Spiritual Memoir

A powerful document about slavery, emancipation, faith, and resilience, Narrative of Sojourner Truth chronicles the life of a nineteenth-century trailblazer in the battle for racial and gender equality. Beginning with her earliest reminiscences of her brutal childhood, Truth recounts the first thirty years of her life in bondage, including her marriage and her trials as a mother, and then describes her eventual liberation. At the heart of this extraordinary record is Truth’s spiritual epiphany.

In this groundbreaking book, one of America's premier religion writers revives ancient expressions through cultural commentary, vulnerable personal narratives, and surprising biblical insights. Both provocative and liberating, Learning to Speak God from Scratch will breathe new life into your spiritual conversations and lure you into the embrace of the God who inhabits them.

Although Andrew Jackson gained notoriety as a rakish young man, religion's influence on him ebbed and flowed as he established himself as part of the South's planter elite. With his devout wife, Rachel, he attended church and knew his Bible and religious subjects well, and while his determination to preserve his reputation involved him in numerous personal conflicts—including a duel that led to his killing a rival—he blended the principles of the antebellum South's honor-based culture with his belief in a traditional, orthodox version of Christianity.

By entitling his book The God Who Enables, Timothy Burdick proceeds to develop in great detail, chapter-by-chapter, that although physically blind from birth, he has been enabled to "see" so much of what the majority who are sited have chosen not to see. Unlike Timothy, they close their eyes and hearts to what our God has and wants for each of us, to see and understand with both hearts and our minds.

Are you ready to be challenged, have your heart exposed, and face raw truth? Pilgrim on God and Salvation by John Bunyan (author of The Pilgrim’s Progress) will peel away layers of your very person until you face the raw truth of your soul before God. Bunyan wrote this book during his 12 year imprisonment, and the audiobook will transport you to his dungeon. Listeners will imagine themselves in a cell with Bunyan while he speaks passionately to the heart.

One thing I have learned is that I love writing. Though I had the desire to compose with words from an early age, it wasn't until the last eleven years that I found the time to begin to put thought and words into some kind of form. I had written plays, lyrics to songs, and tons of letters, but more philosophical things sat unwritten in the deeper recesses of my mind. Then one day I was asked to write something of spiritual encouragement for a monthly church bulletin.

The author of Blessed by the Best: A Memoir by David Kearse, a former journalist (The Baltimore Sun), now writes screenplays, one of which has been optioned by a producer, and has sustained an acting career in Hollywood. Having studied with some of the greats in theater, opera, improvisation, and creativity, he brings what he has learned explicitly to his memoir.

In Uncharted, you will find a practical rhythm to grow in your faith, transforming your fears into trust, and your hesitation into commitment. In a world full of obstacles, comparison, and uncertainty, the most rewarding journey you will ever undertake is the uncharted walk with God.

Famously neurotic comedian Richard Lewis finds himself on a gurney in the ER at the age of 44, hallucinating from excess cocaine use and his body poisoned by acute alcoholism. The same dysfunctions that had been the basis for his successful stage persona and inspired his best material had, it seemed, turned on him. In this very funny, deeply honest, and inspiring book, Lewis explores how he got there, how he finally got on the road to recovery, and how he copes with being Richard Lewis sober on a daily basis.

Starting in 1994, Dr. Rhiannon Lloyd pioneered a workshop called "Healing the Wounds of Ethnic Conflict" in post-genocide Rwanda. This workshop has now been attended by well over two million people from all over the world, and from some of the darkest and most conflicted countries. The workshop is now called "Healing Hearts, Transforming Nations". Fire Lilies: Finding Hope in Unexpected Places is her story. It demonstrates that for God’s children, nothing is wasted, and that He can skillfully craft all our experiences to eventually bring blessing in totally unexpected ways.

Kathryn Hulme's life was radically changed and enriched by the influence of Gurdjieff. Undiscovered Country is a tribute to him and his teachings, a vivid personal memoir of her experience as his student, and of the burning spiritual intensity that dominated her life as a result of his influence.

Growing up in abject poverty, terrorized by a boarder who lived in the root cellar, Athena Demetrios repressed the memories, thrusting her into a downward spiral of melancholy and despair. Transcendence and healing would come through reliving the horrors of her past through hypnotic regression. A powerful spiritual experience opened doors into other dimensions, which began an odyssey where truth became stranger than fiction.

More than 50 years after her death, Eleanor Roosevelt is remembered as a formidable first lady and tireless social activist. Often overlooked, however, is her deep and inclusive spirituality. Her personal faith was shaped by reading the New Testament in her youth, giving her a Jesus - centered spirituality that fueled her commitment to civil rights, women's rights, and the rights of all "little people" marginalized in American society. She took seriously Jesus's words and despite her life of privilege, she made the needs of those on the margins her priority.

George Harrison met Muhammad Ali in 1964, when both men were on the cusp of worldwide fame. We Shook Up the World is the story of these two larger-than-life figures at a momentous time. A unique blend of biography and cultural history, this book goes to the very heart of the zeitgeist that each man inhabited and reinvented in profound and enduring ways.

Church Unusual: Curious Memoirs of a Religious Mother is a heartfelt call to question archaic traditions and seek a spiritual home that nurtures your relationship with Jesus rather than stifling it. It’s not just about finding a church, but a spiritual family that encourages questions, focuses Jesus, and fosters a fulfilling relationship with Him.

Der Wunsch, den Jakobsweg zu wandern und einfach mal rauszukommen, ist für viele Menschen ein Traum - egal, ob man gesund, stark und ausdauernd ist. Auch Menschen mit Behinderung gehen diesen Weg, um ihre Grenzen auszutesten, um auf ein Wunder zu hoffen oder vielleicht, um mal etwas anderes zu erleben. Genau das will ich auch. Etwas Neues sehen und hören - auch als Nichtsehender und Nichthörender, denn ich bin taubblind. Ich möchte dich auf meine Reise mitnehmen. Hier in meinem Buch kannst du mich begleiten.

The book presents a successful roadmap to overcome any addiction through faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It depicts some of the madness of my 25 year addiction to crack cocaine but more importantly takes the listener through the victory, healing and deliverance I received from God.

Throughout the Bible, God has worked through ordinary people and things to accomplish His plans. His tactics haven't changed, and we can see the results in the lives of Jim and Linda Meyer. Walk with them and witness how God still answers these questions the same way He answered the people in Biblical times. While they are the two main characters in this book, they aren't the star of this story– God is.

Many people worldwide view Romania as being one of the most beautiful and historic European countries, having marvelous castles, monasteries, and breathtaking scenery. That wasn't the case for Viorel Matei, being born in Buzias in 1953, the place of the heart, known for its healing waters, just eight years after World War II had ended.

The emergence of this project is due to a fascinating discovery by coauthor James Harman; his great-grandfather Robert Slothower (born in 1871) had left an incredible handwritten life-story manuscript behind. Plains to the Pacific is a well-written and gripping time-capsule account of a lost world. Some have remarked that the author's style reminds them of Hemingway’s. Plains to the Pacific is an engaging listen, the tale of a man who survived more hardship and excitement before he was 30 than most of us will experience in our lifetime.