Inspirational Fiction

A book of helpful directions for the lay Minister, ordained Minister, or even a life coach, on how to counsel and recognize mental disorders and sinful nature/behavior of any and all people so that you can counsel them using Biblical principles.

For the past decade, Lemn Sissay has composed a short poem as dawn breaks each morning. Life-affirming, witty and full of wonder, these poems chronicle his own battle with the dark and are fuelled by resilience and defiant joy. Let the Light Pour In is a collection of the best of these poems, and a book celebrating this morning practice.

Hermann Hesse ließ sich oft von den Jahreszeiten zu wundervollen Gedichten und Betrachtungen inspirieren. Seine Texte fangen die geheimnisvolle Aura des Wandels ein - das Aufblühen des Frühlings, die Üppigkeit des Sommers, die Farbenpracht des Herbstes und die Stille des Winters. Christian Berkel interpretiert Hesses Worte so nuancenreich, dass ihre zeitlosen Inhalte geradezu magisch klingen.

The murder of an international attorney, the posturing of a power-hungry politician, the schemes of a psychotic stalker, and the high-stakes drama of a daring rescue mission: Navy JAG Lieutenant Commander Zack Brewer is in the spotlight and the danger zone.

Running late to the bakery one foggy morning, Audrey strikes a vehicle. Emerging from her car into the fog, she discovers she hit a motor scooter. But there’s no rider in sight. Just blood. The absence of the driver is a mystery, especially to Sergeant Jack Mansfield, the detective and church member responsible for firing Audrey's pastor husband from his pulpit. The scooter belongs to Jack’s wife, Julie, a teacher at the local high school, who has vanished… like morning fog.

For years, Amy has traveled to a holy place in her dreams - a sublime place she calls the Living Room. When she awakes, her faith and energy are supernaturally restored. And when she dreams, she receives vibrant inspiration for her novels. As she begins to write her third book, the nature of her dreams shifts. Gone are the literary signposts. Instead, her dreams are studded with scenes that foreshadow real life. Before long, the scenes begin to spill over into her waking hours too.

Her great-great-grandma came to California in a covered wagon more than a hundred years ago, and her family has farmed in the Sacramento Valley ever since, but a life of farming was the last thing she wanted...until the day fate brings her back to the farm.

Jessie is a drifter, and when he begins work for Bill, he doesn’t imagine he’ll be staying in Daisy Creek for long. But the town captures his heart, and finally, he feels the urge to settle down. Inspired by Bill’s marriage, Jessie places an ad for a mail-order bride, and soon he’s falling in love with Mary Marsh’s letters. Mary’s life has been beset by tragedy, and she’s a vision of strength as she wrestles with grief over her father’s death and her mother’s resulting sickness. A new life with Jessie in Daisy Creek could be exactly what she’s looking for....

Robert Harlan has three loves: his wife, his daughter, and his writing. But when his thirst for success causes him to lose focus on his happy family life, ambition begins to consume him. When a stranger appears with a mysterious message about the brevity of his future, he discovers the truth about himself: who he has become, what he has lost, and what it will take to find love again.

What the Road Said is the comforting and uplifting picture book from best-selling poet and activist Cleo Wade.

When the Mast family is forced to evacuate their home in the West Kootenai region of Montana, Christine chooses not to move with her family to her father’s childhood home in Kansas. Instead, she wants to stay closer to home and to her beau, Andy Lambright, who has yet to ask for her hand in marriage and who seems to be holding tightly to secrets from his past. Now, living with her aunt and uncle in St. Ignatius, Christine is on her own for the first time in her life.

Hasan Makari and his son, Najib, both Lebanese nationals, have dreamed of the day they would experience the shining freedom of America. But when they arrive in the US, they are arrested, accused of terrorism, and incarcerated at the Guantánamo Bay Prison Camp in Cuba, all on false charges. Suddenly, they face the nightmare of death by execution. Their only hope is Navy JAG Officer Matt Davis, who has been assigned to the case of his life - to defend the Makaris in court at Guantánamo Bay.

How could she ever marry if it wasn’t for true love? Although the belle of the season with several suitors all vying for her hand in marriage, Samantha is restless. Caught between her parents' expectations and her own desire to marry for love, Samantha finds solace caring for her family’s horses, her one true passion.

In Customs, Solmaz Sharif examines what it means to exist in the nowhere of the arrivals terminal, a continual series of checkpoints, officers, searches, and questionings that become a relentless experience of America. With resignation and austerity, these poems trace a pointed indoctrination to the customs of the nation-state and the English language, and the realities they impose upon the imagination, the paces they put us through.

Sara es la narración de un peregrinaje por reinos hostiles y tierras inhóspitas, mientras cumplen con las arbitrarias indicaciones transmitidas a Abraham por Iahvé o "el Mago", un ser multiforme al que no parece gustarle la risa.

The Golden Key is a beautiful allegory of life, death, and the afterlife. This story follows a young boy and girl as they embark on strange adventures that help them to better understand the circumstances of their own lives as well as those surrounding life itself. Their wanderings and discoveries bring them hope for life after death.

A collection of tabletop role-playing inspired poems for adventurers of all ages, written by Jerry Holkins and featuring illustrations by Mike Krahulik.

Sister Eileen, who runs Our Daily Bread Food Pantry, struggles with the silence of God and harbors a secret she believes is unforgivable. She yearns to convince Angela she is loved by God, despite her selfishness and destructive behavior, but in order for that to be authentic Eileen must learn to love her first, and that’s no easy task - especially after Angela causes a terrible tragedy.

What if you could go on a morning stroll in your backyard garden, only to discover your purpose for being alive? In Pursuit of Fruit places you, the listener, in the lead role. As the main character, you will build your garden, discover the goal of Christian life, and find out how to achieve what you are still here for. Not only will you be entertained by the witty, humorous, and charming characters, but you'll learn invaluable concepts as you dig deep into God's word and have a crystal-clear understanding of your purpose and how to achieve it.

New poetry from Scott Cairns on containing the uncontainable. Often, when speaking of what he has called the poetic operation of language, Scott Cairns has characterized that event as our “glimpsing an indeterminate, inexhaustible enormity within a discrete space.” This is the poet’s continuing fascination with lacunae, those spaces, those openings that offer more within than appearances can register from outside the ostensible covert of their terms.