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Every minister owns a set of armor. Strategy. Credentials.
A carefully managed reputation.
The quiet conviction that his competence is
what stands between the church and failure.
When Less Is More asks an uncomfortable question:
What if the armor is the problem?
K. Paul Dawson has spent forty-five years in ministry, in the Amazon, in Eastern Europe, in American pulpits, watching gifted, driven leaders exhaust themselves to show their competence, Dawson makes a case that runs against every instinct of modern leadership: less strategy, less self-reliance, less of you and all your pastoral hovering. In its place, more room for God. This is not a book about trying harder. It's a book about laying the armor down.

He has a secret friend no one else can see. A radiant red fairy who dances through the trees and leaves.
She stays with him as Owen is a little boy who loves the woods.
the years pass, whispering the same gentle lesson.
Slow down. Listen. The woods are speaking.
In a world that rushes by, Owen learns the most important magic of all,
how to be still enough to hear the quiet gifts of nature, friendship, and his own heart.
Owen & the Red Fairy
A timeless story for children (and the grown-ups who need to remember) about slowing down, listening deeply, and the invisible friends who never leave us.
Perfect for ages 4–10 · A bedtime classic in the making

Helen is a little girl who is excited about Christmas.
The gifts, the lights, the snow, and family.
After the holiday is done, she decides the best things are the memories and being with those she loves.
A timeless, heartwarming story of holiday wonder that reminds us the greatest gifts can’t be wrapped.
A story to teach children that the holiday season is not about gifts, it is about making memories, being with those you love and traditions

Aubrey is a little sea otter who leaves her cozy seaweed home and swims into the wonders of the rocky reef. She meets playful sea stars, spiky sea urchins, blue mussels, green sea cucumbers, a shy octopus, shimmering schools of brilliant fish… and even dances with a graceful anemone!

A heartwarming underwater tale of curiosity, friendship & discovery by Helen O’Toole.
Perfect for ages 3–8

Perspective Visions: Enigmatic Masterpieces is a unique work of art showing the darker side of life and love.
The works in this book were written over the course of many years. The first poem was written when the author, Sheri Ann Richerson, was just ten years old.
As time progressed, the poetry took on a darker, almost haunting perspective.
Perspective Visions: Enigmatic Masterpieces is sure to conjure up mysterious images and undeniable, hidden feelings of lust, love and the darker side of life.
Discover the Enigmatic Masterpieces

Our guest was not able to make it so Mary and I discussed his books and the reason Midnight Publishing is successful

Nobody hands you a parenting manual for the moments you never see coming.

The first childhood crush. The friendship that quietly changes your child. The questions you weren’t prepared to answer. The conversations you never realized needed to happen so soon.

As parents, we often think we have years before we need to talk about relationships. Then one ordinary day, our child says something that makes us realize those lessons have already begun.

In this warm, honest, and hope-filled book, Sarah Stults shares real stories from raising her three children. With humor, grace, and biblical wisdom, she reminds us that preparing our children for healthy relationships doesn’t start when they begin dating — it starts much earlier.

Through childhood crushes, unexpected friendships, hard conversations, and everyday lessons, Sarah helps parents recognize the golden opportunities already woven into daily life to teach:

• Kindness
• Healthy boundaries
• Respect
• Discernment
• God’s design for relationships

Filled with laughter, heartfelt moments, and practical encouragement, We’re Pretty Serious equips you for the conversations that matter most — the ones that begin long before you think they will.

Perfect for parents of elementary through high school kids who want to raise children ready for healthy, God-honoring relationships.

A collection of folklore and Autumn verses

A stranger in an inn that is not what it appears to be…
Ledger of a gravedigger…
Epitaphs that have been rearranged…
Pumpkins that come to life…
Crossroads that lead nowhere…

Stories that will chill and thrill

Perfect for Halloween season, gothic horror lovers, and anyone who craves dark autumn folklore that lingers long after the last page.

The Echoes We Carry honors the marks left behind by survival.
It is a steady, reassuring light for anyone learning to live alongside their history—
not by erasing the scars, but by building a lasting sanctuary over the foundation.

The past does not disappear—it changes shape.

In these pages, memory becomes a living companion rather than a burden. Nightshade invites readers into a quiet sanctuary where every scar is acknowledged, every echo is heard, and healing is found not by forgetting the past but by reshaping it into something strong enough to hold the future.

“A luminous meditation on resilience and the sanctuaries we build from our histories.”
— The Westshade Literary Review

“Nightshade’s words are a steady lantern for anyone walking with their past.”
— Echoes of the Heart Magazin

Through the rich metaphors of winter thaws, rising rivers, standing trees, and endless meadows, this collection explores how the heart unlearns fear and reclaims its voice.