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When Jessica's son Trey was diagnosed with autism, and she was learning to navigate new life situations, she searched for books written by people who were also living through it. The only books she could find were written by doctors. That was fine, but she was longing for a connection with someone who could relate to her family's issues. For a few years, she continued to search and was not successful at finding anything. That's when she knew that one day, she wanted to write a faith-based book about her family's experiences with severe nonverbal autism and the world of special needs.

Have you ever wanted to peer through a telescope into the lives of others? Who hasn't wanted to, right? In God Spells Love with an X, no telescope is needed. The author, Brigitta Hebdon, welcomes the listener into her crazy family that is profoundly affected by Fragile X syndrome.

This is an inspiring, true story of how one woman overcame emotional and psychological damage from childhood abuse, trauma, and a sexual partner's betrayal. Melissa Roberts and John Sternfels's study on childhood abuse and its lifelong effects is a beacon of hope for those seeking to overcome trauma and to live a life with affirmation and purpose. In today's world of "safe places" and mandated reporting, social workers, teachers, and others can report stories of child abuse protections being weaponized, misused, or misapplied.

Are you ready to change how you interact with your child's other parent? To do so, consider the words of apostle Paul who said, "Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." Unfortunately, many post-divorce adults remain angry, blaming, bitter and unforgiving. Some choose to remain stuck in this destructive pattern for years. In order to renew your mind, stop blaming and begin focusing on your own responsibilities and what you yourself can do differently.

There are reasons that children don't listen, and there are ways to convert bad attitudes. If you believe that training up a child in the way he should go and honoring your parents may be part of how you get your child to feed a cat—or get your child to come when you call, finish homework, or be home by suppertime—this book is for you.

The memoir is a personal story but also touches on broader themes of identity, family, and the impact of war on the lives of children left behind. It explores a child's quest for connection and understanding when there is loss of a parent at an early age.

I dedicated my life's long dream to becoming an author. I knew I had writing skills, but I was afraid I would get rejected by a publishing company. When I started developing these characters in A Lady in the Midmorning Sun two years ago, I realized that I had the opportunity to put it in writing, with pen to paper. This book was about a diverse group of family members who lived near the Grand Canyon National Park/Flagstaff, Arizona, area. The characters had strong family values, love, togetherness, and strengths with a purpose.

We serve a God who takes our brokenness and redeems and restores us if we allow Him. Healing through our past scars is vitally important to our health spiritually and physically. To be able to understand where these hurts are rooted is essential for our freedom.

Postpandemic America. A youth mental health crisis the likes of which we have never known. The dark night of suicide. School failure. Unable to move out and get a job. Young people isolated from their families and dependent on social media and video games for peer socialization. Parents unable to find support for their teens to twentysomethings as they face their own life challenges of aging parents, faltering health, unemployment, financial strain, and social disconnection.

Perversion of Love aims to explore the reasons why we as Christians may struggle to love ourselves and others through the lens of what Dr. Gary Chapman defined, and what has been accepted by popular culture, as the five love languages. Christians have been given a Great Commission which is to spread the Gospel and make disciples. The method by which we fulfill this commission is the greatest commandments-to love God and love our neighbors as ourselves.

Caught between family demands, social groups, and ostracized as a member of the religious “Holy Rollers,” the author of American Robot: A Cultural Chameleon Rising Above Race & Religious Traumas balances on precarious razor edges of sacred edicts, genetic mental illnesses, and toxic social stress. Parental physical abuse and rigid mental programming add to repeated cult behavior–modification strategies.

How would you react to that question if your grandmother asked you that question from her nursing home bed? That is the question that led me on a quest to find out if I really was adopted or if they were ramblings or confusion of my grandmother who thought I might be someone else. The quest led me on a journey to find out more about my family and what it really means and, in turn, learn more about myself and find who I really am.

Are you feeling stuck in a stagnant friendship, romantic, or professional relationship? Has your trust been broken more times than you care to admit? Are you fearful to change what has been to uncover the limitless possibilities of what can be when you choose you? The even bigger question is are you up for the task of modifying or removing these barriers to reap the benefits of being content and fulfilled?

When a person is physically abused, it can be easily identified as we see the scars, bruises, the black eye, and signs of broken bones. However, what about when a person is being mentally, emotionally, and/or verbally abused? The signs are not so easy to spot; we do not recognize the symptoms because we do not know what to look for. Mental, emotional, and verbal abuse leave scars on our minds, our hearts, our emotions, our feelings, and our thoughts about ourselves and others.

Our news media seems to have daily stories of individuals who have been abused by clergy, church leaders, and even church organizations. Countless numbers of formerly faithful people avoid church because they were abused, while others, who are not religious participants, avoid experiencing faith communities because of what they have been hearing in news stories. How do clergy, church leaders, and congregations help in the healing of these abused people and assist them to move beyond the pain of abuse toward healing and even forgiveness?

From personal experience, Mike uncovers and reveals the sweet strategies that cults use to lure in their prey. When faced with great disappointment, family pressure, loss, grief, and so forth, we are all at risk of taking in the candy. To provide hope, help, and healing for those whose lives have been impacted and spiritually torn apart through involvement with cult activity, Mike ultimately provides hope through a twelve-step process.