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Marguerite Mooers paints a picture of a little community where kindness and dishonesty clash and the past won't stay hidden. Marguerite Mooers writes a sympathetic, multifaceted story in The Whistleblower that shows the everyday acts of caregiving against the exceptional risks of exposing corruption in institutions. Emily MacIntire, who is alone after her husband dies, finds Fritz, a young, skinny boy sleeping in a lean-to on her land. This is how the narrative begins. That one kind deed sends Emily into the complicated worlds of social services, the law, and the secret life of Fritz's mother, Nancy, who is caught up in a leaking scandal at work. The end effect is a work that is half family drama, part mystery, and completely immersive. Mooers writes with a keen but unflinching eye. She describes everyday supper routines, the painful rituals of school enrollment, and the warmth of tiny towns alongside bank letters, legal threats, and the slow reveal of harmful activities. The n...

  Synchronicity: The Connecting Energy is attractive by its combination of scientific awareness and spiritual perspective. Samuel uses such phenomena as quantum entanglement to exemplify how all things in the universe might be entangled on the energy level. He links these results to the ancient wisdom of Taoism, Buddhism, and Indigenous cultures and reveals that all civilizations have traditionally known the unity and unity of life. What has come out is a piece that talks to the skeptic of today and also to the spiritual seeker. The book is not a mere philosophical discussion, but it provides the reader with viable applications in the way of living more mindfully. Samuel offers instruments to record journal entries about synchronicities, improve intuition, and develop mindfulness in everyday life. Such practices will enable the readers to discover meaning even in times of uncertainty, turning random encounters into stepping stones into development and bonding. The book has be...

  The issues churches have confronted in the modern era are not fresh issues. Congregations throughout history have struggled with division, complacency, and changing cultural contexts. What has ever produced change, though, is not innovation but preaching that motivates God's people to move. In his new book, From the Pulpitto a Movement , veteran ministry leader David W. Stokes demonstrates how strategic preaching, grounded in Scripture, provides pastors and church leaders with a powerful force for renewal, revitalization, and mission-based growth. Preaching That Builds Movements Stokes' main point is that preaching cannot be reduced to weekly motivation for individual believers. While pastoral preaching feeds the sheep, strategic preaching addresses the broader mission of the church, unifying congregations around a shared vision. This transition is particularly significant for Associational Mission Strategists (AMSs) church leaders who direct numerous churches during se...