My Own Backyard

Explore "My Own Backyard" ... then discover yours.In this autobiographical collection, Danny Nicholson explores the landscape of his own backyard through stories about his father, poems about his children, and songs about family, faith and friends.In essence, his book reveals that his story is not his own. It transcends the boundaries of geographical locations, suggesting that life is not so much about where we are but who we are."Geographical boundaries separate backyards, but the memories we make in them create a sameness and familiarity that renders the distance between them non-existent," writes the author. "Backyards are set apart by their location, but they are made of the same stuff -- or, even better, we are made of the same stuff."Nicholson's stories, poems, and songs of laughter and tears, darkness and light, faith and love, "inextricably link us to each other as human beings, and give us a divine reason to hope for a better tomorrow.""We are one story or song away from finding all things in common with every human being," he says.An adopted son as well as a husband, father, singer-songwriter, fundraising leader, and speaker, Nicholson is president of Connie Maxwell Children's Home in Greenwood, S.C. He is married to his college sweetheart, Debra, and they have two grown sons who are accomplished musicians.

Literature & Fiction

Nicholson, Danny

Poetry

Courier Publishing

Something Ventured: Selected Writings from My Career in Christian Journalism

Don Kirkland

Just as there are warning signs of an impending stroke that can devastate the human body, there are indicators that predict a sudden and catastrophic breakdown of the Body of Christ, the local church. But, as physical strokes can be prevented, so can spiritual strokes, says Dr. Danny Burnley, a pastor with a proven record of helping struggling churches come back from the brink of shutdown. If the Great Physician is allowed to regain control of the Body, then vitality can return. In Spiritual Strokes, Burnley offers a biblically sound prescription for Christians who would avoid spiritual apoplexy and "truly desire to see God show up and begin to move within their midst."

Spiritual Strokes

Religion & Spirituality

Burnley, Danny

Christian Books & Bibles

Jesus is the greatest person to ever walk the face of the earth. He is the divine and sinless Son of God who came to earth to set men free from their bondage and sin, the only One through whom a person can be saved and made right with God. Jesus is the center and circumference of Scripture and the One promised by the prophets to be the deliverer of all mankind. He is the Messiah of the Old Testament and the Anointed One of the New Testament. He is Jesus Christ the Savior of the world and a friend to sinners. Above all, He is my personal Savior and Lord.   Early in my pastoral ministry I felt a deep urgency to prepare and preach a series of sermons about the life of Jesus. That series of twelve sermons was used of God to encourage those church members. Upon the completion of that sermon series, I tucked the printed messages into a notebook binder, where they lodged for many years. Recently, I felt compelled to expand that sermon series into what ultimately has become the basis for this book, The Life of Jesus.   The life of Jesus could never be completely described or accurately reported in human language. He is far more awesome than human words can express. This book is in no way an attempt to exhaustively reveal who Jesus is. However, following Frank C. Thompson's timeline in the Thompson Chain-Reference Bible (Fourth Improved Edition), I have attempted to show that the Messiah was the Promised One sent to all mankind. That promise was revealed through many of the Old Testament writers, and Jesus' birth was the incarnation of that divine pledge.   Jesus lived a perfect life, preached and ministered for three years, was arrested, crucified and died at Calvary as the eternal and perfect sacrifice for man's sins. Jesus rose from the grave on the third day and defeated death. After forty days, Jesus ascended to His home in heaven, and as He ascended, His angels promised that "this same Jesus that you see going into heaven will come again." Thus, I have entitled this book, The Life of Jesus, from Promise to Promise.  Jesus has changed and influenced countless lives in every age since His appearance. It is my sincere and earnest hope that He has touched your life. It is not God's will that any perish, but that all come to repentance. I trust that this book will better help you understand who Jesus is and how to know Him in a personal and deeper way. The Life of Jesus portrays Him from the time that the Old Testament prophets proclaimed the coming of the promised Messiah until the angel gave the declaration that He would come again.

The Life of Jesus: From Promise to Promise

Dickard, Wayne

For those of us who call ourselves believers, we understand that the words of Jesus are not ordinary words. They are sacred words. They are precious words. The words of Jesus are filled not with some truth, but all truth because He is the truth (John 14:6). When the Gospel writers, through the Holy Spirit, penned the inerrant words of Jesus, they provided generations with majestic, glorious words - words filled with wisdom; words that carry life, eternal life.From the heart and mind of an experienced pastor and expositor, these daily devotions from the Book of Matthew focus on the words of Jesus, analyzed in great detail to offer the reader fresh insights into the heart and mind of Christ. Let the ancient words of the Savior speak to you a message that is as relevant today as it was almost 2000 years ago when He spoke them.Dr. Wayne Dickard is the retired senior pastor of Siloam Baptist Church in Easley, South Carolina, and has served five other churches during his ministry. He holds &#64257;ve earned academic degrees, including a doctor of ministry from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has served on local, state and national committees and boards of the Southern Baptist Convention. In 2005 he served as president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. Wayne has preached in Europe, Central America and in various states across our nation.

The Words of Jesus: A Devotional Study from Matthew's Gospel

Identical twins Tom and Sam Thrift were born during the Great Depression on November 12, 1930, in Long Creek, South Carolina. They each weighed a mere two pounds, yet they thrived, growing up with seven other siblings in a home where J.B. and Maude Thrift instilled in their children the virtues of godly love and a respect for honest, hard work.
At age nineteen, the twins were drafted into the Army and stationed in Japan. As part of a military unit assigned to cleaning up a region devastated by the bombing of Hiroshima, they had the opportunity to learn about heavy equipment operations and large-scale earthmoving engineering.
After they returned to the States, Tom and Sam joined their brothers in launching successful businesses in lumber, pulpwood, hardware stores, road construction and commercial property development. While the makeup of family business partnerships evolved over the years, Tom and Sam always remained together, working as general contractors and building hundreds of miles of roads and interstate highways across South Carolina and bringing industries, shopping centers, manufacturing plants and warehouses to the region.
For all their success, however, the Thrift brothers have remained grounded, their feet planted firmly in the nurturing soil of family, faith and friends. This is their story.

Thrift: Building a Life

Thrift, Samuel

Biographies & Memoirs

It is the spring of 1944. Blace Davis has no thought of fighting in the war. After all, he is a man with dependents — a wife and six children, with a seventh on the way. But then everything changes.
Mount of Congregation is a true story of bravery in the midst of one of the most audacious military operations in American history: the U.S. Army 42nd Infantry “Rainbow” Division’s final assault into the heart of Nazi Germany. Author Mark A. Davis describes battle scenes with concussive clarity while faithfully retelling his grandfather’s account of trying to survive the throes of war.
Meticulously researched, yet imbued with the singular tenderness a boy feels for his grandfather, Mount of Congregation is an engrossing story of love, family and survival. It is also a transgenerational testament to belief in a Creator who has a plan for every person’s life — including an American infantryman far from his Appalachian home, pressing onward toward Hitler’s Siegfried Line.
Mark A. Davis received his degree in physician assistant studies from Jefferson College of Health Sciences in Roanoke, Virginia, in 2004. He has lived most of his life in the foothills of Virginia. He is a veteran of the United States armed forces and has practiced medicine as a physician assistant for the Department of the Army, taking part in the treatment and care of active duty service members, veterans, and their families. He currently resides in South Carolina with his wife, Melissa.

Mount of Congregation: Honoring the Heroes of WWII's 42nd Infantry 'Rainbow' Division

Mark A Davis

Leaders & Notable People

From the title story -- a tall tale of a floppy-eared pie thief who encounters grace in the unlikeliest of places -- to poetic reflections on Spanish moss, growing old, and the ageless and uplifting stories of the Bible, Mayna Cosby Parks dispenses humor and heart in her debut collection, Granny Rabbit’s Gooseberry Pie: Stories and Poems. This book speaks to everyone -- not only children, but adults of all ages.
“My poetic wings are little more than pinfeathers,” the author confesses in her introduction. “But when God gives you the desire to write, you must write above your ignorance, and in Him let your soul and spirit, without encumbrance, soar upward toward the light.” She also offers a piece of advice for would-be poets: “It is best to begin writing before the age of eighty-five.”
Parks invites the reader to come along for a delightful ride, as though traveling to a beloved aunt’s farm, bouncing along a red-clay washboard road in a ’36 Ford, “shimmying, angling like a trotting dog, coils of pink dust boiling out behind.”
Hop on in!

Granny Rabbit's Gooseberry Pie: Stories and Poems

Humor & Entertainment

Parks, Mayna Cosby

Humor

Cynthia Winkler, a crime and mystery author who writes from a Christian worldview, has produced her fourth novel, You Did Not Weep: The Woman in the Grave.
The novel unfolds as Scott Conway tries to make sense of a murder in his family that occurred before he was born. Harrison O’Kelly, a grizzled veteran detective, and Savannah Bibb, an ambitious ATF agent, join forces in an attempt to unearth mysteries long buried in Benton County.
Great-Uncle Seth is a fond memory from Scott’s childhood — until the long-deceased Seth appears before Scott in the cemetery on the evening after his grandmother’s funeral. Seth leads Scott to the unmarked grave of his Uncle Lukas, a relative he didn’t know he had.
Scott’s encounter with his dead great-uncle doesn’t end with a visit to a grave, however. Seth guides Scott into the past to witness a murder that occurred before he was born. Was that even possible? No reasonable man would believe it, but how else could he have known where to find the body? And who was the woman buried with Lukas? Was it Millicent, who dances with Scott in his dreams, or the illusive angel who walks down by the water? There are no answers in the grave.
And what does a missing family heirloom have to do with the attempted murder of Detective O’Kelly and his informant? 
A swirling confusion of dangerous situations brings Scott and his sister, Elaine, face to face with an angry detective looking for answers — before an internal affairs investigation labels him a dirty cop.
ATF Agent Savannah Bibb is in a good place in her life. Her last case has been solved, thanks to a clue she discovered, and her team has given her the recognition. She’s not the “new guy” in the Seattle office anymore. And then there’s the great-looking guy who’s showing her a lot of attention. Her apartment is coming together, new friends calling her … so why is she miserable?
These are the thoughts running through her mind just before her world turns upside down. The biggest punch in the gut comes in a flurry of bullets on her day off. An impasse of unacceptable conclusions is leading her back home — and back to her mentor, who is in trouble.
“Guilt by association” … there was a verse about that in the Bible. Her grandmother used to quote it to her. But why would a decorated police officer in a small town clear across the country suddenly become the target of an investigation that involved her? It is a question Savannah can answer only if she goes back — back to the small town she worked so hard to find a way out of. And, if she left, would it be seen as an admission of guilt?
Cynthia Winkler is the author of three previous novels: Pieces of Silver, Iron Chariots and When the Manna Ceased. She also is an award-winning poet and expresses her love for the Scriptures as a Bible teacher and as a volunteer in a Christian after-school program for children. She resides in Fair Play, South Carolina, with Paul, her husband of forty-plus years, where they attend Earle’s Grove Baptist Church.

You Did Not Weep: The Woman in the Grave

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Winkler, Cynthia

Mystery

Dr. Robert Jackson has practiced marketplace evangelism through his medical practice for over thirty years, planting the seed of the gospel in the hearts of many patients and their family members. He has modeled and instructed believers in evangelism since his college years. Currently the missions director of his church, he has engaged in evangelistic efforts in numerous countries. He and his wife, Carlotta, have nine children and eight grandchildren (so far).

The Family Doctor Speaks: The Truth About Seed Planting: Equipping Believers for Evangelism

Jackson Jr. M.D., Robert E.

See the best price to sell, buy or rent books by the Courier Publishing publisher. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Courier Publishing