Religious Love

When Sargent "Sarge" Shriver—founder of the Peace Corps and architect of President Johnson's War on Poverty—died in 2011 after a valiant fight with Alzheimer's, thousands of tributes poured in from friends and strangers worldwide. These tributes, which extolled the daily kindness and humanity of "a good man," moved his son Mark far more than those who lauded Sarge for his big-stage, headline-making accomplishments. After a lifetime searching for the path to his father's success in the public arena, Mark instead turns to a search for the secret of his father's joy.

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.

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?...

The Apostles of Jesus were twelve ordinary Jewish men who walked upon the face of our earth with the Son of God. And in doing so, they changed the course of human history. And the thing is, we know almost nothing about them . . . Until now. The author's name is Richard Orzeck, and he is a practicing veterinarian living in upstate New York. For the last seven years, he has visited sixteen countries on three continents, researching, photographing, and learning all that is humanly possible to know about these twelve men.

Love Blooms on the Frontier When Elizabeth Carter steps off the stagecoach in Hope's Landing, Wyoming, she's looking for a fresh start. What she finds is Jeb - a rugged rancher with a heart of gold and a spirit as wild as the land he tends. As Elizabeth and Jeb build a life together, they face the challenges of frontier living with courage and determination. But when sinister forces threaten their home and community, they must stand united to protect all they hold dear. From drought to danger, tender moments to triumph, follow Elizabeth and Jeb's journey as their love deepens and their ...

A Scandalized Woman. A Broken-Hearted Man. One Twist of Fate That Could Mend Two Souls. Ella Donald, a once beloved figure in Chicago's elite circles, finds her life in ruins after a false accusation leads to scandal and betrayal. Isolated and desperate, she turns to Meredith Yancy’s Chance of Love Marriage Agency and embarks on a journey to Justice City, Nebraska. Samuel Emmerson, a stoic blacksmith who conceals a broken heart beneath his rugged exterior is seeking a housekeeper to care for the house and his young charge Ryan. When he discovers that Ella is expecting a husband, due to ...

For millennia plant and animal species have received little sustained attention as subjects of Christian theology and ethics in their own right. Focused on the human dilemma of sin and redemptive grace, theology has considered the doctrine of creation to be mainly an overture to the main drama of human being`s relationship to God. What value does the natural world have within the framework of religious belief?

A busy matriarch and a risk-loving younger man with a secret… Can his granddaughter in need bring these opposites together? Graziella Moore has been a family matriarch long enough. Or maybe too long, but who wants to risk her heart after being abandoned and deceived by a husband? So she doesn’t understand why her adult children are interfering when she starts dating again. Yes, her boyfriend, Hugo Ackerman, is much younger than she is and his two previous wives died suspiciously, but Graziella can take care of herself. Never mind that she's suddenly become accident-prone. Meanwhile, ...

A brokenhearted widower with a sad daughter. A secret bodyguard working as a nanny. Can they become an unlikely family this Christmas? Since his wife died, all Conner Strauss wants is a big family, other children who might put a smile back on his little girl's face. His wish might come true when his mother finally tells him who his biological father was. To get close to his new siblings and their children without giving himself away, he starts courting the family nanny. Once jilted, Gwendolyn Meyers concentrated on her career as a bodyguard, eager to prove she's just as good as her late ...

Thanks to the sheltered upbringing by her overprotective mother, when Dolores, a 50-year-old virgin goes on a cruise in the hopes of finding someone to love and with whom to enjoy her unexplored sexuality, she finds that perfect person who does both...and even more. This novella is a touching, contemporary love story with a timeless message: love has no gender. For readers without hangups on gender issues.

Love to Christ introduces listeners to one of the most beloved Scottish pastors of the nineteenth century, Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1813-1843). Following a biographical sketch that acquaints us with the life and ministry of M'Cheyne, Jordon Stone presents thirty-eight excerpts from M'Cheyne's writings that walk us through the nature, foundation, means, rewards, and ministry of holiness. M'Cheyne's life and ministry was marked by a pursuit of holiness.

Jackson Evans, the billionaire owner of Ivy Ridge Ranch, hires the private investigator who, seven years ago, uncovered the truth of his wife’s betrayal. Jackson fell hard for Valerie Meyers back then, but he was too embroiled in the chaos of a bitter divorce to be able to even think about such things. Valerie feels similarly about Jackson but doesn’t think he’ll ever reciprocate her feelings. Nevertheless, she’s happy to be back in Copper Canyon, among old friends. But what Valerie discovers in her investigation is far more sinister than anybody could have imagined. As dark secrets...

Relationship experts and award-winning authors Les and Leslie Parrott believe the same forces that can tear down a marriage can become the catalyst for new relational depth and richness--provided you learn the secrets to using everyday problems to strengthen your marriage. In this book they explore how a marriage survives and thrives when a couple learns to use problems to boost their love life, to literally love each other more.

Temptation in the Pulpit is full of church drama revolving around Minister Devon Tucker and his congregation. Devon finds nothing wrong with working for the Lord while holding his own as a ladies' man and Casanova. Will grace and mercy be sufficient to save the minister from an impending fall and to silence the discord of the church's brothers and sisters? The faithful members in his congregation must way the potential yield result of the pitfall of his not so becoming behavior on the church. Ambiguity sets the tone for the story after Georgette Bradbury applies to be the new assistant ...

Further Along the Road Less Traveled takes the lectures of Dr. Peck and presents his profound insights into the issues that confront and challenge all of us today: spirituality, forgiveness, relationships, and growing up. In this aid for living less simplistically, you will learn not to look for the easy answers but to think multidimensionally. You will learn to reach for the "ultimate step," which brings you face to face with your personal spirituality.

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?...

**Note** This book was formerly called The Paper Rose Club. The authors gave it a new cover and title to more accurately reflect the content of the book. A deliciously sweet, clean romance set in the quaint town of Honeycomb, Alabama where life is anything but serene. Roxie Fisher must fight to save her bakery from the greedy clutches of her lifelong nemesis, Imogene West, while trying to finagle a way to keep Gus Malone, the love of her life, from falling for her spoiled but beautiful designer friend, Rose, who's determined to make Gus number four in her long line of husbands. Roxie get ...

Dwight loves all things female—but he’s not about to settle down until he finds a woman who fits one very high standard: extraordinary. She has to be everything he’s admired in his mother—and then some. Until then, he’s following his Uncle Butter’s advice: “Give the rats some cheese.” The only woman Dwight might’ve considered settling down with? Jamecia. But now she’s got white boy Jacob on her arm. Little does Dwight know—he’s about to meet the next best thing: Jamecia’s sister, Jayla. Jayla has had her share of dead-end relationships. After too many heartbreaks, ...

With a little bit of country, a whole lot of faith, and a healthy dose of sass, award-winning singer-songwriter Lauren Alaina's debut book, Getting Good at Being You, invites you to take the road less traveled as you step right up to who God calls you to be.

★★★★★ “A great job of modernizing a difficult parable” Pastor’s Comment Ever wonder how one of Jesus's parables might be told today? Five compelling stories that illustrate how our faith is tested every day! Crossroads of Faith is five modern-day retellings of biblical parables. These stories illustrate and remind us of the wonderful lessons taught by the parables of Jesus and other Biblical events. We all reach times in our life when our faith is tested and our convictions are revealed by the decisions we make. Whether you call them crossroads or maybe forks in the road, ...