In a series of spiritual essays written in memoir form, Bruce Kirkpatrick shows us a God who is loving, a good conversationalist, and often looks like a lumberjack. As Bruce was consumed by anger, shame and guilt, Jesus came to him in a red plaid shirt, jeans and a short-cropped beard. Even as Bruce pushed Jesus far away, Jesus was always there.
In its early years, Duluth was a gold mine for lumber barons. Men were employed as lumberjacks and worked like beasts, only to be tossed aside like used equipment when no longer needed. The grand forests were raped for their prime timber, the balance burned wastefully. The men were coarse and hard, but they had to be to survive. More than any other people that ever lived in our land, these old-time lumberjacks could truthfully say, “No man cared for my soul.” That is, until God sent three men to the great Northwoods of our country – Frank Higgins, John Sornberger, and Al Channer. These men blazed new trails of the Spirit and founded an empire for God. They reached a sector of humanity for which no spiritual work had ever been done before, storming the Northwoods with a consuming passion for Christ. And with that passion, they also brought a heart as big as all outdoors, a love for men that burned like a flame, and a desperate desire to see these men saved.
Julianne Maxwell Is a Bride Without a Groom Stranded in Seattle after her intended married another, the mail-order bride can't return to the troubled life she fled from. She has little choice but to marry the handsome logger who steps in to rescue her. And though Caleb Hansen is gentle and kind, Julianne can't trust him with the truth about her past. Caleb understands that Julianne needs a home, and he needs a mother for his orphaned infant nephew. He knows nothing about his new wife, or the memories that haunt her. But he can tell their connection goes deeper than convenience. He'll do whatever it takes to make them a real family, before Julianne's secrets drive them apart...
A wounded billionaire in hiding. A surprise baby. One woman trapped on the mountain with them… I fled to the mountains to escape the pain of my past. Anguish ruled my days and haunted my nights. It became my constant companion. An ax in my hands became the outlet for my agony. It was the way I liked it. The way it needed to be. No amount of money would ever bring back what I lost. Nothing could ever heal the scars. Until a knock at my cabin door brings a feisty new lawyer from my company… Carrying a tiny, crying surprise she says is mine. It was one night of solace in the arms of a stranger. A stranger who claims I’m the father of this child. I can’t handle a baby. Or the feelings brought up by the woman assigned to deliver him to me. I tried to escape my life, but now it’s forcing me to face it—whether I like it or not. Grab this steamy stand-alone from USA Today Bestselling Author Gwyn McNamee about a damaged billionaire, a surprise baby, the attorney stuck in the middle of it all, and discover what happens when they’re forced together in his cabin with building tension, old wounds…and a tiny human!
Science is not a danger to the faith of Christian youth. In fact, Sara Sybesma Tolsma, an award-winning scientist, and Jason Lief, a leading practical theologian, argue that youth ministry needs science to help young people explore their relationship to God and engage their world faithfully. Jesus Loves You and Evolution Is True invites the church and its leaders to open their minds and hearts to what science can tell us about our human lives and our connections to, and role in, our natural world. But it does not stop there: evolutionary science is theological, argues Lief and Tolsma, and so it must have a central place in the day-to-day work of youth ministry. If the church wants to help youth develop robust spiritual lives and prepare them for the challenges that life will bring them, pastors, faith leaders, and youth workers must not only engage science but embrace its lessons for the life and practice of Christian faith today.
A reclusive billionaire who needs a wife. A woman with no other options. Two lost souls forced together on the mountain… I never wanted my family’s money or the trappings that came with it. The mountain offered me refuge from it all. A life filled with hard manual labor, fresh air, and freedom. Until one unexpected visit from my father’s lawyer changes everything. All we’ve built will fall into the hands of a monster… Unless I find a wife. Fast. One who can handle living in a single room cabin on a desolate mountain. With a man who has no intention of ever touching her. Let alone being an actual husband. The mail-order bride service offers the perfect solution to my unusual problem. This woman they’re sending needs money. I need to be hitched in only a handful of weeks. Nothing but a simple business arrangement. Once we both get what we want, we can go our separate ways. Except the longer we share my personal space… The more what I want changes and the fake relationship starts to feel very real… Grab this steamy stand-alone from USA Today Bestselling Author Gwyn McNamee about a reclusive, damaged, billionaire, the woman he pays to marry him, and what they discover when they’re forced together in his cabin with deep wounds and attraction they can’t deny!
Short-listed for the 1978 Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction The 19th century spawned a unique breed of men who took pride in their woodsmen skills and rough codes of conduct. They called themselves lumberers, shantymen, timber beasts, les bucherons – and, more recently, lumberjacks, working in the vast forests of eastern Canada and British Columbia. Across the country, farm boys would go to the woods, lumbering being the only winter work available. Immigrants – Swedes and Finns more often than not – resumed the trades they had learned so well in the forests of northern Europe. They broke the cold, hard monotony of camp life with songs, tall tales and card games. Within these pages, author Donald MacKay allows us a glimpse into that moment in our heritage when men entered the virgin forest to carve out an industry from the seemingly endless array of pine, spruce, maple and balsam fir found there.
Driftwood gnarled and tortured, water and weather worn defies description. Hold a piece one way, then another and uncover fresh viewpoints and half hidden truths and unlooked for beauty. The choice pieces concealed under water, debris, and sand are ever awaiting discovery. Too many of us never unearth the treasures that abide in the sands and recesses of solitude. The pieces of driftwood often uncovered and reexamined around evening campfires are the essays interspersed herein. The one liners are just that, "bits" often inspired by nature or the miracle of The Northern Lights at midnight on the trail. It is the fond hope and prayer of the Beachcomber that you will find some of his worth researching and deeper investigation.
The creation story has been hijacked. The subtle deceptions of the Serpent have caused skeptics and even believers to look upon the opening chapters of Genesis with a cynical eye. As a result many believe that Earth is a cosmic accident and that humanity is merely a product of time, matter and chance. However, Derrick McCarson counters the critics of the Bible with powerful new evidence from the world of astronomy, microbiology and physics which all point to the undeniable fact that we are here by Divine design. In Origins you will be challenged with fascinating information that confirms Genesis 1:1 and following. Content Includes: Deep space discoveries which reveal the first moments of creation Wonders of the universe which point to a super-intelligent Creator The reason why evil and suffering entered the world DNAthe language of God The amazing ingenuity of Noahs Ark