My God Aint No Punk So Why Do You Treat Him Like One

As time went on, the book developed a mind of its own. It was always the author's intent to deal with issues others seem not to want to touch, and simultaneously deal with truths that will rock the world. Just because someone has a "mega" church doesn't mean they are telling their people the complete truth as revealed by God in the scriptures. When people know the truth, they will not put up with the lies, deceit, falsifications, and misrepresentations. Too many churches today have to deal with the leaders of the church being a liar, fornicator, and a person who thinks they know what's better for the human race than God does. In other words, too many churches are having to deal with "idiots in the pulpit."

RUDELY INTERRUPTED introduces us to Lance Brown who reveals his secrets, trials and tribulations through his journal. His popularity ends quickly and his reputation is smeared with tales that will make your heart ache. Is Lance the villain that he is "painted" to be by the media? Was he rightfully terminated from his job? Is he a murderer or an unjustly ridiculed man? Sometimes the truth is right in front of us, but it can still escape the hands of Justice. And unless God intervenes or miraculously turns things around, some cases are hopeless. Flip through the pages of Lance's journal and see how or if he can ever recover from his life being RUDELY INTERRUPTED!

“Do you remember what I confessed to you tonight?” Jakobe whispered. Nakida closed her eyes. His deep, even voice shook her to her core. “Yes,” she swallowed hard. “What did I say?” he pressed. When she opened her eyes, she was instantly lost in the depths of his open blue gaze. “That you loved me, and that I could never get away from you.” She moaned at the sight of him biting on his full bottom lip. “You... are... mine, forever.” The clock is ticking for Jakobe to piece together who is trying to destroy him. Soon, he'll realize that the person is closer to home than he thought. Now, he has to deal with his trigger happy mother, Niamh, while trying to hold on to the love he's found in Nakida. When the truths of their past come to light, will Jakobe and Nakida's newfound love be strong enough to stand against the mounting storms?

Not only is this a companion book to the jazz punk album of the same name by the Taxpayers, this is a remembrance of a life filled with contradictions — cowardice and bravery, falsehoods and candidness, glory and failure — told from the perspective of Henry Turner, a baseball hero turned psyche ward street minstrel. In the late 1970s, Henry Turner went from being a local hero and star pitcher of the Georgia Tech Wildcats to an abusive, alcoholic drifter. After spending his later years in homeless encampments and psych wards, Turner turned his demons to his advantage and became a kind, beloved street story-teller, a friend of the down-and-out, and a public transit angel. God, Forgive These Bastards explores the brief moments that can shape or lives and the power of forgiving even the most wretched actions with compassion and understanding.

Sibyl is either dying--or just dying to cause trouble. Sympathy for a man-hunting siren? Sibyl says she's dying. But this sexy new neighbor in a small Georgia town, circa 1960, may be lying. After all, her main goal seems to be milking her story in order to keep her husband, Robert, under her thumb while also enchanting his best friend, P.W. For plain-Jane Earlene, P.W.'s wife, Sibyl's suspicious motives include a bewildering mix of syrupy kindness and sly cruelty. Earlene's attempts to point out Sibyl's behavior to others in town sound petty toward a dying woman. Who is Sibyl, really? Her lavish spending hints at a hidden source for money, since Robert isn't rich. How is it possible to be both repelled and hypnotized by her? There are secrets waiting to be exposed. Janice Daugharty's 1997 novel, EARL IN THE YELLOW SHIRT (HarperCollins), was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. She is the author of ten acclaimed novels, five other novels in ebook-only format, and two short story collections--GOING THROUGH THE CHANGE and more recently GOING TO JACKSON. All of her work can now be enjoyed in ebook editions. She serves as writer-in-residence at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia. For more on Janice visit her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/janice.daugharty.

Kai’Ro, after finding the life and freedom he went searching for at the Cross, The King sends him back to the City of Doom as an ambassador of hope. He returns, haunted by past failures, an awareness of ruined relationships, and the damage he caused during his former life. He hopes that his transformed life and the power of the King can be used to rescue his community and friends from destruction. Kai’Ro quickly sets out to renew trust and offer hope to his former girlfriend, Evangeline. More than anything he longs for her to find life in the King. Within days of his return, Kai’Ro is confronted with vicious persecution, temptation and the hardened cynicism of family and friends who knew the old Kai’Ro. He discovers the cost of discipleship as well as the struggles that accompany shining the light of the King into the darkest of circumstances. Evangeline, challenged by the new Kai’Ro, sets out for the Heavenly Highway hoping the King can restore her broken life too.

A Country of Strangers is a magnificent exploration of the psychological landscape where blacks and whites meet. To tell the story in human rather than abstract terms, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David K. Shipler bypasses both extremists and celebrities and takes us among ordinary Americans as they encounter one another across racial lines. We learn how blacks and whites see each other, how they interpret each other's behavior, and how certain damaging images and assumptions seep into the actions of even the most unbiased. We penetrate into dimensions of stereotyping and discrimination that are usually invisible, and discover the unseen prejudices and privileges of white Americans, and what black Americans make of them. We explore the competing impulses of integration and separation: the reference points by which the races navigate as they venture out and then withdraw; the biculturalism that many blacks perfect as they move back and forth between the white and black worlds, and the homesickness some blacks feel for the comfort of all-black separateness. There are portrayals of interracial families and their multiracial children--expert guides through the clashes created by racial blending in America. We see how whites and blacks each carry the burden of our history. Black-white stereotypes are dissected: the physical bodies that we see, the mental qualities we imagine, the moral character we attribute to others and to ourselves, the violence we fear, the power we seek or are loath to relinquish. The book makes clear that we have the ability to shape our racial landscape--to reconstruct, even if not perfectly, the texture of our relationships. There is an assessment of the complexity confronting blacks and whites alike as they struggle to recognize and define the racial motivations that may or may not be present in a thought, a word, a deed. The book does not prescribe, but it documents the silences that prevail, the listening that doesn't happen, the conversations that don't take place. It looks at relations between minorities, including blacks and Jews, and blacks and Koreans. It explores the human dimensions of affirmative action, the intricate contacts and misunderstandings across racial lines among coworkers and neighbors. It is unstinting in its criticism of our society's failure to come to grips with bigotry; but it is also, happily, crowded with black people and white people who struggle in their daily lives to do just that. A remarkable book that will stimulate each of us to reexamine and better understand our own deepest attitudes in regard to race in America.

His mother used to say that he was spawned by the very seed of the Devil himself. Yet, he had the soul of a lamb. But even an animal as gentle as a lamb will unleash fury when threatened. They say the family that prays together stays together But dear God, what of teh family that Marquise built? For a man who has evil lying dormant within his DNA, Marquise has found that only the Love of God, the support of his loyal wife and the unbreakable friendship of hus pastor could possibly sustain him. For this man truly lives for his church and family. But did Marquise read well the scriptuure that says plain and simply "Beware of wolves in sheep clothing?" What happens when his gorgeous and supposingly faithful wife ventures into the garden and taste of the pastor's forbidden fruit? Much too involved in his tireless servitude of the church, Marquise cannot see the forest for the trees, yet, the members of the congrgation bare witness to this adulteress love triangle. Will thwy reveal the truth to him? Or like the punch line of a cruel joke will he be the last to know? Marquise will have to find his own way through this fiery hell, or will he instead give in to the evil that lies dormant within him? Based on true events, this story's end has yet to unfold...

Includes excerpt from Bad blood (p. [415]-424).

About Criminals: A View of the Offender's World is a collection of readings that presents recent and important research on criminal behavior. The book takes a "naturalistic" approach, allowing criminals to discuss their offenses and lifestyles from their own perspective. This method gives criminals the opportunity to disclose details of their offending behavior and reasons for their participation in crime. About Criminals offers a first-hand examination of offenders' motivations, descriptions of how they operate, their thoughts about victims, and descriptive analysis about their sometimes deviant lifestyles.