Religious Love

In Part One, Yamuna Devi meets her spiritual preceptor, Srila Prabhupada, at her sister's wedding in 1966 and begins her first tentative steps in Bhakti. In San Francisco she and a group of friends establish a vibrant temple and celebrate Rathayatra. Yamuna is initiated, married, and begins cooking for Srila Prabhupada. She, her husband, and two other couples then travel to London and ignite the fire of Sankirtan in England.

A Resilient Heiress. A Tormented Man and a Decision That Could Change Everything. Laurel Bryant daughter of a renowned hotel magnate, travels to Utah, with the aim of dissolving a Mail Order Bride arrangement for her maid. Upon arrival in the dusty streets of Red Rock Junction, she discovers the man she sought, Percy, a tormented soul and owner of a crumbling hotel, is oblivious to the arrangement. In the neglected halls of the hotel, Laurel sees a glimmer of hope not only in the structure, but also in Percy's brooding eyes. Offering her expertise to rescue the hotel from decay, she ignites...

***Free to download with Kindle Unlimited*** A Widow with a shameful secret, A community on fire with gossip, being in love was not an option. Ruby was born on Valentines day, but widowed at 25, Ruby takes care of her father and younger sister accepting that she will never have a family of her own. Perhaps it was in God’s plan that Ruby should never have married at all. After all, her marriage had merely been a convenience. Chandler Troyer fled his community after a crisis of faith, leaving Ruby’s heart shattered. If only he had returned home sooner. Instead Ruby married someone else. ...

Bernard Brady has given us a rare, delightful, and thought-provoking book - a volume that belongs on the desk or the bed-stand of anyone in search of the rich and varied dimensions of Christian love. Christians are taught that God is love and are commanded to love their neighbors and their enemies. These truths are not controversial. What is controversial and indeed has been controversial throughout the history of Christianity, is the meaning of this love.

Escape with the Andersen Family...stories about second chances, single dads, strong heroes and heroines, complicated family entanglements, long-overdue reconciliations, life-long friendships, and later-in-life new beginnings. Inspirational and heartwarming women's fiction that will touch your heart. Livia Andersen was a woman who held her family together with a quiet smile and an iron will. It’s only been months since her death and her family continues to grapple with the shifting changes in their lives now that she’s gone. CONTENTS: Book 5- Choices Book 6 – Regrets Book 7 – ...

She needs a husband to keep her ranch...can she convince the cowboy next-door to marry her? Darren Dumond has been working at Chestnut Ranch since he sold his place after the death of his first wife. But he starts to see the woman who owns the ranch just north of where he works over the summer, and he thinks his heart can handle a new relationship. His heart was wrong. He ends things with Sarena, but he's oh-so-lonely. And Sarena Adams is desperate. Her father died a few months ago, and she only has six months to get married or she and her sisters lose the ranch to their greedy uncle. He'll...

Annaliese Byler returns home to her family’s farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, just in time for Christmas. After spending months caring for her aunt in another district, she’s eager to reconnect with her family. However, a sense of uncertainty stirs in her heart, leaving her wondering if there is something more God is calling her to. Josiah Petersheim, a longtime family friend and skilled woodworker, has also returned to town after apprenticing under his uncle. As they reunite, the once-shy Josiah is now a confident man, though still gentle at heart. Their friendship is rekindled,...

On a February day in 2008, Forrest Church sent a letter to the members of his congregation, informing them that he had terminal cancer; his life would now be measured in months, not years. In that remarkable letter, he wrote: "In more than one respect, I feel very lucky." He went on to promise that he would sum up his thoughts on the topics that had been so pervasive in his work-love and death-in a final book.

Johnny Cash is one of the most influential figures in music and American popular culture today. While he was an icon to people of all ages during his life, Cash's legacy continues after his death. His remarkable story is captured in this exclusive authorized biography, addressing the whole life of Johnny Cash, not just his unforgettable music, but also his relationship with June Carter Cash and his faith in Christ.

Georgia Shipley is known to be a heartbreaker and she wears that truth like a badge of honor. Her father has ordered her to stay away from the new ranch hand—well, all of the ranch hands—but she just can’t help herself. This new one’s a hottie. Exactly her type. Widower and single dad Hunter Kade needs a fresh start. And then some. He has one priority right now—taking care of his daughter. To do that, he has to find a job. The ranch hand opportunity at Hickory Hollow is one he can’t afford to mess up. Hunter has never met anyone like Georgia. She gets under his skin. It’s ...

Featuring many of the beloved characters from Sylvia Price’s bestseller, The Christmas Arrival, as well as a new cast of characters, Amish Love Through the Seasons centers around a group of teenagers as they find friendship, love, and hope in the midst of trials. Tragedy strikes a small Amish community outside of Erie, Pennsylvania when Isaiah Fisher, a widower and father of three, is involved in a serious accident. When his family is left scrambling to pick up the pieces, the community unites to help the single father, but the hospital bills keep piling up. How will the family manage?...

Rookie cop Ivan Vargas blames small-town accountant Julia Morrison for his brother’s suicide, as claimed in the note. When Julia is attacked, Ivan wonders if she’s right about the suicide being staged. He’s determined to find his brother’s killer and keep Julia safe but reluctant to lose his heart to the stubborn beauty who's known to break them… Hurt in the past, Julia has avoided letting men too close. But she needs Ivan’s help to uncover traumatic secrets someone would kill to keep hidden. Can she stay alive long enough to learn to love and trust again? What readers say about...

Before he was the world's foremost Catholic biographer, Joseph Pearce was a leader of the National Front, a British nationalist, white supremacist group. Before he published books highlighting and celebrating the great Catholic cultural tradition, he disseminated literature extolling the virtues of the white race and calling for the banishment of all non-whites from Britain. In Race with the Devil: My Journey from Racial Hatred to Rational Love, Pearce himself takes the listener through his journey from racist revolutionary to Christian.

It's rarely obvious when a group is a cult. Most cults don't advertise themselves as such: They are groups of people who look and act just like you and me. Not dangerous. Not deranged. At least, not at first. In this award-winning memoir, Alexandra Amor shines a light on cults so that others might learn from her heartbreaking experience. Amor gracefully and sensitively explains how ordinary and intelligent people get seduced into joining cults, why they stay despite the emotional and psychological abuse, and what the long process of recovery looks like once someone leaves a cult.

For years, Michelle LeClair, former president of Scientology's international humanitarian organization, tried to reconcile her same-sex attraction with the anti-gay ideology of the church. Michelle finally ends her horrific marriage, finds the love of her life, a woman, and ultimately leaves the Church. But the split comes at a terrible price. In this tell-all memoir, Michelle offers an insider's perspective on Scientology's pervasive influence, secret rituals, and ruthless practices for keeping members in line.

Since 1997 Maggie Gobran and her organization, Stephen's Children, have been changing lives in Cairo's notorious zabala, or garbage slums. Her innovative, transformational work has garnered worldwide fame and multiple Nobel Prize nominations, but her full story has remained untold—until now. Best-selling authors Martin Makary and Ellen Vaughn chronicle Mama Maggie's surprising pilgrimage from privileged child to stylish businesswoman to college professor pondering God's call to change.

He’s fire. She’s Ice. Sparks will fly, and her greatest source of irritation might just become her saving grace … Ian Douglas is tired of being set up on blind dates. It seems that everyone wants to go out with a firefighter-paramedic, but no one wants to settle down and get serious. He's looking for something lasting, a woman who will be by his side for the rest of his life. Children, grandchildren, dogs running around in the yard—he wants the whole package, and he's not willing to settle for anything less. Alicia Teague gave up on romance a long time ago. She's much more ...

Millions know Emily Maynard Johnson from her unprecedented double appearances on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. Millions also know that neither of the relationships from those shows lasted much longer than a commercial break. Overcome with embarrassment following her nationally televised failures at romance, Emily finally committed her heart to the only one she knew would never leave her empty and alone. Abandoning her desire to be chosen by men and finding peace in the fact that she was already chosen by God, Emily found the joy she had been looking for in serving God.

Small-town romance with faith, humor, and more than a dash of danger! A woman fighting to survive. A cowboy fighting for her. But news about her missing child could tear them apart… Escape to Cowboy Crossing, where people care about each other, romances are sweet and swoony, and six cowboy brothers with hot Irish blood fall in love when they least expect it. After being brutally beaten up by her ex-husband and left helpless and jobless, Courtney Rogers reluctantly agrees to recover at the only safe haven she knows. A ranch where one of the cowboy brothers could steal her heart if it ...

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 ...