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"From Choctaw elder Steven Charleston, author of the beloved Ladder to the Light, comes this stunning collection of short meditations on the four directions. Charleston's reflections on the four hallmarks of Native spirituality--tradition, kinship, vision, and balance--radiate the profound and poetic wisdom that readers have come to love. When the Spirit speaks to him in his daily prayers, Charleston takes a pen and writes down the messages. Now,...
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The gospel of Jesus has not always been good news for Native Americans. The history of North America is marred by atrocities committed against Native peoples. Indigenous cultures were erased in the name of Christianity. As a result, to this day few Native Americans are followers of Jesus. However, despite the far-reaching effects of colonialism, some Natives have forged culturally authentic ways to follow the way of Jesus. In his final work, Richard...
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Andy Diggle (Green Arrow: Year One, James Bond, The Losers, Hellblazer), Shawn Martinbrough (Thief of Thieves, Batman: Detective Comics, The Black Panther, Hellboy), Dave Stewart (Hellboy, DC: The New Frontier, The Umbrella Academy), and Jock (Batman, The Losers) bring you a psychological sci-fi horror comic full of alien conspiracy...
What if you knew the world was about to end? What would you be willing to do to save the people you love?
Darla...
6) Christmas
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An introduction to Christmas with colorful illustrations. Describes the holiday's origins and traditions and provides the lyrics to a Christmas carol.
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"In 2005, a group of construction workers in Jerusalem made an incredible discovery. Underneath the parking lot they were digging up lay an ancient city that was built in the tenth century! Three years later, gold coins from an even earlier century were found at the site. The city of Jerusalem is like a layer cake of history-more than five thousand years of complicated history-all of which author Ellen Morgan explains clearly and objectively in this...
8) Hanukkah
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The Cultural Holidays illustrated nonfiction book Hanukkah teaches young readers about the background, traditions, foods, and celebrations of the Jewish holiday. Easy-to-read text combines with colorful illustrations to provide entertainment and facts for even the youngest audience. Grades P-4.
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The traditional English carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas," has been sung and enjoyed throughout the holiday season for centuries. In keeping with its courtly tone, most illustrated treatments of the song use a formal art style. Now, a new version is geared specifically to young readers, using playful images of animals romping and cavorting to the song's lyrics. Imagine beret-wearing French hens, four "calling" birds chatting on the phone, or frolicking...
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One student from Mrs. Wallace's second grade class will be chosen to tell a special Christmas story at the school assembly. When Redheaded Robbie's name is pulled from the hat, the class groans. Poor Robbie! Whenever he is excited or nervous, his words come out all twisted and confused. How will he be able to tell his Christmas story at the assembly? Won't everyone laugh? With a little help from some friends, Robbie learns that it is not so much how...
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Are you in desperate need of a miracle? Got globs of money? Then come get fixed up with Lester Benny, a shady televangelist with astonishing healing powers. However, forensic accountant Winston Donovan smells a fraud-- and trying to expose Lester as a scam artist is proving near impossible, despite Winstons own preternatural powers. Could it be divine intervention or a clever hoax? Miracle Kingdom is a playful detective story that examines the...
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Winston takes matters into his own hands when the improbable findings from his audit investigation fall on deaf ears. Worse still, Winston suspects Lester Benny's miracles are mutating into tragic twists of fate, placing everyone in Lester's church in grave danger! Winston's pursuit for answers sends him spiraling into the Infinite Incomplete, the realm containing the unfinished parts of the universe and other cosmic works-in-progress. But what exactly...
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In this concluding chapter, Winston's dogged quest to solve the mystery behind Lester's miracles reaches its pivotal moment of truth. However, the final showdown takes an astonishing turn, testing Winston's faith in the heavenly system itself. Hidden portals, demonic agents from the Under Realm, celestial intrigue and more twists than a pretzel factory! Oh my.
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Billions and billions served! Our angelic auditor Winston Donovan breaks the fourth wall to take televangelist Lester Benny beyond the boundaries of the comic panels in an effort to unmask the truth behind Lester's improbable miracles. However, Winston's audit of Lester's healing powers leads to an unsettling revelation. Meanwhile in Las Vegas, the seeds of seismic events take root as an underground group of unnatural beings who call themselves The...
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Winston is an angel. Digby is a cherub. Together, they are investigative partners charged with auditing prayers and sniffing out fraudulent miracles. Welcome to the Department of Divine Intervention, where the outcome of the universe is just another regular day in the office. In pursuit of disproving the dubious healing powers of a shady televangelist, Winston uncovers more anomalies than answers. Worse yet, the religious network that broadcasts the...
16) Daisy
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A desperate mother's search for her missing son leads to the mysterious family of Daisy Phillips. Like many teens, Daisy has a hard time fitting in, but for atypical reasons: Daisy stands over eight feet tall and believes herself descended from cannibalistic giants spawned from the outcasts of Heaven. This frail, disfigured youth may hold the key to unlock the Language of Creation-the divine DNA of God-and expose the monstrosities that lie hidden...
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"Lincoln's wartime spiritual journey from heretic son and cold skeptic to America's first evangelical Christian president, the role his conversion played in the Civil War, and the way it in turn transformed Protestantism. Abraham Lincoln, unlike most of his political brethren, kept organized Christianity at arm's length. He never joined a church and only sometimes attended Sunday services with his wife. But as he came to appreciate the growing political...
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Having escaped the clutches of Vee's killer, Lexi and Nico Miller must now complete their mission and return Vee's gift to her mother. But how do you tell someone that you were sent to them by their daughter... who was murdered? Lexi and Nico learn that sometimes helping the dead transition isn't the hardest part. Rather, it's helping those left behind continue living.
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Season of the Bruja follows a young woman as she comes into her magical abilities and faces reemergent threats from the past. From a young age, Althalia knew she would someday be the last of her kinda bruja, tasked with keeping the power and stories of the ancient ways from fading fully into history. Never alone, Althalia works in a paranormal museum with her friends, a real-life Chupacabra and a were-coyote, while living with and caring for her...
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