An inspiring memoir about an unruly Labrador who taught a woman and her father to overcome their grief and find peace with each other. When Mel Miskimen's mother dies, her tough, retired-cop father withdraws into his sadness, and his broken grief is more than Mel can handle on her own. Enter Seamus: a rowdy, hapless Labrador devoted to chaos. In a spark of inspiration, Mel ropes her father into training the wayward hound for a local contest. As the seasons change, Mel finds herself connect...

If you ask, He will give you living water! That is all you have to do – ask. How real, how true, how free – yet how simple! This is grace. He loves us not because we are rich in goodness, but because He is rich in mercy; not because we are worthy of His favor, but because He delights in lovingkindness. His welcome to us comes from His own graciousness, not from our lovableness. Christ invites the weary. It is this weariness that fits you for Him and Him for you.

The will of a man is the power by which he determines his actions and decides what he will do or not do. In it, his hidden, inward being is revealed, showing what his desires and dispositions truly are – whether foolish or wise, good or evil. The will is the revelation of character and life. What a man truly wills, he will surely seek to carry out, either by himself or through others.In the will of God, we have the perfect expression of His divine perfection. Beca...

Rowdy, reckless Seamus is the last dog you'd find in a training field. Instead of obediently retrieving, he stubbornly follows his heart, wherever it may lead.Mel Miskimen's heart is heavy. Her mom, the family rock, the provider of apple pies and stubborn fan of Brett Favre, just died. Even more, her curmudgeon of a father isn't really coping. How can Mel reconnect with an old man more interested in field dog training than discussing his feelings?Enter Seamus. The hapless b...

Every day, Digger wakes up and goes for a daily walk to look for places to do his favorite thing: digging holesThis morning when he woke up, his best friend Bryan took him to a pumpkin patch. Digger had never been to a pumpkin patch. Will he find a place to dig today? What will happen to him when he goes into the corn maze?Steven Miskimens earned a degree in Business and besides his regular work is publishing stories to help put smiles on kids' faces. Digger visits the pump...

Every day, Digger wakes up and goes for his daily walk in the bright sunshine to do his favorite thing: digging holes! One morning, however, Digger wakes up to dark clouds and rain instead of the sun. Undeterred, he decides to go on his walk anyway. After jumping in puddle after puddle, a soaking-wet Digger heads to the park. Will he find a good place to dig despite the rain?In this charming children's tale, a dog with a passion for digging embarks on a great rainy-day adventure ar...

Every day Digger wakes up and goes for a daily walk in the bright sun to look for places to do his favorite thing: digging holes! One morning when Digger wakes up and sees dark clouds and rain instead of the sun, he decides to go on his walk anyway. After he jumps in one puddle after another, a soaking wet Digger heads to the park. Will he find a good place to dig despite the rain? In this charming children’s tale, a dog with a passion for digging sets out on a great rainy day adventure ar...

Emma, the new Cuban girl at Wellington School for Girls, has been uncharacteristically sad and quiet. Felicia and Joan learn the reason is that Emma’s uncle and the money he promised for her education are missing. So when Emma is given a mysterious letter and a key, the girls try to find what the key unlocks but, in the process, find themselves chased by spies and caught up in international intrigue.About the AuthorBernard Palmer was a prolific Christian au...

Felicia and Joan never imagined that their Christian boarding school would become the center of a federal drug investigation – or that their new friend Shirley, a courageous former addict with a powerful testimony, might be involved. As suspicions rise and danger closes in, the girls must navigate loyalty, faith, and truth in a high-stakes mystery. Adding to the intrigue is a mysterious pink poodle that seems to hold an important clue. With the future of the school and liv...

Felicia and Joan take a summer job at a mountain resort in the Black Hills of South Dakota, caring for a lively group of 6- to 12-year-olds eager to ride horses, camp, swim, and explore. But one girl isn’t having fun – she’s the saddest child anyone at the resort has ever seen. As Felicia and Joan try to show her love and uncover the source of her pain, they find she doesn’t make it easy. Then, during a trail ride, the girl disappears – and Felicia has only moments to deci...

In the spirit of Khaled Hosseini, Nadia Hashimi and Shilpi Somaya Gowda comes this powerful debut from a talented new voice—a sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends in Mumbai, India, whose lives converge only to change forever one fateful night.India, 1986: Mukta, a ten-year-old village girl from the lower caste Yellama cult has come of age and must fulfill her destiny of becoming a temple prostitute, as her mother and grandmother did before her. In an attempt to esca...

“Genius ... It is miraculous to read these pieces ... You must read The Best of Me.” —Andrew Sean Greer, New York Times Book ReviewFor more than twenty-five years, David Sedaris has been carving out a unique literary space. A Sedaris story may seem confessional, but is also highly attuned to the world outside. It opens our eyes to what is at absurd and moving about our daily existence. And it is almost impossible to read without laughing....