The works below were released in 2020. Congratulations to all these authors on their book launches! Please take the time to click on the titles and learn more about each book. While you're at it, order a copy. You'll be supporting another independent author's dream - and you'll get to read some great books!
Raindrops, Shirish Patel
Shirish Patel, M.D., is a retired psychiatrist. In his memoir, Raindrops: How Meditation Changed the Course of My Life, Patel reflects on his lifetime quest for spiritual stability. With seeds of religion and ritual first planted by his mother, Patel finds his life path watered by raindrops of wisdom gathered from everyday experience, gurus, scriptures, and meditation.
From the beauty of the Ugandan landscapes of his childhood, to studying medicine in India, to his professional development in Zambia, the UK, and the US, Patel’s anecdotes about his experiences of fears, failure, and loss speak to readers across cultures and traditions. Raindrops encourages us: if we let the rains fall on fertile ground, we can find our path to change, fulfillment, enlightenment, and service to others. In doing so, we find our true selves.
Available at popular online book and eBook retailers. 5-star reviews and ranked a #1 Amazon release in multiple categories.
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Walking in divine creativity is not only possible, it’s a skill that can be nurtured. Using scripture, personal testimony, and examples from her own artwork, Elizabeth Guerra invites the believer to experience the life-changing transformative power of Jesus through the prophetic arts. Create Inspire Dream reveals essential keys which creatives, seers, and prophetic artists can draw upon to deepen their personal worship, be witnesses of the Kingdom, and minister healing and hope to all.
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Create Inspire Dream, Elizabeth Guerra
The Shadow of Death, Amanda Barney
You'll have a hard time putting down Amanda Barney's debut novel The Shadow of Death. In this mystical, Christian, allegorical adventure, you'll be swept along with characters, diving deep into a medieval fantasy. When you do put it down (if you can put it down), the spiritual message embedded within its pages will resonate in your own life. The extra good news? This is just Book One of the forthcoming Dawn of Truth trilogy.
(Appropriate for adult and young adult readers ages 12+.)
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More than a mere marker of heritage and ancestry, a bloodline determines kings’ and queens’ right to rule. God acts to keep His Kingdom’s bloodline secure and fulfill His plan for the Messiah to become the everlasting King. For every move God makes to further His purpose, Satan attempts a countermove. Satan’s intent is to disrupt, corrupt, and destroy the bloodline.
The result is God's Cosmic Battle: A Game to Die For. Through Old and New Testament passages, Larry Douziech shows that God has an answer for each of Satan’s moves, and that God's ultimate triumph is inevitable. Through belief in Jesus the Messiah, we can join the eternal celebration of the victory of His Kingdom over evil.
Available at Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and other online retailers
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God's Cosmic Battle, Larry Douziech
Escape from Laodicea by Ken and Cathy Esplin
Stories are mirrors through which we see our true selves. Through them, we enter fantasy—another time, another place—and emerge with a clearer view of reality. In Escape from Laodicea, you will walk through a medieval village, watch the king rule, buy from unscrupulous sellers, find yourself imprisoned, and sail away in your yacht from a flotilla of ships...
In this collection of allegories and analysis, Ken and Cathy Esplin share original tales inspired by our loving God, who sent His Son Jesus to save us from sin and our selfish clinging to the world. He wants to transform our hearts to be like His. With examples from the writers’ own lives, the support of scriptural references, and classic Christian writers, the reader will be encouraged. Though walking the path away from Laodicea’s worldly ways may not be easy, it leads us from death to everlasting life.
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Timothy d’Albenas is a pastor at Valley Shore Assembly of God in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. He has served in many areas of ministry including administration, counseling, pastoring, teaching and international missions. His heart is to mentor rising leaders and see disciples formed into the image of Christ. His book, Taking Hold of Life: Rescuing the Gospel from Religious Tyranny shows the reader the path out of the hold of restrictive religion and into the freedom that our loving God brings.
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Taking Hold of Life, Timothy d'Albenas
God's Sabbath Time of Rest, Susan Cabouli
Susan Cabouli, PhD, has released God's Sabbath Time of Rest: God's Full Grace in His Holy Rest. Cabouli delves deeply into our need to meet God on His terms, not ours. She writes:
"God’s rest is evident in all creation. …[B]ecause His rest is so essential to the place and purpose of everything, …it is rendered invisible to us. We look straight through its vital presence and proceed with the life we are busy paving. But God’s rest endures and sustains whether or not we acknowledge it. In the Bible, we first read of God’s rest in His completion of creation and rest is mentioned again in His fourth commandment to Israel. The full revelation of God’s rest comes in Jesus, Lord of the Sabbath, who reveals God’s rest as personal and sacrificial. Jesus is our perfect rest in God; He is a solid anchor who assures our personal rest by giving us His life. God promises He will meet us in His rest. God’s rest is His to give, and it is ours to receive."
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In The Calling is Now, Marcus W. Christmann presents a scripturally-based treatise on why the believer must learn to seek, know and remain in Jesus in order to find God's peace. That peace can only come as a consequence of developing unity with the Spirit. The reward for its pursuit is great, for in His peace, you will discover His unique purpose for your life. Through 1,500+ New Testament references, with the words of Christ emphasized in a traditional red-letter format, you have the opportunity to delve deeply into the word of God, study His truths, and learn to live a deeply meaningful life—one that far surpasses any the world could offer.
Available in a Red Letter edition, standard B&W paperback, or ebook from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and virtually any online book retailer.
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The Calling is Now, M.W. Christmann
Awakening: Diary of a Mystic, CC Johnson
In Awakening: Diary of a Mystic, readers are invited to engage in understanding their own journeys as CC Johnson shares her early life struggles. Her experiences lead her to the ultimate discovery of learning to lean in and trust the invitation to hear, see and know the sacred mysteries of God. In scriptures, in the example of the Messiah, and through the voice of Holy Spirit, readers will find that devotion to and trust in a holy God lead to love, to hope and even to miracles. From Scrolls of Zebulon Publishing. Available at MoringaOasis.com.
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Barbara Lachance, author of The Blank Canvas (2011), Prayer for the Workplace: The Last Frontier (2014), and Saying Yes to God (2015), has released The Marred Canvas: Identity and Redemptive Creativity. In her latest work, she explores from the perspective of an artist how we can develop and strengthen our identity as God's creation and creators ourselves. Each chapter includes reflective questions to aid the reader in his/her development and devotion.
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The Marred Canvas, Barbara Lachance
Rupert from Rupert Finds a Family
Lord Fritz III is the zany author of the forthcoming Rupert's Adventures series from Eastern Reach Books, LLC. Book one, Rupert Finds a Family, is sure to please readers young and old, as Rupert the squirrel tries to warn a new family moving in to hidden danger. Will Rupert save the family, or will the man with the bow tie shoo the poor squirrel away? Don't miss this fun story!
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Window to My World is a book of children's poetry. The humor will have both you and your child smiling and laughing at the antics of the characters - both human and animal. My 8-year-old daughter has had me read and re-read the poems to her multiple nights in a row. Check out the 5-star reviews on Amazon, order a copy of this beautiful hardcover, and enjoy! You'll come back to it again and again.
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Window to My World, Tré Cavil
Life—from childhood, to adolescence, to young adulthood, to midlife and beyond—is a journey through a series of transitions. We face tragedy, trials, adventure, relationships: there is much to navigate. In Thousand Steps, new author Scott Crossman shares his quest to find peace and contentment in the now. Through nature, through travels to the Holy Land, through personal, religious, and cultural shifts in perspective, the adventurer/hero finds his way and shows readers that they can find theirs, too. It was an honor to work with Scott on his edit and interior design.
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Tom Basham is a former FBI Agent who writes fantastic children's adventure books. He subtly weaves in an accessible faith message, resulting in fun, feel-good literature any parent or teacher can be confident in giving a young reader. I was thrilled to work with him on his latest, a novel for ages 8 and up, Schmutz: The Case of the Slime that Scared an Entire City. It's an action-packed mystery where good triumphs over bad, a city is saved from threat, a boy comes to terms with a terrible loss, and a grumpy detective overcomes demotion to solve crimes. Tom and I shared many long conversations covering all things spiritual, cultural and generational: there is more depth than most know behind children's literature, and I was honored to work with Tom on his editing and interior design. The ebook was released in 2019, and the paperback was released shortly after New Year's in 2020. Check it out on Amazon!
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