Train Your Brain, Claim Your Power

Imagine yourself parentless, surrounded by untrustworthy people, trying to survive as your enemies send dragons to kidnap you.  

That's the start of The Gemini Reign, a science fiction fantasy.  

Oasis Ministry Ventures is working to Save the Oaks Camp  and Retreat Center.  I fell in love with the camp and conference center when I toured it over 10 years ago.  I placed a picture of the conference building on my vision board in the office as the prototype for a retreat center that I would like to build.  That voice in my head told me it was way too expensive, it wasn't possible.  However, I've been doing dream building this past year -- and I asked myself what could I do to move forward on my dream.  The answer came to me during meditation.  Call the camp.  I went to contact them only to discover that the camp is closed and being sold!  So I did some detective work and reconnected to the people I knew there.  They are in the midst of a campaign to Save the Oaks!  So I jumped on board.  This call is part of pulling together the people and organizations who know the value of the Camp to help get more people involved.  The Oaks has a long history of providing retreat experiences for inner city youth who have never had the opportunity to do this.  It has over 800 acres of land to explore on walks, zip lines, music buildings, conference center, cafeteria, child care center, and the list goes on.  It has been fiscally sound, but the corporation that owned them shifted gears and wants to spin the Oaks off.  We have the chance to make a difference, to get the word out and find people who are passionate about sacred spaces and the value of retreats.  Join us to Save the Oaks! 

In the midst of turmoil, what can we do to improve the situation.  David Pitman has turned his desire to make a difference into the book "Expectations of Honor" where he discusses ways to get back to bringing up children as respectful, functioning adults.  Found in Biblical sources such as Proverbs 31, a simple summation is to provide love and honor for women and respect for men. 

This book is a memoir.  There is a journey in our lives, gleaning insights and glimpses that give us clarity on how the past, present and future evolve in our lives.  The selections are not chronological, but stand alone.  For her, there is something wonderful about being able to put the various circumstances in our lives into perspective.  

Dale Hansen felt that people often heard the Bible verses, but never discovered their true power to comfort and bring you through difficult situations.  The Word helps us achieve 4 things:  more prayer, more time with the Word, Bible verses that you can carry around within you, and a deepening relationshp with God and with others.  In "One Week at a Time", Dale focuses in depth on one verse per week, using personal stories and understanding.  It is available on Kindle, in paperback and in a new walk through the pandemic.  

What if you were trapped inside the Wishing Tree?  Who would come to rescue you?  

Diabolical politicians need a way to cover up crimes they have committed.  They concoct a plan to overpopulate the Adirondacks with wolves and inject their food supply with chemicals to make them extremely aggressive.  The result: Wolves who turn on everything that lives and moves in the mountains, including people.  What will it take for people to figure out what is going on and then do something that will stop the mayhem before too many lives are lost?  Can they do it alone or do they need all the faith they can muster?

Andrew Bode was born in 1945, in Australia at the end of World War II.  Foreign armies came to the country to help save it from the Japanese war machine with unintentional consequences -- the birth of children to soldiers who had long since died or returned to their home nations.  Andrew was one of those children.  He grew up in an orphanage with little hope for a successful life.  Fortunately, he had an inquisitive mind that motivated him to ask questions and find the answers.  The chapter on Motivation provides useful direction to the ways that we can pursue our goals and thrive Against All Odds. 

Aqualite Muraglia is a feminist through and through.  She's also an artist and an author.  Her novel, The Business Woman, is the epitome of Aqualite's vision of success.  But women in the real world still have battles to fight.  There are so many oppressed people.  Women can fix the world.  They are more responsible, listen and support one another.  They want to solve problems.  Women like Aqualite want to change the world for the better. 

Agualite Muraglia is a feminist through and through.  She's also an artist and an author.  Her novel, "The Business Woman," is the epitome of Aqualite's vision of success.  But women in the real world still have battles to fight.  There are so many oppressed people.  Women can fix the world.  They are more responsible, listen and support one another.  They want to solve problems.  Women like Aqualite want to change the world for the better.