Can you imagine that in the United States or in Europe a young, scientifically, highly educated high school graduate had never heard anything about church or religion? Probably, you can’t. But nevertheless, it has happened. In recent decades, we have seen the dramatic growth of scientific knowledge that confronts traditional faith with facts. These facts seem to threaten the underlying truth of these age-old dogmas. Many young people acknowledge the problem: modern knowledge is contrary to the ancient dogmas of faith. Doubts about the credibility of traditional beliefs and religious ceremonies arise. The consequence is the absence from the Sunday …

Set in rural South Carolina and urban North Carolina, in the novel Holding On: A Parable of Faith and Strength, we watch Sister Fullmore emerge through a very untypical childhood to become a very untypical woman. The book begins on her first day of school, where we see hints of the smart, sassy young woman she becomes. From a father who drinks his family into a life of poverty, to brothers who leave her to fend for herself, Sister’s expectations for the male population are pretty low. Somehow, it seems the men in her life live "down " to those …

Traveling the Road to Destiny takes Sarah Everett from Seattle to Denver in this romantic tale. Sarah lives life on her own, going from place to place. With only a handful of coins in her pocket and little hope for a better future, a handsome stranger named Taylor Caldwell enters her life. After Sarah reluctantly accepts a ride from him, her life changes forever. Taylor takes Sarah to his home, where she meets Taylor's older brother, Bridge. This overbearing man makes Sarah want to leave the Caldwell home immediately! But realizing that she can’t keep running forever, Sarah confides her …

John Pond of Oaks is an inspiring novel about John Pond, an English school teacher parson, who settles in Australia during the rich historic era of 1856 to 1868. The story follows a dozen years in Pond’s life. The married father of seven, he is a teacher who becomes a deacon in the Church of England. After his posting in Australia, he survives savage racial differences, catastrophic gold rush disruptions to his flock, the ever-present bushranger dangers, the arrogance of infinite and unbridled police power, and the bush in its rawest form. Through Pond, the reader sees the chronic differences …

The narrative of a man’s life is intertwined so tightly with the spirit of the times in which he lives that it is impossible to tell his story without exposing the stage upon which his life unfolds. The era in which our protagonist moves is materially quite different from our present situation. However, the one constant throughout time is the interior world of the human psyche. It is here in the realm of the person’s soul that the Zeitgeist, which tries desperately to conform our actions to proper norms of action, can on occasion and for certain events be overcome. …

Good to Her is a historical literary novel set against the backdrop of the famous New York City restaurant Dinty Moore’s, which stood at the corner of 46th Street just off Broadway for some 50 years. Enlivened by the irascible character of the restaurant’s real-life proprietor, James "Dinty" Moore, the novel takes readers back to the days of Prohibition and the police raids foisted on Moore’s establishment, often resulting in his compulsory appearance in court. The novel moves forward through 1964, exploring the changing political and social life of the times, and focusing on the marriage of Nate Neumann, a …

Boaz, on a spiritual path, journeys within, wanting to detach his mind, to find his soul and return to spirit. He wants to discover the purpose of his being human through result and not by belief. In mediation he uncovers previous lives and pays his price for opening doors that were once closed. But, he is Boaz, and no longer wants to live in-between haunting memories from a particular life in Rukutu. He explores his green-clad diary -'Going There’- containing: letters, comments, meetings and dialogues with Jachin, telepathic connections, crying in a hired car, throwing up in a hotel room, …

Murder, abuse and mayhem ravage the Navajo reservation where Tashi, Althea and Morning Star (human ambassadors for aliens from one of the Hidden Cities on Earth) are sent to change the course of self-destruction for the Native Americans. Is black magic the cause of the havoc? Handsome Navajo detective George Trueeyes, who is more than he appears to be, doesn’t think so. This Southwest-flavored adventure is so thought-provoking and enlightening that you won’t be able to put it down. Beneath and Beyond: The Thunderbirds is loaded with surprises and startling twists that pull you in and refuse to let go. …

DJ’s family has just inherited a mansion in Sydney courtesy of their relatively unknown and somewhat mysterious Uncle Clive. But moving from their country town to the lap of luxury proves to be easier said than done. Uncle Clive’s historic mansion already has other occupants—and these ghostly residents don’t want company! They aren’t the only ones who don’t want the Benson family in the mansion; a former employee wants to scare the Bensons away so he can use the building for his own purposes. Why are there ghosts in the manor? What is the criminal plotting? What really happened to …

As an old man reflects on his life, this richly detailed historical novel goes back before his birth to the flight of the royal court from Naples to Palermo in December 1798 on the ships of Admiral Lord Nelson’s depleted squadron. The Wayward Son: A story of Nelson and Emma Hamilton’s secret son tells a side story about the relationship of Thomas Spencer, the admiral’s steward, with Mary Hever, then a servant in the household of Sir John Acton. In time and setting this relationship parallels that of Lord Nelson and Emma Lady Hamilton, but in no other respect. For …