Being true to your self may require courage to embrace who you are and live in that reality.  George Lee McGowan has spent her life discovering her true self, making peace with it, and facing family and society with the reality.  Little can be more personal than how we identify ourselves.   At the lowest point in her struggles with this, she listened to the small voice within, asked for God's help and peace descended upon her.  

Joseph Lessard grew up in the 1950s.  Although this is an entertaining, fictional work, Lessard colors it with the life and times of that era.  It's filled with memories in this imaginery state between Indiana and Ohio filled with football championships, tragedy, romance, nostalgia, mystery, fast dances, teenage hangouts, rivalries, bullies, cliques and haunted spaces.   

You're 19 years old, preparing to pursue your goals and life purpose, only to meet with extraordinary circumstances that change your life forever.  You get to meet with God.  Does it make a big shift in your life?  Does it change the way you relate to people?  And does it remove all fear and doubt? 

Check out Calvin's experience on the other side. 

Did you know that you have a choice?  You can prepare for the upcoming era of Love and Light and prosper in the coming 1000 years of peace.  You can embrace the photon energies coming to planet Earth now, forgive and love one another, and enjoy all that emanates a positive vibration.  You can love your God with all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself.  Your first step is to find God within.  

Or you can prepare for the end times and stick with dark forces that have been in power for the past 5000 years, live in fear,anger, doubt and worry.   staying behind or being sent to a different universe.  

Douglas Grady wants you to grow into heaven on earth on the arms of those we help.  

Imagine yourself in this situation:  You think you're in control.  You're surrounded by too much work, the daily clutter and family members going in all directions.  Then...one unexpected phone call disrupts your life, destroys your balance and forever changes your world.  Your mother has had a stroke.  Than an insidious, stealth and silent foe follows - Alzheimer's.  April Wise provides us with a deeply personal look into the physical, emotional and mental challenges of the experience she shared with her mother as her sole caregiver.  

Kristen Walton's  award winning children's book, "Light in the Enchanted Forest," helps children (and adults) become aware that when they make conscious, positive choices they can improve their days.  The community of bugs that populates this book are upgrading their forest through trust, love, forgiveness and gratitude.  

In Sextastic!, Janalee Beck shows how couples can improve their sex lives in 7 weeks as they work through her workbook together.  

Imagine being sent to prison for a 20 year sentence for a crime you did not commit.  Imagine the joy when 5 years later, the State Supreme Court overturns the conviction.  But also acknowledge that the things you saw and experienced while incarcerated make you aware that there can be a better way.  That's George Martin's story as he discusses the possibility of utilizing restorative justice to resolve perceived problems in our justic system.  George worked with both the Presbyterian Church and the Lutheran Church to develop such mediation programs and is well versed in the academic studies on the topic.  To learn more, check out the National center for Restorative Justice / Vermont Law School, SaferSanerSchools.org, and RestorativeJustice.Org.  #restorative justice #justice system #forgiveness #faithwalking #mediation

 If you are a fan of films like "Gaslight," you will enjoy this tale of mental manipulation: "There Was a Crooked Man: A Psychological Thriller."  Inspired by the stories of women in a battered women's shelter, Katrina Morgan has crafted an intriguing thriller where you gain insights into why women stay in abusive relationships and then root for her successful escape. 

Nina Kelly lives a rich life.  She shares what she's taken away from her experiences in the collection of letters that make up "Grace Has a Silent Voice." In this call, we'll learn how: 

* She's witnessed the thin blue line between life and death in her position with an organ donor program  * She's paid attention to the homeless and watched them emerge from the constrictions of those lives to build anew  * A philanthropist, she's raised money for non-profits through her books. * She directed the Children's Bureau in New Orleans and has a soft spot for "Saving Wednesday's Child," the story of the  Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. * She's written best selling books with the likes of Jack Canfield and Larry King, and executive produced "A New Leash on Life: The K9s for Warriors Story."