The Shape of Becoming: Faith, Community, and the Slow Work of GraceRoy TerryWhat kind of people is our faith shaping us to become? In a time when Christianity is often measured by numbers, certainty, and political influence, The Shape of Becoming asks how life together might form us in the ways of Jesus-people of compassion, courage, justice, and grace.Drawing on more than three decades of ministry at Cornerstone United Methodist Church in Naples, Florida, Roy Terry...

2003 EPIC Award Finalist for Best Sci-Fi/Paranormal RomanceHe helps his E.T. to call home...but can he let her go?Following a horrendous breakup with his two (and three) timing fiancee, Oregon naturalist Dr. Kent Xavier has sworn off women, all women. He heads out into the Deschutes wilderness to brood, alone, but his solitary trip turns into a midnight rescue mission for a damsel in distress.Lured by the beauty of planet Earth, Povre disob...

With her homesystem at a critical turning point in an all-or-nothing battle against alien invaders, a combat-weary platoon leader finds herself merged with an alien lifeforce. Making her condition known to authorities is mandatory. Rett has to learn fast to adapt, coexist, or risk losing everything.Can Rett and her visitor find a balance, stay alive, and keep their unusual situation a secret?Part One of Three.

Sergeant Rett is yet unaware of the motivating forces behind the long war in the Nyorfian system, much less her role as a Player in a game of gods. All she knows is that once she and F-troop arrive on Epnoce with the rest of the 2023rd, a harsh climate and heavier gravity are the least of her concerns. Pam is gone--just when she could use the support the most. Jaq wants a transfer. Ariam is acting evasive. Her longtime best friend Evetez seems to be doing all he could to get her in serious...

In the wake of the enemy's masterfully executed surprise attack on Aurora Base, Easy Force endures a perilous march through a life-threatening storm. Sgt. "Killer" Rett can take on any physical challenge -- but can she survive close combat with an alien superbeing on the battleground of her own mind?This is the conclusion to the story started in Convergence - Journey to Nyorfias Book 1, and continued in Gravity - Journey to Nyorfias Book 2

What happens when the reality you face doesn't align with the narratives of "truth" you've trusted up to this point? What if the destination you thought you were headed toward is not manifesting the way you hoped, is it possible to change course without disrupting the life you have built? Maybe the life you've built isn't what you feel calling you, but it's the life you know and makes you feel safe. "Light Through a Rusty Roof" is a captivating novel about life's wonderfully complex journe...

She awakens in a strange place, among frightening strangers. She can't understand the language. She can't remember what happened exactly. But all too soon she realizes she's a prisoner of the Yixolryn Coalition, the same invaders she was fighting before...before this. More than a prisoner, she is a slave and expected to perform her duties or be severely punished. Her name is even taken away, and the aliens call her Girl, or Kyarta Girl. The officer to whom she is assigned soon becomes her ...

NOTE: This is not a standalone novella, but a companion piece to the JTN trilogy. It is highly recommended that you have read at least through the end of Gravity, Journey to Nyorfias, Book 2 if not the entire trilogy before reading this novella.* * * *When a mission goes terribly wrong, leaving most of her unit incapacitated and vulnerable, the task of damage control falls upon the shoulders of a new arrival to Sergeant Rett's platoon: a shy, brilliant, night-blind, and small...

The unprovoked war with the Sogas has reached a climax. Over a hundred Sogas ships appear to be headed for Earth and Space Force is in no condition to stop them. As if that wasn't bad enough, the nightmarish Insectoids will be arriving in Earth orbit within months to finish off the survivors of the impending Sogas attack. Admiral Victor Shiloh, Commander Amanda Kelly and Valkyrie will have to make some heartbreaking decisions if Humanity is to have any chance at all of avoiding extinction ...

The Synchronicity War is going badly for the Human Race and its loyal A.I. allies. The 11,000+ humans remaining in the Universe are desperately trying to remain undiscovered by their xenophobic alien adversaries while they attempt to rebuild a viable military defense and discover how they're receiving messages from the future.But Humans have now been contacted by a third alien race that says they want to help and tells the Humans that the xenophobic aliens aren't the REAL enemy. Th...

The war with the mysterious xenophobic alien race is going badly. Minor tactical victories are offset by major strategic setbacks. The aliens know where all Human-occupied worlds are while their own worlds are still unknown. Victor Shiloh's unpredictable precognitive visions are the only thing that is slowly the alien onslaught. Not content with gradually pushing Humanity back, Shiloh's vision reveals a massive attack on Earth, that will have terrible consequences. So far his visions have ...

The Synchronicity War is over and the Insectoid beachheads in our spiral arm have been destroyed but the aftermath of the war holds some nasty surprises for Humanity and its loyal AI allies. Somebody is messing with the human timeline. Is it the Friendlies, the Sogas, the Insectoids or a new race? This stand alone novel set in the same universe has new human and AI characters. Find out what happened to Valkyrie, Casanova, Iceman, Gunslinger and the other Rim AIs. The Retro War spans time a...