At just fourteen years of age, Izzy already knew that she was different. She could see a person's colors, she could take the dark colors and draw them out, leaving only the light and the good. Izzy was an Empath.She first met Jack who preferred to be called Dino during a summer visit to her Aunt in California. They instantly connected. He was an aging hippy, a washed up actor, he was also an old soul. He understood time, he knew time was circular and repeated but he had never been ...

It took a strong scent to help Jack remember Izzy. He had believed most of his life that he had simply made her up. As a child, everyone told him that Izzy was his invisible friend. Later in life, her memory made him question his sanity. Breathing in the intoxicating scent of honeysuckle, he remembered her now. Her crooked smile, her long blonde hair, her ridiculous sense of humor and the scent changing perfume that she always wore. Mood perfume she had called it. Honeysuckle was her happy...

Jack always believed he would be more than a B star actor but he just couldn't land any good roles. After receiving an intriguing letter from a child in Lincoln Nebraska, he couldn't shake the feeling that the little girl held secrets to the universe. Izzy's letter hadn't even been intended for Jack, it was a letter the girl had written to Jack's unknown younger half brother Keith. The girl had sent him corrected lyrics to a song that his brother hadn't yet published. After arranging a mee...

GET READY TO FALL IN LOVE WITH ONE INCREDIBLE DOG …Marika Meeks fell in love with Stella the moment she saw her. The adorable pit bull puppy had been abandoned in a cold field in winter—but her warm, friendly eyes and boundless affection could melt anyone’s heart. Even so, Marika wasn’t sure she was ready to adopt a dog. As a busy entrepreneur, wife, and mother of two daughters, Marika’s life was crazy already. She was recovering from stage-three breast cancer, and...

These essays reflect on the future of Christian theology in light of the contributions Jürgen Moltmann has made in his prolific career as one of the world’s foremost theologians. They are not a prediction of what is coming in the future of theology, since God’s own actions, and human history, for that matter, are not predictable. Expressed here is hope for what future theology should take seriously from Moltmann’s work.Moltmann broke the mold of 19th and 20th century theology by foc...

The Abbey of Clugny itself is a formulaic novel, using misattributions of identity, disguises, and alternative identities to make up for an often-lackluster plot. While such a description is hardly a glowing endorsement of the text, one corrective a critical edition of the novel could offer is to provide a character list to help readers track these various character names and identities. The novel centers around a young man alternately known as Alexis de Wielbourg, the Marquis de St. Cerni...

An interfaith collection of prayers, blessings, and poems offering comfort and hope to the healthcare workers that give so much.The COVID-19 pandemic has left few of us unaffected, but our healthcare workers have borne the brunt of its impact. Chaplains and clergy across all lines of faith have ministered to those caregivers through prayers and blessings.This curated collection of interfaith prayers, blessings, and poems was written by those who minister to...

Get ready to fall in love with one incredible dog . . .Marika Meeks fell in love with Stella the moment she saw her. The adorable pit bull puppy had been abandoned in a cold field in winter—but her warm, friendly eyes and boundless affection could melt anyone's heart. Even so, Marika wasn't sure she was ready to adopt a dog. As a busy entrepreneur, wife, and mother of two daughters, Marika's life was crazy already. She was recovering from stage-three breast cancer,...

The usual wide range of approaches to garments and fabrics appears in this tenth volume. Three chapters focus on practical matters: a description of the medieval vestments surviving at Castel Sant'Elia in Italy; a survey of the spread of silk cultivation to Europe before 1300; and a documentation of medieval colour terminology for desirable cloth. Two address social significance: the practice of seizing clothing from debtors in fourteenth-century Lucca, and the transformation of the wardro...

More than two dozen traditional stories from Scandinavia, France, Russia, and beyond, with an enlightening introduction by two folklorists.Alfred David and Mary Elizabeth Meek have compiled a collection of fairy tales that ranges from the Grimm brothers' inimitable recreations of archetypal folktales to the modern prose charm of James Thurber's Many Moons. The appeal of the stories is wide and varied: the refined intelligence of Perrault, the wondrous imagi...