Resources
A MEMO FROM GOD?
What would it say and how would it say it? In one of the chapters of this book, Og Mandino - one of the best known inspirational writers of all time answers that question. First, it would reveal deep secrets. Second, it would reveal these secrets in poetic, melodic,...
WISDOM – SHORT, SWEET, STRONG & TIMELESS
“Wisdom is the principal thing.” - Proverbs 4:7 Dr. Mike Murdock has made the study of wisdom his life’s work. He has shared the results of his study in his innumerable television appearances and in the hundreds of books he has authored. Yet, in this short book of...
STOPPING BULLETS WITH JOBS
"Nothing stops a bullet faster than a job." This statement is often quoted by Reentry and Anti Violence proponents. It is a powerful rallying cry. It stirs hearts. It turns spotlights on the critical role of employment in addressing violence, poverty, injustice,...
LOOKING OUT A WIDOW – LEANING SADNESS ON AN ELBOW
Esperanza, a young Chicana (Mexican American) girl desperately dreams of escaping the crumbling "House on Mango Street" where she lives in crowded squalor with her six brothers, immigrant working class father, and Chicana mother. It is not the pitiful house alone she...
AFTER READING THIS BOOK – AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED
Which book? What emergency? The book was The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. The emergency was the unexpected shattering of despair, the sudden rebirth of hope, of humanity, and the desperate need of a young incarcerated reader to tell someone of this revolution in...
ANGELS – FAKE OR REAL? AN EXPEDITION OF DISCOVERY
“A history of virtually all nations and cultures reveals at least some belief in angelic beings .” So states legendary preacher Reverend Billy Graham in his now classic book Angels: God’s Secret Agents. The question of the existence, purpose, nature and qualities of...
HOW TO WRITE WITH SPUNK AND BITE
For anyone who writes anything - and wants to pack a punch doing it, Spunk and Bite is the trusty reference companion. Whether writing books, articles, reports, memos, captions, Blogs, social media posts, or even letters - following the advice in Spunk and Bite is...
RINGING THE BELL OF REMEMBRANCE
One year ago this month, August 2019, we mourned the loss of Carl Bell, MD. In our News posts of August 17th, (HE CAME, HE SAW, HE CARED) and August 25th, (COMMITTED TO CONTINUE HIS LEGACY) we acknowledged our debt to Dr. Bell’s inspirational life and pioneering...
12 & 12 – PLAYING THE NEW “DOZENS”
By sheer number of uninterrupted years in print - decades, in fact - this book is a “long distance runner.” Why? It has been, and continues to be a strong support for millions of people struggling to overcome the destructive force of alcoholism in their lives. Twelve...
HEARTBREAKING. HEROIC. HISTORIC.
It is heartbreaking to recently have lost Congressman John Lewis - a great man, a great American, a great hero in the Civil Rights Movement. It is equally heartbreaking to ponder the unfathomable injustices, pains and cruelties he had to suffer right from the start of...
WHY CAN‘T WE JUST GET ALONG?
This iconic question is still being asked. An iconic book - How to Win Friends and Influence People - still proposes some answers. This book was one of only nine books recommended as “Iconic Reads,” a few years ago, in a magazine honoring the Top 100 Executives in...
LIFE AND DEATH AND THE LIVING IN-BETWEEN
Lifetimes is a book whose subtitle says it all: “The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children.” The beauty of this book is threefold. First, the physical book itself is beautiful, with its large, page size illustrations incorporating “gorgeous wording.” Second, the...