23 lyrics/ poems written by Jacob Tobias during 1999 whilst being subjected to homophobic bullying at school.

While most his age were concerned with high school romances and the Friday night sock hops, young Ben Stark was grieving the loss of both parents and coping with the adult-sized problem of running a huge ranching operation. Facing such realities, it is no surprise that his early life is a mixture of depression, anxiety, and despair. A devoted Christian, Ben's faith is tested that a loving God would allow such turmoil in a life so dedicated. This is the story of how he coped, the people who helped him along the way, and his growth despite the many unexpected and unfortunate circumstances that clouded his life. The book is about stumbling, falling, and getting up again. In these pages, Ben shares the mindset that kept him going, and ultimately led to successes in his community and beyond. Late in life, when he least expected it, Ben discovered romance. He met and married Donna, who added dimension to his life. She was the catalyst in bringing to the surface ambitions long lost and almost forgotten.

Reproduction of the original: The Forest Lovers by Maurice Hewlett

More Than a Lifetime by K.M. Rutledge [--------------------------------------------]

Having lost his parents at an early age, Niko has always looked to his older sister for protection. So when she starts wanting a life of her own, Niko tries everything he can think of to keep her attention, taking ever greater risks with his life and the lives of others until the day it ends in a tragedy. On returning to his flat after the grim event, Niko finds an uninvited biker sitting on his sofa. Big, bearded, and boldy asserting that he is Jesus, the biker gently but firmly advises Niko to clean up his act.And Niko does what he's told, with surprising consequences...

On a struggling California ranch, a woman’s heart is awakened in the arms of an untamed man in this captivating and sensual historical romance. California, 1872. Julia Larson has devoted her life to helping her aging father manage the family ranch and pick up the pieces of her sister’s reckless life. The last thing she’s concerned about is her own heart. She can’t imagine anyone desiring a selfless spinster like her . . . Raised in the wild, Wolf McCloud isn’t the type to stick around. Having traced the mother who abandoned him to Northern California, he never expects to be drawn to the gentle purity of Julia Larson. But a stunning request from Julia’s dying father puts the two on a path neither can resist . . . “Jane Bonander reaches to her readers’ hearts.” —RT Book Reviews

Join Lonicia as she shares her journey Letting My Walls Down: A Prodigal Daughter’s Journey From Pregnancy to Purity and God’s Grace. Letting down the walls of her heart and removing her mask in full vulnerability, Lonicia shares how engaging in “innocent fun” during childhood eventually led her down a path of self-destruction, bondage, helplessness, and a bleeding soul she felt too unworthy to welcome God to heal. Choices resulting in unwed motherhood served as the breaking point that caused Lonicia to cry out to Jesus and accept the gift of God’s grace. Like the Parable of the Prodigal Son, a young woman who chose to walk away from her heavenly Father’s embrace learned the hard way the gift of accepting God’s grace. In her journey from pregnancy to purity, Lonicia defines purity as peace with God, not personal perfection. This movement promotes the fact that our past does not define us. It is never too late for a fresh start. Most importantly, God’s love for us all is unconditional. In God’s eyes, our value does not depreciate, no matter our mistakes. Thank you, Jesus, for grace, mercy, and peace!

After a year traveling around Asia, American author Joshua Parousios just wants to find a mountain cottage where he can write a novel about the Messiah. In Kathmandu he meets Maria, a bold Polish woman who attracts and repels him, and together they stay with a Bhutia family in Sosing, a picturesque Himalayan village in the Indian state of Sikkim. With a backdrop of snow-capped mountains and golden Buddhist temples in every direction, Sosing seems like a real-life Shangri-La. But Sikkim is known for human rights abuse, and Joshua learns that Indian soldiers are committing ethnic cleansing against the indigenous Lepcha people, pagans who missionaries have converted to Christianity. Struggling with writer's block and his passion for Maria, plagued by Dionysian dreams and enchanted by a Lepcha woman he glimpses in the forest, Joshua has increasingly bizarre experiences: time slows down, the dead appear as living, and a dense black fog just won't lift. As myth mixes with reality, a series of surreal events funnel to a wild, bacchanal finale. A deep physical and spiritual journey into the Himalayas, The Messiah of Shangri-La is a uniquely profound exploration of the mythologies that lie at the heart of the human experience.