Many Catholics, probably including many of the 10% of Americans who self-identify as former Catholics, find themselves in complex relationships with Church leadership and teachings and are looking for answers. I too was in a crisis and needed to come to terms with my cradle faith, but I was not willing to give up without an effort. I soon discovered that the reading and research necessary for a full examination of Catholicism is not simple, and probably not for everyone. Much of the writing that describes and defines Church belief is Latinate, theological, philosophical and legalistic. I went...

A complete version from which the abridged work of the same title was created. Many Catholics, probably including many of the 10% of Americans who self-identify as former Catholics, find themselves in complex relationships with Church leadership and teachings and are looking for answers. I too was in a crisis and needed to come to terms with my cradle faith, but I was not willing to give up without an effort. I soon discovered that the reading and research necessary for a full examination of Catholicism is not simple, and probably not for everyone. Much of the writing that describes and...

Rewinding through time one does not travel far before stumbling on seemingly incomprehensible events. Just recently Wall Street lost its ethical bearing and ethics, leaving in its wake bewildered bystanders. The subject of ethics is as challenging as the study of mankind. This brilliant work by Alex Terego explores the issues of Evil, Ethics, Conscience, Imperfection and Doubt and facilitates our path towards recovering our moral sociological footing.

The Idiocy of my Odyssey: Excerpts and explorations of one man's adventures, family, faith, education, and experiences. "I have lived about half my life in each of the two freest societies on earth, and they could not be more different. My life in each has, however, had two constants: change and a proclivity towards making the idiotic choice wherever possible. The results are funny and tragic; sometimes odd and occasionally conventional. One example is prefaced as follows: 'This is the story of my transition from working-class boy to teacher to salesman; a profession my mother regularly...

Anglezarke Trilogy: Book One: We Are Your Ghosts. Cover designed by Grace. Description of Book One: Book one of the Anglezarke Trilogy transports its readers back in time to an era, and to places, they may never have imagined: the British trenches of WW1 in 1917, an English Manor House, a monastery near the Hindenburg Line and even a French bordello. This work of historical fiction is a story of how love, truth, beauty, goodness and the mystery of faith can be lost and redeemed, even in the Hell of the Western Front. Accounts of combat, heroism, class-distinction, humour, tragedy,...