search of something she can’t quite put a name to Mary Lane returns to the place her family has called home for almost two hundred years. Some would say she was looking for a new beginning, and others who thought they knew her well would insist she was starting over. All that mattered to Mary was that she ...

Pure Act tells the story of poet Robert Lax, whose quest to live a true life as both an artist and a spiritual seeker inspired Thomas Merton, Jack Kerouac, William Maxwell and a host of other writers, artists and ordinary people.

Toni Morrison's Spiritual Vision unpacks this oft-ignored, but essential, element of Toni Morrison's work - her religion - and in so doing, gives listeners a deeper, richer understanding of her life and her writing.

You need prayers! There are times in life when a person needs some help. It may be for a minor issue we feel a friend or a family member can handle, or a major problem requiring the help of a higher power. Whatever the type of life challenges, God is able to address them all. When we turn to God for help or guidance, we need to know what to say and how to say it. In this Book of Prayers, by James Taiwo, you will find a prayer solution to your problem.

It was time...long past time and he's going home to the city along the river...home to Summit Falls. Though he swore he never would, Nicolas Franklin has finally returned home to Summit Falls...and this time he's home to stay.Home to Stay is the sixth book in the ongoing story of the Return to Summit Falls series. Summit Falls is a small town in the middle of nowhere that could be anywhere. It’s small enough that even though you might not know everyone…you know who everyone is. And they know you. Years ago four young men left their hometown of Summit Falls. Each of them ready to take on...

She has become a legend. Brilliant, personable, and passionate, she is arguably the most gifted of all Irish woman writers of Christian literature. Until her death in 1951, she devoted 50 years of her life to rescuing babies and children from dangerous backgrounds in India. As Bingham tried to uncover the heart and conscience of this extraordinarily self-effacing legend, he is on record as saying that it proved to be one of the greatest spiritual experiences of his life, and in this biography, listeners will find spiritual gold.

The Mystic Heart chronicled Brother Wayne Teasdale's journey into a multifaceted spirituality blending his traditional Catholic training and the Eastern way of sannyasa (Indian monkhood). A Monk in the World tells what the journey has meant for him - living as a monk outside the monastery, integrating teachings from the world's religions with his own Catholic training, combining his vigorous spiritual practice with the necessities of making a living, and pursuing a course of social justice in a major American city.

When Abbie Dawson returns home after a five-years absence, her painful past comes walking through the library door reminding her of the magic she and Caleb once shared. But, Caleb has moved on and is happily dating another woman and Abbie might have stayed away too long. Caleb can’t have Abbie, he never could. The guilt of loving his brother’s girlfriend carved a hole in his soul. He spent years trying to forget her, but that doesn’t stop his heart from remembering and replaying all the ways she loved him. How could Abbie be his soulmate when fate has done nothing but drive them apart?

Aleister Crowley was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer. Crowley declared his followers should "Do what thou wilt" and seek to align themselves with their True Will through the practice of magick. Herein is a treasury of his long-lost writings.

Sharing Home is the fifth book in the ongoing saga of the Return to Summit Falls. Summit Falls is a small town in the middle of nowhere that could be anywhere. It’s small enough that even though you might not know everyone…you know who everyone is. And they know you. Years ago four young men left their hometown of Summit Falls. Each of them ready to take on whatever the world had to throw at them. Now, years later, two of them, Jonah Sutherland, and Adam Dane have returned to Summit Falls to make it their home. Another has it very much in mind. Nicolas Franklin has finally decided ...