The future looks great for David and Rebecca Collier. They are moving into more creative careers and moving to a beach house north of San Francisco. But life is altered considerably one day when Rebecca answers the door to a stranger, who calmly raises a silenced pistol and shoots her dead. In the subsequent chase, David is wounded. He will never walk without a limp and he is nearly deaf when not wearing his rather temperamental hearing aid. He’s plagued by questions, most significantly: Why would anyone want to kill Rebecca? She was the sweetest person in the world---a photographer doing a photo/essay piece on “Northern California Mansions of the ’30s.” Someone wants him dead, too---a second attempt on his life is made before he even gets out of the hospital. With the help of Chuck, his best friend from high school and a cop, David is determined to find the man who killed his beloved wife. Eventually they discover that Rebecca’s murder appears to be tied to one of the old houses she photographed, which guards a mysterious operation by some very dangerous men. Steve Carlson’s debut mystery is a thrilling, emotional ride that signals a new and energetic talent in crime fiction.
Ray Johnston thought his life was disgustingly normal. At forty-two, he had lived in Memphis all his life. His ex-wife had saved him from paying alimony by marrying her divorce lawyer, he enjoyed his work at the lumberyard, and he had a girlfriend who, everyone had to admit, was a peach. He did suffer one recurring nuisance; from as far back as he could remember, strangers would come up to him asking, “Do you know you look a lot like Elvis?” One day a man at a bar notices the similarity. It turns out the man actually works for Elvis Presley, and soon Ray gets two unfriendly phone calls, supposedly from the King himself. Later comes a third, one that makes Ray dizzy. He has been invited to dinner at Graceland! In an hour! Why? Ray can’t believe it---even when the limousine arrives to take him to the famed residence. What follows is a meeting of two men who have almost nothing in common except their looks, their age, and the city they were born and grew up in. One is a working man who is trying to deal with what life has given him. The other is the most well-known and worshipped singer who has ever lived. Steve Carlson delivers an enchanting debut novel that explores the power of loss and redemption in a moving portrait of Elvis at the end of his life.
Start now! Don't wait one more day! Be the great leader and spiritual leader for your family that God created you to be! Never before has it been more important for husbands and dads to prepare themselves for Satan's inevitable schemes and attacks on them and their family. Many men still live in denial that there is an ongoing battle in the spiritual realm that involves them, their well-being, and the well-being of their family. Steve Carlson offers practical, unique, and widely known insights into the dynamics of the foundational knowledge, discipline, preparation, authority, and determination needed by every husband and dad to win the battle and take back what the enemy may have stolen or is in the process of stealing from them and their family, including: Taking the focus off of yourself Being the priest and spiritual leader of your home Knowing and understanding the enemy Preparing to go to war for your family Taking authority The battle plan Hearing and praying God's heart Going to war for your family, and what that looks like Being persistent and diligent Using testimonies in ministry Steve Carlson has been walking with God for over ten years. After losing his family to divorce in 1998, he unconditionally surrendered his life to God and began living for His purpose and plan for his life. Steve has been involved in jail and prison ministry, preaching at the local jail for more than eight years, and teaching marriage seminars in prisons for two years. On July 11, 2009, Steve married his lovely bride, Sabrina, and they presently live in West Texas.
Have you ever thought about narrating audiobooks? When Steve retired from acting, he thought that might be an interesting thing to do. Only problem was… he had no idea how to do it. He decided to look into it. With the help of people who knew a LOT more about it than he did, he learned how. Starting with a $25 snowball mic, he has now done 127 audiobooks and has a growing queue of future work. It’s been a fun, diverse, interesting time. In this book he shares that journey as well as much of the info he’s picked up along the way about how to do it. See what the inside of the audiobook world looks like and the steps necessary for you be a part of it. The second part of the book concentrates primarily on how to navigate ACX, the most popular audiobook production site there is (owned by amazon). After having worked with them for a number of years, Steve has excellent suggestions and insight into how to use their format to better help the novice or the professional narrator. It's the perfect place for the new narrator to get his or her feet wet, get some experience under their belts and get paid for it. As they get better and more accomplished, they can also move up in categories. This book shows you best how to navigate those waters and not make seemingly slight mistakes that could leave your career dead in the water. It's an easy effective formate to work with if you know what you're doing. Read or listen to this book... and you will.
The questions compiled in this study guide are specifically designed to facilitate group discussion in a six-week study of the strongly written, straight-to-the-point book, "Fighting For Your Family," by Steve Carlson. This powerful, life changing study will prepare the members of your study group to boldly and confidently go to war (in the name of Jesus Christ) for their families in the spiritual realm. This study group discussion guide, is designed to be used in tandem with the book, "Fighting For Your Family," which is sold separately in paperback and eBook.
Why are there not more church families teaching couples how to pray together? Most evangelical churches have adult Sunday school classes or other adult classes which are designed to equip their members to serve in God's kingdom in whatever capacity God has called them to, and this is good wisdom. However, if a couple is never taught how to pray together, and the husband is never taught how to take the lead in all things concerning his marriage and family, including praying together, then it is likely that most married Christians may never reach the destiny that God has for them as a married couple. Unfortunately, many of these fine couples will eventually find themselves separated, and some even divorced. Satan has convinced many godly men that they don't have enough integrity to minister to their wives, or even to pray for them when they are with them. The great accuser will even convince these godly men, that they don't know enough to be the priests and spiritual leaders of their homes.He will bind them up in the fear that they will say or do the wrong thing when they are ministering to their wives or families, and it will make them look ignorant or inexperienced. If this describes the way you feel, or you just want to be better at your assignment as the priest and spiritual leader of your home, and be able to confidently minister to and pray with your wife, then the powerful truths in this little book will lead you through the steps to do so! In the beginning of this book you will learn what it means to be the priest and spiritual leader of your family and how important it is to the quality and longevity of your marriage to take the lead in making sure that there is a set time and quiet location that you and your wife can comfortably and humbly sit down and pray together. In chapter three you will be given a short but powerful sample prayer for your wife's health that will allow you to start praying for her at an easy and comfortable pace. In chapter four you will be given a short, powerful sample prayer to add to your daily prayer time for your wife's protection. In the remaining chapters you will learn about and be given prayers for your wife's favor, her sleep and dreams, your marriage, your children, unborn children and grandchildren, your home, your finances, and your future. The author's heart for this book is that you and your wife may experience the life changing power of praying together that, through Jesus Christ, will strengthen your marriage beyond your wildest dreams!
So many Christians feel limited in their ability and authority to seek the best that God has to offer them. They have a strong desire to grow into the mighty spiritual warrior for God's Kingdom that they dream of being, but they feel that something is missing. A few key elements are absent that they may not have been taught at their church or Bible study. If you have felt this way, then friend, this book has been written specifically for you – a believer who is ready to reach for and achieve the highest level of spiritual growth in Jesus Christ that will bring you all of the amazing blessings that God has uniquely designed to match the dreams and desires of your heart. In fact, God has been waiting for this moment, and He promises to strengthen you in your quest for a higher level of spiritual maturity in Jesus Christ.In "The Quest for God's Best", Steve Carlson brings fresh new insights into the exciting roles and purposes that God has created for you and your family in the overall plan for the future and well-being of His Kingdom.
Putting the broken and lost in their place and proving them wrong is not the way to win their hearts for Christ. We can't expect those who have lost their way and living in sin to respond to a rebuking and discrediting dialogue. This will usually drive them further away from the church and make it harder to convince them that God's Kingdom is better than the destructive life Satan has promised them. They will see it as hatred toward them, at a time when they need love, acceptance, and kindness. People will not change without motivation and the origin of motivation is emotion. There has to be a connection with the heart, as well as the mind. There is no greater motivation to change for the better than giving someone hope. We all share the need for the hope of being all that we were created to be. In writing "Rescued by Love," the author's prayer and innermost desire is for God to use this book to give one of His greatest gifts to all who read it - the gift to see how no one is too far away or too far gone to be delivered and saved by the amazing, powerful love of our risen Savior, and how to wholeheartedly and effectively show that love to anyone and everyone!
Phillip Chapman died and went to heaven...but that was just the beginning. Phillip was a good man, but not a great man, and seldom made it to church. Yet, when he died, he awoke in the most wonderful of Heavens that contained everything he wanted...except answers. Why? What had he possibly done to deserve this? What did God want from him in return? Ah...questions. And. so it began...
This collection presents twenty-seven new essays in Japanese aesthetics by leading experts in the field. Beginning with an extended foreword by the renowned scholar and artist Stephen Addiss and a comprehensive introduction that surveys the history of Japanese aesthetics and the ways in which it is similar to and different from Western aesthetics, this groundbreaking work brings together a large variety of disciplinary perspectives—including philosophy, literature, and cultural politics—to shed light on the artistic and aesthetic traditions of Japan and the central themes in Japanese art and aesthetics. Contributors explore topics from the philosophical groundings for Japanese aesthetics and the Japanese aesthetics of imperfection and insufficiency to the Japanese love of and respect for nature and the paradoxical ability of Japanese art and culture to absorb enormous amounts of foreign influence and yet maintain its own unique identity. New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics will appeal not only to a wide range of humanities scholars but also to graduate and undergraduate students of Japanese aesthetics, art, philosophy, literature, culture, and civilization. Masterfully articulating the contributors’ Japanese-aesthetical concerns and their application to Japanese arts (including literature, theater, film, drawing, painting, calligraphy, ceramics, crafts, music, fashion, comics, cooking, packaging, gardening, landscape architecture, flower arrangement, the martial arts, and the tea ceremony), these engaging and penetrating essays will also appealto nonacademic professionals and general audiences. This seminal work will be essential reading for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of Japanese aesthetics.
In 2196, an ever-progressing immune deficiency plague spreads across the globe, creating a health crisis of epic proportions. After medical and scientific researchers desperately exhaust all efforts to find a solution to the progressing worldwide epidemic, hope for the future of mankind dwindles. That is, until the Global Federation international team of historians discover a teenager in 2011 who possesses the ability to bring healing and hope to the world populous and future generations. That teenager is Ethan Young. His world turns upside down overnight, his idea of home and family is shattered, he suffers deception and betrayal by his parents, and his classmate and best friend is killed. There's only one person left he can trust...his friend, Allex. She will help him find the truth. Ethan discovers the power buried deep inside him - world-changing power. The stakes are higher and more dangerous than he thought. Will he be able to save the earth's people, or will he succumb to the ones desperate to keep the status quo? The adventurous tale of a teenage boy and girl's struggle against all odds to bring forth the miraculous changes that could save the future of mankind.
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