Under the graceful arms of the great grey cedar tree, he stood in a small clearing, hidden from prying eyes. Dawn splintered the cold night air with warm golden beams, that caught in the morning mist. It rose from the earth in seeming cloudsand held on tight to the pine needles, forming droplets, that fell like tears on the sodden earth. At his feet, he could see the freshly disturbed soil, where he had buried her. He had put her to bed in the damp earth in the hope that she might ...

Pilgrim is a teaching and discipleship resource that helps inquirers and new Christians explore what it means to travel through life with Christ.A Christian course for the twenty-first century, Pilgrim offers an approach of participation, not persuasion. Following the practice of the ancient disciplines of biblical reflection and prayer with quotes from the Christian tradition throughout the ages, Pilgrim assumes little or no know...

A teaching and discipleship resource that helps inquirers and new Christians explore what it means to travel through life with Christ.Pilgrim is a Christian course for the twenty-first century, Pilgrim offers an approach of participation, not persuasion. Following the practice of the ancient disciplines of biblical reflection and prayer with quotes from the Christian tradition throughout the ages, Pilgrim assumes little or no knowledge of the Chri...

If there is a common theme here, it might be a morbid one...I leave you, the reader, to decide for yourself. For, although age and loneliness and death pervade some of these stories, they are ultimately about love, of one sort or another. Whether it be a love of a life; the love of a friend; or the love of ones self...it is there; or it is conspicuous by its absence.

The plays, arguably, are all about life. Which is why they remain so appealing, so rich to the observer. Who cannot be deeply touched and entangled with the emotions of the old man in a contemporary society so much at odds with age, senility and death. Shakespeare confronts our denial of mortality. But, life is really about death. We are all growing old and dying; some die before others. A rare few will die quietly in their sleep; even fewer, a sudden violent death. But for most of us, dea...

Pilgrim is a teaching and discipleship resource that helps inquirers and new Christians explore what it means to travel through life with Christ.A Christian course for the twenty-first century, Pilgrim offers an approach of participation, not persuasion. Following the practice of the ancient disciplines of biblical reflection and prayer with quotes from the Christian tradition throughout the ages, Pilgrim assumes little or...

Course 8: Church & Kingdom: What does it mean to live as a child of the kingdom of God and follow in the way of Christ each day as a member of his church? How does it affect our life at work as well as at home? How does it affect what we do with the gifts we have been given, especially those gifts of time and talents, passions, resources, and money? How is the Christian faith changing us and shaping us so that we become more like Jesus? The importance of prayer, living out our faith, celeb...

Pilgrim is a teaching and discipleship resource that helps inquirers and new Christians explore what it means to travel through life with Christ.A Christian course for the twenty-first century, Pilgrim offers an approach of participation, not persuasion. Following the practice of the ancient disciplines of biblical reflection and prayer with quotes from the Christian tradition throughout the ages, Pilgrim assumes little o...

Candidate for President is a novel about America in societal collapse and the threat of political dictatorship. With the exploding national debt, unparalleled political and financial corruption in the highest offices, and increasing acts of domestic terrorism, the specter emerges of a political leader with Caesarian ambition, who seeks the office of the president of the United States. If elected president, in his megalomania he will hatch a ruthless scheme to seize dictatorial power to cru...

Having escaped the clutches of the Utra Nation and the Royal family, Noah Balvan is now a wanted man. With his identity concealed under a black hood and his humanity slowly stripped away by the harsh realities of the cultivation world, he flees toward the unknown western lands. But true freedom is a luxury he cannot yet afford.His journey leads him into the trapped nation of Odrea—a country locked in an eternal, hopeless war against the divine might of the Shandal Empire. Forced to...

Sánchez and Sanchez have selected, edited, translated, and introduced some of the most influential texts in Mexican philosophy, which constitute a unique and robust tradition that will challenge and complicate traditional conceptions of philosophy. The texts collected here are organized chronologically and represent a period of Mexican thought and culture that emerged from the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and which culminated in la filosofía de lo mexicano (the philosophy of Mexican...

Pilgrim is a teaching and discipleship resource that helps inquirers and new Christians explore what it means to travel through life with Christ. A Christian course for the twenty-first century, Pilgrim offers an approach of participation, not persuasion. Following the practice of the ancient disciplines of biblical reflection and prayer with quotes from the Christian tradition throughout the ages, Pilgrim assumes little or no knowledge of the Christian faith. In...