Forever the private lives of a Pastor's family have eluded many church members who consider their Pastor family to be some sort of saint without the same needs that we have. See the Pastor's family through the eyes of the Pastor's wife. Learn what it is all about. These are real people with real lives, needs, and dreams. This book pulls back the curtain and invites the laity--all church and non-church people--into the life of the Pastor's family. Here you will learn of the romance, the Calling, the preparation, the disappointments, the mountaintops, the churches served, and the heartbreak...

Narrated in the voice of a baby from the moment of conception, through development within the womb, birth, and learning about growing up, loving, understanding and appreciating, we learn many of the ins and outs of a teen girl trying to handle telling her mother that she is pregnant, meeting with resistance and abuse from the father of the child and copying with the need to build a life not only for herself, but for her baby. With the number of teen pregnancies on the rise and the number of babies being reared by teen mothers, a stereotype has been born picturing this as a sort of...

Michael was adopted at the age of 3 months into a home where he was loved and where he was a happy little boy. At age three, a baby brother came to share the home with Michael. About a year later, Michael began to change. His parents would later learn that he was raped by a neighbor boy and the life of his brother was threatened. Michael's life was one of violent aggression, resentment of authority, sullen mood swings, and failure to perform in school. At age 21, he went to work as a Correctional Officer and after a year was taken hostage and repeated raped by a death row prisoner. The...