Religious Authors

When God calls us to some small act of faith — maybe encouraging a stranger or opening up our home — we may never know the consequences if we disobey. But when we do obey, God can do amazing things.

Raised as a Catholic in rural Vermont, I was infused with an awareness of sin and penitence, but also absolution and forgiveness. My late teenage encounter with Dostoevsky’s Legend of the Grand Inquisitor shattered my youthful allegiance to Catholic dogma, but it’s one thing to walk away from Catholic doctrine and quite another to lose the weight of its beauty, fear, and guilt.

In SWANSDOWN, the poet Donald Platt makes a study of life's inevitable transitions, from love's astonishing evolutions, to aging and its attendant losses. With the poem "Cloud Study" Platt brings his own mortality into view. Returning to a painting by Constable, he considers his own perspective, sitting by the Liffey, tending an injured knee. Young mothers, lovers, and runners pass, reminding the poet of who he once was and how quickly life, like weather, shifts.

Martin Luther was a German theologian, priest, author, composer, and previous Augustinian monk who is best recalled as a key figure in the Protestant Reformation and the creator of Lutheranism. In the year 1507, Luther was ordained as a priest. He came to oppose certain Roman Catholic Church theories and practices, specifically the perspective on extravagances. In his 95 Theses of 1517, Luther advised a scholastic evaluation of the practice and effectiveness of extravagances.

Many years ago, the great British philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin urged Herman Wouk to write his autobiography. Wouk responded, "Why me? I'm nobody." Berlin answered, "No, no. You've traveled. You've known many people. You have interesting ideas. It would do a lot of good."

Es un libro escrito en 1927 por Sigmund Freud. En él describe su interpretación sobre los orígenes, desarrollo y psicoanálisis de la religión así como su futuro. Freud veía la religión como un falso sistema de creencias.

Understandably, most people struggle with irrational fear at the mere mention of supernatural beings and concepts, including witches and ghosts based on what is portrayed about them in folklore, movies, scientific journals, fiction books, classical and contemporary art, and TV programs. But you’d be surprised by how much people’s minds are changed when they actually study the world of ghosts, witches and supernatural beings in general and gain insight.

The Beech Bank Girls are back! Teenage friends Chloe, Willow, Annie, Rachel, Holly, and Amber become absorbed in a diary from the First World War, and discover that the choices they make have consequences, just as they did for 14-year-old Grace 100 years ago...the girls continue to live, love, and laugh together through all the trials and joys of life. And discover that even when things seem to be going wrong, God is still at work.

Six teenage friends draw nearer to God and to each other through real-life issues. Amber, Holly, Willow, Annie, Rachel, and Chloe share their laughter, their tears, their hopes, their fears, and their secrets with each other and with us. Miracle and party included! Brilliantly written Christian chick lit for ages 10-14.

No ano de 2013 fui profundamente tocado pelo Espírito de Deus e compelido a escrever quase que diariamente as mensagens que compõe os cinco audiolivros desta série. Foram ao todo 150 mensagens escritas sob a poderosa mão de Deus que me instruiu a escrever cada uma das mensagens. As Mensagens contidas neste livro são um Testemunho para a Humanidade, para que os Homens corrijam seus caminhos e endireitem suas veredas, antes que venha o Grande e Terrível Dia do Senhor!

My adventure started one day as I considered writing a fiction story using Heaven as the main stage. You know - bright lights, angels, and wonderful people living in pleasant villages. That was the beginning of an adventure that would be 60 pages of scribbled wonder. So I could write about Heaven, I decided to ask God to allow me to visit there. Putting it mildly, going to Heaven would steal away my breath. Since the visit in 1991 my thinking and outlook on life changed me. I was already a Christian - but this was different.

The Beatles traveled to India in 1967 to study meditation with the Maharishi...the giggly guru’s benevolent teachings are flawlessly examined with exclusive contributions from the master, the Beatles, and friends. This is a must-listen for every spiritual aspirant, devotee, and Beatles fan alike. A stirring historical document written and narrated by actor author Geoffrey Giuliano. Celebrating 50 years of The Beatles' White Album!

A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke was originally published in Latin in 1689. It was Locke's response to the problem of religion and government; he proposed religious toleration as the answer. For Locke, the only way a church gains genuine converts is through persuasion, not violence. Arguing that the government should not involve itself in spiritual matters, he offers three main reasons.

Life is an unscripted adventure where the impossible lingers around every corner and the magical waits to be discovered. The joy lies in the journey. Verses Versus Verses is an exploration of what it means to truly be alive, and to connect to your lived experience; to experience new sensations and to enjoy those subtle moments that flee too quickly. Filled with experiences and observations from Kevin McCormack’s time on Earth thus far, this is a poetry collection unlike any other.

One of the best-known poets of the Revolutionary War era, Phillis Wheatley made history with this collection, which was the first such work to be published from an African American woman. Celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic, Wheatley found admirers in the likes of Voltaire, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and John Paul Jones.

All Emily Jane wants for her birthday is a pair of fashionable boots, but instead she is given old-fashioned, fake crocodile-skin shoes. Alone in her bedroom, Emily Jane tries on the hated shoes. She hopes they might not fit, but discovers instead that they hold an amazing secret! Join Emily Jane as she goes on a series of adventures, making friends, and some exciting discoveries about God along the way.

A novel for young adults. John Ouma has had enough of village life in the African bush. He's not interested in religion or pleasing God - he wants independence, money, power, and success, and dreams of making it big in the city. When his uncle gets him a job at the Ministry of Technology, John leaves his village and begins to enjoy all the delights the city has to offer with his fun-loving girlfriend, Rose. But after getting involved in a difficult issue at work, and a brush with death in a dangerous suburb, John is troubled by an old dream of a diamond mine collapsing.

The poetry in this book shows a wide range of experience and knowledge, both at home and abroad. Some are inspired by the author’s childhood and growing up in the west coast of Scotland. Some are inspired by knowledge of literature and her deep faith in Christianity, and some are just for fun.

Dr. Richard Alpert, a former Harvard professor and Timothy Leary cohort, was an icon of the hippie, LSD-fueled revolution of the 1960s. Thereafter, on a trip to India - like Clark Kent changing into Superman - he became the much-beloved spiritual teacher Baba Ram Das. His 1970s' iconic book Be Here Now turned on a generation to the deep, non-sectarian spirituality within us all.

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.