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When Emma, a 40-something divorcee, sober alcoholic, desperate to transcend her abusive childhood and snag a man, attends a meditation meeting, she finds herself talking to a curiously wonderful stranger, wearing a sign saying, ‘More Love,’ and is set on a serendipitous, magical and sometimes terrifying, metaphysical trajectory of healing possibility and the opportunity for love and new life. One woman’s story of transcendence from victim to victory, this 2nd Edition of The More Love Club, includes a tell-all preface. Ms. Alexander identifies herself as an incest survivor, declaring that the characters and situations presented in the book are based on real life events. Although her te ...

This freedom story is a memoir that inspires and reminds us that we are not the only ones who have experienced pain, hurt, or guilt. This book exemplifies how one woman chose to stop ignoring her past so that she could start enjoying her life and stop fearing her future. We can be healed when we no longer ignore or try to forget our past. It is in the confronting and facing the facts that bring us to great endurance and a new reality of living free. When Catherine broke her silence once and for all, her healing journey began.

If I had to describe the book in a few words, they would simply be “love and commitment.” It may, at times, make you cry. This is an unavoidable ingredient of any tale involving Parkinson’s disease. However, more often than not, it will make you laugh…as it is about Marie - a person who was unforgettable after you met her, as she will be when you read about her.

In fall of 1972 Thomas went on a trip back to Germany with his family for a whole month. He wrote this trip report to make up for missing school.

Everything can change in the blink of an eye... For Steve Chiappa, that cliche was all too literal. Steve went from being an active, successful businessman with a zest for life, to being trapped in his own body-completely paralyzed and unable to communicate. He spent over a decade of his life living with Locked-In Syndrome. T'was the Stroke Before Christmas is his tale, written painstakingly by him, one letter at a time...

Every day is a journey in life. From the very first day you start walking. Let your words come alive. This journal is your destiny to become a writer and a true author of words.

Twelve Steps to Take, Twelve Promises to Keep is a daily meditation journal that gives the reader the opportunity to explore the Twelve Steps and the Twelve Promises in depth. Each person has an intimate relationship with the steps as they relate to their personal recovery. This daily meditation journal is meant to slowly and methodically reveal the personal journey of recovery for the reader. Recovery is a life long process, not a quick fix. We suffer from a terminal illness that has no cure. We only have a daily reprieve, based on our spiritual fitness. This is our spiritual work out program. It requires dedication and discipline. The author shares her insights of the Twelve Steps an ...

What forms the character of one's life and faith? How does an octogenarian convey to her children, grandchildren and their children the nature of that forming? Following the example of Joshua erecting an obelisk of 12 stones marking a formative event in the history of Israel, this grandmother shares twelve stories of her formation. Threads of hope, healing, protection, guidance, and provision weave together to provide answers to The Who, how and why questions engendered by her life. Her hope is that the reader, especially her family, will be reinforced in their faith that God sees them and is with them and for them.

In early 1972 Youth for Christ sponsored a singing tour of various foreign countries for the group, The Mighty Wind. I served as a young 26 year old chaperone on the tour and spoke to thousands of people about the undeserved gift Christ offers us. One of the young women who arranged our itinerary in Brisbane, Australia was a vivacious, beach suntanned blond girl who was the assistant to the regional director of Youth for Christ. Our 10 day acquaintance during the team's time in the Brisbane area produced a telegram sent a couple weeks later from Hong Kong to this young woman asking her to marry me. She accepted and in early 1973 flew to cold, snowy Minnesota to eventually marry ...