Inspirational Fiction

Acclaimed inspirational author W. Dale Cramer pens the tale of an Amish prodigal's struggle for faith and forgiveness. As Will returns to bury his dad, his mind flashes back 42 years to when he fled his Amish heritage, abandoning his unborn child's mother and inflicting pain only a parent can fathom. Now he understands that pain. And he thinks of all those years of silence, all those words never spoken. But as his father lies cold and still, is all hope for healing gone?

In this companion volume to Joshua Valiant, the story of the conquest of the Promised Land of Canaan continues. Joshua’s first target in Canaan: The impenetrable mighty walls of Jericho. God has been preparing a Canaanite harlot named Rahab to help Israel. You only think you know her story. Rahab has fallen in love with an Israelite warrior whose child she bears in the line of Messiah.

Charles Bukowski turns to the bottle in this revelatory collection of poetry and prose that includes some of the writer’s best and most lasting work. A self-proclaimed “dirty old man”, Bukowski used alcohol as muse and as fuel, a conflicted relationship responsible for some of his darkest moments, as well as some of his most joyful and inspired. In On Drinking, Bukowski expert Abel Debritto has collected the writer’s most profound, funny, and memorable work on his ups and downs with the hard stuff.

There is a gift so simple that it requires no ribbons for wrapping yet which is so miraculous, it has the power to transform our lives. This is The Gift of Story, a tale of love and wisdom from Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, eminent psychoanalyst and author. When an old woman flees to a hut in a lonely forest, begins Dr. Estés, she seeks safety from the savage war that has devastated her village. What sustains her is the greatest of all gifts: a story.

One minute, Joanna Schrock was arguing with her parents, and the next, her parents’ lives were claimed in a hit-and-run buggy accident. Her body is broken, but her heart is in even deeper pain—after all, how do you cope with your parents’ deaths when your last words were spoken in anger? After an extended stint in a physical rehabilitation center, Joanna re-enters her Amish life. But nothing is the same—not even her feelings for Andrew Beiler. Joanna has loved Andrew since the age of 12, and her feelings have not changed throughout the years.

Some girls disappear into dangerous darkness. Others claw their way out of betrayal and toward the light. Fleeing from an abusive home, Ashlynn finds friends in an unlikely bunch of characters—until a friend's parent discovers her living in their treehouse. With nowhere to go, she lands on the streets and quickly finds herself in danger, wishing she'd never left home.

How do we find steadiness within ourselves in the midst of dizzying personal and global change? At a time when many of us feel overwhelmed by fear and isolation, Cleo Wade’s Remember Love offers intimate, uplifting words that anchor, nurture, and make us feel less alone. She shares that the heart work we do for ourselves is not done to avoid the tough stuff—periods of lostness, self-doubt, depression, grief, heartbreak, and anxiety.

Cathy Flaherty is devastated when her son Mark is arrested, forcing Cathy to cancel her wedding plans to Steve Bennett. Determined to change her mind, Steve sets about trying to right the wrongs in Mark's young life. Can all things really work for good, when everything seems to be turning out bad?

Coucou toi ! Parfois tu te sens timide et tu n’oses pas toujours faire certaines choses ? Sois rassuré, c’est normal. On manque tous un peu de confiance en nous.(Même tes parents, mais chuuut c’est notre petit secret). Pour t’aider à gérer tes émotions et avoir une super vie plus tard, j’ai imaginé une histoire pour montrer que les enfants sont capables de faire de grandes choses dans la vie !

Hannah Colby, a heartfelt woman of quiet strength and deep faith, is savoring a season of joy and contentment. But when a weekend surprise causes concern at the doctor, an unforeseen storm threatens. Chris Colby has loved one woman his whole life with his whole heart. With their kids grown and out of the house, he feels nothing but excitement for the years ahead. He’s got his faith, his work, his kids and grandkids to enjoy, and Hannah. Always Hannah.

For too long, the history of Christianity has been told as the triumph of orthodox doctrine imposed through power and hierarchy. In A People's History of Christianity, historian and religion expert Diana Butler Bass reveals an alternate history that includes a deep social ethic and far-reaching inclusivity: "the other side of the story" is not a modern phenomenon, but has always been practiced within the church. Butler Bass persuasively argues that corrective - even subversive - beliefs and practices have always been hallmarks of Christianity and are necessary to nourish communities of faith.

The story of Christ like you’ve never heard it before. Told through the eyes of the two thieves on the cross and the spiritual warfare hidden from mortal men but seen by Mary Magdalene. It starts with the temptation in the desert by Satan and ends with Christ’s descent into Hades, his resurrection and his ascension.

What if the moments that break you are also the ones that remake you? In Down Is Up, poet and truth-seeker Anthony Malcom invites listeners on a deeply personal and spiritual journey through life’s valleys. This powerful collection of reflective poems captures the raw emotions of pain, confusion, surrender, and ultimate rebirth through faith.

In the deepest, most enchanting part of the forest, a creature hands you a seed. Within the seed is your soul, ready to be grown again. From internationally bestselling author Courtney Peppernell comes her new book of poetry and prose, Watering the Soul. In true Peppernell style, the book is divided into sections, this time following a step-by-step recipe, to heal your soul.

Growing up in a house filled with dirty feather boas and fearless mice, Emi Nietfeld dreams of escaping to the Ivy League. Emi’s single mom believes in her, but can’t stop hoarding—catapulting Emi into the underworld of troubled teen treatment, foster care, and homelessness. When her shot arrives to trade sleeping in her car for the hallowed halls of an elite college, Emi must decide: How far will she go to market herself as a perfect “overcomer” when her problems are far from over? And what will it cost to maintain that illusion at Harvard and into adulthood?

Set in Pennsylvania's Amish country, The Revelation is the final chapter in the saga of Jonas Mast and Leah Ebersol's inspirational love story. Forces continue to try to keep them apart, but nothing can deny their love.

En esta serie de libros cristianos, José Gallegos nos motiva a reflexionar adentrándonos en el mundo de Brenda una joven que estudia el primer año de preparatoria, mientras ella vive la rutina diaria normal de una chica de su edad, los eventos que ocurrirán cambiaran por completo su concepto de la fe en Dios y con ello sus pensamientos, su vida y la de su familia y con ello encontrar una verdadera motivación interior y una nueva razón para vivir.

Over the course of his career, Robert Wrigley has won acclaim for the emotional toughness, sonic richness, and lucid style of his poems, and for his ability to fuse narrative and lyrical impulses. In his new collection, Wrigley means to use poetry to capture the primal conversation between human beings and the perilously threatened planet on which they love and live.

Ava St. John is on her way to a client meeting when her car is hit from behind, landing her in the hospital. While she’s unconscious, she hears two options: “Find Lucas Phillips and live out the rest of your life, or pass on peacefully—which will it be?” She chooses to live. There’s just one problem. She hasn’t seen Lucas Phillips since she was fifteen years old. Ava questions everything she knows in her search for Lucas: her faith, belief in herself, and her life choices. But her biggest question is, what will she do when she finds Lucas?

In this impressionistic collection of “poetry and other thoughts scattered to the wind,” author Ruqayyah K. Muhammad reflects on topics such as self-discovery, aging, motherhood, grief, gratitude, spirituality, and love of many varieties.