How do you find balance and inner peace in a world rocked by instability? In the telling of her story, shamanic psychologist Leslie Gray speaks to the importance of learning from our past, and takes us on a journey to an indigenous world, where the earth is honored and people live together in peace on the great turtle island.

What happens when two bishops known for their liturgical sensibilities travel to study alternative Christian communities on two continents?Bishops Mary Gray-Reeves and Michael Perham traveled throughout the U.S. and U.K. to study fresh expressions of church and identify the principles that link these new forms of worship and community. The Hospitality of God captures their practical and inspiring findings and builds a bridge between fresh new voices and the institutional church.

"When I was two years old, I drowned."From this haunting opening, The Flying Caterpillar unfolds as a deeply reflective meditation on life, time, memory, and transformation. Moving fluidly between past, present, and possibility, Michael Gray explores how identity is shaped not by linear moments, but by the way we revisit them—again and again—through reflection and awareness.The image of the caterpillar learning to fly becomes a powerful metaphor for becoming: for survival, ...

"When I was two years old, I drowned."From this haunting opening, The Flying Caterpillar unfolds as a deeply reflective meditation on life, time, memory, and transformation. Moving fluidly between past, present, and possibility, Michael Gray explores how identity is shaped not by linear moments, but by the way we revisit them-again and again-through reflection and awareness.The image of the caterpillar learning to fly becomes a powerful metaphor for becoming: for survival, ...

For how many years had Jon been wanting to say farewell to this world? That is the question that haunted me. It haunted me when I remembered holding him as a baby in my arms, and someone said to me, "How direct his gaze is, how aware he seems." It haunted me when I remembered his struggles to keep living 27 years later.Through 75 reflections that embrace the teachings of Tarthang Tulku, I reacquaint myself with a spiritual life that I had always expected would last me until the end...

Humans across the plains and in crowded cities watch in horror as their planet writhes in agony.When Adjudicator Dwttiz of the Council for Planetary Evolution arrives to assess why his predecessor, Ahat, has not reported in for centuries, he encounters a situation that his kind are dispatched across the galaxy to prevent: a planet with nuclear capability whose dominant species are acting with cruel indifference toward one another, their fellow species, and the planet itself. Annihi...

Humans across the plains and in crowded cities watch in horror as their planet writhes in agony.When Adjudicator Dwttiz of the Council for Planetary Evolution arrives to assess why his predecessor, Ahat, has not reported in for centuries, he encounters a situation that his kind are dispatched across the galaxy to prevent: a planet with nuclear capability whose dominant species are acting with cruel indifference toward one another, their fellow species, and the planet itself. Annihi...

A failed computer programmer, Patrick Murphy, is saved from drowning in the North Atlantic by a dolphin. He awakens from a three-day coma with the mind of a Titanian-an intelligent, warm-blooded being from the subsurface ocean of Saturn's moon, Titan. They see through the eyes of whales. They know a comet is 90 days from impact.His brother, John, is the astronomer who accidentally intercepted their radio transmission-a signal so powerful the FBI confiscated it as a national securit...

A failed computer programmer, Patrick Murphy, is saved from drowning in the North Atlantic by a dolphin. He awakens from a three-day coma with the mind of a Titanian-an intelligent, warm-blooded being from the subsurface ocean of Saturn's moon, Titan. They see through the eyes of whales. They know a comet is 90 days from impact.His brother, John, is the astronomer who accidentally intercepted their radio transmission-a signal so powerful the FBI confiscated it as a national securit...

Discover the incredible true story of the legends that built an American empireThe will to succeed defines the greatness of men.Great men are forged through a combination of social, economic, and political conditions favoring both the individual and the greater good. When the conditions are just right, everybody wins. Yet when one interest trumps another, somebody must lose. It is this juxtaposition that defines history; either man can better his own situat...

Larry Whitton is a depressed social worker, trapped in a miserable job at a nursing home and failing as a husband and father. His life is defined by childhood trauma: his brother drowned, and his father abandoned the family.His breaking point comes when his cruel boss denies him a promotion and his wife, Julie, leaves with their son, giving him an ultimatum to change. Simultaneously, a chaotic opportunity arises: to take over the counseling practice of Dr. Bill Foster, a therapist ...

Larry Whitton is a depressed social worker, trapped in a miserable job at a nursing home and failing as a husband and father. His life is defined by childhood trauma: his brother drowned, and his father abandoned the family.His breaking point comes when his cruel boss denies him a promotion and his wife, Julie, leaves with their son, giving him an ultimatum to change. Simultaneously, a chaotic opportunity arises: to take over the counseling practice of Dr. Bill Foster, a therapist ...