"From the author of Color Me Butterfly, the poignant story of a decades-long love affair that creates complicated and unbreakable ties between two families that live worlds apart. When Morris Sullivan joins the navy in 1940, his hopes are high. Though he leaves behind his new wife and their baby daughter, he is thrilled to be pursuing his lifelong dream--only to be shipped off to Pearl Harbor when the war begins. When he narrowly survives the 1941...

"A Life Apart" is about the interrelationships of a family beset with crises. At the outset of their story, each member of the Paxton family seems content to pursue his/her life goals separately and single-mindedly. Any signs of discontent are buried beneath the surface until outside influences are brought to bear on this family, first by the mysterious malady that afflicts the daughter and then by the father's software business entanglements. Much...

When life falls apart, where is God? Does he care? Can he fix things? Does he really love us? In an uncertain world, people need to know that God is still in control, that he cares for us and even suffers with us, and that he has a plan that cannot be defeated. In his compassionate and caring style, Warren W. Wiersbe offers discouraged readers a positive treatment of suffering that reveals the Bible's authoritative and comforting answers to big questions....

Exchanges of energy speak louder than words in dealing with people, creating the bonds of sympathy or rejection, influencing our relationship choices. Our affinities, psychological and cultural values, prejudices, interests also interfere in this process. On a day-to-day basis, you select friendships and you can control differences well, but what about family relationships, when life puts people in your way with whom you will have to relate for life? What...

There are a few things bugging the Princess of the Dream Realm. Her father is keeping secrets from her. Her best friend is avoiding her. And everybody she knows keeps turning into... well, into butterflies. Lately, it's seeming more and more like a world where anything is possible just isn't enough. It's time to pay a visit to the Tower of Doors...

Life is lived with constant connection and in relationship with others. But what happens when those relationships slip--into frustration, unforgiveness, and irreconciliation? Relationslips: Life Together in a Falling-Apart World challenges popular notions that many people have about how to navigate healthy relationships, and what God has to say regarding right living in a messy world. Should we just let time heal all wounds, or choose to never go...

Add layoffs, foreclosures, and skyrocketing health-care costs to the inevitable crises of every life, and you have today's landscape. Amid these challenges, even those who thought they had solid coping skills feel that their center cannot hold as things fall apart. In her first book in many years, bestselling author Daphne Rose Kingma takes us on a path of emotional and spiritual healing, with particular attention to the complex and frequently overwhelming...

In an easy, conversational style, the author, a nun for over forty years, gives readers the facts and fictions of the monastic life: how the choice is made; what lies behind the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience; the nuts and bolts of monastic calling; what monks and nuns do all day; how they support themselves; and why they live as they do. Brushing away the stereotypes of sainthood, she provides an enlightening glimpse into a vibrant...

Alexa's investigation into the death of a surfing champion takes her back to an old childhood haunt. But what is the victim's influencer girlfriend trying to hide? And why is Alexa so reluctant to spend time at one of the world's best beaches?

On a lonely, country road, Courtney literally bumps into an alien being and begins an adventure that takes her to the ends of the Earth to rescue a shipmate and find love in the most unusual circumstances.