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Kain Asheld put a marker to the three people closest to him on a quiet ridge overlooking the valley where they'd always promised to meet. His brother Mark never wanted the mercenary life. He wanted to farm. He never got the chance. Kain bought the land with his share of a final bounty and a desperate need for silence. The locals call it Madder's Place. Ten acres of rotting floorboards, a collapsed roof, and fields the wild took back a decade ago. They'd been talking about burning it down.

Abandoned in Place is a work of cultural criticism that traces the pattern of institutional abandonment from the personal to the political. Beginning with the author's own childhood, the book identifies the grammar by which abandonment is disguised: the passive voice that removes the actor, the euphemism that renames the departure, the appeal to inevitability that converts a decision into a condition, and the therapeutic instruction that recruits the abandoned into the management of their own forgetting.

In the late 19th century, academics scoffed at the notion that the people of Acoma Pueblo once inhabited the unscalable Katzimo Mesa. In 1897, Frederick Webb Hodge proved them wrong by finding signs of habitation atop the plateau. Today called Enchanted Mesa, it presents one of the better examples of a lost world to be found in New Mexico. But there are so many more.

Crisis! An explosive public meltdown. A violent incident in the psychiatric ward. Now the Pastor stares into the abyss of his own secret shame. Before he can be free, he must confront his demons and find grace. But will he let go? Will he allow himself to be healed?

In these four supernatural dramas, first broadcast on radio in 1984, a house hides more than meets the eye; a B & B landlady helps her guests forget their troubles; a Japanese man inadvertently awakens a vengeful spirit; and a mother and baby become unsettled in remote mill.

If golf is the unforgiving game… then these twelve players, in Three Angry Foursomes, are the unforgiven. Rooted in humor, irony, and truth-based fiction, Three Angry Foursomes follows a dozen men chasing a two-inch ball across a four-hundred-yard obstacle course toward an impossibly small five-inch hole — partially blocked by a flagstick. It’s a story about the search for meaning, redemption, relevance, and the elusive par, all played out on a desert course as merciless as the game itself.

What is God like? A punishing judge? A doting grandfather? A deadbeat dad? A vengeful warrior? 'Believers' and atheists alike typically carry and finally reject the toxic images of God in their own hearts and minds. Even the Christian gospel has repeatedly lapsed into a vision of God where the wrathful King must be appeased by his victim Son. How do such 'good cop/bad cop' distortions of the divine arise and come to dominate churches and cultures?

The Relic, book one of the Krigere and Voktere trilogy, is the suspenseful story of Tyr, a young Kriger who is on the cusp of adulthood when his village is attacked by their longtime enemies, the Voktere. Determined to defend his people and rescue those taken hostage, Tyr embarks on a perilous journey that will reveal unexpected truths about himself and his past. With courage and determination, Tyr endures violence, heartbreak, and betrayal to overcome obstacles and become the man he was born to be.

Jerusalem — a city on edge. Empires collide, faiths clash, and one execution will alter the fate of the world. But this isn’t the story you think you know. In The Roads to Golgotha, the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth forms the backdrop to an epic human drama. Through the eyes of six ordinary people, we witness history unfolding — not in prophecy or miracle, but in duty, politics, and survival.

Wasdale Corporation is a science-fiction thriller that follows the rise and collapse of one of the most ambitious and dangerous genetic research empires ever conceived. Led by the brilliant but morally unbound Dr. Wasdale, the corporation pushed the limits of genome science, bio-synthetic fibers, and dimensional experimentation, engineering hybrid organisms and space-program technologies that reshaped human evolution—and doomed it.

Everlasting hell and divine judgment, a lake of fire and brimstone—these mainstays of evangelical tradition have come under fire once again in recent decades. Would the God of love revealed by Jesus really consign the vast majority of humankind to a destiny of eternal, conscious torment? Is divine mercy bound by the demands of justice? How can anyone presume to know who is saved from the flames and who is not?

Two decades ago, Boyd and Kathy Barrett found themselves in a bookstore, desperately seeking information on how to deal with an issue that was tearing their marriage apart. They left the bookstore with a resource that started them on the road to healing, beginning with the acknowledgment that Boyd was passive-aggressive to a dysfunctional level. What they didn’t know at the time was that they would eventually be moved to write about that process in a book of their own.

To be JourneyWise is to discover and live out the simple yet powerful truths of the Beatitudes. It is through the Beatitudes, which literally mean “blessings,” that Jesus gives us a new definition of significance before leading us to reflect on the deeper meaning of life, our relationship with God, and the interconnections we have with others. They speak to our friendships, actions, fears, prejudices, and joys. They are pragmatic, powerful lessons wrapped in simple words. In their simplicity and accuracy, the Beatitudes yield amazing results when practiced faithfully.

After an insightful introduction on Tolstoy and his writing, Part 1 begins with Bradley Jersak's essay on Tolstoy's Confessions, a nonfiction memoir of Tolstoy's faith journey. Jersak (author of Out of the Embers: Faith After the Great Deconstruction, 2022) presents what he describes as an "Anatomy of a Great Deconstruction." He offers a description of each bend on the Tolstoy's spiritual path, along with some reflection questions that ask listeners to ponder their own spiritual progress or regress.

Can Jack untangle the murderous web of lies and solve the case before he gets trapped in the killer’s deadly scheme? Murder in the San Juans is a gripping tale of betrayal in the formidable San Juan Mountains around Telluride, Colorado, and the fourth book in the suspenseful Mountain Resort Mystery Series.

This contemporary Christian novel with an international setting is both spiritual journey and an adventurous romance story. But beyond that it is a challenge to discover a faith that can withstand disillusionment, deconstruction, and spiritual abuse. It is an invitation to follow Jesus with authenticity and humility and in doing so, discover a love of God that transcends any doctrine.

Twenty-six years ago, outlaw Billy the Kid’s tombstone was stolen from Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Now, it has mysteriously been returned. When teenage brothers Pancho and Dorado Dumez steal it themselves, they get more than they bargained for.

The year is 1950, and old timers connected to the outlaw Billy the Kid are popping up dead in the sleepy town of Fort Sumner, New Mexico. It’s up to the local sheriff, Hondo Dumez, to figure out why. Matters become complicated upon the news that a man claiming to be a surviving Billy the Kid is about to meet with the current governor of New Mexico. Added to the mystery are whispers of a secretive organization known as the Santa Fe Ring and rumors of something called a Skinwalker haunting the area.

Fearing for her life, celebrity author Alice Fremont asks detective Jack Martin for protection. But during the deadliest storm of the winter season, Alice goes missing from her historic estate in the Colorado Rockies.

When her husband is found dead in their Vail, Colorado mansion, Victoria Banks is accused of murder. Determined to prove her innocence, she hires famed detective Jack Martin to help find the real killer.