Margaret Cabell Brown's Recollections, written in 1911, provide a woman's perspective on the Civil War. While her husband enlisted in the Confederate Army, Margaret worked for the Confederate government in Richmond. This diary is not about battle and glory, but rather details the realities of life during the Civil War
Faith Beyond Belief gives a much-needed voice to the “good” people who have left their church but whose spirituality continues to mature. Johnston uses first-person stories as well as known spiritual authorities in describing various stages of religious growth. Some of these real-life accounts are by nonbelievers; others are by those among the growing numbers of the “spiritual but not religious.” All are thoughtful people with too much integrity to live what they consider a lie. The stories of the nonbelievers-including an ex-Catholic, a former Mormon, and a clandestine Muslim apostate who left his community after the attacks of 9/11-show how complete confidence in human reason can lead away from literal religious interpretation. But, while that step is a necessary one on the spiritual path, it is only intermediate. Her second set of stories are of people at the “mystic” level who can tolerate paradox and see truth and reality as multidimensional. Johnston’s book will help doubters to see things in a new light as well as those who are struggling to clarify their own spiritual vision. It also points beyond the atheist/believer controversy wrecking such divisive havoc in our culture today.
Vault is a story of relationships. It is a romance novel with a sports setting and a Christian thread woven throughout. Conflict comes on the playing field and in competition for the heart of Krysti Byrd, a high school teacher and track-and-field coach in Richmond, Va. Krysti serves as an official at a World Invitational sports event in Melbourne, Australia. If you love romance, you will find the story surprising; if you enjoy sports, you will find it challenging. Front cover photograph by Margaret Mims Johnston Margaret Mims Johnston is a writer, editor, and journalism educator. After graduating from Furman University, she was a public relations assistant and a copy editor and layout specialist for The Commission, magazine of what was then named the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board (now International Mission Board) in Richmond, Va. She later taught English and journalism in Hermitage High School, Henrico County, Va., before moving to the faculty of the College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia, Athens. In the late 1900s and early 2000s, she owned a home business for magazine copyediting, article writing, and photography, as well as for editing and formatting books and plays for clients who wished to self publish. As for her knowledge of sports, she became a certified official in the Georgia Association of U.S.A. Track & Field while at the University of Georgia. Her gymnastics knowledge comes from watching the now 10-time national-champion University of Georgia women's teams and from research.
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