Shaped by God's Hand by Pastor Ralph Olsen shares the life story of the author, a man who served for 30 years as the pastor of King of Kings Lutheran Church in Woodbury, Minnesota. Shaped by God’s Hand tells Pastor Ralph Olsen’s story from childhood...

Survival: Essential Spiritual Habits (Childlike Faith Series) by Pastor Philip Hahn is a very readable, logical, and scripture-based presentation on how Christians can strengthen their spiritual lives. The author, a second-generation children’s pastor, develops a “toolkit” using the analogy between what we need for our...

Too often, we choose to live a life of safety that limits our potential for success. Success Is Within You by Michael W. Jackson tells you how to harness the full power of your faith to live up to your maximum potential, remove the obstacles,...

Stretch-Mark My Heart by Niki Breeser Tschirgi is an aptly named book telling the true story of a couple who were not able to have children of their own and decided to foster children instead. Initially they were looking to foster small babies, but after...

In Same Red Dirt by Pat Conrad, follow the adventures of one man as he gives up his career and life in the United States, and travels to Australia. He has no definite plan when he arrives. He takes everything in his stride and recounts...

Shaped Notes: How Ordinary People with Extraordinary Gifts Influenced My Life and Career is a nonfiction inspirational memoir written by Larnelle Harris with Christine Schaub. Harris has won five Grammy Awards, eleven Dove Awards and a Stellar Award during a singing career that has...

Spiritual Reflections of a Poetic Mind by Edward L. Wright, Ed.D. is an insightful and uplifting collection of poems that will inspire readers to be thankful and to be grateful to God for everything. The poems reiterate the power of God and His presence in...

Soothing Rain: Living Water to Refresh Your Soul by Tonya Jewel Blessing and Sue Summers is a fantastic devotional for women. It’s divided into 52 short themed chapters and is intended to be read in women’s study groups, but I found it was also a...

Sex in Marriage: From a Four-Letter Word to a Holy Act is a much-needed book today in our society, especially for those within the church or who have been raised with religious teachings. Author Denelle Scanlan writes this book from her own personal experiences and...

The inscription “Hic domus dei est et porta coeli,” which means “This is the house of God and the gateway to heaven” towers over the portal to the church of Old Mission San Juan Bautista, greeting all who enter. But if guests happen to glance...