Biography & Autobiography, Religious
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Dad, God, and Me
Remembering a Mennonite Pastor and His Wayward Son by Ralph Friesen
In a compelling, honest, and transparent account, Ralph Friesen tells the story of his father, Reverend Peter D. Friesen of Steinbach, Manitoba. He also tells his own story, of the search for his father and a crisis of faith. Growing up in a ...
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A Conversation With a Friend
Concerning Justice, Peace and Joy by Joseph P. La Mar
Read of the journey of an infant as he matures through his birth, foster family living, normal schooling and entrance into the Air Force at eighteen. Follow through in his military activities during 20 years of wartime service involved in numerous ...
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Light the World
The Ben and Helen Eidse Story as told to Faith Eidse by Faith Eidse
From the wheat fields and bargain stores of rural Manitoba, Ben and Helen Eidse were the first missionaries sent overseas by their conference. On the African savannah they partnered with the Chokwe-Lunda who taught them language, culture and ...
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Ein geöfftnetes Tor
by Elizabeth Anne Janzen
Hoffnung. Vertrauen. Ausdauer. Ein geöffnetes Tor lädt die Leser ein, Gott zu vertrauen, niemals aufzugeben und nach dem zu greifen, was jenseits liegt, aber noch nicht gesehen werden kann. Elizabeth Janzen schreibt über das Leben in der Nähe der ...
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Pilgrim Journeys
A Post-Vatican II Ministry of Discovering the Sacred with Parish and Travel Pilgrims by Ralph Leo Kleiter
Ralph Leo Kleiter, priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon, Canada shares the unique story of one who experienced the time before the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) and the following years that energized him. With the help of his daily ...
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Challenge and Change
The Travails and Joys of a Complex Woman by Allen Hern
A naïve teenager in Northern Ontario, A United Church minister, A resident in a Catholic Convent, A teacher in the Government High School in Nassau, the Bahamas, A world traveler. What do these have in common? They are various phases in the life of ...
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Pandemic
letters from a prairie minister by Rev. Sheldon Carr
This book began as daily letters I wrote for my parishioners. Each day I focus on some small piece of scripture from the daily Revised Common Lectionary. I wanted to help people to see that scripture matters and it speaks to us in the 21st century. ...
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The Power of Change
A Mennonite Girl's Footprints in Asia by Marcy (Weber) Ninomiya
Because my health continued to decline. . . I started bargaining with God. I was not going to die; I would do whatever God's plan was for me if He spared my life. In my mind, I was going to become a nurse and go to Asia. . . Yes, I was going to get ...
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Father Rick Roamin' Catholic
by Rick Prashaw
As a boy, he played a priest saying Mass. Fast forward to the ’70s—long hair and rock-n-roll—a time for enjoying a new freedom as a budding young journalist at the Vancouver Sun. But after a random, chance trip to Seattle to visit family at a ...
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Angel Wings #37166 10-8 Heaven
An Angel watches over the Peacekeepers by Sharon Simons
ANGEL WINGS #37166 10-8 HEAVEN is a true-life story that captures the unique working relationship of a close-knit Royal Canadian Mounted Police team of three policewomen and their elite compassionate police supervisor, who along with other police ...
