From a Biblical perspective, Suffering With Purpose helps the reader better understand and deal with suffering. Though God isn't near as prone as we surmise to send suffering our way, when we suffer, He allows us to find meaningful purpose in the suffering. We may never realize the specifics, but God has a unique way of allowing suffering to serve a meaningful purpose within ourselves and in the lives of those with whom we associate. If we must suffer, we dare not waste our purpose in suffering by fighting against the pain, the loss, and the disappointment. Instead, we need to live with...

Nancy York, just out of college, accepts the assignment to a one-room schoolhouse in the remote community bordering Troublesome Creek. The clannish ways of the mountain people soon collide with her preconceived notions. Nancy boards in the home of widowed Wesley Taggart and his five young children. Her strong personality clashes with the assured and enigmatic Mr. Taggart. Further, the circumstances of Mrs. Taggart's death shroud the household with a mysterious pathos. Nancy discovers her textbook knowledge has ill-equipped her to help this family deal with their grief. A rare skin condition...

A gripping tale of racial prejudice in a small Southern town, Bloodroot tells the story of a re red law enforcement officer who stumbles upon a complex web of ignorance and abuse. Retired county sheriff Harry Weatherholtz has returned to Virginia's Shenandoah Valley to live out his final years. But a despicable crime soon forces Weatherholtz out of his peaceful retirement.The court system has placed two African-American orphans, young Eddie and his teenage sister, Miss Ann, in the care of the vicious Hurley Cutshaw. The community looks the other way as Cutshaw treats the orphans like chattel,...

A routine laboratory task becomes an action-packed thriller of kidnapping, theft and spiritual warfare. DNA expert, DOCTOR GARY CARTER, endangers his life as well as his wife's, CELESTE, when he travels to Israel to verify the authenticity of a cross. His decisions cost him more than he can afford; his only solution requires help from a source he has selfishly abandoned. Carter quickly becomes a religious phenomenon as his charismatic, scientific jargon about the DNA of Christ mesmerizes audiences across America. He hypothesizes that if Christ's blood could be evaluated, the strand of the...