Every day we witness the impact of poverty, injustice, disaster, and disease. Our desire as followers of Christ is to respond with compassion, love, and grace. In recent years, the church has responded in an unprecedented way to the needs in the world. Still, we see little in the way of true progress and transformation. In addition, despite our good intentions, we may be doing more harm than good. Speaking from his experience as a mission mobilizer, John Bailey shares real-life stories from the journey. Stories of success and failure reveal that a better way is not only possible, but it is within reach. Journey to a Better Way seeks to investigate some of the core reasons why we do not have the impact we hope to have when we face these social, physical, and spiritual ills. Looking through the lens of the Wesleyan mission heritage, Journey to a Better Way explores correct motives, healthy mission models, and unity in the body of Christ as critical areas to consider if we hope to perform better missions.

The journey continues south....home to the Tree People, a very old race of people that live in the trees; the Great Oak Sorela, sister to the Great Oak Napinka and the Great Caves which is home to the moonworms, airyshoots and puffleflies. Come along as we continue to travel through the Old Forest. Meet Luta, the Womalads and many others that call this forest home. This second book continues the journey south into the Old Forest. It is truly a great story too! I feel it was sent to me while I was gardening and it is a story that has become very special to me. I am truly having just as much fun as the characters are. It saddened me to bring this book to a close, so much so, I will probably write forever. I hope you can come along on this journey for it is a journey into the Old Forest and one I know you will enjoy.

A Journey Toward God is a collection of poetic prayers with various themes extending from deep repentance to extravagant worship. the book is divided into five sections. Titles include: His Favorite Child, The Master Potter, Perspective, The Way of the Cross, and Joy in the Journey. This book would make a great gift for anyone who enjoys poetry. It also offers comfort and inspiration for wounded souls.

The scene is set as Dr. Rebecca Nelson, a world famous, Aborigine Marine Biologist, sets off to coordinate the Boat Voyage of Reconciliation, the crew of which plans to circumnavigate the Australian continent in support of the Aborigine cause. Rebecca expects a routine voyage but she is not aware of the adventures and deadly hazards she will encounter. First, Rory McTavish, a handsome, outback Reverend is assigned to the voyage by his Bishop and then the vessel, under Rebecca’s command, encounters a massive fish kill from Cyanide on its Shake Down cruise. Finally, the lives of everybody on board and particularly Rebecca’s grandmother, Loonoodir, Grand Leader of the Queensland Aboriginal Councils, are threatened by a high Government official who plans to scuttle the ship in order to prevent Rebecca from investigating the cause of the Cyanide spill she has encountered.

In 2016 Jessica Lizel Cannon stepped away from a career as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) to become a full-time caregiver for her mother. Blogging became a way to help cope with the daily stresses as she navigated a new landscape of compliance, medical journals, and evolving limitations with activities of daily living. Researching about the brain, gut, and heart-led Jessica on a transformative path to help others understand actions that could lead them down a path towards living with dementia. The podcast gave Jessica a platform to share her story with others as a catapult towards creating a cultural shift. The more comfortable Jessica became with her role as caregiver, the more her soul purpose emerged to educate and empower others. In The Proactive Journey Volume 2, you can read about Stages of Dementia and challenges to diagnosis, fighting situational depression, and the evolving journey with Jessica and her Mother. You will also discover, as Jessica did, some valuable tips to help you invest, approach family dynamics, avoid several pitfalls caregivers experience with the broken industry of assisted living, among other topics.

My book is meant to inspire others and touch lives of many; and I pray that it does just that. It is meant to help others live their lives happier, abundantly, fearless, and so much more. My book also is meant for everyone to understand what Huntington’s disease is, as well as depression, anxiety, narcissist, and so much more. It is about God, living in faith, and drawing closer to God. I pray that more people turn to God. Loving who you are is the most important thing we can learn to do. Living a bitterless life, knowing when to let go and your boundaries, learning that being weak is okay, and more are all good pointers found in my book. Living our life’s journey, I feel everyone can use encouragement about how to deal with life’s obstacles, heartache, heartbreak, and so much more. Your life’s journey lives inside my book. Now get ready to live your life’s journey.

Journey into Prayer tells the story of Philip and his exciting spiritual journey from the tentative, elementary beginning of a prayer life, to a satisfying and deep communication with God. His journey leads him through a number of learning experience and adventures that develop his ability to pray effectively. Along the way he meets with different people, visits the City of Prayer, realizes the essence behind the teachings of Jesus Christ, and experiences communion with God in an increasingly rich and personal way. The reader is invited to join Philip and his friends on this surprising journey. It may transform your prayer life and lead you into a stimulating, fulfilling and ever growing relationship with God.

"What's the point of it all?" In the postmodern world, the meaning and direction of human existence is increasingly a question mark with few satisfying answers forthcoming. People of faith are not immune to such questions as they struggle to meaningfully connect their faith to their daily lives. In GPS: Finding Direction on Your Faith and Life Journey, Strommen makes the case that much of this existential struggle is born of an anthropocentric worldview that has banished God to the margins, leaving humans with the futile task of playing God as they attempt to create their own meaning, purpose, and identity. Drawing on core Christian understandings through a Lutheran lens, the author asserts that life-giving meaning and purpose are gifts given by God alone, who frees people from their self-justifying ways to take an inventory of their many gifts and participate in a new creation where love of neighbor is the social currency. It is the core theme of this book that God is in fact present, deeply invested and at work in the everyday world, calling everyone daily to partner with God to co-create a more trustworthy, loving, and hopeful world.

A Life’s Journey is a story about what led me to a spiritual level of enlightened comfort and joy. The components of the book discuss a variety of questions and thought-provoking ideas that can motivate a person to achieve the higher levels of Maslow’s theory of self-actualization. Throughout the text are stories and examples that demonstrate how some influences can hinder an individual’s positive upward movement. There are stories based on spiritual practices, research, and events that clarified the whys of my journey in life. Writing an autobiography with a twist reinforced how I traveled through life. Writing this book helped reinforce my understanding of what the benefits of spiritual development are, and it helped me learn how to appreciate a more holistic way of living. Individuals who have an interest in a spiritualistic way of believing in a higher power will benefit from this book. It discusses aspects of spiritual enlightenment with emphasis on character traits and ideas that can either influence life’s journey or hinder it. This work will give the reader life stories and issues that many folks deal with—sometimes with no success or comfort. There are references and stories about issues from early childhood to adolescence, to middle age, and to later life experiences that show how experiences can motivate a person to move forward or fear moving ahead. A Life’s Journey is designed to give the reader encouragement and reinforcement for life’s pathway that can be appreciated at any age.

Parenting is like rafting down a beautiful, rushing mountain river that is never the same, always changing. Just as I could not imagine white-water rafting without a guide, neither can I imagine parenting without Jesus. Only He knows how to take each parent down each unique river. Only He knows His passengers intimately, and only He is there at all times to offer guidance on everything from discipline and sibling conflict, to facing weaknesses and fears. This account of both the inspirational and practical parenting help I received as I cried out to Jesus is written to encourage others to invite Him into their rafts and be their guide for every aspect of their journey down the exhilarating river of parenting.