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This is the amazing, true story of Gerald Sanford, a former New York City police officer and FDNY firefighter who retired and moved to Naples, Florida. Retirement didn’t take, and he found himself working at North Naples Fire Control and Rescue District, which is how he stumbled on an early 1900s antique fire helmet. He instantly knew the helmet was from New York City. By an amazing coincidence, Sanford presented the fire helmet back to the FDNY firehouse in the Bronx the day before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Dance of the Love Caterpillars is a romantic tale of two Monarch butterflies that serendipitously meet and fall in love. While sharing a love flower for lunch, they journey through and experience vulnerability, hope, and comfort that emerge from their relationship. Savoring the ephemeral present moment and trusting life, as their daring transformation fast approaches, they decide and learn how to make the most out of their time together.

Does your Christian life need a spark or challenge? Have you experienced sadness, loneliness, or lack of motivation recently? Following Jesus’ time-honored tradition of parable telling, author Kathryn Ann Ransom helps you address those needs with Biblical reflections on everyday life situations, both positive and challenging. In Ransom Notes, she offers 101 short, devotional essays that encourage you to pause, reflect, smile, and review your own life while drawing you closer to the Lord. Often humorous, they inspire you to become a living example of God’s love for others.

David W. Brower pays tribute to his mom, tracing her upbringing as well as her relationships with her 11 siblings, David's father, stepfather, and at the end, cancer. He also shares his own vulnerabilities when talking about his many relationships, both personal and professional; as an only child, having a difficult childhood; and the many similarities shared with his mother, including their respective battles with cancer.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so, too. Listen to The Atmosphere of Love and enjoy the poetry.

Sharing the Wealth is the incredible true story of how a $40 a week baker became a multi-millionaire owner of a Super Bowl NFL team and an unprecedented philanthropist. The road Alex Spanos took to riches was not a common one. Without the advantages of money, background, education, or connections, Spanos relied on his own heart and determination to achieve success. Spanos recounts how his first gamble was his hardest and most important.

Do you struggle with heartache from the death of a loved one or a major life adversity? Do you blame God for allowing such a painful thing to happen? Delores J. Porter has answers for you in her hope-filled new book. With great attention to detail, she examines what God himself says about his character—in his Word—and shows why he isn’t behind the sorrows and tragedies of our lives.

Warm, inspiring, and Christ-centered, On This Night, by author Marc E. Nauman, captures the essence of what it means to celebrate the birth of Christ. Ten different Christmastime devotions and meditations regale the Christmas story with thought-provoking insights. These meditations and devotions center around the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day celebrations at Trinity Lutheran Church in Trinity, Florida. On This Night encourages Christians in their faith and fills their heart with the joy of the Christ-child, born on the most blessed of nights.

The Glory in the Grind is a thirty-day devotional designed to help you connect with Christ by seeing Him in the daily, mundane grind of going to work, which makes the ordinary extraordinary. The book of Colossians highlights how all things are made through Christ and for Christ and that all things are held together by Him.

If I Should Die Before I Wake leads listeners on a quest to understand what it means to be a human being unbound from materialistic society. While it touches on timeless spiritual knowledge, it does not endorse any particular supreme being, or spiritual traditions reliant upon rites, rituals, dogma, or intercession. Instead, the book seeks to equip listeners with the knowledge and tools they need to fulfill their spiritual destiny.