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McKeever, Joe

Graphic Novels

Parson's Porch

This novel deals with the imperfections of a family as told in the stories of five characters who represent three generations of women. Each character searches for her own identity while moving through the vicissitudes of life, clinging to the community of family for safety and protection, before finally coming to the realization that the only safe haven is within herself.

Walk Like A Philippian

BAIRD

GRAHAM

Comical scenes of Deacons in Southern Baptist Churches.  For over four decades Joe McKeever has been writing for Christian publications. A Southern Baptist pastor of six churches for 42 years, Joe then served 5 years as director of missions for the SBC churches of Metro New Orleans. These days, in his "retirement" ministry, he stays on the go preaching for churches and conferences, leading deacons and prayer retreats, and such. Joe is the father of three adult children and grandfather of eight. He lives in Metro New Orleans.

Deacons Cartoons

Comic Strips

Holy Women Icons began as a painting project, giving traditional iconography a folk feminist twist. Across the vast pantheon of a virtually all-male sainthood, I noticed something was missing: women. Where were all the holy women across spiritual traditions? I’ve painted over 50 Holy Women Icons and recount their stories in my 2014 book, Holy Women Icons. Now is your chance to join me in the creative process. Color your way toward holiness! As you color, allow each dot to be a meditation, prayer, or mantra. Perhaps you may choose a virtue—such as peace or love—to focus on with each coloring page, or perhaps you could allow the woman you are coloring to inspire a virtue within you. However you choose to color, may your creative time with this contemplative coloring book enliven, inspire, embolden, sooth, and calm you. A brief description of each holy woman, along with a small image of her painting, is found at the back of the coloring book for you to use as a reference if you wish. May these holy women inspire and empower you. May coloring their images embolden you. May you discover something new about spirituality, history, and yourself.

Holy Women Icons Contemplative Coloring Book

Yarber, Angela

Religion & Spirituality

I began writing this book on a rainy night in August 2015, eight months to the day from the historic speeches of these two Presidents, signaling a thaw in diplomatic relations after fifty-six years of Cold War enmity. It was almost three months after my return home from an eleven-month stay in Cuba with my spouse, Kim. December 17, a date stuck right in the middle of our stay, could well prove to be one of Cuba's most celebrated dates, establishing its place in the history of a Caribbean country whose calendar is already filled with many red-letter days. We could not have chosen a more interesting or significant chunk of time to be there, given the tremendous changes that the completely unexpected December announcement began to unleash.  With all the stories of the year still percolating in my mind, like strong, fresh roasted Cuban coffee grounds brewing in a stovetop cafetera, I finally resolved on that August day to go home and start pouring them out onto the page (the computer screen, to be more precise). I turned into the driveway in the late afternoon and got within shouting distance of our home on "The Old Place," our name for the plot of Appalachian mountain land that has been in my family for generations. As it turned out, shouting distance was as close as I could get. Three large trees lying over the road hindered further progress.

Cuba: A Day in the Life

History

Stan Dotson

Americas

In April 2015, the long-smoldering embers of racial tension in Baltimore City erupted into flames and riots at a level unseen in 50 years. The riots were sparked by the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old man who was arrested by the Baltimore Police Department for possessing what the police alleged was an illegal switchblade. While being transported in a police van, Gray was injured, fell into a coma, and was taken to a trauma center where he later died. The riots served as a long-needed wake-up call for a community that had ignored for decades the systematic racism that thwarted and neglected the needs and aspirations of its African American brothers and sisters. Within days of the riots, the Presbytery of Baltimore began mobilizing to be used by God to help foster healing and real change in the city. While many of our teaching and ruling elders were involved in various organizations and activities to combat racism, poverty and class discrimination, the Presbytery had not acted in a unified manner to address these issues. Led by an ad hoc committee of teaching and ruling elders, the Presbytery issued a call for the issues of race, class and poverty to be addressed in church services, Christian education classes and in sermons. The Presbytery voted to focus its meetings for an entire year on these three issues. As a Presbytery, we recognize that we, too, have failed to live up to Christ’s command to love our neighbors as ourselves (Mark 12:33). We have come a long way toward putting these issues at the center of our mission, but we know we still have many miles to go. This collection of sermons, prayers and liturgies by members of our Presbytery is just a sample of the work we are doing. We hope they will inspire the readers to examine these issues and join us in a prophetic witness as we journey with hope toward wholeness and toward fulfilling God's command to “let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream” (Amos 5:24).

From Hope to Wholeness: A Presbyterian Response to the Unrest in Baltimore in April 2015

Worship & Devotion

In and Out of Every Season

Hawkins, William L

Christian Books & Bibles

I would like to thank my daughter, Laura Hagan Sullivan, for providing the photo used on the cover of this book. She is an avid amateur photographer and took the cover photo of this beautiful mountain in Colorado. She provided countless hours helping assemble the poems during the production of this book. Her support and assistance are greatly appreciated. I am also indebted to my friend, Bill Braitsch, who provided technical support during the completion of this book. His assistance cannot be measured in words alone. I would like to also thank my fellow writer, Dr. Paul Saluk. He provided constant encouragement and inspired me to be a better writer in the process. I will forever be grateful to him for his friendship. Lastly, I would like to thank my grandson, Justin Hagan, for his expertise as the copyeditor for my work. He's a bright young man of whom I am very proud.

A Snowy Mountain

Literature & Fiction

Hagan, Thomas

Poetry

Elemental

Galbreath, Paul

Wandering and Thinking and Hiking

Prevost, Luanne

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