Bringing together benedictions written throughout the year for Sunday services at Ecclesia Church in Houston, this collection features poems that speak a good word into our everyday lives-our happiness, doubts, suffering, and love. With contributions from Donald Collins, Joseph Down, Hank Gibson, Julie Gillaspie, Samuel Paul Gillaspie, Stephen Gillaspie, Claudia Elizabeth McCotter, Deji Osinulu, Bonnie McGrane Pirnie, Paul Randall, Will Taylor, J Wakeham, Bradley Winkler, Mike Yager, and Jayme Yeo. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of this book go directly to help support Ecclesia and its...

In this collaborative memoir, a parent and a transgender son recount wrestling with their differences as Donald Collins undertook medical-treatment options to better align his body with his gender identity.

As a parent, Mary Collins didn't agree with her trans son's decision to physically alter his body, although she supported his right to realize himself as a person. Raw and uncensored, each explains her or his emotional mindset at the time: Mary felt she had lost a daughter; Donald activated his "authentic self." Both battled to assert their rights. A powerful memoir and...