Category Archives: Books

Now on Kindle…

Three of my books are now available for Kindle:                                                                                             […]

EAST OF EDEN (1955): Life without God

 “I can’t believe your fickleness – how easily you have turned traitor to him who called you by the grace of Christ by embracing a variant message!  It is not a minor variation, you know; it is completely other, an alien message, a no-message, a lie about God.” St Paul, Letter to the Galatians[i] Even […]

HOSTAGE: STORYTELLER AND RESCUE

St. Cyril of Jerusalem, in instructing catechumens, wrote: “The dragon sits by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you. We go to the Father of Souls, but it is necessary to pass by the dragon.” No matter what form the dragon may take, it is of this mysterious […]

THE MOCKINGJAY AND THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM

After setting the Christian images and tropes with the first two volumes of her trilogy – Hunger Games and Catching Fire, author Suzanne Collins places her characters where all Christian tales end, at the foot of the cross of Jesus Christ, in this case known as “The Hanging Tree”. Introduced in Deuteronomy as part of […]

A Warrior of God: Charles George Gordon

His memorial service was held in an overflowing St. Paul’s Cathedral. Queen Victoria displayed his well-worn Bible in a place of honor in her palace. Schools, gardens, parks, war craft, stained-glass windows were named after him. Statues were erected around the world. His bust stands in Westminster Abbey. Tennyson eulogized him in verse. If your […]