The Girl From Lost Creek by Author Judy Thompson

 The story of Judy Hartzell begins with the disappearance of her father and the murder of her mother—two events that shocked the small community of Lost Creek, West Virginia, a region of Appalachia in the 1940s. She is separated from her six siblings when she and her sister are eventually adopted by a couple in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with just stories and shadowy memories of her childhood. Judy finds a deep inner strength and independence that would lead her through a life of work, acquiring a college education, raising a family while traveling, and living in various cities in the United States and abroad.

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I Am God Breathed from Author Jennifer Penrose

 Just as our heavenly Father breathed into us, we are teaching our children to breathe in and through their emotions. It’s a good reminder for us as parents too.

We are all God breathed, every man, woman, and child. God created each of us with emotions. They are not something to be ashamed of or try to push away. They are there for a reason.

Children, in particular, do not always know how to handle these big emotions. It’s our job to help them. It is my hope that this book will help you to enable and empower your child to work through these emotions, learning that it’s okay to be feeling what they are feeling. 

About the Author

Jennifer Penrose has always had a love for children. Having worked with toddlers of all abilities and having two sons of her own, she has a passion to write books that not only are helpful to kids and parents alike but also show God’s unending love.

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New Book Release from Author Dasherline Johnson

 After enduring bombing in the Liberian war, the death of her favorite uncle, typhoid fever, and an unhealthy dynamic with her mother, Dasherline describes how she successfully overcame these hurdles, enabling her to help others as a psychologist. She contrasts the loving and nurturing relationship with her maternal grandmother, which provided a solid foundation for healing and wholeness, with the broken bond with her mother.After immigrating to the United States, Dasherline struggled to adapt to a new culture while studying for her doctoral degree and raising her children. As a Black African woman new to American culture, she explores the impact of George Floyd's death and other instances of racism and microaggression as she counsels her sons on safe behavior. She credits her faith in God as the source of healing in her relationships with her mother and her husband. She hopes through this story that readers will be inspired to develop their own resilience and faith to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds.

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Epiphany Through Songs By Author Randal J. Hruska

 The word epiphany came to me as an "epiphany," as something different, catchy, and intriguing. As I received what I felt was spiritual revelation, I felt the urge to share what I had experienced, always hoping, and many times contemplating, before writing that my ideas were not egotistical but inspired.The "through songs" part of the title is more descriptive than anything else. 

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New Release from Author Eileen Weber

Ah, the golden years. Retirement—no longer chained to an alarm clock, free to travel, enjoy life at a leisurely pace. Minerva Gardiner, a socialite, suddenly finds herself a widow when her investment broker husband falls over and dies on the golf course. Minnie has never managed money or a budget, or held a job; and now she must navigate through insurance agents, mortgage bankers, and lawyers. All to no avail, for her husband of forty years has spent every nickel they had on his “sweet little thing” administrative assistant.

Minnie’s only ally is her best friend and sister-in-law, Virginia Gardiner. Along the way, they encounter several other senior citizens who need help as well. Everyday occurrences such as lust, bankruptcy, homelessness, alcoholism, Alzheimer’s, and even revenge make their way into the lives of Minnie and Ginnie and their friends and housemates. Minnie falls in love with a most unlikely hero, who, while fighting to keep his centuries-old log cabin home and ranch from being burned to the ground by an intruder, must also fight for his life.

There’s no such thing as dull dreary days for these oldsters. Meanwhile, with two or three exceptions, the writer has not defined the characters by race, religious, or sexual backgrounds. This is left to the reader. More important is the message of learning to live together, to allow each person to live as they choose, to become a “kinder” person.

About the Author

Abbi Weber believes you’re never too old to follow your dreams. “I’m having the time of my life,” she says, “the stories are pouring out of me.” Weber incorporates her fifty-plus years of experience as an administrative assistant and her extensive family background into her writing. Mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, she also enjoys her family, reading, crocheting, and playing cribbage and poker.

A Place to Live is her first novel.

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Bob the Beagle by Author Sarah Barham

 Bob the Beagle is a gifted dog that recognizes the mighty wonders of God's unconditional love. Follow Bob through this exciting adventure as he finds a new family. Through trials and difficulties, Bob and his family are able to witness to other children, by showing them the amazing love, joy, peace and forgiveness of God's gentle and perfect love in ANY circumstance and situation they may encounter...These adventures are sure to touch every reader, leaving them with the guarantee of a brighter tomorrow through Jesus Christ our perfect Savior.

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New Release From Author JC Street

 In January 1975, President Gerald Ford signed into law HR 17045 of the Health and Human Services, which gave birth to the Child Support Enforcement Program. This is a federal-state program whose purpose was to help strengthen families by securing financial support for children from their noncustodial parents. As a bonus, this new Child Support Enforcement program, along with President Johnson's unconditional war on poverty in the America Act, better known as the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, was sold to be the answer to eliminate intergenerational poverty cycles here in the United States. At the time of this groundbreaking new HR 17045 law, the child poverty rate was at 12 percent.However, standing in the way of this bill passing Congress was a heavily favored constitutional bedrock law called the Privacy Act. At its foundation was the 1890 Brandeis Right to Privacy law. That was simply stated the "right to be let alone." Then, there was the 1948 UN Declaration of Human Rights that declares "no one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence; nor attacks upon his honor and reputation." The Congress of 1974 was in a decisive moment. In order to pass this failing bill, there needed to be a compromise. In exchange for a yes vote to change the Privacy Act (so that we can have this new child support program), Congress will grant exemptions to some federal employees so that their pay cannot be garnished by this new child support program. And to cement this program with the everyday American people, Congress agreed to input a couple of stimulus-response theories into this package.They understood that providing a stimulus to individuals will cause them to react in a certain way, and by rewarding or punishing these responses, they can train the person to react in a particular way. They also used operant conditioning, a method of learning that employs, rewards, and punishes behaviors to establish and maintain conflict between parties--in this example, behaviors between fathers, mothers, and their children. Both psychological theories work together to ensure a desired destination: the classic "divide and conquer" plan.Now that this bill was signed into law, there was only one thing left to do. That was to sell this program to the American people and collect the profits. They found the perfect strategy to get their message across: it's called yellow journalism. It's an 1890s melodrama technique, coined by newspaper owners William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. It used sensational dramatic pieces, with exaggerated characters to persuade its readers to believing that made-up storylines were true. In the end, it made them both very rich.It's now 2021. We have had over forty years to look back over this child support program. Opinions are conflicting. However, we cannot change the facts; remember, facts are very stubborn things. It is a proven fact that this system (the child support system) needs conflict to work. Folks, it's important to understand what is at stake here--it's your family tree. At least three consecutive generations after you will, or can, be affected by what you do. It is now up to you to plant the seed of hope in the lives of those who you directly affect, which are your children. The good news is that God saw this coming.He has a plan for you and your family to escape (break free) from this intergenerational poverty cycle. Insights about how and why this is so very important are shared in this book.

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The Journey: A Christian Perspective on Life’s Journey from Earth to Glory

 The Journey is a Christian perspective on life's journey from earth to glory. In The Journey, Reverend Brenner describes the Christian life in three aspects--past, present, and future or beginning, continuing, and finishing the journey of faith.He shows that the Christian life is analogous to the history of Israel in the Old Testament. Broadly speaking, Israel's history could be summed up in three stages--deliverance from Egypt, the wilderness sojourn, and possessing Canaan, the promised land.The author shows how the Christian's life similarly may be viewed in three stages--redemption from sin's bondage, living for Christ in a sinful world, and reaching our goal, which is heaven, the hope of all believers.His main emphasis is on the second stage, appropriately entitled the pilgrimage, which is obviously the present time of our journey--of living our Christian life now in this present evil world.Reflecting again on Israel's history, he shows how happy they were to escape Egypt but how discouraged and defeated they became during their wilderness journey because of hardships and trials and failed to reach their goal.So the author reminds readers who are on this journey of faith that it's not how you start but how you finish--and finish depending on what you do and how you do after your start and going forward. "So run, that ye may obtain," as 1 Corinthians 9:27 says.So many other words of admonition are given to remind the Christian that he must remain dedicated and determined throughout his journey to reach the goal. Again, listen to the apostle Paul in Philippians 3:12-14: "I follow after; this one thing I do, reaching forth, I press toward the mark for the prize." He is focused.Making the journey is a collaborative effort between the believers and God, our faith and his faithfulness.The author's aim for this book is to encourage you as you continue on in your journey toward heaven.

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New Book Release - Faith and the Power of Healing

 Decisions we make lead to different experiences. Living on the edge with not much regard to faith and self-love, at times leads to dire consequences. I experienced the pain of being blemished, broken, hurt. Not everything is always an outcome of our deeds or actions. I am not a perfect being, however. Through grace and love, even during my times of living on the edge, I was slowed to a halt! In the peril of illness, near death experiences, surviving critical hospital stay with COVID-19, and a 3-day coma, I still stand. Let me define, describe, and deliver my story, my way while realizing and accepting my own vulnerabilities and the greatness of God. Our mind is underused, but when we let it be restored and redirected, greatness takes hold and shapes our thoughts. With faith and belief, remember... the mind is a powerful thing.

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New Release from Author Lizette Ezrre Pohlmeyer

 As parents, we unknowingly teach our children at a young age to rely on us for love. We say things like "Who loves you the most?" and the answer is typically us. Then as children grow up and go to school, they seek the approval and acceptance of classmates and later in life get into relationships that may sometimes fail or be toxic. When this happens, they question their existence and feel unloved. This can lead to self-esteem issues, self-medicating with medications, drugs and/or alcohol, or even worse, suicide. Who Loves You the Most? is a book written for children to understand the wonderful relationship we can have with ourselves and with God when we listen to what's inside our hearts, teaching children at an early age that, ultimately, no matter what happens or what life brings us, we are never truly alone when we believe and accept God as our savior.

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Bedside Manners by Author Scott Abramson M.D.

 “The shortest distance between a human being and the truth,” so goes the saying, “is a story.” These stories told by Dr. Scott Abramson, drawing upon his forty years of medical experience and from coaching colleagues in the mission of physician communication, embody some of these human truths: truths about listening, connection, faith, bereavement, death, teamwork, empathy, courage, grace, joy, leadership, parenting, burnout, the challenges of work-life balance, and the secret of happiness.

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Foster Me by Author Ariana Oman

 “My parents, all of them, are beautifully flawed.”

Life for Ariana is not a ribbon floating through time collecting happy memories; it is a rope she clings to that transforms into a noose when she becomes a foster child. Not every child born is given a stable home. Some face tragedy and are often severed from family ties. This is how a foster child is created, how Ariana became one. Wrapped inside a letter she writes to her deceased mother, Ariana reveals her journey. As a foster child, she faces her fears and more heartbreaks. With loving guidance from her foster families, she learns how to release the rope and transform it into a ribbon.

About the Author

Ariana Oman and her husband live in St. Petersburg, Florida. They own and operate a small business. Together, they volunteer for a local charity that assists at-risk children.

She continues to write and is contemplating publishing three of her completed fiction novels.

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New Release from Author Veronica Sherrill

 Patience has come of age. She is a beautiful young lady who has a secret that could cause her to be seen as unfit as a wife to the ton. Her debut is imminent, but out of doors is where Patience wishes to be, not being paraded before the ton for her first season. She takes a walk to dismiss the anxiety of having to face the upcoming debut and finds that her life will never be the same after that day. She may be young and innocent, but Patience learns quickly that the heart knows no age and true love can show in the strangest of places.

Garrick, a duke in his own right with a thriving business, sees no need for something trivial or nonexistent such as love. He is too busy keeping himself unattached to anyone who tries to get close. However, while out trying to clear his head, he chances upon a vision of beauty, but before he can think to get her name, she disappears.

Watch how Garrick and Patience find each other and how their life becomes so entwined through life events that try to pull them apart before they even begin. Their story is one of tender love in its truest form. Watch how the walls Garrick has erected around his heart are broken down to bring about a love that is beyond measure.

About the Author

Born and raised in the foothills of North Carolina, blessed by the Lord with her family who are most important to her, Emeree Rosewood surrounds herself with family at any chance she gets. She enjoys time with her husband, son with his family, and her daughter. When not writing, she enjoys reading, spending time on the coast, or traveling to see new places.

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Author Raelyn Jansen's New Book "With God All Things Are Possible"

 I started to write prayers and devotions of my daily life. I hope that one day someone would read it and get comfort from what I said. I enjoy writing about things in my life that pertain to God, my almighty savior. One day, it will help other people who are in the same area of life as I was--to seek the Lord and follow the path that the Lord has for me.

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Book Release from Author William H. Green, D.V.M

 Each day (and night) brings surprises into a rural veterinarian's life, especially when he is a solo practitioner taking all calls, including emergencies while treating a myriad of animals and dealing with unique animal owners and characters. Dr. Green has allowed readers of this book to get a glimpse of rural veterinary medicine while enjoying humorous and heartwarming stories. The stories in this book are sometimes unbelievable but definitely true. Days and nights were sometimes very long, and the work was frequently difficult. However, Dr. Green shares his feelings about how much he loved veterinary medicine and the rewards he received. He is now retired and enjoying more rest and sleep at a much slower pace without that dreaded phone call that began with Doc, were you sleeping?

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New Release from Author Kathleen Tiedemann

 Are the lies you’re being fed causing indigestion?

Select truth nuggets instead.

Are you under attack from misinformation bombardment?

Seek shelter from the storm.

Are you shaking your head at society’s ever-changing norms of acceptability?

Stand firm on the foundation of faith.

Take a minute to catch your breath.

Inhale deeply through your nose.

Exhale slowly through your mouth.

In the midst of the madness, don’t lose sight of the message. The Bible reveals Who’s ultimately in control. God made order out of chaos in the beginning, and He does what is humanly impossible.

Pause, Ponder, Pray quotes Scripture and is followed by poetry or prose. Next comes the reader’s opportunity to reflect, recalibrate, and respond before resuming whatever. 

Avoid being absorbed in the rat race

Discover and assume your own pace

Before things here get any worse

Start each day with a Bible verse

Mull over truth therein contained

For from knowledge wisdom may be gained

About the Author

Kathleen M. Tiedemann is an author/poet/wordsmith. She served as an administrative specialist in the Air Force and was both a secretary and an instructor for the Adult Basic Education Department at a community college. Since retiring, she has tutored elementary students in reading and volunteered as a library shelver.

She has resided in ten different states in the US and also lived in Germany. Relocating frequently taught her adaptability while time spent in Bible study and journaling has strengthened her faith. Letter writing kept her connected with family and friends across the miles as she discovered that peace is possible when the Lord is trusted with today and tomorrow.

Education, others and her own, has been a priority. She pursued and earned a college degree majoring in English. The four-year degree took fifteen years to achieve, but with perseverance she stayed the course, heading toward and reaching this academic goal.

She has been a written-word enthusiast since cursive writing, spelling, and creative thinking were taught and valued. A few of the books that have inspired and helped refine her perspective are Hope for Each Day by Billy Graham, The Poems and Prayers of Helen Steiner Rice, compiled by Virginia J. Ruehlmann, and The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions, edited by Arthur Bennett.

Kathleen wrote Pause, Ponder, Pray, her first published work, to encourage readers to consider unchanging God’s life-changing Gospel. From beginning to end, the love for God and Spirit empowerment directed this work.

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Henry Saves Christmas; A WWII Story

 Henry Richards lives with his mother in Londonderry, England. It is 1940, and his father is away at war. On December 24th, the day before Christmas, he is walking to town with his mother when a scary situation brings him into contact with a primary school, its teachers, and its students. Henry will turn out to be the older boy in the class for the next eighteen hours. What can a fourteen-year-old boy do to help turn a scary Christmas Eve into a very happy Christmas morning?

Please spend a special and unusual Christmas Eve with us in a classroom in Londonderry, England. Will Santa make it there in time for Christmas morning? Who will be the hero of this story? Come on this World War II adventure with us! Bring some hot chocolate!

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Book Release from Author Naomi Schuster

 The Cantaloupe Moon captures the gentle conversations between a parent and her child. Each night, the little girl notices that the moon changes slightly. Her curiosity and imagination are off and running as she compares the cosmic object to her favorite type of food: fruit. It becomes an ongoing tradition each night to notice the moon and find which fruit it resembles the most. But what happens when the moon is not shining? The little girl does not fret; she knows that the moon is only playing peekaboo and it will return once more.Inspired by the author's three-year-old daughter, The Cantaloupe Moon reflects the simple wonder of gazing up at the night sky through the eyes of a child. As the moon changes throughout the different phases, the little girl notices that the moon is ever present, watching over her. She finds peace and comfort in knowing that the moon is close by each and every night.As you read this story, perhaps you will also look out at the night sky. What do you notice? Can you see the moon tonight? How many stars can you count? There are so many beautiful aspects of the sky to find.

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New Book - My Dog Can Catch The Moon

 Do you love your dog and want to tell everyone all the neat things he can do? My Dog Can Catch the Moon is a story about all the fantastic things one boy's dog can do. This rhyming tall tale will take you to the moon and back and leave you with wonder and awe of the amazing relationship between one pooch and the stars above.

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